September 28
As time marches on.
Day by day, Yu Ting passes the dull days of her pregnancy.
After the bustling start of the school season on the first of September, time had drifted toward the end of the month, when people were eagerly looking forward to the National Day holiday.
During this period, Yu Ting had finished filming two episodes of "We Are In Love 2", and was about to enjoy seven days of rest. She would spend these days with Lu Nanchen in an apartment they bought on-site where the program was filmed.
Most of life involves doing the same thing 365 days in a row.
Lu Nanchen and Yu Ting were no different. Aside from a change of scenery on their post-meal walks, everything else remained the same as it had for the previous few months.
Three meals prepared by Lu Nanchen, a bedroom with two beds.
However, it was a relief for the couple that Yu Ting’s morning sickness, which had been severe until her fourth month of pregnancy, had lessened in intensity. It only struck once every few days now.
In the afternoon, after finishing the housework, Lu Nanchen was reading in the small study, while Yu Ting lounged on the bed, occasionally checking her phone and nibbling on a fruit plate prepared by Lu Nanchen.
The small red dot on the upper right corner of her WeChat would increase by a few every once in a while.
Most of the messages were from company employees and business partners, but many were messages filled with complaints from Song Zhan.
Song Zhan: I’ve been so busy lately, if not for the management team at Southwest Entertainment, I might have died. When you finish recording this program and come back, you might just find my corpse.
Song Zhan: No, a corpse wouldn’t last that long.
Song Zhan: Wait till you come back and you’ll see my urn!
...skipping 2500 words of complaints...
Song Zhan: How have you been lately? Have you had your prenatal check?
Reading Song Zhan’s question, a warm current welled up in Yu Ting’s heart.
Could it be that he was still concerned about her despite being so busy?
Yu Ting: I’m doing great, I had the prenatal exam last month, everything is fine, don’t worry.
Ding-dong.
Song Zhan: That’s good. There can’t be any mishaps, I’m looking forward to you coming into the office every day after giving birth. /smile
Feeling that it was about time to take a nap, Yu Ting set her phone on the bedside table, the screen now blank.
They say it’s better to stay away from ’radiation’.
With her phone put away, Yu Ting sat bored on the bed, her hands folded in her lap, staring at the clock on the wall. It was time for her afternoon nap.
"I’ll just sit a while longer, then it’ll be time to sleep," she mused, staring at the ceiling.
As she sat lost in thought, she suddenly felt a stir in her belly.
!
Yu Ting’s pupils constricted.
"Nanchen! Lu Nanchen!"
Lu Nanchen, who had been reading in the study room next door, heard the shout. He quickly put down the book in his hand, sprang up, and rushed to Yu Ting’s side: "What’s the matter? Do you feel unwell?"
"I think the baby moved just now, I felt it," Yu Ting replied, still a bit shaken.
The idea of a tiny life growing inside her...
It was a strange sensation.
Upon hearing her words, all fear evaporated from Lu Nanchen’s heart, replaced with a sense of helplessness. He lightly placed his hands on Yu Ting’s belly, stroking it gently, trying to feel the baby’s movements.
The two adults sat side by side on the edge of the bed, motionless and silent, especially Lu Nanchen, who was intently waiting for any signs of movement from the child in Yu Ting’s belly.
They waited for tens of minutes without feeling anything.
Yu Ting: "Our baby seems well-behaved."
Lu Nanchen hummed in agreement.
"I think the baby must be like you." Well-behaved, that is.
Yu Ting didn’t consider herself to be particularly compliant or docile.
Lu Nanchen: ...
"Maybe," the man finally responded after a moment of silence, his eyebrows raising slightly.
After trying to feel the baby’s movements for a while longer with no success, Lu Nanchen went back to his tasks. He told Yu Ting to call him immediately if anything came up.
It wasn’t until after dinner that Lu Nanchen was able to feel the baby’s movements.
His hand, with its well-defined bones, faintly touched Yu Ting’s belly, as he intently felt the soft thumping from within.
September 29.
On the night when he felt the baby’s movements for the first time, Lu Nanchen made a round of calls to boast about it.
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