Chapter 10: The House on Golden Avenue
After hearing Wang Zhao's words, Li Zhenguan's expression became even worse.
At the table earlier, Wang Zhao clearly hadn't eaten much either. He had originally been enduring the discomfort and forced down one bite, but then the nausea came up, forcing him to make a trip to the bathroom, after which he couldn't eat anymore.
Now that Wang Zhao had said those two words to him, he momentarily thought she was tired of him, and fell into self-blame.
Wang Zhao hadn't noticed this yet. She walked ahead carrying the takeout box, paid the bill at the front desk, and only looked back at Li Zhenguan after taking a few steps out of the restaurant.
She found that his expression was very off, his face had even turned somewhat pale.
"What's wrong?" Wang Zhao stopped and asked softly, "Still not feeling well?"
Li Zhenguan lowered his head without speaking. His fingers twitched, wanting to reach for Wang Zhao's hand, but he didn't dare.
Wang Zhao stood opposite him, unable to see the emotions in the man's eyes. She furrowed her brow slightly, suppressing the slight annoyance in her heart, her voice still gentle.
Her treatment of Li Zhenguan now was mostly out of a sense of responsibility. Although he was within her aesthetic range, he was still too troublesome, making her somewhat uncomfortable.
"I wasn't considerate enough earlier. You're just at three months now, which is when morning sickness is at its peak."
"Let's go, we'll talk more after we go downstairs," she said.
Hearing this, Li Zhenguan glanced up at the woman, the paleness on his face now diminishing. He nodded.
In the elevator, Wang Zhao spoke up: "I'm not too full either. Is there anything else you want to eat besides Sichuan and Hunan cuisine?"
She added, "Nothing too heavy though. Before we left, uncle specifically reminded me to be mindful of the diet, and we have a prenatal checkup tomorrow morning."
After get in the car, she put the takeout box in the back seat. Li Zhenguan finally said in a low voice that he wanted to eat noodles.
This surprised her a bit.
"What kind of noodles?"
"Clear soup silver thread vegetarian noodles," Li Zhenguan said a bit embarrassedly. He added, "It's a Sichuan snack."
"I just suddenly had a craving for it," he said, glancing at Wang Zhao again. But Wang Zhao's face showed no expression, she just nodded and looked at her phone seriously. His eyelashes trembled a few times, clearly somewhat disappointed.
However, Wang Zhao didn't notice this at the moment. She sat in the car checking her phone and found that there was a noodle shop not far from her home that happened to have a dish called exactly that. She couldn't help but feel relieved.
She was afraid if they delayed any longer, it would be dark.
After finding this nearby noodle shop, she asked Li Zhenguan, and then drove there.
This trip took over an hour. The noodle shop was a very small restaurant. Wang Zhao was a bit worried at first, after all, Li Zhenguan was pregnant. But she found that although small, the restaurant was quite clean, so her furrowed brow relaxed a little.
However, she still decided in her heart that next time they went on a date, she should consider things more thoroughly and try to avoid eating out. Li Zhenguan seemed quite delicate.
By the time they finished eating, it was already very late. The original plan to go watch a movie was also cancelled, because the pregnant man needed to go to bed early, as staying up late was bad for his health.
Despite the pregnant man's objections, she directly sent Li Zhenguan home. By then it was already past seven, and it was eight o'clock by the time she got home.
She replied to Li Zhenguan's message saying she had arrived home. As soon as she opened the door, she heard movement from the living room.
Wang Xuechun and Zhang Ke were sitting in the living room watching TV. They looked over almost as soon as they heard the movement at the door, clearly waiting for her, otherwise the two would have already returned to their room.
"Did you send Zhenguan home?" Wang Xuechun asked.
Wang Zhao nodded.
Only then did Wang Xuechun make a sound of acknowledgment, and then didn't know what else to say. The child had grown up, and she was habitually absent in playing a role in Wang Zhao's life, so some words couldn't be said.
Instead, it was the father who smiled and beckoned, "Zhao'er, come over here for a moment. We have something to tell you."
Wang Zhao didn't understand what it was about, but still walked over and sat on the single sofa in the living room. At this time, she looked up and saw an old-looking box placed on the coffee table in front of her. It looked quite ancient.
The box was already open, with some things inside that looked like contracts or documents.
She had some guesses in her heart and couldn't help but look at the two people sitting on the sofa.
"Your father and I have discussed it and decided to tell you about the family situation," Wang Xuechun spoke up at this time.
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