After knowing that Su Ting's menstrual period was delayed, He Dongchuan slept very well these days, but he added one more question every day: "Did you have your menstrual period today?"

When he heard Su Ting say she didn't come, his expression became very worried.

Su Ting didn’t think much about it the first two times, but after it happened more and more times, she felt something was wrong. The absence of period means that the probability of pregnancy has increased significantly. What are you worried about?

Because He Dongchuan mistakenly thought Su Ting was pregnant, and had a great time in the camp all day, and almost made a fool of himself when he came back, so she didn't think that he didn't want a child, but began to suspect whether he had misunderstood.

That night, He Dongchuan routinely asked Su Ting if she had her menstrual period. Su Ting routinely answered no. When she saw his frown, she asked knowingly, "Don't you want this child?"

"Child?" He Dongchuan was surprised. "What child?"

Su Ting didn't say anything, just lay on the bed and looked at him.

He Dongchuan just fell into a wrong thinking zone. He was not stupid. After hearing Su Ting mention the child, he quickly realized that her delayed menstrual period might be due to pregnancy, not a physical problem as he thought.

After figuring it out, joy gradually surfaced on He Dongchuan's originally tense brows and eyes. He unconsciously leaned towards Su Ting: "Are you pregnant?"

After asking, he stepped back, bent down and put his ear towards Su Ting's belly.

Smart people doing stupid things always make people laugh. Su Ting is like this now. She laughed out loud because of He Dongchuan's silly actions: "There is no movement now. I heard that the baby will move after four or five months of pregnancy. I am only one month and a few days pregnant now. Moreover, it is not long now. I can't be sure that I am pregnant. Maybe it is just a simple delay of menstruation."

After Su Ting's explanation, He Dongchuan realized that he had done something stupid, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all. He held his wife in his arms and asked, "Can we only check it in half a month?"

Su Ting said uncertainly: "It should be. It may not be found out. It may take a little longer."

After guessing that she might be pregnant, Su Ting asked Yu Xiaofang and Chen Shaomei, hoping to learn some experience from them, but after asking, she found that she was overthinking.

Unlike fifty years ago, when regular prenatal checkups and going to the hospital to give birth were common sense, many people today have no idea about this. Is your period delayed? Just wait a little longer. When you have signs of pregnancy or your belly gets bigger, you can be sure you are pregnant.

Not only in rural areas, but also in cities, most people have never entered the door of a hospital from pregnancy to childbirth, from the first to the second and third births.

Yu Xiaofang and Chen Shaomei are two of the “majority”.

Therefore, when Su Ting asked them how long it would take to go to the hospital to find out if they were pregnant, their first reaction was, why do we need to go to the hospital? Wouldn't we know after two months?

Then they started gossiping about whether Su Ting was pregnant.

After asking them, Su Ting gave up the idea of ​​learning from the experiences of military wives and decided to ask the doctor directly when she went to the hospital for a check-up in the middle of the month.

"What day of the week is the 13th?" He Dongchuan asked and got out of bed without waiting for Su Ting to answer.

When he came back, he had a calendar in his hand. He turned the date to the 13th: "It's Tuesday. I'll take a day off then."

"No need to ask for leave, maybe you can get a more accurate result if you take a few days off. What day is Sunday?"

"eighteen."

"Let's go that day." Su Ting hoped to get the results in one go so as not to have to run around more. She looked up and saw He Dongchuan still in deep thought. She went over and took his arm and said, "You may have to be on an empty stomach for the test. You can't eat anything all morning. If you go too early and the test is inaccurate, you'll have to go a second time. What a hassle."

After hearing what she said, He Dongchuan said, "Then let's go with number 18."

…

Before knowing that Su Ting might be pregnant, He Dongchuan was worried and hoped that her menstrual period would come early every day. After knowing that she might be pregnant, He Dongchuan was not so worried anymore and started to count the days by the calendar, asking people three times a day what day it was.

Shi Cheng was annoyed, and when he asked about the date again, he asked, "Are you old enough?"

"Um?"

"You ask about the date three times a day. Isn't it because you are old and forgetful and can't remember the date?" Shi Cheng said, spreading his hands.

He Dongchuan was silent for a moment, then reminded, "I remember you are two years older than me."

