On the wedding day, Ding Zhenghua did not show up. Mr. Lu said that Ding Zhenghua had returned to San Francisco and would never come back.
Lu Zhen sat quietly in her room, wearing the snow-white wedding dress given by Ding Zhenghua. She felt very sad, not knowing whether it was because Ding Zhenghua left that day or because the groom did not show up that day.
Yes, on her wedding day, the groom Su Youzhang did not appear in the hall.
Lu Zhen listened to the priest's oath alone and was taken back to the Su family by Mrs. Su.
Lu Zhen asked her: "Mom, why didn't Su Youzhang show up today?"
Madam Su looked at her with pity and said, "I'm not sure either. You can ask him yourself tonight."
Su Youzhang didn't come back until very late that day.
Around three or four in the morning, Su Youzhang, drunk, lifted the big red quilt that symbolized the newlyweds. Lu Zhen was lying alone on the soft big bed, curled up with her slender body, looking so pitiful.
But Su Youzhang did not pity her. Su Youzhang even hated her to the core. If Lu Zhen had not pestered him, he would not have been forced into this situation by his family to marry a woman he did not like, and even had to sleep with this woman every day because of the pressure from his elders.
So in the end, with the hatred in his heart, he violated her, and tore her apart on their wedding night with hatred and no mercy.
After that night, Lu Zhen stayed at Su's house. Su Youzhang seldom came back, and everyone always said he was busy.
However, the elders of the Su family were all very kind to her, so Lu Zhen did not have to live such a hesitant life. She was still the eldest lady who was loved by everyone, and she had an additional identity, Madam Su.
Moreover, since Lu Zhen married Su Youzhang, my grandmother's health actually gradually improved. The Su family really believed it and kept urging Su Youzhang and Lu Zhen to have a child.
At this time, Lu Zhen actually already knew Su Youzhang's feelings. He had never liked her from the beginning to the end, and he married her only because of the pressure from his elders. So after the marriage, Su Youzhang treated her as if he had completed a task and ignored her.
Although Lu Zhen felt a little disappointed, she did not regret it. She had never regretted marrying the man she loved the most.
If it really doesn't work out, we'll just get divorced in the future.
She found that she was always particularly tolerant when dealing with Su Youzhang's affairs, and could tolerate and accept everything.
But three months later, she began to feel less carefree due to frequent morning sickness.
She is pregnant.
The child in the belly is the unborn Su Yi.
When Su Youzhang received her pregnancy test report, he was stunned for a moment, then he looked at her and said in a voice that seemed to come from deep in his throat, "Since you're pregnant, let's have the baby."
When Lu Zhen heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "I thought you would say no."
Su Youzhang said gently, "I like children."
This sentence made Lu Zhen stunned for a long time.
She suddenly felt that perhaps with a child, this man would be different.
As time went by, Lu Zhen's belly gradually grew bigger, and Su Youzhang often went home. Although he didn't love her, he never shirked his responsibilities. Every time he came back, he would buy a bunch of baby products and put them in their bedroom. He would touch her belly, listen to the fetal movement, and then say with a smile: "What a lively child, probably like me."
Lu Zhen sometimes felt that she received Su Youzhang's care and love because of the child in her belly.
After she became pregnant, she had difficulty moving around, so Su Youzhang often came back and slept with her. Whenever he heard any noise at night, he would turn on the light and help her get up to go to the bathroom. He would also wait at the bathroom door until she was done using the bathroom, then help her back to bed, tuck in the quilt for her, touch her bulging belly, and gently say to her belly, "Good night."
Lu Zhen felt warmed, probably because she really liked Su Youzhang so much, so when he was gentle to her, she would feel that the whole world was filled with brilliant fireworks, colorful and dazzling, and she felt extremely happy.
Occasionally, when she gets angry or feels greedy, Su Youzhang will give in to her and satisfy her.
During the entire pregnancy, every corner of the Su family was filled with her favorite fruits. Everyone in the Su family attached great importance to the baby in her belly. Lu Zhen felt like she was the empress dowager, and everyone spoke to her in a soft voice and was extremely cautious.
She completed the ten months of pregnancy happily and peacefully.
When Su Yi was born, Su Youzhang felt like he was facing a great enemy and paced anxiously at the door of the delivery room.
Lu Zhen was giving birth in the delivery room in agony. Madam Su came in to accompany her and told her gently that Su Youzhang was pacing nervously outside, very worried about her.
