There is a pregnant woman at home

It was already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month when my mother called again, and the trio who had just had lunch were sitting on the sofa chatting and drinking tea—er, Ji Luojue and Chu Guanchen were chatting, and I was drinking tea.

Because I was a little bored, I was still a little excited when the phone rang. I took out the phone from the right pocket with my hand that had just removed the plaster and couldn’t move it much. I handed it to me but was a little dumbfounded.

It must be urging me to go home quickly again, but, looking at the two people chatting happily beside me without any trace, I faintly resisted leaving them here alone.

The bell rang for a long time, and Ji Luojue couldn't help but looked over with doubts in her eyes. Seeing this, I hurriedly picked up the phone and put it to my ear: "Hello, Mom."

"Xiao Er, why did it take so long to answer the phone, is it inconvenient to go to work?"

"Ah? No, no, the phone's voice is a bit low. I didn't hear it just now." After a few guilty explanations, I hurriedly changed the topic: "Why are you calling at this hour? Is there something wrong?"

"Isn't it the end of the year? I'll call and ask when you'll be back."

"I... I didn't say go back."

My mother's voice was obviously displeased: "You didn't say it, but how can there be any reason not to go home during the Chinese New Year? There is only one chance in a year to be reunited. If you don't come back, your father and I are both at this age. Who knows how many more years I can live, seeing one less time..."

These words are said almost every time my mother calls, and my ears are so callused, but I can't interrupt, and after listening carefully, I have to comfort the old lady sincerely.

"Mom, look at what you're talking about. You're only so young, but you talk about life and death all day long. Besides, you're talking about New Year's Eve. Are you sincerely embarrassing others?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and my mother was a little embarrassed by what I said.So, as usual, I came up with the same ending words as usual: "You look so young, don't tell me you are only 40 or [-] years old, don't say such things in the future."

The old lady was coaxed into elation, although she kept laughing and laughing on the other end of the phone, she didn't want to forget the purpose of calling.

"You are the one who speaks the most glibly all day long. It's okay, if you really feel sorry for me, pack up your luggage quickly and come back tomorrow!"

This old lady, as expected of an official in a government agency all her life, not only was not knocked down by sugar-coated shells, she even fired missiles directly into the enemy camp in one fell swoop.

It can be said that it hits the target with one blow, and it will never be soft!

"But……"

"Don't be, what's so good about it? What did the doctor say when you were discharged from the hospital this year, telling you to go back for a review in half a year, but what time is it now? It's almost a year away. If you don't come back for a review , your father and I will buy plane tickets and go catch you right now!"

Review?Don't tell me, I really have already thrown this matter to Java.But I turned my head to look at Ji Luojue who was talking to Chu Guanchen with a smile on his face, but I still couldn't make up my mind to go back.This is the critical moment when Ji Luojue's body and mind are extremely fragile, if they take this opportunity to develop something...

Thinking of this, I suddenly shook my head, Ye Chenger, what's wrong with you, you have a girlfriend, don't think about it all day long.

I made a quick decision, and just about to reply, the old lady spoke again.

"I heard from your sister-in-law that your girlfriend's family is in Beijing, right? I'm going to come back to celebrate the Spring Festival at the end of the year. Anyway, I'm on the way, so you should come back together, or you won't be worried about leaving her there alone, right?"

ah?I was dazed, and subconsciously retorted: "She is pregnant, so she can't..."

"It's okay. I've already asked people about it. It's no problem to fly for three or four hours."

My dear mother, you are really well prepared, you even asked this clearly in advance?

"Actually, she...she is taken care of here..."

"Is there someone?" My mother obviously didn't believe it: "Didn't she just rush to you alone? I heard from your sister-in-law that she doesn't know anyone there except you. Who will take care of her?"

Uh...you even know this clearly?You always came here with the determination to win.

But I still struggled unrelentingly: "It's my friend, she has been here for half a year, and she is very familiar with my friend."

