Chu Qing was walking out of the school holding Qi Weichen's arm, one hand on her belly, her heart full of emotion: "I never thought that Qi Muyang had met the head teacher before he was born."
"It's all fate." Qi Weichen said gently.
Chu Qing smiled and suddenly felt very happy.
After the episode at school, Chu Qing and Qi Weichen began to prepare for going abroad. After arriving in a foreign country and tasting the food made with butter and cheese for the first time, Chu Qing suddenly started to have morning sickness, and it got out of control. For a month, she couldn't attend classes normally. Just when Qi Weichen decided to terminate the exchange, her morning sickness suddenly disappeared, and she was no different from usual.
"... I suspect Qi Muyang is deliberately making trouble for us." Chu Qing frowned.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "He is just an embryo now and has no consciousness of his own."
"Who said that? I threatened to abort him yesterday, but I won't vomit today. He must know it." Chu Qing snorted.
Seeing that she insisted, Qi Weichen decided to change the topic and asked her what she planned to eat for lunch. Both of them had completely Chinese stomachs, especially Chu Qing, who was even more reluctant to eat Western food when she was pregnant, so Qi Weichen was responsible for buying groceries and cooking when he was free, and taking her to other Chinese families for dinner at other times.
The first month was delayed, and the two of them took a lot of effort to catch up. Because they wanted to go back early, they could only compress their study time as much as possible. Fortunately, Qi Muyang was quite competitive. After the initial commotion, he became lazy and didn't move much. If the prenatal checkup was not normal, I would have thought he was sick.
The time spent abroad passed very quickly, and before long it was time to go home. The two of them completed their studies four months ahead of schedule and returned home less than a month before their due date.
Both sets of parents were going crazy. During the six months they were abroad, the four of them took turns to come to their place, so even though they were studying abroad, they felt more uncomfortable than when they were at University A. After returning home, Chu Qing felt even more uncomfortable. With the four elders plus Qi Weichen, there were five people watching her, and she had no freedom at all.
The due date was in early March, which was still a cold time of the year. However, Chu Qing's body temperature was relatively high due to pregnancy, so she always wanted to eat something cold and cool. Her family naturally did not allow her to do so, so she could only sneak out to buy an ice cream or something.
When she was about to give birth, it was difficult to walk. She hid in the corner in her slippers, ate the ice cream, and looked at the refrigerator with a sense of satisfaction, wanting to have another one. But she was still quite conscious of being a mother. After struggling for a long time, she sighed, patted her belly and muttered: "Qi Muyang, Qi Muyang, considering that I have sacrificed so much for you, please don't torment me when you are born, understand?"
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of fetal movement. The grown fetus was big and clumsy, and the slightest movement made her stomach ache. Chu Qing cursed for a while, and then went home in a hurry. As soon as she entered the door, she met Qi Weichen's scrutinizing eyes.
Chu Qing was silent for a moment, then raised the salt in her hand and said, "I'm going to buy some seasoning."
"We already have these at home, why do we need to buy them?" Qi Weichen asked.
Chu Qing calmly replied: "I just want to eat something fresh. What if the salt at home is out of date? It will be bad for the child..."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Weichen came up to kiss her. After touching her for a moment, he stood up and asked, "Is the sea salt flavor fresher?"
“… I’ve already finished eating, what can you do to me?” Chu Qing threw the jar in the air.
Qi Weichen rubbed her hair calmly: "It's nothing special, I just want to tell you that next time you want to eat something, let me buy it. Don't act alone, it's too dangerous."
"I'm just afraid that you won't let me eat it." Chu Qing muttered.
Qi Weichen was somewhat helpless: "It's because I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable, but if you really want to eat it, it's okay to try a little."
Chu Qing felt better when she heard him say that. She went back to the house to rest with her increasingly heavy stomach. Qi Weichen was about to follow her when her mother came out of the kitchen: "Weichen, come and help me."
"Okay, Mom." Qi Weichen followed immediately. Since Chu Qing didn't want to go to the confinement center, they stayed at Chu's house after returning home, planning to leave after she finished her confinement.
Qi Weichen followed his mother into the kitchen. After his mother handed him a handful of green vegetables, she frowned and asked, "What was Chu Qing doing just now?"
"Buy salt." Qi Weichen lied to his wife without changing his expression.
The mother didn't quite believe it: "It's not like there's no salt in the house. Could she have taken this opportunity to run out and eat something random? I must interrogate her later."
"I asked her to go. She needs to exercise more recently." Qi Weichen said hurriedly.
Mom paused, seemed to believe what he said, and didn't mention the matter again. The two of them quickly prepared a table of food in the kitchen. After putting everything on the table, Qi Weichen turned around and went to the bedroom to call Chu Qing.
"It's time to eat." Qi Weichen looked at the little girl lying on the bed with her back to him, his eyes gentle.
Chu Qing didn't move. Qi Weichen thought she was asleep. He paused for a moment and turned to leave. But when he turned around, he noticed that her hair was a little wet. He immediately frowned and strode over. When he got in front of Chu Qing, he saw her pale face and sweaty temples.
"Does your stomach hurt?" Qi Weichen held her hand, and his whole body tensed up.
Chu Qing took a deep breath and pretended to be calm, "It doesn't hurt. I'm just sleepy and don't want to eat." Her voice trembled as she spoke.
"Tell the truth!" Qi Weichen's eyes turned cold.
