Hu Chichi's lips curled up slightly as he held her hand, his gaze lingering on her protruding belly, his expression gradually becoming deep and unchanging.
"It's alright. A fox's gestation period is only two months. You've already delayed it quite a bit, so it's not surprising that it will grow rapidly later on. As long as the baby in your belly is moving normally, there's nothing to worry about."
"Really?" Su Yuxi was skeptical. Even if it was going to grow, it couldn't possibly grow this big overnight.
Fu Huaijin glanced at Hu Chichi indifferently, their eyes met across the distance, and then they looked away in tacit agreement.
He walked over and put his arm around Su Yuxi's shoulder, gently comforting her: "Do you feel any discomfort in your stomach?"
Su Yuxi shook her head. Apart from being a bit big, there was nothing unusual about it.
It might really be due to special genes.
She was starting to believe them a little.
"Is that child going to be born tomorrow?"
Su Yuxi was already starting to worry that the child might suddenly run away.
It's not impossible for a belly to grow big overnight and for a baby to be born overnight.
Fu Huaijin hadn't thought about this issue, but it wasn't impossible: "It's alright, I'll have someone on standby at any time."
This way, Su Yuxi could feel more at ease.
Hu Chichi watched the two of them quietly from the side, without saying a word. No one knew what she was thinking.
In the afternoon, after coaxing the person to sleep, Fu Huaijin took some time to go see Hu Chichi.
He wasn't Su Yuxi; he didn't believe in the absurd claim that her belly would suddenly grow big overnight for no reason. There must be some unspeakable secret behind it.
Hu Chichi stood on the rooftop, having been there for an unknown amount of time. She wasn't surprised by Fu Huaijin's arrival; perhaps she was simply waiting for him.
Fu Huaijin looked at Hu Chichi, whose blue robes were fluttering in the wind, and his eyes flashed with a cold light. This woman had suddenly disappeared and then suddenly reappeared. He was not naive enough to think that she had just come to see someone.
Without wasting any time on small talk, he got straight to the point: "Do you know what's going on with Xixi's belly?"
Hu Chichi turned around, her bewitching fox eyes looking at him with an ambiguous and profound meaning.
"Um."
After a few seconds of pause, she added, "The reason her belly grew so big overnight is that the baby inside absorbed all the cultivation power of that group of people last night."
She still feels lingering fear when she thinks about what she saw in the cave.
"That's the nourishment for their rapid growth."
"Perhaps you don't understand, but absorbing other people's cultivation is an extremely evil technique in the demon realm, and it is despised by demons. Whoever does it will be despised and condemned by their fellow demons."
Fu Huaijin frowned slightly, his face showing displeasure, finding her words too harsh: "Those people deserved it, and the child is still just a fetus, it doesn't understand right and wrong..."
Hu Chichi raised his hand, signaling him not to get agitated: "Do you know why Xixi was sleepwalking last night?"
Fu Huaijin's expression changed abruptly, clearly realizing the reason, and he subconsciously wanted to refute them: "Impossible."
But what grounds does he have to deny this fact?
The strange phenomena they witnessed in the mountains, the inaccessible barrier, the roaring sounds coming from the cave, and the fact that their bellies grew larger overnight after they returned—despite his reluctance to admit it, the facts spoke for themselves: "This was not the children's intention. We will naturally teach them properly after they are born."
Hu Chichi shook his head slightly, his tone carrying an undeniable resolve: "I can't wait."
"What do you mean?" Fu Huaijin didn't understand what she meant.
Hu Chichi sighed helplessly. Although it was unpleasant to hear, it was the truth: "Xixi didn't live to give birth to these two children?"
"You don't need to be so quick to deny it."
"Given the current situation, the fetuses that Xi Xi is carrying are extremely rare. If they want to grow quickly and be born safely, they can only continuously absorb the cultivation of others."
"Right now, their needs are still small, and those cultivators are just enough to feed them a full meal. But when the child is born, their required cultivation energy will increase dramatically. If it cannot be met, the fetus will turn against the mother, which is Xi Xi herself."
"The day the child is born will be the day Xixi's life ends."
"So, do you still want those two children to be born?"
Fu Huaijin was so shocked that he couldn't say a word. His eyes were filled with disbelief, and his hands were trembling slightly. He opened his mouth several times to refute, but he couldn't say anything.
Having a child was originally an unattainable dream for him, and for a long time, he silently endured the cruelty of fate.
He had already resigned himself to his fate, but then the child arrived unexpectedly.
Just as they were basking in the joy of becoming parents, they were now told that they could only choose between their child and their wife.
This cruelty was tantamount to skinning him alive; how could he possibly accept it?
“Then I can find them more cultivators; they’ll eventually have enough,” Fu Huaijin retorted anxiously.
Hu Chichi strongly disagreed: "What constitutes 'enough'?"
"How much is enough? What if it's not enough? Are you planning to use Xixi as a wager?"
Faced with Hu Chichi's relentless questioning, Fu Huaijin was speechless.
He knew he could never tolerate Xixi taking on even the slightest life-or-death responsibility.
"What do we do now?" Fu Huaijin felt lost and helpless for the first time.
"Get rid of it." Hu Chichi said the two words very softly, as if a gust of wind could blow them away.
For a mother, giving up the fetus in her womb is an extremely cruel thing, but it is the only solution.
The atmosphere of this conversation was like a heavy, oppressive cloud hanging over everything, with every inch of air filled with a suffocating solemnity. Fu Huaijin was on edge, unable to reach a conclusion.
"You'd better have the termination done as soon as possible; the bigger the fetus, the greater the impact on the mother."
Fu Huaijin didn't quite understand the deeper meaning of Hu Chichi's words until he returned to the villa and saw Su Yuxi bringing out all the baby supplies and carefully examining each item.
Bright lights shone on her protruding belly as she held her baby's clothes, her eyes radiating a gentle maternal glow. The light was like the most brilliant star in the night sky, illuminating her entire being and deeply touching his heart.
Fu Huaijin stood silently at the door like a statue, not daring to take another step forward. These two unborn children were extremely precious to Xixi. If she were told now that they had to abort the children, how could she bear it?
Thinking of this, Fu Huaijin felt another pang of heartache.
Su Yuxi, sitting in her wheelchair, glanced at the clothes and her lips unconsciously curled up. After choosing a piece, she asked the maid to put it away and told her to take it out to air it tomorrow.
Turning around suddenly, I saw Fu Huaijin standing there with a worried expression.
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