Shen Luyan stood not far away, as if his feet were rooted to the ground and he could not move forward even one step further.
His eyes rested on her belly for a long time. He stared at her quietly for a long time.
As if to see clearly.
The sunlight highlighted his increasingly paler face, and a clear picture reflected in his eyes. He remained silent and did not make a sound to disturb her.
Jiang Zhi's back was sore and her legs were swollen, but she couldn't lie still in bed every day. Proper walking would help her give birth. Over the past few months, she gradually developed feelings for the child in her belly.
It seems that I can understand why parents sacrifice everything for their children.
Some love is truly unconditional.
Although Lin Jiaran shouted that he was the father of the child every day, he did not dare to touch her belly, as if it was something fragile, for fear that he would break her by being careless.
But the little baby in my belly is quite well-behaved, not fussy about food, and rarely kicks its belly.
Spring is coming soon in Nancheng. Last night there was a rare heavy snowfall. This morning the snow melted and you can gradually smell the fragrance of flowers.
It cools down quickly and heats up quickly.
Leaves people unprepared.
Lin Jiaran took care of her carefully, "Aren't you going to the hospital for a prenatal check-up the day after tomorrow? I'll go with you."
Jiang Zhi did not refuse. She was also annoyed by the doctors and nurses in the hospital asking, "Where is your husband? Didn't he come with you?" Words like these always make people unhappy.
"Okay, don't you have to go to work tomorrow?"
"No need. Tomorrow is the weekend."
Lin Jiaran never works overtime, and he never takes the initiative to go to 996. He is the first one to leave the company every day among the entire team.
He would never let capitalism take advantage of him for one more minute. The leader of the project team probably had some objections to him, but he couldn't find anything wrong with him. The work assigned to him had been completed long ago, and even the strict KPIs were not met. It was completed within half a month of his joining the job.
"sorry to bother you."
"Don't be polite. We are half friends now, right?" Lin Jiaran did not blindly pursue speed. Although he had no experience in chasing people, he had been chased too many times and learned some tricks.
Step-by-step approach is always less offensive.
Taking advantage of the opportunity is a good idea.
Jiang Zhi couldn't say anything negative under his bright eyes. He felt like he was the kind of person who would go home and cry secretly under the quilt if he was rejected.
"Um."
"Then don't be so polite to me anymore."
"Okay." She said softly.
Lin Jiaran tilted his head to look at her and smiled at her, "Aren't you hungry? What do you want to eat? Let's go buy it now."
Jiang Zhi is a bit shy when it comes to talking about this. She has always had a terrible appetite after pregnancy, she gets hungry very easily, and she especially likes to eat things she didn't like before.
"I want to eat snail noodles."
"Ouch."
"Does it smell a little bit?"
"fragrant."
"..."
Shen Luyan couldn't hear what they said clearly from the far distance, but the smile on her face was bright, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, soft and vivid.
The boy was dancing and he didn't know what he was gesticulating for her.
Shen Luyan didn't care what they were talking about. His eyes were fixed on her belly. The blood all over her body seemed to have solidified. The flow rate was slow and her breathing was stagnant for a moment.
Shen Luyan had no idea when she was pregnant.
All he cares about now is whose child this child belongs to.
Shen Luyan did not intend to be a bystander and hid in the dark. He stood in the alley. She walked towards this side and slowly raised her head. As expected, their eyes collided in mid-air.
He saw the shock in her eyes, followed by calmness without any ripples.
There was no sign of panic at all.
It seemed like it had been expected.
Or maybe she had already been able to remain calm when facing him.
Lin Jiaran also recognized him. It was this fierce man who drove him away in school. The male's sense of competition made him unconsciously take two steps forward to block her behind him.
Shen Luyan cast his eyes towards her, "You are pregnant."
Jiang Zhi didn't expect Shen Luyan to come to Nancheng. Nancheng was just a small city in the south. He didn't have a very important job here and rarely came to this city.
Jiang Zhi gently pulled Lin Jiaran, without him standing in front of her, and said softly: "Yeah."
She smiled again, "Isn't it strange to fall in love, get married, and have children?"
She is pregnant.
This child has nothing to do with him.
When Shen Luyan saw her being so close to Lin Jiaran in front of him, and trusting him so much, there was always an unknown fire in his heart, and the fire that burned up engulfed him, leaving only embers.
The affection on his face looked very plain, "Can I ask you a few questions?"
Jiang Zhi seemed to have guessed what he wanted to ask, with a bright smile on her face, "Shen Luyan."
It's been a long time since I heard her call my name like that.
The man pursed his lips.
Jiang Zhi continued to tell him: "The child is not yours."
She didn't hesitate at all when she said this. This scene has been rehearsed in her mind countless times, so her acting skills are so superb now that there is no trace of acting.
Shen Luyan glanced at her belly. He really couldn't tell anything with his naked eyes.
"I'll figure it out myself."
"Don't you believe it?" Jiang Zhi seemed to have expected that he would not be so easy to fool. She knew what he had cared about the most for so long, "I am a playboy in your eyes. Since I can betray you once, I can betray you twice."
Even if he found out the month, what could he be sure of?
What's more, her uncle had already tampered with her medical records.
It didn't coincide with the time when she and Shen Luyan divorced.
Jiang Zhi really knew Shen Luyan very well now. She stood in front of him with a look as cold as the moon in her eyes, "And women are very vindictive."
"Do you really think that after going through so many bad things, I will still give you a child?"
"You don't really think that I don't regret the harm you caused me at all, do you? You forced me to go to the operating table, forced me to bow to people I hate again and again, and used sharp words to humiliate me over and over again."
"Why should I give birth to a child for you? If this child were yours, it would have had the same fate as the original child, being killed by her mother."
She spoke very slowly, but this did not affect the lethality of her words at all.
Like arrows quenched with poison one after another.
Sharp and engraved.
After she said these words calmly, she asked him in a very calm tone: "My mother told me before that you had something to say to me face to face. You just say it and I will listen."
Shen Luyan was silent for a long time, his sore eyes seemed to have been filled with harsh sand, and the blood lines in his eye sockets were dense. The words "I love you" became even more difficult to say.
He tensed his jaw, and after a long time, he squeezed out a few dry, bloody words from his astringent throat: "It's not important anymore."
The wind blew by, and a drop of warmth fell on my face.
