obsessed with love

Chapter 206 The Child's Name
In the end, Du Ruo was almost dragged to the door of the house by Qiao Anming. As soon as the door opened, she immediately stumbled into the living room and sank into the sofa. She felt sore all over her body and didn't want to move at all.

Qiao Anming threw the room card on the tea table and said, "Go take a shower, you're sweating after walking so much, you'll catch a cold if you cover your body."

But the person on the sofa was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to lift his eyelids: "I don't have the strength to move anymore, let me rest for a while, you go wash first..."

"It's only been more than three months, and it's exhausting after walking this little way. I guess I will give birth to a girl as you wish!"

"Why?" Du Ruo asked lazily, exhaling.

"Haven't you heard that the mother is lazy during pregnancy, and the chances of having a daughter are relatively high..."

"Really..." Du Ruo only took it as a joke, but finally raised his eyelids, but quickly put his legs on the coffee table, as if he was going to lie there overnight, Qiao Anming had no choice but to bow He held her across his arms.

"Hey... what are you doing..."

"Take you to take a bath!"

"Ah, I don't need you to hug me, I can walk by myself..."

"Didn't you say that you are too tired to move? You are such a big man, you have to be responsible for what you say...!"

Qiao Anming smiled mischievously, and put Du Ruo and his clothes in the bathtub...

Half an hour later, Qiao Anming also took a shower and returned to the bathroom, only to find that Du Ruo had fallen asleep wrapped in a quilt, but his eyes were closed too tightly, and fine lines were squeezed out of the smooth corners of the eyes.

He patted her shoulder with his hand, and said lightly: "Don't pretend to be asleep, it's not like..."

"Damn! Can you see this too? Old man..." Du Ruo opened her eyes and sat up discouraged, but saw Qiao Anming holding a box in his hand, which was the one she saw on the sofa before dinner.

"What? Maternity underwear again?"

He smiled out of the corner of his eyes and didn't answer. He just opened the box and took out an instrument from it. It was a small thing, a bit like a telephone.

Du Ruo moved her face curiously. Before asking, Qiao Anming had already started to explain slowly: "I asked Xiao Zhou to buy a home fetal heart rate tester. In the future, you don't have to go to the hospital for a fetal heart rate test. You can do it at home... You lie down, Let me try…"

Du Ruo also felt the novelty, so he followed his words and lay flat on the bed. Qiao Anming inserted the earphones into the headphone jack according to the instructions, turned on the screen display button, then lifted Du Ruo's pajamas, and placed the small probe on her lower abdomen, but Moving left and right, after tossing for a long time, he still didn't hear a sound, and he was a little anxious, so he muttered: "It's impossible not to hear it. If it is said on the Internet that it is less than 5 months old, the fetal heart rate should be below the navel, but why? After listening for so long, you still can’t hear it?”

Du Ruo felt a little guilty when he said this, so he pulled out an earphone and inserted it into his ear. After tossing for a long time, the two of them were sweating, but they still didn't hear any sound.

"Could it be that the baby is asleep, so I can't hear it?"

"Impossible, even if you are asleep, you should still have a heartbeat..." Qiao Anming didn't give up, and moved the probe back and forth on Du Ruo's lower abdomen for a while, his brows were already furrowed, and his face was extremely tense and serious.

Du Ruo looked at Qiao Anming who was lying on his lower abdomen and kept moving his probe, his heart was tense, too many emotions were surging, and he couldn't explain clearly.

But soon Qiao Anming put down the probe in frustration, pulled down the earphones, and asked Du Ruo guiltily: "Is it possible that I was too strong last night, so..."

"Impossible!" Du Ruo wanted to slap him. How could this man be so ignorant about this kind of thing: "How can something happen so easily! Maybe we are listening in the wrong place, so we can look again..."

So the two got together and listened for another half an hour, but they still didn't hear a sound. Now Qiao Anming was completely panicked, and took out his mobile phone to call Zhou Lang directly.

"Hey, why do I use the fetal heart rate meter you bought for me to measure the fetal heart rate, but I can't hear any sound. Is there something wrong with your instrument, or is there something wrong with the baby?"