Lu Zhen, who was already dying, suddenly seemed to be full of strength after hearing Madam Su's words. She raised her head, gritted her teeth under the doctor's guidance, and gave birth to the baby in great pain...
When she was pushed out of the delivery room, Su Yi weighed only 6.42 pounds and was placed by the doctor next to Lu Zhen's shoulder, right next to her mother.
Everyone said that the child looked very much like Su Youzhang.
Su Youzhang held the baby in his arms, his beautiful eyes were so soft that they seemed to be dripping with water. He said to Lu Zhen, "Thank you."
Lu Zhen didn't understand the real meaning of this sentence. She thought he was thanking her for giving birth to his child. Although her face was pale, she smiled gently.
Su Youzhang kept his eyes fixed on the delicate and pretty baby, without blinking.
After he returned, he began to rack his brains to come up with a name for Su Yi.
His name is Su Youzhang.
So his daughter was named Su Yi.
Taken from the complementary.
What this means is that he and his daughter complement each other.
After Su Yi was born, Su Youzhang was particularly fond of her. Every day when he came back from the company, he would go to the bedroom to see Su Yi first, kiss her little face and feet, and smile with satisfaction.
Not only that, Su Youzhang also acts as a nanny, getting up at night to make milk powder and change diapers for Su Yi.
At that time, Lu Zhen was in confinement after giving birth. Seeing her husband love their daughter so much, she felt that the whole world was full.
Perhaps it was because their state of mind had changed, and the person they loved most in their hearts had become the child named Su Yi. Therefore, the ice between them had gradually melted. As long as they both loved this child, they could live in peace.
But gradually, Lu Zhen realized that there were problems in their marriage.
Su Youzhang doesn't want to be intimate with Lu Zhen.
Not to mention hugging, he even refused to hold hands. Whenever Lu Zhen wanted to get close to him, he would subconsciously avoid her and go to the guest room to sleep alone with Su Yi in his arms.
Lu Zhen's confused mind finally seemed to come to a clearer state.
It turned out that the reason why she was favored by Su Youzhang was because of that child. Although she had been puzzled before, she never expected that Su Youzhang actually hated her so much.
He even didn't let her take care of the child. In Su Youzhang's eyes, he thought Lu Zhen was silly and was afraid that she would make the child stupid, so he taught the child himself. Lu Zhen watched as the child looked more and more like him, becoming smart and lovable, and an indescribable sadness grew in her heart.
She couldn't tell the elders of the Su family that Su Youzhang only loved the child in his heart, and was nice to her just because he loved the child and the whole family. He wasn't really attracted to her, but because the child couldn't live without a mother, so he was especially kind and friendly to her.
Sometimes Lu Zhen scolded the child because she was angry, but Su Youzhang didn't want to, and looked at her with cold eyes, and even mocked her: "You have no ability to teach your children, so you just scold them."
Lu Zhen looked at his gentle, indifferent and gloomy face and felt great pain in her heart.
In his eyes, she was not even as good as a child's toes.
"I scolded her because she did something wrong." Lu Zhen defended herself, biting her lip.
Su Youzhang lifted his eyelids and looked at her pale, angry, yet patient face without moving his eyebrows. "I allow this. I allow her to be naughty like this. This can exercise and develop her brain."
Lu Zhen was speechless. She felt as if she had been slapped in the face by Su Youzhang, so hard. This silent condemnation was far more depressing and uncomfortable than actually taking action.
Lu Zhen left the bedroom dejectedly.
Su Yi was already several years old at that time. She had learned to read people's expressions. Looking at her mother's dejected back as she left, she asked her father in a crisp voice, "Dad, why are you always so mean to Mom?"
Su Youzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard the child's words, then he gently stroked the top of her head and said softly, "Do you think Daddy is very mean to Mommy?"
"Yes, Dad always says some unpleasant things to Mom from time to time, and Xiaoyi doesn't like it."
Su Youzhang looked at her and smiled gently, "Well, since Xiaoyi said so, Daddy should be more careful next time, okay?"
"Okay, Dad, you have to be as good to Mom as you are to Xiaoyi."
Su Youzhang picked up her little body and said with a smile: "Although Daddy really wants to listen to Xiaoyi, Daddy may not be able to do it."
"Why?"
Su Youzhang did not answer Su Yi's question.
(End of this chapter)