Chapter 173
The day always passes so quickly. Chu Jiujiu felt that it was time for lunch not long after she opened her eyes.
After lunch, everyone's blood finally left the brain for a short time and began to move towards the stomach. Everyone quieted down. Wen Xiuwei returned to her and Chu Shao's room to rest. Chu Jiujiu was like a sticky candy and insisted on sticking to her.
The two of them were half lying on the bed, leaning against each other. A few years ago, this was their most common posture, but as they grew up, they rarely did this.
Chu Jiujiu leaned on Wen Xiuwei's shoulder, and Wen Xiuwei leaned on her head. Chu Jiujiu whispered to Wen Xiuwei, "You and Chu Shaogang are going to separate after getting married. Will there be any impact?"
Wen Xiuwei replied: "No, we are used to it."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
This is indeed a sad answer.
She was speechless for a moment. Wen Xiuwei raised her body slightly and looked down at Chu Jiujiu. After seeing her expression, Wen Xiuwei smiled and said, "It's okay. We are really used to it."
"I used to think that being apart so often was extremely torturous, but now that we're married, if nothing else, at least we don't have to worry about losing each other anymore."
Chu Jiujiu asked her: "Chu Shao still can't come out?"
"Of course," Wen Xiuwei sighed softly. "But I can't go out all the time, even inside. He's in the lab twelve hours a day. If I weren't pregnant, everything would be fine. But now, everyone seems worried about me staying home alone."
Chu Jiujiu nodded repeatedly, "I'm worried too. In that case, you should move out. Chu Shao can be with you on weekends anyway. It's only ten months, isn't it? You two were separated for even longer before. Once the baby is one month old, you three can be reunited as a family."
After a pause, Chu Jiujiu thought of another question, "Didn't you say you were going to take on a new drama soon? Can you still shoot it?"
You do need to be careful during the first three months of pregnancy, but you don't have to be as cautious as Wen Xiuwei. However, none of us are particularly professional experts, and no one is willing to take the risk of that "what if" probability.
This is the first newborn baby in the three families in decades, and everyone takes it very seriously. Let alone something going wrong, even if Wen Xiuwei frowns, everyone will gasp.
Others care about it very much, and as a pregnant woman, Wen Xiuwei is no less concerned.
She is now famous, has connections, and has a good reputation. Among the several movies broadcast on TV every day, there must be one with her in it. Compared with the dream of being halfway through, Wen Xiuwei feels that her children are more important.
Shaking her head, Wen Xiuwei said softly, "No more filming. I plan to rest at home for a year and stop acting. If there are any activities, maybe I will participate. After the child is weaned, I will go out and take on more acting jobs."
She smiled and said, "I hope everyone won't forget me by then."
When Chu Jiujiu heard this, she immediately said with certainty, "Of course not! It's only a year, right? Look at the TV nowadays, they're still showing movies from the 1950s."
"I'm just afraid that you'll feel bored, so I'll often visit my in-laws' house in the future. Please don't find me annoying."
Wen Xiuwei wanted to kick her, "What kind of words are you talking about? How could I find you annoying?"
Chu Jiujiu smiled: "I'm just giving you a heads-up."
Wen Xiuwei didn't bother to pay attention to this topic. She closed her eyes for a moment, then looked at Chu Jiujiu again. "It depends on your own arrangements. I heard from Chu Shao that you are very busy at school. Aren't you not graduated yet? Do what you can and combine work and rest, okay?"
"I'm not very busy, except for the recent trip to receive an exchange group. Normally, I'm doing my own things, writing papers, researching, and writing manuscripts. These aren't assigned by the school; they're my own priorities."
Wen Xiuwei: "Like Chu Shao, they are both spinning tops."
Chu Jiujiu complained inwardly: "It's obviously the same as you. When you spin, you're much crazier than Chu Shao."
Wen Xiuwei's voice suddenly became louder, and her eyebrows raised, "What did you say?!"
Unexpectedly, Wen Xiuwei heard her so quietly, so she quickly changed the subject. "Weiwei, pregnancy is so hard. You must take more nutritious supplements in the future, but don't eat too much. I heard that if you become too fat, it will be difficult to give birth naturally."
Wen Xiuwei hummed, "My mother has already said all this."
Chu Jiujiu was a dabbler after all. In fact, she was a dabbler among dabblers. She didn't understand the relevant knowledge at all. It was already the best that she could do to give Wen Xiuwei a symbolic word of advice. Soon, her expression changed from being worried to being full of longing.
She held Wen Xiuwei's arm, being very careful not to touch her belly. She tilted her head back and asked Wen Xiuwei, "They say mothers have premonitions. Do you have a premonition? Is the baby inside you a boy or a girl?"
Why is it happening again? Wen Xiuwei was helpless. "No, I'm not a fortune teller, how can I know this kind of thing? And you, why do you care about this issue more than my mother? Do you not like boys or girls?"
Chu Jiujiu's eyes widened immediately. "Surely, I like them all! I just want to know in advance so I can buy things like small clothes and hats. You definitely need to know the gender."
Wen Xiuwei looked at Chu Jiujiu, and Chu Jiujiu looked at her innocently.
Although she appears innocent, Chu Jiujiu actually feels guilty. Even though she already knows that her father will not be born again, she still can't help but pay excessive attention to this issue, especially the gender of the child. She knows that even if she knows, it won't change anything, but she just wants to know.
Wen Xiuwei felt that she was not telling the truth, but she could not tell from her face. Sighing, Wen Xiuwei said, "It doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as they are healthy."
"However, I also have a little selfish motive."
Chu Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, "Huh? What selfish motives?"
