Chapter 274 You Are the Best

Yu Li didn't sleep very soundly.

She had some bizarre and fantastical dreams.

She dreamt of her childhood, during the short time she lived with her parents, and all she faced every day was endless arguments between them.

Later, they finally reached the end of their marriage.

But on the day of their divorce, they finally remembered that they had a daughter named Yu Li.

Clearly, they all want to start a new family.

If you have a daughter, it will be very difficult to find a man or woman who is willing to accept someone else raising their daughter.

In particular, her father had already cheated on her with another woman, and the man her mother found after her divorce didn't have much money, so naturally they didn't want another mouth to feed in the family.

Yu Li became the most superfluous one. Later, her parents discussed it and decided to send Yu Li to the countryside to be raised by her grandmother who lived alone.

At first, they would give Grandma money as payment for taking care of Yu Li.

But a few years later, the father had another son and stopped paying monthly child support, citing the high cost of raising the son.

The mother was even worse, because her second husband was not capable at all and even asked her grandmother for money.

When Yu Li first arrived at her grandmother's house, she was not used to rural life and even fantasized that her parents would take her back.

She waited and waited every day until her father finally appeared. But after giving her grandmother a sum of money for raising her, he didn't even pat her head before leaving without looking back.

When her mother came, little Yu Li, in order to show that she was very well-behaved, took out all the snacks that she had been saving and that she was reluctant to eat, and gave them to her mother.

But her mother didn't pat her head or praise her for being good. Instead, she told her in a cheerful tone that she would soon have a little sister.

At that moment, Yu Li finally understood.

Her parents not only abandoned her, but they never loved her either.

She silently put all the snacks away, and from then on, she never looked forward to her parents' arrival again, nor to that love that seemed so ethereal to her.

The trauma she suffered in childhood was deeply buried in Yu Li's heart, built up with a high wall, making it difficult for outsiders to see.

But when she was at her most vulnerable, and dreamed of the past again, scalding tears still uncontrollably slid down her cheeks.

In a blur, Yu Li felt as if someone was gently wiping the corner of her eye.

Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound, as if someone was whispering something.

Yu Li struggled and opened her eyes.

The next second, a warm, large hand covered her face.

"Lili, did I wake you up?"

When Yu Li saw Qi Chenyan's handsome face, she was completely stunned and even forgot to blink.

My first reaction was that I was dreaming.

Qi Chenyan, as if he could read her mind, gently stroked the tip of her nose.

"It's not a dream, Lili."

Yu Li stirred, and Qi Chenyan knew she wanted to sit up. He lifted the blanket a little and helped her sit up slowly.

As soon as she sat down, Yu Li turned to the side and hugged Qi Chenyan.

Qi Chenyan sat even closer to avoid making his pregnant wife uncomfortable in this side-hugging position for too long.

At the same time, with his other hand, he silently stroked her back to soothe her obviously unsettled emotions.

"Why are you back? When did you get back?"

Yu Li glanced at the sky outside and found that it was still barely dawn.

She was certain she hadn't slept for very long, which meant—

Did you rush back overnight?

Qi Chenyan hummed in agreement: "I just arrived not long ago. The nurse originally came in to check your blood pressure, but I saw you were still asleep, so I told her to come later. I didn't expect that she would still wake you up."

Yu Li blinked. "Aren't you upset that I didn't let Tan Mo tell you?"

Qi Chenyan sighed softly and stroked his wife's slightly cool face.

"I know you were afraid it would affect my work, so you didn't let Tan Mo notify me immediately. You were thinking of me. I should be grateful that I have the best wife in the world."

“As a wife and an expectant mother, Lili, you have done a great job. On the contrary, I, as your husband and expectant father, am the one who is unqualified. I know you are far along in your pregnancy, but I still have endless work to do.”

"I'm always away on business trips, unable to be by your side. Even after your accident, I couldn't be there for you right away, leaving you all alone in the hospital. There are just too many things I've done wrong."

Yu Li immediately turned her head and kissed his cheek.

"Whether as a husband or an expectant father, you have done a great job. No matter what others think or say, in my heart, you are the best."

Qi Chenyan chuckled softly and kissed his wife's soft lips.

"So, as expectant parents, we shouldn't criticize each other, otherwise the baby might laugh at us if they hear it."

When talking about her baby, Yu Li's eyes were filled with tender maternal love.

"Fortunately, the baby has always been very well-behaved and rarely makes a fuss."

At that moment, Tan Mo knocked on the door from the outside.

"Chen Yan, sister-in-law, are you two done with your lovemaking? If you are, I'd like to take your sister-in-law's blood pressure."

Seeing that people had arrived, Yu Li gave Qi Chenyan a slight push.

Qi Chenyan then made way for him, and after measuring his blood pressure, he was about to have his blood drawn.

As soon as Yu Li raised her arm, Qi Chenyan took her hand and rolled up her sleeve for her.

At the same time, he took out his other hand and covered Yu Li's eyes.

"Be gentle, my wife is afraid of pain."

Yu Li, who originally wanted to say that she was not afraid of blood or pain, closed her mouth again when she heard Qi Chenyan say that. After all, her husband had said so, and as his wife, she naturally had to agree with him.

Tan Mo couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Dude, it's just a blood draw, not a shot. There's no need to be so lovey-dovey and torture this single guy, right?

Yu Li only felt a slight stinging pain, and before she could even react, the blood had already been drawn.

"Your blood pressure has returned to normal, and your heart rate is also normal. If there are no problems, you can go home after the blood test is completed and everything is fine."

Yu Li was still a little incredulous that she could be discharged so quickly. She thought that because her blood pressure and heart rate had suddenly increased, she would have to stay for another two days.

"What's wrong? You're ready to be discharged, why are you still standing there like a dazed fool?"

Qi Chenyan poured a glass of warm water and fed it to Yu Li.

After taking two sips, she said, "I just didn't expect to be discharged so soon. Can I really be discharged?"

"Of course, Tan Mo said it himself, and we can rest better at home."

At first, Yu Li didn't quite understand the true meaning of Qi Chenyan's words.

It wasn't until we returned to the lakeside villa and saw the professional medical team and all the high-end medical equipment that it resembled a small private hospital.

Yu Li was stunned.

"Isn't this... a bit of an exaggeration?"