Chapter 172 Discharge
January 18th is Laba Festival.
The sanatorium cooked Laba porridge.
Ruan Xingmian's health indicators were all good, and the doctor said he could eat some food with salt. Qu Ying couldn't wait to kill a local chicken, package it, and bring it to the sanatorium to cook in the kitchen.
Ruan Xingmian is still sleeping in.
After feeling sleepy yesterday, I didn’t get up to eat at night and slept until now.
Gu Xing sat on the chair and kept watch all night.
In one morning, Qu Ying went to the ward several times.
"Mianmian hasn't woken up yet?"
Gu Xing nodded and walked out the door: "Mom, have you eaten?"
"I'm not hungry now. You go to the kitchen to have lunch. I'll watch over Mian Mian."
Gu Xing looked back and saw the sleeping face lying on the bed with even breathing, which could soothe the anxiety in his heart.
He was looking forward to seeing those eyes open today, and it would be his Mianmian.
They were standing at the door talking. She seemed to notice something, frowned slightly, snorted, and buried her head deeper into the pillow.
Her cheeks were flushed with sleep, and there was an unconscious curve at the corners of her lips, as if she had dreamed of something sweet.
Qu Ying silently urged Gu Xing to go eat: "Mom is watching, you go quickly."
She tiptoed in and sat on the chair, not wanting to touch even the corner of the quilt for fear of disturbing the child's sweet dream.
Perhaps someone had changed by the bedside, as the person on the bed suddenly turned over, sleepy-eyed. Seeing Qu Ying's face, he smiled faintly, then said crisply, "Mom, I'm sorry, I slept in again."
Qu Ying subconsciously moved forward and asked softly, "Mianmian, what did you call me?"
Ruan Xingmian climbed up and tugged at her nightgown, "Teacher Qu, I'm your legal daughter-in-law. If not your mother, what should I call you?"
She suddenly got up and stood on the bed. She took in her surroundings and covered her mouth in astonishment. "Mom, why am I in the ward? Where's Gu Xing?"
She held her belly with both hands, feeling it left and right, feeling the familiar fetal movement, her face panicked: "Mom, is the baby okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll help you down. Put on your shoes and wash up first, okay? I'll ask Gu Xing to bring you something to eat right away."
After Ruan Xingmian finished washing up, Qu Ying braided her hair into a pigtail.
She stared at herself in the mirror. She looked so thin that she didn't look like herself. She hadn't been this thin when she was six months pregnant. She realized something and tears welled up in her eyes. "I want to go home, back to Zhenshuyuan."
"Mianmian..." Gu Xing called out as he entered the room.
Ruan Xingmian turned her head and gently raised her eyelids. This handsome guy was thin and haggard, and he was not her Gu Xing. She murmured: "It doesn't seem like you are calling me."
That night, Gu Xing stayed awake all night and continued to stay by the bedside.
In the darkness, he carefully counted her breathing.
The morning light filtered through the gauze curtains, casting mottled shadows on her face, but she was completely unaware and simply curled up like a lazy cat.
Finally, she gently opened her eyelids, her vision wandering in the blurry white for a long time before she could barely focus on the figure beside the bed.
"Gu Xing..."
This call sounded like a coquettish but also complaining voice.
Gu Xing felt a pain in his heart and confirmed that it was his Mianmian.
Their eyes met.
Tears welled up without warning, fell into the pillow from the corner of my eyes, and left a small wet mark.
"Are you really... coming?"
She saw his Adam's apple roll violently, and something crystal-clear slid from the corner of his eye and hit the back of her hand, burning like fire.
There were no words, no hugs, only two pairs of red eyes looking at each other, tears rushing down.
Ruan Xingmian reached out and wiped away the tears on his face; they were hot.
It can be confirmed that they are all still alive.
"Hold me, Gu Xing..."
…
On January 25th, Ruan Xingmian was discharged from the hospital. Instead of returning to Zhenshuyuan, he went directly back to Wangshanping in Lenan.
Qu Ying couldn't wait to set the engagement date as the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.
