Chapter 83 Extra: The male and female protagonists are pregnant, your family...
After Pei Huaijin recovered, he suggested going out for a walk and asked Qing Jian to drive them to Hongqiao in a carriage.
The Rainbow Bridge lay across the autumn water, the vermilion railings on both sides slightly chilled by the frost. Shen Youran took his arm and walked up the bridge with him. She couldn't help but think that it was here that she had met him on behalf of her sister.
Just as she was about to tell him about that incident, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at a small vendor not far from the bridge and asked her, "They're selling ring cakes over there. Do you want some?"
What a coincidence! After meeting him that time, she went to buy some ring cakes.
Shen Youran was about to say what a coincidence when she looked up and saw his smiling eyes. She suddenly realized, "You know?"
Pei Huaijin asked knowingly, "What do you know?"
"You know that the person who saw you here was not your sister, but me..."
Pei Huaijin trapped her between the railing and his arm. The shimmering water reflected in his eyes, glittering with tiny glints. "So, it really is you."
"Well, I was originally here with my sister that day, but she suddenly developed a rash on her face, making it difficult for her to meet you. So she changed my makeup and clothes and asked me to dress up as her to meet you..."
"Why have you never told me this?"
"What's there to say? After all, we lied to you back then," Shen Youran asked curiously, looking at his slightly trembling eyes. "But, when did you find out about this?"
"The day you came to see me, my memory just returned to the day we met..."
In his memory, the day he met "Shen Yunshu", the dignified and quiet girl on the bridge met his expectations of his future wife very well, and he was very satisfied.
Before the meeting ended, he vaguely noticed that the person on the bridge seemed eager to move, so when he got on the carriage and was about to leave, he lifted the curtain to look for her, wanting to see what she wanted to do.
Sure enough, the girl who was supposed to disappear on the bridge lost her earlier elegance and grace. She ran across the arched bridge at full speed, her skirt lifted. Her silver-red folded skirt drew arcs in the air like trumpet creepers. In a blink of an eye, she caught up with an old man selling ring cakes...
His heart was pounding, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously: How could there be such a lively woman, who is as graceful as a delicate flower reflecting on the water when quiet, and as agile as a rabbit when moving, and she is good at both quiet and active, and as graceful as a startled swan.
Now, when he revisited that memory, he realized that what really moved his heart that day was her real and lively appearance without her disguise.
It turned out that he had fallen in love with her at first sight that day.
Somehow, Yue Lao had already tied the red thread for them.
Pei Huaijin returned to the Pei Mansion only when he no longer relied on crutches to walk.
During the three months he was away, Shen Youran was not the only one who had trouble sleeping or eating. Although he used the excuse of being on a business trip and not coming back, his parents would inevitably think too much when they knew he was poisoned.
In the past three months, Zhu had prepared for the worst and started to make arrangements to find a concubine for her husband.
Pei Yuanji was reluctant at first, but after she mentioned it more and more times, he became less determined. He thought it would be better to risk his reputation and take one or two concubines to leave a descendant for himself.
On the day Pei Huaijin returned, Zhu learned that the poison in his body had been cured and she cried with joy.
That night, Pei Yuanji returned from a social gathering, half drunk. Before Zhu could tell him about his son's safe return, he said to her, "Madam, Mr. Zhang invited me to his house for a drink tonight. He has several dancers at home, and he insisted on giving me one. I couldn't refuse such a kind invitation, so I picked one. She will come to our house tomorrow. Please make the arrangements..."
Before he could finish his words, his arm was pinched.
"Pei Yuanji, what do you mean?"
"Ouch," Pei Yuanji rubbed his arm in pain, puffing his beard and glaring, "You've been nagging me every day to take a concubine, so I'm doing what you want, aren't I?"
"Send someone back tomorrow morning and tell them that I got drunk tonight and you are not allowed to take a concubine..."
"No, it was you who asked me to take a concubine. Now that I really want to do it, you don't agree. What do you want to do?"
"Brother Jin is back," Zhu said with tears in her eyes, feeling relieved. "He secretly cured the poison without telling us, and he's fine now. Let the couple take care of the baby, and don't bother with your old bones..."
Pei Yuanji's eyes became hot when he heard this: "Brother Jin is okay? That's great..."
Although Zhu had handed the task of continuing the family line back to the young couple, she did not dare to induce labor. Not only did she not urge them, she told them not to rush, as the poison had just been resolved and it was better for them to focus on recuperating first.
Shen Youran also thought so, and even set a time for sex. They would have sex once every three days, excluding the seven days when she had her period, and two days before and after her period. Therefore, they could have sex a maximum of seven times a month, and each time was limited to once.
However, only ten days into the first month, Pei Huaijin not only used up all the times they could have sex, but also violated the rules by having sex more than once each time, completely ignoring the plan she had set.
Shen Youran warned him sternly, "Since you've used up your allotted time this month, you're not allowed to touch me anymore. And since you broke the rules, three times will be deducted next month."
"I know my wife is worried about my health, but the medicinal food my mother sent me during the day is too nutritious. If I can't digest it, my body will also have problems." Pei Huaijin coaxed her while leading her to the bed. "Besides, the doctor also advised me to exercise more, which is good for my recovery."
"Isn't this the kind of exercise the doctor is talking about?"
"Then let's turn this into a form of exercise." Pei Huaijin had already reached the bed, but changed his mind and decided not to stay in bed tonight.