Zhou Lang seemed to be outside, and the background of the other party was a bit noisy. It took a few seconds for the other side to respond, but he said in a voice that could not laugh or cry: "The equipment is fine, and the baby in the stomach is fine!"

"Then why can't you hear the fetal heartbeat?"

"Please, it's a home fetal heart monitor. The baby has just turned three months, so the fetal heart rate is definitely not obvious..."

"Are you sure it's not the baby's problem?" Qiao Anming was so unconfident, but Zhou Lang suddenly smiled and asked, "Why are you so worried about the baby's problem? Did you do something?"

Qiao Anming was stunned for a moment, and regained some of his usual seriousness: "I'm asking you to be serious and speak well. Is it normal that you can't hear the fetal heartbeat?"

Seeing that he was suddenly so serious, Zhou Lang smiled back and replied: "Nothing is wrong, usually the fetus is not so easy to have trouble, but if you are worried, come to the hospital tomorrow..."

...In the end, it turned out to be a very loving baby girl, who completely messed up the warm night of the two of them. In the end, the two of them were depressed and entangled all night. Early the next morning, Qiao Anming took Du Ruo there. Zhou Lang's hospital.

After the inspection, everything is fine, the baby's fetal heart rate is very strong, the oolong last night was a false alarm, and those hickey marks on Du Ruo's chest and neck, although she has covered them with a silk scarf, but the surrounding area is so hot. A discerning eye could tell what was going on with the silk scarf, so for this reason, Qiao Anming was severely teased by Zhou Lang again.

On the way Qiao Anming sent Du Ruo back to the villa, she kept staring at the side of his driving face and wanted to laugh. It was hard to imagine that Qiao Anming, who has always been calm and calm, would look like this when he was nervous about the child. But since that time, Qiao Anming has changed It's very well-behaved, at most it's just hugging or kissing, and it will stop when it's done, and it won't continue.

Mo Youting's body gradually recovered. Du Ruo wanted to visit him several times, but thinking of Qi Meizhen's face, she finally didn't have the courage. However, she would still call him regularly to inquire about his recovery, but only among friends. Condolences and concern are all innocuous words.

But Zheng Xiaoran seemed to have visited Mo Zhai several times, and when he came back, he told Du Ruo that Mo Youting was recovering well, so she didn't have to worry.

The dispute between Zheng Xiaoran and Fatty Huang was also settled out of court. Although Fatty Huang was not convinced, Qiao Anming hired a good lawyer. Not only did Fatty Huang agree to the out-of-court settlement, he even helped to minimize Zheng Xiaoran's compensation. In order to express his gratitude, Zheng Xiaoran clamored to invite Du Ruo and Qiao Anming to dinner. Du Ruo told Qiao Anming about the meal, but he politely refused.

"I help my friend because of you, so I accept your friend's favor, and I don't need to eat, so as not to waste money!"

This is Qiao Anming's way of dealing with things, calm, sober, with a steelyard in his heart, all people and things are clearly separated, and it is clear that he helped Zheng Xiaoran because she is Du Ruo's friend, otherwise He wouldn't waste his time taking care of such nosy matters.

Du Ruo also understood his position, so he called Zheng Xiaoran without forcing him, but Zheng Xiaoran said on the other end: "Actually, I know that your Uncle Qiao will not come to eat this meal. It would be strange to eat in his capacity." Yes, but he helped me anyway, so I have to be polite, right?"

The other end of the phone laughed a few times, and then suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "But you come out, just the two of us, have a meal, I have something to tell you..."

At that time, the baby was almost 18 weeks old, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter in June.

Du Ruo found the Spanish restaurant according to the address sent by Zheng Xiaoran. When he walked in, he found that Zheng Xiaoran had arrived and was waving at her. In fact, the two hadn't seen each other for a while. The distance was widened without realizing it, so when Du Ruo saw Zheng Xiaoran asking her out, she was quite happy, so she walked over with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Xiaoran's first words when he saw Du Ruo were: "God...why have you gained so much weight recently? Is it my illusion?"

Du Ruo smiled, and sat across from her: "It's not an illusion, it's true that you've gained a lot of weight, breaking through [-] catties?"

