His Beloved Treasure

Jing Feng sat motionless, his lowered eyelids hiding all the emotions in his eyes. Only after a long time did he turn to look at Helian Hao.

”Do we want this child?”

Helian Hao asked him in a low voice. She was not joyful about being pregnant; instead, she now felt a bit nervous and uncertain.

”You’re pregnant?”

He repeated, his voice lowered.

”Mhm!”

Helian Hao replied with a sound of affirmation.

Jing Feng’s expression gradually changed, and then he suddenly took a deep breath, his back, which had been straight already, now even more rigid.

”When did you confirm it?”

He asked another question.

”This afternoon at the hospital!”

She answered, then lowered her head again; his expression was even more tense than hers.

”If you think it’s not the right time to have this child, I also plan to...”

”Who said I don’t want it? Where is it not suitable to want?”

Jing Feng asked her, very seriously and earnestly.

Helian Hao turned to look at him, her eyes gradually growing warm, and then filling with tears.

Then she choked up and turned her head away, looking elsewhere.

”You have been unhappy lately, Jing Feng. I thought maybe the pressure is really big when you are with me, or perhaps we should have seriously considered our relationship long ago.”

Helian Hao lowered her eyes, tears falling onto her hand as she analyzed their situation.

”I indeed have not been happy, but when did I ever say we were not suitable? Or did I do something to make you feel that I don’t care about you?”

He asked her, barely suppressing his anger.

Helian Hao didn’t look at him and stood up: ”Let’s talk about it tomorrow!”

If he hadn’t realized how much he had been neglecting her recently.

Sometimes she even felt that they only sought each other out to solve physical needs when necessary.

If it hadn’t been for this pregnancy, she wouldn’t even have thought to talk to Jing Feng about these things—she didn’t want to talk.

They had known each other for more than twenty years, and it seemed that many things didn’t need to be stated explicitly.

They could go on living like this for another twenty years, forty years, sixty years, as long as they were alive, they could just get by.

That is, if she hadn’t been pregnant.

After watching her return to the room, Jing Feng sat outside for a minute and then followed her in: ”Helian Hao, look at me!”

Helian Hao didn’t look at him, her head bowed forcefully, tears falling uncontrollably down her cheeks; how could she still look at him?

”How could you have such an illusion? Hmm?”

Unable to hold back, Helian Hao sobbed on his shoulder.

”I’m sorry for neglecting your feelings recently, but I swear, I have never given up on loving you,” he confessed quietly.

”About being pregnant, let’s not tell the old house yet, okay?”

Helian Hao’s hoarse voice asked him.

”Alright!”

He agreed, ”Xiaohao, look at me!”

Helian Hao shook her head desperately.

She didn’t want to look at him.

”You’ve always been confident, haven’t you?”

Jing Feng asked her.

She couldn’t help but give a bitter laugh, her head resting on his shoulder.

She used to be very confident, but now, she wasn’t so sure anymore.

She thought she could restrain herself, that even though they were married, she could manage her own heart. She didn’t need to show she loved him too much, as long as he loved her, and she would always be the most nonchalant one.

But now...

Later, Helian Hao sent a message to Qin Mu while Jing Feng was in the bathroom.

”I told him!”

Down in the living room of Mu Yichen’s apartment.

Two people were sitting on the sofa waiting to watch a soccer match, and now Mu Yichen was watching another sports program while Qin Mu leaned on his shoulder flipping through a book, both planning not to go to work the next day.

Upon hearing a sound from the phone, he looked at the message in front of him.

”Xiaohao told Jing Feng about her pregnancy.”

Qin Mu mentioned, with a tired voice.

”Hmm! Huh? Helian Hao is pregnant?”

Mu Yichen was engrossed in the sports program, a bit too earnestly, and after snapping back to reality, he looked towards the woman resting on his shoulder, who now appeared a bit weary.