Mr. Bo, Your Wife is Pregnant! - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Powerful Character Reaper

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Coming.” A response came from inside the house.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man with graying sideburns. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed reading glasses. He appeared to be around sixty years old.

A smile always lingered on his face, but when he saw the tall man standing outside, his eyes suddenly froze for a moment.

“You… You…” Old Zou’s lips trembled.

Bo Jingshen smiled, and his cold and stern aura instantly dissipated with that smile.

“Old Zou, I’ve come to freeload.” Bo Jingshen chuckled.

Old Zou’s eyes behind his glasses turned slightly red. He raised his hand to take off his glasses, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand, and muttered softly, “You brat, if you were coming, why didn’t you say so earlier…”

“How early should I tell you? Old Zou, I told you five years ago that one day, when I achieve success, I will come here to freeload.”

“Alright, alright, come on in.” Old Zou became a little chatty as he got older. While inviting them inside and asking them to sit, he continued muttering, “You said you were waiting for good weather to come to freeload, but is this considered good weather?”

“The typhoon has just passed, the weather is quite pleasant now.” Bo Jingshen took a seat on the sofa.

Old Zou brought two glasses of water, handing one to Bo Jingshen and the other to Su Lu.

Su Lu received it gratefully and said, “Thank you, Teacher Zou.”

Old Zou stared at Su Lu for a moment.

Thinking that Old Zou didn’t recognize her, Su Lu quickly introduced herself, “Hello, I’m Su Lu.”

Old Zou chuckled, “I know you, the talented character from the University of Arts.”

Su Lu was taken aback and blinked, pointing at herself, “Me?”

She was just an unknown supporting character at the University of Arts. How could she unexpectedly have such a reputation?

A talented character from the University of Arts?

“Yes, you,” Old Zou smiled, revealing clear wrinkles around his eyes. “The reaper. The reaper who selectively harvests the best crops at our university. Such an impressive character.”

Su Lu’s face turned red in an instant. Perhaps it was because five years had passed.

Perhaps it was also because Old Zou was Bo Jingshen’s mentor.

This situation made her feel somewhat embarrassed, like a middle school boy or girl caught in a premature relationship.

“Cough, cough!” Bo Jingshen, sitting beside them, felt a little uneasy about being exposed by his mentor.

Especially considering his current ambiguous relationship with Su Lu, he clenched his fist and coughed lightly.

However, Old Zou didn’t seem to have such thoughts. After all, five years had passed, and his once-promising student was still the same “reaper.”

“Why are you coughing? I didn’t say anything wrong,” Old Zou waved his hand at Bo Jingshen.

Continuing, he said, “Our university’s best crop, splendid and outstanding, with good looks, a beautiful voice, and excellent academic performance. Many girls from the University of Science and Technology, the National Normal University, and even your University of Arts had their eyes on him. One after another, one after another, but none of them succeeded. You, tell me, what kind of reaper are you? What brand?”

Su Lu felt extremely embarrassed by his words. Her nose was sweating a little. She raised her hand and gently scratched the tip of her nose.

She knew that Bo Jingshen was popular. Even when they were dating, some girls actively pursued him and confessed their feelings. It had even led to some minor arguments and bouts of jealousy between them.

But Su Lu had no idea that she was being referred to as a…”reaper”? Wouldn’t it be better if she were described as an attractive and elegant woman? Being called a reaper was not flattering. It seemed that being a teacher at an engineering university was quite straightforward.

“Alright, Old Zou, could you make something to eat? I feel like having steamed mussel and garlic prawns…” Bo Jingshen interrupted his mentor, speaking in a very relaxed manner.

Old Zou, who always treated his students as equals, glanced at him and retorted, “Did you install surveillance cameras in my kitchen? How did you know I bought mussels and prawns today? I’ll get right on it.”

Bo Jingshen smiled as if he had transformed into the carefree young man who used to freeload meals at his mentor’s house five years ago, rather than the influential figure in the business world.

Su Lu pondered for a moment and then stood up, saying, “Let me help you.”

Bo Jingshen raised his eyebrows and looked at her. “Can you?”

Su Lu glanced back at him and replied, “Don’t you know if I can?”

After all, she had cooked for him before.

Perhaps it was because of the pleasant atmosphere between Bo Jingshen and Old Zou, as well as their easygoing conversation, that Su Lu unconsciously relaxed. Even her words became casual.

The words slipped out before she realized it, and she briefly froze after speaking. But Bo Jingshen merely raised an eyebrow in response, then nodded approvingly, “Indeed.”

Su Lu entered the kitchen.

Bo Jingshen sat on the sofa, leaning back against the soft chair, and let out a long sigh of contentment. He listened to the faint sounds of pots and pans clanging in the kitchen and the running water as vegetables were being washed. It was as if he couldn’t be more at ease.

It didn’t require a big house or a lot of money.

In this rather fiery scene, there was his respected mentor and… Su Lu.

And he only needed to wait a little longer, and he would be able to eat a steaming hot meal.

This made him feel very relaxed.

There were a few bottles of medicine under the coffee table. Bo Jingshen took a look and took a photo with his phone. They seemed to be medicines for chronic diseases that required long-term use. It seemed that Jiang Minhui had not been lying about this matter. Old Zou’s health was indeed not very good.

Old Zou had spent his whole life teaching and educating people. His wife had passed away from an illness in her early years, and they didn’t have any children. There was probably no one to take care of him.

Bo Jingshen sent out the medicine bottle that he had photographed.

“Help me check what kind of treatments these are and if there are any better alternatives.”

In the kitchen, Su Lu was washing the mussels and prawns.

Old Zou smiled as he cut the vegetables. “Be careful. Don’t get your fingers pricked by the prawns.”

“Alright, Teacher Zou, don’t worry.”

“Sigh, I can tell that you know how to get things done. It’s no wonder you were able to take care of that brat Jingshen so well back then.”

“Teacher Zou, don’t praise me.” Su Lu smiled as she cut off the prawn’s spear and whiskers. After removing the shrimp’s thread, she swiftly opened the prawn’s back.

“You don’t know how much Bo Jingshen liked you back then. I wouldn’t believe it if it were any other school couple. But I believe in Jingshen. He’s too serious. He acts exactly as he speaks.”

Su Lu’s hands paused. She gently bit her lip and asked softly, “What did he… say?”

Old Zou smiled. “He said that if he succeeded in the future, he would come to my place to freeload and bring Su Lu along. How could he be sure that you two would still be together when the time comes? He told me then that he wasn’t even sure if he would succeed, but he was sure that he had to be with you. Tell me how powerful you are, reaper.”

Su Lu smiled. It was a little difficult for her to curl the corners of her mouth. Her vision was a little blurry. “Yeah, I was really amazing.”

She slowly let go of her thumb that had been pressing on the tip of her index finger. The wound on her fingertip that had been accidentally pierced by the shrimp spear seeped out a few strands of red, which were quickly diluted by the running water from the tap.