292 — Su Qianhua Goes Into Labor (1)
Without a word, Han Yichen put his arms around her and hugged her, "You'll be fine Mum, it will be alright."
Pei Yueran nodded.
Li Yuchen also put his arms around them and patted Pei Yueran firmly, "My Goddess, don't worry! We'll take care of you, we're very strong."
Pei Yueran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, her melancholy forgotten for the moment.
Did she really need them to protect her? And it's not like she planned to fight, so why would she need the reassurance that they were strong?
The three of them sat around hugging each other for a few moments before eventually pulling apart.
Looking at her wristwatch, she noticed that they had been talking for a long while. "I have to go now boys. I still need to stop by the office. But let's go to the car together, I bought you some things."
Li Yuchen was not happy to hear that she was leaving so quickly, but he understood. At least he got to spend some time with her.
Just as they got to the car where Fang Bo was waiting, her phone rang.
Han Yichen and Li Yuchen watched her as she answered the phone. She looked a bit anxious at first, then burst into a brilliant smile. She then gestured a few times before ending the call.
"Did something happen Mum?" Han Yichen asked.
Pei Yueran was obviously in a good mood as she said, "It's good news! It was your Uncle Philip that called. Your Aunt Qianhua has just given birth."
*****
The evening before the birth was a very restless one for Su Qianhua. Unable to sit still, she dragged Jiang Philip to go to an impromptu dinner with their parents.
After the food, they strolled back home, talking about how happy the parents were about the baby.
Su Qianhua really couldn't wait for the baby to come out. She was tired of feeling like a beach whale, tired of walking like a penguin. The aches and swellings on her feet didn't help matters either.
She had become crankier than usual in the past week, and Jiang Philip had to do the work of petting her and making her feel better. From back rubs to foot rubs to going out at midnight to search for sausage-flavoured ice cream, he did the whole set.
As she walked beside him, she tried not to think of how much she missed work and dreaded the changes the arrival of the baby would bring.
Then Jiang Philip grabbed her hand, holding it gently. She ignored her aching legs, put aside her nagging thoughts, and just looked at his side profile.
He was more handsome than the day she met him—mostly because she had made sure he never wore such ill-fitting clothes again, but it was more than that.
She loved him.
She couldn't tell for sure when exactly it happened. Maybe it was the day he cooked her a meal that brought her to tears. Or the day he told her he loved her, or even the day she succeeded in jumping him.
Or it could have even been the first time she saw him, she couldn't be sure. But what she knew was that she worried for months if their marriage would work, and then all of a sudden, she looked at him one day and just knew she had fallen.
She, the Bulldozer, had been conquered ah.
It was a sobering thought, but it made her very glad. Glad that she gave him and the baby a chance. Glad that she agreed to marry him in the first place. It was due to a freak combination of factors, but it all worked out in the end.
"Baby? Are you feeling okay?"
She came back to Jiang Philip's slightly anxious call. Looking at him, she could see a hint of worry in his bright blue eyes.
Worry for her wellbeing. Her already soft heart melted like hot butter.
"I'm good. I'm just wondering if our baby would have blue eyes like you?"
Jiang Philip smiled at her with warmth, "Brown eyes wouldn't be bad either." His wife's eyes were very beautiful.
She smiled, tightening her hold on his hand.
Both of them walked the short distance home, where Jiang Philip immediately got water to soak her legs in. Then he massaged her legs with a towel while she focused on the movie that was playing on TV.
When he finished with the massage, she got more comfortable by scooting closer to him and resting her head on his chest. Jiang Philip supported her stomach with one hand and curved his other hand around her shoulders.
Settling in for a comfortable time with his wife, Jiang Philip was prepared to focus on the movie, but Su Qianhua had other ideas.
All these while, she could not deny that she liked his body. It would have been a lie, and she usually did not like to deceive herself. Whatever she did with him was due to that fact.
But tonight that she had admitted to herself that she actually loved him, she was eager for that joining on a higher level. Although she hadn't told him yet, she was somehow itching to show him that something had changed.
So Jiang Philip knew he was destined not to finish the movie when he felt a hand inside his shirt.
"Baby—"
His voice trailed off. He was a bit worried if they should still be doing this so close to her due date, but he had asked Doctor Zhang and he said it was fine.
Su Qianhua didn't bother to say anything, she just continued to methodically seduce him, knowing where to touch to make him cave.
Jiang Philip surrendered like a defenseless fortress in less than two minutes and softly covered her lips with his.
Before long, heart pounding sounds filled the living room, overshadowed in part by the movie that was still playing.
A while later, both of them were wrapped in each other's arms as they remained on the floor. The soft rug made it more comfortable than the sofa.
Jiang Philip tucked her closer into his chest while making sure the blanket covered her properly. Although the floor was well heated, he didn't want to take chances with her health. At this stage, a cold wasn't an option.
"You know, this is one of the advantages of living away from parents." Su Qianhua said in a lazy voice.
Jiang Philip nodded his head in agreement. His mother would straight up beat him to a pulp if she knew what they had been up to. She had been waiting for his child for too long to allow them have fun.