Chapter 135: Learning of Si Rong's Pregnancy

She looked at the Rongzi Dance Studio diagonally across the way.

Those two women wanted to disgust her; the dance studio's name was taken from one character of each of their names.

She chose the character "Xuan" directly, to be the heroine of her own life.

There is no need to rely on anyone.

She will rely on her own ability to walk, step by step, to the peak that everyone looks up to.

Actually, the location here is still not as good as Si Rong's location; it faces away from the sun, cold in winter and hot in summer.

Originally, she wanted to rent the house right next to the Rongzi Dance Studio, but the landlord refused to see her.

Forget it, forget it; when she can see the landlord later, she will definitely find a way to make the landlord drive Si Rong away so she can rent that place.

Now the property prices on Zhangshu Street have risen, and the rent has also gone up accordingly.

After renting the shop with the money she got from the fat man, there wasn't much left, so she could only wait until next month to see if she could squeeze some more out of him.

The main thing is that the old hag in the fat man's family keeps a very tight grip on the money.

It is noon, time for lunch.

Li Xuan remembered that today is Si Rong's birthday.

In the past, on this day, they would always eat together.

She remembers that on this day last year, Shen Lan spent the daytime affectionately celebrating Si Rong's birthday, and by nightfall, he was away on business with her.

At that time, she and Shen Lan were still very happy.

She doesn't know why it turned into what it is now, to the point where they loathe the sight of each other.

Li Xuan didn't want to go home; she planned to just eat something on the street by herself.

Wandering around, she prepared to eat some cold noodles by the side of the road.

The wind was strong today, and the cold noodles were blown a bit dry; eating them made Li Xuan feel a bit bitter.

Si Rong must be eating a big meal right now, right? Maybe even at Zuiyun Pavilion!

She lifted her eyelids to look at Zuiyun Pavilion across the road and saw Si Rong, who was being surrounded by the Jiang Family and the Si Family.

Approaching forty, she was still wearing a white long dress that looked untainted by worldly concerns.

Huh?

Li Xuan swallowed the cold noodles, feeling that something about Si Rong looked wrong.

When they passed some naughty children, Jiang Cheng subconsciously shielded Si Rong's stomach.

Li Xuan sneered; just a hen that can't lay eggs, is there any need to protect her stomach?

What would happen if she got bumped by a child? There's nothing in her belly, could she possibly miscarry like a real pregnant woman?

Li Xuan's chopsticks paused; she felt that Si Rong's stomach seemed a bit bigger.

That's impossible; she clearly drugged Si Rong last time.

How could Si Rong possibly be pregnant?

But the more she looked, the more she felt something strange in her heart.

She left without even finishing the bowl of cold noodles; Li Xuan was eager to verify whether Si Rong was pregnant or not.

She waited in her own dance studio, cleaning while occasionally peeking at the movements across the street.

Si Rong felt a bit tired.

After returning from Zuiyun Pavilion, she lay down under the flower trellis to rest.

Her mother said she should get more sun.

The days waiting for the College Entrance Examination results seemed exceptionally long.

When Jiang Zhi had nothing to do, she would hold a book and sit with Si Rong under the flower trellis, feeling very peaceful inside.

This afternoon, Jiang Zhi received a phone call.

It was an overseas call from abroad.

The woman who gave birth to her said on the phone that she would return to Huaiyang in a few days.

Once the College Entrance Examination was over, she would take her on a trip to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Jiang Zhi felt very complicated inside.

Since she was seven years old, she hadn't seen this woman.

They were more like strangers to each other.

All the important stages of her life were accompanied by her eldest uncle, and later, her aunt Si Rong was added to the mix.

The mother in Jiang Zhi's heart was like Si Rong.

She was always very gentle, but she possessed enormous energy within her body.

She didn't want to see that woman, and certainly didn't want to go to any Singapore, Malaysia, or Thailand with her.

Especially after receiving that call.

Although her aunt had never explained it to her, Jiang Zhi subconsciously felt that she was doing it for her own good.

"Aunt, why do you think she abandoned me back then?"

Why is she coming back now?

For many years before, she had always been very insecure, feeling that she was not a child worth loving, that she must be very, very bad.

"Perhaps she had her reasons back then," Si Rong had just said this when she felt she was wrong.

No matter what the reason was, one should not abandon a child of a few years old.

And the ten-plus years of abandonment could not be mended by a simple trip to restore the mother-daughter relationship.

She touched her lower abdomen; although they hadn't met yet, she would absolutely never abandon him, not at any time.

Si Rong let Jiang Zhi's head rest on her lap, as if inadvertently wiping away the moisture at the corners of her eyes.

"No matter what hidden difficulties she had, abandoning you was wrong."

Si Rong said again, "However, many incredible things happen in this world every day; not everyone will speak and act according to our wishes. Allow everything to happen, you just need to be yourself."

Allow everything to happen...

Jiang Zhi associated this with what had happened to her aunt.

She must have suffered and struggled too, but she still smiled every day.

She really hoped she could become a person like her aunt.

"But, I don't want to forgive her," Jiang Zhi said.

"Then we won't forgive," Si Rong stroked her smooth face, "Allow others to be others, and also allow yourself to be yourself; come to think of it, I still haven't forgiven the guy who used to pull my pigtails when I was little."

Anyway, every time she thought about how her hair wasn't thick enough, she wanted to curse that guy a few times.

Jiang Zhi was amused by her, rubbed her little face against her knees, and murmured, "Mom."

Si Rong responded softly.

The quiet atmosphere was soon interrupted.

Wang Ma was at the main gate, "My mistress is busy, she isn't seeing anyone right now!"

"I'm here to find Jiang Zhi!"

Outside the gate was Shen Yuan's voice.

She had come to verify it.

When she heard from Li Xuan that Si Rong might be pregnant, she was stunned.

How could Si Rong be pregnant?

She hadn't conceived for so many years in the past!

She didn't know why she was so psychologically repulsed by it.

It was as if a child born to Si Rong again would be different from Jiang Zhi.

Although she was jealous that Jiang Zhi now had Si Rong's care, she also understood clearly in her heart that Jiang Zhi was just like her; once Si Rong divorced Jiang Cheng, Si Rong would surely sever ties with Jiang Zhi just as she had abandoned her and her brother.

But if it were a child Si Rong gave birth to herself, it would be completely different.

That child would have Si Rong's blood flowing through them, and she dared not imagine how much the Si Family would dote on that child.

She didn't want Si Rong to be pregnant! And she wanted her to give birth to a child even less!

Today, Shen Yuan had come specifically to look at Si Rong's belly.

Jiang Zhi frowned in disgust.

She rose from Si Rong's lap, "How annoying!"

"Shen Yuan, we are not friends, please don't come to my house in the future!"

Jiang Zhi had made up her mind; she had no need to play along with someone like Shen Yuan.

"You really have no upbringing!" Shen Yuan crossed her arms, knowing best how to attack Jiang Zhi, "Born to a mother but not taught by one—that's you, isn't it?"

Whoosh—

A stream of hot tea was poured directly through the iron gate onto Shen Yuan's head, and in an instant, half her clothes were soaked.

"No! 'Born to a mother but not taught by one' is what they say about you!"

"What? Who gave you the nerve to come to my house and scold my daughter?"

Si Rong was extremely angry.

Shen Yuan stood frozen in place, unable to believe that Si Rong would treat her this way for Jiang Zhi's sake.

Her gaze shifted downward, and she saw Si Rong's slightly protruding lower abdomen.

Si Rong was truly pregnant.