Inferior A After Having a Baby with the Top Boss 75

Chapter 75: Unable to Control, Unable to Stop

For a long time afterward, Ming Fei’s heartbeat was erratic.

After discovering the root cause of her unusual behavior, Ming Fei averted her gaze, no longer looking into Zhu Yiqiao’s eyes, worried that she might inadvertently reveal her feelings.

She didn’t want to reveal them.

But she also really wanted to look into Zhu Yiqiao’s eyes at this moment, because they held a rare gentleness, and for her, now aware of her own feelings, the attraction was no different than that between a cat and catnip.

Her gaze shifting to the snowy scenery outside the window, Ming Fei clutched the bookmark in her pocket, trying to raise her voice to cover the thump-thump-thumping of her heart.

“…Me too.”

“I hope Jiejie will be safe, healthy, and happy.”

“Always hoping, always wishing.”

Zhu Yiqiao didn’t say anything, as if she hadn’t noticed Ming Fei’s unusual behavior, continuing to unbutton the second button of her shirt, revealing her collarbone. She tilted her head slightly and said casually,

“Mm, check my gland.”

Ming Fei replied, “Okay.”

She turned, and her gaze fell on Zhu Yiqiao’s fair, slender neck, and the delicate gland at the nape of her neck. Compared to usual, the gland was slightly pink, seemingly fuller, like the sign of a ripening fruit.

The white gloves on the table were clearly prepared for the gland checkup. Ming Fei was about to put them on when Zhu Yiqiao picked them up first, then took Ming Fei’s hand and helped her put them on, starting with her left hand.

Ming Fei’s ears felt hot: “Jiejie, I can do it myself.”

Zhu Yiqiao didn’t let go, putting on the gloves for Ming Fei before saying calmly,

“Good friends should help each other. In that song you like so much, ‘Good Friends Walk Together Forever,’ there’s a lyric—’helping each other, understanding each other.'”

Ming Fei subconsciously said, “I don’t like it that much.”

“Is that so?”

“Mm.” Ming Fei explained, “008 likes it very much, not me.”

Even before realizing her feelings, she hadn’t particularly liked the song “Good Friends Walk Together Forever,” because the melody was too upbeat. She preferred slower, more melancholic tunes. But at that time, she thought her feelings for Zhu Yiqiao were purely platonic, and the song’s title was very suitable for expressing feelings to a friend, so she never stopped or changed the song whenever 008 played it.

Zhu Yiqiao asked, “Then which songs do you like?”

While checking, Ming Fei paid attention to Zhu Yiqiao’s reaction as she listed the songs she liked. By the time she had almost finished listing the song titles, she had also almost finished the checkup.

Finally, as her fingertips brushed against the center of the gland, the pheromone concentration in the room suddenly surged, and the rich pine and fir scent filled the entire room.

Ming Fei asked, a little puzzled, “Jiejie, is this because your special period is approaching?”

She asked directly, and Zhu Yiqiao’s reply and counter-question were also direct and frank.

“Mm, what about you?”

“Have you felt anything different recently?”

Normally, a heat cycle would occur every three months at most, but from September until now, Ming Fei hadn’t felt anything. Last week, when she was working overtime and returning home at eleven o’clock, she had prayed inwardly that it would come later, during the winter break, so she wouldn’t have to switch classes or ask for leave.

Of course, it would be even better if she didn’t have a heat cycle at all, because that would be more convenient.

She answered honestly, “I don’t feel anything, and my gland doesn’t hurt. Thank you for helping me, Jiejie.”

“Mm.”

Having finished the checkup using the method Zhu Yiqiao taught her, Ming Fei put down her hand and took off the gloves: “I’m done checking.”

Zhu Yiqiao let her move away, calmly buttoning up her shirt. After fastening both buttons, Ming Fei asked belatedly,

“Jiejie, don’t you need a temporary marking?”

Just as she finished speaking, the display screen on the right lit up. Zhu Yiqiao glanced sideways and gestured for Ming Fei to also look at the message on the screen.

[Chief Judge Zhu, everything is ready~]

[Do you need me to wake up little Zaozao now? ^^]

Even without a note, Ming Fei knew this familiar tone belonged to 0619. Besides, only 0619 could directly access the internal line. But she didn’t understand what “everything is ready” meant.

