[Comprehensive British and American] Safe Neighborhood

One week after Lucas graduated, Lucas was introduced by the school's dean, and Lucas went to the Pittsburgh Medical Center to start an internship in the Department of Neurology.

Every morning at 8 o'clock, I wake up with Lucas, wash and go to work and have breakfast.

In front of the dining table, watching Lucas's hair neatly combed to three or seven parts to expose his forehead, wearing a simple white shirt and tie, Drooping Eyes slowly moved the baked toast with a knife to spread some peanut butter evenly, he put The peanut-buttered bread was handed to Sally before she started working on her own.

Sally looked at Lucas while gnawing on the bread, and suddenly felt a sense of relief that there is a boy in my family who has just grown up...

After breakfast, Lucas drove her to the company first, and then went to the hospital by himself.

Half a year later, Lucas's internship went well, and he became a full-time regular as an intern in the medical center, and participated in a scientific research project as the youngest doctor.

On this day, Sally found Lucas looking at the new house.

"? What are you doing looking at these?" Sally, who was standing behind him and accidentally saw it, asked.

Lucas was still staring at the computer screen intently, dragging the mouse all the time, and replied, "...this apartment is too small, I want to buy a bigger house."

The apartment she and Lucas live in now has two bedrooms and one living room, more than 70 square meters. For the two of them, Sally doesn't think this apartment is small, and she likes a smaller one, which is easier to clean.

But Lucas must have his own ideas when he wants to change the house. Sally still asked, "Why do you want to change to a bigger house? Isn't this just big enough for the two of us? It's very warm, and the location is also good. places are very close…”

Hearing her reluctance seemed reluctant, Lucas stopped his hands and turned to look at her, "This apartment is indeed enough for the two of us, but what if we get married? Will we have a child soon?"

Hearing the word child from his mouth, Sally didn't react for a while, "...child?"

She doesn't want to have kids, she's only 26 years old...

Although 26 is indeed the best age to be a mother...But she...Anyway, she just doesn't want to be so early...

Besides, even if she is already 26 years old and Lucas is almost 5 years younger than her, why on earth is he so eager to get married and step into the grave of love?

For this sudden question, Sally felt that she was not mentally prepared at all, and she couldn't help but said to Lucas sullenly, "We have only been together for more than two years...I don't want to get married so early... As for children, we'll talk about that later... I don't really like children either."

She began to run away, even a little afraid of marriage.

Looking at her dodging eyes, Lucas didn't say anything.

For the next few months, neither of them mentioned the matter.

But Sally took it to heart. She didn't pay much attention to marriage before, but recently she began to subconsciously observe some married employees in the company.

She has a good relationship with a girl of Germanic origin named Dora, who is one year older than her, but she is already the mother of a 5-year-old boy, which means that Dora was pregnant when she was in college. up.

During the breaks at work, Shali specifically asked Dora if there would be any conflicts and changes after marriage.

"Well... well..." Dora sat at the desk, rhythmically tapped her lips and looked at the ceiling with the tip of the ballpoint pen, and replied, "My lover and I did have the same relationship before the baby was born. There have been more conflicts in the past few years, but fortunately we are all people who communicate and understand each other, so now that our children grow up, our relationship is still very good."

It can be seen that Dora is not bad in this marriage. Sally asked another colleague in the company the same question, but that colleague's answer was completely opposite to Dora's.

It was a black woman in her 30s who had been married for nearly 10 years. Her name was Billel. She was straightforward and had a particularly loud voice.

After hearing Sally's question, she suddenly became irritable and said radically.

"Ashley, I want to tell you, men are a piece of shit!" Billel roared with resentment on his face, "Really, when you are pregnant and have a big belly and it's hard to breathe, they don't have anything Can I do it, or play games there every day and go to the nightclub with my friends and come back in the middle of the night!...Can you imagine that when I was in labor, I felt like I was going to give birth to the hospital that I had to take a taxi to?"

Sally was stunned by her yelling, but she also sympathized with this vicissitudes-faced woman who was only 30 years old.

In the end, she concluded that the conflicts after marriage are all caused by the children. If the man takes care of the woman when she is pregnant and communicates more, the relationship will not deteriorate.