"What's the matter, are you playing to gain weight?"

"Well... I'm trying to grow, because I'm pregnant..."

Zheng Xiaoran was drinking water at the time, and choked when he heard the word "pregnant".

"Pregnant? Haha, this cold joke is so cold..." She coughed and laughed, but after laughing, seeing Du Ruo's face was sullen, not like a joke, Zheng Xiaoran couldn't help looking at Du Ruo's belly, the loose cotton Quality T, sitting there, can already see a slight bulge...

There was a "thud..." in my heart, all kinds of thoughts popped up all at once, and then all went back, and finally my mind was in chaos. I put the water glass back on the table, and asked Du Ruo dullly: "Really, pregnant?"

"Well, 4 months..."

"Qiao Anming's?"

Du Ruo nodded with a smile, and replied with one word: "Yes!"

Zheng Xiaoran looked at Du Ruo's lower abdomen in horror, recalled her "four months" in his mind, and after a few minutes of calculations, he finally regained some sense, and asked incredulously: "That is to say, before your brother rejected you, you already Yes? You have been hiding it from me for so long?"

Du Ruo took a deep breath, leaned his sore back against the back of the sofa, and explained slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't intend to hide it from you, but too many things happened in the middle, and I didn't intend to have this child at first. , but that night you had a miscarriage, I sent you to the hospital, and I made up my mind to keep the child after seeing you in such pain..." Du Ruo explained in messy words, but Zheng Xiaoran didn't seem to be angry, but panted, He put his hands on his chest and leaned against the back of the chair.

"Okay, stop talking, let me take it easy, let me take it easy... This thing is too explosive, beyond the range I can bear..." Zheng Xiaoran took another sip of water impatiently, and his mood stabilized. He just frowned, It seemed that there was a lot to say, but seeing Du Ruo's calm expression, he only said one sentence at the end: "Du Ruo, I admire you very much, where did you get the courage from?"

"You mean to keep the child?"

"Yes, follow a man who is 20 years older than you and has a family, give him a bad name, and bear him a child... If it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it."

"Not necessarily!" Du Ruo interrupted directly, and then smiled softly: "You just haven't met someone who can make you desperate, and do you know that Qiao Anming's wife is barren, and he is 45. No kids, so I want to have one for him."

Du Ruo had never said these words to Qiao Anming. She never created an affectionate image for herself in front of him, for fear of putting too much pressure on him, but these words were from her heart.

Zheng Xiaoran understood Du Ruo's temper, and he couldn't bring back ten cows for the decision, so he didn't persuade her, and didn't ask her about the future.

She also flew moths into the flames for Mo Youting, so she could understand Du Ruo's mood at this time.

The two chatted for a few more words, and the waiter delivered Zheng Xiaoran's food and wine.

"Sorry, I didn't wait for you to come, I ordered it on my own, paella, steak and sangria, but unfortunately you are pregnant, so don't drink the wine, it's your fault!" The glass of sangria was also moved in front of him, looking very happy and satisfied.

Du Ruo glanced at the exquisite dishes in front of him and asked, "It's just a small favor. We have been friends for so many years. Do you need to invite me to such a good place for dinner? I am flattered!"

"Go, I just want to come to eat by myself in the name of treating you to dinner!"

Du Ruo glanced at Zheng Xiaoran in disbelief. Zheng Xiaoran seemed to have put on makeup and hair that day, and wrapped in a skirt that was rare in a century. Although the style and color of the skirt might not suit her, Du Ruo could tell , she was taking the dinner that day very seriously.

Pulling out the menu at hand and flipping through it, Du Ruo gasped.

"Hey, are you stimulated? You just paid bitch Huang a sum of medical expenses, and you actually invited me to such an expensive restaurant?"

"Hmm...the per capita consumption here..." Zheng Xiaoran stretched out five fingers and waggled, quickly took another sip of wine with a smile, and continued: "But it doesn't matter, the last dinner should be more grand, right? "

"What last supper? Why are you so stupid before you drink?"

Zheng Xiaoran returned to seriousness, and put the wine glass back on the table: "Du Ruo, I'm leaving Tongcheng."

