Chapter 425 Liao Sijie's Visit (Page 1/2)
Liao Sijie lowered his eyes in thought, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I never thought that my cousin's wife would be pregnant again. She is really lucky! She is about to give birth to her third child.
She looked at the sweater in Lin Man's hand and guessed that it might be prepared for the fetus in her belly, not for her.
Liao Sijie smiled awkwardly and said insincerely, "Cousin-in-law, you are really amazing. You are pregnant again."
Lin Man waved her hand and replied modestly: "Being pregnant is nothing special. Aren't you pregnant too?"
Liao Sijie smiled and nodded, "Yes, my due date is in June. Cousin, this is your third child. Congratulations, you can finally have a son and a daughter this time."
But how long were you pregnant? How did you know you were having a girl? Was it because you love spicy food?
Liao Sijie kept asking questions, and Lin Man didn't know which question to answer first. She shook her head gently and replied with a smile: "I don't have anything in particular that I want to eat right now. Whether it's sour or spicy, I like all flavors."
Liao Sijie didn't expect Lin Man to say that. After a moment's pause, he continued to ask, "Then how did you know you were having a daughter? Did the doctor tell you?"
How could she possibly tell others that she knew the sex of the fetus naturally by taking the flower-pregnancy pill?
Seeing that Lin Man was silent, Liao Sijie thought she didn't want to reveal too much, so he stopped asking and changed the subject, "Cousin, where did you buy these yarns? The red is so bright! If I have a daughter next time, I'll buy this color too."
Lin Man secretly laughed in her heart, thinking that Liao Sijie was really naive. He deliberately said that he would buy red wool for her when she gave birth to a daughter as her second child.
Could it be that she thought that the sweater she was knitting was for the baby in her belly?
She lied with her eyes open: "This wool was bought by your eldest cousin."
After hearing this, Liao Sijie said enviously, "Big cousin is so nice to you. He often buys things for you."
Lin Man smiled slightly and didn't answer. She knew that if Liao Sijie knew the truth, he would probably be dissatisfied and jealous of her.
However, she doesn't care about these things. As long as she can give birth to the baby smoothly, nothing else matters.
No one knew what Liao Sijie was trying to do. She kept talking to her and didn't leave even when it was time for dinner. Could she be trying to get a free meal?
Liao Sijie kept talking about random things, and Lin Man didn't want to chase her away until her grandfather came back with An An and Ning Ning. As soon as she saw her grandfather, she greeted him enthusiastically.
"Grandpa Huo, you're back."
When Huo Li saw Liao Sijie with a big belly, his expression was cold. "Well, you're here."
Liao Sijie pointed to the two bags of dried seafood and dried banana chips on the table and said, "Grandpa Huo, these are some local specialties my parents sent me last time. They asked me to bring them to you. They said they wanted to thank you for your care."
Huo Li glanced at the coffee table and said, "You're welcome. Qingci recently bought a lot of dried seafood. You can take these back and eat them."
Liao Sijie wondered if Mr. Huo disliked the dried seafood she gave him. If he refused to accept it, how would she shift the topic to her parents?
Got it. Liao Sijie suddenly picked up the dried banana chips and gave a handful to Huo Yining and Huo Yian, "Ningning, Anan, eat banana chips."
Huo Yining had never eaten banana chips before, so he looked at Huo Li hesitantly, "Grandpa, can I have some?"
Huo Li sighed and said, "Eat!"
Lin Man shook her head. There were several banana trees in the space. New ones would grow every year after they were cut down. However, she always ate fresh bananas and never roasted them into banana chips. If she had known that the boy wanted to eat them, she should have fried some banana chips for him.
When Liao Sijie saw the two children eating the banana chips she brought, a smile appeared on her face.
She looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was getting late, so she should go back first!
Mr. Huo was very shrewd, so she couldn't rush things. She had to take it slow. She would come over when she had time to ease the relationship first. Once the relationship got better, she would ask him for help.
"Grandpa Huo, cousin, it's getting late. I'm going back first."
Lin Man politely replied, "Why don't we have lunch here before leaving?"
"No, Lin Jing is still waiting for me to cook for him!"
Of course, Lin Man didn't really want to keep her here for dinner. It wasn't that she was short of a meal, but she had already seen that Liao Sijie came here to ask for something.
If she wasn't so greedy, she would have treated Liao Sijie as her mother-in-law's relative, but this person had changed, becoming somewhat selfish, and she didn't like to associate with her.
Lin Man said, "Then you go back and cook. I also need to go back to the kitchen to prepare lunch. I won't chat with you any more. Bye."
