Qi Xiaoyan looked at her for a while and said, "It seems that Juanbao is a boy."
Yang Wei blinked: "Who is Juanbao?"
"The one in your belly." Qi Xiaoyan said and went to the kitchen to cook. He paid special attention to using less seasoning when stir-frying the dishes. He thought he should probably buy a detailed pregnancy cookbook and write down all the things he needed to avoid.
Yang Wei was quite satisfied to have a full meal without having to do anything herself. After eating, she showed Qi Xiaoyan her medication and pregnancy handbook, and was then told to go to bed. She nestled in her blankets, looking at Qi Xiaoyan standing to the side, and asked, "Are you going out?"
"Okay, I'll go to school and bring all my things back."
Yang Wei: "..."
She knew things would turn out this way.
Qi Xiaoyan seemed to suddenly remember something and asked again, "Do your parents know you're pregnant?"
Yang Wei muttered softly, "I didn't tell anyone."
"So it seems I'm the first one to know?" Qi Xiaoyan looked at her with a half-smile, bent down and kissed her forehead. "You go to sleep, I'll be back soon."
Yang Wei obediently went to sleep. After driving back to school, Qi Xiaoyan prepared to move his belongings home in batches. He took out a cardboard box, packed some books and documents inside, and then took out a suitcase from next to the wardrobe, stuffing in some summer clothes, his computer, and his divorce certificate. He looked around the house and carefully packed all the photo frames he had taken from home into the suitcase.
When they arrived home, Yang Wei was still asleep. Qi Xiaoyan didn't wake her and quietly began packing. When Yang Wei opened her eyes, she saw him hanging his shirt in the closet. She had seen this scene many times before, and seeing it again now touched her deeply.
She crawled out of bed, and Qi Xiaoyan, hearing the noise, turned around to look at her: "Awake?"
"Mmm." Yang Wei hugged his waist from behind and rubbed against his back. Qi Xiaoyan chuckled and looked down at her: "What are you doing? Are you being affectionate?" Yang Wei used to be affectionate with him from time to time, and he actually quite liked seeing her being affectionate.
Yang Wei just kept nuzzling against herself without answering, so Qi Xiaoyan turned around and hugged her, asking from above her head, "Are you hungry?"
Yang Wei couldn't help but chuckle: "Juanjuan, I've noticed that you've become several levels gentler since you found out you were going to be a father."
Qi Xiaoyan disagreed, saying, "I've always been gentle."
Yang Wei blatantly mocked him a few times, earning a kiss from Qi Xiaoyan in return. Yang Wei looked up at him and said lazily, "You've become even more fond of kissing me."
Qi Xiaoyan smiled but didn't say anything. His baby had another baby in his belly, and just thinking about it made his heart melt.
During dinner, Qi Xiaoyan said he needed to complete the remarriage procedures as soon as possible and also inform his parents. Yang Wei thought of what her mother had said about Professor Qi getting a beating, and her gaze towards him was full of sympathy.
Qi Xiaoyan made an appointment with her to have dinner at his house next Sunday, so he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Yang Wei nestled on the sofa, eating fruit and watching TV. If she had known that being waited on was so comfortable, she would have told Qi Xiaoyan the good news a long time ago.
After washing the dishes, Qi Xiaoyan came out, grabbed her keys, and prepared to leave: "I'm going to the supermarket to buy some things."
"I'm going too." Yang Wei stood up from the sofa and walked towards the door. Qi Xiaoyan frowned slightly, wanting her to stay home: "The supermarket is crowded, what if you get jostled?"
Yang Wei took his arm and helped herself put on her shoes: "Mr. Qi, you're overreacting. I'm going to school again tomorrow. Are you planning to make me resign?"
Qi Xiaoyan replied matter-of-factly, "Resigning is fine, I can support you and Juanbao."
Yang Wei looked up at him, then pulled him outside, saying, "Even if you're willing, I'm not. Raising a child is expensive; we need to earn more money for baby formula while we can."
After the two left the residential area, Yang Wei thought for a moment and said to Qi Xiaoyan, "Juanjuan, let's go to the supermarket that's a little further away, just as an after-dinner walk."
"Okay." Moderate exercise is still necessary for pregnant women, so Qi Xiaoyan decided to accompany Yang Wei for a walk every night from now on.
After browsing the food section of the supermarket, Qi Xiaoyan went to the fruit and vegetable section to pick out fruit: "Eat more apples, and your baby will have great skin."
"Really?" Yang Wei raised an eyebrow and followed Qi Xiaoyan to pick apples. Although she didn't particularly like apples, she still had to eat one every day for Juanbao's skin.
"Once the grapes come out, eat more grapes. I heard that it will make the child's eyes bigger."
Yang Wei blinked, then looked at Qi Xiaoyan beside her and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Qi Xiaoyan turned her head and glanced at her: "What are you laughing at?"
Yang Wei said, "It doesn't seem like something Professor Qi would say something so unscientific."
Qi Xiaoyan didn't say anything and went to the side to pick out oranges. Yang Wei followed him and poked his cheek with her finger: "What to do? Professor Qi is so cute when he's going to be a dad, hahaha."