"Where to go?"

"Go to Yi County, a small county-level city in Chongzhou."

Du Ruo didn't believe it, and interrupted with a smile: "It's not funny, I don't believe it."

"Really, the company's transfer order has come down. The boss has opened a branch there. If there is no chief, I will volunteer."

"No, you did a good job here, why did you go there?"

"Chief photographer, I will bring a few assistants with me in the future, and I will be a moderate official when I go out." Zheng Xiaoran said with a relaxed face, as if the future is bright, and she is very happy to have such a change.

But Du Ruo was not happy.

"Xiao Ran, tell me the truth, why did you suddenly transfer to Yi County? Is it because of Mo Youting?"

"How can it be, how is it possible, is he so important? It's impossible..." The constant negative sentences and rhetorical questions directly knocked back Du Ruo's conjecture, and finally staggered his eyes from Du Ruo's, pinching impatiently Taking a few sips from the wine glass.

Du Ruo had already guessed the answer in her heart, but she didn't ask any more.She knew that Zheng Xiaoran was strong on the outside, but fragile on the inside. He hadn't done any big things since he was a child, and he hadn't suffered too many painful injuries. He lived an ordinary life until he met Mo Youting, a man of Mo Youting's rank. , to the ordinary Zheng Xiaoran, it was like a scorching sun, instantly illuminating her busy life, scorching hot and shining, she couldn't guard against it at all.

Going to bed with Mo Youting while he was drunk, and even hitting the fat man with a wine bottle, these extreme things are probably the limit for the fragile Zheng Xiaoran, but she actually dared to do it for this man All the extreme things still can't get the result, she knows that going forward will be a dead end, what should she do?She can only find a way out by herself.

But how envious Du Ruo was at that time, smiled slightly, took Zheng Xiaoran's hand that was holding the wine glass tightly, and said a little sourly: "Although I am very reluctant to let you go, I am very happy for you. Let's go, start anew in another city, maybe would have been happier…”

"Yes, I thought so too. I thought you would keep me... Really, you let me go just like that." Zheng Xiaoran pretended to be relaxed and joked, but in fact there were tears in his eyes.

Du Ruo's mind is also as soft as cotton now. Seeing Zheng Xiaoran crying, she also felt her nose sore, but she quickly pinched her hand and patted it a few times, and said with a smile: "Well, it's really hypocritical, it's not about life and death, and I'm really happy for you, because you can still escape, so hurry up and leave while it's still possible..." Du Ruo said and held onto Zheng Xiaoran's hand tightly, and Zheng Xiaoran also understood what she meant. The tears hanging in the eye sockets dripped down immediately after Du Ruo said so.

"It's really disgusting... Is it true that women who are pregnant with children are so disgusting?" Zheng Xiaoran quickly took out a tissue to wipe his tears, and after wiping, he still took a deep breath to calm down a little, and said, "What about you? What are you going to do? Just Are you going to take your child to be entangled with him so vaguely for the rest of your life?"

"I don't know...I'm in the current situation, I'm not qualified to think about the future..."

"Fool!" Zheng Xiaoran scolded, tears were about to fall again: "Don't always be single-minded, but also think for yourself, you will ruin yourself like this, do you understand?"

"I know, but you and I have been friends for so many years, you don't know my temper? Admit it to death, go blind all the way... Okay, don't talk about me, when I give birth later, you have to go back to Tongcheng to see me." Du The more Ruo talked, the more sour his nose felt, and he quickly buried his head down.

Zheng Xiaoran didn't want to make her cry, so he joked again: "Okay, sure, I will be your child's godmother, Qiao Anming's child's godmother...it's awesome to think about it..."

"Pfft..." Du Ruo was amused by her success, and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Next week, the tickets are all bought."

"So fast? Do you want me to do something for you?"

"No need, I don't dare to bother you when you are pregnant with a child. The luggage is almost packed, and part of it has been delivered by courier. The house rented by the company is basically settled."

Du Ruo let out an "oh", feeling a little sour in his heart, finally raised his head and asked, "Does Mo Youting know that you are leaving?"

"I don't know, I didn't tell him."

