Chapter 33: Does she really understand Chen Yang?
"Ms. Song, when your car was brought in for repair, our staff found a mobile phone in the gap between the seats."
Song Qiao lost her cell phone after the car accident, so Chen Yang gave her a new one. She thought the phone was thrown out and lost in the accident, but it turned out to be still there.
She reached out to take the paper bag and opened it to take a look. The screen of the phone was broken. She tried to turn it on and found that the screen was flickering. Obviously the display was broken. She put the phone back into the paper bag, thanked the staff at the 4S store and left.
On the way home, Song Qiao happened to see a mobile phone repair shop. Although she had saved all the work-related photos and files on this phone in the cloud in advance, this phone was a birthday gift specially given to her by Bai Shuyu on her birthday last year. It was extremely precious, so she still wanted to repair it as a commemoration.
So she found a place to park her car and went into the mobile phone repair shop. The clerk took apart the phone and checked it, then told her that it could be repaired, but she would have to pick it up tomorrow at the earliest. Song Qiao was not in a hurry to use it, so she agreed and drove home.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw that Bai Shuyu had already prepared a table of food. Those dishes were all her favorites. She suddenly felt very hungry. After greeting Bai Shuyu, she immediately went to wash her hands and then sat back at the dining table swiftly.
After Song Qiao took a bite of the dish, Bai Shuyu picked up half a pig's trotter and handed it to her bowl, saying with concern: "Qiao Qiao, you have lost weight recently, so I specially stewed some pig's trotters for you. Pig's trotters are good for beauty and nutrition. I stewed them on the stove for more than an hour. Eat them while they are hot."
Song Qiao usually likes to eat the braised pig's trotters cooked by Bai Shuyu. The pig's trotters she stewed are not only not fishy but also soft and rotten. After she thanked Bai Shuyu and just put the pig's trotters to her mouth, she suddenly felt an uncontrollable nausea in her stomach.
The nausea kept rising up in her body, and her stomach was also filled with acid. She put the pig's trotters back into the bowl, covered her mouth, and ran to the bathroom.
After she had vomited everything in her stomach, she rinsed her mouth and returned to the dining table.
After she sat down and saw the pig's trotter, the nausea in her stomach surged up again. As soon as she moved the pig's trotter away, Bai Shuyu stared at her and said, "Qiao Qiao, are you pregnant?"
"Pregnant?"
Song Qiao was stunned by Bai Shuyu's guess. Although she and Chen Yang had been together for six years, they had never had that kind of relationship. How could she be pregnant?
She denied it again and again: "Mom, what are you thinking, how could I be pregnant?"
Bai Shuyu stood up and sat next to Song Qiao. She held Song Qiao's hand and said very seriously, "Qiao Qiao, you are already 26 years old. You and Chen Yang have been dating for so many years. Now you are engaged. You two are going to get married soon. Even if you are pregnant, it is normal. This is a good thing that comes at the same time. Don't think that your parents are unreasonable and old-fashioned."
Seeing Bai Shuyu's happy and confident look, Song Qiao quickly interrupted and said, "Mom, you're overthinking. I'm really not pregnant."
As someone who has been through this, Song Qiao's condition just now clearly showed that she was pregnant, and Bai Shuyu looked unconvinced of what she said.
She looked at Song Qiao and continued to ask, "Qiao Qiao, did you have your period this month?"
Song Qiao thought about it and realized that her period had indeed come, but it only lasted for one day. She had been thinking about going to the hospital for a check-up when she had time, but she forgot everything when she got busy.
Before she could think about it, she noticed that Bai Shuyu was staring at her. She nodded vigorously and patiently explained to her, "Mom, I've been here before. Although Chen Yang and I have been together for quite a while, he always said that he would respect me and would never touch me before marriage, so how could I get pregnant? You're really overthinking it."
Bai Shuyu then realized that she was overthinking, but she thought of Song Qiao's reaction and warned him solemnly, "Qiao Qiao, you must have been busy with work and had an irregular diet, which led to gastroenteritis. Put everything else aside tomorrow and remember to go to the hospital for a check-up first."
Song Qiao thought about how she was hospitalized for gastroenteritis a few days ago. She guessed that she must have not recovered well and that was why she felt nauseous. She didn't think it was a big deal, but in order to avoid Bai Shuyu worrying, she had to nod and agree.
After she vomited, there was still some acid in her stomach and she had no appetite. She drank a bowl of soup to fill her stomach and didn't eat anything else.
Just as she was about to go upstairs to lie down for a while, Bai Shuyu called her with a worried look on his face.
"Qiao Qiao, you just said that Chen Yang never touched you?"
Bai Shuyu looked at her, and put the matter on the table frankly and without any concealment, and he looked serious. Song Qiao suddenly felt a little embarrassed and shy.
Although she didn't want to discuss this topic with Bai Shuyu, since Bai Shuyu asked, she had to answer everything in detail: "Well, Chen Yang said that he would be responsible for me and that he could only do it after we get married."
Song Qiao thought that Bai Shuyu, as the elder of the woman, would think Chen Yang was reliable after hearing this. Unexpectedly, Bai Shuyu was silent for a long time, and then said in a faint voice: "Qiao Qiao, your father and I have also been together since we were young. You two have been together for six years and have reached the stage of discussing marriage, but he has never touched you until now. Don't you think this is strange?"
Song Qiao was taught by Bai Shuyu to respect herself since she was a child. She didn't expect Bai Shuyu to say such words to her. She frowned and retorted in disagreement: "Mom, why do you suddenly think so? I know that people like Chen Yang are rare in this fast-food era, but don't you think he is rare?"
Bai Shuyu looked at Song Qiao meaningfully and added: "Qiao Qiao, it is very difficult to control your love for someone. If a person can use reason to control his love and desire, it can only be said that his rationality is far greater than his love for you."
"Mom, why do you think so? Chen Yang is..."
Bai Shuyu knew that Song Qiao was going to speak up for Chen Yang, so she immediately interrupted and said, "Qiao Qiao, my words may have been too extreme and hurt Chen Yang by mistake. I certainly hope that he does this because he really loves you. You and Chen Yang have been together for the longest time, so you should understand him better than I do. As long as you feel that he loves and respects you, I am of course happy for you."
Song Qiao's eyelashes trembled. If she said that Chen Yang didn't love her, she had seen all his efforts for her over the years. If she said that he loved her, there was indeed nothing further between them except a simple hug and kiss.
She couldn't help but think of Chen Yao's previous doubts about Chen Yang. If Chen Yang really didn't want to respect her reluctantly, she had hinted to him when she was deeply in love with him before, but he had rejected her every time.
Now that Bai Shuyu said this, she did feel that Chen Yang, as a person of the new era, was a little too conservative in this regard. Many questions suddenly popped up in her mind. Did she really understand Chen Yang?
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