Time hurriedly marches on, and half a month has passed.

Yuqiao, now over six months pregnant, has a belly that is quite prominently protruding. Her legs have also swelled up, and she gets fatigued so easily that she feels too tired to continue walking after just a short distance each day.

Chen Hao is by her side every day, inseparable. He racks his brain daily to entertain Yuqiao, to alleviate her mental exhaustion and pain.

The autumn air gets thicker.

In the room.

"I still have three months to go before I can deliver." Yuqiao said, touching her belly.

"How can you refer to our baby as 'goods'?"

Yuqiao looked at Chen Hao with a grievance and said, "Why don't you carry the baby next time?"

"Okay!"

Yuqiao sighed helplessly and then, holding Chen Hao's hand, said, "I really feel like fighting someone."

"Fight me, I promise I won't fight back!"

Yuqiao hummed lightly, then reached out to pinch Chen Hao's face, "After the baby is born, I want to have a competition with you. Then, you're not allowed to let me win. I want to see who is stronger between us."

"Ha ha!" Chen Hao laughed, then petted Yuqiao's head and said with a smile, "I suppose being pregnant has made you feel quite bored."

"Not at all, I'm not bored with you around."

Yuqiao shook her head and said, "I just want to see who of us is more formidable. How about we make a rule, in the future, whoever wins gets to make all the decisions at home."

"Surely you'll win," Chen Hao chuckled, "How could I bear to lay a hand on you?"

"Didn't I say no letting me win?" Yuqiao frowned slightly.

Chen Hao shrugged, "I never thought about letting you win! It's just that in my subconscious mind, protecting and cherishing you has become a natural response, it's not something I can consciously control."

"Fine! You're sweet-talking me!" Yuqiao laughed happily, "Since it's like this, I'm going to be the one calling the shots at home from now on."

"Of course!"

Chen Hao nodded without hesitation: "You're the queen, so naturally, you're in charge. Why bother fighting? Isn't it wonderful to be kind and loving to each other."

Yuqiao nodded, brought Chen Hao's left hand to her mouth, and gently bit it. Then, she pried open his palm and started to toy with his fingers, enjoying it as if playing with a toy.

"Are you hungry again?"

"What do you mean 'hungry again'!" Yuqiao's face darkened, looking quite aggrieved.

"Are you saying that I eat a lot?"

"No!" Chen Hao quickly shook his head, "I was asking our baby."

Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao, then let go of his hand and said, "I'll kill you, don't you dare complain about me eating a lot recently, and definitely don't call me fat!"

Chen Hao smiled bitterly, his face expressing helplessness.

"By the way," Yuqiao picked up Chen Hao's left hand and started playing with it again, "Husband, have you thought of any names for our child?"

"If it's a boy, call him Chen Xiaoer, and if it's a girl, Chen Xiaosan!"

Yuqiao's face fell, and she looked reproachfully at Chen Hao. She was just about to say something when suddenly her brow furrowed, and she showed signs of pain.

"Wife, what's wrong?"

"See what terrible names you've come up with!"

Yuqiao said indignantly, "The babies heard you! They're so opposed to it that they're stirring up trouble inside!"

"I was just kidding!"

Chen Hao said with a pained expression, "How about for a boy we call him Chen Xingyu and for a girl, Chen Ruochu? It means 'fortunate to meet Yuqiao' and 'hoping that everything in the future will be as beautiful as it was at the beginning.'"

As soon as Chen Hao finished speaking, the pained expression on Ye Yuqiao's face disappeared.

"They've stopped fussing!" Ye Yuqiao let out a long sigh of relief.

"What do you think of these two names then?"

"Better than Xiaoer and Xiaosan!" Ye Yuqiao lowered her gaze to her belly, "As long as they're both happy, that's what matters. Seems like I won't have the final say in our family's matters anymore. These two little ones will definitely bully me in the future, even more so than you!"

Chen Hao smiled. Although the children were not yet born, he already felt the bliss of a family of four.

This joy was something he had never experienced as a child who lost his parents early on. Aside from being grateful and cherishing Ye Yuqiao, he could think of no better way to repay her.

"By the way, honey. A few days ago, Ye Fei gave us a Ludo game, said it's great for killing time when we're bored."

"Such a childish gift! They say having a baby makes you dumb for three years, does Ye Fei think I'm really that dumb now?"

"You're naturally a childish girl; this game suits you perfectly!" Chen Hao said, as he got out of bed and rummaged through the room's cabinet for the Ludo game.

"Besides, I'll be there to be silly with you, what are you afraid of?"

"That's true!" Ye Yuqiao smiled faintly, "I have you to keep me company."

Thinking about Chen Hao being silly with her, Ye Yuqiao felt this was a kind of happiness too.

...

...

It was late into the night.

In City Q.

In a dark alley of the lively and colorful bar district, a man dressed in a suit, heavily intoxicated, was staggering and supporting himself against the wall, holding a bottle of liquor in his hand.

"I want to be drunk, not heartbroken!" The man kept muttering drunken nonsense.

Moments later, as the man's figure was completely engulfed by darkness, suddenly, he let out a sharp scream!

"Ah!"

His piercing scream was filled with endless fear!

Before his eyes were a pair of green pupils, and a set of sharp teeth gleaming with a cold light.

It was a wolf!

A wolf tall enough to be more than twice a man's height!

"Ugh!"

Following that, an agonizing scream echoed through the alley, and a dark red glow of blood flickered in the darkness.

At that moment, the sound of police sirens went off.

Three police cars converged on the alley from three different intersections. In the past month, City Q had experienced several horrific murder cases, most of which occurred in the secluded corners of crowded areas.

To crack down on the series of murders as quickly as possible, the City Q police force stepped up their patrol in various areas, with this riverside bar street becoming a key area of focus.

After several days of vigilance, they finally heard some activity tonight.

However, when the police cars blocked off the entrance, and the officers hurried deeper into the alley, they found nothing but a corpse, no sign of any suspect.

Half of the body was ripped apart, with flesh and blood blurred; the ground beneath had turned into a river of blood.

"Where's the killer?" The leading officer yelled angrily, his face full of disappointment.

A young officer approached the body, squatted down, and said, "The blood is still warm! The scream we heard just now must have come from him. Judging from the wounds, it doesn't look like he was killed by a person."

On the neck to the right chest of the body, the young officer spotted three fresh claw marks.

"Just like the previous victims!" the young officer continued.

"You can't talk recklessly about that; be careful about being dismissed!" the officer warned the younger policeman, "This case is no trivial matter; it seems I have no choice but to ask a friend of mine to help with the investigation."

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