He then carried her to the table, teased her, asked her to put her arms around his neck, grabbed her legs, and lifted her up in the air like he did in the study.
But that time in the study, he only walked a few steps with her in his arms.
This time, however, was different. He paced back and forth in the room, reluctant to put her down. He explained to her seriously, "This way, you can exercise your arm strength and endurance, and it can also please your body and mind. Why not do it?"
If he hadn't deliberately misled her when he said these words, Shen Youran would have really believed him.
However, thanks to his "diligent exercise", his body did recover quickly. Two months later, his physical strength was even better than before the poisoning.
Logically speaking, Shen Youran accompanied him in exercising every day and often took tonic food with him, so she should not have suffered from kidney deficiency due to frequent sexual intercourse like before, but three months later, problems still occurred in her body.
She began to become easily tired and sleepy, and became much sleepier than before. Her appetite decreased, her body felt heavy, and she had an indescribable stuffiness in her chest.
Her period was delayed again. Shen Youran had experience with this and thought she had kidney deficiency again, so she asked Danruo to ask the kitchen to make a kidney-tonifying soup and send it over.
The kitchen prepared a dish of Eucommia ulmoides, walnut and kidney soup and brought it over. During the meal, Dan Ruo helped her serve a bowl. Shen Youran sniffed the fishy smell and suddenly felt sick in her throat. She turned her head and almost vomited.
"Take it away quickly," she said, covering her nose. "Why does this soup smell so fishy today?"
She had drunk this kind of soup before, and it was never so fishy. She guessed that the kitchen staff did not clean the ingredients thoroughly.
Dan Ruo smelled it and thought it was okay. Pei Huaijin gestured for her to give him the soup: "Let me try it."
After tasting it, it indeed tasted the same as usual. I don’t know why she reacted so strongly this time.
"Maybe it just smells a bit fishy, but it actually tastes okay," Pei Huaijin poured her another bowl, "Try it. If you really can't accept it, I won't ask the kitchen to make this kind of soup anymore."
"Okay." After all, this soup is the best for nourishing the kidneys, and she had specifically ordered it to be made. Shen Youran endured the discomfort and scooped up a spoonful and put it into her mouth...
“Hey!”
He just felt nauseous when he smelled the odor just now, but now he vomited out the soup before he could even swallow it, along with the tea he had drunk before the meal.
"Take it away!" Shen Youran waved his hand and said, "I can't stand this smell."
Pei Huaijin asked Danruo to take the soup away.
Shen Youran lost his appetite, put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites of the remaining dishes, and went back to his room to rest.
Pei Huaijin asked someone to go to the kitchen and make another sweet soup. This time, Shen Youran drank two bowls and regained his spirits.
Pei Huaijin didn't think much about it.
However, in the following days, Shen Youran's appetite became worse and worse. He didn't like to eat rice, but he ate a lot of sweet and sour preserved fruits. He also liked to eat candied haws very much, and Dan Ruo had to go out to buy two or three of them every day.
Pei Huaijin didn't take it seriously, thinking that since she liked to eat, it would be okay for her to eat more.
Later, at a family dinner, when Shen Youran had a pale face and refused to eat anything, Mrs. Pei saw the clue.
The old lady asked her if she was feeling unwell recently.
Shen Youran nodded in agreement.
The old lady asked again, "Where do you feel unwell? Have you asked a doctor to come and see you?"
"Thank you for your concern, Grandma. I'm fine. I just feel a little stuffy in my chest and my appetite is not very good. I think it will be better in a few days."
The old lady asked her some more questions about her symptoms, then excitedly put down her chopsticks and said, "Quick, go get the doctor right away."
The young couple had no experience and didn't understand what these symptoms meant, but Madam Pei and Mrs. Zhu were all experienced people. They looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Soon, a doctor was invited in. After checking Shen Youran's pulse, he confirmed everyone's guess: "Congratulations, this lady has a pregnant pulse. Your family will have a baby..."
Pregnancy? A baby? She's pregnant!
Everyone's face was immediately filled with joy, except for Pei Huaijin, who showed a bit of surprise and confusion.
After the family dinner, the old lady deliberately kept the young couple and gave them some instructions on what to pay attention to after pregnancy: "You have a poor appetite, you can eat something sour to stimulate your appetite, but don't eat those candied hawthorns anymore. I heard that pregnant women can't eat too much hawthorn..."
"Yes, my granddaughter-in-law knows."
The next day, Pei Huaijin went to the clinic where the acupuncture was performed and asked the doctor, "Why did my wife get pregnant after I had the acupuncture?"
Previously, Shen Youran asked him to take out the needle, but he actually didn't listen to her and really took out the needle.
Although the poison in his body has been cured now, he still plans to keep the needle and wait for a year or two.
I didn’t expect that Shen Youran would be pregnant now.
He didn't doubt Shen Youran, he just wanted to know if the method of burying needles could have omissions, then should he be more rigorous in avoiding pregnancy in the future?
The doctor also said, "Although this method of needle implantation is the best way to avoid pregnancy, it is not foolproof. There are always unexpected situations." He then asked him, "Are you and your wife very close?"
"yes."
"Then we've found the cause. I think it's because you took advantage of the needles implanted in your body and didn't exercise restraint." The doctor smiled and reminded him, "During the first three months of a woman's pregnancy, the fetus hasn't settled firmly in her belly yet, so you shouldn't have sex. You'll need to be patient in the future..."
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