On the way back from the hospital to the studio, a light snow suddenly floated in the sky, and snowflakes like grains of rice fell from the sky and landed on the windshield. Before anyone could take a closer look, it was turned into a drop of water.
This should be the first snow of this year. Pedestrians on the road were a little excited, and their hurried footsteps were also slowed down by the sudden light snow. They took out their mobile phones and took pictures.
Mu Xiaoya also likes snow very much. In the past, she would definitely stop the car and enjoy it on the side of the road for a while, or call Bai Chuan to watch it with her. But at this moment, she is like a crossroad in front of her, because the snowy road is slippery and the traffic jam is overwhelming.
Winter nights always come earlier, and by the time I parked the car in the parking lot near the studio, the sky was already grey. Mu Xiaoya looked out the window and saw that several shops by the road had even turned on their lights.
It's 5:20, and Bai Chuan will come over after get off work in a while.
Mu Xiaoya turned off the engine and got out of the car, and when she locked the car, she inadvertently swept to the pharmacy on the corner. This pharmacy is behind a row of plane trees. In spring and summer, the trees are luxuriant, and the pharmacy is hidden and hard to be seen. When the leaves fall in autumn and winter, Mu Xiaoya discovered this place diagonally opposite their studio. There is even a pharmacy on the side of the road.
"Girl, what kind of medicine do you buy?"
Mu Xiaoya was stunned to return to her senses, only to realize that she walked into the pharmacy at some point, and asked her a 40-50-year-old elder sister, wearing a white coat, with a concerned look on her face.
"Do I… have birth control pills?" Mu Xiaoya asked with difficulty.
"Yes, which one do you want? After the event or before the event." The pharmacy's eldest sister asked, and the person had already walked to the counter where the contraceptive pills were placed.
"Afterwards." Every time she answered a question, Mu Xiaoya felt awkward. Fortunately, the pharmacy eldest sister didn't show any strange eyes, she was used to doing business.
"Then take this, it will be useful to take it within 72 hours after the event." The pharmacy eldest sister picked out a box of medicines and put it in front of Mu Xiaoya.
Mu Xiaoya looked at the white medicine box and didn't reach for it for a long time.
"Would you like it?" the elder sister urged.
"How much... how much?" Mu Xiaoya returned to her senses.
"39."
After receiving the money, when the pharmacy eldest sister handed over the medicine, she saw the blank face of the girl in front of her, and couldn't help but say two more words: "Little girl, if you want children, discuss marriage with your boyfriend. "
She has seen many people who came to buy contraceptives, none of them had this expression, and the hesitation on her face was obviously not what she wanted.
"I'm already married." Mu Xiaoya replied subconsciously.
"Your husband doesn't want children?"
"Neither."
"That's not ready yet?" Big sister understood.
Mu Xiaoya nodded.
"That's right, you young people. It's when you're working hard for your career that you don't care about taking care of your children. Moreover, the pressure on women in modern society is increasing. It's not an easy decision to be a mother." He said in a tone of voice, "But if you really want a child, don't worry too much. Sometimes a child is like a small sapling outside. In fact, don't worry too much. As long as you truly love him, he will grow by himself when he is born. Big. This medicine is effective within 72 hours, you can reconsider. "
Mu Xiaoya thanked her and walked out of the pharmacy. She walked forward at a distance of about two or three meters, suddenly stopped, and looked down at the box of medicine she just bought.
It's just a box of contraceptives. In today's society, the function of this thing is probably similar to that of tt. But in Mu Xiaoya's view, the paths of these two things to achieve their goals are decidedly different. This is for post-mortem contraception. If she takes it, if there happens to be a small life growing tenaciously in her stomach, then if she takes this medicine, she is killing life and killing her and Bai Chuan's children.
But if she doesn't eat it, she accidentally becomes pregnant, and a child with her blood will be born ten months later. Then in two years, when the child just learns to walk and learn to call his mother, he will lose his mother forever.
Since her rebirth, Mu Xiaoya has always been fortunate. She is fortunate that time can come back and let her make different choices, so that she can predict in advance and make up for many regrets. But at this moment, she hated her foreknowledge very much, how she wished she didn't know anything, then at this moment, she would probably guess whether she was pregnant or not, instead of hesitating whether to take medicine or not.
