"Isn't it good?" Qin Hezhou asked with a smile.
He held Pei Zhiyu's hand, and their palms touched together, and it seemed that more than just warmth was transmitted.
"It's not lonely to be alone with just two people. I will stay with you, and I will come find you when you leave."
It’s not so bad to live like this for the rest of your life.
Seeing that tears were about to well up in his eyes, Pei Zhiyu quickly stopped him: "Stop talking, the doctor said it's okay, why are you getting sadder the more you think about it?"
She was afraid that Qin Hezhou would think too much, so she quickly shook her hands and said that she was hungry. After all, she had just vomited without touching the bowl of fish porridge.
My stomach does feel a little empty at this moment.
Qin Hezhou hurried to prepare food for her, and then carefully brought it back to feed her.
Pei Zhiyu: "I can do it myself."
Qin Hezhou: "No, you can't."
"..."Under his insistence, Pei Zhiyu finally compromised.
Just think of it as enjoying post-pregnancy services in advance.
After dinner, she quickly washed up and dragged her tired body to bed to sleep.
I don’t know if it’s because of the illness or some other influence, but the nightmare comes again.
Pei Zhiyu couldn't sleep well the whole night.
Either I dreamed of being chased by monsters, or of a giant baby like before...
She had only fallen asleep for a few hours when she suddenly woke up several times.
Qin Hezhou was worried, but there was nothing he could do except to heat a cup of milk for her and stay by her side.
He hugged Pei Zhiyu tighter in his arms, giving her enough sense of security, and whispered softly as if coaxing a child.
He even sang a lullaby when he couldn't help it.
"You really..."
"Um?"
"Like my mother." Pei Zhiyu was feeling sleepy and his words were not clear.
Qin Hezhou heard it and found it a little funny. He replied very dotingly, "Maybe she is helping us in some mysterious way. I hope I won't let my mother-in-law down."
The only sound in the quiet house was breathing.
Pei Zhiyu closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.
After a long moment, she muttered as if in a dream, "No... I won't be disappointed."
Wake up the next day.
There was no one beside me, Qin Hezhou was not there, and the quilt on that side was also cold.
Did you go to work?
Pei Zhiyu could not hide his disappointment.
She got up with her still tired body and went to wash up. When she walked into the bathroom, there was no note left like last time.
However, someone had already squeezed the toothpaste for me and placed it on the water cup.
"How thoughtful..." she sighed to herself.
"Yeah, if there's a list of good husbands, I'd definitely be at the top."
"?!" The sudden voice scared Pei Zhiyu.
The toothbrush slammed into the sink.
"Are you scared?" Qin Hezhou walked over carefully, picked up her toothbrush, rinsed off the toothpaste and prepared a new one.
She explained, "I thought you were still asleep, so I tried to be gentle so as not to wake you up, but I ended up scaring you. It's my fault."
He handed the toothbrush over again.
Pei Zhiyu took it in his hands woodenly and remained silent.
Qin Hezhou must have scared the man silly.
He blamed himself so much that he apologized repeatedly and tried to find a solution.
Who would have thought that Pei Zhiyu was like a computer host with delayed response, and suddenly asked him: "Aren't you going to work today?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm taking a leave of absence."
“…” She stopped talking again.
"I'll be at home with you for the next two days. Go wash up first. Breakfast is ready," he said.
“…” Pei Zhiyu still didn’t speak.
Qin Hezhou reflected on himself countless times in his head, going over all the possible wrong things he might have said or done from a week ago to today.
She finally spoke, and only responded with a: "Oh."
oh?
What's wrong with her?
But seeing how she was brushing her teeth seriously, it didn't seem like anything was wrong.
Qin Hezhou pursed his lips, his face solemn, wondering if his wife was possessed by a sloth after she fell ill?
He is always slow to react when speaking and doing things.
This is how it is when washing up, and even more so at the table—
I started to daydream after just two bites.
Even when eating, I would look back at my bowl and ask him, "Did I eat just now?"
Qin Hezhou was stunned.
He coughed lightly and asked tentatively, "Why don't we go to the hospital for a full body checkup? How about that?"
After asking, he was prepared for a delay, but he didn't expect Pei Zhiyu to answer so quickly.
It was so fast that Qin Hezhou had the illusion that everything he had just tested was correct.
"Great, I can go see Zhong Yue. I heard she's been doing much better lately." She smiled and praised, "Breakfast is great. I think you should be in the top three on the list of good husbands."
“…Thank you.”
Qin and Zhou became even more confused.
Don't delay going to the hospital!
After the meal, while washing up, Qin Hezhou quickly communicated with Zhou Yanli.
"You're making an appointment for your wife's checkup, why are you acting like you're meeting with an underground gang?"
"It's a long story."
Listening to Qin Hezhou's whispers, Zhou Yanli felt very awkward and said speechlessly, "Alright, alright, I promise to arrange it for you as soon as you arrive. But it's hard to say about meeting Zhong Yue..."
"Why?"
"She's actually not very willing to interact with others. I'll ask her when the time comes." Zhou Yanli was obviously not in a good mood when he mentioned this.
Qin Hezhou didn't ask any more questions, just said a few words of comfort and hung up the phone.
When he came out, he saw Pei Zhiyu leaning on the rocking chair on the balcony.
The sunlight fell down and shone on her. She swayed back and forth in the rocking chair, feeling very comfortable and relaxed.
For no reason he was reminded of what he said last night.
When they are old, if they really don’t have children, it would be nice for the two of them to just lean on a rocking chair and bask in the sun.
An unknown feeling of happiness emerged.
It almost made him want to age in one click, so that he could avoid all the troubles that had not been completed in the middle.
But he was reluctant to lose the decades of time he had lived with Pei Zhiyu.
After all, we have to move forward step by step.
Perhaps it was a telepathic connection. When he was looking at Pei Zhiyu, Pei Zhiyu suddenly turned around and met his gaze.
She was standing against the light, and although her face was blurry, one could still see that her eyebrows and eyes were curved with laughter.
The voice was light and airy, as if it suddenly made people fly into the clouds: "Are you looking at me?"
"Yeah." Qin Hezhou nodded gently.
Pei Zhiyu reached out and patted another rocking chair beside him, inviting him: "Would you like to bask in the sun together?"
Qin Hezhou said nothing, but responded with actions.
He took off his apron, wiped his hands, and then walked out and sat down next to Pei Zhiyu.
The two of them basked in the sunshine together.
The feeling of early retirement is becoming more and more obvious, which should make people feel warm and happy.
Suppose Pei Zhiyu didn't say that.
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