Chapter 497 Pregnancy
Looking at the pregnancy test stick with two bars in front of her, Fang Li tossed and turned in bed in the second half of the night and couldn't sleep.
It felt like there was a huge secret hidden in my heart. I picked up my phone several times to share it with Han Xi, but held back at the last moment.
In the darkness, Fang Li touched her flat belly and couldn't help but smile foolishly.
In the end, she didn't know how she fell asleep. After only a few hours of sleep, she actually had a dream.
She dreamed of a soft and sticky little ball, sitting on a ball of cotton and waving at her with a smile.
The next day.
The family gathered in the restaurant for breakfast.
The hot steam of the white porridge filled the morning light, and Fang Li couldn't help but curl her lips as she bit her chopsticks.
Xu Tingfeng looked at his daughter, nudged his wife, and whispered to her, "Look at Lili, she's so silly, I don't know what she's laughing at."
Fang Yun glanced at his daughter, his eyes falling thoughtfully on her other hand under the table.
Seeing her gently rubbing her belly, he shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, Xu Fangye put down his bowl and chopsticks and casually raised his chin towards Xu Fangli. "Stop smiling like an idiot and eat quickly. Afterwards, I'll take you for a walk around the old street. I heard there's a new sugar painting shop with good craftsmanship."
Xu Fangli's hand holding the spoon paused imperceptibly. She looked up and saw the look of "other plans" in her brother's eyes. She immediately understood and nodded obediently: "Okay."
Just as she finished speaking, her aunt Cheng Xian suddenly put down her chopsticks and came over with a smile: "Old Street? I was just telling your mom yesterday that I wanted to go buy some handmade pickles. Why don't we go together? It's more lively with more people."
Fang Yun also agreed: "Yes, you young people go shopping, your aunt and I will go to the market next door, it's just on the way."
The air froze for half a second.
Xu Fangli almost dropped the spoon in her hand, and her cheeks suddenly felt hot. How could she go to the crowded vegetable market in her current physical condition?
Not to mention that there were two sharp-eyed elders following him.
She looked at Xu Fangye in panic, her eyes clearly showing "what to do", and her nose tip was almost wrinkled into a bun.
Xu Fangye tapped his fingertips on the edge of the table, his face expressionless, but his tone was filled with a certain nonchalant air: "You two can't go."
He raised his wrist to check his watch. "I have an appointment with someone near the old street to discuss something. I'm bringing Fang Li along for the ride. I guess I'll have to move around soon. You two will be in for a rough time."
Cheng Xian was a little reluctant: "Talk about business? What could be more important than spending time with an elder?"
"This time it's quite important. It's a partner of the company. We've arranged to meet today, and we've postponed it several times before."
Xu Fangye lied without blinking, and even put a piece of fried egg into his sister's bowl. "Besides, Fang Li is so boring to talk to us. It's a good opportunity to take her for a walk around the neighborhood and come back together when I'm done."
As he spoke, he reached out and rubbed Xu Fangli's head naturally, with a soothing touch on his fingertips.
Xu Fangli buried her head in eating, but the tips of her ears were red and hot. Fortunately, she had revealed the truth in front of her brother in advance, and now he was covering for her.
Otherwise, she really couldn't handle this kind of situation.
Looking at Xu Fangye's protective look, he was just like an old hen spreading its wings to protect her cubs, yet had to pretend to be calm and composed. The "sneaky" spirit that he was deliberately concealing made Fang Li feel both amused and guilty.
After finally persuading the two elders to go back into the house, Xu Fangye pulled Xu Fangli and slipped out of the door almost sticking to the wall.
Before closing the door, he turned back and reminded us: "Don't wait for us for lunch at noon, it might be late."
It was not until the gate of the villa was locked with a click that the brother and sister looked at each other like children who had successfully escaped, and saw relief in each other's eyes.
"Brother, that was a lie you just told."
Xu Fangli covered her mouth and laughed, "I almost thought my aunt was going to pull your ears."
"What else can we do?"
Xu Fangye pinched her cheek, his tone filled with helpless doting, "We can't let them go to the hospital and worry about it."
Xu Fangye drove the car and it went down the mountain quickly.
After driving for a while in the city, the car made many turns and drove into the private hospital that Xu's company cooperated with.
As soon as I entered the hall, the nurse at the reception desk came up to me with a smile: "Mr. Xu is here? The appointment has been arranged. Please come this way."
She glanced between the two of them, a mischievous smile in her eyes, "Is this your wife? She looks so young. You two have such a good relationship."
Xu Fangli looked at Xu Fangye beside her speechlessly. Just as she was about to explain, Xu Fangye had already stood in front of her calmly. His tone was calm but carried an unquestionable sense of boundaries: "This is my sister."
The nurse was stunned for a moment and quickly apologized: "Sorry, sorry, you two look so alike standing together..."
Soon, several attending doctors from the obstetrics and gynecology department arrived. There was such a large crowd that those who didn't know what was going on thought something big had happened and that a specialist consultation was needed.
"This is my sister. I'll have to trouble you all next."
The director of obstetrics and gynecology quickly said, "That's not true, Mr. Xu. The amount of research funding Xu Corporation gives our hospital every year is well deserved."
A group of people walked towards the obstetrics and gynecology department upstairs. Xu Fangli followed Xu Fangye and listened to him whispering about his condition to the doctor.
I don't know why, but I always feel like there's a pair of eyes following me from behind, like vines wrapped around my back, with a sticky, prying feeling.
She looked back twice. People were coming and going in the corridor, people in white coats and patients were moving back and forth constantly. There was nothing unusual to see.
"What are you looking at?"
Xu Fangye suddenly reminded her in a low voice, pressing his fingertips lightly on her back, "Watch your step, don't look around and fall again."
His voice was low, with a barely perceptible nervousness.
"oh."
Xu Fangli suppressed the strangeness in her heart and quickened her pace.
When she was about to enter the elevator, Fang Li caught a glimpse of the emergency passage at the end of the corridor out of the corner of her eye. A figure wearing a black hoodie seemed to flash by.
Judging from his figure, he should be a man. He was wearing a black baseball cap with the brim pulled down very low, and only a pale chin could be seen.
Fang Li showed doubt on her face, but immediately returned to normal the moment Xu Fangye looked over.
After going upstairs, the routine inspection was started.
In the examination room, Xu Fangye was standing outside behind the curtain, while Xu Fangli had her blood drawn and was lying on the bed for an ultrasound.
Listening to the doctor's whispered introduction, Xu Fangye leaned against the wall and played with his mobile phone boredly.
Suddenly thinking of something, he turned on the camera and reached in to take a picture.
After more than an hour, the inspection was completed.
The detailed examination results came out, and Fang Li was indeed pregnant.
It has been more than a month, and the due date is in October of next year.
Looking at the detailed examination report, Fang Li suddenly became worried and asked the doctor, "I had a heavy pain in my lower abdomen a few days ago, and once again it seemed like there was a little bleeding. Is everything okay?"
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