It's not that I really hate taking Ji Luojue back so much, it's just that, after telling such a lie, I don't know how many other lies I will use to cover it up.Besides, such behavior is really unfair to Xiao Xiao, who is my real girlfriend.

"How can a friend do it? They have to go home for the New Year, so why don't they take your girlfriend back?"

What she said was indeed reasonable. My mother really deserves to be the wife of a university professor, and she thinks things are always so clear and organized.

"Can……"

I subconsciously glanced at Mr. Chu who was sitting across from him. If the truth is that Fa Xiao was here to take care of him, my mother would not insist on it, would she?But...would she start questioning the relationship between Chu Guanchen and Ji Luojue again? Otherwise, why would a good friend who was just a childhood sweetheart not return home during Chinese New Year, but fly all the way here to be with her?

At that time, our relationship will really be even more unclear...

I was still struggling with myself, but my mother had already made the final decision immediately: "Don't talk nonsense, it's settled like this, the sun is rare today, I will take the bedding in your room to the balcony to dry, and wait for you to come back tomorrow If you can sleep comfortably, just hang up if you have nothing to do, and I will get ready now."

"It's not mom, I haven't..."

Before I could finish speaking, the old lady hung up the phone resolutely. I looked at the beeping mobile phone and felt like crying: You let me finish talking.

I raised my hand and was about to call back to tell her clearly that Ji Luojue couldn't go back, but a voice suddenly came out from beside me.

"Stop beating, just do what your mother said, I'll go back with you to celebrate the New Year."

ah?I stared blankly with my mouth wide open and turned to look at her: "But, didn't you say you won't go back this year?"

"The plan can't keep up with the changes. Brother Guanchen...he has something else to do, so he can't spend the New Year with me here." After finishing speaking, Ji Luojue stared at me with wide eyes: "Could it be that you want to leave me here alone?"

Is something wrong with Chu Guanchen?Why haven't I heard her say it before? I looked up suspiciously, but saw a flash of bewilderment on Mr. Chu's face, and then smiled unnaturally: "Yes, the company suddenly needs something urgent. I'll go back and deal with it."

Oh, this is really a coincidence. Could it be that it was God's intention to let Ji Luojue accompany me home for the New Year?

"Actually...you really don't have to force it. If brother Chu has something to do, I don't have to go home. It's fine for us to spend the New Year here."

"No."

Ji Luojue flatly refused, and then met my slightly surprised eyes and said: "Didn't your mother say that you have to go back for a review? How can this kind of thing be delayed?"

Is my phone that loud?How did she even hear it?

"My mother said that on purpose to tell me to go back. The doctor said at the time that it would be fine to go back for a reexamination within six months to a year. It's nothing serious, no need..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, you go and pack your luggage now, I'll ask Brother Guanchen to help buy tickets, and we'll leave today."

No... why are these two so impatient to compete with each other?I was stunned, and I really didn't understand how things suddenly turned into the current situation.Until the three of them were sitting firmly on the plane back to Beijing, I still couldn't believe it, it was really going home suddenly.

This matter was decided...was it too hasty?I didn't even have time to meet and say goodbye to Xiao Xiao, so I just made a hasty phone call.

Xiao Xiao was very disappointed after hearing the voice, but Bai Xiaocai next to her seemed very happy to hear our conversation, and took the phone away and told me to take care of her sister Luo on the way, and reassured me that she would be fine. Take care of the senior sister.

Well, although Bai Xiaocai looks carefree, she is as careful as a numb, and I am really relieved to have her take care of Xiao Xiao.

Ji Luojue and I sat side by side in the first-class seat. Thanks to the rich man, Brother Chu, I, Ye Chenger, was lucky enough to sit in the second-class seat once in my life.

Taking good care of pregnant women is the top priority. Although I have confirmed with Xiao Xiao on the phone just now that Ji Luojue's current situation is completely fine for flying, but to be on the safe side, I should be more careful in everything.

