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Yu Qiao and Shen Zhao held their wedding in December. The church bells rang out, and a solemn wedding march played.

The wedding ceremony officially began.

All eyes were on the newlyweds, and there was no shortage of discussion.

Meanwhile, in the audience, Jiang Zhujun wiped away her tears and looked at Yu Qiao with loving eyes: "I never expected that Jiang Jiang would get married to Zhao Bao so soon after we found her."

"Zhujun, you've finally found her." Qin Jin'er's lips had been upturned all day and she couldn't suppress them. She looked at the newlyweds on the stage with joy and couldn't help but complain, "Han Ting and Han Yang are so useless. Zhao Bao is already married, and they haven't even brought a girlfriend home."

"Mom, I'm right next to you, can you please keep your voice down?" Shen Hanyang rolled his eyes speechlessly and clicked his tongue, saying, "Besides, you wouldn't be happy if I brought my girlfriends back."

Qin Jin'er glared at him reproachfully, her gentle voice laced with anger: "Don't you even know what kind of people you've brought with you!"

"Apart from Zhao Bao, none of them give me any peace of mind!"

Shen Hanting remained silent, holding his phone, swiping the screen to see the wallpaper in the screensaver.

Above is a handsome young man with a cool and aloof appearance.

Shen Hanting gently stroked the boy's face with his rough fingertips, his thin lips pressed together, his expression somber.

As the wedding march came to an end, the newlyweds stood before the priest, gazing at each other.

"Mr. Shen Zhao, do you take Yuan Jiang to be your wife? From this day forward, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, in beauty and in sorrow, in good times and in bad, will you stay by my side through thick and thin, until death do you part?"

Shen Zhao slowly lifted his long eyelashes, gazing through the thin veil at Yu Qiao's delicate jawline and her crimson lips, which were as alluring as poison.

He parted his thin lips slightly and answered devoutly, "I do."

"Miss Yuan Jiang, do you take Shen Zhao to be your wife? From this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, in beauty and in sorrow, in good times and in bad, to stay by your side through thick and thin, until death do you part?"

Yu Qiao looked quietly at Shen Zhao in front of her. He was dressed unusually formally today, unlike his usual casual and lazy self.

The answer to this question came when she first met Shen Zhao.

Her crimson lips curved into a smile, giving an affirmative answer: "I do."

"After the ceremony, the groom may kiss the bride."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Zhao lifted her white hair, bent down, hooked his long arm around her waist, and reached towards that touch of crimson.

After a long while, Shen Zhao stared blankly at Yu Qiao: "Baby, we are husband and wife now."

Yu Qiao's gaze fell on the ring on her ring finger, and she couldn't help but smile.

yes,

The young master will always belong to her.

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Because Yu Qiao always believed she was infertile, and Shen Zhao echoed that he was also infertile, the two infertile people never used contraception after marriage.

My period is eight days late!

Yu Qiao was restless, feeling something strange in her stomach, but she was afraid she was just imagining things.

After lunch today, she deliberately avoided Jiang Zhujun, Yuan Zhiling, and the clingy Shen Zhao, and secretly went to the pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test.

Hiding in the toilet.

Yu Qiao took a deep breath, then inhaled deeply, repeating this several times before finally getting a positive result.

I stared intently at the pregnancy test.

She froze when she saw the two red lines.

I stood there in the bathroom for almost half an hour.

"Knock knock~"

A knock came at the door.

Yu Qiao was still in a daze.

"Wife, what are you doing in there? You've been in there for forty-eight minutes!" Shen Zhao's resentful voice came from inside.

The stunned Yu Qiao was startled awake.

Yu Qiao swallowed, her expression still somewhat blank, as she held the pregnancy test stick, opened the door, and stared at Shen Zhao.

Shen Zhao tilted his head and asked, puzzled, "Wife, are you stupid?"

"Shen Zhao." Yu Qiao slapped his hand away, her expression very serious, and solemnly called his name.

Shen Zhao was somewhat stunned: "Wife?"

This is the first time my wife has been so fierce to me since we got married. Waaah, has my wife already gotten tired of me?

Yu Qiao waved the pregnancy test in her hand, her eyes brimming with undisguised joy: "I'm pregnant."

I am pregnant!

These four words struck Shen Zhao like a thunderbolt, leaving him stunned and disoriented. He cautiously glanced at Yu Qiao's stomach and asked, "Pregnant? With a child?"

"Mmm!" Yu Qiao nodded emphatically.

So it turns out she wasn't infertile after all.

That quack doctor in Luwei Village!

Shen Zhao's feelings were complicated. He stared intently at Yu Qiao's belly and began to feel anxious: "Wife, let's go to the hospital for a checkup first. Is your body capable of getting pregnant? Will pregnancy harm you? Will it be a C-section or a natural birth?"

