Chapter 373 Edema
By the time we got home, it was completely dark.
"Are you all hungry? I'll go cook some noodles for you."
The smile on Lin's mother's face never faded. As soon as she got home, she was about to go into the kitchen, but was stopped by Chu Mingzhou.
Chu Mingzhou has always been meticulous. He could clearly see that his mother-in-law was tired, so he definitely didn't let her continue working.
"Mom, let me do it. You go and rest."
Mother Lin waved her hands, with fine lines of smile appearing in the corners of her eyes: "You rarely have a day off, go and have a rest, how can I ask you to cook."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Mingzhou had already taken off his coat, walked into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves neatly, and took out eggs and vegetables with skillful movements.
"You've been running around with the kids all day, your legs and feet must be sore. Go and rest for a while, and the noodles will be ready soon."
He gave Lin Anan a look, and the latter understood what he meant and walked towards the main hall taking Lin's mother's arm.
Chu Minglan tactfully went to the kitchen to help.
"Mingzhou is a really good kid. Not only is he capable, but he's also careful." Mother Lin looked at the kitchen with satisfaction in her eyes.
"Well, when you were not around, he cooked almost every meal. And he knew my taste and cooked everything according to my taste."
Mother Lin poured Lin Anan a cup of hot water, "Great, that's great! Anan, Mom plans to go back the day after tomorrow, you have to take good care of yourself and live a good life."
Lin Anan held the warm cup of water, feeling the warmth on her fingertips. Her heart trembled slightly when she heard her mother's words: "Is it so urgent? Zihuai hasn't come back yet!" Her voice was a little deep, and her eyelashes drooped, hiding the reluctance in her eyes.
Mother Lin reached out and gently stroked the top of Lin Anan's head, as gently as when she coaxed her to sleep when she was a child: "There are still many things to do at home, and your father is not in good health. Mom is worried."
She paused, her eyes fell on Lin Anan's slightly bulging belly, a soft light in her eyes, "When the baby is about to be born, Mom will come over to accompany you in advance."
"Okay, I understand."
Mother Lin's eyes were a little hot, "Mingzhou, you are so dear to me." She held Lin Anan's hand, and the warmth of her palm came through her skin, "After mom is gone, you two must be well and live a good life. We can discuss everything, and don't be too serious with him, understand?"
"No, we will discuss everything, don't worry, Mom."
Chu Mingzhou moved quickly. After a while, the kitchen door was pushed open and he came out with a bowl of steaming noodles. "The noodles are ready. Come and eat."
He first placed a bowl of noodles in front of Lin Anan. There were two soft-boiled eggs in the bowl, garnished with green chopped green onions and coriander.
He placed another bowl in front of Lin's mother, "Mom, please taste the saltiness."
Mother Lin looked at the noodles in the bowl and her throat tightened a little.
The noodles are chewy and the soup is sweet, it looks good at first glance.
She took a bite and her eyes were completely red. "Delicious, delicious..." Mother Lin quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, "Mingzhou, An An will be left to you from now on."
Chu Mingzhou nodded seriously, his eyes swept across Lin Anan's face, and then fell on her belly: "Mom, don't worry, I will protect her and the child and let them live comfortably."
The light in the house was warm yellow, and the silhouettes of the family sitting together eating noodles were stretched out.
The cold wind howls outside the window, but it cannot blow away the warmth in this room.
Lin Anan looked at her loved ones around her. Perhaps happiness is so simple - someone knows your well-being, someone stands with you in the evening, and in the days to come, no matter the wind or rain, there will be someone to walk hand in hand with you.
evening.
Lin Anan was also tired from walking today, so she went to bed early. However, in the middle of the night, she felt a sharp pain in the side of her thigh, which woke her up.
Lin Anan bit her lip and tried to adjust her sleeping position to relieve the pain, but the cramps in her legs became more and more uncomfortable. She turned over gently, not wanting to wake up Chu Mingzhou who was sleeping beside her.
"What's wrong?" Chu Mingzhou woke up almost instantly, his voice still tinged with sleepiness.
He reached out and fumbled to turn on the light, and with his other hand gently covered Lin Anan's eyes, fearing that she would be dazzled by the light.
"An An, are you feeling unwell?"
In the warm yellow light, Lin Anan's pale face and furrowed brows made his heart tighten.
"My legs... my legs hurt." Lin Anan's voice was trembling and unusually soft.
Chu Mingzhou immediately lifted a corner of the quilt, placed his warm palm on her cramping thigh, and began to massage gently.
"Are you cramping? It's all my fault. I made you walk too much during the day." Feelings of self-blame surged in his eyes, but the strength of his fingertips was controlled just right, relaxing the tense muscles again and again.
Lin Anan's eyes gradually became moist, "My feet seem to be a little swollen..."
"Don't move." Chu Mingzhou pressed her inch by inch for a long time until the muscles in her legs were completely relaxed.
"Does it still hurt?"
"Much better."
Chu Mingzhou made sure that she was no longer feeling uncomfortable before he gently covered her with the quilt. He then lay down beside her, held her in his arms, and patted her back, trying to coax her to sleep.
The wind outside the window was still whistling and hitting the window frame, but the house was quiet and warm.
In the darkness, Chu Mingzhou's heartbeat was steady and powerful, beat after beat, as Lin Anan gradually fell asleep.
Two hours later, Lin Anan was awakened by the pain again.
Chu Mingzhou couldn't fall into a deep sleep and woke up again as soon as he heard any movement.
"Your feet are swollen. Be good, An An. I'll go get some water."
Chu Mingzhou immediately got up to get some hot water and added mugwort to it. In the misty water, Lin Anan dipped her swollen feet into the water, and the warmth instantly spread from her toes to her whole body.
Chu Mingzhou half-knelt on the ground, carefully kneading her ankles, with the strength of each movement being just right, "Is the water temperature suitable?"
"Yeah, that's perfect."
"Does it hurt?" He looked up at her, his eyes full of concern, as if the person kneeling on the cold floor was not him.
"Much better."
Lin Anan looked at the person in front of her, feeling both sour and warm in her heart.
"Let's go to the hospital tomorrow to see what's going on. I need to ask for all the precautions in the late pregnancy."
"You rarely get a few days off, but I kept disturbing you so much that you couldn't even sleep well..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You and the child are the most important. Don't let your imagination run wild."
After another half an hour of hard work, the night got deeper.
"An An, you've worked hard. We will never have another child again."
In fact, Chu Mingzhou's mentality has been changing since Lin Anan became pregnant.
From the initial surprise and worry to the subsequent happiness and expectation.
If everything had been going smoothly, he might not have thought of this, but at this moment, he felt more guilty than looking forward to it.
She was already in poor health.
"What?"
Lin Anan felt sleepy again and fell asleep in a daze, without hearing clearly what he said.
"Nothing, just go to sleep."
"Yeah. Mingzhou, you go to sleep too."
Chu Mingzhou patted her back gently, but he didn't close his eyes. Seeing that Lin Anan was lying on her side, he took a pillow and let her sleep on her stomach.
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