Chapter 77 p1
The news of Bai Xue’s pregnancy instantly spread throughout the entire family compound, including the military camp. Everyone’s first reaction was “Is it true?”
After confirming that the news was true, everyone was amazed. Bai Xue could actually have children?
“How strange. Zeng Huijun is pregnant, which means that Regiment Commander Xu’s body is fine. Now Bai Xue is also pregnant, which means she can have children. How come the two of them couldn’t get pregnant after being married for more than five years? Could it be that their fate had not arrived? Then wasn’t their divorce a mistake?” Li Jinfeng asked with a shocked expression.
Gu Yao also found it magical. The two of them had even gotten a divorce because they couldn’t have children, but they had a child less than a year after remarrying.
“I don’t think their divorce was a mistake. Think about it, they were together for five years without getting pregnant, but they can have children with others. What does that mean? It means that the two of them are not suitable, that Regiment Commander Xu’s seed cannot sprout in Bai Xue’s field,” Ye Qingzhi said, holding Yangyang. This little boy had lost a fight with Haohao and was now seeking comfort from her.
Beside her, Li Yang nodded. She agreed with Ye Qingzhi’s view.
Li Yang: “That’s right. It’s like planting wheat in a paddy field. The wheat will definitely not survive. The wheat is fine, and the paddy field is fine, but when the two are put together, there’s a problem.”
“I thought it was Bai Xue who couldn’t have children. I think it’s a matter of fate. She and Regiment Commander Xu were fated to meet but not to be together. But now that she’s pregnant, she can finally hold her head high. You don’t know how ugly some people have been saying about her in private,” Li Jinfeng said with a tsk.
To say that she was a hen that couldn’t lay eggs was a light insult. Some also said that she had done something wicked in her past life, which was why she couldn’t have children in this life. Some also said that she had done something bad before, so she was getting her retribution. More were speculating about her physical problems. In any case, they were not good words.
“In any case, her pregnancy is a happy event,” she said. As a woman, Gu Yao knew the pressure Bai Xue was under and was still happy for her.
On the other side, when Wu Kaixuan came back from the training ground, everyone he met along the way congratulated him, which made him very confused.
“Old Wu, congratulations!” the chief of staff of the 351st Regiment, Chief of Staff Lin, said with a chuckle.
Wu Kaixuan pulled the departing Chief of Staff Lin. “Tell me clearly, what are you congratulating me for?”
He had just been promoted, and he hadn’t been on a mission recently. It couldn’t be a promotion. Then what was it for?
Chief of Staff Lin had not expected Wu Kaixuan to not know yet. A hint of cunning flashed in his eyes. “You’ll know when you get home.”
Home? Did something happen at home?
Everyone was congratulating him with a smile. It must be a happy event. But Wu Kaixuan really couldn’t think of any happy event. Could it be that his family had come to see him?
That was not worthy of everyone congratulating him!
But no matter how he pressed Chief of Staff Lin, it was useless. This old boy refused to tell him and just kept telling him to go home and ask his wife.
An idea flashed in Wu Kaixuan’s mind, but then he shook his head, feeling that this was impossible. He might as well go home and ask Bai Xue.
When he got home, he saw Bai Xue sitting there crying, with Yang Xiaorou sitting opposite her, constantly saying something.
Didn’t they say it was a happy event? Why was Bai Xue crying?
Wu Kaixuan quickly walked to Bai Xue and asked anxiously, “Xiaoxue, why are you crying?” Seeing that she was still sobbing and not speaking, he turned to look at Yang Xiaorou. “Many people have been congratulating me on my way here. Chief of Staff Lin also said it was a great happy event. What happy event? If it’s a happy event, why is Xiaoxue crying like this? What happened?”
Seeing Wu Kaixuan, Yang Xiaorou was as if she had seen a savior. She quickly got up and made way. “It is a happy event, a great happy event. Congratulations on becoming a father.”
“Wh… what?” Wu Kaixuan’s mind went blank. After a while, he finally reacted and looked at Bai Xue in disbelief. “Xiaoxue, are you pregnant?”
When Wu Kaixuan had married Bai Xue, he had been prepared to not have any biological children in this lifetime. But now, to be told that Bai Xue was pregnant, he didn’t know if he was more shocked or more pleasantly surprised.
Looking at the dazed Wu Kaixuan, the tears that Bai Xue had managed to hold back suddenly fell again. “Yes, I’m pregnant. Kaixuan, I’m going to be a mother.”