"Do you want to lower the seat?" I leaned back on the back of my chair. Although this angle is quite comfortable for me, it seems a little inappropriate if it is Ji Luojue with a big belly.Sure enough, she nodded after listening, and moved her body forward at the same time.

I bent over to help her adjust the seat to a suitable angle, and pulled the seat belt around her abdomen carefully to fasten it.

The air conditioner was on in the cabin, but because the air was still cold at night, I called the flight attendant to help her get a thin blanket and carefully covered it tightly. I looked down and saw her somewhat swollen feet.

If not to say that her mother is the greatest person in the world, Ji Luojue is only seven months pregnant, her legs and feet are already swollen, and she can't even wear many of her previous shoes.

Just as I raised my hand to let the flight attendant come over again, Ji Luojue stopped me suddenly.

"What's the matter, I've got all the blankets, what else are you doing?"

I turned to look at her: "I want another pair of slippers, I'm afraid your feet are swollen and uncomfortable to wear."

She smiled and waved her hands: "It's okay, it's only three or four hours, it will pass soon, don't bother." After saying this, she looked at me with a half-smile and examined her face: "Why, because I kindly agreed to go with me You go home to meet your parents, so you are so considerate to curry favor with me out of return?"

What does it mean that you are kind enough to come home with me for the New Year? If my sister-in-law hadn't had to lie to help you out when she came, why would I have put myself in this dilemma?

There was obvious dissatisfaction on my face, but Ji Luojue turned a deaf ear to it. Seeing that I didn't answer, she thought about it and suddenly realized something.

"Oh no, you are probably afraid that I will be unrestrained when I arrive at your house and accidentally tell about Ye Chengyi and me, so you try your best to coax me?"

I'm speechless, why does it sound like I was the culprit for her one-night stand accident with Ye Chengyi?The old god of the party is here, but I have to try to find a way to block both ends, what's the matter.

As if seeing through my thoughts at a glance, Ji Luojue smiled and said: "Don't worry, for the sake of taking care of our mother and child so hard these past few months, I won't talk nonsense when I get to your house."

I looked up at her: "Then should I thank you?"

Ji Luojue smiled heartlessly: "It's easy to say, you're welcome."

It was exactly midnight when the plane arrived, because my home is quite far from the airport, so Ji Luojue was running around too much, and we didn't want to disturb our parents at this time, so we immediately took a taxi to a "luxury house" under the name of Mr. Chu and stayed for a while. It was late at night, and early in the morning of the next day, he returned home comfortably in Chu Guanchen's special car.

The place where my parents lived was a square courtyard. According to legend, it was my grandfather's father, that is, my great-grandfather's family property.

My parents didn't live here before, but after retiring, I suddenly wanted to live in a bungalow that can be grounded. They also said that people are creatures that have been rooted in the land for generations. Lost energy.But dear mom and dad, although living in a building used to be ungrounded, you still go downstairs and walk on the ground every day.

I was holding Ji Luojue in one hand, and in the other hand I was holding all kinds of nutritional products I bought on the way here - although I never bought anything when I went home, Ji Luojue was the first time a new daughter-in-law came to the house, so it really didn't make sense to say that she had nothing in her hands.

Although our identities are fake, we have to play the full set of acting, and we have to put on what we should.

Pushing open the heavy carved wooden door and stepping in, I saw my mother bending over to water the flowers in the yard with her back to the door.I don't know if it's because of this posture. I haven't seen the old lady for a year. Her waist seems to be slightly hunched, and some mottled white hairs are flying out of her temples. Although it is not very real, it is as she said. ——It’s really old.

My nose was inexplicably sore, and I called out with a choked mouth: "Mom."

My mother's bent back was stunned for a moment, and then she quickly turned around and looked at me with surprise on her face.

"Xiao Er is back? Why didn't you call in advance so that I could ask your brother to pick you up. This...why did you come back without saying anything?"

She was incoherent with joy, put down the watering pot, and raised her hand to touch my face.

I didn't dodge and let her touch her for a while, and then said a little speechlessly: "Didn't you call yesterday and tell me to come back today? Why didn't I even say hello?"

