"Yes, they definitely want me to be doing well. If they saw you, they would probably be very happy and satisfied."
"real?"
The man felt a surge of relief. Although the woman was gone, this affirmation felt just as good as receiving approval from his wife's family. Especially since the words came from his wife's mouth, it was incredibly comforting to hear.
Thinking this, he moved a little closer, resting his head on Jian Dan's arm.
"Then I definitely can't let you down. I'll treat you even better. No matter when, seeing you doing well will always make me feel more at ease and reassured. Not just for them, but for you too. You are the most important person."
At the time, I was a complete stranger, and my sudden visit to propose marriage probably scared you, didn't it?
Marrying me is a gamble; it's like putting your entire future on my shoulders.
I know you can live on your own, and even better than you are now. But if you're willing to marry me, it means you're willing to take a gamble. You're betting that I can give you a better life, that marrying me won't be worse than living alone, and that marrying me will be better than marrying someone else. You're also betting that you'll have more happy days than unhappy days with me.
You chose me, which also involves a risk. With such a big gamble, I can't let you down or make you regret your judgment and choice.
Besides, I married you to spend my whole life with you. I don't know what other people's wives are like, but my wife is my precious darling.
Why! "
He sighed, feeling that his words were somewhat incoherent, rambling on and on.
"Honey, don't overthink it. The situation is indeed a bit unclear right now, but it won't stay like this forever. Once things get a little better, I'll go back with you to see them."
"good!"
The couple talked about whatever came to mind, and later it became unclear what they had discussed. However, the next day, her mood had noticeably improved, and she finally had the energy to care about other things.
"Given the current situation, is it really a good thing for Sheng Zhiyuan and his group to leave at this critical moment? If someone is watching them, they could be caught red-handed at a crucial juncture."
"Worry?"
Qin Qinghuai knew she just wanted to talk, so he didn't answer and just listened quietly.
She simply leaned back, placing her swollen legs on the man's lap, letting him massage them.
"Since you've made this decision, you must have thought it through and considered all the possible scenarios. But there's still the child. Little Xin Xin is so young. We'll have to worry about her too."
You have no idea, when I first saw her, she was only this big.”
She gestured with her hands.
"It only reached up to my belly, and it was dressed in tattered clothes with its ankles showing. Until I brought it home, I thought it was a boy."
There was only one of them, and I didn't know how to raise her. I just gave her some food, and she was easy to take care of. She just followed me around. When I went to work, she stayed home to watch the house. When I wasn't at work, she followed me, helped me plant the garden, visited other people's homes, and sometimes even came up the mountain with me.
Sigh! Such a tiny little dumpling, once it grows up, it won't be mine anymore.
Touching her belly and feeling the baby's movements beneath her hand, she couldn't help but smile, her attention immediately drawn back to the baby.
"I wonder if this little one will be a cute little girl or a mischievous boy,"
She had raised Jian Xin for several years, so naturally she had feelings for her. But this child, who was her own flesh and blood, was different. When she spoke, her eyes were filled with longing and the glow of maternal love. This was something that could not be learned.
Qin Qinghuai listened attentively, occasionally offering a response.
"Whether it's a girl or a boy, this child is our precious treasure, always will be. Even when we're seventy or eighty and our hair is white, we'll still call you Mom, and we'll give you the best food first."
Jian Dan, who was initially somewhat touched, completely broke down upon hearing the next sentence.
He burst out laughing.
"Brother, it's not even out yet, and you're already thinking about it until you're seventy or eighty?"
By the time he's seventy or eighty, the grass on my grave will probably be three meters tall. Do you think I'll still be waiting for him to feed me?
"Yes, yes, you'll eat what I make,"
A small bump appeared on her belly, seemingly protesting her parents' neglect.
"Look, look, he's not happy about it anymore,"
Qin Qinghuai became interested and gently pressed down on the small bulge. The next second, another bulge appeared on another part of his belly.
It seemed like they were playing a prank on him; there were bulges everywhere inside, and the person outside was pressing on them one by one—it was hard to tell if it was a fist or a foot—but they weren't giving way at all. It was both simple and laughable.
"Are you playing whack-a-mole?"
He'd never heard of whack-a-mole before, but he quickly grasped the general idea.
"That's a really apt description. You brat, you think you can outsmart your old man?"
"So this is a brat? If it were a girl, let's see if you'd still be so disgusted."
Simple and speechless, she was also curious to see who could defeat whom.
Qin Qinghuai paused for a moment. A girl?
Thinking about those five rascals next door, my heart started racing again.
"Honey, is it a girl? If it is, that would be wonderful."
Now she stopped pressing her hands, rubbed them together, and stared at her belly as if that would somehow produce a daughter.
It's simply unbearable to look at.
"Alright, stop dawdling here. Go and pack up all that stuff. Divide up the food and supplies and see who can use them. We don't need that much stuff."
That night, Jian Dan stopped worrying. Since he said he was from her family, she would treat him as such, as if he was thanking her for saving and raising Jian Xin. Besides, he hadn't said anything, so this worry was her own.
"OK!"
Qin Qinghuai resigned himself to becoming a laborer. He was naturally very happy that his wife was so trusting of him, and he was secretly pleased with himself while working.
When the old lady came over, she saw her mentally challenged son busy as a spinning top, with a silly grin on his face.
"Mom, you're here!"
Jian Dan felt a little embarrassed that he had been caught in the act of ordering someone's son around.
"Mom, come and sit down."
"Hey, don't move!"
Her belly is the one that the family needs to protect the most right now. The slight pang of heartache she felt for her son as soon as the pregnancy started was instantly gone.
"Sit down, sit down. Your belly is so big, what are you doing sitting here with him? Let him do it himself."
Jian Dan felt a little embarrassed, as he was indeed the one doing the work while she was watching, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Mom, these are things my friend sent over. Brother Huai packed them up. Take a look and see if you can use anything. There are only two of us, so we don't need all of them."
The old lady heard what the guard had said about the visitor yesterday. She looked at him but didn't say anything. She had thought of everything she could think of yesterday, but since her son didn't say anything, she didn't say anything more.
"Tsk tsk! There's quite a lot here. Daughter-in-law, these are all good things. You're just giving them away like this?"
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