Chapter 51
"Is there shit in your head?" Cheng Shi yelled at Huang Ruoyu. "What the hell do you want to do with this worthless piece of crap?"
Huang Ruoyu, who had been staring at the dishwasher, took a few steps back and then put on a provocative expression: "What do you think I want to do?"
When Huang Ruoyu was in college, there was a private rumor among her female classmates that if an unplanned pregnancy was completed before three months, taking a special Miao medicine could achieve a truly painless abortion without any adverse effects on the body. It was said that several upperclassmen had resolved their pregnancies using this Miao medicine—in their school, where beautiful women were abundant, it seemed that the rate of such problems was particularly high.
That day, after Huang Ruoyu left the hospital, she couldn't wait to go home. She then spent the entire day online searching for that magical Miao medicine. As a result, her hard work paid off, and she finally found the Miao medicine with the vague keywords.
However, it wasn't until three whole days later, this morning, that Huang Ruoyu received the package containing the Miao medicine. But for some reason, it was as if the package was burning hot. Huang Ruoyu only hurriedly opened the package, glanced at the outer packaging of the Miao medicine, and quickly wrapped it in a towel and stuffed it on top of the cabinet in the guest bathroom. But by some twist of fate, Chengshi still found it.
Huang Ruoyu didn't actually intend to hide anything from Chengshi; otherwise, she wouldn't have told Chengshi about her pregnancy on the same day she received the Miao medicine.
But given the current situation, it seems that Narumi doesn't think so.
In fact, Huang Ruoyu had mentioned this miraculous Miao medicine to Cheng Shi during her first pregnancy—nearly 10 years ago when she was pregnant with Cheng Yushan—and had explained its ingredients, effects, and even packaging in detail. So, although Cheng Shi had never seen it before, he could guess what it was when he saw the delivery box; after all, the Miao medicine hadn't even changed its packaging in 10 years. But Cheng Shi still couldn't understand why, in the 21st century, anyone would still believe in this fake medicine sold by a quack! Besides, Cheng Shi wanted this child.
Chengshi simply forgot that even in the 21st century, Haosikai's "fake medicine" sales remained strong. Under Chengshi's "tutelage," Huang Ruoyu had long since concluded that Haosikai was a company selling counterfeit medicine, therefore she didn't see any fundamental difference between this Miao medicine and Haosikai's products. Although Chengshi never allowed her and her children to take Haosikai products, it didn't mean Haosikai's products were truly problematic. Huang Ruoyu always felt that if Haosikai's products were truly problematic, how could it have spread throughout the world and have so many loyal users? Huang Ruoyu herself knew many people who used Haosikai products, and they were all highly educated individuals.
So, since Haosikai's products are safe and effective, then this miraculous Miao medicine must also be safe and effective—this is Huang Ruoyu's logical judgment.
Right now, DK is so quiet that you can only hear the sound of the dishwasher spraying water, and the music from the cartoon playing on the TV in the living room next door.
However, later in the day, Huang Ruoyu decided to have a rational talk with Cheng Shi about the matter.
“Brother Stone, I didn’t really want to treat you like that, if you hadn’t rushed over and questioned me so horribly.”
"I understand." Cheng Shi gently patted Huang Ruoyu's shoulder, which was trembling from sobbing.
Cheng Shi knew in his heart that tears and verbal concessions did not mean that Huang Ruoyu had truly surrendered and admitted defeat, because he knew how stubborn she was.
So, on the bright side, Chengshi hoped that Huang Ruoyu was currently half-heartedly trying to persuade her to keep the baby; on the other hand, it meant she had already made up her mind to abort the child. Regardless, Chengshi knew that Huang Ruoyu didn't want to truly anger him, which was why she showed weakness first. Chengshi could see that Huang Ruoyu still cared about him, because for Huang Ruoyu, Chengshi was the most important thing in her life.
After figuring all this out, Cheng Shi felt a sense of contentment as he hugged Huang Ruoyu and gently stroked her shoulder.
“I think we should face this together,” Huang Ruoyu said, pulling away slightly from Cheng Shi’s embrace. “Otherwise, it’s all meaningless.”
"Of course, we should have a proper talk now. I also have something I'd like to tell you."
"Well, I also have a lot to say. But you have to promise me first that we won't fight anymore, okay? We shouldn't keep arguing about such an important matter."
"I've always thought so, and what I want to tell you is..."
The negative emotions in the room vanished instantly. Huang Ruoyu even calmly opened her phone and pulled up a perpetual calendar, calculating the timeline of her pregnancy and the final departure date from Beijing. After meticulous and complex calculations, Huang Ruoyu concluded that they had two full months to decide whether to keep the baby or not, and whether they themselves would stay or leave.
