Seeing her head nodding, Ji Yuzhi couldn't help but smile. Afraid of waking her from her recent drowsiness, he didn't dare to stop what he was doing.
His gaze traveled from her face to her protruding belly, and his smiling eyes turned into tender affection.
There, a child belonging to him and her was conceived.
This was a day he seemed to have been looking forward to for many years.
The peaceful life in the villa can be deceiving; he became deeply entrenched in it and couldn't extricate himself.
It was as if this house could shelter her from the wind and rain, and block out the sun and moon. It could freeze time forever in this moment.
The grandfather clock in the living room struck twelve.
The deep voice reached Zhen Tian's ears and woke her up.
"Am I asleep?" she asked, her eyes still blurry.
"Okay, go back to sleep."
She glanced at the time casually: "It's so late."
Zhen Tian's gaze shifted to Ji Yuzhi's hands, which were still kneading her legs.
"Alright, alright. You've been massaging me for over four hours." Zhen Tian said, annoyed. "Are you stupid? Can't you stop now that I'm asleep?"
She tenderly took those hands in hers, pressing so hard for so long that the knuckles turned white.
"I'm not tired or in pain." Ji Yuzhi took her hand in return and rubbed it a couple of times. "I was afraid of waking you up."
“What’s so scary about waking me up?” Zhen Tian raised his hand, sniffed it affectionately, and kissed it again. “I sleep so much every day, I’m not afraid of being woken up.”
She turned over and got up: "It's so late, you should go to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."
"I'll rest tomorrow." He followed her lead and walked forward, "I'll stay home with you."
Zhen Tian hesitated for a moment: "Is it okay to rest at this time?"
"Even if I work 24 hours a day without rest, what can I do?" No one is powerless during a pandemic.
"Don't be sad, don't be sad." Zhen Tian's heart was broken. She couldn't bear to see even the slightest bit of sadness on Ji Yuzhi's face. She laboriously stood on tiptoe and patted his head.
"I'm not sad." He immediately smiled.
Zhen Tian was also awake, but she couldn't fall asleep even after returning to her bedroom.
Neither of them could sleep, lying in bed.
"Zhizhi." She tugged at Ji Yuzhi's sleeve. "Big brother is going to the front line."
"Brother Yan?"
“Hmm.” Zhen Tian turned over: “My uncle and aunt called and asked me to persuade my older brother, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”
"What's wrong?"
“Big brother said that some things always have to be done by someone.” Zhen Tian nestled against his chest. “I know what big brother is doing is right, and it’s for everyone’s good. But sometimes I still want to be a little selfish. Why should I care about other people? You have to worry about people at home and abroad, and your brothers have to worry about countless strangers. But what are those strangers doing?”
Zhen Tian has seen too many terrible news stories online.
"Are you sad?"
"I'm so upset. I think they're all so annoying. They have no sense of the bigger picture at all."
Ji Yuzhi found it somewhat amusing to hear about the big picture from Zhen Tian.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhen Tian looked up, but Ji Yuzhi pressed her back down in an instant.
"It's nothing." He placed his hand on the back of her neck. "Don't think too much about it. This is not something you should worry about."
"I don't want to worry about it. I hate it when you worry about them," Zhen Tian muttered.
He said he wasn't sleepy, but he fell asleep almost immediately.
Ji Yuzhi was indeed not sleepy; he stared at the ceiling, seemingly lost in thought.
Finally, only a faint sigh remained in the room.
…………
The next morning.
Zhen Tian hadn't woken up in Ji Yuzhi's arms for a long time, and today's sudden reaction startled her so much that she almost kicked Ji Yuzhi off the bed.
Ji Yuzhi, who was kicked awake, was momentarily confused. His first reaction was to hug Zhen Tian.
Then he realized that the impact to his leg was not caused by other external factors, but by the woman beside him, whom his first instinct was to protect.
"I'm sorry, Zhizhi." He opened his eyes and saw Zhen Tian looking at him innocently: "I thought you were a bad person."
Ji Yuzhi almost laughed in anger, and pinched the flesh on her waist as punishment: "Where did the bad people come from in this house?"
"I'm afraid I am." She blinked innocently as before.
You can't argue with her; whoever does is a fool.
Ji Yuzhi stood up, determined not to be a complete fool.
Zhen Tian couldn't jump up as nimbly as before, so she slowly and painstakingly moved to the edge of the bed and got out.
"Are you angry?" She followed Ji Yuzhi everywhere he went, like a little shadow.
“Get angry with you? I’d be dead angry already.” After he finished speaking, Zhen Tian still followed him.
"Want to shower together?" Ji Yuzhi waved the change of clothes in his hand.
"What's the point of washing together? I'm pregnant." Zhen Tian smugly pointed at her belly.
Ji Yuzhi smiled and said, "Baby."
"Huh?" Zhen Tian was stunned by the sweet words.
"Do you remember what Huo Qingming said to Ye Qingyan?"
"Huh?" Zhen Tian didn't know why she brought up Huo Qingming and Ye Qingyan.
Ji Yuzhi smiled mysteriously and walked into the bathroom.
Zhen Tian stood at the door in deep thought for a long time.
My thoughts drifted back to the moment when Ye Qingyan was in postpartum confinement, and Brother Huo said...
"I think you've forgotten the days when you couldn't get out of bed."
"I've forgotten the days when I couldn't get out of bed."
"Days when I couldn't get out of bed."
"I can't get out of bed."
"Bed, bed, bed!"
In the end, all Zhen Tian could think about was the word "bed".
When Ji Yuzhi came out after showering, she was still standing at the bathroom door as if she had been punished.
"Change your clothes and come downstairs for dinner." He pinched the tip of her nose. "Do you need my help?"
He asked very seriously.
But Zhen Tian, who had just thought about yellow, didn't think this was a simple matter.
"No need." She ran away.
Ji Yuzhi kept worrying from behind: "Slow down, don't run!"
I was relieved to see Zhen Tian go from jogging to walking.
The breakfast table downstairs was still warm, but the two mothers were nowhere to be seen.
He walked up to the refrigerator and tore off a sticky note.
We're going to the supermarket. You can eat breakfast when you're up; we've already eaten.
As Zhen Tian slowly climbed down, Ji Yuzhi came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of still steaming hot porridge.
Where is Mom?
" Went to the supermarket."
Zhen Tian nodded: "It seems we're out of laundry detergent at home."
She sat down at the table and said, "I just don't know how the people in D City are doing. When will this end? The number of infected people is still increasing. Zhizhi, you must be careful and make sure you wear a mask."
"I'm not going out. I'll give you all my masks; you can wear two."
"I'll be careful." Ji Yuzhi pinched her cheek. "Let's eat."
Breakfast was eaten quietly; Ji Yuzhi finds it difficult to sit still at home.
Knowing his worries, Zhen Tian turned on the TV but didn't immediately switch to the entertainment channel as usual. Instead, she tuned to the news channel to watch the live broadcast.
Then she picked up her phone and opened Weibo.
Sometimes you can get information on Weibo faster than other platforms.
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