When Huo Li saw Lin Man talking to Liao Sijie like that, he knew that she didn't like Liao Sijie very much.
He agreed, "Xiao Liao, you can take the dried seafood back. Ningning likes these banana chips, so keep them.
Xiao Man, bring a bag of apples to Xiao Liao, he walked all the way here."
Lin Man understood what her grandfather meant. It was because her son ate the banana chips she brought, so they gave her a bag of apples.
She returned to her room, took out a bag of apples and stuffed them into Liao Sijie's arms. She also stuffed the bag of dried seafood on the coffee table into her hands. "Sijie, keep the seafood your mother sent for yourself. You need nutrition while you're pregnant."
Liao Sijie clenched her hands, not knowing how she walked out of the Huo family. She knew in her heart that she must have offended her cousin's family by leaving suddenly and then cutting off contact with them.
Since it doesn't work with her cousin's wife, she might as well go find her aunt. She has not cut off contact with her aunt.
Liao Sijie didn't know that every time she went to talk to Xiao Ya, Huo Junshan ignored her. Xiao Ya only continued to interact with her for the sake of her sister.
After Lin Man finished making lunch, Huo Li asked her, "Xiao Man, why is Liao Sijie here today?"
"I don't know either. He said he would come and see."
"He left without even saying hello. He hadn't been in touch for a year or two, and now he's suddenly showing his affection. He must be asking for something."
Lin Man also understood that Liao Sijie must want them to help with something, but he just couldn't bring himself to ask for it today.
"Grandpa, do you think she will come to our house every day in the future?"
"Just run away. Her feet are on her legs, and we can't stop her. She came here to show her affection, just to ease the relationship and get our Huo family to back her up. She also wants me to use my connections to get her parents back."
Huo Li knew very well that Liao Sijie had an agenda, and he knew exactly what it was.
If she was a good person, he would have helped her for the sake of his daughter-in-law Xiao Ya. Unfortunately, Liao Sijie was an ungrateful person. Not only did she leave when her eldest grandson needed her help, she also walked away without even saying goodbye.
He used Qingyan's relationship to get close to Lin Jing, but because of Ling Fei's incident, the two families stopped interacting with each other.
Now Ling Fei is dead, Qing Yan has gone abroad, and she is pregnant. She comes to the Huo family to try to curry favor with them. How can it be so easy?
(This chapter is not yet finished, please click on the next page to continue reading) Chapter 425 Liao Sijie's Visit (Page 2/2)
Liao Sijie didn't get a good deal in the Huo family. After she returned, she took those things to see her aunt Xiao Ya within two days. Who knew that she was not at home, and only her second cousin's wife was at home.
When Song Jingjing saw Liao Sijie coming, she naturally welcomed him warmly. After all, she knew nothing about Liao Sijie's past or his way of dealing with people.
Huo Qingyan didn't talk much about her when he was at home, so when Liao Sijie greeted her warmly, she naturally also warmly entertained Liao Sijie.
"Second cousin, I came to see you and the child, and brought some dried seafood for you to try." Liao Sijie handed over the seafood he brought.
Song Jingjing took the bag and said with a smile, "You're welcome. Come and sit down. Come on, bring whatever you're carrying."
"Second cousin, where's my aunt?"
"Grandma went to buy groceries."
Liao Sijie sat down and asked, "Oh, where's your baby?"
"I'm sleeping, Sijie. How come you have time to come here today?" Song Jingjing asked.
Liao Sijie thought that she didn't have to go to work and had plenty of time every day, so she seldom came over because her aunt didn't visit her very often.
"I'm pregnant and bored at home, so I went out for a walk. Second cousin, you don't have to go to work recently, right? Come to my house with the child one day!"
Song Jingjing replied without thinking, "Okay, I'll come play with you when I have time. Your belly is so big, when is your due date?"
"Around June 12th, I don't know if it will be earlier or later. Second cousin, I heard that eldest cousin is also pregnant?"
Song Jingjing smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I heard that she was pregnant with twins, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"What? My cousin's wife is pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. I thought she was pregnant with a girl. I went to her house the other day and saw her knitting a little red sweater. That's when I realized she was pregnant."
I really didn’t expect that my sister-in-law was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. How could she be so lucky?
Since she was pregnant with twins, why didn't you tell her that day? Was it because you were afraid that if you told her, she would not be able to give birth to the baby?
Song Jingjing agreed, "I just recently found out she's pregnant with twins."
Liao Sijie asked in confusion, "How did my cousin know that she was pregnant with twins?"