If he is old, then what is Shi Cheng? Is he half-footed in the coffin?

Alas, I shouldn't have discussed age with him.

Shi Cheng asked helplessly: "Then tell me, what happened to you recently? What day is so important to you?"

"Xiao Su and I are going to the hospital on the 18th." He Dongchuan said in a calm tone, but the corners of his lips that unconsciously raised revealed his pride.

However, Shi Cheng did not notice his pride. Not only was he not impressed, he even asked with concern: "Go to the hospital? Who of you is sick? What's wrong with you?"

"Can you hope for me to be well?" He Dongchuan asked unhappily.

Shi Chengxin wondered what good could come of going to the hospital? He asked angrily, "Why did you go to the hospital if you weren't sick? Are you looking for trouble?"

"…My wife might be pregnant."

Shi Cheng was surprised: "Pregnant? Really?"

"I'm not sure yet. I have to go to the hospital to find out."

"Why don't you check it earlier? Why do you have to wait until the 18th?"

He Dongchuan said: "The time is short. Going to the hospital for a check-up may not be accurate. We need to wait a month and a half before going back for another check-up."

"Is that so?" Shi Cheng asked doubtfully.

He Dongchuan said in disdain: "You and your wife already have three children, how come you don't know such an important thing?" He originally wanted to ask Shi Cheng what precautions his wife should take after she became pregnant.

Shi Cheng was ashamed: "We have three children, but I was not at home when she was pregnant and gave birth. When I got the news, my wife's belly was already big."

He Dongchuan understood. When he knew that Zhou Yuan was pregnant with He Yan, although her belly had not grown bigger, she had already gone to the hospital for a check-up, and she was already two months pregnant at that time.

Because of this, even though he had He Yan, he didn't know much about the process of a woman's pregnancy. If he hadn't heard Su Ting talk about it two days ago, he might still be clueless.

After confirming that Shi Cheng knew nothing, He Dongchuan didn't plan to ask anyone else. It might be useless to ask, so he decided to go ask the doctor on Eighteenth.

Although he had agreed to go for the check-up on the 18th, He Dongchuan still went to the city on Sunday because he had to mail the publishing contract.

He didn't let Su Ting go with him. Although the city was not far away, the journey was too bumpy with both boat and car travel. She was most likely pregnant, so she had to be careful.

Although Su Ting felt that his caution was unnecessary, she had taken a boat and a car to go to the city to pick up a reader's letter, and they had gone a little too far that night. If there was any reaction, she would have had it long ago and would not have waited until now.

In fact, until now, Su Ting has no real feeling of being pregnant.

Although she knew that morning sickness reactions vary from person to person, she was too calm. If her period hadn't been delayed, she would definitely not have thought about pregnancy.

But then again, isn't pregnancy all about the menstrual period? If the menstrual period has come, she doesn't have to worry about this problem now.

In short, Su Ting was ultimately unable to win over He Dongchuan and continued to lie down at home on Sunday.

…

There’s an old saying that goes, Speak of the devil and he will appear.

The night before, when they were discussing who would mail the letter, Su Ting felt that there was no reaction on her body. The next morning, when she smelled milk while eating, she suddenly vomited.

As soon as he put the cup down, he stood up from the stool and ran to the bathroom to vomit.

It was just that she had just woken up and hadn't had time to eat breakfast. The food she had eaten last night had already been digested, so there was really nothing left in her stomach. After vomiting for a long time, all she vomited out was milk and water.

He Dongchuan followed her into the bathroom, squatted behind her and patted her back gently. When she felt better, he stood up and handed her a towel for washing her face: "Are you feeling upset in your stomach?"

"A little bit." Su Ting said after wiping her mouth.

He Yan didn't know what was going on yet, so he stood at the bathroom door and asked anxiously, "Mom, what's wrong with your stomach?"

Su Ting shook her head and said, "It's okay, I just feel a little sick, I'll be fine soon."

"Oh." He Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

After returning to the dining table, He Dongchuan poured a glass of warm water for Su Ting, and she pushed the milk in front of him. When he saw it, he directly picked up the glass and drank most of the milk.

He Yan, who was eating noodles, saw this and immediately shouted, "Mom! Dad drank your milk!" His intention of complaining was very obvious.