"Ah? Yes... I called and said, but... I didn't expect you to be so obedient this time..."

I was speechless: "Is there something wrong with being obedient?"

"That's right, that's right, I'm happy that you are obedient. Your father went to visit his former mentor with his friends, and he won't be back until noon. If he sees you, he might be so happy."

I smiled and nodded in agreement, and introduced Ji Luojue who was beside me, "Mom, this is...my sister-in-law mentioned that to you before, my girlfriend."

My mother subconsciously stopped her gaze on Ji Luojue's swollen belly for a while, and then smiled on her face: "It's just right for you to come back together. I heard your sister-in-law say that before, and your father and I have always wanted to see each other."

I absolutely believe that what my mother said is the truth, not a hypocritical politeness.Think about it, graduating from college caused my daughter to die, and "suicide" four or five times, but I didn't expect that after four or five years, the old relationship would rekindle and recombine, and the key point was that she was still pregnant with someone else's child.It is estimated that this matter can be made into a TV series. My mother has always liked these gossip things. Even if it is not her daughter's personal experience, she must be very enthusiastic to learn about it.

With a decent smile on her face, Ji Luojue bent slightly towards my mother: "Hello, Auntie, I came here without saying anything in advance. Excuse me."

"It's okay, don't bother me. Anyway, Xiao Er's father and I have nothing to do at home after retiring. It's just in time for you to come back, and the house is still lively. Hurry up, it's cold outside, don't stand there, come in."

As soon as she reminded me, I felt the wind blowing into my neck was cool, my whole body trembled, and I quickly took Ji Luojue's hand into the room.

There is heating in the room, and the temperature is completely different from the outside. We were wearing thick coats for a while, and we were sweating a little.

I took off my coat and hung it aside, then turned around and asked Ji Luojue: "Is it hot, do you want to take off your clothes?"

Ji Luojue nodded, and I quickly got up to help her unbutton her, then carefully took off the clothes and hung them aside, but when I turned around, I saw my mother looking at us with a smile on her face.

I was a little embarrassed: "Mom, what are you looking at?"

"I didn't see anything." My mother waved her hand, then bent down and poured two glasses of water and handed them over: "Drink some water to warm your stomach, the house is especially cold this year, you suddenly came back from such a warm place, can't you bear it for a while?"

I smiled and shook my head: "There's nothing I can't bear. I was born and raised here. How could I go to other places for a few years and come back and can't even get used to my hometown."

However, I really can't bear the white smog outside. After all, it didn't seem to exist when I went out to live a few years ago. It's a new thing, and it's normal that I can't get used to it.

I took the water glass and handed it to Ji Luojue, and took a sip from my own glass at the same time.My mother looked at us with a smile the whole time, and I don't know if she was looking at her daughter, whom she hadn't seen this year, or secretly examining her beautiful "son-in-law".

"Xiao Ji, right?" My mother suddenly said, "I heard that you and Xiao Er are college classmates?"

"En." Ji Luojue responded softly, her face was well-behaved and soft, and she completely lost the fierce aura she had when she was with me.I was a little relieved, but at the same time I had a little doubt: Although she is doing a full set of acting, she doesn't have to be so "dedicated", look at the nervous look on her face, I don't know, it is really the first time for the new wife to come to the house!

"Are you really... an old couple?"

When my mother said these words, I could still smell a bit of sadness and bitterness. Presumably her old man naturally thought of the "tragic" days when I broke up with my love four years ago and was at home.Maybe she had some opinions and estrangements towards Ji Luojue in her heart, so I hastily opened my mouth first.

"Yes, but at the beginning we broke up because of a misunderstanding, and she...was in great pain. We met again after this accident, and after the misunderstanding was resolved, we were... well, we were together again."

Sure enough, after hearing such words, my mother's heavy face eased a little: "You young people are always impetuous, and you are easily impulsive when things happen. It's better to talk about it, so as not to miss... a good paragraph Marriage."