“Xiaoxue, you can’t cry anymore. You’re pregnant now. If you cry like this, it will hurt the child,” Yang Xiaorou said, pushing Wu Kaixuan. “Hurry up and comfort Xiaoxue. After she found out she was pregnant at the hospital, she’s been crying until now.”
She knew that Bai Xue had been under a lot of pressure these few years. So after learning that she was pregnant, she had squatted on the ground and wailed. Yang Xiaorou had not said anything and had just silently accompanied her, letting her vent the difficulties of these few years. But she couldn’t keep crying. It was very bad for her body.
“I… I really can’t help it,” Bai Xue said with a hiccup, constantly taking deep breaths. She couldn’t cry, she couldn’t cry. It would hurt the child.
Wu Kaixuan hugged Bai Xue and gently stroked her back. “Xiaoxue, don’t cry anymore. This is a happy event, a great happy event. You should be happy.”
Hearing Wu Kaixuan’s gentle comfort, Bai Xue felt even more wronged. She patted Wu Kaixuan’s arm. “I’m crying tears of joy.”
Bai Xue’s eyes were already red and swollen from crying. She wanted to reach out and rub them but was quickly stopped by Wu Kaixuan.
He got up, poured a basin of water, wrung out a towel, and gently wiped Bai Xue’s eyes and face.
Bai Xue also tilted her head up and obediently let Wu Kaixuan wipe her, saying at the same time, “Xiaorou, I really have to thank you this time. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known I was pregnant and would have been drinking Chinese medicine to condition my body, and even wanted to take stomach medicine. By the way, I’ve been drinking Chinese medicine these few days. No, I have to go and ask Old Hu if the medicine for nourishing the body will affect the child.”
Saying that, Bai Xue was about to go and find Old Hu, but her body was held by Wu Kaixuan, and she couldn’t move.
She looked at Wu Kaixuan in confusion. “You’re not worried?”
“After your check-up at the hospital, you must have gone to see Old Hu for a pulse check. If there was a problem, the doctor and Old Hu would not have not said anything,” she said. With Wu Kaixuan’s understanding of Bai Xue, after she had found out she was pregnant, she would definitely have gone to see Old Hu for a pulse check and would have asked these questions.
Sure enough, beside her, Yang Xiaorou nodded. “Xiaoxue, you forgot. You’ve already asked the doctor and Old Hu. They both said it’s fine.”
Bai Xue let out a long sigh of relief. “Xiaorou, my mind is a mess right now. In any case, thank you so much for taking me to the hospital this time. If anything had happened, the consequences would have been more than I could bear.”
She had been driven mad by the thought of having a child these few years. It was so hard to have a child. If something had really happened, she might not have been able to live on.
“This is not my credit. I was chatting with Qingzhi today and casually mentioned that you had a stomach problem. It was Qingzhi who said that your symptoms were like pregnancy and told me to hurry up and take you to the hospital for a check-up. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have thought in this direction. Xiaoxue, this time you have to thank Qingzhi properly,” Yang Xiaorou said, not wanting to take the credit from Ye Qingzhi.
Bai Xue had not expected Ye Qingzhi to remind Yang Xiaorou and even have Yang Xiaorou take her to the hospital for a check-up.
Thinking of what she had done before, she couldn’t help but feel a little ashamed.
“I have to thank her properly. After dinner tonight, I’ll take Xiaoxue to find her and thank her in person,” Wu Kaixuan said gratefully.
Yang Xiaorou nodded. Since Wu Kaixuan was back, she would leave Bai Xue to him. She believed that the couple must have a lot to say now.
After Yang Xiaorou left, Bai Xue suddenly hugged Wu Kaixuan and said in a choked voice, “I’m pregnant. I’m finally pregnant. I’m not infertile. I’m not a hen that can’t lay eggs. Sob, sob, sob, I’m pregnant.”
Wu Kaixuan held Bai Xue with a heartache. Words could be a weapon, and rumors could kill. For so many years, he had known the pressure Bai Xue was under but had no way to help her.
“Don’t cry, baby. Didn’t you hear Xiaorou say that crying too much is not good for the child?” Wu Kaixuan was more worried about Bai Xue’s body, but if he didn’t say this, Bai Xue might keep crying.
Sure enough, hearing this, Bai Xue tried to calm down. “Yes, I won’t cry.”
Xu Kaisheng also knew about Bai Xue’s pregnancy. He sat alone in his office, staring at the document in his hand, but he couldn’t read a single word.
“Knock, knock, knock.” The knock on the door pulled Xu Kaisheng’s thoughts back.
