Chapter 578 Dreaming of Nian Nian
At the end of May, Shen Zhichu was five months pregnant, and her belly was already very obvious.
Shen Zhichu couldn't stand it when she was pregnant with one child. Now she has two babies in her belly, and her back aches. Although Bai Qiujing wipes and massages her with essential oils every day, her legs are still swollen. She absolutely doesn't want to stand as long as she can sit, but there is no other way.
The pregnancy reaction is gone, and now I just have to hold my belly together and watch it grow bigger day by day.
The two little guys may have naturally incompatible temperaments. When the fetus moves, they will "fight" in the belly, expanding on the left and shrinking on the right.
She touched her belly and said softly, “Nian Bao An Bao, stop fighting.”
After she said that, the arc of the fetal movement really became smaller, and finally gradually calmed down.
Bai Qiujing was running hot water in the bathroom and hurried out after hearing Shen Zhichu's voice.
"Are these two little guys making a fuss in your belly again?"
"Um."
Bai Qiujing squatted down in front of Shen Zhichu with a fierce look on his face, staring at her bulging belly and teaching her, "If you keep fighting in your mother's belly, I'll let you experience what it means to be a filial son under the stick when you come out."
Shen Zhichu reached out and flicked his forehead: "They won't understand even if you say so much. It's better if they move. It would be terrible if they don't move."
Bai Qiujing thought about it for a moment and muttered, "But I can't torture you like this."
Shen Zhichu now felt her body getting heavier and heavier. After the bath water was ready, she propped herself up and walked over. Bai Qiujing in front of her held her tightly.
Seeing his face that was even more worried and nervous than his own, Shen Zhichu sighed and said, "Don't worry about me so much. I can take a shower by myself."
"No, there's water on the ground." He is like that now. He will be nervous when Shen Zhichuyi is not in his sight. He is worried that she will trip when he sees tables and benches, and he is afraid that she will slip when he sees water. He is also afraid that people will bump into her when he sees people coming and going on the road.
Shen Zhichu looked at Bai Qiujing with a smile: "Okay, hold on to me a little."
Bai Qiujing bent over and said, "Queen, let's get going."
Bai Qiujing is a movie emperor, and Shen Zhichu is also an award-winning movie actress. Although she doesn't like the atmosphere of the entertainment industry very much, she has to say that she was quite happy during the more than one year she spent as an actor.
Both husband and wife are actors and they would perform from time to time.
The day before yesterday, it was the domineering movie star who fell in love with me, yesterday it was my female CEO, and judging from the atmosphere today, it is most likely a drama of the empress raising a male lover. In short, Bai Qiujing is becoming less and less important in this regard.
What else can I do? Of course I spoil her.
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The cicadas have finally come out in July, chirping non-stop, adding some liveliness to this quiet summer.
At this time, Shen Zhichu's belly had grown bigger. She was seven months pregnant. Her belly was too heavy when she slept on her back, and sleeping on her side put pressure on her heart, making her chest stuffy. Insomnia had become the norm. She tossed and turned, and finally sat on the edge of the bed holding her belly. Fortunately, Bai Qiujing was by her side all the time, accompanying her through the difficult nights.
The harder and more tired Chen Zhichu felt, the more he looked forward to the birth of the two little ones.
Bai's mother ordered a lot of baby supplies online, and the baby room was filled with them before they were even used. She bought the bunk beds for the sake of appearance, but she didn't expect that she would actually give birth to two babies at once.
Bai Qiujing went on vacation after finishing filming "Interstellar Movie" and started to experience being a father in advance. He specially found a training center to learn how to change diapers and feed the baby, and how to make his wife relaxed and not tired.
Pregnant women are prone to postpartum depression during the confinement period. This is what Bai Qiujing is most worried about. Shen Zhichu has had a hard time during her ten months of pregnancy, and he should be the one to take care of the baby after she gives birth. He should take care of his own wife.
Chen Zhichu would occasionally accompany Bai Qiujing to attend classes at the pregnancy center. The hospital still conducted pregnancy checkups every month. On weekdays, when she had more free time, she would stay at home shopping online for baby items, read books, listen to music, do prenatal yoga, or learn to knit with Bai's mother.
Now she can knit quite a few patterns. She has knitted a sweater for each of her two children. Now she plans to knit one for Bai Qiujing, using cashmere yarn in white.
