Jiang Ruan's voice trembled, her face filled with disbelief.

"Du Ning, you are so cruel. I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful so early. In my previous life, I was severely poisoned, which affected the fetus and caused me to die. That's why I couldn't be saved."

Jiang Ruan's heart was screaming; she wished she could kill him immediately, for herself and for her child, to kill this despicable man.

Seeing Jiang Ruan in a daze, the doctor came over to comfort her, "Don't worry too much. Fortunately, it was discovered early, so it's nothing serious. Just eat more light food in the future, and with some medication, you'll be fine."

Then the doctor turned to look at Jiang's parents, "You must take good care of these parents. The patient is in a critical period right now, and there can be no mistakes. Even a small mistake could be dangerous. You must remember that."

"Also, we need to register the child's father."

Jiang Ruan was afraid of putting her parents in a difficult position and didn't know how to say it, so she quickly said, "He's busy and probably can't come. Let me register him first. Thank you, doctor."

"This father of yours, even now, doesn't he prioritize his wife and children? Your poisoning this time is most likely related to the usual care you receive. He ate greasy food and added an excessive amount of medication. You'll have to watch what you eat from now on."

The doctor's words struck Jiang Ruan like a thunderbolt, spreading deep into her heart.

How could she not know that Du Ning arranged all her meals? Even if he couldn't come today, he would still prepare them for her. At other times, he would come home to see her eat.

He said those meaty and greasy dishes were nutritious and for his own good. Jiang Ruan was afraid of upsetting him, so she gritted her teeth and ate them, but she didn't expect this result.

"Okay, doctor, we understand. Don't worry."

The doctor might feel that he has talked too much, which could easily lead to discord between the couple, and that this is not a good thing. It would also be bad if medical disputes occurred.

So he wrote it down on the form, looked up at Jiang Ruan's expression, and said, "Alright, go downstairs to pay and get your medicine, then you can go home. That's all."

"Okay, thank you, doctor!"

Jiang's parents waved goodbye to the doctor and turned back to look at Jiang Ruan.

Jiang's mother couldn't bear to see her daughter go back alone. "Ruan Ruan, why don't you talk to Du Ning? You can't be alone. You need someone to take care of you. Or you can come with your parents and not come home. Your parents will take care of you."

Jiang's father nodded in agreement, "Your mother is right. It's not convenient to buy things now. Someone is calling for stockpiling, saying it's a natural phenomenon and that there might be shortages in the future."

"It just so happens that we'll go back and buy more of your favorite foods to stock up. You can come back with us if you want."

Jiang Ruan's parents' ideas were reasonable and heartwarming, but she had her own plans.

"Mom and Dad, please take me home. Just pretend nothing happened. I will take good care of myself and tell you immediately if anything happens."

"Ruan Ruan, I'm scared..."

"Don't be afraid, Mom, it's okay."

"Okay, you must tell me. Mom will be there anytime. Don't be afraid, Mom is here."

...

Before parting, the parents were still reluctant to leave, but they couldn't resist their daughter's urging.

After seeing her parents off, Jiang Ruan checked her watch. It was already 1 a.m., and Du Ning still hadn't returned. His unusual behavior today gave Jiang Ruan a good opportunity.

She took all her property deeds, car registration certificates, and jewelry from her home safe and put them into her storage space. She planned to exchange them for money and then stock up on supplies, especially for her child, which she would patiently accumulate.

Afterwards, she took out the portion she was supposed to eat that night from the medicine cabinet at home and hid it in her storage space, intending to show it to the doctor at her next prenatal checkup to see if there was anything fishy going on.

Finally, she dialed her best friend's number. She remembered that her best friend, An Xia, had several detectives and security guards working for her, which would be convenient for her and protect her.

"Xiaxia, you don't need to find so many people, one or two will be enough."

"Oh, don't overthink it. I'm just worried about the baby. It's the first pregnancy, so everyone is a little delicate. Just bear with it."

Jiang Ruan rejected An Xia's plan to bring a whole carload of people. He only needed those people to quietly lie in ambush around him and run errands for him; that was enough for him.

There were too many people and it was too obvious.

But Anxia disagreed, saying, "Aruan, don't be so polite with me. We're like two different kinds of people, from the same crotch. Why are you saying these things to me?"

Anxia's family is very wealthy. Her father is a well-known local businessman, and her mother is also a strong woman. It is a marriage between two powerful families.

Anxia didn't have the temperament of those noble ladies; she was simply forthright and had a bit of a manly air about her.

No matter what Jiang Ruan said, she couldn't convince him, and in the end, she had no choice but to agree to An Xia's request not to ask her for money.

After finishing everything, Jiang Ruan once again sat on the sofa and started watching the news.

"According to reports, this mudslide disaster and volcanic eruption are not caused by human interference, but are natural phenomena. We hope that the general public will not crowd together or hoard goods. We can supply these items in a timely manner and there will be no supply shortages."

"..."

The report was presented in a serious manner, but the location where the reporter made the call was indeed a complete mess.

The discarded plastic bags flying everywhere, the large sacks of goods being hauled back by trucks, and the anxious passersby all seemed to be saying that something terrible was really going to happen to the world.

Jiang Ruan never expected that something like this would happen a year before the apocalypse. She felt that in her memory, such things would happen a little later.

But since things had already come to this, and it wasn't convenient for Jiang Ruan, she could only buy a large quantity of goods under the guise of opening a shop, mostly related to mothers and babies.

Seeing that she was willing to spend a lot of money and was also very straightforward, the shop owner immediately handed over the goods, which were expected to be delivered to Jiang Ruan's private apartment in about three days.

This was a gift from Jiang's parents a few months ago, when she had just found out she was pregnant, for her baby's one-month celebration.

Using the guise of opening a shop in a commercial building to stock up on goods, and then storing everything in his personal space for future use under the pretext of demand exceeding supply, was the best solution Jiang Ruan could think of. It would not arouse suspicion and would meet his needs.

She finished all this around 3 a.m., and she hadn't expected the merchants to still be awake so late. Perhaps they were thinking about how other food and supplies were being snapped up, but the maternal and infant industry was being treated like a bucket of cold water, sometimes even when everything was booming.

He must have been thrilled to encounter such a straightforward customer in the middle of the night, paying the deposit without much discussion. Excited, he quickly went to load the goods onto his truck.

Jiang Ruan reached out and turned off the TV. Her biological clock was still not adjusted after being reborn, but no matter what, she had to sleep now. The baby was kicking around, probably because it was sleepy.

Jiang Ruan gently comforted him for a while, and only after he stopped did she wash up and go to sleep, drifting off to sleep with the baby.

I didn't wake up until the sun was high in the sky the next day.

At this moment, Du Ning was already sitting on the edge of the bed, gazing at Jiang Ruan with deep affection.