Chu Qing curled her lips and said with tears in her eyes: "My stomach hurts so much, and I seem to have sweated a lot, my pajamas are damp."
Qi Weichen looked over in a daze, and after noticing the situation, his pupils shrank. He no longer cared about anything else, picked her up and rushed out. When her mother saw this, she was shocked: "What happened? What happened?"
"Her water broke. Mom, please drive the car. Let's go to the hospital now." Qi Weichen said in a deep voice.
Chu Qing was stunned: "No, I just sweated a little."
"Shut up!" Qi Weichen was stern with her words, and Chu Qing didn't dare to speak.
After a moment of panic, the mother hurried downstairs with them and arrived at the hospital as quickly as possible. By the time Chu Qing lay on the delivery bed, her cervix was already three fingers dilated.
"She must have been in pain when we were cooking. Why didn't she tell us?" Mom was spinning anxiously.
Qi Weichen's eyelids jumped. He actually guessed Chu Qing's mind, which made him even more angry. The little bastard must be afraid that he would blame the ice cream for her premature birth, so he kept it to himself. This is really... eating at the expense of life.
Although it was her first child, the delivery was unusually fast, and it took only over an hour to complete. When she was pushed out, she was in good spirits, but she looked guilty and did not dare to look at Qi Weichen.
"You sold my grandson?" These were my mother's first words.
Chu Qing was speechless: "What do you think?"
"Then why are you looking so sneaky? What have you done to let us down?" Mom narrowed her eyes.
Chu Qing paused, and immediately began to act pitiful. Her mother was deeply concerned about her daughter, and she dared not joke with her anymore. She carefully took care of her and sent her to the ward. The other three elders also arrived soon, and after confirming Chu Qing's condition, they went to see the child. Qi Weichen stayed by her side, and had no intention of going to see her.
"Don't you want to see it?" Chu Qing asked curiously.
Qi Weichen wiped the sweat off her temples and shook his head slightly: "I'm not in the mood to see you like this now."
"… It's better not to look at him. I tell you, he is so ugly. If it weren't for the special subtle feeling between mother and son, I really doubt that he is not our child," Chu Qing said, and suddenly smiled, "But the moment I saw him, I knew that he was Qi Muyang, not someone else."
"You are too tired, take a rest first." Qi Weichen said gently.
Chu Qing reluctantly nodded, unable to suppress her tiredness any longer, and fell asleep with her eyes closed. Qi Weichen stayed by her side until the elders brought the baby over. He then looked at the ugly little guy in the cradle and greeted him with a smile in his eyes: "Hello, Qi Muyang."
Chu Qing no longer wanted to talk about the pain after giving birth and the hardship of confinement. Fortunately, she slowly got through it, but she faced another problem: she always believed that she should raise her own children and did not want to pass the responsibility to her elders, but if she did so, she would not be able to fully devote herself to her studies.
She struggled until the three of them moved back to her own home before she finally made a decision. She immediately found Qi Weichen and said, "I have something to tell you..."
"You don't have to say anything. I know what you want to say," Qi Weichen said calmly, "I'll take care of the child, you continue with your studies, and when he's old enough to go to the nursery class, I'll go back to school."
Chu Qing was stunned and subconsciously objected: "No." The child must be at least two years old to go to daycare, so two years would have passed.
"It's settled. I'm better at studying than you and will catch up with you soon. You've already sacrificed too much for this family. I can't let you continue to sacrifice." Qi Weichen frowned. He had been disgusted with himself during this period. He clearly wanted to treat her as his life, but he caused her countless troubles and pain.
Chu Qing knew that he was feeling guilty, so she took a deep breath and tried to persuade him: "Judging from your ability, you are more suitable to continue studying. If you delay for two years, it doesn't have to be much. I am different. My ability is only average, so it doesn't matter if I don't continue studying."
"I don't agree." Qi Weichen refused to budge.
Chu Qing was silent for a moment, and finally stopped talking. Qi Weichen thought she had compromised and breathed a sigh of relief, but she ignored him for the rest of the day. Qi Weichen realized that she was going to stalemate with him to the end, and he was instinctively unhappy, but he didn't want to compromise, so the two of them had a long cold war for the first time in so many years.
The final result was naturally that Chu Qing won. Qi Weichen looked at her expressionlessly. Although he didn't have to give up his studies, he didn't look happy, and even a little angry: "Although I compromised, I won't admit defeat. You wait, I will remember this account today."
Chu Qing didn't take his words seriously and happily sent him to school. When she was ready to continue her studies two years later, she looked at Qi Weichen in the office and was stunned: "Didn't you go to the lab? Why are you in the professor's office?"
"I forgot to tell you that the professor is too busy. I will take care of you after you enroll." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Chu Qing was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Don't you understand? From today on, I am your mentor," Qi Weichen, who has a doctorate degree at a young age and has several important research projects under his belt, was given an exception by the school. He looked meaningfully at Chu Qing, who is already a mother but still as young as a little girl, "Remember to call me teacher in school from now on."
Chu Qing: “…”
That night, Chu Qing was pressed on the table in the office. With red eyes, she asked through gritted teeth, "Didn't you ask me to call you teacher?"
"You can scream now." Qi Weichen breathed heavily.
Chu Qing was sweating profusely and just wanted to curse the man as a bastard.
The author has something to say: It's born! I'll start raising the cub tomorrow. Of course, if you want to watch Qi. The beast in human clothing. Wei. The mentor. Chen, that's not impossible.