After finishing his shower and drying off, he went to the bedside. Seeing Talan still lounging in bed, Chen grinned wickedly.
He reached into the warm blankets and gave his target a gentle pinch.
In an instant, the beauty in bed opened her eyes.
She slapped away the unwelcome intruder under the covers and slowly sat up, then shot Chen Xi a withering look.
"What are you doing? I'm not done sleeping."
"I don't know how you manage to sleep even more than I do, day after day."
Chen sat down with a grin and pulled her into his arms.
He wrapped his arms around Talan's waist and gently rubbed her little belly.
"Time to get up. Look at that belly of yours. Whatever happened to Dasha, who used to insist she was going to lose weight and get in shape?"
"Hmph! When I said I wanted to lose weight, you told me I didn't need to, and that a little extra weight was nice. Now you're complaining that I'm fat, huh?!"
Talan turned her head and leaned against Chen Xi's shoulder. She had just started enjoying the familiar embrace when Chen's words left her speechless. So she simply opened her mouth and bit his shoulder.
After grinding her teeth against him for a moment, she looked up at the "heartless and fickle" man before her with displeasure.
"Hahahaha, no, no. Actually, a little belly is nice too~~"
Chen Xi released his arms from around her waist, then smiled and straightened her shoulders.
"Get up and have breakfast first. Then we'll go to the mall. Is Little Jin Xiao almost out of diapers?"
"Emm, I think we're running low... All right."
Though Talan's shoulders had been straightened, her neck still seemed too weak to hold her head up.
She rested