Qi Xiaoyan gently pushed her hand away, glanced at the two bags of fruit, and asked as if changing the subject, "Do you need any more lemons?"
"No need, we have plenty at home."
Qi Xiaoyan remained noncommittal, letting Yang Wei take her arm as they pushed the shopping cart to the checkout.
When Yang Wei came out of the shower that evening, Qi Xiaoyan was already lying in his usual spot, and he had even brought back the pillow that he had stolen years ago. Yang Wei went over and lay down next to him, said goodnight, and turned off the light.
In the darkness, a pair of unusually bright eyes stared at her, their intense gaze impossible to ignore. Yang Wei finally couldn't help but say, "Juanjuan, I won't be able to sleep if you keep staring at me."
Qi Xiaoyan brushed a strand of hair from the side of her face, her voice sounding particularly alluring in the night: "I just want to look at you."
Yang Wei twitched her lips, somewhat helplessly: "I have to go to work tomorrow."
Qi Xiaoyan tilted her head and looked at her for a while, then suddenly smiled and pulled her into her arms: "Baby, I'm so happy today, really happy."
Yang Wei thought for a while in his arms and suggested, "If you really can't sleep, go down and run five laps around the neighborhood."
Qi Xiaoyan: "..."
Author's Note: Emma, I think this chapter is so sweet, and it will probably stay sweet until the end (* /ω＼*). Thank you to all the little angels who wished me a happy birthday yesterday. Although I don't know when your birthdays are, I wish you happiness every day! I also want to thank the little angel Ying Lingxue who gave Juanbao the name [doge]. Below are the sponsors: Ying_si threw a grenade at 2015-04-27 21:09:26; Shiyu-chan threw a landmine at 2015-04-27 21:11:27; lestat threw a grenade at 2015-04-27 21:20:22; Coby6211 threw a landmine at 2015-04-27 21:53:12; and Ga Cai. A landmine was thrown at 22:29:53 on April 27, 2015. Su Tan threw a landmine at 23:08:18 on April 27, 2015. Shui Di threw a landmine at 23:39:31 on April 27, 2015. Wei Shou Tianzhen threw a grenade at 00:00:49 on April 28, 2015. Aaaaaaa threw a landmine at 00:42:04 on April 28, 2015. Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting... a landmine was thrown at 10:18:14 on April 28, 2015. Xiao Yu Tang threw a grenade at 11:53:41 on April 28, 2015. Thank you, little angels, I love you all (づ￣3￣)づ╭?——
45
Yang Wei was woken up by Qi Xiaoyan the next day. She groggily reached for her phone and saw that it was already seven o'clock.
Startled, Yang Wei asked curiously, "Why didn't the alarm go off?" She remembered that she had always set it to 6:40 and hadn't changed it.
Qi Xiaoyan stood by the bed looking at her, who seemed to have finished washing up: "The alarm clock is too loud, I'm afraid it will scare you, so I'll wake you up from now on."
Yang Wei blinked at him but didn't comment.
"Get up quickly, breakfast is ready." Qi Xiaoyan said and turned to leave. Yang Wei slowly got up, took a navy blue striped dress from the closet, and put it on. After washing up, she went to the dining room, where a bowl of oatmeal porridge, a small bowl of steamed egg custard, and a small glass of milk were on the table.
Yang Wei pulled out a chair and sat down, raising an eyebrow at him: "So lavish? What time did you get up to prepare this?"
“These won’t take much time.” Qi Xiaoyan had the same food as Yang Wei in front of her, only in larger portions. As he spoke, he handed her a glass of warm lemon water: “This is specially prepared for you to relieve morning sickness.”
Yang Wei took the lemonade and sipped it, feeling incredibly happy. It felt like a lowly maid had suddenly become the empress.
Yang Wei hasn't been vomiting much lately, and her appetite has actually improved quite a bit. Qi Xiaoyan was initially worried that she wasn't eating enough, so she made her breakfast in smaller portions, but judging from today's situation, she can prepare a normal-sized breakfast for her tomorrow.
After Yang Wei finished eating and drinking, she went inside to comb her hair. When she came out, one side of her black hair was tucked behind her ear with the same flower-shaped rhinestone hair clip, making her look stylish and pretty. She winked at Qi Xiaoyan and asked, "Does it look good?"
"It's beautiful." Qi Xiaoyan lowered his head and kissed her, then took her hand and walked towards the door. "We'll be late if we don't hurry."
Yang Wei got into the car with him, and Qi Xiaoyan started the car and said, "I'll pick you up after get off work."
Yang Wei thought for a moment and said, "Wouldn't it be inconvenient to run like this?" After all, Qi Xiaoyan also has a lot of things to do at school, and the distance between Imperial University and No. 1 Primary School is not very close.
"It's okay, I'll talk to the school leaders about it today." He felt he should also report the situation to Yang Wei's school. Just then, he ran into the fifth-grade headmaster at the school gate.