So the following period—those four weeks in those mere four small segments on the perpetual calendar—became a rare period of tranquility for the Cheng family during the summer. During this time, Cheng Shi and Huang Ruoyu engaged in calm, restrained, and extremely serious debates. They were in high spirits, but the unpleasant tension of their previous confrontations was gone. During this period, they felt as if they had returned to the passionate stage of their early romance.
Just like when they were deeply in love, Chengshi deliberately arranged long conversations at different times and places: in the house, outside the yard, in a car while driving at night, in a high-end restaurant, in a bar or nightclub, in a movie theater... More importantly, most of these places were in the city.
In the first two weeks alone, Cheng Shi and Huang Ruoyu went out at night more often than they did in the entire previous year combined.
So by the second week, Chengshi felt he had the upper hand because Huang Ruoyu hadn't complained about the money spent on the trip. To make things easier, they even hired Aunt Wang, who worked part-time for many families near Central Park, to help them take care of the children at Napa Valley No. 5 from 7 pm to 10 pm every day. Taking care of the children was actually quite simple and suited Aunt Wang's spare time perfectly. She didn't need to cook dinner during those three hours; she just needed to supervise the children eating, doing their homework, taking baths, and going to bed. At most, she would just throw the children's clothes in the washing machine. Whether Chengshi and Huang Ruoyu were home by 10 pm or not, as long as the children were asleep, Aunt Wang could go home without interrupting her rest, since she lived in a village not far from Central Park. So Huang Ruoyu asked Su Ningna to inquire if Aunt Wang would be willing to do the job, and Aunt Wang immediately and happily came over.
Cheng Shi felt he had won because he believed that, given Huang Ruoyu's personality, if she still insisted on going to Dali, she would definitely try to save money and wouldn't agree to go out with him every day, much less hire a part-time worker.
In fact, Cheng Shi had the upper hand almost from the very beginning, and was therefore confident of winning this "war." He had ample reasoning and stood on the moral high ground—he was trying to sell Huang Ruoyu a noble idea: childbirth is a sign of selflessness and maturity, and having a third child is entirely in response to the national call. Therefore, Cheng Shi believed that Huang Ruoyu had no choice but to admit defeat, because no matter how romanticized her courage was, abortion was ultimately not a pleasant thing.
"But Brother Stone, don't you understand? I'm doing all this for you! So can you trust me, at least try to trust me?"
Every time Huang Ruoyu said this, Chengshi would look down from his stronghold of conviction at the soft little animal beneath him and give her a kind smile like a father, saying, "How can you say it's all for me? The thought of you making such sacrifices for me and standing in front of cameras you don't like makes me feel terrible. Little Yu'er, think about it again, don't rush, there's still time, think it over carefully."
Cheng Shi's biggest strategic challenge was not only to make his own stance appear noble, but also to genuinely attract Huang Ruoyu. Therefore, he took her to a high-end restaurant in the city. She only needed to glance around to see the handsome and elegant men and women around her—people who were undoubtedly at ease in today's world, knowing how to turn mundane work into an advantage, and how to utilize the system without having to be subservient. If these people knew the problems Cheng Shi and Huang Ruoyu were facing, they would certainly approve of Cheng Shi's choice—what's wrong with a man striving for success at work?
“Alright then,” Huang Ruoyu retorted after hearing Cheng Shi’s words, “If all of that happened, if our lives really became more colorful in a few years, if we had many interesting friends, and if we could go on vacation wherever we wanted every year, do you really think we would be happier then than we are now? Or do you think it’s a waste of a man’s prime years on such an empty and boring job…”
The prey was walking into the trap, so Cheng Shi seized the opportunity to intensify his attack, saying, "Let me bear all of this myself. I am a man. If my manhood and achievements have to be paid for by your self-harm, then what value do they have? If you really take that Miao medicine, or even if you don't take it but go to the hospital for surgery, you are still committing a crime against yourself. You not only harm your own body, but you also harm me."
Sometimes Huang Ruoyu would gently dramatize the matter to refute him: Every day, women complete this task very safely. One of her classmates has taken the Miao medicine at least twice and has no problems at all. She is still as beautiful and has a great figure as ever. Of course, going to the hospital for surgery is also an option. Anyway, it is equally safe. It's just that taking this Miao medicine seems to be safer and more convenient than surgery.
Every time Huang Ruoyu emphasized that the matter was actually very safe, Cheng Shi would puff out his cheeks, blow out a breath, and shake his head while frowning—no, he absolutely disagreed with her!
Cheng Shi didn't care about having another child. In his view, raising children was not difficult at all, and there was no difference between three and two, except that children could be a bit of a nuisance at times.
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