Hmm...thought about Lucas.

His usual hobby is studying finance and reading books. If he plays games, he only plays games on weekends. He is not very obsessed with games...

If she and Lucas are actually married...will he be a good husband...and father?

That night, Sally took the initiative to ask Lucas.

"If we get married and have a baby, what are you going to do while I'm pregnant?"

Lucas's expression was a bit surprised by her question, but then he smiled, took a book from the shelf, and showed it to Sally, and Sally saw it, good guy, they have already started to study these books.

He has three books: "Sears Pregnancy Encyclopedia", "Parenting Guide", "Maternity Encyclopedia"...

Knowing that he is a man of action, but Sally, who did not expect such a swiftness, was a little startled.

Let her read the cover of the book Lucas put it back in place, hooked the corner of his right lip and said, "I don't know much about obstetrics and gynecology, but I can learn, if you are really pregnant, that's right For me, it will be the most important thing in my life.”

"I will take good care of you and protect you."

Lucas stared at Sally seriously and promised.

Sally felt very happy to see the eagerness in his eyes, as if he really longed for a child and a home.

But instead of showing it, she continued to ask, "...and the child is born? How are you going to be a good father?"

When this question was asked, Lucas didn't answer for a long time, but thought for a long time before answering solemnly, "I will teach him everything I know about the meeting, and I will also...play games with him."

Obviously, he didn't think about how to get along with children in the future, so it took him so long to think about it now.

Sally looked at Lucas frowning slightly in thought. His maroon hair was fluffy and soft. He didn't take care of it at home when he was not at work. So mature.

She heard Lucas say slowly, "...if it was a boy, I'd play Spider-Man with him, put his whole body up against the wall, and I'd fly him wherever he wanted deliver..."

These words were so graphic that Sally couldn't help but imagine in sync in her mind. Before Lucas finished speaking, Sally burst out laughing.

"...What if it's a girl?"

"For a girl, she is my little princess, and I will love her like I love you."

"That's right," Sally nodded in satisfaction, and couldn't help but follow the childishness, "After that, the baby is born, and you know that the baby is a troublesome person. If the baby cries in the middle of the night, I will be very tired. If she can't wake up, who will change her diapers?"

"I'll change it."

"What about housework? You also know that children are difficult to manage, and they will definitely crawl around and make a mess at home."

"We can get a nanny to clean it up."

Sally was not satisfied, "...But I just want you to do the housework?"

"Then I'll do it."

"Oh...but you are so busy at work, where do you have time~"

"...I have plenty of time after get off work."

Every time a problem was raised, Lucas would answer it without hesitation. Seeing him planning something so seriously, Sally felt flattered.

finally, she asked.

"Why on earth do you want a child so much?"

"...Because I want to have a family with you, a life that belongs to both of us, and children are the bond and bond between us...I don't want to be separated from you."

Lucas replied.

For you, I am willing to try things that I have never tried before.

Not because it was fun in itself, but because it was meaningful to go through it with you.

(It turns out that in the long journey of life, growth is not just a moment, but a stack of multiple moments that can appear until death.)

Sally began to pay attention to the children.

Sometimes when walking on the street, seeing a woman pushing a stroller, I can’t help but take a second look inside. When I see a child with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a white tutu sleeping in the stroller, eating a pacifier and opening his eyes wide open. When her eyes were looking at her, she felt like her heart was going to melt...

...I also said before that she doesn't like children very much, but now every time a baby appears, Sally feels like she is being slapped in the face.

Ah, the little baby is so cute.

Especially the kind of children aged 1-3, white and pink, it feels like cotton candy, it must be soft and comfortable to hold...

In the following days, Sally was flooded with maternal love every day.

...But she is occupying Ashley's body now, if she is really pregnant, the baby will definitely be a foreign baby.

Alas, although babies are cute regardless of race, she still wants an Asian baby with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin...

And she was also very curious, if the bodies hadn't been swapped, what would the hybrid baby born between her and Lucas look like.

Considering the future, Sally agreed to change the house.

They moved to a compound apartment with four bedrooms and two living rooms. Although the price was very expensive and they had to pay the house bills every month, but fortunately, the location was good and the two of them could afford it.