Su Ting explained: "My mother gave it to my father because she had a stomachache and couldn't drink milk."

He Yan showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, turned his head to look at his father, and his eyes began to roll around.

Watching his father drink up all the milk in the glass, He Yan lowered his head and covered his mouth, gulping, then jumped off the stool and hurried to the bathroom.

He Dongchuan and Su Ting hurried over and saw He Yan squatting on the bathroom floor, spitting out two mouthfuls of saliva. After that, he looked up and said, "Mom and Dad, my stomach is upset too."

He Dongchuan was about to ask him what was wrong when he fell silent. He handed him a towel and said, "Wipe your mouth."

"Uh-huh!"

He Yan nodded vigorously, wiped his mouth happily, returned to the dining table, and pushed the milk towards his father.

"What's the matter?" He Dongchuan asked.

"My stomach is uncomfortable and I can't drink milk!" He Yan said as a matter of course, with pride in his eyes and eyebrows.

If Su Ting and He Dongchuan still can't figure out what He Yan is planning, then they have lived in vain for the past twenty years.

He Dongchuan asked: "Does your stomach really feel uncomfortable?"

"Yes, yes!" He Yan said then he remembered that he seemed to be too happy. He covered his stomach and groaned twice, "It hurts so much." He looked at his father eagerly, wondering why he didn't drink the milk yet.

He Dongchuan not only didn't drink the milk, he also didn't eat breakfast. He said to Su Ting: "Then I'll take Xiaoyan to the clinic."

"What are you going to the toilet for?"

He Dongchuan said calmly, "Isn't he having a stomachache? I'll take him to see a doctor. It would be best if he could get some medicine for him to take for a few days to prevent the pain from continuing."

Get some medicine.

Eat more for a few days.

He Yan, who was laughing secretly, was stunned for a moment and swallowed hard: "I, I don't think it hurts that much anymore."

He Dongchuan narrowed his eyes: "Are you sure?"

“Really, really!”

"Can I drink milk now?"

"Yes, yes."

In order to convince his father that he was really fine, He Yan quickly picked up the milk, tilted his head back and drank a big gulp. After swallowing it, he opened his mouth and said, "Look, I drank the milk and I'm fine!"

He Dongchuan: "As long as you are fine, tell me if you feel unwell in the future. I will take you to the clinic to see a doctor."

He doesn't want to go to the health center to see a doctor!

He Yan thought about it in his heart, but said: "I know!"

After finishing a glass of milk, He Yan discovered something was wrong: "Mom's stomach is not feeling well either. Doesn't she need to go to the clinic to see a doctor?"

"Mom didn't go to the clinic, she went to the city hospital."

“Will hospitals be better?”

"Um."

In He Yan's opinion, being more powerful means prescribing more medicine, and his eyes were immediately filled with sympathy when he looked at Su Ting.

…

After breakfast, He Dongchuan went out.

Seeing that Dad went out and Mom stayed at home, He Yan asked in confusion: "Mom, aren't you going to the hospital?"

“I’m not going to the hospital today.”

"Why? Didn't Dad say that we should go see a doctor earlier? Mom, if you're not feeling well today, you should go see a doctor today."

"My discomfort is different from what your father said. Even if I go to the hospital now, they won't be able to find out anything. I have to wait until the second half of the month to get an accurate diagnosis."

"Okay," He Yan sighed, "Then mom, do you still need to take medicine after you treat me?"

“Probably not.”

"Really?" He Yan's eyes lit up.

Su Ting asked with a half-smile, "Why? Do you really want to see me take medicine?"

"No!" He Yan denied with a smile, "I just want to know what disease my mother has."

He Yan felt that a disease that didn't require medication was definitely not a serious illness, so he wanted to know if he could get the same disease his mother had. If so, could he stop drinking milk and stop taking medication?

The young man thought that no one knew what he was planning, but Su Ting had known him for a long time, so she could see what he was thinking. She cruelly broke his fantasy and said, "Don't think about it. You can't get my disease."

He Yan was immediately disappointed, but he still did not give up and asked, "Why?"

"Because……"

Su Ting just said two words and then stopped talking. She was a little hesitant about whether to tell He Yan that he might have a younger brother or sister.