She and the Qin family arrived early on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Gu Xing couldn't leave Mian Mian, so they went back together after being discharged from the hospital.
The two children's luggage was handed over to Ruan Ze.
The Lu family driver drove a car that was most suitable for pregnant women to pick her up. Ruan Xingyue was on a business trip, and Lu Fuchuan was very conscious of being a brother-in-law, so he personally sent her there and would come back with the driver tomorrow.
What a coincidence, Ruan Xingmian, the No. 1 who woke up today, was very familiar with him in the first world.
Seeing his sweet smile, she kept calling me brother-in-law.
The co-pilot Lu Fuchuan couldn't close his mouth because of the shouting.
She and Gu Xing sat on each side of the back seat, like complete strangers.
"If you ask me, your world is a little slow. The day I found out I was pregnant, Gu Xing proposed to me with his household registration booklet. On my twentieth birthday, we secretly got the marriage certificate. Ye Lan almost made me vomit blood."
Thinking of the fact that Ye Lan didn't exist in this world, Ruan Xingmian said with a hint of sadness, "Your life is much harder than ours."
After returning to Wangshanping, she took a deep nap.
At dinner time, Gu Xing knocked on the door to call her. She came out rubbing her eyes and smiled sweetly, "Gu Xing."
Turing said happily: "Mianmian is back again."
As February approached, Ruan Xingmian's appearance time in the other two worlds became shorter and shorter.
Memory fusion speed is accelerated.
Turing said that when all the memories are integrated into Ruan Xingmian's mind, they will disappear completely.
It was rare to have good weather in Wangshanping in early February. It was cloudy and rainy, and the sky was gray, as if covered by a layer of gauze.
Ruan Xingmian was wearing pink maternity pajamas and sitting by the window reading her diary.
These are the traces left by myself in the other two worlds.
Three sheets of paper were filled with words in different handwritings: "Ruan Xingmian, I wish you happiness."
She stroked the familiar words, a happy smile on her lips.
"Xiao Gu, go take a shower and change your clothes first, then go call Mianmian out for dinner." The mother-in-law's voice rang out in the yard.
Gu Xing accompanied his grandfather to prune the fruit trees and came back after he was done.
"Where's Xingyue? Hasn't she come back yet?"
Ruan Xingmian was standing at the door of the living room and just heard his grandfather's question.
"My sister will arrive tomorrow, and her company will start the holiday tomorrow."
Gu Xing walked towards her in blue work clothes. His trouser legs were soaked with mud and his boots were extremely dirty.
There was sweat on his forehead, and a smile in the corner of his eyes: "Are you tired today?"
At thirty-two weeks, the baby enters the final growth spurt.
My belly is getting bigger like a balloon.
Baobao Ruan is becoming more and more active and practices several sets of military boxing every day.
He kicked my stomach several times, causing a big bump.
Ruan Xingmian had gotten used to it. Every time Baby Ruan kicked her feet high, she would smile and press them back with her palms. Not long after, they would kick back again, and she would press them back again. The mother and daughter were having a lot of fun playing together, which made Gu Xing feel very distressed.
Ruan Xingmian learned to protect her daughter. "She is very obedient. She didn't kick me today. You take a shower first. I have prepared the clothes."
Gu Xing looked at her distressedly: "Don't be too tired."
Ruan Xingmian pushed him to take a shower quickly, "Hurry up and get out of here, I'm hungry."
"good."
…
February 6, 2024, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, is an auspicious day for proposing marriage.
The day before the engagement, Gu Xing was going to stay in a hotel, and on the day of the engagement he would go with the main group.
He only packed some simple luggage, had dinner, and waited until Ruan Xingmian fell asleep before going to the hotel with Lu Fuchuan.
Lu Fuchuan automatically put himself in the shoes of his brother-in-law, "Gu Xing, I've prepared a big gift for you and your sister. I'll give you a surprise tomorrow."
He looked up and asked what was prepared.
Lu Fuchuan remained silent and said, "You'll know tomorrow."
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