She just moved to a new home, and Sally wasn't used to it yet. She suffered from insomnia and went to bed late for several nights before she got used to it.

She is a nostalgic person, she only looks for new things for new things, but she still relies on things with old memories in her heart.

During the few days of moving, Sally unintentionally found the presents she bought for everyone in China a few years ago from her luggage.

The hat and pipe have already been given away, but the earrings bought for Flynn and the... a pink piggy that was going to be given to Lucas were not given away because they forgot.

During this time, Flynn returned to her hometown, Sally contacted her online and sent her a courier, and Lucas... was right in front of him.

Holding the piggy in her palm, Sally found Lucas who was putting things in the box.

"Dangdangdangdang!" After a burst of sound effects, Sally stretched out her palms in front of Lucas, and then spread them out.

Seeing a cute and round pig in her hand, Lucas looked up at her, "...what is this?"

"I went to China to buy it a few years ago. At that time, I saw that this pig looked very much like you, so I bought it and planned to give it to you."

"..." Hearing what she said, Lucas was stunned for a moment, and looked at the little pig carefully for two seconds, with a flash of disgust flashing in his eyes.

Sally guessed that Lucas would react in this way, and before he could refuse, she put the piglet in his palm and said with a proud face, "This is a keychain, you must fasten it to your key."

"..." Although he was a bit reluctant, he finally obeyed Her Lady Queen's order.

Three months after I moved into my new home with Lucas, at 12:30 midnight, there was a sudden sound of something falling and breaking from the bathroom.

Lucas woke up from the dream, his first reaction was to look at the people around him, and found that Sally was not there.

...a sudden sense of panic rose in my heart.

Quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom, opened the door.

He saw the blond girl squatting on the ground with her back to him, her arms folded, and a broken ceramic vase at her feet.

"Ashley..." Seeing that she was still there, Lucas breathed a sigh of relief, hurried over and squatted down, saw her devastated expression, and asked, "...what's wrong with you?"

The blond girl was a little dazed, pursed her lips, and took a while to come back to her senses. When she saw Lucas's familiar face, she smiled and said, "I had a nightmare...and then I wanted to go to the bathroom when I woke up. Unexpectedly, the vase was knocked off..."

As she was speaking, she felt a faint pain in the palm of her hand, lowered her head and slowly spread out her grasped palm, and found a scar about 5 cm in the middle, with bright red blood oozing out from the opening ...

Sally froze.

Lucas also saw it, frowned involuntarily, got up and took out the medicine box from the cabinet, took her hand to treat the wound first, then disinfected it, and finally wrapped it with white gauze.

"It's not that serious. It might have been cut when I picked up the pieces of the vase... Anyway, it will be fine soon." Seeing his serious expression, Sally said with a smile.

"...Am I the doctor or are you the doctor?" Lucas asked rhetorically, looking into her green pupils like pools of silent stagnant water.

He got up and hugged Sally by the waist, walked towards the bedroom with two long legs, put her gently on the bed, and then went to the bathroom alone.

Sally huddled under the quilt, and could vaguely hear the sound of Lucas cleaning up the debris and the sound of water flowing in the bathroom. She closed her eyes slightly, and her uneasy mood calmed down a little.

After a while, Lucas seemed to have finished dealing with all that. He walked out of the bathroom, glanced at Sally who was curled up in a ball, turned off the lights and went to bed in the dark, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.

"...What nightmare did you have?" His whole body was pressed against her back, and his deep voice rang in her ears.

"..."

Thinking of that dream, Sally's whole heart seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss.

"...Lucas."

"Ok?"

"You said me..." Her voice was as small as a mosquito flapping its wings, "What would happen if I disappeared...?"

Hearing what she said, Lucas' whole body behind her froze for a moment, and then, his arms around her waist suddenly tightened, and his voice became hoarse, "...then I will find you."

...how to find me?

Sally asked in her heart, opened her mouth to say something, but found that she couldn't say anything, her mood was like a bird with broken wings that fell into the bottom of a valley, heavy and bitter, and her eyes couldn't help but moisten.

...in fact, we were close but never knew each other.

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I found that every time I set up a flag, the flag will fall for sure--(Looking up to the sky and roaring, when will it be more reliable!)