After the replacement of the military officer, the soft stepmother won

"What can happen to me?" Shen Li smiled indifferently, "She just said a few unpleasant words, it doesn't hurt me. I won't be unhappy because of unpleasant words said by someone I don't care about."

"Lili, I'm sorry, it's all my fault... I didn't expect her to come to me and say so many nasty things..." Lin Xuanxuan looked at Shen Li guiltily.

"It's not a big deal. I won't take it to heart." Shen Li said, holding Lin Xuanxuan's hand, "Don't think too much about it."

"Uh-huh."

It’s getting late, and Lin Xuanxuan should go home.

Shen Li had nothing to do during this period, so she made preserved fruits at home.

The small yard is spacious and has enough space for drying the preserved fruits.

Shen Li made some peach preserves and invited her sisters-in-law to taste them.

“This tastes so good!”

"Yes! It's sour and sweet. I can't help drooling after eating it!"

"Sister Li, you have such a skillful hand!"

"Who said it wasn't! Sister Li, if you open a preserved fruit factory with your skills, you will definitely make a lot of money!"

"But we don't have enough manpower on our island, so we will definitely need to attract some customers from outside."

Everyone looked at Shen Li with admiration.

"I haven't made other flavors yet. I plan to make some candied fruits, black plums, hawthorns, and almonds. When they're ready, I'll let everyone taste them. If they taste good, I'll consider setting up a candied fruit factory." Shen Li said.

Everyone agreed.

As Shen Li entered her sixth month of pregnancy, her belly began to grow bigger.

In the first five months, her body was as flat as a girl's. If someone didn't know her, just by looking at her body shape, you couldn't tell that she was pregnant.

In the sixth month, Shen Li's belly was clearly showing that she was pregnant.

Shen Li sat on the bed, her slender white arms resting on the edge of the bed, while Lu Jingchuan sat opposite Shen Li, rubbing olive oil in the palm of his hand and gently applying it on Shen Li's abdomen.

He saw in the space that there are techniques for rubbing a woman’s belly when she is pregnant.

If the operation is not done properly, the umbilical cord may be wrapped around the fetus' neck.

Therefore, Lu Jingchuan didn't dare to use any force. He just gently rubbed the olive oil with his palm and didn't dare to pat it. He just melted the olive oil and gently covered it.

Shen Li found it a little funny when she felt the man's cautious and awkward movements.

Why is he more nervous than on the battlefield?

After more than half an hour, Lu Jingchuan finally finished applying the olive oil.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wife, do you feel uncomfortable recently?" Lu Jingchuan said.

Shen Li shook her head, "I feel quite comfortable."

"The baby is really well behaved," she said, placing her soft, white palm on her abdomen. "I didn't have morning sickness or any pregnancy reactions when I was pregnant with him. He really knows how to love his mother."

"I heard that some children come to repay their gratitude. This is our repaying angel baby." Lu Jingchuan leaned forward slightly and put his ear to Shen Li's bulging belly. "Baby, can you hear me talking?"

"My name is Lu Jingchuan, and I'm your father."

Lu Jingchuan held his breath and concentrated, lying on Shen Li's lower abdomen and listening for a while. Of course, his ear was just lightly pressed against it, and he didn't dare to really touch Shen Li, let alone press on Shen Li's abdomen. After listening for a long time, there was no movement.

"Baby, next time when you grow up a little bit, respond to your daddy, okay?"

The man's low, mellow, sexy voice was unspeakably gentle.

Shen Li smiled softly with her lips curved.

"Jingchuan, do you hope the baby in your belly will be a boy or a girl?" Shen Li said.

"I hope it's a girl. I hope the child can be as beautiful and gentle as you when she is born." Lu Jingchuan stood up, and his dark and deep eyes looked at Shen Li gently.

There was a vast ocean in those gentle eyes, which could almost make people drown in it.

He didn't want his wife to give birth to a boy. Even though it was his own child, he felt uncomfortable at the thought that this little brat would steal his wife's love.

If it was a daughter, it would be better.

Shen Li chuckled, "Boys are good too."

"Well, as long as they are born by you, I like them all." Lu Jingchuan held Shen Li's hand and interlocked their fingers tightly.

……

After the sixth month of pregnancy, Shen Li's body will undergo some other changes.

For example, her appetite has become much better than before.

In the past, Shen Li didn't care much about food, but in the sixth month, Shen Li always liked to eat snacks.

She dried a basket of preserved fruits, including sweet ones like peaches, black plums, and prunes, and sour ones like hawthorns and sour apricots... Shen Li sat in front of the TV every day, picking up a preserved fruit with her slender white fingers and putting it into her mouth.

Sometimes, when watching a TV series, she would eat up a whole bowl of preserved fruits.

Today's TV screens are very small and not big enough. Shen Li prefers to hide in the space, enjoy the air conditioning, watch some Korean dramas on the big-screen TV, and then use the money in the space mall to buy some small desserts such as mousse cake and Black Forest cake.

She is addicted to the food and can't help but want to eat some spicy crayfish and spicy strips.

She knew that she needed to avoid certain foods during pregnancy, but if she didn't eat, the glutton in her stomach would always nag her.

Shen Li's self-control is not very strong. She can't be the kind of person who abstains from food throughout the entire pregnancy or even the entire breastfeeding period for the sake of her child. Every time she feels hungry, she hides in the space and eats a little bit of spicy strips to satisfy her craving.

But this time, Lu Jingchuan discovered it.

"Lili," Lu Jingchuan walked in.

Seeing him coming, Shen Li quickly hid the spicy strips behind her, "Hey, why are you here?"

"I saw it all." Lu Jingchuan was helpless, his handsome face darkened, he walked towards Shen Li and took out the spicy strips from behind Shen Li.

Shen Li's face was slightly embarrassed. "I couldn't help it this time. I was too greedy. I won't eat it next time."

"You have said this five times." Lu Jingchuan said.

Shen Li, "Emm..."

"I'm not stopping you from eating it for the sake of the baby in your belly. Your progesterone levels are unstable while you're pregnant, and eating spicy food can easily cause endocrine problems." Lu Jingchuan said, "Wait until you have the baby and your hormones are more stable, then you can eat it. But don't eat too much, only one pack a month at most. This stuff is not good for your body."

"Okay, I understand." Shen Li smiled slightly.

Lu Jingchuan raised his hand and rubbed Shen Li's soft hair.

His wife is less than 20 years old this year.

She's still just a little girl after all.

……

The second special reaction of Shen Li after she became pregnant was that she originally didn't have much feeling about matters between men and women, as Lu Jingchuan had always taken the initiative before. After she became pregnant, perhaps because of the effect of hormones, she actually shamelessly thought about such things.