Pregnancy (Part 1)
Time flies.
Months passed, years rolled by, and in the blink of an eye, Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu had been married for two years.
Over the past two years, their relationship has grown stronger and stronger, and their lives have been moving forward peacefully, happily and contentedly.
But this morning—
The peace was broken.
"I just want bunny pudding!"
In the quiet restaurant, there was a sound of dishes and chopsticks falling heavily on the table.
Xi Jiu was wearing home clothes, holding a cup of milk, and looked a little dazed.
Opposite him, Ruan Qi opened his eyes wide, with a hint of anger on his face.
"I don't want pumpkin porridge or shrimp dumplings. I want bunny pudding!"
Ruan Qi was a bit grumpy today. She threw down her bowl and chopsticks in a rage because there was no bunny pudding for breakfast.
Big Barley Baby, who was playing "The Jumping Frog" just now, was so scared that he quickly pressed the pause button.
Dahui and Xiaohui, who came from next door to eat, also tucked their tails between their legs, and the dog shrank under the table.
Ruan Qi rarely lost her temper like this. Xi Jiu was caught off guard, his mind stuck, and he froze in place.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Ruan Qi's eyes suddenly turned red. She pushed the chair away and stood up.
"I still have work to do. I'm leaving now."
She turned to leave.
Xi Jiu finally reacted at this time. He put down the milk cup in panic and rushed to Ruan Qi to stop her.
"Baby," he grabbed Ruan Qi's arm, feeling a little flustered. "Don't be angry. It's my fault. I forgot to prepare the pudding for you. I'll make up for it for you tomorrow morning, okay?"
Xi Jiu didn't mean to not make pudding for Ruan Qi.
Since getting married, Xi Jiu has been responsible for preparing three meals a day for the family. Every night before going to bed, he would ask Ruan Qi what she wanted for breakfast. Ruan Qi would order the dishes, and Xi Jiu would go to the kitchen to cook them the next morning.
This has been the case for the past two years.
But this morning, this habit was broken.
Ruan Qi ordered pumpkin porridge and shrimp dumplings last night, but this morning, she suddenly said she wanted to eat little white rabbit pudding.
The family has not had the ingredients to make pudding these days, and it is only a little after six in the morning, so the supermarket is not open. Even if Xi Jiu wants to make it for her, he can't buy the ingredients.
So, he wanted to buy all the ingredients after get off work tonight and make it for Ruan Qi as breakfast tomorrow.
However, Ruan Qi, who usually had a very soft temper, actually got angry this time.
She was so determined to have the bunny pudding right away that she even threw her chopsticks and bowl over it.
Xi Jiu had never seen Ruan Qi in such a bad mood before. However, he did not think Ruan Qi was being unreasonable. Instead, he apologized to her very considerately.
However, Ruan Qi did not accept his apology.
"I just want to eat the bunny pudding right now. I don't want to eat it tomorrow!"
Ruan Qi didn't know why, but she was desperately craving the bunny pudding. The thought of not even getting any pudding filled her with anger and frustration, tears streaming down her face.
When Xi Jiu saw her crying, he became even more panicked.
"Don't cry, baby. I'll call the old mansion right away and have them send over some pudding ingredients. What flavor do you want? Yogurt or plain? Just bunny ones? Can I make you a few bears, too?"
As Xi Jiu said this, he wanted to pick up the phone on the dining table and call Lao Zhai.
But today Ruan Qi didn't have any patience at all.
She pushed Xi Jiu's arm away and ran out of the restaurant with red eyes.
"I don't want to eat anymore!"
"Baby——" Xi Jiu's face changed and he started to chase after him.
Ruan Qi pushed open the door before him, "I have to go to an announcement! Don't call me or look for me today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the front door was slammed shut with a bang.
Ruan Qi left angrily.
“…”
Xi Jiu, who was left at home, looked at the slammed door and felt like the sky was falling.
He stood there in a daze, wanting to chase after her, but considering Ruan Qi's words, he didn't dare to chase her.
What happened to the baby today?
Why do you suddenly lose your temper?
Are you feeling unwell?
Or did he do something to upset her?
Xi Jiu stood at the entrance, his mind racing with countless possible reasons for Ruan Qi's tantrum. But after a long time of thinking, he still couldn't figure it out, and could only attribute it to his own carelessness and inadequacy.
At this time, Big Barley Baby, Big Fennel and Little Fennel pressed the pause button, and the dog came over stealthily.
"Mommy..." Baby Barley called out to Xi Jiu, and the worried and terrified faces on the electronic screen kept rotating. "What's wrong with Daddy today? Why is he so angry? Is the bunny pudding really that delicious?"
Xi Jiu: "..."
He also wanted to know the answer to this question.
"Xiao Qi...maybe you're too tired. You've been busy a lot lately, and being busy can be frustrating." Xi Jiu tried to find excuses for Ruan Qi, while turning around to pick up his phone and turning on the screen.
Barley Baby: "Mom, who are you going to call?"
"Shen Wenqian." Xi Jiu pulled out Shen Wenqian's WeChat and said to Big Barley Baby, "Xiao Qi is in a bad mood today. I asked Shen Wenqian to be more careful."
Barley: "Then why don't you go straight to your dad? Doesn't the book say that if you make your wife angry, you should comfort her immediately?"
Xi Jiu paused while flipping through WeChat.
He was silent for two seconds, then said in a lost tone, "Baby doesn't want to see me today. I'm afraid that going to see her will upset her."
Barley thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"You're right. We should respect Dad's feelings." While Damai was speaking, Xi Jiu had already sent a WeChat message to Shen Wenqian.
