Half a year later.

"Slow down, stop and rest by eating some grapes," Zhou Qi shouted behind me, carrying a backpack on his shoulders and holding freshly washed grapes in his hands.

I ignored him and walked ahead quickly.

Just as I raised my head, I saw two familiar faces.

"You?"

"You guys..."

I carefully looked at the sign on the door of the ophthalmology department, which read "Gynecology Outpatient Clinic".

"Are you... really pregnant?"

Qingqing squinted her eyes and looked me up and down.

"No, I'm just wearing a fake belly for a prenatal check-up to see if the doctor is qualified or not," I forced a smile.

"Congratulations," Ye Lisheng didn't want to chat with me too much, and pulled Qingqing to leave.

"Don't touch me!"

Qingqing suddenly got angry.

"What's wrong? Feeling guilty because you ran into your ex-girlfriend?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't embarrass me in public."

"Am I embarrassing you? Who is embarrassed and who knows it best."

Ye Lisheng glanced at me, who was enjoying the gossip, and whispered.

"Enough, let's talk at home if you have something to say."

"Talk at home? If we talk at home, then you and your mother will push all the blame onto me. Now that the medical report is out and shows that you can't get pregnant, have you realized it?"

I was slightly shocked, and accidentally ate a big scoop.

At this time, Zhou Qi caught up, holding another box of washed cherries in his hand.

He shielded me, afraid that this couple would start arguing and involve me.

"Qingqing!"

Ye Lisheng also got angry.

"Do you have to expose our family secrets in front of everyone? Now that this has happened, can you feel proud of yourself?"

She sneered.

"That's not important, what matters is that I can vent my anger," Qingqing replied...

"Very Qingqing-like!"

Ye Lisheng was choked by her, not knowing what to say.

Zhou Qi and I were already watching the show and eating fruit, gossip is appetizing.

"Fine, you're not leaving, right?" He glanced at the gathering crowd and said, "Then I'm leaving!"

Qingqing began to act unreasonably.

Perhaps because of the issue of not getting pregnant, she had been wronged at home, and now that the test report was out, it was all just a scapegoat. Ye Lisheng didn't comfort her, but was talking to her loudly outside, which made her overwhelmed with grievances.

"You're leaving, if you leave today, we're getting a divorce!"

Qingqing shouted at Ye Lisheng's back, her loud voice attracting everyone's attention.

Ye Lisheng paused for a moment, hesitated, but couldn't stand the curious gazes of the onlookers, and left straight away.

Tears welled up in Qingqing's eyes, she bit her lower lip in distress, and ran after him.

Zhou Qi put the empty food box into his backpack, held me close and walked forward, his tone carrying a tinge of bitterness.

"What, still thinking about your ex-boyfriend's family affairs?"

"I can still visualize their lovey-dovey appearance, how did things turn out like this in such a short time..."

I sighed, commenting on the situation.

"Pitying your ex-boyfriend?"

I glared at him.

"Do you want to become my ex-boyfriend?"

"Shh!" He put his finger on my lips, "Don't say such unlucky words."

Me: "..."

At night.

I stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the bustling city, and touched my stomach. I suddenly felt a sense of unreality that there was a little life growing inside me.

"What are you thinking?"

Zhou Qi walked over and gently hugged me from behind.

I turned my head to look at him, finding a comfortable position leaning against him.

"Zhou Qi."

"What's wrong?" He straightened me up, earnestly observing my expression, "Are your emotions affected by the hormones of being pregnant?"

Seeing his nervous expression, I suddenly wanted to laugh.

"I just suddenly thought that if I hadn't met you, I would have planned to be single for the rest of my life."

"Hmm..." He pretended to be thinking, "Then you should really thank me."

This man is allergic to romance.

I turned around and leaned against his embrace, enjoying a moment of tranquility with him.

After breaking up with Ye Lisheng, I felt down for a while because he quickly entered into a marriage.

I also hesitated whether to speed up the process of marriage due to societal pressure.

However, it wasn't until I met Zhou Qi that I understood the one thing I must not deceive—my own heart.

Like all young girls in love and confusion, I had expectations for marriage and fears of being with the wrong person.

While lost, I secretly told myself that if I ever met someone who made me feel that life with him was better than being alone, then I should bravely take that step.

If there wasn't such a person, being independent in personality, spirit, and wealth could also bring me happiness.