Chapter 21 Pregnant
Bai Ye came out when he heard the commotion.
He looked at Song Yilin with a complicated expression.
"Wait a moment, I'm going to the pharmacy."
They were both adults, and they both understood what might happen.
Song Yilin quickly grabbed Bai Ye's computer to check her ovulation period.
Thinking back, Xu Qingmin did wear a condom, but she had no recollection of that day with Bai Ye. She didn't see any trace of a condom when she cleaned the room in the morning. In addition, her period had just ended when she was with Xu Qingmin, so it was her safe period. Bai Ye was the one in her dangerous period.
So, if she really is pregnant, the child is Bai Ye's.
Song Yilin didn't know how to describe her current feelings. She was both happy that the child wasn't Xu Qingmin's, and sad that the child wasn't Xu Qingmin's.
Thinking about it, I really am full of tea flavor.
Bai Ye handed her the pregnancy test: "Do you know how to use it?"
Song Yilin hesitated to reach out and take the pregnancy test.
Bai Ye shoved the instruction manual directly into Song Yilin's hands: "Take a look at the manual."
Song Yilin glanced at the instructions, gripped the pregnancy test stick tightly with her fingers, and went into the bathroom.
While waiting for the secret to be revealed, she prayed silently, "Don't get pregnant, don't get pregnant," but God couldn't hear her prayers. The two clear lines on her face told her to accept reality.
Tears welled up uncontrollably.
Bai Ye knocked on the door: "Little girl, are you alright?"
Song Yilin cleared her throat and said, "It's okay, I'll come out now."
Song Yilin took the pregnancy test and handed it to Bai Ye.
"Brother Bai Ye, congratulations on becoming a father!"
Bai Ye looked at her with suspicion, repeatedly examining the pregnancy test in his hand and comparing it with the instructions.
"You're pregnant?" Bai Ye's tone was neither happy nor surprised; it was indifferent, as if the child belonged to someone else.
Song Yilin nodded.
"Am I the child's father?"
Song Yilin nodded again.
Bai Ye looked at Song Yilin with a complicated expression: "So what are you thinking, to have the baby or not? You'll only be a senior when you come back from the semester."
Song Yilin raised her head and stared into Bai Ye's eyes: "Brother Ye, marry me."
Seeing the seriousness in Song Yilin's eyes, Bai Ye nodded: "Yilin, you need to think carefully about what having a child means and be fully prepared mentally before you have this child. If you marry me to repay my father's kindness, I will not marry you, but if you have other reasons, I will marry you."
"I've thought it through, I want to marry you."
Uncle Bai used to keep urging Bai Ye to have a child as soon as possible. He said that Bai's mother was in poor health and that she should have a child soon so that she could hold her grandson before she died. He said that if she wasn't pregnant, she wouldn't want a child, but if she was pregnant, she wouldn't be able to abort it.
The timing of this baby's arrival was perfect. She had just given birth and graduated from university. Senior year already has fewer courses, and the second semester of senior year is even more so, making it ideal for her to prepare for childbirth.
Bai Ye looked at the pregnancy test in his hand.
He tried hard to recall what happened that night, but he had no recollection of it at all.
And I didn't even feel it, did I really drink too much?
I can't drink like that anymore, or I'll black out completely and won't even know how I conceived.
If he had a choice, he wouldn't marry Song Yilin. Song Yilin is still young, and she has always felt guilty towards his family because of his father's situation. He doesn't want to expect anything in return, but since they've already had a child, he, as a man, has to take responsibility.
The next day, Xu Qingmin came to Song Yilin's building again.
"Do you want me to come down with you?"
Song Yilin shook her head. Things had come to this point, and there was absolutely no possibility between her and Xu Qingmin. Once things were out in the open, Xu Qingmin wouldn't come looking for her.
Xu Qingmin's eyes flashed with excitement when he saw her coming alone.
"Xu Qingmin, let's go sit over there."
The elation in Xu Qingmin's eyes vanished immediately, because he knew that Song Yilin's expression no longer reflected the normal attitude of a couple arguing.
She treated him like an ordinary friend.
"Xu Qingmin, when I told you we were breaking up, it was already over. Don't come looking for me again. I'm sorry."
Xu Qingmin gave a bitter smile: "I want to know why? Why did you betray me?"
"Because you never give me what I want, while you give me a lot of things I don't want. I want the freedom to dress as I please, I want to show off my figure beautifully, I want to freely pursue the subjects I enjoy without worrying about whether there are male classmates in my study group. I don't want to be a pampered lady, nor do I want to be a caged bird. I want to control my own life. I don't want my life to be someone else's appendage. I'm dating you with marriage in mind, and I don't want to continue a relationship that has no future. I want to find a family that respects me. I don't want to live under the same roof with different family members looking down on me. What I want most is a partner who truly respects me. I want a relationship where we are equals. Your controlling nature is too strong; I can't adapt to it."
"Have you met my mother?"
"You don't need to take your anger out on your mother. Ultimately, it's me who has wronged you."
Xu Qingmin's eyes were filled with anger as he gritted his teeth and said, "That's fine, Song Yilin. You're ruthless. I've never seen anything like it. Relationships are a process of getting to know each other, but you didn't give me a chance to get to know each other before giving up on me. No matter what you say, it can't cover up the fact that you cheated on me."
As Xu Qingmin left, he smashed his phone, which shattered into pieces on the concrete floor.
Her phone was destroyed in the fire and she hasn't bought a new one yet. That phone was supposed to be a gift from Xu Qingmin; it was a new couple's phone. She hurt him so much, yet he still worries about her not having a phone.
She knew Xu Qingmin hated her. If she wanted him to stop hating her, she could tell Xu Qingmin about how Uncle Bai saved her. But if Xu Qingmin knew she was repaying a debt of gratitude, he would definitely pay for her to repay the debt, or hire a caregiver to take care of Bai Ye's mother and grandmother. But Bai Ye would not accept such a way of repaying.
If she did that, not only would she be unable to shake off the guilt in her heart, but she would also never be able to hold her head high in front of Xu Qingmin, and Xu Qingmin's mother would look down on her even more.
She would not only feel apologetic towards Uncle Bai, but also owe Xu Qingmin a debt of gratitude, making their romantic relationship even more unequal.
She owes Uncle Bai a debt in this life, and she will repay his life-saving grace in this life, and atone for her sins to Xu Qingmin in the next life.
Ultimately, it was something she owed him.
I saw Xu Qingmin again three months later.
In fact, Song Ma Meng Rushuang had seen Xu Qingmin a few times in the neighborhood, but she didn't tell her, afraid of affecting her daughter's pregnancy. One day, seeing that the child looked like a walking corpse, she couldn't bear to see Xu Qingmin so dejected, so she told her daughter that Xu Qingmin was waiting for her downstairs.
Song Yilin hadn't seen Xu Qingmin for a while; he had lost weight, and his face was noticeably sunken. He sat quietly in the residential area.
"It's better to have a short, sharp pain than a long, drawn-out one," Song Yilin said slowly. "Xu Qingmin, I'm pregnant."
Xu Qingmin looked at her still flat stomach and asked a silly question: "Is the child Bai Ye's?"
Song Yilin nodded.
Xu Qingmin suddenly perked up and burst into laughter.
"Song Yilin, thank you so much. You made me a complete fool. And thank you too for making me give up on this idea completely."
After that, Song Yilin never saw Xu Qingmin again.
He completely disappeared from her world.
Unexpectedly, we met again thirteen years later.
She thought he had forgotten her, but to her surprise, he not only remembered her, but also remembered her vividly.
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