Yu Qiao held his hand, turned her head, and snorted.

She laughed and called him an "idiot."

The foolish Shen Zhao tirelessly gathered all the obstetricians and gynecologists together, treating Yu Qiao with the utmost care as if she were a rare treasure.

Examination results: The embryo is developing normally.

Yu Qiao happily took Shen Zhao home and began studying "Encyclopedia of Pregnancy".

A month later, Yu Qiao became listless. Her pregnancy symptoms were severe. She was drowsy, weak, dizzy, and vomited everything she ate. Even drinking a sip of water would make her feel extremely nauseous.

However, all the test results were normal.

Shen Zhao's initial expectations for the child eventually turned into self-blame and regret.

Seeing Yu Qiao vomit until she was dizzy and collapsed weakly into his arms, he thought for a moment and said, "Wife, let's not have this child."

Yu Qiao instantly perked up: "What did you say?!"

"If I had known that pregnancy would make you like this..." Shen Zhao's eyes were red as he stared at her thin jaw and said with difficulty, "I don't want this child anymore."

He should have gotten a tubal ligation if he had known his wife would get pregnant.

My wife finally gained weight to 90 pounds, but because of her pregnancy, she lost weight again.

Yu Qiao gently stroked her abdomen, biting her lip as she said, "Shen Zhao, you can't say that."

"He'll be unhappy if he hears that."

Shen Zhao gently shook his head: "I just want you to feel better."

She had already suffered enough. From the moment they got together, he thought he must treat the baby well and only be good to her.

Shen Zhao stubbornly said, "We don't want him."

"Shen Zhao, don't say things like that again, it will make me angry." Yu Qiao lowered her eyelashes, perhaps because of her pregnancy, which made her more sensitive.

Even though she knew Shen Zhao felt sorry for her, she still couldn't help but want to cry: "I want hers."

“Summoned.”

When Shen Zhao saw her tears, he was at a loss and could only humbly coax her, "I'm sorry, I misspoke, wife. I shouldn't have said that. If you want a baby, then we'll have her."

"I'll go learn to cook from Mom tomorrow and make some of your favorite dishes, okay?"

Yu Qiao nodded emphatically and said, "Okay."

Two weeks later, she stopped vomiting.

But I still don't gain weight, only my belly.

She was frighteningly thin, except for her belly, which was swollen like a ball.

In her late pregnancy, Yu Qiao could barely stand, her feet were swollen, and she had trouble sleeping and eating.

Shen Zhao was anxious.

I can't sleep.

He would wake up at the slightest sound from Yu Qiao and hurriedly ask her, "What's wrong, wife? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yu Qiao looked at Shen Zhao's increasingly thin chin and touched it with heartache: "You've lost so much weight, you even have stubble."

Shen Zhao shook his head: "I'm fine. My wife doesn't like to see it. I'll shave off my stubble tomorrow."

"You should rest, I'm fine," Yu Qiao said, shaking her head to comfort her.

Shen Zhao hugged Yu Qiao tightly, supporting his belly, but he couldn't feel happy at all.

It's not that he dislikes children, but ever since this child appeared, Yu Qiao has never had a good night's sleep.

Yu Qiao's health was already poor; pregnancy is a life-or-death situation for most people, let alone for her...

Shen Zhao nestled his head on Yu Qiao's shoulder, his eyes dry and on the verge of tears. He dared not say anything, afraid of upsetting Yu Qiao, and could only think to himself, "I should have gotten a tubal ligation."

With her due date at the end of December, Shen Zhao stayed by Yu Qiao's side almost constantly, and checked her into the hospital a week in advance.

As soon as Yu Qiao showed the slightest sign of distress, he would summon a whole bunch of doctors, eager to examine her from head to toe.

Later, even after her due date, Yu Qiao showed no signs of giving birth.

Based on the comprehensive data, the doctor recommended a cesarean section.

Before entering the operating room, everyone from the Shen family, along with Jiang Zhujun and Yuan Zhiling, arrived.

"Jiang Jiang, don't be afraid, Mom is here waiting for you to come out." Jiang Zhujun stroked Yu Qiao's thin cheek with pity, her eyes almost overflowing with heartache.

Yuan Zhiling, a doting father to his daughter, never gave Shen Zhao a kind look after Yu Qiao became pregnant.

At this moment, worry filled his entire face: "Jiang Jiang, don't be afraid, Dad has arranged for the most authoritative doctor. Just go in and sleep for a bit, and then the baby will come out. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Yu Qiao gently shook her head and said, "Mom and Dad, I have thick skin and I'm not afraid of pain at all."

Having been beaten so many times, she was no longer sensitive to pain. In the past, Shen Zhao would never allow her to say such things about herself, but now, she still said it out loud, not knowing whether she was comforting Jiang Zhujun, Yuan Zhiling, or Shen Zhao.