After discovering that her period was delayed and guessing that she might be pregnant, Su Ting's biggest worry was how to tell him about it.

Although family planning had not yet been written into national policy at that time, and most families in the compound were large families, He Yan had been an only child for so many years, and Su Ting didn't know if he could easily accept having multiple brothers and sisters.

Originally, she wanted to wait until she was confirmed to be pregnant before slowly revealing this to He Yan, but now, she felt that this was a good opportunity.

Looking at the young man in front of her who was full of curiosity, Su Ting pursed her lips and said, "What I have is not actually a disease."

"What is that?"

Su Ting did not answer, but asked: "Do you know how you came into this world?"

He Yan said: "I was born by my mother."

"Then do you know what your mother had to go through to give birth to you?"

He Yan was still young and had no idea about pregnancy and childbirth. "Hmm... Hmm..." She couldn't say anything for a long time: "What do I have to go through?"

"You have to go through pregnancy. At first you are just an embryo and your mother's belly will be flat. As you grow day by day, your mother's belly will also grow bigger. When it is almost ten months, you are born. During this period, your mother may experience morning sickness and her legs may cramp when she sleeps, but she still gave birth to you in the end."

As Su Ting was talking, He Yan bit his lips unconsciously and asked, "Why did she give birth to me when it was so hard?"

Su Ting said this just to let He Yan understand the birth process and to introduce the following words. When she heard his question, she was a little stunned, and then she found a clue from his expression.

In the original novel, among He Yan's family members, the one who appears the most is the original body's vicious stepmother, followed by He Dongchuan. However, he has very few roles in the main text, and the length of the chapter is not even as long as the memories in the original body's extra story.

As for He Yan's biological mother, she is just a background among backgrounds.

After Su Ting and He Dongchuan shared a room, she never asked about He Yan's mother.

She felt that this question was too dangerous. Once asked, no matter how he answered, she might not be very happy. In this case, it would be better not to ask.

Therefore, Su Ting did not know why He Yan asked this question, but she thought that no woman in the world would give birth to a child out of hatred.

She touched He Yan's head and said, "Of course it's because of love."

He Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Pregnancy is very hard. No one would not love to have children."

He Yan lowered his head, his eyes slightly moist.

As far as he can remember, he has never seen his mother. Whenever he saw other children being taken out to play by their mothers, he would wonder what his mother was like.

If she were still here, would she take him out to play? Would she hold his hand? Would she...

But as he grew up and listened to more gossip from others, he gradually came to the answer in his heart: no.

She would not hold his hand, hug him, or love him.

He Yan thought, if she doesn’t love him, then forget it. He won’t miss her anymore.

But now, Su Ting told him that his mother gave birth to him because she loved him.

It's love, not hate.

He Yan couldn't help it and threw himself into Su Ting's arms and cried loudly.

Su Ting hugged He Yan without saying a word, just gently stroking his head.

However, He Yan didn't cry for too long, only about five or six minutes. He stepped out of Su Ting's arms, and when he looked up, he saw the tear marks on the hem of her clothes. He pointed at them embarrassedly and said, "Your clothes..."

Su Ting looked down and said, "It's okay, just wash it."

He Yan hummed, wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes with his hands, and asked, "Mom, are you going to have a baby too?"

Su Ting was stunned: "Did you guess it?"

"I'm very smart." He Yan said boastfully.

Su Ting smiled: "Yes, yes, you are the smartest. I... well, I might be pregnant, but I am not sure yet. I need to get checked first."

As Su Ting spoke, she observed He Yan's expression. Fortunately, although he had just cried, he seemed to be in a good mood now and there was no sadness on his face.

He Yan asked: "Then does the mother give birth to the baby out of love?"

"Of course."

He Yan reached out, touched Su Ting's belly and said, "Then I will love him/her too."

Su Ting didn't think she was a very sentimental person, but at this moment, listening to He Yan's words, she couldn't help but sniff, restraining her sourness and said, "Mom loves you too."

"Do you love me more than you love dad?"

Su Ting laughed: "Are you jealous of dad?"

He Yan was too embarrassed to admit it, so he hugged Su Ting's arm and said coquettishly, "Is that so?"

"You are the child, your father is the lover, you are different," Su Ting thought for a moment and said, "The feelings between lovers may fade, but not for children."

