Cloud Girl Chapter 30
However, Chen Nanyi had originally begged Xu Xiaomeng for a few more days to consider her ideas, and was even thinking about how to tell Xu Xiaomeng that she didn't want to have a wedding.
Chen Yiwen returned—this ruined Xu Xiaomeng's plan to take Chen Nanyi to the beach for a grand wedding.
I heard that Qin Se cut off Lu Bo's livelihood and prevented him from being with Chen Yiwen.
Lu Bo persisted outside for a while but then gave up and had no choice but to go back and plan to marry Sisley.
Chen Yiwen lost his job at Lu's company and his house was taken back, so he had no choice but to return to the Chen family villa in disgrace.
The day before Chen Yiwen returned, Xu Xiaomeng moved out of the Chen family home. She didn't want to see her older sister, and it wasn't a good idea for her reputation.
Chen Nanyi didn't pay much attention to Chen Yiwen anymore. However, since they were born to the same parents, even though they didn't have any feelings for each other now, she still let Chen Yiwen stay at her home safely.
But unexpectedly, not long after becoming familiar with the community, Chen Yiwen actually put on a show of being wronged with her kind face.
Soon, many rumors began to circulate about Chen Nanyi's alleged disrespect for her elder sister, vanity, and cohabitation with a man before marriage.
Chen Nanyi was so angry that she trembled all over when she found out.
Although she can be argumentative, I didn't want to waste another word with her.
However, she was not as heartless as her father and Chen Yiwen, so after letting Chen Yiwen live in the house, she quietly married Xu Xiaomeng's mother, Xu Siyue, in her hometown of the fishing village not long after.
Chen Nanyi didn't plan to have a wedding in the first place, and Xu Xiaomeng was even more afraid that Chen Nanyi would cause some trouble, so she made things even simpler.
So their wedding was simply a walk on the beach after they got their marriage certificate, and that was considered the biggest witness in the world.
Xu Xiaomeng and Chen Nanyi's married life was quite good because their personalities complemented each other.
It's unclear how Xu Xiaomeng persuaded Qin Se, but Qin Se didn't cause any trouble except for wanting a grandson.
But later, this very issue of having a child became the trigger for an argument between Xu Xiaomeng and Chen Nanyi.
For Chen Nanyi now, a large part of her longing is placed on the child she has with Xu Xiaomeng, but Xu Xiaomeng is always unwilling to give her a child, nor is he willing to explain why.
Chen Nanyi had many doubts and speculations, which ironically led to them growing somewhat distant from each other.
Of course, this estrangement was Chen Nanyi's own perception. Xu Xiaomeng had always been very close to Chen Nanyi—even though Chen Nanyi always gave her the cold shoulder, she persisted.
Xu Xiaomeng wasn't unwilling to have a child, but as someone who had once been an excellent doctor, he knew that Chen Nanyi's health wouldn't allow it.
Even though Chen Nanyi's physical condition is largely due to a combination of congenital and acquired habits, just like how Chen's mother was weak, which caused Chen Nanyi to be so frail from birth.
The most direct example later was when Chen's mother gave birth to Yi Jing. Because she hadn't taken good care of herself before giving birth, she was weak and sickly. During her pregnancy, she was also greatly tormented by her father's infidelity, which is why Chen Yi Jing was born mentally challenged.
Xu Xiaomeng knew all that, especially since Chen Nanyi had undergone heart surgery, so Xu Xiaomeng naturally refused to take the risk.
Of course, knowing Chen Nanyi's stubbornness and determination that no one could stop her from doing what she wanted, he dared not say these things, even though their married life was very unpleasant because of Chen Nanyi's misunderstanding of him—for fear that these words would further provoke Chen Nanyi to want a child.
Fortunately, because Chen Nanyi and Xu Xiaomeng had been married for three years without having children, Qin Se couldn't help but urge Xu Xiaomeng to divorce her husband and marry Liu Shixi.
Xu Xiaomeng was in the same class as Liu Shixi, and she was also bullied by her when they were in the drama club—for example, when she went to return the costume with Chen Nanyi, and later at the beach, she "led" others to take over his room as the team leader, and later she even moved into his house, and did "that kind of thing" with a boy downstairs...
Normal people know that you should never do such things in the room when staying at a friend's house, but she was so unrestrained. Xu Xiaomeng didn't know why Liu Shixi was like this, but he knew that although she didn't seem to dislike him at first, she disliked him very much in private.
But later he found out the reason—money.
Because after he inherited the Lu family company, during the time when they were engaged, she acted like a very loving and considerate girlfriend.
