As Shen Xuan said this, his face couldn't help but blush again. He lightly hit Lu Yu's shoulder and said shyly, "You were too energetic that day."
"If I wasn't energetic, how would this baby have come about?" Lu Yu listened to Shen Xuan's shy complaint, couldn't help but laugh heartily, and kissed him again and again on the cheek.
"So annoying," Shen Xuan pushed Lu Yu's shoulder, turned around, gently placed a hand on his belly, and whispered, "Let's ignore Mother."
"What did you say!" Lu Yu bared his teeth, pretended to be fierce, turned Shen Xuan's body back, and pinched his nose. "If you talk nonsense again, be careful I'll assert my authority right now."
Hearing this, Shen Xuan suddenly burst into laughter. As if he finally had a shield, he straightened his back and tried to push out his belly, saying, "I'm pregnant."
These five words alone completely defeated Lu Yu. Alright, for the safety of his husband and child, she really couldn't assert her authority anymore, and she wouldn't be able to for a whole month.
Lu Yu swallowed and moved back a little. "I'll cool myself down first."
Although they were joking just now, Shen Xuan could feel Lu Yu's discomfort. He blushed slightly and took the initiative to say, "How about, how about I help you."
If he had said this on a normal day, Lu Yu would have been overjoyed, but today it even made Lu Yu's forehead sweat a few more drops. "No need, I can bear it myself. I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
"Then I'll stay away from you." Hearing Lu Yu's words, Shen Xuan felt touched, knowing that she was genuinely thinking of him. He retreated with her, and the distance between them grew wider and wider. "How about I sleep in another room tonight?"
"No!" How could Lu Yu allow them to sleep in separate rooms? Not even separate beds, let alone separate rooms. "We'll still sleep in the same bed. I'm not driven by lust, why would we sleep separately?"
"Then we won't."
Actually, he didn't want to sleep separately either. He was already used to living with Lu Yu and didn't want to be away from her at night.
"Reach out your hand, I'll check your pulse carefully again. I was too excited just now." Lu Yu scratched her head awkwardly when she said this.
Shen Xuan also laughed at her words and obediently extended his hand, letting Lu Yu take his pulse.
"Your pulse is very stable. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must tell me. I'll check you every night from now on."
"Check every night?" Shen Xuan was very happy and nervous, but not to this extent. He swallowed with difficulty. "Isn't that too frequent?"
"Your wife is a doctor, so you might as well use it. Even if I check once an hour, I'm willing. We have the conditions for it."
Lu Yu calmed down and leaned forward again, hugging Shen Xuan intimately. She wrapped her arms around his waist, placed her hands on top of his hands on his abdomen, and said with excitement mixed with a hint of heartache, "We have a child now, but you'll have to suffer for these few months."
"It's not suffering. This child is very obedient; it hasn't bothered me in two months."
Shen Xuan remembered how uncomfortable Afu had been during her pregnancy. She had been vomiting incessantly since the first month of pregnancy, and even at five months pregnant, she still often felt unwell, with morning sickness not fully gone yet.
"Mhm, the child knows to care for you." Lu Yu now completely went along with Shen Xuan's wishes. "But if you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must tell me so I can help you regulate it."
"Mhm, you don't need to be too nervous." Shen Xuan chuckled. "When Afu was pregnant, you told her not to be too nervous. Why are you so nervous with me?"
"It's different." Lu Yu rubbed Shen Xuan's hair and shook her head. "You and Afu are pregnant husbands. Avoiding tension and maintaining a happy mood are the most important things."
"I am your wife, and I should naturally have a sense of foreboding. Being a little nervous is even better."
"Mhm." Shen Xuan nodded with a smile, stretched out like a kitten, and completely softened into Lu Yu's embrace, saying lazily, "Wife, I'm very happy."
"Me too." Lu Yu leaned against the bed, hugged Shen Xuan's waist, played with his fingers, and said, "I've warned you repeatedly, you must tell me immediately if you feel any discomfort. You are the most important."
After saying that, still afraid Shen Xuan wouldn't listen, she added a stern threat, but her tone couldn't be truly harsh. "If you hide it from me, be careful I—"
"Alright, alright, I promise to tell you everything, every single feeling." Shen Xuan sighed, interrupting Lu Yu's words, a look of helplessness on his face. "Don't worry."
When they slept that night, Lu Yu was even more careful, laying a few more quilts on the bed, afraid of bumping Shen Xuan, which made Shen Xuan laugh incessantly.
But Lu Yu refused to budge, saying seriously, "Now that you're pregnant, your body must be more sensitive than usual. Comfort is the most important thing."
Facing Lu Yu's words, Shen Xuan was speechless. He lay down according to Lu Yu's wishes, hugged Lu Yu's waist tightly with both hands, rubbed against her chest like a kitten, his face beaming with a happy smile, and slowly fell asleep.
The next day, Zheng Mansion.
Gu Yi slept very soundly due to the previous night's frenzy, almost missing the tea ceremony.
Gu Yi, who was sleeping, slowly woke up under the sunlight. The hand resting on his waist was very obvious. The touch of skin against skin felt like an electric shock, instantly waking Gu Yi. He slightly turned his head to look at Zheng Yu, who was still asleep beside him, and his face quietly turned red.
His body stiffened as he tried to pry open the hand on his waist, but that hand seemed to have a will of its own, tightening its grip, and with a final forceful pull, it drew him into an embrace.
The movement of his body made Gu Yi let out a pained cry. Only then did he realize that Zheng Yu had woken up long ago.
"Still hurting?" Hearing Gu Yi's pained cry, Zheng Yu immediately stopped moving, his voice full of guilt.
"It's, it's okay." The two bodies were pressed tightly together, skin touching skin, causing Gu Yi to tremble. He kept shrinking his neck, his whole body burning with shame.
Zheng Yu reached out and rubbed Gu Yi's small, not-so-meaty abdomen. It was smooth and soft, very pleasant.
"Right!" Gu Yi suddenly remembered and, disregarding his shyness, turned to look at Zheng Yu. "We still have to go for the tea ceremony!"
Gu Yi felt the sunlight shining in from outside, his little face scrunched up in anxiety. It was bad, it was really bad, it must be past the time for the tea ceremony now. What should he do?
It wasn't Gu Yi's fault for being anxious. The tea ceremony on the morning of the second day was very important here. It was usually scheduled by the wife's family for the Mao hour (5-7 AM), specifically to give the newly married husband a bit of a hard time. If the new husband was late, it would be a stain on his life, and he would be ridiculed for not observing etiquette at his father-in-law's house.
Although the first few days of marriage seemed very glorious, the hardships actually endured by the groom were beyond words.