I almost spit out the mouthful of water I had in my mouth: "What a good marriage, Mom, what are you talking about, we can't get married like this."

"If you can't get married, it's not considered a marriage? I want you to find someone to marry honestly, but are you willing, will you listen?"

"Mom," I interrupted her, holding my mouth shut: "You have to say this every year when I come back, isn't it annoying?"

"What's bothering you? When a mother is worried about her daughter, she won't be bothered all her life. Otherwise, why don't you just watch you go on a crooked road without guiding you?" At this point, she paused, as if she had just realized that there was someone next to her. Sitting with my "girlfriend".So he coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Of course, I'm more pleased that you have a good home now, otherwise, you won't be able to close your eyes even if you die."

"Mom! Why are you talking about this again?"

"Okay, don't talk, don't talk. Doesn't it mean that you are used to it, and you can't turn around for a while?"

Ji Luojue sat quietly by the side, watching my mother and I quarrel with a smile on his face.My mother looked up at the clock hanging in the living room, thought about it, and suddenly looked at Ji Luojue and me with a serious expression, and then opened her mouth and said: "Xiao Er, your father will probably be back in a while, don't you Said that Mom didn't remind you beforehand, your father...may not accept you and Xiao Ji so easily. "

I was startled, but then I thought about how my dad was furious when he found out about my sexual orientation many years ago. I was so old, not to mention beating, and I was not willing to scold him, but that time, he even asked a monk to arrest me. Beat to death.

Don't ask why there is such a "mysterious" thing as family law in my family, and don't ask what it is, in short, my dad uses it to pass all the anger and unswerving rejection all over his body through the solid pain in his body Passed to my heart.Later, all kinds of "sinful" behaviors after I broke up with love deepened his prejudice against homosexuality. In his heart, it was this sexual orientation different from normal people that harmed me, which caused my pain at that time, and the years later. Depressed.

In fact, in his heart, apart from the initial prejudice that led to disapproval, later it was more about his love for his daughter and the helplessness of hating iron for nothing.

But today, not only did I blatantly continue to take the "wrong path" in his eyes of homosexuality, but I didn't even know that repenting was taking the wrong path. You said, how could he accept it easily?

I didn't think of such a possibility before I came back, but my family called back many times and specifically mentioned that they wanted to bring Ji Luojue back. I thought he had already accepted it.Otherwise, why would it be necessary to bring Ji Luojue, the "culprit", in front of his eyes to make himself feel upset?

My mother is worthy of being a real mother, and she can see through my thoughts at a glance.

"Your father...is not as stubborn as you imagined, especially when you are not around these few years, he has figured it out, instead of forcing you to escape far away, enduring the pain of missing your daughter every day, It's better to follow your heart and live the life you want. Especially after you suffered a serious illness at the beginning of the year, he thought through it even more. As long as you are safe and healthy, who can you live with? , it doesn't matter."

While my heart was relieved, more doubts arose: "Then what did you just say...?"

"Hey, it's because of the quarrel after the two of you broke up. You're going to die. You've been admitted to the hospital three or four times. It's all caused by Xiao Ji. If you start again He might be able to accept it if he finds someone else back, but if he just finds the original one, can he be happy in his heart?"

"But didn't my brother and sister-in-law tell you that the breakup had nothing to do with Ji Luojue?"

"Say it, otherwise how do you think I can accept it so easily?"

"Then my dad is still there?"

My mother sighed softly: "Your father loves his daughter very much. After all, after the breakup, you frightened him so much by your nonsense. I still have lingering fears when I think about it. When I saw Xiao Ji, I couldn't help getting over that hurdle in my heart." .”

"Since my dad can't accept it, why did he ask us to come back?"

"Isn't it because he knows your stubborn temper, and knows that since he has identified a person, eight cows can't be brought back? What if he doesn't agree?"

I was a little confused: "I want to agree, but I can't get over the hurdle in my heart. What exactly is my dad thinking?"