At 6:05 in the afternoon, because the snowy road was slippery, Bai Chuan, who arrived at the studio a few minutes late, hurriedly pushed the door and walked in.
"Here? But Xiaoya hasn't come back yet, do you want to give her a call?" Fang Hui said familiarly when she saw Bai Chuan.
"Aren't you there?" Bai Chuan was stunned, Xiaoya didn't say that she would be back late today.
"She went to the hospital during the day, and it is estimated that something was delayed." Fang Hui said.
Bai Chuan nodded, turned and walked to the bar, took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Mu Xiaoya while walking, just when he was about to make a call, through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bar, Bai Chuan found Mu Xiaoya across the road.
Bai Chuan immediately put away the phone, turned around and walked out.
"Hey, where are you going?" Fang Hui saw that Bai Chuan suddenly ran out again, and glanced outside suspiciously, following the direction Bai Chuan was running, she also saw Mu Xiaoya, "It's really crooked, it takes a lot of effort to cross the road. Can't wait."
Fang Hui smiled, picked up the bag she had packed long ago, and left without saying hello to the two of them.
"Xiaoya." Bai Chuan shouted happily before he ran to Mu Xiaoya.
Mu Xiaoya returned to her senses, saw Bai Chuan running towards her, and subconsciously put the medicine box in her hand into her bag.
"You... get off work so soon?" Mu Xiaoya asked with some guilty conscience.
"It's already 6:00." Bai Chuan showed Mu Xiaoya his watch.
"It's so late?" Mu Xiaoya was stunned, obviously not expecting that she would stand on the side of the road in a daze for so long.
"Let's go grocery shopping." There was no food at home yesterday, and Bai Chuan kept thinking about going to buy it today. Saying that, he took Mu Xiaoya's hand and was about to walk to the nearby shopping mall.
"Your hands are so icy." Bai Chuan stopped after taking a step. He frowned and wrapped Mu Xiaoya's cold palms with both hands. Seeming that this was not enough, he lowered his head again and sighed at Mu Xiaoya's hand. Waves of white mist sprayed on Mu Xiaoya's palm, which didn't bring much actual warmth, but it succeeded in making her whole person come alive.
"When you go to the mall, it won't be cold." Mu Xiaoya reminded.
"Then... let's go to the mall quickly." After taking two steps, Bai Chuan suddenly stopped again. He took off the scarf around his neck and wrapped it around Mu Xiaoya's body, "Okay, let's go quickly."
Seemingly sure that he didn't miss anything, Bai Chuan smiled comfortably, grabbed Mu Xiaoya's hand, passed the traffic lights very sensitively, and hid in the warm air conditioner of the mall.
"Isn't it cold?" Bai Chuan confirmed worriedly.
"It's not cold anymore." Mu Xiaoya shook her head, "Let's go grocery shopping."
After buying good food, going home to cook, after a simple dinner, Bai Chuan washed the dishes, and Mu Xiaoya watched TV on the sofa. The same daily routine makes people feel calm again unconsciously, and also makes Mu Xiaoya temporarily give up thinking about children. She didn't want Bai Chuan to notice her abnormality, at least before she figured it out.
On this side, Mu Xiaoya was still worried about whether she would become pregnant. On the other side, Bai Chuan, who had just tasted love for the first time, was at the most savory time. As soon as the two lay on the bed, he made the request very calmly. .
"Is it alright?" Bai Chuan looked expectant, and his hand was eagerly covering Mu Xiaoya's waist.
"No." Mu Xiaoya turned her back with a cold face.
Bai Chuan was a little disappointed, but he didn't ask anymore, he just stretched out his hand to bring his daughter-in-law back to sleep with him as usual, but his request was also rejected by Mu Xiaoya.
Bai Chuan was at a loss, his brother didn't say that Xiaoya would be angry after being rejected.
The anxious Bai Chuan had a rare insomnia, and even the next morning, he was sensitive to find that Mu Xiaoya was still in a bad mood.
"Are you mad at me?" Bai Chuan asked anxiously at the breakfast table.