"Why? I'm leaving, so I have to tell you something." Du Ruo asked a few more questions out of curiosity, but Zheng Xiaoran spread his palms and rubbed his face hard, as if he was in a big tangle.

"I didn't tell him on purpose, because I was afraid of seeing his reaction. If he kept me, I was afraid that I would really not leave after a moment of soft heart, but if he didn't keep me and just watched me go, I will feel sad again, so I finally think about it, I will not talk about it for the time being, and when I get settled there, I will call him to let him know, and it will be a matter."

"When I get settled over there, I'll call him and let him know, it will be a big deal..." Zheng Xiaoran's last words were always kept in Du Ruo's mind.

She once followed Mo Youting to the hotel like a moth, she said she would use "one night for a lifetime", conceived a child for him, took medicine for a week and was sent to the hospital in the middle of the night...

Du Ruo had seen Zheng Xiaoran in the most painful and helpless state, but when she was about to leave, she didn't say anything to Mo Youting, but held a glass of wine and said in a calm tone: "It's just one thing. "... That plain look, as if talking about a very ordinary friend, making a very ordinary farewell.

Du Ruo's throat was so tight that she took a sip of water to calm down the soreness. In fact, she had a lot to say, but when she opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse, so she didn't dare to say more, so she replied: " Well, if you don’t talk about it, don’t talk about it, it’s good for everyone.”

That night Zheng Xiaoran still ate a steak, double paella, plus two glasses of cocktails and a bottle of red wine. Without exception, he was drunk, and when he was drunk enough to pay, he just threw a wad of RMB over.

Du Ruo hurriedly ordered a few bills according to the bill and handed them to the waiter, supported Zheng Xiaoran's body that was about to collapse and said, "You have the face to throw away the money so boldly after eating four figures for a meal, what do you want?" , pretending to be arrogant while drunk?"

"I don't want to be arrogant, I don't lack money, I don't have enough cash, I still have a card... I have a card..." She faltered and said and actually took out a card from her wallet. This card was recognized by Du Ruo, and it was golden. The face of the card still flashes under the light, making people's eyes hurt.

Zheng Xiaoran raised the card in front of Du Ruo: "Did you see it? Gold card, six figures, how many meals is enough? Huh?" Her voice was a bit loud, and soon there were people in the elegant restaurant The guest cast his gaze over, Du Ruo held Zheng Xiaoran's hand, took off the card and inserted it into her wallet for her.

"Hold it, Xiao Ran... I know you're sad, but it's useless to be sad. There is a fate between people. Maybe you don't have enough fate with him. Since you have chosen to leave, just go away. Forget about the past and start over, okay?"

"Forget the past? Start again? Du Ruo, it's so difficult... Do you know why I came to this restaurant to eat? Because he also brought me to this Spanish restaurant, although it was with Tan Meng, but that day He is here, um... right here, just where I am sitting now, he held my shoulder... He said to me affectionately, Xiao Ran is a good person, has a good temper, a straightforward personality, and loves others very much. So I must overcome all difficulties and be with her!... These are his exact words, and I remember them verbatim until now. Although I knew he was acting at the time, I just believed it...Stupid, right, but There is no way, I have no way to keep myself from being stupid..."

At the end of Zheng Xiaoran's speech, Du Ruo couldn't bear to cry, and took Xiaoran, who was half-sitting on the sofa, into his arms.

"...I originally planned to return this card to him, but I didn't have the courage. I was afraid that he would say sorry to me. I hated him for saying sorry to me...I still remember the first time he took me to see Tan Meng, Tan Meng didn't like me, so he took the opportunity to burn my hand. He said that the hand is a woman's second face, and he will be responsible for the burn...I always remember this...I remember every word he said, but in the end I I slept with him, had an abortion, and he used a card to send me... 12, my life is changed overnight, 12..."

Zheng Xiaoran's words were a little messy, and at the end he could only put his arms around Du Ruo's waist, put his face on her lower abdomen and repeated the three words "12"... The crying was loud and grief-stricken, and Du Ruo was so hurt that he couldn't breathe , Throat swollen, but could not cry at all.

(End of this chapter)