Marriage in crisis

Shen Kuo immediately said, "It's getting late, you should go to bed early! These clues you have are already quite good, sincerely! You have already exceeded your task today. Go to bed!"

He coaxed his wife in a serious manner.

I stood up first. Indeed, I had been sitting for a long time and my stomach was a little numb. I quickly stood up and moved around. I felt my stomach beating a few times.

I was so frightened that I dared not move. Then I said in surprise, "Oh, the fetus is moving!"

Zhou Haizhen immediately looked at me, "Really? Isn't this... a bit early?"

"Maybe I sat for too long. It jumped twice just now. Is it a protest?" I said with a smile, and everyone looked at me in surprise.

"Then hurry back and rest!" Zhou Haizhen said, "I remember I had fetal movement when I was more than 5 months pregnant!"

"It's not too early. There are also babies who are over four months old. It's fine if the baby is already developed. I've asked the doctor. I really need to go and rest!" I said, and then I said to Chi Xi, "You guys continue. Isn't Yuxiang going back?"

"I'll hold on for a little while longer, you go back first!" But then she quickly got up and ran over, looking at me and asked, "Do you want me to take you home?"

Zhou Haizhen was in high spirits and immediately threw the blame, "Then Yuxiang, take your sister back to her room first. I'll wait for a while! What if there's anything else you need me to ask?"

"Okay!" I said, and then I took Yuxiang's hand and we walked out together.

Yuxiang was very considerate and followed my pace, walking very slowly.

I smiled and asked, "Didn't you feel bored watching the surveillance camera all this time?"

"No, it's great! I can know anything immediately and it doesn't interfere with my English studies!" she said.

"Oh? Are you learning by yourself?" I was a little surprised. "How did you learn it?"

Yuxiang smiled mischievously and took out a palm-sized book from her pocket. I took it and saw that it was a simple English textbook. It was full of daily expressions, starting with words that are commonly used around us.

There are even Chinese annotations on how to pronounce it and how to read it coherently.

She smiled and said, "I already had a little bit of basics before, so it was quite useful. Now I know that not studying is really a disadvantage. My brother always urged me to study before, and I would get a headache when he pursued me. Now... I am the only one who is weak."

She sighed, looking anxious.

"Then we will go to school, a formal system!" I looked at her, "When you came, I wanted to send you to school, but I asked your brother for his opinion, and he said to let nature take its course! You don't like studying too much, and he doesn't want you to do something you don't like!"

Yuxiang nodded, "I know, he asked me, and I clearly said no! It would be embarrassing if I don't learn well. It's better to leave it as it is."

I laughed, "Your cleverness went wrong, didn't it?"

She laughed too, "Isn't it?"

Yuxiang supported me and walked back slowly, her face was serious. She thought for a while and then said to me, "Sister, I was a little willful before. I felt that studying was too boring. A group of dull fools were locked in a room and sat together. There was nothing new about it."

"Do you like following your brother?" I looked at her and said.

As she walked, Yuxiang recalled, "When I was little, I wanted to stay by my brother's side and never leave. I had a warm family, with my mom, dad, brother, and grandparents. But suddenly, they all died, leaving only my brother and I.

I will never forget the day when my brother came back from outside and picked me up from our neighbor’s house on the back slope. I heard him tell the neighbor uncle not to tell anyone that he had seen us.

I didn’t know why he said that at the time. I thought he wanted to play hide-and-seek with his parents and give them a surprise. This happened a lot in our family before.”

Sure enough, Yuxiang fell into memories.

I listened carefully to her soft and gentle voice, but I still didn't understand it from the beginning.

Yuxiang looked very serious with a stern face, "But this time it was different, before we even walked back home, he hugged me and started crying, crying so hard that he lost his voice, and then he burst into tears.

I was terrified, not knowing what had happened. He cried louder and louder, and became more and more uncontrollable. I tried to comfort him but it didn't work. He just knelt on the ground and hugged me tightly. "When she said this, Yuxiang's eyes were full of crystal tears.