Wen Xiuwei glanced at her, then smiled as if she had done something bad, and said, "I kind of hope that this child could be a boy."
Chu Jiujiu was puzzled: "Why?"
She always thought that Wen Xiuwei wanted a daughter because she would only smile when she saw a little girl, and her expression would not even change when she saw a little boy.
Wen Xiuwei felt a little embarrassed when she said this, as if she felt sorry for the baby in her belly, but this was her true thought. "Because, if this child is a boy, he won't take away your position in our family. You will always be the only girl in our family. When he grows up, he can still protect you. But if it's a girl, that won't work. Then it will be your turn to protect her."
Chu Jiujiu was stunned for a long time before she said angrily, "I'm not a child anymore. I don't care about these things at all! Don't say such things anymore. The baby is in your belly and can hear everything you say. If it really is a girl, wouldn't she be heartbroken to hear her mother say these things while still in the womb?"
After she finished speaking, she straightened her waist and said to Wen Xiuwei's abdomen in a pretentious manner, "Little baby, don't listen to your mother. I am your aunt. No matter whether you are a boy or a girl, I will love you very much and always protect you. I will never give you the chance to protect me in return."
Wen Xiuwei: “…”
She had never seen prenatal education, and this was the first time she encountered such a situation. She couldn't help but feel it was very strange. She didn't have the real feeling that there was a little life in her body, and she even had the urge to push Chu Jiujiu away.
But when she heard the next sentence Chu Jiujiu said, her impulse disappeared.
At the beginning, Chu Jiujiu was indeed pretending, because what Wen Xiuwei said was so touching, she didn't know how to react, so she could only pretend to be angry to cover up her emotions. After putting herself in her aunt's position and imagining talking to the baby, Chu Jiujiu also became more emotional.
"I will treat you very well, take care of you, dress you, make delicious food for you, and take you out to play. Before you grow up, I will be with you every day. As long as you need me, I will never leave, just like your parents did for me..."
As she spoke, Chu Jiujiu felt like crying. She recalled the past few years, how Chu Shao had brought her to live together, and how Wen Xiuwei had taken care of her meticulously. Leaning on Wen Xiuwei's shoulder again, she sniffed, her voice soft and a little hoarse: "Weiwei..."
Wen Xiuwei's emotions were also surging. She pursed her lips, wanting to laugh, but failed. She held Chu Jiujiu's hand tightly, then nodded softly.
It means that she heard it and that she understood it.
There is nothing more gratifying than having a child you raised who knows how to repay your kindness. Wen Xiuwei didn't expect that at such a young age, she had already experienced the feelings of a middle-aged mother.
She was just feeling relieved when she heard Chu Jiujiu groaning beside her, her voice lengthening: "Really, don't get too fat. If you have to have a caesarean section because of being too fat, I'll be so heartbroken..."
Wen Xiuwei: “…”
Taking back her feeling of being touched in an instant, Wen Xiuwei said mercilessly: "Shut up."
…
After spending a long time with Wen Xiuwei, when the time was almost up, Chu Jiujiu went back to the Han family. Wen Xiuwei was sleeping, and she would stay for a while longer before going to the station.
Seeing Erbao sitting on her throne watching TV, she sat down next to her and asked, "How many days will you stay here?"
Erbao replied: "Three days. I will go back on Monday night. Our school has an event on Monday, and my dad asked the teacher for leave on my behalf."
Chu Jiujiu was puzzled: "Uncle Nie helped you skip classes?"
Erbao corrected her, "It's about being away from activities."
Chu Jiujiu: "No matter what, there must be a reason, right?"
Erbao nodded, "Of course I did. My dad wanted me to go to your school on Monday to experience the atmosphere of college. He even asked my eldest brother to be my tour guide. My dad is still determined to get me into a top university, but he doesn't even realize that I'm not cut out for it!"
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
This was a commonplace story. Since Nie Songlan, the "other people's child," had appeared in the family, Nie Bai had always wanted Nie Nuanchen's name to be resounding throughout the family compound. Shaking her head, Chu Jiujiu said nothing. She stood up and said to everyone in the living room, "I'll be leaving now. I'll be back next Saturday."
Chu Shao was repairing the gas stove for Grandma Han. Upon hearing this, he came out of the kitchen and asked, "Not having dinner?"
"I don't want to eat anymore, let's go, bye~"
Chu Jiujiu left as soon as she said she would, and disappeared after closing the door. The station was close to her home, so she arrived there quickly. After waiting for about ten minutes, the bus she was waiting for arrived. After getting on, Chu Jiujiu found a seat by the window and sat down.
The bus was moving slowly forward. Just after passing two intersections, suddenly, a small jeep came from the opposite direction. It was driving so fast that it seemed to be going to be reincarnated. The jeep was quite far away from the bus, but everyone couldn't help but look over. They were all curious about who was sitting inside and why it was driving so fast.
Chu Jiujiu also took a look. At that time, the cars had no film on them, so everything inside the car windows could be seen. Chu Jiujiu did not see the driver's seat, but only saw the back seat, where there was a burly man.
Chu Jiujiu withdrew her gaze without interest and looked at the speeding scenery outside the window again. In the jeep, next to the burly man, Chu Yue was sitting with a nervous look on her face.
The car drove fast, so it didn't take long before they arrived at the place. It was a relatively ordinary residential building, and the surrounding environment was very unfamiliar. Chu Yue was quite scared at first, but when she saw the person standing inside the house, she relaxed again.
Ignoring the person behind her, she quickly ran over and looked at her with gratitude, "Second Aunt, thank you so much! I will never forget your kindness!"
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