If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1134 - Chapter 1134 Chapter 1134 Our Family of Three

Chapter 1134: Chapter 1134: Our Family of Three Chapter 1134: Chapter 1134: Our Family of Three Shen Chi had only interacted with Xiaobao a few times, but he still trusted his own judgment.

“Get out of the way!” Xu Chaomu’s pupils suddenly dilated, her face tense as she shouted loudly.

With a “thud,” Xiaobao fell to the ground…

“…” Shen Chi’s mouth twitched.

“…” Xu Chaomu also had a grimace, but her heart ached for Xiaobao, so she quickly pushed Shen Chi aside.

“Xiaobao, did you get hurt? Where does it hurt? Let Mommy rub it, don’t cry, don’t cry.” Xu Chaomu hurriedly picked Xiaobao up from the ground.

“Wuu wuu…” Xiaobao cried, his crying filled with heartbreak, his arm hurting so much. Why had no one come to save him?

Shen Chi felt… that he shouldn’t have praised him after all. He also walked over and squatted down, scraping Xiaobao’s nose, “Xiaobao, you’re not allowed to cry.”

“Shen Chi!” Xu Chaomu couldn’t take it any longer and yelled at him, “He’s only a few months old, of course he’s going to cry if he gets hurt. I told you Xiaobao was going to fall, and you wouldn’t get out of the way!”

“…” Shen Chi looked innocent.

“I’m talking to you!” Xu Chaomu yelled at Shen Chi again, “Don’t pretend you can’t hear me. Today it’s just from the sofa, but what if one day he falls down the stairs? Would you still be so calm?! You never do any good, always making things worse. Can you just leave?”

“I thought he was very smart, didn’t expect he’s as stupid as you,” Shen Chi said.

This woman had become audacious enough to yell at him.

Xu Chaomu’s face was full of heartache, she hurriedly blew on Xiaobao, then took his little hand and touched his head, “Baby, be good, don’t cry, don’t cry, does Mommy need to hold you?”

Xiaobao cried so heartbreakingly…

Shen Chi felt envious, jealous, and hateful on the side. How long had it been since Xu Chaomu had spoken to him in such a gentle tone? He felt his life was worse than Xiaobao’s.

But such things couldn’t be envied into existence. Xu Chaomu picked up Xiaobao and completely ignored him.

She carried Xiaobao around the room and also rubbed his forehead.

“Baby, does it hurt? It’s all Mommy’s fault, can you stop crying? Mommy will feed you something tasty…”

Xiaobao wouldn’t listen, the baby hurt, the baby just hurt…

Shen Chi had rarely seen Xu Chaomu like this. In the past, she was like a child herself, but in the blink of an eye, she had become a mother.

She was a very qualified mother, giving all her love to Xiaobao.

“Baby, be good, baby, be good…” Xu Chaomu cooed repeatedly, her tone especially gentle.

Such a tender and happy Xu Chaomu made Shen Chi’s heart throb.

It was a long time before Xiaobao stopped crying. Xu Chaomu wiped his tears and fed him a few spoonfuls of mashed meat.

Xiaobao, tired from crying, ate a few bites then fell asleep in the crook of Xu Chaomu’s arm.

Xu Chaomu carefully placed him in the crib and gently rocked him.

After Xiaobao fell into a deep sleep, she finally closed the bedroom door.

“Let’s eat, it’ll be cold otherwise.” Shen Chi had already served the rice for her.

Such a scene evoked memories for Xu Chaomu.

She sat at the table, picking up the bowl in front of her.

Only he knew how much she ate in one meal, and only he knew what flavors of food she liked.

But, what of it.

Throughout the meal, she didn’t look up, just quietly eating.

Shen Chi sat opposite her, not speaking either, eating while watching her.

They hadn’t eaten a meal together in over six months, making this day feel particularly surreal.

“Mmm, your favorite crucian carp.” Shen Chi served a piece of the fish to her.

“Thank you,” Xu Chaomu said softly.

Shen Chi paused, his chopsticks hanging in midair.

Had they grown so estranged that even saying “thank you” was necessary?

Xu Chaomu took a bite, the familiar taste bursting forth in her mouth…

“Shen Chi… you really didn’t have to…”

“I wanted to!” Shen Chi slammed his chopsticks down, his expression slightly stern.

Xu Chaomu moved her lips but he was as domineering as ever, not letting her finish her sentence.

She lowered her head and simply continued to eat.

Silence, silence, after a while, it was still Shen Chi who spoke first.

“Do you want crayfish?” Seeing she hadn’t touched them, Shen Chi couldn’t help but ask.

“No,” Xu Chaomu said lightly.

Actually, she loved them, but she found peeling them troublesome, so she seldom ate them.

Shen Chi seemed to have read her mind, no… he had always known her thoughts.

He rolled up his sleeves, and like before, peeled a shrimp for her and tossed it into her bowl, his tone commanding, “Eat it!”

Xu Chaomu’s eyes grew warm, her nose tingling; she bowed her head, even more silent.

After peeling several, when her bowl was nearly overflowing, Xu Chaomu began to eat them one by one.

Shen Chi seemed to sigh, “Come home with me…”

Xu Chaomu remained silent, just quietly eating.

“After we get home, let’s raise Xiaobao together, the three of us together, how about that?” Shen Chi’s voice carried a hint of pleading, “If you don’t want to have another child, I will treat Xiaobao as my own son, I really like him.”

“Can you not talk about these things? I asked you to sit down to eat, but it doesn’t mean I’ve accepted you!” Xu Chaomu looked up at him coldly.

“I’m sorry.”

“Shen Chi, when you went to Los Angeles, you said you needed peace, okay, I know I made your life too noisy, so enjoy your peace,” Xu Chaomu said emotionlessly.

Shen Chi knew that incident had left her brooding.

He truly hadn’t expected that the day he returned would go awry.

“I’m full, you eat slowly,” Xu Chaomu stood up and went directly to the bedroom.

Once in the bedroom, she leaned against the wall, unable to regain her composure for a long time.

Xiaobao was sound asleep; she ran over, bent down, and kissed his face.

“Baby, mom only has you now. You promise mom, never go with someone else,” Xu Chaomu felt very sad.

For some reason, she always had this feeling that Xiaobao would leave her someday.

No, she really didn’t want that.

She lay down at the edge of the crib and slowly closed her eyes.

Shen Chi ate a few more bites of food, finding it tasteless, and silently put down his utensils.

Just then, he checked his phone and saw a message from his subordinate, saying that the court summons had been delivered to the Bai Family, but there were still major issues within the Shen Group that needed his personal judgment.

He couldn’t let go of the Shen Group; he had to leave immediately after arriving.

He put away his phone, glanced at the bowl of crayfish, and peeled every single one for Xu Chaomu.

He had to return to C City soon, and if he didn’t peel them for her, she definitely wouldn’t bother to eat them.

Her laziness, wasn’t it all spoiled by him?

But in the end, myriad words were reduced to his two, “I wanted to.”

He truly didn’t know how to mend the wound left by the loss of a child, that child’s departure couldn’t absolve him, he was an accomplice.

After peeling the bowl of crayfish, he slowly stood up, washed his hands, and prepared to leave.

A parting, and who knew when they would meet again.

Although C City and Jin City were not far apart, the distance between their hearts could not seem to close.