Chapter 156: Fang Ting is Pregnant

The two of them, one old and frail, the other sick and disabled, were fairly evenly matched when they started running.

After a bout of competition, the old and frail one was eventually caught by the sick and disabled one.

Shen Lan panted as he pinned Zhu Yun beneath him, then gave him a soft punch. "You old bastard, run again! Go ahead and run for me!"

This old bastard still had some strength in him, so Shen Lan didn't dare let his guard down while pinning him; he used his legs to control Zhu Yun's legs, his arms to grab Zhu Yun's occasionally struggling arms, and pressed his chin firmly into Zhu Yun's messy hair.

The onlookers were stunned.

"What kind of pose is this for two men?"

"Feels like perverts, shameless! Doing this on the street, they could at least find a bridge underpass."

"Huh? Look, isn't that guy on top one of the corrupt officials from our county back in the day? The one who lived off his wife..."

"I know him. Last time he was catching his wife in an affair over on Zhangshu Street; maybe his mind got some kind of shock, now he can't even tell men from women apart. Look at how he's ravaging that old man."

Shen Lan:...

He had no time to deal with this nonsense right now, focused entirely on forcing Zhu Yun to confess the secret regarding his health.

"Speak! What exactly was wrong with my body when you took my pulse last time?"

Unable to resist, Zhu Yun simply lay flat, putting on an expression that said, "I'm yours to take, what are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing is wrong."

"I don't believe you!" Shen Lan had started feeling like his whole body was out of sorts right around that time.

Zhu Yun:...

"If you don't believe me, then forget it."

"Are you hiding something from me?" Shen Lan recalled Li Xuan's speculation. "Has Si Rong looked for you?"

"She's an officer's wife now and is pregnant, about to give birth, why would she look for me?"

Shen Lan carefully scrutinized his expression, trying to discern whether he was lying. But he didn't know if it was his eyesight failing him, as he couldn't see very clearly.

"Then you must have done something guilty," Shen Lan analyzed. "Otherwise, why did you run the moment you saw me?"

"Or you did something to wrong me."

Zhu Yun snorted. "You were the one chasing me first. Once you chased me, of course I ran. If you hadn't chased me, I definitely wouldn't have run."

Shen Lan:...

Such strong logic; he found himself unable to refute it for a moment.

In the end, he could only let the old scoundrel go, because a cleaner came over with a broom and dustpan and told them to get lost and not delay the street sweeping.

The cleaning lady looked like a very literary person.

She even said something quite poetic, telling them not to dirty the streets of Huaiyang in the early morning.

Having failed to get an answer about his body from Zhu Yun, Shen Lan ultimately decided to go to the hospital for a checkup.

Unlike last time, after the lung CT results came out, the doctor asked if his family members had arrived.

Shen Lan's legs went weak immediately. The doctor said it wasn't confirmed yet and told him to bring a family member back for a follow-up tomorrow.

Something must be seriously wrong; as Shen Lan walked out of the hospital, he felt his very breathing tremble.

Family members—where did he have any family members in the true sense anymore?

If, if only he could go back to the past, he would never have paid any attention to that cheap woman Li Xuan and would have lived a good life with Si Rong.

If only Si Rong were still by his side, but now... Shen Lan shed tears of regret.

He returned home in a daze, only to be greeted by his joyful family.

Lin Meixi was pregnant.

Except for Shen Yuan, Shen Chi and his mother were both very happy, and no one even noticed his abnormality. Shen Chi even said excitedly, "Dad! You're going to be a grandfather!"

Shen Lan remained silent and returned to his room.

"Why is your dad like that?" Lin Meixi was truly dissatisfied with Shen Lan; as a father-in-law, he wasn't even the least bit happy to hear his daughter-in-law was pregnant.

She hadn't asked for a bride price or appliances when she married in.

"That's just his temper, don't be like him." Shen Chi was now entirely focused on his own son and instructed Li Xuan, "Mom, go make something good for my wife to nourish her!"

He hoped Meixi could give birth to a fair and chubby child.

That night, the young couple lay in bed, and Lin Meixi asked Shen Chi, "The child in Si Rong's belly is almost five months along, right? It's already formed; can we still find an opportunity?"

"Don't worry, there will definitely be an opportunity," Shen Chi knew that ever since the incident with the Jiang Family, Si Rong almost never went out. "She won't give birth at home, will she?"

"But even if she gives birth, how will we make a move then?" Lin Meixi recalled the slights she had received at the Si Family last time and wished Si Rong would miscarry immediately, feeling immense pain.

Shen Chi was quite composed. "It's precisely after the birth that it's easier to act. Adults have high vigilance, but children are the easiest to target."

"Mm, then I'll take good care of my body during this time." Lin Meixi was finally satisfied.

Fang Ting was pregnant.

Upon hearing this news, Si Rong was very happy; finally, someone was pregnant along with her.

Under the flower trellis, Wu Ma brought a freshly brewed mung bean soup to cool off for the two pregnant women.

There were some fresh tangerines on the coffee table.

Fang Ting didn't mind the sourness and ate two in a row.

"Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl," Wu Ma rarely spoke out of turn. "That's what they say in our hometown, but don't eat too much, or it'll easily cause acid reflux in your stomach and affect your appetite."

"Okay, then I'll drink some mung bean soup." Fang Ting picked up the mung bean soup and, unlike Si Rong who used a small spoon to stir it slowly, she gulped it down in a few mouthfuls.

"That's great," Si Rong looked at Fang Ting's belly, feeling very moved. "That way, when they're born later, the children can play together and grow up together."

"Right, and they'll all practice martial arts with me!"

Fang Ting didn't really like the feeling of being pregnant and asked Si Rong, "Do you always want to eat sour things?"

"Occasionally," Si Rong would only eat things that were slightly sour if she wanted to, like tangerines; she couldn't handle anything sourer. "My taste hasn't changed much since I got pregnant, though sometimes I do want to eat something spicy."

Two pregnant women were exchanging experiences, while next door, Political Commissar Tao's household was arguing again.

"That woman is really no pushover!" Fang Ting had likely heard about their family affairs from others, "I heard that over a decade ago, Political Commissar Tao married her while under pressure from the military; it seems Shen Qingyu's maiden family were capitalists."

After saying this, she remembered that Si Rong's maiden family was the same, and she pursed her lips, "The times were different back then compared to now; for a capitalist to marry a soldier, that was considered marrying above one's station."

"Moreover, Political Commissar Tao has quite strong work capabilities, but because of his wife's complicated background, he has never really been able to get promoted, and yet now, Shen Qingyu has started finding fault with Political Commissar Tao every other day."

Si Rong had also experienced that terrifying era, only back then, she had her parents and brothers shielding her.

As the two of them were talking, the door was knocked upon; it was Shen Qingyu.

"I'm looking for Si Rong!"

Wu Ma turned her head to seek her mistress's opinion with a look.

Only after Si Rong nodded did Wu Ma open the door.

As soon as Shen Qingyu entered the door, Si Rong and Fang Ting saw the slap mark on her face.