Chapter 19 Part 2

When Lin Zhexia pushed open the door and entered the house, Lin He was watching TV in the living room.

The woman’s hair gently gathered behind her head, she turned around and called out, “Xiaxia, you’re back?”

She then frowned, “Why did you go out dressed like that? Where’s your jacket? It’s so cold outside today.”

Lin Zhexia, “I was in such a hurry that I forgot.”

Lin He was very angry, “Why didn’t you forget yourself outside then?”

Lin Zhexia made up an excuse and explained, “I went out with a classmate and we sat in a cafe, so I wasn’t cold at all, really.”

Lin He didn’t believe her at first, but when she went to hold Lin Zhexia’s hand, she found that it was indeed quite warm.

“Be more careful next time,” Lin He could only suppress her urge to scold her, “Use your brain before doing anything.”

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Lin Zhexia looked at the steaming glass cup on the coffee table while tightly grasping the wishing card tucked inside her oversized sleeves. She tried to summon the courage to talk to Wei Ping.

But the silence in the room was too heavy, and she was a bit afraid to speak up.

She clutched the wishing card.

And recalled Chi Yao’s words when he left.

——”Scaredy cat.”

——”Go and try opening your arms.”

Wei Ping sat opposite Lin Zhexia and was about to ask her why she wasn’t drinking the water when he heard her call him.

“Uncle Wei.”

Wei Ping immediately replied, “Hm? What’s wrong?”

Lin Zhexia’s fingers tightened, and she said unnaturally, “I, actually, I’ve been wanting to tell you for a long time, I actually don’t like pink. If you want to bring me a gift, if it possible if you don’t buy those pink plushies?”

Wei Ping was taken aback at first, even Lin He next to him was also stunned.

Then he smiled, somewhat relieved and happy, “Okay, Uncle knows now. Then what do you like? Uncle will take notes.”

Lin Zhexia’s tense fingers loosened a bit, “If you ask me right now, I can’t think of anything.”

“Anyway, I’m a girl with a tough personality.”

“Okay,” Wei Ping nodded, “you’re tough.”

Wei Ping asked again, “Do you like toy guns? Uncle liked those kinds of tough toys when I was young.”

Lin Zhexia, “That’s a bit too tough, not suitable.”

They have been a family for so many years.

Yet this was the first time that she has chatted with Wei Ping with an unguarded attitude.

The content of the conversation was very ordinary, there was nothing special.

But Lin Zhexia knew very well that beneath the surface of this ordinary conversation, something had quietly changed.

It was like a little girl who really wanted to open the door and communicate with the person outside. She finally opened that door.

Before opening the door, the little girl thought there would be many dangers outside.

But after opening the door, she found that she had been embraced by the outside world all along.

Even the key to opening that door was just a simple “I actually don’t like pink”.

The atmosphere was too good this evening, so Lin He cleared her throat and said, “Xiaxia, I also have something to say… I’m pregnant.”

Lin He explained, “I just found out recently. I’ve been wanting to tell you earlier, but this child came too unexpectedly. Your Uncle Wei and I never planned to have children, and we have always been taking contraceptive measures.”

Indeed, they had never mentioned having children to her in all these years.

“The main reason we didn’t tell you is that we haven’t decided whether or not to keep this child.”

Wei Ping added, “This is definitely something that needs to be carefully considered. We also need to consider your thoughts. Having multiple children in a family is not something to be taken lightly. Moreover, the doctor also advised us to consider it carefully. Your mother is older now, and having a child at this age is very harmful to her health and can be risky.”

It was really windy at night.

This winter was very cold.

But Lin Zhexia felt that the coldness around her had been dispelled.

Finally, she heard herself say, “If you do keep the child, I hope it’s a sister, so I can braid her hair.”

–

Lin He was pregnant and needed to sleep early.

After chatting for a while, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Lin Zhe Xia washed up and lay in bed, hugging her blanket and rolling around in bed for a while.

Then she picked up her phone and sent a message to Chi Yao to report on the situation.

-I, Young Master Lin, have always been someone who keeps her word.

-I have fulfilled your wish.

-[Appears with a rose in mouth]

-[Cool sunglasses]

After sending these messages, she remembered something and got up again.

Before returning home, she took off the jacket and returned it to Chi Yao, but the scarf was still around her neck.

However, Lin He was too busy noticing that she wasn’t wearing her jacket to notice the scarf.

The scarf was now lying quietly on the desk.

As she held the scarf, many images flashed through her mind.

There was the image of her begging Chi Yao to help her knit the scarf at his house.

There was also the image of her crying at the lake as she hid inside the scarf, just moments ago.

The scarf was very soft.

It was knitted by the youth who seemed indifferent to everyone.

She suddenly didn’t want to give the scarf away.

“Anyway, I was going to change the gift in the first place,” She said quietly to herself, “and it’s not like I knitted it myself, it wouldn’t be right to give it as a gift. Plus, I’ve worn it and cried into it, so… it’s not unreasonable if I secretly keep it for myself, right?”

She folded the scarf and put it solemnly in the wardrobe.

Then she carefully flattened the crumpled wishing card and put it into her favorite fairy tale book.

When she lay back in bed, she saw that Chi Yao replied.

There were two messages.

-Young Master Lin’s quite trustworthy

And another one.

-Sleep early, scaredy cat.