The grade leader was a middle-aged man who appeared to be the gentle and intellectual type, but in reality, he had a terrible temper and his scolding was incredibly sharp. Yang Wei was subconsciously a little afraid of him, just like she was afraid of her homeroom teacher when she was in school. However, Professor Qi had no such concerns at all, and he and the grade leader were having a very engrossed conversation at the school gate.
"What?! Ms. Yang is pregnant?" The grade leader's exclamation drew the attention of many passersby, and even the chubby security guard at the gate perked up his ears.
Qi Xiaoyan nodded and said, "Yes, so I hope the school can take care of her a little." Elementary school students are different from university students; they are at a lively and active age, and he was genuinely a little worried.
Although the grade leader had a fiery temper, he was still very caring towards the teachers and students: "Mr. Qi, rest assured, we will definitely protect Ms. Yang and make sure she doesn't have to do any heavy or tiring work."
Yang Wei felt a little embarrassed, but what was even more embarrassing was yet to come. During the morning self-study session, the grade leader personally went to Class 2 of Grade 5 and announced in a stern voice: "Students, your teacher Yang is pregnant, so you should be more obedient and not make her angry. Also, do not fight or make noise in the corridor or classroom. If you bump into Teacher Yang, you will have to compensate her with yourselves, and she may not even agree to it."
After hearing his words, the students fell silent for a moment before bursting into chatter, all looking at Yang Wei with great curiosity. Yang Wei felt a bit pressured, but the grade leader came over and patted her on the shoulder, saying, "Teacher Wang will be back next month, then you'll be able to relax a bit."
Yang Wei nodded in agreement and followed him back to the office.
Liang Minghao finally snapped out of his shock. Wasn't Teacher Yang already divorced? How could she be pregnant? And whose child is it?!
He inwardly complained that the grade leader's speech didn't get to the point, then secretly pulled out his smartphone from his bag and texted his uncle: "Uncle, Ms. Yang is pregnant. You're really dead meat :)"
Fang Chengran: "..."
He stared at the text message in silence for a long time, but still managed to resist the urge to call Yang Wei.
Within a morning, the news of Yang Wei's pregnancy had spread throughout the entire grade. After class, Teacher Yao, carrying her English books, hurried over to Yang Wei and asked, "I heard from the grade leader that you're pregnant, is it true?"
Yang Wei pursed her slightly dry lower lip: "Really."
Teacher Yao sat down next to her and grasped her hand with some emotion: "Whose child is it?"
Yang Wei twitched the corner of her mouth and replied, "Qi Xiaoyan."
Teacher Yao stared at her in surprise for a long time before saying, "But... doesn't he like men?"
Yang Wei: "..."
She coughed dryly and began to change the subject: "You said you went on a blind date last time, how did it go?"
Teacher Yao winked at her smugly: "I've found an outdoor sport that's not tiring and is also intellectually stimulating to be my hobby."
Yang Wei asked curiously, "What?"
"Playing mahjong."
Yang Wei: "..."
So in the end you two successfully developed into... card-playing buddies?
She should return the copy of "The Art of War" from the drawer to her.
In the afternoon, Qi Xiaoyan picked her up from get off work on time, and after returning home, he diligently prepared dinner. Yang Wei was rummaging through something in the living room. After Qi Xiaoyan put the cooked dishes on the table, he walked over to her and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Oh, this." Yang Wei looked up and handed him the brochure in her hand. "Someone gave me a flyer before, saying it was for a parents' classroom."
"Parents' Classroom?"
“Yes, it’s like a parent experience classroom, specifically designed to teach expectant fathers and mothers how to take care of their babies,” Yang Wei said, looking at him. “I originally wanted to sign up, but this course requires two people to participate together.”
Qi Xiaoyan looked at the brochure for a while and commented, "It looks pretty good, quite professional." He put the brochure on the coffee table, then leaned down to look at her, supporting himself with his hand. "I'll go with you."
Yang Wei smiled and said, "Then I'll go sign up."
"I'll report it. Now go wash your hands and eat."
Life went on happily under Qi Xiaoyan's care. On Sunday, Professor Qi dressed up in his finest clothes, bought Yang's father's favorite Pu'er tea, and went to the Yang family with Yang Wei as if heading to a battlefield.
Yang Wei had mentioned this to her mother before, so the whole family was there today, and even Yang Ming made a special trip back home to see what was going on.
Yang Wei looked at her parents, who were sitting upright, and called out in a very obsequious tone, "Mom—"
Mrs. Yang gave her a helpless look; today was Mr. Yang's day. Qi Xiaoyan handed the beautifully wrapped gift box to Mr. Yang: "Dad..."
"Who's your dad!" He only managed to utter one word before Yang's father rudely interrupted him, "You and Weiwei are already divorced, don't call me that."
Qi Xiaoyan, still holding the gift box in her hand, said without changing her expression, "I came here today to talk to you about this matter. Yang Wei and I are planning to remarry."
"You think you can just remarry like that? What do you take our Weiwei for?!" Mr. Yang jumped up from the sofa, looking at Qi Xiaoyan arrogantly. Qi Xiaoyan put the gift box on the table and looked directly at Mr. Yang: "We were indeed too impulsive in our divorce before. This time, we have thought it through carefully before remarrying, and we won't be as hasty as before."