Then he turned around, grabbed his coat and car keys, put on his shoes, and was about to go out.
Barley: "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Let's go back to the old house." Xi Jiu pushed open the door and turned to it, saying, "Take good care of the house. I'm going back to the old house to get the ingredients for the pudding. I'll leave work early tonight and come back to make bunny pudding for Xiao Qi."
——
Xi Jiu went back to the old house.
After finding the ingredients for the pudding, he took them and drove directly to Xi's.
Today was not a day off. For the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Xi's employees, Xi Jiu, as the boss, had to work tirelessly, even if he had a heated argument with his wife at home.
However, although I am in the company, my heart is elsewhere.
Xi Jiu sat at the conference table with a sullen expression. The executives from various departments, bearing the weight of his dejected mood, nervously reported their work. As he listened, he was distracted by his thoughts of Ruan Qi.
My baby didn’t eat breakfast. Will he be hungry now?
Is she calm now? If I call her now, will she refuse to answer?
Is she tired from rushing to attend the announcement? Did Shen Wenqian buy her breakfast?
Xi Jiu's mind was full of Ruan Qi, and only one percent of his brain capacity was used to receive work reports from his subordinates.
Seeing Xi Jiu's face becoming increasingly cold, the marketing manager who was reporting this week's plan was almost scared to death.
At the same time, Shen Wenqian was also frightened to death.
Ever since he picked up Ruan Qi and put her in the car outside the courtyard this morning, Ruan Qi has been silent and hasn't said a word.
He asked her several times what was wrong, but Ruan Qi remained silent. It was not until Xi Jiu sent him a message that he realized that the couple had had a quarrel.
Shen Wenqian was very surprised.
Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu have such a good relationship, but they also quarrel?
Xi Jiu cares about Ruan Qi so much that he wants to hold her in his mouth, while Ruan Qi has a soft temper. How could two such people quarrel?
Shen Wenqian was puzzled, but considering Ruan Qi's mood, he didn't dare to ask directly.
Helplessly, he had to sit in the car and observe secretly all the way until the car was about to arrive at the destination. Ruan Qi, who had been silent all the way, suddenly took out his mobile phone and opened WeChat to take a look.
Shen Wenqian secretly glanced at her phone screen.
WeChat is very quiet, without a single message.
Ruan Qi's eyes drooped, and she bit her lower lip, a look of loss and regret on her face.
Shen Wenqian noticed her reaction and could no longer suppress his curiosity. He asked tentatively, "Ruan Xiaoqi, did you and Mr. Xi... have a fight?"
Ruan Qi paused, lowered his eyes, and shook his head.
"No."
"No?" Shen Wenqian was surprised, "But just now..."
He was just about to say that Mr. Xi had just sent him a WeChat message, but Ruan Qi spoke first.
"We didn't have a fight," she said in a small, somewhat listless voice. "I was the only one who got angry and acted unreasonably."
Shen Wenqian: ???
Being unreasonable?
How could this idiom appear in Ruan Qi's mouth?!
Shen Wenqian found it unbelievable: "Ruan Xiaoqi, are you kidding? You have such a good temper, how could you be so unreasonable?"
Ruan Qi is famous for her soft temper, okay!
Shen Wenqian thought she was joking.
Ruan Qi bit her lip, looking annoyed. "It's true that I was being unreasonable. This morning, I got mad at Jiujiu because he didn't make bunny pudding."
Shen Wenqian: ???
Shen Wenqian had an expression that said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Ruan Qi knew that he didn't believe it, and even she herself couldn't believe that she was the one who lost her temper with Xi Jiu this morning.
Her eyes were a little red, and she said in a tearful voice, "I don't know what happened this morning, but I suddenly wanted to eat bunny pudding. When I heard Jiujiu say that we didn't have the ingredients to make pudding at home, I couldn't control my anger. Jiujiu is such a good person, I shouldn't have lost my temper with him, and I shouldn't have thrown down the dishes and left him at home."
Ruan Qi felt extremely regretful.
She never thought that there would be a day when she would be unreasonable to Xi Jiu.
She said so many hurtful things this morning. Jiujiu must feel so bad.
When Ruan Qi thought of Xi Jiu's helpless and flustered look when she slammed the door and left, her heart was filled with strong regret.
She wiped away her tears, opened WeChat, and clicked on the chat window pinned at the top.
The chat window was silent. The last message was "Mmmmm" that Xi Jiu sent to her before he got off work yesterday.
Apart from that, Xi Jiu didn't send any messages today.
Jiujiu must be angry.
Ruan Qi thought sadly.
How could he not be angry when she hurt him so much and was so unreasonable?
Looking at the empty chat window, Ruan Qi hung his head, like a little rabbit drenched by rain, embarrassed and sad.
Shen Wenqian couldn't bear to see her like this and wanted to persuade her, but he didn't know how to start.
"Well...it's normal for couples to quarrel occasionally. Since you know you're wrong, just apologize. Master Xi will definitely forgive you. But Ruan Xiaoqi, you really need to reflect on this. Slamming the table because you can't have your pudding...Isn't your temper spoiled by Master Xi?"
Here we come!
My baby is pregnant, and her sudden irritability is due to hormones. Many pregnant women experience this: sudden cravings for certain foods, and when they can't get them, they fret and even burst into tears. This is all due to hormonal instability, not genuine irritability. Every pregnant mother needs to be cared for, because they work very hard and are truly great.
Today's update is complete, and we'll continue tomorrow! ~
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