The white cat seemed to sense her feelings, stretching out its little paws to hug her neck, meowing.
Shen Wuqiu closed her eyes, forcibly suppressing the feeling of nausea. She would rather believe that the white cat in her arms would turn into a human than believe that there was such a thing as a fruit that could make someone pregnant.
Although unwilling to accept it, Shen Wuqiu got up before dawn the next day, and without saying goodbye to anyone, drove to the county town.
She went to the emergency room at the People's Hospital. After a series of examinations, the doctor told her to go to the gastroenterology department. After a diagnosis, the gastroenterologist suggested that she also see an obstetrician and gynecologist.
Shen Wuqiu sat on the chair in the corridor outside the obstetrics and gynecology department for a long time, but the moment the doctor called her name, she threw down the registration slip and left the hospital.
They're all quacks.
That day, Shen Wuqiu turned off his phone, drove around the county town until dark, and then drove back home.
She had just driven her car into the yard when a white cat followed her in.
But is the person sitting at the gate of the courtyard, eagerly waiting, also concerned about the cat?
As soon as the car drove into the yard, Mr. Shen, who was sitting at the door, started yelling at us, "You think you're all grown up now? You don't even know to say hello when you come back? Do you think everyone in the family is dead?"
Shen Wuqiu didn't rush to get out of the car. He rested his head on the steering wheel and didn't want to say anything.
The white cat wasn't having it. Hearing how rude Mr. Shen was being, it started meowing and cursing at him.
Only then did Mr. Shen notice the white cat. Looking at the white cat he was protecting, his expression was very complicated. "You are like this, and even your cat is like this. It runs outside all day long without even saying hello."
Shen Wuqiu then raised her head and looked at the white cat standing there arguing with her father. She felt a little comforted and opened the car door, getting out listlessly.
Seeing her like this, her father couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh. He softened his tone slightly and said, "I think you don't treat this home as your home, and you don't treat me as your father either."
Su Yunzhi chimed in, "Wuqiu, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but even though you're an adult, you should at least let us know before you go out. You have no idea how worried we are..."
Meow~~~
"Meow." Shen Wuqiu beckoned to the white cat, which immediately ran to her and rubbed against her legs. She bent down and picked up the white cat before saying to her father, "I'm sorry for making you worry."
His tone was low and his expression was one of utter defeat.
Seeing his pitiful expression, how could Mr. Shen still be angry? "What happened?"
"It's nothing." Shen Wuqiu shook her head, feeling weak and powerless. She had no choice but to put the white cat back on the ground.
Su Yunzhi: "You don't look like you're alright. After all, we're family. If something happens, you should say it as soon as possible."
Her deliberately high-pitched voice always sounded strange and unpleasant, and even her good intentions seemed to carry a hint of malice.
Shen Wuqiu rubbed her throbbing temples, feeling weak all over. She instinctively tried to brace herself against the door frame, but her vision blurred and she was about to collapse when the white cat suddenly meowed at Su Yunzhi.
Su Yunzhi, who was leaning against the other side of the door frame, reacted to the sound and quickly helped her up.
Clearly, Su Yunzhi hadn't expected her to be so weak, and she frowned, "What's wrong?"
The dizziness grew stronger and stronger, and Shen Wuqiu could barely stand. She could only let Su Yunzhi help her to sit on the sofa. After leaning against the sofa for a while, she felt a little better.
Although Su Yunzhi kept muttering to herself, she still poured her some warm water and fed it to her lips. "You look terrible... If you're not feeling well, you should see a doctor and rest. Why did you run out without a word..."
Mr. Shen felt both distressed and worried. "Alright, say less. Can't you see how upset she is?"
Being treated with kindness only to be met with disdain, Su Yunzhi retorted irritably, "Do you think I don't know she's feeling unwell? She's just as stubborn as you. She vomited all day yesterday, didn't eat anything, and wouldn't go to the hospital. Who can she blame for feeling unwell now?"
Shen Wuqiu took a couple of sips of water from her hand, but as soon as she drank, the familiar feeling of nausea surged up again. She quickly moved to the nearby trash can, "Ugh..."
Su Yunzhi put down her water glass. "She spits out even after just a sip of water. How can this be allowed to continue?"
Mr. Shen stood to the side, his brows furrowed. After a while, he said seriously, "Call Hua Zi and have him come and take Qiu Qiu to the hospital."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wuqiu quickly raised her head and waved her hand, saying, "No need, I just went to the hospital today..."
"So what's going on?"
Shen Wuqiu sat slumped on the sofa, her face upturned, without saying a word. The white cat nestled beside her and licked her hand.
Upon seeing this, Mr. Shen's heart jumped into his throat. "You child, say something!"
Shen Wuqiu shook her head and said weakly, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
As she spoke, she tried to sit up.
Mr. Shen pressed her down to sit down. "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going back to my room to lie down for a while; my head is spinning."
"Why do you vomit like this for no reason? Why do you feel dizzy for no reason?"
Shen Wuqiu was speechless. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the wall clock in the living room, where the hands had already pointed to the number 9. She looked around and frowned. "Why don't I see Gu Lingyu?"
"You also said that you were nowhere to be seen since early this morning, and no one answered your phone. Lingyu was very worried and said she was going to look for you, but she hasn't come back yet."
Shen Wuqiu frowned and asked, "When did she leave?"
"He went out without even having breakfast."
Shen Wuqiu looked outside, annoyed that people were meddling, but when she thought about how dark it was outside, she couldn't help but worry, "She doesn't know the area, why did you let her go out?"
The white cat nestled beside her stopped licking her hand, silently jumped off the sofa, and prepared to run outside.