"No." Mu Xiaoya shook her head.
Bai Chuan discriminated carefully for a while, determined that Mu Xiaoya had not lied to him before going to work, but when he returned home from work, lay on the bed, and touched his daughter-in-law's back again, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved: I didn't say Aren't you angry? And I didn't ask for it today, I just slept together like before, right
"Are you mad at me?" Bai Chuan asked very confidently at breakfast on the third day.
"No." Mu Xiaoya said, and looked at Bai Chuan strangely.
But the sensitive Bai Chuan did not trust Mu Xiaoya this time, he looked at Mu Xiaoya stubbornly.
"Really not, eat quickly, you're going to be late for work." Mu Xiaoya lowered her head and kissed Bai Chuan on the face. Bai Chuan was stunned for a while, the doubt in his heart was instantly resolved by this sudden kiss, and he became happy again.
After taking Bai Chuan to the taxi, Mu Xiaoya also went to the studio. She made the final revisions to the latest design draft and delivered it to Fang Hui before ten o'clock.
"This is the latest design draft, take a look."
"I don't have any worries about what you drew, but you help me see what I drew. What do you think of this?" Since the studio's business was officially on track, the division of labor between the two has been unknowingly clear. Come. Mu Xiaoya is in charge of design and Fang Hui is in charge of operation. It has been busy for half a year, and after finally getting some time off, Fang Hui suddenly realized that she had not designed a pair of shoes.
"Not bad, it's much better than when you were in college." Mu Xiaoya glanced at it and said in admiration.
"Go, go, what do you mean it's better than when I was in college, and make fun of me. Just say, can you be popular?" Fang Hui asked.
"Whether it's hot or not, I can't guarantee it, but if it were me, I would buy such a pair of shoes when I saw it in the mall." Mu Xiaoya smiled.
"That's it." Fang Hui laughed happily, "Where is your USB flash drive with the design drawings, give it to me together, and I will scan my design drawings and send them to the factory together."
"It's in my bag, you can get it yourself, and I'll scan it." The design draft in Mu Xiaoya's hand didn't have time to scan.
Fang Hui handed over her design draft to Mu Xiaoya, and then ran to Mu Xiaoya's work station to find Mu Xiaoya's bag. It was only when the zipper was opened, a striking white medicine box was revealed in front of Fang Hui's eyes.
Fang Hui was stunned, picked it up and took a look, and found that the medicine box had not been unpacked, so she put it back and found a silver USB flash drive in the pocket beside it.
"Have you found the USB drive?" Mu Xiaoya turned around and asked.
"Here." Fang Hui handed over the USB flash drive.
Mu Xiaoya took it, copied the scanned copy to a USB flash drive for backup, and uploaded a copy to Fang Hui's mailbox: "I sent it to your mailbox, you can send it directly in a while."
"Okay." Fang Hui glanced at the inbox and confirmed that the design draft had been received, "Go and take your medicine, I'll take care of the rest."
"What medicine?" Mu Xiaoya wondered.
"Avoid..." Fang Hui glanced at the two employees sitting next to her, and lowered her voice, "The medicine in your bag is not yet taken, so hurry up and take it, it won't work any longer."
Only then did Mu Xiaoya realize what was going on: "I haven't thought about it yet."
"What is there to think about, don't eat it if you want it, eat it if you don't want it."
"I want it, but I don't dare to." Mu Xiaoya replied.
"Because of Bai Chuan?" Fang Hui hesitated and said, "If you have autism, it shouldn't be inherited."
"It's not because of Bai Chuan, it's because of me."
"Because of you? Because of you what?" Fang Hui was puzzled.
Because I'm not sure if I'm qualified to be a mother.
"You don't understand the minds of married women like us." Mu Xiaoya changed the topic.
"Yes, then you, a married woman, should discuss with your husband." Fang Hui didn't bother to ask, anyway, no matter if Mu Xiaoya finally decided to have children, she would support her unconditionally.
Mu Xiaoya smiled, returned to her seat, glanced at her bag again, then picked up her phone and sent Bai Chuan a message: Come back early after get off work, I have something to tell you.
Shirakawa: Good.