The next second, another message popped up.

[Or should I wake up both Teacher Xiao Fei and little Zaozao?]

[I believe they will definitely like it ^^]

As Ming Fei’s confusion deepened, Zhu Yiqiao stood up, put on her pheromone bracelet again, and said slowly,

“No need for a marking for now, the checkup is enough.”

There were a few steps between them. Zhu Yiqiao looked at Ming Fei, her eyes as calm as the sea, her thoughts hidden deep within.

Therefore, only she knew that there was actually no need for a marking. She had only mentioned it in the message because she wanted to see Ming Fei blush.

Ming Fei, unaware of all this, still didn’t look into Zhu Yiqiao’s eyes, just nodded in response.

“Mm.”

Zhu Yiqiao: “Let’s go downstairs and take a look.”

“Okay.”

“Ah Fei.”

Ming Fei’s heart raced: “…Mm.”

The pine and fir scent in the room gradually faded, leaving only a few fir leaves and pine branches in the snowy forest, remnants of their presence. As for the raccoon cat that had been wrapped around Ming Fei’s ankle with its tail, it also disappeared along with the pheromone scent.

It was acting strangely today. Usually, when parting, it would always be reluctant, lingering, even stubborn and greedy. But today, it was unexpectedly obedient. As the last trace of the pine and fir scent disappeared, it released its fluffy tail and quickly burrowed into the bushes, vanishing from sight.

Like some kind of strategic retreat, a cat’s cunning trick.

And Zhu Yiqiao, who had been calling her “Ah Fei” all day, only asked at this moment, “Ah Fei, can I call you that?”

Ming Fei didn’t even think about it: “Yes.”

“Mm.”

Just as she finished speaking, Zhu Yiqiao took a step closer. The five-centimeter height difference made her gaze linger on Ming Fei’s lips for a second before raising her right hand and patting Ming Fei’s head, like petting a small animal.

“Thank you, Ah Fei.”

Ming Fei’s soft, long black hair cascaded down her shoulders. Her head felt dizzy, and her whole body trembled as if an electric current had passed through her. Fortunately, she clenched her hands, suppressing the affection in her eyes.

She whispered, “…You’re welcome.”

After saying that, she took out the newly made petal bookmark from her pocket, placed it on the table, and explained, “This is the new bookmark I made this morning. It has Nanjia flower, green rose, Blue Fia lily, a Xingmeng flower petal, and a cedar and fir leaf.”

Zhu Yiqiao looked at the bookmark, her expression and posture unchanged.

Just as Ming Fei was wondering if Zhu Yiqiao didn’t like it, Zhu Yiqiao picked up the bookmark, walked to the desk, placed it in the book she read most often and liked the most, and then said, word by word,

“Ah Fei, I like it very much.”

Ming Fei smiled, uncontrollable joy slowly filling her chest.

After placing the bookmark, they went downstairs together. Ming Fei followed Zhu Yiqiao, and the moment they stepped onto the terrace, she froze.

Because all the snow in the garden had disappeared. The entire villa was enveloped by the latest invisible canopy system developed by the research institute. Flowers bloomed on the branches, fish swam in the pond, and amidst the icy world, only this corner was filled with the vibrancy of spring.

Only Ming Fei’s favorite spring.

And Zhu Yiqiao, who created all this, explained, “I know you’re sensitive to cold and like flowers, plants, and fishing, so I asked 0619 to prepare this a while ago, making sure there’s not a single snowflake, not a patch of snow, not a wisp of cold wind.”

“The changing seasons can’t be stopped, but no matter when, I hope you can do what you like here.”

Hearing this, Ming Fei’s heart almost leaped out of her chest.

For various reasons, she had long stopped having any expectations for relationships. She agreed with her friend Li Xing’s words—”Marriage is the biggest lie of this century.”

Even after realizing she liked Zhu Yiqiao, her first thought had been, how could this be?

She shouldn’t feel this way.

Under the influence of this thought, she now felt at a loss and bewildered.

Because she discovered—

That she… couldn’t stop liking Zhu Yiqiao.