Chapter 84 Duan Xi'er's Call
After confirming her pregnancy, Xiaomeng returned to take care of Lu Zhenyu.
Feng Manman also comes here three times a day.
The two girls chattered away together, and Lu Zhenyu was never bored.
However, Shen Jingsi continued to leave early and return late every day.
Lu Zhenyu had no idea what he was busy with, and he had never told her.
But seeing the man grow thinner day by day, and looking tired from working long hours, she felt sorry for him and tried to make him soup.
"Go take a shower first, then drink."
Knowing that bringing back the smells from outside would make her nauseous, Shen Jingsi suppressed his urge to hug his wife and went to take a shower.
As the sound of running water came from the bathroom, Lu Zhenyu dragged her tired body to the sofa at the foot of the bed.
Lu Xiaosi ran in through the crack in the door and was pulled into her arms, her other hand stroking her slightly protruding belly.
Lu Zhenyu said softly, "Little Si, when your little sister is born, let's protect her together, okay?"
Meow~
The little one rubbed his head against his mother's chest, then turned and nestled against Lu Zhenyu's belly, resting his little head against her belly through her clothes.
Meow~
Lu Zhenyu stroked its little head, "Did you hear your sister talking to you?"
Lu Xiaosi tilted her head back and meowed.
Lu Zhenyu smiled and bent down to kiss the little guy.
Happiness can be very simple.
At that moment, the girl held her children in her arms, and an unprecedented sense of satisfaction welled up in her heart.
She said softly, "Little sister, did you hear that? Little Fourth Brother also hopes you'll come out and play with him soon."
Thump.
A sudden kicking sensation came from her stomach. Whether it was psychological or real, Lu Zhenyu was stunned for a moment, and her eyes reddened.
"Did your little sister hear Mommy speak?"
Meow~
Just as Lu Zhenyu was speaking, she felt a vibration coming from the foot of the bed. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and straightened herself up to look.
It's Shen Jingsi's phone.
Lu Zhenyu, "Old..." husband.
He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.
Looking at the faint shadows behind the frosted door, Lu Zhenyu's hand inexplicably reached out towards the phone.
Caller ID: Duan Xier.
She took a silent breath and tapped the "connect" button with her fingertip.
Immediately, a woman's urgent cry came from the other end, "A-Si, where are you? Please come and see me, I really can't take it anymore. Every time I close my eyes, all I see is that night. You're not here, and I really can't help but want to die."
Suppressing her inner turmoil, Lu Zhenyu spoke calmly: "Miss Duan, I am Lu Zhenyu. The A Si you mentioned is taking a bath."
There was a pause on the other end, as if she was very surprised that she was the one who answered the phone.
Then, gritting her teeth, she asked in a vicious tone, "You heard everything?"
Before Lu Zhenyu could even speak, Duan Xier couldn't wait to boast, "Then just say it, Lu Zhenyu, do you know that I slept with A Si?"
Lu Zhenyu sat motionless on the sofa, her slender fingers trembling slightly as she held her phone.
The voice came from the other end of the line, "You know he didn't go home the night of the engagement party, right? He slept holding me all night."
Lu Zhenyu remained expressionless. "So, what are you trying to say?"
In the pitch-black bedroom, Duan Xi'er chuckled as she lay on the bed, raising her hand to touch her flat stomach beneath her pajamas.
"Stop pretending, Lu Zhenyu. I know you must be feeling very sad right now. Do you feel like you can't breathe, your hands and feet are cold, and your mind is blank?"
A white lip slowly curved upwards in the darkness, "Then you'd better hold on, because I have even more important news to tell you."
Lu Zhenyu remained expressionless. "Are you trying to say that I might not necessarily..."
"I am pregnant."
Thump.
The call continued, "It's Ah Si's baby, just five weeks along. If you don't believe me, I'll send you the ultrasound image."
The quieter the other end of the phone was, the happier Duan Xi'er felt; she simply couldn't get enough of talking.
“It was Ah Si who canceled all his work to accompany me to the check-up. You didn’t see how happy he was when he found out we were having a baby.”
It was a very long time before the person on the other end of the phone said, "Oh, congratulations."
That flat tone only made Duan Xi'er laugh even more wildly.
"Even at a time like this, you're still stubbornly pretending to be strong. Lu Zhenyu, when it comes to endurance, I have to say I really admire you the most."
