Chapter 1167: Hibernation before the Nightmare
She felt like she was sleeping on a bed of needles covered with iron nails, unable to move. Only after she heard the door locked and there was no movement did Gu Wanqiu carefully open her eyes. After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she looked towards the door to make sure that Li Jinxing had really left and she was the only one left in the bedroom.
She just opened her eyes, her body still motionless. It was as if all her bones and soul had been taken away from her at once. She felt weak all over and was unconscious. In such a short time, Gu Wanqiu broke out in a cold sweat.
She lay stiffly on the bed until her back began to ache. Then she moved, still pulling the quilt over her head, and closed her sore eyes.
It was as if nothing had happened, the pregnancy was fake, Li Jinxing had never appeared here, everything was as usual, she was just tired and had a very tiring dream.
Gu Wanqiu closed her eyes and felt drowsy all night. She did not get up to eat breakfast in the morning. Si Yan Si Xu knocked on the door to ask her to get up, but she did not have the strength to respond.
Until they called, Si Yan's voice was full of worry: "Auntie Gu, are you sick? It's so late and you haven't gotten up to have breakfast? If you are sick, you must take medicine and eat. Only by eating a full meal can you recover. I'll ask Auntie Li to bring the meal up to you."
"No, I'm just a little tired and sleepy, not sick." Her voice was normal. Not wanting to worry Si Yan and Si Xu, Gu Wanqiu cleared her throat. Her voice was hoarse than usual, but you couldn't hear much difference over the phone.
Si Yan who called her was still worried about her: "Auntie Gu, you should have breakfast before going to bed. Dad said that people who don't eat breakfast will
It's easy to get stomach problems, which is bad for your health. If you have any problems with your body, you have to go to the hospital and take medicine. Aren't you most afraid of going to the hospital for treatment and taking medicine?"
Gu Wanqiu said patiently, "I won't be sick. It's just for this day. If I eat breakfast, I won't be able to sleep. Siyan, be good. You take your brother out to play. I will get up at noon to eat. I've been too tired from studying recently. I want to relax today. Don't worry about me. Don't tell your dad."
"Why didn't you tell Dad... Oh, I see. You're afraid Dad will worry, right?"
"Yeah." Gu Wanqiu responded casually.
"Then I won't tell Dad." Si Yan promised Gu Wanqiu. Although he was young, he still understood some things. If he let his father know that Mom didn't eat, he would definitely be worried and wouldn't be able to work seriously. Of course... he might also be angry.
If he and his brother stayed in bed and didn't eat well, their father would get angry. He didn't have to hit them, but just looking at them quietly was enough to make them tremble with fear and cry.
Children are tired from playing during the day and don't get enough sleep at night, so they always stay in bed during the day. However, because of Li Jinxing's temper in educating his children, Siyan and Sixu still dare not stay in bed and have developed good habits. Even if their father is not at home, they will get up at a certain time, dress themselves, and go downstairs to eat.
When Gu Wanqiu came to this family, she accompanied them for three meals a day.
They waited downstairs for a long time today, and it was past dinner time but they still didn't see Gu Wanqiu come down to eat. So they realized something was wrong, and knocked on the door but no one answered. They had no choice but to call and ask, and fortunately Gu Wanqiu answered the phone.
Li Siyan heard Gu
Wanqiu's voice was tired, and she didn't dare to disturb her. "Auntie Gu, then you should have a good sleep. Be sure to get up and have lunch at noon."
"I see."
Si Yan held the phone and waited until Gu Wanqiu hung up before putting it down. Looking at his brother who was also worried, he raised his hand and touched his head, whispering to him, "It's okay. Mom said she's just sleepy, not sick. We can see her at lunchtime. Don't worry."
Si Xu nodded heavily: "Yes!"
After listening to Gu Wanqiu's words, Siyan did not tell her father about her "staying in bed" and not eating breakfast, but the aunt at home told them. She secretly called Li Jinxing in the yard outside and told Li Jinxing everything about Gu Wanqiu's situation.