Although the mother-son relationship between her and He Yan originated from her marriage to He Dongchuan, she accepted becoming He Yan's mother not because of He Dongchuan.

She accepted He Yan because he was the protagonist and she was the reader.

Although Su Ting never made a comment like "Baby, Mommy loves you!" when she read the novel, she really wanted to scream when she saw the child version of Long Aotian after traveling through the book.

Su Ting thought that if her marriage with He Dongchuan came to an end one day, she might not want to associate with him after the divorce. But if possible, she would try to contact He Yan.

As she had said before, in her heart, the mother-son relationship between them was eternal.

…

Just like Su Ting planned to tell He Yan about her pregnancy after the results came out, He Dongchuan also planned to wait until it was confirmed before telling his family about it.

But when he finished sending the letter, he saw people queuing up next to him to make phone calls, and suddenly thought that since he was already at the post office, it would be inappropriate not to call home?

So, He Dongchuan, who was about to go back, turned around and went to the next room to queue up to make a phone call.

More than half an hour later, the call was connected. He Dongchuan went into the cubicle, picked up the phone and said hello. When he heard his mother's familiar voice on the other end of the phone, he said, "My wife might be pregnant."

Cheng Xiaoman on the other end of the phone immediately swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and asked, "When did it happen? Have you confirmed it?"

"It's just a matter of a few days, nothing has been confirmed yet. We will go for a checkup on the 18th."

"Why do we have to go to number 18?"

"We have a short time now, so we may not be able to find out the result. It would be more accurate to check it after a month and a half."

Cheng Xiaoman understood. Her son's condition was not even confirmed yet, so he rushed to her to tell her the good news.

Who could have imagined that the man who just a few months ago stubbornly said he didn't want to marry Su Ting, would call back a few months later with all he said was "my wife".

Cheng Xiaoman wanted to laugh at him, but when she thought about the fact that this was her son, the mocking words disappeared from her lips and she asked with a smile, "Is Xiao Su here?"

"I came to the post office to mail something, and I'll call you while I'm here. She and He Yan didn't come with me."

"She's pregnant now, so we need to be careful."

He Dongchuan Masahiro said: "It has not been confirmed yet. It is just a guess now. We will know after the examination."

Although she couldn't see He Dongchuan's expression because they were thousands of miles apart, she knew he was showing off from the tone of his voice because he was Cheng Xiaoman's daughter. She said unhappily, "Alright, alright, I know it's not confirmed yet, look how proud you are."

After scolding his son, he changed the subject and said, "Then when there is a result, you can call me again? By the way, have you told Xiao Su's family about this news?"

"They don't have a phone at home, so I can only write to them and ask them to wait for the results to come out, so as not to make them anxious."

Cheng Xiaoman thought about it and said, "That's fine. Her mother will definitely be happy to know about this."

"Um."

"By the way, how is Xiao Su? Are there any symptoms?"

"No, but I vomited a lot when I drank milk this morning."

"Then you have to take good care of yourself," Cheng Xiaoman thought for a moment and asked, "What do you eat every day there?"

“Sometimes I eat in the cafeteria, and sometimes I cook at home.”

Cheng Xiaoman said as soon as she heard this: "The food in the cafeteria is not oily. She is pregnant now, how can she eat in the cafeteria every few days? Let me ask Xiao Wang to go over and take care of Xiao Su while she is waiting for the birth."

Xiao Wang is the nanny of the He family. Because she is a distant relative of He Dongchuan's father, after her husband died and she could no longer make a living due to being bullied by her in-laws, she came to work for the He family. It can be said that He Dongchuan was raised by her.

Of course He Dongchuan welcomed Aunt Wang to Pingchuan Island, but he was not sure about Su Ting's attitude and said: "We can't be sure yet, let's wait until the test results come out, and the food in our canteen is very good, and the chef changes every day If you cook seafood in a fancy way, you won’t bother cooking at home.”

"You are just lazy. Xiao Wang is not like that." Although she said so, she did not insist that Aunt Wang go to Pingchuan Island. Cheng Xiaoman said, "We will see when the time comes."

…

He Dongchuan boasted to his mother that the canteen chef prepared seafood in different ways every day, and he felt the chef's innovation when he returned home.

