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Chapter 72: Chapter 72 Night Owls Can Be Bad for Pregnant Women
Tong Yao: Only a week of pregnancy sickness after marriage? Strawberries don’t even grow that fast. It’s clear that there was a premarital pregnancy.
Of course, she couldn’t say that out straight. She laughed and joked, "I only eat this much because I skipped lunch today; I must not be pregnant."
Li Nuanchun, a gossipmonger, was eager to confirm whether Tong Yao was pregnant, regardless of the presence of Si Chen. She asked directly, "Girl, when did your period come last month?"
Tong Yao’s face turned even redder. She glanced at Si Chen and said quietly, "It seems like it was at the end of the month before the last one."
Her period was likely delayed a few days due to the change of environment when she first arrived here. If it wasn’t for Li Nuanchun’s reminder, she would have completely forgotten about it.
Li Nuanchun was excited, slapping her thigh, "See, you’re still denying being pregnant, but your period has been overdue for several days already."
Perhaps due to being childless despite her own age, Li Nuanchun was particularly keen on Tong Yao’s supposedly impending pregnancy. Worried that the young lady might be reckless and unable to control herself, Li opened ’pregnancy 101’.
"Dr Si, Tong Yao must be pregnant. She needs to be careful at night. The placenta isn’t stable in the first three months of the first pregnancy, so Tong Yao needs to take care of herself as she’s so thin. If she doesn’t, her vitality will be injured, which will be hard to recuperate. I’ll buy you all a fish to eat tomorrow! They say if pregnant women eat fish, their child will come out smart. Add more vinegar when cooking fish. The more sour it is, the better chance the child will be a boy, the spicier it is, the better chance the child will be a girl. Oh, and Tong Yao, you should resign from work as soon as possible. Don’t compare yourself to farmers, their bodies are stronger even when they are pregnant..."
Seeing that Li Nuanchun was becoming more absurd in her speech, and fearing she may start talking about kindergarten for the unborn child, Tong Yao quickly interrupted her, "Sis, Ahchen is a doctor."
Not to mention Tong Yao wasn’t even pregnant, but even if she were, they would both understand all these things. Having Li Nuanchun say all this in front of Si Chen was utterly embarrassing.
"Just look at me," Li Nuanchun laughed, slapping her thigh. "Getting so excited made me forget all about it. Both of you are so handsome. If it wasn’t for family planning, having more children would be great."
Si Chen looked at Tong Yao. Seeing that she appeared a bit dispirited and didn’t want to discuss the topic further, he got up to clean up the dishes. He used fatigue as an excuse to tactfully send Li Nuanchun away.
Li Nuanchun had barely stepped out when she added, "Pregnant women shouldn’t stay up late, you should sleep earlier."
After finally getting rid of Li Nuanchun, Tong Yao sighed in despair. "It’s all over. The whole hospital will know I am pregnant tomorrow. Where on earth can I get a child?"
Si Chen, however, was concerned about something else. He had Tong Yao sit down on the chair and started to take her pulse.
Tong Yao looked confused. "You don’t suspect that I’m pregnant too, do you?"
After all, there were rumors of her and Jia Qing. It wouldn’t be surprising if Si Chen had suspicions too.
Si Chen: "Stick out your tongue and let me see your tongue coating."
No matter who he was treating, his expression was always serious when it came to looking at the patient. Tong Yao, who had nothing to hide, complied. She just felt awkward performing the action in front of him.
After observing for a while, Si Chen mumbled, "That’s enough."
Tong Yao: "Do you see anything?"
Si Chen: "Drink more water. You have a severe ’heat’ condition."
Tong Yao breathed a sigh of relief when the clock pointed at eight. She was somewhat sleepy. She took her clean clothes downstairs to shower. When she came out, Si Chen was already done showering and was washing their clothes. She walked over with the dirty laundry.
Si Chen naturally reached out to take it and gently said, "It’s too hot here. Go upstairs first and sit by the fan."
Considering she hadn’t heard any gossip from Mosquito No. 2 today, Tong Yao hurried upstairs. To her surprise, she found another mosquito. After asking, she knew that Chen Yanmei had used an insecticide, resulting in many mosquitoes death, including Mosquito No. 2.
Fortunately, Mosquito No. 2 had made arrangements to have this mosquito take over as the messenger, should it die. So, Mosquito No. 3 was born.
"Chen Yanmei’s son pooped on the bed today, and he also wet his pants twice. Li Meiyu bought a new dress, which made Liu Haisheng completely smitten. The Dean has hemorrhoids again and can’t sit on his chair. Qian Niannian bad-mouthed Yu Shiya behind her back..."
"Stop." Tong Yao raised her hand to stop Mosquito No. 3’s incessant chatter, "Next time, you don’t need to deliver such trivial news. Go out and find something to eat! I’m going to sleep."
Upon hearing this, Mosquito No. 3 flapped its wings and flew away.
Tong Yao could see that Mosquito No. 3 did not have the same abilities as Mosquito No. 2. It was basically a freeloader. There probably hadn’t been any gossip-worthy incidents in the housing compound today.
Although she was mentally exhausted, Tong Yao was not physically tired. She lay down on the bed to rest, appearing to be sleeping but in reality, had no intention of doing so. A few minutes later, she heard footsteps outside. Her pulse slowed down a beat, and she quickly pretended to be sleeping.
After Si Chen entered the room, he glanced at the bed before turning off the light and going to bed. Everything seemed as it had been before, but it was actually much different.
There was a subtle change taking place. The air was filled with a sweet aroma. As Tong Yao thought of Si Chen’s well-toned abs, thoughts raced through her mind, and she was feeling a little restless...Would Si Chen kick her out of bed if he knew about her thoughts?
The thought had barely crossed her mind when she felt Si Chen turn over in bed. Feeling a bit anxious, she instinctively placed her hand on his chest, "I... I’m telling you, don’t misunderstand, even though we’re not divorcing, you did say we need to develop our feelings for each other first."
She had been fantasizing about Si Chen earlier because he was decent. If Si Chen were to take real action, that prospect scared Tong Yao. After all, she had never dated before, and she’d only been with Si Chen for just over a month. Given the many things that had happened during this time, they needed to take some time to get to know each other again. What if Si Chen was just pretending - wouldn’t she be getting on the wrong bus then?
No, I have to stay firm and protect my bottom line.
Maybe it was due to her excessive nervousness, but she felt a slight sweat in the palm of her hand. Si Chen felt a feather-like tickle on his chest.
"Don’t be nervous." His voice had a slight huskiness, "I just wanted to remind you that your period will be coming in a few days. You should buy some things in preparation."
Having said that, he lay back down to sleep.
Tong Yao: "..."
Embarrassing, she had overthought things again.
Silence was golden at this moment. Tong Yao pretended to be asleep and before she knew it, she actually fell asleep. After not sleeping for long, she started kicking off her thin blanket. Si Chen, a light sleeper, helped her to cover up, before finally closing his deep, tranquil eyes.
After a good night’s sleep, before heading out the next day, Tong Yao specifically went to see Li Nuanchun to tell her about buying some sanitary pads. Li Nuanchun, convinced that Tong Yao was pregnant, advised Tong Yao not to buy them, arguing that it would be a waste of money.
"Girl, what are you buying those for? You won’t be needing them since you’re pregnant. They’re expensive. I’ll get you more toilet paper instead! We all use toilet paper normally. It’s much more affordable and practical."