That's really good at pleasing a man, provided that Xu Xiaomeng doesn't realize her past thoughts and the change in her current attitude.
No one is stupid enough to not see how others treat them. Xu Xiaomeng knew about those things, but he didn't intend to care about the reason.
Therefore, Xu Xiaomeng's feelings for her were the same as those for ordinary people, except that she kept her distance.
Xu Xiaomeng finally finished a day's battle with Qin Se and the others at the company, repeatedly and firmly refusing Qin Se's request for her to marry Liu Shixi, and also keeping a tight rein on Liu Shixi's affairs.
Only after making sure that these messy things wouldn't reach Chen Nanyi's ears did he return home, exhausted.
Just when he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly and inadvertently discovered that Chen Nanyi had been secretly hiding her pregnancy from him.
Xu Xiaomeng was absolutely furious!
Because they had been in a cold war recently, and because Qin Se later discovered that Xu Xiaomeng was not easy to control and had her own ideas, she turned to her leader Lu Bo and others to obstruct Xu Xiaomeng.
So they hadn't been intimate for a long time, and Chen Nanyi had always been very thin. By the time they found out she was pregnant, the baby was already three or four months old.
Induced labor was out of the question. Xu Xiaomeng stared at Chen Nanyi's bulging belly without saying a word, and anyone could see her displeasure.
Xu Xiaomeng, who happened to see the pregnancy test strip, found it in the trash can and put it on the table.
Having her secret exposed, Chen Nanyi sat on the edge of the bed, gently supporting her waist, and turned to look at the beach outside the window. After a long while, she spoke softly.
"I allowed you into my life, even my body, not so that you wouldn't even give me a child. If you only need a wife because of the image of the Lu Group, then you can find someone else..."
Despite trying to remain calm, tears welled up in Chen Nanyi's eyes, but she did not break down.
"If you want revenge because of my previous rejection, please just say so. Just don't act like you're doing this for my own good while saying nothing!"
Xu Xiaomeng's eyes darkened.
The moonlight reflected off the waves on the beach, casting shimmering light onto the quiet ceiling, obscuring Chen Nanyi's face.
Xu Xiaomeng suddenly recalled that more than a year ago, during that night walk on the beach, Chen Nanyi couldn't see the road ahead and fell down on her for the first time. He fell down many times afterward and had to hold her hand tightly... The moonlight was so beautiful then, but he was afraid that he would never have such a scene again in his life.
And the thought that her unborn child might take her away from him made him feel inexplicably powerless.
The arrival of new life is always wonderful, but that is on the premise that it is not destined to end in ruin, especially not in the kind of life-for-life exchange, but in the kind where everything is likely to be lost.
Moreover, Xu Xiaomeng was unable to refute even one point in Chen Nanyi's statement.
That's right. Because Lu's company needs to maintain a good image, especially given the prevalence of traditional culture in the country, it's true that the helmsman must get married. However, he had no intention of retaliating against her whatsoever.
He was only "semi-forced" to be with her, disregarding her desire to take things slowly, because he had to get married and didn't want to marry anyone else.
He originally wanted to start over with her, to create a new chapter from the broken past, and then pursue her properly—in a gradual and steady way, until she slowly opened her heart and understood him better before making any plans.
However, he couldn't wait that long, which is why the results were so poor.
For example, right now, he and she only have that relationship and the love they've longed for, but they still don't have the kind of mutual trust and support they can build together.
He was unwilling to give her a child and dared not tell her the reason. He said it was for her own good, but in reality, he didn't trust her and was afraid that she would overthink things and leave him.
It seems that Chen Nanyi also doesn't believe in the extent of his love for her, so she needs him to confirm it again and again before she can feel at ease. And if he is not honest, the consequences will be fatal.
Xu Xiaomeng had no choice. He knew Chen Nanyi was afraid of pain, both mentally and physically. Yet she was willing to endure it all, even though she needed to rest in bed for two days after their first time together. She wasn't afraid of the pain of childbirth and was willing to give birth to someone to continue their bloodline for him. How could he possibly criticize her?
Xu Xiaomeng felt saddened by Chen Nanyi's lack of understanding, and the thought of Chen Nanyi's ignorance of emotions and her obtuseness made it even more unbearable.
Fortunately, he recovered after running away to drown his sorrows in alcohol. However, as he slowly recovered and devoted a great deal of energy to their baby and her, Chen Nanyi's temper became increasingly strange. She would often just glance at him with indifferent eyes without saying a word.