The sunflower in the living room bloomed in mid-July, its golden petals unfolding around the pistil. The flower symbolizes facing the sun and growing. So, has she been reborn every year? Is she doing well without her?
Every time she thought of Nian Nian, her heart ached, as if there were needles hidden in her blood, pricking her whole body.
She reached out and gently stroked the pistil. The gentle movement seemed as if she was not stroking the petals, but stroking the dead years.
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It is said that pregnant women have bad tempers, but Shen Zhichu has been pregnant for such a long time without losing her temper once. Bai Qiujing is very good at observing people's expressions. To be more precise, he focuses all his attention on her every move. As long as Shen Zhichu's expression is slightly wrong, he can sense it keenly.
His attentiveness and attention are inseparable from his time in the orphanage.
Although he was stupid at that time, the director was very confident in him as he grew up in an orphanage. In addition to weeding, cooking, various housework, and cleaning up rats, he spent more time taking care of the children.
In a place like an orphanage, joys and sorrows are the norm, and children sent to orphanages are the most sensitive. In order to take care of them, Bai Qiujing learned to treat them with caution from that time on, observing each child's words and expressions, making them laugh, and wiping their tears.
He had tasted and seen enough of the sufferings of the world during that time, so now he cherishes them especially.
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Shen Zhichu was eight months pregnant, and her belly had grown alarmingly large. The tiny blood vessels were very obvious, and her belly button was stretched flat. Bai Qiujing saw how uncomfortable Shen Zhichu was, but he could do nothing. The words "I'm here to accompany you" were all bullshit. Wouldn't his wife be tired and in pain just by staying by her side?
Bai Qiujing could only work harder to massage Shen Zhichu, take good care of her in daily life, and relieve the pain in her body.
Bai's mother also sent various supplements and fruits to the house, while Bai Wanwan carefully selected skin care products for pregnant women. As for Bai's father, he sent a doll poster to be posted on the bedroom wall, so that it would be visible as soon as the eyes were opened.
He saw it somewhere, saying that if a woman stares at a beautiful baby during pregnancy, the baby in her belly will also look beautiful.
After Bai Qiujing received it, he said he had posted it, but actually turned around and threw it into the trash can.
What a joke! With the looks of him and Shen Zhichu, do they need to look at these things to improve their child's appearance? And anything without scientific basis is nonsense. If looking at these things can make a baby more beautiful, then there would be no ugly people in the world.
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At the end of August, the sunflowers were about to bloom. Chen Zhichu couldn't sleep well at night and his body was easily tired. He was obviously very sleepy but woke up as soon as he closed his eyes. After finally falling asleep, he was still plagued by various dreams.
But the dream she had today was different. Shen Zhichu dreamed of Nian Nian. A beautiful ragdoll cat walked towards her, shaking its big fluffy tail and purring in its throat. After approaching her, it first kissed her cheek, and finally approached her bulging belly, meowed twice, and rubbed against it, as if greeting two unborn babies.
Shen Zhichu wanted to hug it, but just as he stretched out his hand and before he could touch it, Nian Nian disappeared before his eyes.
"Year after year..."
"Chu Chu." Someone called her name, and Shen Zhichu was awakened. She opened her eyes and saw Bai Qiujing looking at her worriedly.
Holding a tissue in her hand, she gently wiped her face. Only then did she realize that she had dreamed of Niannian crying.
So much time has passed, and the sunflowers in the pot are now in their fourth year. They bloom in summer and wither in winter, sprout in spring, and are reborn again in summer.
Every time Chen Zhichu looked at the pot of sunflowers, she couldn't help but think of Nian Nian, the cat who was afraid of fire but tried to save her from the fire, and the ragdoll cat who was burned all over by the fire.
During the time when Nian Nian was dead, every time Shen Zhichu dreamed of it, he dreamed that it was tortured to death, struggling on the ground in pain and screaming.
Probably because he didn't want to make her sad anymore, the sensible Niannian only appeared three times and never appeared in her dreams again. She couldn't dream of her even if she wanted to, and could only rely on missing her, or thinking about her. She could come back to life from the dead. Perhaps there was reincarnation, and Niannian might have been reincarnated.
No matter how deep the scar is, it will heal slowly with time, but it will only heal, not disappear. The wound is still there, and it still hurts every time she thinks about it. So when she dreamed of Niannian's original intact appearance again, she couldn't help but cry.
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