"Let me hold her for a while. I don't think she will fall asleep for a while." Shen Qingli sat on the edge of the bed and saw that Meng Xihe didn't seem to want to sleep, so he reached out and took her.
The couple lay on the bed with their little daughter between them. Meng Xiao supported his head with one hand, turned sideways, and faced the mother and daughter.
Meng Xihe was holding his mother's hand and smiling silently.
The corners of Meng Xiao's lips twitched slightly, and he spoke softly and slowly: "What's wrong with you? What medicine did you just drink?"
Shen Qingli glanced down at his daughter, and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly:
"Huai Naiyao. Do you think I'm selfish?"
Meng Xiao shook his head: "Just be yourself and do whatever makes you happy. If you don't want to feed the baby, then don't feed him. It's not like we can't afford formula."
Shen Qingli smiled when she heard her husband's words.
She never felt that as a mother she had to breastfeed her child, and that not breastfeeding would be like being sorry for the child. She would not boast that she was a great mother.
Drinking milk powder is also good, and the nutrition is very comprehensive. Not breastfeeding does not mean that she does not love her child.
She is herself first, and the mother of her child second. She also has to go to college, so since she has the conditions, she will choose to take it easy.
Fortunately, both her husband's family and her own family are very open-minded and pamper her, otherwise there would be inevitable arguments.
She clearly remembered that when she said she didn't want to breastfeed in the hospital, her mother-in-law said:
"If you don't want to feed us, we can just drink formula. It's okay to do whatever you want. It's not like we can't afford it.
Drink! Mommy paid for the milk powder!
Besides, can a family not afford the money for milk powder to support two children?"
From then on, every time she thought of her mother-in-law's words, she felt very warm.
No one in the family made sarcastic remarks without any hesitation. No one criticized her for not loving her child, and no one accused her of having to breastfeed.
As he was thinking, little Meng Xihe became tired from playing and fell asleep.
Meng Xiao sent her back to her little bed. No one could stop him from hugging his wife to sleep, not even his baby daughter.
Shen Qingli is his big baby. He loves Shen Qingli first and then loves the child.
Instead, after having a blood-related child, she would love the child instead of Shen Qingli and ignore Shen Qingli.
He can't and won't.
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"Meng Hao, Meng Hao." Shen Jiayao gently pushed Meng Hao, who was sleeping like a pig.
The man was woken up and looked at her impatiently:
"What are you doing again?"
Shen Jiayao looked at his face full of dissatisfaction and impatient tone, and said weakly:
"I... no, your son is hungry. Can you help me get the egg cake that Mom bought today from the kitchen?"
"Don't you have legs or arms? Can't you get it yourself? Why do you have to wake me up?"
Meng Hao clenched his fists and squeezed out the words from between his teeth!
"I'll go get it. If your sister sees it and tells mom tomorrow, mom will scold me, okay? Your son is hungry. He's so hungry that my stomach hurts."
Shen Jiayao also felt quite humiliated. She had never thought that one day she would have to beg others to give her an egg cake to eat.
She didn't expect that the kindness and masculinity of the man in front of her would only last for a moment. He soon returned to his old ways, with a bad temper and a brainless personality, and would get impatient and yell at her at every turn.
"No, if you want to eat, go by yourself. If you don't go, you'll starve. Stop bothering me, I want to sleep!" After saying that, he pulled the quilt hard to cover his head and fell into a deep sleep.
Shen Jiayao felt wronged and hungry.
She sat there motionless, wiping away her tears. She didn't dare cry out loud, but even with her suppressed sobs, she still woke Meng Hao.
Meng Hao sat up and glared at her fiercely. Shen Jiayao also got angry, "Why are you glaring at me?"
Her tone lacked confidence, and she was still a little afraid of Meng Hao, not daring to confront him.
The next second, Meng Hao kicked her in the chest. She was sitting not far from the bed and was kicked under the bed due to inertia.
This completely irritated her to the point of losing her mind and not caring about being afraid anymore. She stood up and rushed towards Meng Hao:
"Damn it Meng Hao, how dare you hit me! What did I do to you that you hit me!"
After all, there is a huge difference in size and strength between men and women. Before she could touch Meng Hao, he pressed her down on the bed and punched her twice. Meng Hao was still rational and did not punch her in the stomach.
Shen Jiayao endured the pain and grabbed his arm tightly. Meng Hao pushed her away in pain, and there were already several bloody scratches on his arm from his nails.
Seeing her arm being scratched, Meng Hao was furious and wanted to grab her and beat her. Shen Jiayao quickly opened the door of the room and rushed out. Before Meng Hao could catch up, she opened the door outside.
She ran out, crying and banging on other people's doors:
"He's beating someone up! Team Leader Meng's son is trying to kill someone, even a pregnant woman! Help! Meng Hao is trying to kill me! Help! Someone, save me!"
There were already many people living in the tube-shaped building, with more than a dozen households living on one floor. Soon everyone turned on the electric lights or kerosene lamps. Many people opened the door and saw that the son of the Meng family was cursing and chasing after his wife, throwing things at her!
Didn't this couple just get married? I heard the wife is pregnant! How can this be tolerated?
Some people were watching the fun, while others were trying to stop it. By the time Meng Jianye and his family arrived, Meng Hao had already been subdued. Shen Jiayao was crying and telling everyone how the Meng family had treated her, their daughter-in-law and a pregnant woman, harshly!
Wu Zhaodi rushed forward like a madman: "Let my son go!"
Shen Jiayao looked at Wu Zhaodi coming over and hid behind someone tremblingly. People around her saw this and secretly cursed the family for being worthless. Look at how scared they had been of their daughter.
Meng Jianye's blood surged, and he felt his vision go dark! What a bunch of troublesome people!
In front of so many people, he couldn't say anything, so he could only suppress his temper and persuade the two people kindly.
"Jiayao, Meng Hao, come home with Dad. If there's anything, can't we just talk it out? Are you two just arguing and disturbing everyone in the middle of the night? I apologize to everyone and let's talk it over at home."
Shen Jiayao felt a bit proud and a bit scared at the same time when she saw his half-threatening, half-coaxing tone. She hid behind others and peeked out:
"Dad, you don't know that I'm hungry because you're not at home every day at work. I don't have enough to eat every day. Meng Hao also beats me. If I go home, can you tell him to stop beating me and let Mom give me food every day?"
She was also a little clever and left Meng Jianye out, saying that he had gone to work and didn't know.
Wu Zhaodi was about to yell when Meng Jianye's hand from behind tightly grasped her arm, silencing her. She stood behind Meng Jianye, glaring at Shen Jiayao with gritted teeth.
Meng Jianye also followed the steps given by Shen Jiayao and said, "You kid, if you are not full, just tell me. You don't say anything.
If your mother knew that you were not full, she would save her own money to make sure you were full, right?
Come home with Dad! If Meng Hao dares to hit you, I'll break his legs!" Meng Jianye gave Meng Hao a warning look.
Shen Jiayao walked out from behind the crowd and looked at Meng Jianye and everyone apologizing and making promises. She felt a little proud.
She had no idea that she had brought shame to the whole family today, and that her family would never give her a good life in the future!
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