Not married
Gu Zian's mind went blank for a few moments, and he subconsciously looked at Xia Zhitang's slightly arched abdomen, and placed his palm on it very lightly.
He touched it again and again carefully, and Xia Zhitang said helplessly: "It's only 14 weeks, it won't kick you yet."
Gu Zian grinned foolishly: "I'm going to be a father?"
"Where's my backpack?" Xia Zhitang pushed Gu Zian, "Go get it for me."
"Hey, still at the entrance." Gu Zian staggered out barefoot and came back holding Xia Zhitang's backpack.
Xia Zhitang pulled out a stack of reports: "This is the ultrasound report from 8 or 9 weeks."
Gu Zian took it and looked at it again and again with a smile: "Wow, this little pea seedling is so cute."
He raised his phone and snapped several photos: "Why didn't you tell me?"
Xia Zhitang did not answer him. Gu Zian, who was so excited, did not think much about it. His heart and eyes were immersed in joy.
"This is the pregnancy photo at 12 weeks." Xia Zhitang handed another ultrasound photo to Gu Zian.
"Tangtang, look, his nose is so high! His hands and little feet are so cute!" Gu Zian continued to raise his mobile phone to take pictures.
After Xia Zhitang handed the B-ultrasound report to Gu Zian, he took out the box of nutritional tablets from his schoolbag and took the various supplements he had missed last night.
Gu Zian felt that the whole world was emitting a dreamy filter like colorful bubbles. He turned around, hugged Xia Zhitang and kissed her face fiercely.
"Let's get the marriage certificate first, then have the wedding." His eyes flickered, chasing the crystal-like light, "We need to make arrangements."
"Zi'an, I don't want to get married."
Xia Zhitang's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in Gu Zian's ears and stunning him.
"Zi'an, the child is yours, but I don't want to get a marriage certificate or get married."
Seeing that Gu Zian didn't react, Xia Zhitang calmly repeated his thoughts.
"Why?" Gu Zian's eyes were red. "Are you still blaming me for that incident? I'll just announce that I'll never work with her again, okay?"
"Zi'an, this is a matter between us and has nothing to do with Tang Ning." Xia Zhitang did not blame Tang Ning.
"Why is that?" Gu Zian's fingertips pressed on Xia Zhitang's shoulders, causing them to turn red. "What did I do wrong? I'll change."
"You didn't do anything wrong, I just don't want to get married anymore." Xia Zhitang knew that this matter had no right or wrong, it was just that everyone's position and needs were different.
"Sister, the child needs a father." Gu Zian hugged Xia Zhitang.
"You are his father, there is no doubt about that." Xia Zhitang reached out and patted Gu Zian's back. She knew it would be very difficult for him to accept this.
"Our child cannot be an illegitimate child." Gu Zian's voice trembled.
"The so-called illegitimate child is defined by the outside world. Just don't make your private affairs public." Xia Zhitang didn't think the outside world's evaluation was that important. "I just don't want to get married, but I still like you."
"You won't leave me?" Gu Zian's tears fell.
"Unless you let go first." Xia Zhitang knew that one day he would discover his true needs.
"Please give me a status." Gu Zian begged humbly.
"You are the father of the child, my partner." Xia Zhitang just didn't dare to gamble on human nature.
"These are descendants of the Gu family. Dad won't agree." Gu Zian moved out of the Gu family.
"But this is also my child." Xia Zhitang's passport has been processed, and the recommendation letter from Lin Jingming's friend is also going through the process.
Xia Zhitang had also negotiated with Lin Jingming about the subsequent production of the girls' high school, so there was no need for her to follow up on site.
The two of them just hugged each other quietly and fell into a stalemate, neither of them could convince the other.
After a long time, Gu Zian calmed down and said in a low voice: "Sister, please think about it again. The child is still young, so we are not in a hurry."
He decided to stay calm first and then think about countermeasures.
While Xia Zhitang and Lin Jingming were checking the schedule, Cheng Shubai knocked on the door and came in.
He pulled out a chair and sat down boldly: "You don't want to get married?"
"Gu Zian came to you to complain?" Lin Jingming's tone was tinged with sarcasm.
"Did you instigate it?" Cheng Shubai looked at Lin Jingming.
These three of them cause trouble for him every once in a while. Wouldn't it be nice to make some money?
"It's me who doesn't want to get married." Xia Zhitang thought of Guan Mingyue. "Mr. Cheng, you haven't forgotten how much effort Mingyue put in to get the custody of Tongtong, right?"
Cheng Shubai's expression changed for a few moments: "No, why are you thinking about divorce before you even have a baby?"
"You just need to know that the truth is, I'm not sure I'll get custody." Xia Zhitang gently stroked her slightly bulging belly. "Do you know how heartbreaking this is for a mother?"
"You don't believe Zi'an's feelings for you?" Cheng Shubai was secretly shocked when he heard Xia Zhitang's pessimistic words.
"His feelings for me are real now, but life is unpredictable, and marriage will only become a bondage for both of us." Xia Zhitang pushed the schedule to Lin Jingming, "I have no objection to this schedule."
She turned to look at Cheng Shubai: "Mr. Cheng, you have also been through this. I hope you can put yourself in Mingyue's shoes and think about her situation."
Cheng Shubai pushed his bangs back irritably: "I'm not thinking about divorce, I'm thinking about her!"
"Her pain, her entanglement, did you see it?" Xia Zhitang sneered and stood up. "Or do you think that as long as she doesn't say it, these things will not exist?"