“Come in,” Xu Kaisheng said, turning a page of the document in his hand.
“Have you finished reading the document? If there’s no problem, just sign it,” Zhang Qingyuan said, sitting opposite Xu Kaisheng. He glanced at the document in his hand, the second page. He knew that he was still affected.
“Old Xu, you’re married, and you’re about to be a father. Let the past be the past. Don’t let it affect your current life,” Zhang Qingyuan said earnestly.
Xu Kaisheng looked up at Zhang Qingyuan and said with a light laugh, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”
“What are you pretending for? Alright, hurry up and read the document. After you’ve finished, sign it for me,” Zhang Qingyuan said, getting up and walking a few steps. He then turned to Xu Kaisheng and said, “Get your emotions in order. Don’t let your wife see. She’s pregnant now. Don’t make her sad.”
This time, Xu Kaisheng did not refute. He nodded and said, “Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”
That night, Ye Qingzhi, He Qiming, and the children were looking at the stars in the yard. He Qiming was telling the children stories from his time on the battlefield.
Just then, Wu Kaixuan and Bai Xue came to the door with things.
“What are you doing here?” Ye Qingzhi asked, looking at them in confusion.
“Xiaorou told me everything. This time, if it weren’t for your reminder, she wouldn’t have thought I was pregnant,” Bai Xue said. Her mood had calmed down. Now, her expression was incredibly gentle. She looked at Ye Qingzhi with a smile and said solemnly, “Qingzhi, thank you.”
Ye Qingzhi had not expected Yang Xiaorou to tell Bai Xue what she had said, let alone that Bai Xue and her husband would come to their door with things to thank her.
“No need. I just thought it sounded a bit like it and gave a reminder. Anyone else would have done the same. So I can’t accept these things. You should hurry up and take them back,” Ye Qingzhi quickly refused.
“Although you just gave a reminder, you are my child’s savior,” Bai Xue said sincerely. “Qingzhi, thank you so much. It’s not anything valuable, just a small token of our appreciation.”
Bai Xue thought of the gift she had sent last time. Ye Qingzhi had returned it the next day. Then Xu Kaisheng had given her a talking-to, and only then had she realized that she had sent the wrong thing. This time, it was really not anything valuable, just some common pastries from Beijing.
Worried that Ye Qingzhi would not accept them, Bai Xue opened the kraft paper. “They’re all pastries. My mother just sent them yesterday. For the children to eat.”
“Yes, it’s just a small token. I hope you don’t mind,” she said. On the way, Wu Kaixuan had already learned about the gift Bai Xue had sent last time.
After confirming that it was just two bags of pastries, and seeing that they were sincerely grateful, Ye Qingzhi accepted them, so that they would not think she was trying to take advantage of their gratitude.
“Then I’ll be thick-skinned and accept them. It was really just a reminder. You don’t have to take it to heart,” Ye Qingzhi said, walking them to the door. She watched as Wu Kaixuan helped Bai Xue leave, and thought of Xu Kaisheng and Zeng Huijun, whom she had run into on the road a few days ago. She couldn’t help but sigh at the unpredictability of life.
“What are you thinking about? The water is boiling. You should go and take a shower first. I’ll give you a shoulder massage later. Didn’t you say you were sore?” Seeing Ye Qingzhi standing at the door in a daze, He Qiming pulled her into the house.
What’s there to look at with others? Can they be as good-looking as him?
The next day, Li Jinfeng came to Ye Qingzhi’s house with her child, full of excitement. She asked in a low voice, “What did Bai Xue want?”
Ye Qingzhi glanced at her and took the child. “Nothing. She just thanked me for reminding Xiaorou that she was pregnant.”
“Is that all?” Li Jinfeng frowned.
“Then what did you think it was?” Ye Qingzhi asked, looking at her in confusion.
Li Jinfeng shook her head. “Nothing.” She watched as Ye Qingzhi played with the child and said with a chuckle, “You like children so much. Why don’t you have another one?”
Ye Qingzhi looked at her helplessly. “Don’t rush me. I don’t lack children. It will come when it comes.”
In fact, her mentality had changed a lot. When she had first gotten married, she had thought that since He Qiming had a son and she also had a son, they did not lack children. And since she was afraid of having children, she might as well not have any.
As her relationship with He Qiming had deepened, she now really wanted a child of their own blood.
But not now. She would wait a little longer. When Yangyang started preschool, and her body was almost conditioned, she would have one then, preferably a little cotton-padded jacket.