“Jingyi, look, she’s awake.”
“You, stop teasing her, or she might cry,” Lu Jingyi chided with a glance.
“She’s not crying. Look at her beautiful eyes staring at me. Long Bao, I’m your godmother. Are you staring at me because you like me?”
“Long Bao’s eyes are so beautiful, just like black grapes.”
“Auntie, quickly teach me how to hold a baby.”
Wang Pei walked over, first picked up the child, and explained the key points of holding an infant.
Su Yaqin stiffly lifted the baby, instantly freezing in place, not daring to move a muscle.
“Long Bao is really adorable. It’s a shame I can’t have children, otherwise I’d want one too.”
Lu Jingyi was startled and quickly reminded her, “Your health doesn’t allow you to have children now. Don’t joke about your condition.”
“I know, I’m just expressing regret.”
[Can Godmother not have babies? Then how did she have one later?]
Su Yaqin’s expression went completely blank.
Where did that little milky voice she just heard come from?
She looked at the child in her arms with disbelief.
Could this newborn already be talking?
[In a few months, Godmother should have a baby, right?]
Su Yaqin wore an expression as if she’d seen a ghost.
The voice indeed came from the child in her arms.
The little milky voice continued: [Oh, so it’s because Godmother’s husband wants children, but since Godmother’s brother is the mayor, he doesn’t dare to cheat, otherwise he would have had a baby with someone else long ago.]
Su Yaqin was utterly bewildered. How could this child know such things?
Wang Pei, noticing her stunned state, quickly took the baby back.
Lu Jingyi also looked at Su Yaqin with shock.
The reason Yaqin couldn’t get pregnant was because her husband used to work at a newspaper. While covering a robbery case, he learned the criminal had a wife and wrote in the paper that the wife failed to control her husband properly.
Many readers pointed fingers at the robber’s wife, who eventually succumbed to the pressure and committed suicide.
Later, on his first day out of prison, the robber came seeking revenge against Yaqin’s husband with a knife.
At that time, Su Yaqin and her husband were on the verge of divorce over this incident.
When the robber attacked, Yaqin’s first instinct was to block the knife for her husband.
That single block resulted in uterine damage, forever robbing her of the chance to become a mother.
During her hospitalization, Yaqin’s husband tirelessly cared for her.
That’s how they reconciled.
Now, just three years later, Yaqin’s husband actually wants children.
The human heart… truly is fickle.
Lu Jingyi thought of her own man and curled her lips in self-mockery.
Su Yaqin looked distraught.
Lu Jingyi sighed and said, “Yaqin, you should go back and rest. Come visit me in a few days.”
Su Yaqin nodded subconsciously, “I… I’ll go back now…”
Her mind was completely occupied with what Long Bao had said.
She had no energy to question why she could hear Long Bao speaking.
She only wanted to know whether what Long Bao said was true.
Whether her husband really wanted children.
In a daze, she left the hospital room. While descending the stairs, she unexpectedly saw Xu Zhijun emerging from another room.
“Xu Zhijun? What are you doing here?”
“I… I came to visit my sister-in-law… Are you here to see Jingyi?”
Su Yaqin nodded, “Yes, I saw Long Bao. Did your sister-in-law give birth too? Is the baby alright?”
“It’s fine,” Xu Zhijun replied very quickly.
Su Yaqin had something on her mind and didn’t notice Xu Zhijun’s unusual behavior. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she left.
Watching her retreating figure, Xu Zhijun immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
No. He needed to call his mother back quickly. Otherwise, if he kept running to Li Hong’s hospital room and someone saw him, there would inevitably be gossip.
If Lu Jingyi found out, everything would be over.
Su Yaqin returned home.
She unlocked the drawer.
She took out the contraceptive supplies, only to discover that all of them had been opened.
She was completely stunned.
Could Long Bao have been right?
Just then, the sound of the door opening came from outside.
“Wife, I’m home.”
“Wife?”
Soon, the bedroom door was pushed open.
The man’s face turned pale the moment he saw the contraceptive supplies in front of her.
Su Yaqin slowly turned to look at him. Before she could even open her mouth to question him, he knelt down and admitted his mistake.
“Wife, you mustn’t tell your brother. He’s the one who got me this job. If he finds out, I’ll definitely lose my job. What will happen to our whole family then?”
“Mom has been pressuring me so much. I just lost my head for a moment.”
Su Yaqin shook off his hand. “You know perfectly well I can’t get pregnant. If I were to conceive, it could mean both me and the baby would die.”
“I asked the doctor. He said three years have passed, and your body might have recovered by now. It’s probably just Lu Jingyi exaggerating the situation.”
“Jingyi and I grew up together! How could she possibly harm me!”
“Wife, I really know I was wrong. Everyone around us has children, some even have two in three years. We’ve been married for five years now without a single child. Even Lu Jingyi is pregnant now. I just want my own child too. I know you like children too. I know it’s my fault. Please forgive me.”
Su Yaqin felt like the person before her was a complete stranger.
Just yesterday, this same person had been whispering sweet nothings to her.
Back when she was in the hospital bed, he had cried so remorsefully, swearing he would love her forever even without children.
Yet just three years later, he had forgotten everything.
He wanted a child, but forgot that child could cost her life.
Could other people’s opinions really be more important than her life?
If she hadn’t learned from Long Bao what this person was doing, given her temperament, she would never have been able to bring herself to abort if she became pregnant.
That could very well have led to both her and the baby dying.
Her hands and feet turned cold. “Get out. I need to be alone.”
“Wife, I really know I was wrong. Don’t be angry with me. I’ll do anything you want.”
“Get out!”
“Alright, alright, I’m going. Don’t be angry. We can talk properly after you’ve calmed down. If you really don’t want children, then we won’t have any. Wife, I really can’t lose you.”
Meanwhile.
Wang Pei returned from getting food at the hospital cafeteria.
These were tough times for everyone, and even the cafeteria food lacked proper nutrition.
Fortunately, her daughter preferred light meals, otherwise she would have insisted her daughter come home for postpartum recovery.
Seeing her return, Xu Zhijun stood up and said, “Mom, sorry to trouble you looking after Jingyi here. I have training soon, so I’ll head back first.”
Wang Pei replied coldly, “Go ahead.”
Long Bao clenched his fists in anger. [What going back? He has a month off! He’s actually going to take care of Li Hong.]
Wang Pei’s hand paused briefly.
But she couldn’t even be bothered to look at Xu Zhijun.
Lu Jingyi didn’t want to get angry either.
These consecutive blows in recent days had nearly cost her her daughter, and now it seemed this husband wasn’t all that important either.
After the door closed and the footsteps faded away, Lu Jingyi was helped up by Wang Pei.
Wang Pei placed the light meal on the table.
Picking up her chopsticks, Lu Jingyi asked while eating, “Mom, how’s the investigation going?”