Chapter 82 Where is Zhenzhen?
Shen Jingsi returned to Qingshan Manor on the afternoon of the second day.
The servants in the hall were busy as usual. When they saw someone hurrying in up the steps, they stepped forward and took the coat.
Where is Zhenzhen?
"They should still be resting in the bedroom."
Shen Jingsi paused on his way up the stairs, frowning and glaring at him. "Should?"
The servant immediately explained, "We went up to call her this morning, but she probably hadn't woken up yet, so we didn't dare go in."
Looking exhausted, Shen Jingsi didn't say anything more and turned to go upstairs.
The tightly closed door was gently pushed open, and he thought the girl he had been longing for was lying on the bed, but it was empty.
The curtains were wide open, and the light streaming in stung Shen Jingsi's dry eyes, which were dry from a sleepless night.
I searched the bathroom, the dressing room, the study—I couldn't find it anywhere.
Shen Jing Si Xin suddenly panicked for no reason.
Turning back downstairs, she asked, "Did Zhenzhen go out yesterday?"
The servants who were cleaning stopped to look and all shook their heads.
"We watched Madam go back to her bedroom to rest last night, so she shouldn't have... gone out."
"It's just that Miss Xiaomeng wasn't here yesterday. She said she was helping Madam move things to her parents' home, and she stayed there last night."
Your maternal home?
Shen Jingsi spent the whole night at the Shen family's house and didn't even see a little ghost, so where did Xiaomeng come from?
"Stop what you're doing and get out there to find more people."
After Shen Jingsi finished speaking, he rushed out first. The servants looked at each other, realizing that something might be wrong, and they all rushed out in a panic.
The cries of "Zhenzhen!" and "Madam!" echoed throughout the vast manor, and everyone was so anxious they were practically running around in a whirlwind to find her.
A moment later, someone suddenly called out, "Sir, the young mistress is here, in the flower room."
Shen Jingsi, who was rushing to the back mountain, stopped and turned back.
His pace slowed down until he stopped in front of a spotless glass.
As far as the eye could see, the girl was wearing a strapless silk dress with a brown coat over it, kneeling on the ground in front of a sapling that had already been planted in the soil.
She scooped up the soil beside her with her bare hands, piled it onto the leveled tree pit, and patted it firmly with both hands.
Strands of hair fell onto her nose and eyelashes, which she brushed away with her muddy hands.
With black mud smeared on his nose and forehead, he looked more like a little kitten than Lu Xiaosi, who was catching butterflies in the flower bushes nearby.
A long arm reached out from behind and gently embraced her.
Lu Zhenyu paused in patting the soil, a voice ringing in her ears, "Why are you thinking of planting trees?"
She continued patting the soil, patting it very firmly, with just the right amount of force, protecting her hands and compacting the soil.
"Didn't I say I was going to replant a few camellia trees? I couldn't sleep at night, so I came to plant them."
Shen Jingsi looked at the two adjacent saplings, "Why didn't you wait for me to come back?"
"I waited," Lu Zhenyu said calmly, "but I didn't see it."
Lu Zhenyu felt a slight breath-holding sound near her ear as her hand trembled on her lower abdomen.
Shen Jingsi closed his eyes guiltily, "I'm sorry, things at the company were a bit tricky, and I was busy until too late. I was afraid of waking you up when I came back, so I decided to stay there."
Lu Zhenyu simply nodded.
Seeing that she was about to get up, Shen Jingsi helped her up from behind. "Finished planting? Then I'll water them."
Lu Zhenyu shook her head, "Not yet, there's still one left."
Shen Jingsi followed her finger to the last sapling, "You sit over there and rest, I'll take this one."
Lu Zhenyu refused, stopping his hand, "What if you die from the seed?"
Shen Jingsi was taken aback, then blinked and laughed, "You actually remembered this?"
From midnight until now, Lu Zhenyu finally showed a smile, bent down and handed him the shovel, while holding the tree in her own hands.
“Let’s work together. I’ll give directions, and you do the work.”
Shen Jingsi grinned, "Alright, I'll do whatever my wife says."
He rolled up his sleeves, took the shovel, and immediately began shoveling soil with great enthusiasm.
This hole was deeper than the previous two; a man's strength is ultimately greater than a woman's.
The two squatted on either side of the pit. Shen Jingsi put the seedling in and was about to fill it with soil when Lu Zhenyu stopped him.
First, remove the ropes and plastic around the tree roots, place the seedling in the pit, fill it with soil, pull the seedling back down, ensuring that the roots have room to breathe, then build up the embankment, water it, and level the soil.
Lu Zhenyu planted this tree with exceptional care, and Shen Jingsi occasionally assisted her, remarking, "I didn't know there were so many intricacies involved."
No wonder every single one he planted died back then.
The two held hands and tamped the soil together. Lu Zhenyu said, "Don't think that just because a sapling is strong it's easy to grow. Actually, planting trees is very particular. If you don't give it a good and comfortable environment, how can it grow up safely?"