Lin Jingming looked at the bulging veins on the back of Cheng Shubai's hand and quickly grabbed Cheng Shubai's wrist to urge Xia Zhitang: "Alright, you go back first."
She glanced at Cheng Shubai, who was on the verge of a rage, and turned away.
When his hand touched the doorknob, Xia Zhitang suddenly stopped and turned back to look at him: "Or do you think Mingyue is still angry with you?"
The sound of a door closing and a ceramic water cup breaking rang out at the same time. Lin Jingming pursed his lips and looked at the shattered mug on the floor. He endured it and didn't lose his temper with Cheng Shubai.
He took out his cell phone, took a picture of the remains of the cup and sent it to Xia Zhitang: You made Lao Cheng break the cup you gave me, compensate me with a new one!
Only after getting Xia Zhitang's approval did Lin Jingming feel better.
He turned to look at Cheng Shubai, who was impatiently smoking a cigar: "Did you and Guan Mingyue have another fight recently?"
Amidst the smoke, Cheng Shubai's expression was hazy and unclear: "She sent Tongtong here during non-visiting hours."
He suddenly put out the cigarette, his expression a little fierce: "Tongtong said that she often dresses up beautifully to go out at night!"
Lin Jingming took out a plastic cup, filled it halfway with boiled water, and pushed it over: "It's been a few years, it's time for us to start a new life."
"She's the child's mother!" Cheng Shubai grabbed the water cup and took a few gulps. "Why are you using a plastic cup to deal with me?"
"Do you think I'm making a lot of money making documentaries?" Lin Jingming squinted at him. "You're also a father. Wouldn't it be nice to spend more time with your daughter?"
Cheng Shubai flattened the water cup and threw it into the trash can: "Come on, have dinner with me."
"Please, you broke the cup that Xia Xia gave me." Lin Jingming pointed at the ceramic fragments on the ground.
"Who doesn't know this is wholesale?" Cheng Shubai couldn't stand Lin Jingming's cowardly attitude. "Do you really think this is a treasure?"
"What do you care about me?" Lin Jingming grabbed the car keys and said, "Let's go, I want to eat Japanese food."
"You chose me to invite you?"
"There's a notebook I think would be good. I'll show it to you later."
In the quiet private room of a Japanese restaurant, Cheng Shubai was flipping through the script.
"Single mother?" He raised an eyebrow sarcastically. "You really are good at seizing the moment."
"What a coincidence." Lin Jingming poured wine for Cheng Shubai. "The story is good, with enough conflict, and female protagonists are popular now."
"Then we don't have to get married? Children don't need a complete family?" Cheng Shubai slammed his chopsticks on the table, and the sake in the glass swayed a few times and spilled onto the wooden table.
"Old Cheng, you're taking your anger out on others." Lin Jingming calmly picked up his wine glass. "You shouldn't use children as an excuse. A painful marriage is even more harmful to children."
"You definitely did this on purpose." Cheng Shubai picked up a warm towel and wiped his hands. "Want to be a cheap father?"
Lin Jingming took a sip of wine with a smile: "I am already Xiao Qingmiao's godfather."
"Hey, Xiao Qingmiao? You even have a nickname?" Cheng Shubai threw the towel aside. "Do you really think the old man of the Gu family is a vegetarian?"
"Gu Zian will have many children in the future. Xia Xia really wants to marry into his family. The time when the Su family falls will be the time when she will be most useful." Lin Jingming slowly picked up the sashimi on the dark blue ceramic plate.
"That's assuming Zi'an doesn't go crazy." Cheng Shubai looked envious. "You underestimate the indulgence of a wealthy man who, despite his wife's early death, insisted on not remarrying or having illegitimate children."
"Xia Zhitang is the one in a higher position in this relationship. If she doesn't want to, there's always a way." After Lin Jingming finished speaking, he put the sashimi dipped in wasabi sauce into his mouth, feeling the extremely fresh, spicy and smooth taste.
Cheng Shubai stared at Lin Jingming, who was calmly enjoying the food, for a long while before asking abruptly, "Why don't you and Su Wen have children?"
Lin Jingming refilled their glasses of wine: "Su Wen said it affects her figure."
"You didn't add fuel to the fire?" Cheng Shubai obviously didn't believe it.
"Me? Do you think I'm happy in the Lin family?" Lin Jingming sneered and took a sip of wine. "Is it really that important to have a baby or not?"
Cheng Shubai tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then placed the ceramic glass on the table with a "pa" sound.
"When you look at the baby's clenched fist, you won't think so." Cheng Shubai's fair cheeks flushed. "She is the continuation of love."
"In life, you must first be responsible for yourself." Lin Jingming stroked his wine glass. "The first half of my life was like a joke."
Cheng Shubai was already drunk and couldn't hear what Lin Jingming said at the moment. He just expressed his own opinions.
"Xia Zhitang, she hasn't considered how embarrassing it would be for the whole family to rush to the hospital in the middle of the night if the child had allergies, a fever, or cried all day and night." Cheng Shubai grabbed the bottle of wine and gulped it down. "Do you think that having money can solve all your problems when raising a child? That's not the case. It will be very difficult in the future!"
He pointed at Lin Jingming's nose and scolded him, "You are so stupid that you are willing to be someone's stepfather. This blood relationship cannot be severed. No matter how well you treat him, you have to take a back seat in front of your biological father."
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