"Ah Si hasn't been coming to see you much lately, has he? Did he tell you he's too busy at the company, but the truth is he's been spending time with me the whole time?"
Duan Xi'er said, "There's nothing I can do. A Si's biggest flaw is that he's too sentimental. Even though he knows he doesn't love you anymore, he still cares about our past relationship and has to take care of you. But Lu Zhenyu, if I were you, you'd better know your place, pack your things right away, and get out of here obediently."
"And think about it, if something happens to me or the child because of your existence, do you think Ah Si and Shen's mother will let you off the hook?"
After a long silence, a response finally came from the other end: "Then I wish you a speedy delivery of your child and a long and happy life together. It's getting late, pregnant women shouldn't stay up late, Madam Shen, you should get some rest."
Before Duan Xi'er could speak again, the call was disconnected.
The woman, who was all smiles just a moment ago, suddenly had a look in her eyes that was more sinister than the surrounding night.
"Bang!"
The pressure-resistant glass was cracked by the flying phone.
In the darkness, Duan Xi'er gritted her teeth, "Lu Zhenyu, you will definitely die!"
…
The brightly lit bedroom was unusually quiet, and the sound of running water, every drop, vibrated against the girl's sensitive nerves.
I don't know how long the person sat there holding their phone.
The fingertips, pressed against the screen, turned white, and the prominent veins on the knuckles were clearly visible.
An unusual heartbeat filled the eardrums, and the senses magnified everything around them.
The warm light illuminated the girl's extremely pale face.
It is the return of long-lost somatization symptoms.
The bathroom door was pushed open, and Shen Jingsi came out wearing a bathrobe. He walked over and pulled the person who was staring blankly at the floor into his arms.
"What are you thinking about, so lost in thought?"
Lu Zhenyu turned his face little by little, and his handsome face with wet hair gradually became clear in those pupils that seemed fine on the surface but were actually full of cracks.
Shen Jingsi tilted his head slightly, staring intently at the person.
The cool air, mixed with the scent of soap, wafted into Lu Zhenyu's nostrils as her body was rinsed with cold water.
The next second, she covered her mouth, got up, and rushed into the bathroom.
Shen Jingsi was completely stunned on the sofa until he heard the sound of vomiting, at which point he belatedly chased after them.
Lu Zhenyu knelt there, hugging the toilet and vomiting incessantly, returning all the food she had eaten for dinner.
However, he continued vomiting until he had vomited all the acidic fluid.
Shen Jingsi was terrified by the girl's deathly pale face and her visibly uneven breathing.
"What's wrong? Didn't you eat dinner properly?"
Seeing the person slowly stand up while supporting themselves against the wall, he reached out to hug them.
Lu Zhenyu immediately reacted as if she had been electrocuted, her hair standing on end, her eyes wide with terror, and she jerked back.
Shen Jingsi froze in mid-air, "W-what's wrong?"
If he wasn't mistaken, was she subconsciously resisting his touch?
Lu Zhenyu clutched her pounding heart, took two deep breaths, closed her eyes, and turned her face away. "The smell on you makes me want to vomit."
smell?
Shen Jingsi immediately grabbed the collar of his bathrobe and smelled it all over his arms, chest, and hands.
The only other scents were soap and shampoo.
Moreover, knowing that she has recently become sensitive to smells, Shen Jingsi always takes at least half an hour to shower, making sure that she is truly clean inside and out before she comes out.
The girl's vomiting and pained expression were undeniable.
Shen Jingsi dared not approach her, even though he really wanted to rush forward and hug her to comfort her.
A strange sense of exhaustion and powerlessness welled up inside him at that moment, and he took two steps back.
"Go back to bed and rest for a while. I'll take another shower and then come take care of you, okay, honey?"
Lu Zhenyu nodded, but kept her eyes closed and refused to look at him.
It wasn't that she was too disgusted to look at it; it was that she was afraid that if she opened her eyes and met that face that accompanied her every morning when she woke up, she would be unable to stop crying.
The sound of running water came from the closed bathroom again, and Lu Zhenyu, who was lying on the bed, turned her back to it.
The surging tears still broke through her tightly closed eyes, flowing in large drops into the silk pillow.
The sound of the rushing water grew louder and more rapid, and the trembling that was being suppressed under the covers also became more intense.
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