Braised mackerel with mango?

What kind of dish is this?

Facing his question mark face, Su Ting spread her hands and explained: "Didn't I tell you before? The canteen chef is very enthusiastic about developing new dishes recently."

However, his approach was a bit biased. He was keen on combining seafood and fruits together, which caused complaints from most people in the compound and greatly increased the food waste rate.

Finally, under the protest of the vast majority of people, the canteen chef quickly adjusted the supply of dishes - the canteen would provide two pickled vegetables for each meal. He increased the supply of normal dishes and reduced the supply of newly developed dishes to a dozen servings to meet the needs of people who were keen on trying new things.

For example, today, in addition to the braised mango mackerel served, there is also an oyster omelette.

He Dongchuan and Su Ting decisively chose oyster omelette. As for He Yan, as one of the few warriors in the compound, he chose to try something new as usual.

Normally speaking, Su Ting's choice is correct.

But I don’t know if it was the vomiting in the morning that turned on the morning sickness switch, or if the cafeteria didn’t handle the food well, but as soon as Su Ting put the oyster omelette in her mouth, she felt a little nauseous and quickly vomited it out.

"Still feeling uncomfortable?" He Dongchuan asked.

Su Ting nodded and took two bites of vegetables before she suppressed the nausea.

Because of this, Su Ting didn't dare to eat the remaining oyster omelette, and shared it with He Dongchuan and his son. He Dongchuan looked at the two vegetables left in her bowl and said, "I'll cook two more dishes when I get home."

"Let's turn on the fire when we get back. It will be one or two o'clock by the time we're done cooking." Su Ting waved her hand and said, "I'll eat some green vegetables. They taste good too."

Hearing that Su Ting could only eat vegetables, He Yan pushed the lunch box out and asked, "Mom, do you want to try my fish? It's delicious."

Although Su Ting is keen on tasting delicious food, putting mango and mackerel together sounds like a dark dish no matter how you think about it.

Speaking of which, she still finds it strange that He Yan, a person who doesn't even dare to eat bamboo shoot jelly, is actually keen on trying these dark dishes. Could it be that he is trying them because of their looks?

Although the combination of mango and mackerel looks better than asparagus jelly, who is Su Ting? Having experienced the baptism of the ninth major cuisine, she will not be fooled by the appearance of food.

Adhering to the idea that it is better to die with a friend than to die with a poor friend, Su Ting decisively pushed He Dongchuan out and let him try the food first. She felt that they both had similar appetites.

To be honest, He Dongchuan didn't try much.

But not only did his wife look at him expectantly, his son also had an expression seeking approval... After a brief struggle, He Dongchuan resigned himself to reaching out for his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth.

Before he could swallow the fish, Su Ting asked anxiously, "How is it?"

"It's a little sour and a little sweet, and tastes okay." He Dongchuan answered conservatively.

He Yan was not satisfied with his answer and emphasized seriously: "It's delicious!"

"Really?" Although Su Ting looked skeptical, her attitude softened a lot. She thought that since He Dongchuan said so, the dish shouldn't be that bad, right?

"Yes, Mom, try it." He Yan said, pushing the lunch box in front of Su Ting.

Su Ting finally compromised, picked up her chopsticks and said, "I'll try it."

Although she thought the taste wouldn't be too bad, Su Ting couldn't help licking her lips when she saw the fish soaked in mango juice. She prepared herself mentally before slowly putting the chopsticks into her mouth.

When Su Ting took a bite of the fish, her first feeling was sweetness, and then a slight sourness. The sweet and sour taste just suppressed the fishy smell of the fish, so she only tasted the freshness of the fish.

The texture is very strange, but the taste is really good.

Seeing Su Ting swallow the fish, He Yan quickly asked: "How is it, Mom? Fish is delicious, right?"

“It tastes good.”

"Then mom, do you still want to eat? I can give you all my fish meat."

Su Ting was embarrassed to take He Yan's food and said, "No need, just give me a few pieces of mango and fish."

The two of them quickly divided the dishes, and then began to eat, taking a bite of mango and a bite of fish respectively, leaving He Dongchuan, who was watching nearby, deep in thought.

Is their sense of taste...still normal?