Xu Xiaomeng initially thought that she was just being irritable because she was pregnant, so she didn't think much of it.
Even later, Xu Xiaomeng tried her best to be nice to her, but Chen Nanyi's temper remained unchanged after she finally gave birth to the child.
Even though Xu Xiaomeng racked her brains to give the newborn a nickname, Little Lemon, which was a homonym for their love and meant to show intimacy, Chen Nanyi was still unwilling to get close to him.
Xu Xiaomeng was confused, but on the last day, under Xu Xiaomeng's stern questioning, Chen Nanyi finally revealed the reason for the matter.
It turned out that on the night Xu Xiaomeng, who had never done anything like this before, went out to drown her sorrows in alcohol after her secret pregnancy was discovered, Chen Yiwen told her that he had seen him in bed with another woman, and there were photos of him with his arm around someone else as proof...
After Xu Xiaomeng comforted and explained the situation, she understood what had happened—it turned out that Chen Yiwen was behind it all!
He was furious, but he had to restrain himself as he comforted Chen Nanyi, who was heartbroken by Chen Yiwen's actions. At the same time, he was secretly shocked by Chen Yiwen's behavior—he never expected that Chen Yiwen would be the kind of person who couldn't stand seeing others doing better than her, regardless of her own well-being! Despite her high level of education, her heart was nowhere near that of an ordinary person.
Not to mention, Xu Xiaomeng also heard that Chen Yiwen, who returned to the Chen family villa, forgot about Lu Bo, who had been madly in love with her, in less than three months.
Instead, she became very close to a student who was in a hurry to get to class and accidentally climbed over the wall along a path to get there. They met by chance at a corner of the wall and became fast friends.
Since Xu Xiaomeng started working at Lu's Company, he has gradually learned some ways of dealing with people that he didn't know before. Therefore, he doesn't think that someone like Chen Yiwen, who doesn't know humility, can live a happy life.
Although they have different definitions of happiness, they can no longer agree with each other on a fundamental level.
But everyone lives their own life. Even though Chen Yiwen's jealousy was affecting their lives, Xu Xiaomeng didn't think too much about judging her life with her own standards—there was no need. She just distanced herself from her even more.
Since that conversation where they resolved their differences, Xu Xiaomeng and Chen Nanyi have actually started to live their lives more and more like before.
Like a primary school student, he only focused on childish things like the division of the 38th parallel. In doing so, all of Chen Nanyi's previously hidden preferences were exposed.
Xu Xiaomeng only noticed later that Chen Nanyi's favorite snack was mashed bananas drizzled with tea oil—her most cherished treat since childhood. Moreover, Xu Xiaomeng couldn't believe that Chen Nanyi, with her somber and conservative nature, actually loved such powerful yet restrained music as Approaching Nirvana—that kind of passionate fervor for life, brewed from the depths of her soul, was an unexpected and poetic surprise for Xu Xiaomeng, who was already hopelessly infatuated with Chen Nanyi…
He could only look at himself helplessly and with a forced smile, gradually falling deeper into his love for her, finding it all in a sweet and unadulterated way.
The mini-drama: Why Qin Se hates Zhang Xiwen so much.
Qin Se (pouting), "Zhang Xiwen has a habit of shaking his leg in private. Biology shows that when a person is thinking about bad ideas, they secrete a special substance that requires limb shaking to continue thinking. Although I don't like Lu Bo, I don't want him to find a woman like that and be unhappy for the rest of his life."
"Also, Zhang Xiwen likes to smack her lips while eating, and she wastes other people's things and kindness without a care. It's just awful when she uses other people's things and pretends to be generous. Moreover, she loves to pretend to know what she doesn't. Her parents are already dead, but she lies to save face—she's clearly not a princess, yet she has all sorts of princess syndrome. Tsk tsk, she wasn't like this before..."
Xu Xiaomeng: "Grandma, you're not being fair!"
Qin Se, "What?"
Xu Xiaomeng: "Chen Nanyi is such a good person. She's someone who would hesitate even to buy a bottle of water, but she was willing to spend all her money to buy you food when she didn't even know you... Why did you treat her like that!"
Qin Se, "I'm innocent! In the past, I always had my assistant deal with those kinds of women directly. It was only because she was so nice that I spoke to her separately beforehand..."
Xu Xiaomeng →_→, “Hmph! You made me wait so many years to finally eat meat! And your grandson was born so many years late too, otherwise he could be running errands by now!”
My grandson, who should have been just passing by, is now lying in his stroller. (⊙o⊙)
Qin Se⊙ω⊙
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