Song Jingjing explained with a smile: "My sister-in-law went to the hospital and found out she was pregnant. My brother took her pulse and found out she was pregnant with twins. He said they were a boy and a girl, but he didn't know if it was true or not."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Is my cousin so good at taking pulses?"
Liao Sijie thought that many people were not accurate in taking pulses, not to mention that his eldest cousin was better at performing surgery on patients. It was rare to hear that he could take a patient's pulse.
It is hard to say whether my cousin’s wife is pregnant with twins, let alone twins, a boy and a girl. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
What's more, it's not even three months yet, and she's already telling everyone she's pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. It's not certain whether the fetal god will bless her. If the fetus isn't stable, all her efforts might be in vain.
Liao Sijie thought of this and breathed a sigh of relief. "Second cousin, do you think that eldest cousin will really give birth to twins this year?"
"Ah, that should be the case, right? Did your elder brother take your pulse incorrectly when you were pregnant? We'll know in a few months whether your elder sister-in-law is pregnant with one or two by looking at her belly.
As for whether they are twins, we will only know after they are born. It doesn’t matter what my sister-in-law gives birth to this time, she has already given birth to two sons anyway.”
Liao Sijie naturally understood that it would not matter much whether his cousin's wife gave birth to a boy or a girl this time, but if she gave birth to twins, it would definitely be different. It would probably cause a sensation in the entire military compound!
"Second cousin, you've given birth before, do you think my baby is a son or a daughter? I've been liking sour food since I got pregnant."
Song Jingjing didn't understand what Liao Sijie meant. She looked at Liao Sijie's face carefully, then asked her to stand up. "Sijie, stand up and walk a few steps for me to see."
Liao Sijie stood up with her belly bulging, walked forward a few steps, turned around and said, "So, do you think this baby is a boy or a girl?"
Song Jingjing said without hesitation: "It's hard to say, but according to my mother, you are very likely pregnant with a daughter.
You don’t have any spots on your face, your complexion is getting rosier, your belly is round, and the position of the pregnancy is relatively low. When you walk, you can tell from behind that you are pregnant…”
When Liao Sijie heard that she was pregnant with a girl, her face instantly turned very ugly. She couldn't help but curse in her heart: "Is this second cousin-in-law stupid?"
"Second cousin, I remember that when my eldest cousin gave birth, there were no spots on her face. Especially when she was pregnant with Huo Yining, although her belly was big, it was very round, just located a little higher." Liao Sijie retorted.
Song Jingjing suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's how it is! I don't know much about this, I just judged it based on my mother's experience of giving birth to boys. If it's like what you said, maybe you are pregnant with a son."
Liao Sijie smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "Second cousin, what symptoms did you experience when you were pregnant with your son?"
Song Jingjing recalled and said, "As for me... I don't remember much. I just know that in the third trimester, my stomach always felt hard, and there was a black line in the middle of my belly. It disappeared after I gave birth."
"Why does a black line appear on the belly during pregnancy? What is that?" Liao Sijie was very angry.
"I don't know either, maybe it's caused by pigmentation!"
Liao Sijie gently touched his belly and said, "Oh, so that's the case. I'll go home and check if there are any. However, my lower abdomen is often itchy, and there are some red stretch marks."
"Really? I didn't get many stretch marks when I was pregnant with my baby Ping'an. It seems your baby is bigger this time."
Liao Sijie nodded, "This is my cousin's wife's first child, so the baby is older."
Song Jingjing didn't expect Liao Sijie to like competing with his sister-in-law so much. She said, "My mom says that when a woman is pregnant, it's best not to have a baby that's too big, as it can cause a difficult birth."
Liao Sijie frowned after hearing this, feeling a little unhappy. She felt that Song Jingjing was not very talkative. How could she tell her about a difficult birth when she was pregnant? Wasn't this just deliberately making people feel uncomfortable?
"Second cousin, I'm only pregnant with one child. It's easier to have a difficult delivery if you're pregnant with two children." Liao Sijie retorted with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
Song Jingjing realized that Liao Sijie might have misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Sijie, you misunderstood. I didn't say that you are prone to dystocia. I said that the baby's head is too big and it is easy to get stuck in the birth canal during delivery.
However, some women have large bellies during pregnancy, but their babies are not very big, because some people have more amniotic fluid, and some people have more body fat, so the flesh is growing in the mother's body."
However, the more Song Jingjing explained, the gloomier Liao Sijie's expression became. She secretly wondered what Song Jingjing meant by this.
Are you making fun of her for gaining weight during pregnancy? Didn't my cousin's wife also gain dozens of pounds when she gave birth to her first child?
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