Su Yunzhi noticed it, but didn't think much of it. After glancing at it, she ignored it and said to Shen Wuqiu, "That girl is just as stubborn as you. If we don't let her go, can we tie her up? She'll be gone in the blink of an eye."
Having spent a month or so together, Shen Wuqiu knew what kind of person the girl was. However, he felt uneasy. He didn't say anything else, since the girl had disappeared from her house. "Dad, let my uncle drive me along the way to look for her."
Mr. Shen also liked Gu Lingyu quite a bit, but at this moment, there was a clear difference in their affections: "You're in this state, and you're still worried about others?"
Shen Wuqiu kept her eyes closed, still feeling uneasy, and struggled to sit up.
Mr. Shen held her down, refusing to let her sit up. "Look at your face. Tell me honestly, are you seriously ill?"
"No."
Mr. Shen clearly didn't believe it.
Helpless, Shen Wuqiu had no choice but to make up an illness, "It's just that my stomach is weak at this time of year, and I have a bit of gastroenteritis."
"real?"
"real."
“That won’t solve anything. If it’s just gastroenteritis, go to the town hospital tomorrow for a few days of injections.”
As they were talking, there was a noise coming from the iron gate outside. Su Yunzhi hurriedly went out to see what was going on and saw that Gu Lingyu had returned. She scolded her with a stern face, "Little Miss, you're finally back. You two are such a handful."
Someone asked, feigning ignorance, "Has my sister returned?"
"She's back, she's back. I heard you went out, and she was feeling unwell but still wanted to go see you."
Gu Lingyu beamed with joy and ran into the house, "Sister, I'm back."
I worry when I don't see them, and I get annoyed when I do.
Shen Wuqiu didn't even glance at her, and said coldly with her eyes closed, "If you keep running around like this, you might as well go home now."
Gu Lingyu's smile froze slightly, and she said indignantly, "Who told my sister to disappear without saying a word?"
Shen Wuqiu was amused by her unreasonable argument. "Is this my home or yours?"
These words were a bit hurtful, so Mr. Shen quickly tried to smooth things over, "Qiuqiu, how could you say that? People are just worried. Besides, Lingyu is right. It is indeed wrong of you to not say hello and then not contact them all day."
Shen Wuqiu turned her head away and gave a soft hum.
She's a bit arrogant.
Gu Lingyu immediately stopped feeling wronged, took small steps to sit down next to her, and handed her a few small red cherries, saying, "Here, have some."
Shen Wuqiu dared not eat her food anymore and snorted coldly, "I won't eat it."
Gu Lingyu stubbornly held up the fruit in her hand.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Mr. Shen had no choice but to act as a peacemaker, "Lingyu, what is this?"
"Sour fruit".
"It looks just like a cherry, I thought it was a cherry. Is it edible?"
"You can eat it." Gu Lingyu fed the fruit directly to Shen Wuqiu's lips, coaxing her in a flattering manner, "If you eat this fruit, you won't vomit so badly, sister."
Shen Wuqiu pursed her lips tightly, clearly not intending to eat.
Gu Lingyu persisted, which annoyed Shen Wuqiu. He pushed her hand away, stood up with the help of the sofa, and went upstairs.
Gu Lingyu quickly followed.
Su Yunzhi asked from behind, "Have you two had dinner? Dinner is still on the stove. If you're not going to eat, I'll turn off the stove."
Gu Lingyu touched her stomach and asked Shen Wuqiu, "Sister, have you eaten?"
Shen Wuqiu ignored her completely, so Gu Lingyu could only lick her lips and say, "Let's not eat tonight."
Clearly reluctant, Shen Wuqiu took a couple of steps, but still couldn't bear it, "Then please have Auntie bring it out."
"..." Gu Lingyu also changed her mind and said, "Then I'll eat some with you too, sister."
Shen Wuqiu vomited even after drinking water, so he couldn't eat anything. He symbolically chewed a piece of snow pea. Only after Gu Lingyu had scraped the whole sea bass down to just the skeleton did he get up and go upstairs again.
Seeing that her little tagalong had followed her all the way to her room, Shen Wuqiu's temper flared up again. "What are you doing? I want to sleep."
Gu Lingyu held up the red berries in front of her again, "Sister, have a few."
Shen Wuqiu opened the door and went inside, then closed it decisively.
Gu Lingyu stood silently at the door with the sour fruit in her hand for a moment, then went back to her room, changed her identity, and slipped into Shen Wuqiu's room again.
Shen Wuqiu had gotten used to the white cat, which had learned to open and close the window by itself. After vomiting for two days, she had even vomited up all the acid in her stomach. She felt weak all over and had no strength at all. She didn't even have the energy to wash up. She collapsed onto the bed as soon as she entered the house.
Her hand unconsciously rested on her stomach, but when she thought of Gu Lingyu's absurd claims, she subconsciously moved her hand away. To control these little movements, she deliberately changed her posture, putting her hands together as a pillow, tilting her head to rest her hands behind her head, and looking at the white cat sitting next to her licking its fur, "Do you have kittens?"
Upon hearing this, the white cat stopped licking its fur and meowed.
"Tell me, how many stray cats have you encountered?"
Meow~~
The position wasn't comfortable, so Shen Wuqiu lay back down, closed her eyes, and couldn't help but recall the dreams she had experienced before. She murmured, "You said she came from a dream, but when will she return to the dream?"
The white cat listened intently to her mutterings, pondered for a while, then scratched its little ears with its tiny paws, looking melancholy.
What should we do? My mother said that after eating the pregnancy fruit, we must cultivate our character and especially avoid having any desires.
But how can a qualified partner allow their partner's desires to be unfulfilled?