"Sir, Miss Gu didn't come downstairs for breakfast this morning. I knocked on her door but got no response. Finally, it was the young master who called her and she finally answered."
"Are you sick?"
"Miss Gu said she's not sick, and asked the young master not to tell you because she was afraid you'd worry. She said she'd go downstairs for lunch. Miss Gu's room is locked. Do I need to use the key to open it and check on her?"
"There's no rush yet."
Since Li Jinxing had said so, she couldn't say anything more.
Finally, the phone was hung up, and Li Jinxing turned on the surveillance video in Gu Wanqiu's room. He was still worried about her. After confirming that she was indeed sleeping in bed and did not do anything dangerous, Li Jinxing breathed a sigh of relief. Then he called the servants and asked them to leave Gu Wanqiu alone and wait for her to sleep. At noon, if there was no movement in the room, they could tell him again. If she still didn't come back by then,
Come out and use the key to open the door.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, it was not yet time for lunch, and Gu Wanqiu came out of the room. She simply washed up and tied her hair very low. The heating in the house was on at 25 or 26 degrees Celsius. Gu Wanqiu wore a set of home clothes and a shawl on the outside. The whole outfit was clean and refreshing.
Seeing her coming downstairs, the two children ran faster than anyone else, ran to her, looked up, and asked about her situation with concern.
"Auntie Gu, are you hungry? You didn't have breakfast."
"Not hungry."
"Are you really not sick?"
"I'm really not sick."
"But you look so ugly, like you're sick."
Siyan and Sixu are not like other children. They are too smart, quick-witted, and know how to read people's expressions. It is difficult to fool them.
Gu Wanqiu touched her face, squatted down, and hugged the two children: "I'm really not sick. My face is pale because I just wiped it."
"Auntie Gu, there are red bloodshot eyes. Did you not sleep well?" Si Yan asked.
Gu Wanqiu answered seriously: "Yes, it's because I didn't sleep well, so I stayed in bed this morning."
"Why didn't you sleep well?" In the past, Gu Wanqiu would wake up earlier than them in order to accompany them. She would go into the room to wake them up and help them get dressed. They would eat together, play together, and study together. They were really not used to Gu Wanqiu's absence today. The two children were not relieved by what Gu Wanqiu said. They were still worried about her, afraid that she would encounter the same situation tomorrow or later.
"Because I had a nightmare, a very scary nightmare." After Gong Qing made that call, she
She hadn't slept all day. The body has its limits. She was tired and sleepy, but she couldn't fall asleep even after closing her eyes. She tossed and turned. She took a short nap at dawn, and then she heard a knock on the door and was woken up again.
She also hoped that she was just having a nightmare, but when she glanced at her phone, Gong Qing's incoming call information was clearly displayed in the phone information column, constantly reminding her... She was not dreaming, and the child in her belly was real.
Seeing Siyan and Sixu standing in front of her, Gu Wanqiu couldn't help but touch her belly and wondered, if the child in her belly was born, would it be as smart as Siyan and Sixu? How much would it look like her in the past?
Si Yan couldn't guess what Gu Wanqiu was thinking. He leaned against her arms and said, "So it was a nightmare. I'm also afraid of nightmares. Aunt Gu, I'll tell you something in secret. I once had a nightmare in which a monster wanted to eat me. I kept running and running, and when I woke up, I found that I had wet the bed. My brother also often has nightmares. He used to cry in the middle of the night and wake me up."
Li Sixu, who was standing quietly at the side, showed shyness on his face: "I still have nightmares now, and I am afraid, but I don't cry."
Gu Wanqiu asked, "What kind of dream did Sixu have that scared you to tears?"
Sixu is more introverted and doesn't know how to express his inner thoughts like Li Siyan.
He would only tell whatever Gu Wanqiu asked.
Sixu opened her little mouth and said softly, "I dreamed of my mother. I dreamed that I had a mother, but I couldn't see her face clearly. In the dream, my mother treated me very well, bought me delicious food and fun things, and then one day she suddenly disappeared. I also dreamed of my father.
Dad doesn’t want me anymore…he wants to sell me to someone else.”
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