Ye Yanxi asked, still looking a bit incredulous. In contrast, Xiao Yu looked as if to say, 'Didn't you already know this?'
"What did you think it was?"
Now, when she carefully recalled the previous arguments with Xiao Yu, they all seemed to revolve around the topic of a thing growing in her belly. So at that time, was Xiao Yu actually hinting that she was pregnant?
She had been preoccupied with the idea that Xiao Yu wanted to break up with her and thought he was trying to do something bad to her. It turned out that she had always misunderstood his words.
This child came so unexpectedly.
Ye Yanxi was still in a daze and couldn't quite come to her senses. She gently placed her palm on her lower abdomen. Although she couldn't feel anything yet, there was indeed a little life in there.
Suddenly, her heart calmed down, and all her emotions seemed unimportant.
She was now pregnant. This feeling was truly wonderful. There was another life growing inside her body. It would grow bit by bit and then come into this world. This was another life most closely related to her in the world. Thinking of this, her gaze softened.
Perhaps women are born with a maternal glow.
For a long time, Ye Yanxi carefully stroked her lower abdomen and murmured, "I'm having a baby."
Seeing her absent - minded look, Xiao Yu beside her asked, "So now, do you still want to get rid of it?"
Hearing this, Ye Yanxi immediately looked up and glared at Xiao Yu fiercely. "This is my child. Why would I get rid of it?"
Just now, who was it that got so angry and argued with him about getting rid of the thing in her belly? Now she was scolding him instead.
Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, "It's also my child."
"He's in my belly now, so he's mine." Ye Yanxi retorted proudly. There was no trace of anger in her tone. Instead, it was full of tenderness, and the smile on her lips was uncontrollable. She also tightly protected her belly with both hands.
Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows. "Are you sure? Can you get pregnant all by yourself?"
"What's so great about that? You just... just provided half of it." Ye Yanxi stammered in retort. Anyway, this baby belonged to her now. "I'll carry him for ten months, and he'll grow slowly in my belly. I'll be the one feeding him. What does it have to do with you?"
Looking at her glib sophistry and her smug face, there was a smile in Xiao Yu's eyes and eyebrows.
He had heard before that a woman's personality would do a 180 - degree turn after she had a baby.
Ye Yanxi would never have been so eager to draw a clear line from him before. After the baby was born, she might even get worse. She might even lead the baby to turn against him and isolate him.
Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes. "I didn't just provide half... I provided a lot of other things too!"
"... " Pervert. He was being so ambiguous right in front of the baby.
Although she was happy in her heart, thinking that Xiao Yu would soon leave City S and be stationed in Italy permanently, Ye Yanxi still felt a bit disappointed. "If you want a child, you won't have any trouble finding a woman to have one for you after you get to Italy. So, don't even think about this one. I'll raise him well on my own. I won't bother your life."
"What do you mean by saying this all of a sudden?" Xiao Yu's eyes darkened.
"Aren't you going to Italy soon? If you're stationed there, you won't be short of beautiful women around you, right? You can have any type you want. You..."
Ye Yanxi got more and more indignant as she spoke. When she looked up, she met Xiao Yu's half - smiling eyes.
"So, you've always thought that I'll break up with you after I go abroad?"
"Isn't that so? Didn't you announce it at the dinner table before?" Ye Yanxi frowned. She didn't understand what he meant.
"I did have that plan before, but... now I've changed my mind." Xiao Yu's deep eyes stared straight at her face.
It was that unfathomable look again. Ye Yanxi couldn't figure him out at all.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration. She nervously protected her lower abdomen. "Do you still want this child? No way. I won't let you take him away. He's mine."
Seeing her looking at him nervously like a hen protecting her chicks, Xiao Yu couldn't help but curl the corner of his mouth. He said to himself, "You majored in Italian, so I think you should like the life in Italy very much. Since there will surely be a lot of things you don't want to face in City S in the future, it's better to just go to Italy. You can come back whenever you want."
What did this mean? Why did he suddenly mention that she liked Italy?
"If we stay here, there will surely be a lot of people in my family who oppose us. So I wanted to take you to Italy to live for a few years. After a long time, they probably won't oppose us as strongly as they did at first. Then I'll bring you back."
This... Ye Yanxi stared at him in surprise with her eyes wide open. She stammered but couldn't say a word.
So he had planned all this for her? It was because he was afraid that she would be wronged and ostracized in the Xiao family that he planned to take her far away to Italy to live, not because he wanted to go alone?
Ye Yanxi was still in a state of shock for a long time.