Shen Jingsi frankly said he had learned something, and seeing the person who had turned herself into a little kitten, he felt a pang of affection and pulled her into his arms.
"Honey, I feel like you're not talking about a tree, but about our future baby."
But whether it's a tree or a baby, Shen Jingsi is confident enough that once it's planted, he will take good care of it for the rest of his life.
Grow them into towering trees, nurture them until their hair turns white and they pass away, and leave them to future generations.
As Lu Zhenyu leaned against him, her eyes trembled almost imperceptibly. Just as she was about to speak, the scent of the old-fashioned fabric clinging to her shirt filled her nostrils, and she suddenly gagged.
"What's wrong?" Shen Jingsi's nerves tensed instantly as he looked at her. "Did you skip breakfast? Is your stomach upset?"
Lu Zhenyu suppressed the nausea in her stomach, stepped out of his arms, and even distanced herself from him.
She covered her mouth and turned her head away, saying, "Your scent is irritating to me."
"The smell?" Shen Jingsi grabbed his collar in confusion, brought his nose close to smell it, and froze.
But then she quickly recovered, saying, "I was too busy last night to wash up, so I do smell pretty bad. I'll go back and take a shower."
Lu Zhenyu nodded and turned to walk out.
Watching the man stride away, Lu Zhenyu's mud-covered hands followed her gaze slowly down to her lower abdomen hidden under her coat.
She hadn't realized it before, but after finding out she was really pregnant, Lu Zhenyu touched that area and it dawned on her.
She was just too careless.
I'm gaining weight around my waist and chest, feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit from time to time, and lately I've been feeling sleepy and wanting to sleep more. I can clearly feel my soft yet firm belly, and it throbs a little bit every now and then. What else could it be but a little life inside me?
Thinking back to last night, Xiaomeng called when she was almost at the Zheng family's door.
"Zhenzhen, listen to me! Listen to me! Where are you now?"
"At...Qingshan Manor, what's wrong, Xiaomeng?"
"I was cleaning in the study just now, and your pregnancy test fell out of my shirt pocket."
"Is that all? It's useless now, just throw it away for me."
Standing in the study, Xiaomeng slowly looked at the pregnancy test in her hand. "But it shows... two lines."
Lu Zhenyu, "What did you say?"
This is truly unbelievable!
Who would have thought that the pregnancy test, which Xiaomeng casually put in her pocket last night during a distraction and didn't have time to throw away, would accidentally fall out today and show two lines?
Xiaomeng pursed her lips. "I mean, if, maybe, probably, Zhenzhen, you seem to be pregnant."
…
Lu Zhenyu is pregnant, 12 weeks along.
Just as Feng Manman and Xiao Meng behind him were about to celebrate, the doctor frowned as he looked at the test results.
From the moment she began the examination, Lu Zhenyu was on edge.
Finally, after the doctor finished speaking, the tendons and spinal cord snapped.
"This child might have some problems."
Feng Manman's smile vanished in an instant, and she rushed to the doctor, slamming her hands on the table!
"What problem? My daughter is perfectly fine, what could possibly be wrong with her!"
The doctor was genuinely afraid of this old lady, but still maintained his professional ethics and spoke cautiously:
"Ms. Lu's blood test results showed several chemical components. I suppose you have been taking antidepressants and sleeping pills before and during your pregnancy?"
This was exactly what Lu Zhenyu was worried about, and she nodded.
Doctor, "That's it. Because the fetus is still small, current medical equipment cannot definitively determine whether she has been affected by these drugs."
Feng Manman frowned, "Then there's no way to remedy this? Like when someone is weak, they can drink some Chinese medicine or red ginseng?"
The doctor shook his head. "Ms. Feng, an undeveloped fetus is always different from an adult's body."
"Of course, there is also a 50% chance that the child will be born healthy. This probability is quite common among the pregnant women I have treated in the past."
Looking at Lu Zhenyu sitting there stiffly, Xiaomeng held back her tears.
"Zhenzhen, are you... alright?"
The conversation was interrupted.
"It doesn't matter."
Lu Zhenyu raised her hand to touch her lower abdomen under her hoodie, her eyes resolute, "No matter what she becomes after she is born, she will always be my child."
It doesn't matter whose child it is, it's simply her own flesh and blood.
"Okay, I'll set up a file for you, but considering your poor health, you'll need to come to the hospital for check-ups more often than other pregnant women."
Receiving a look from Lu Zhenyu, Feng Manman stepped forward. "We'll still use my medical insurance information. I've already told you the rules. If anyone comes to check, just say it's because I, Feng Manman, am pregnant."
This isn't a show to prevent the sinking of the capital; it's a show of some wicked people lurking in the shadows, eager to cause trouble.
The doctor nodded very seriously, "Ms. Feng, rest assured, this is also part of my professional ethics."
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