Shen Zhao stood to the side like a statue, his dark eyes fixed on Yu Qiao.

His eyes were red and swollen, and he secretly thought to himself that he shouldn't have been soft-hearted and kept the child.

Shen Zhao stood outside the operating room, his body covered in cold sweat.

Before the surgery, the doctor talked to him a lot, but he couldn't remember much of what else he said. He only remembered that the surgery would have many unknown risks.

Half an hour has passed.

Shen Zhao's legs were trembling.

Jiang Zhujun was a little worried, feeling that Shen Zhao's condition was not right: "Zhao Bao, don't be too nervous, Jiang Jiang will be fine."

Shen Zhao shook his head, his eyes red and on the verge of tears. His voice gradually turned sobbing, and at that moment, he finally said, "I shouldn't have let her have her way with everything. Why did I have this child..."

With a "smack," he slapped himself hard across the face, tears of self-reproach and guilt streaming down his face.

Jiang Zhujun was dumbfounded, and Yuan Zhiling was also stunned.

Shen Zhao wiped away her tears and stared into the operating room: "Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm fine..."

Jiang Zhujun and Yuan Zhiling exchanged a glance, both feeling that Shen Zhao's behavior was quite strange.

An hour later, the operating room door opened, and the nurses from the delivery room came out carrying the baby. Everyone except Shen Zhao gathered around to see.

The nurse said, "Mother and daughter are safe."

Shen Zhao stared intently into the delivery room as if he hadn't heard anything.

A dozen minutes later, Yu Qiao was wheeled out.

Shen Zhao immediately went to greet her, and when he saw her pale and weak face, tears fell again.

Yu Qiao raised her hand, and the teardrops that Shen Zhao had shed fell into her palm; they were scalding hot.

She lifted her eyelashes and smiled, her pale lips curving upwards: "Young Master, why are you still crying?"

"Wife, I'm sorry, I've made you suffer." Shen Zhao trembled all over, holding Yu Qiao's hand tightly, his eyes filled with lingering fear.

"We're having a baby, aren't you happy?" Yu Qiao stroked his thin face, feeling a pang of heartache.

She lost a lot of weight during her pregnancy, and Shen Zhao wasn't much better off.

Shen Zhao's reaction seemed to be stronger than her reaction to her pregnancy.

Yu Qiao knew he was scared and hadn't reacted yet, so she teased him on purpose, "Where's the baby? What's his name?"

"Huh?" Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment, his expression somewhat blank: "I...I don't know..."

"Shen Zhao!" Yu Qiao's face hardened, and she looked at him with displeasure: "Didn't I ask you to name the baby?"

“Let’s call him Yuan Zhao.” Shen Zhao’s scalp tingled as he blurted out the name.

"Yuan Zhao?" Yu Qiao seemed to be thinking.

Yuan is her original surname, while Zhao is the same as Zhao.

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Two years later.

Shen Zhao secretly went to the hospital for a minor surgery.

As soon as I left the hospital, I saw Yu Qiao holding Yuan Zhao's hand, standing at the door.

Shen Zhao touched his nose guiltily, walked over and took his daughter's hand, asking in a deliberately casual tone, "Wife, what brings you here?"

"I'm here to catch you." Yu Qiao's face was cold, and her tone was firm.

“…Ah…” Shen Zhao lowered his eyes, holding Yuan Zhao’s small hand, not daring to utter a sound.

Yuan Zhao was just learning to speak. Her hair was tied into two braids by Yu Qiao and adorned with cute pink bows. A sweet smile appeared on her chubby little face as she said in a childish voice, "Daddy, ride a horse!"

"Okay!" Shen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Yuan Zhao, teasing her.

He kept glancing at Yu Qiao, and when he saw that Yu Qiao remained silent, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

night.

After returning to the room.

Yu Qiao reached out to unbutton Shen Zhao's clothes.

Shen Zhao covered his face tightly, his handsome features showing awkwardness: "Wife, what are you doing!"

The air froze instantly.

Yu Qiao looked at him with a cool gaze.

Shen Zhao's eyelashes trembled as he cautiously looked at her: "Wife?"

Yu Qiao sighed deeply, staring at him with heartache in her eyes: "Idiot, doesn't it hurt?"

"No, it doesn't hurt. It's just a minor surgery, it'll be over in a bit." Shen Zhao held Yu Qiao's hand, telling her not to be angry.

Yu Qiao wasn't angry at all.

She placed her hands on Shen Zhao's shoulders, looked at his dazed expression, and muttered under her breath, "So stupid."

Shen Zhao touched his nose, smiled with a smirk, leaned in, and pressed his hand against the back of her head: "Wife, kiss me."

Gazing at that touch of crimson, Yu Qiao swallowed hard, leaned down, and kissed it.

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