After a while, she suddenly thought of something. "Then... why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Xiao Yu's gaze was calm, and the smile on his lips was faint. "I didn't expect that everyone would know about this so soon. I also planned to arrange for you to study abroad and then make our relationship public."
Study abroad. Did he mean in Italy?
It turned out that from the very beginning, Xiao Yu had planned to take her with him, but he never told her. That's why she misunderstood him.
After a pause, Xiao Yu's gaze fell on her lower abdomen. A gentle look suddenly appeared in his eyes. "It's different now. You're pregnant with our child, and everyone knows about it. So this child has to be born openly and have a legitimate identity."
This sentence undoubtedly shocked Ye Yanxi. Would this child have a legitimate identity? Would he be a member of the Xiao family?
Did this mean that Xiao Yu would really marry her?
Thinking of this, Ye Yanxi's inferiority complex started to surface again. "With my background, and I was your nephew's girlfriend before. If everyone knows about this, it will be a troublesome thing for you. In fact, we're not really suitable for each other."
"Not suitable?" Xiao Yu smiled faintly. "Then what about when you said you would marry me sixteen years ago? Why didn't you say we were not suitable then?"
Ye Yanxi felt guilty. "I was just a kid then. I didn't know any better. You can't take what I said seriously."
"So you mean you want to renege on your promise?"
How was she reneging on her promise?
She was about to retort when Xiao Yu interrupted her. His voice carried a hint of command. "Alright, you should have a good rest. You almost had a miscarriage today. The most important thing now is to take good care of yourself for the sake of the baby in your belly."
As soon as she heard the word "baby", Ye Yanxi immediately obediently lay down and shut her mouth.
Now she finally understood. It wasn't that she was delicate, nor did she have any illness. It was because she was pregnant that she fainted after falling down the stairs.
Strange. Why didn't she detect it when she was at the company?
If she had known she was pregnant then, she would have been more careful. When she fell down the stairs, she would have tried her best to protect her abdomen and would never have let anything happen to the baby.
Thank goodness the baby was okay. Otherwise, where could she go to regret it?
Thank goodness the baby was saved. Suddenly, her heart became more determined. There was no hurdle she couldn't overcome. For the sake of this child, she shouldn't shrink back or give up.
So the most urgent task now was to have a good rest and not think about anything.
Once her mind was empty, Ye Yanxi quickly felt exhausted. After a while, she was on the verge of falling asleep.
But just a second before she fell asleep, she suddenly woke up because she remembered something.
"I remembered. At that time, I fell down the stairs with Miss Jin. How is she?" She had old injuries that hadn't healed yet. This fall should have affected her recovery, right?
Although Jin Yan had a deep misunderstanding of her and their relationship had once been estranged, after all, Jin Yan had once been her idol. It was only natural for her to be worried.
She only heard Xiao Yu say indifferently, "She won't die."
Ye Yanxi secretly blamed Xiao Yu for being heartless. Then she slowly fell into a deep sleep, and the ward was silent for a moment.
Even in her sleep, Ye Yanxi still subconsciously protected her lower abdomen with one hand, and there was a gentle smile on her lips.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu also curved his lips. He tucked her hand under the quilt and then looked up at the drip bottle. There was still more than half a bottle left. Only then did he leave the room with confidence.
Just as he closed the door, Xiao Yu took out his phone and dialed Chen Moshu's number.
On the other end, Chen Moshu rarely got home so early and was about to go to sleep when he was woken up by Xiao Yu's call.
He groped for the phone on the bedside table unhappily. "Do you know it's really immoral to call someone in the middle of the night and disturb their sweet dreams?"
There was a mischievous smile on Xiao Yu's lips. "I'm telling you something."
"What could it be that you call so late?" Chen Moshu was very disdainful. Then he suddenly thought of something, and his tone became excited. "Don't tell me you've broken up with the goddess. Does that mean I finally have a chance?"
He was still coveting his woman. He was so unruly.
However, Xiao Yu was in a really good mood at the moment, so he didn't care about Chen Moshu's verbal teasing.
"I'm calling to tell you that you don't have to think about it anymore because... Xiaoxi is pregnant." Xiao Yu deliberately dragged out his words and slowly told him this news. "The child is mine. Don't forget to prepare a red envelope when the child is born!"
"What?" Chen Moshu let out a wail, and then he screamed in pain. "What did you say? I don't believe it. I must still be dreaming and haven't woken up yet!"
After saying that, he mumbled to himself for a while and simply hung up the phone without waiting for Xiao Yu to say anything else.
Xiao Yu was about to call back playfully when another phone rang. It was Ye Yanxi's. Xiao Yu had taken it out for fear of disturbing her rest.
He glanced at the caller ID. It was Chu Beize!