"Am I that insignificant in your eyes?" Guo Xuyang scratched his head.
"How many times have you said you would change? How many times have you actually changed?"
"I just couldn't help myself!"
"I can't be bothered with you anymore. Do whatever you want; I can't control you anyway. Your body is your own. Others can't help if their bodies fail prematurely."
"I know, I know you truly care about me. Alright, I'll take you guys back." Guo Xuyang said after getting dressed.
"Fine then." Li Minxi knew that saying more would only make herself angry and solve nothing, so she stopped talking.
As Guo Xuyang was driving Li Minxi and Yezi to the airport, Li Minyu was vomiting uncontrollably in the capital. She didn't know why she was feeling so sick.
"Xiao Yu, you really should go to the hospital. I don't think this is right. It's not just a cold," Xu Yifan said from the side.
"It's okay, Mom. I'll go to the hospital after sending Xiao Xi off. There's no rush for a day or two." Li Minyu still insisted on not going to the hospital.
"Why are you so stubborn? So many relatives are coming tomorrow. If you're like this, who knows what they'll say?"
"Mom, you can't stop people from talking. It's just the same few people who love to gossip."
"Alright then, you felt better after eating some dried lemon yesterday, didn't you? I'll go get you some more."
"Thanks, Mom. Ugh..."
"You child," Xu Yifan said, then quickly got up to get her the dried lemon.
Last night, Li Minyu had eaten more than half of a jar of dried lemon.
"Why is there so little left? Did you eat it all?" Xu Yifan asked, sounding a bit disbelieving.
"Yes. If I eat some of this, I don't react as much. Otherwise, I just feel like vomiting."
"Xiao Yu, tell me the truth. Do you have a boyfriend outside?" Xu Yifan's expression turned serious.
Her liking for sour things and the fact that sour food could stop her vomiting were clear signs of pregnancy. But Li Minyu adamantly denied having a boyfriend.
"Mom, if I had a boyfriend, would I not tell you? There's no need to hide it. I really don't."
"But these are clearly symptoms of pregnancy. I'm not not believing you. Have you been staying out recently?"
"Staying out?" Li Minyu repeated. She remembered the incident on the day of Li Minxi and Guo Xuyang's engagement. The day before, she had been with Tong Xin, and the next day, she attended Guo Xuyang's engagement banquet and stayed at the hotel. She remembered feeling a bit uncomfortable downstairs when she woke up, but she hadn't paid much attention. Could she have been assaulted that day? She dared not think further. But she had slept with Xiao Xi that day, hadn't she? They had shared a room. If she had slept with someone, Xiao Xi would definitely have known. This was impossible.
"No. It was just that one time when Xiao Xi got engaged, Xiao Xi and I stayed out for one night. Other than that, I haven't stayed out. I've always stayed at the company." Li Minyu said after thinking for a long time, touching her head.
"Did one of your male colleagues have ill intentions towards you?"
"That's absolutely impossible. Our workplace is so secure, with surveillance everywhere. This simply couldn't have happened."
"Don't think about it anymore. Let's get ready and go to the hospital. We have to get you checked, or I won't feel at ease." Xu Yifan said, getting up to change.
"But there's really nothing wrong. I've never slept with a man."
"Not sleeping with a man doesn't mean you can't get pregnant. Anything strange can happen these days."
Forced by her mother and feeling unbearable nausea, Li Minyu finally changed and went to the hospital with her.
"Mom, where did you buy that dried lemon? Let's buy a few more boxes later. I feel like it's very effective in suppressing my vomiting."
"We bought it at the pharmacy. We can stop and buy some boxes when we pass by later."
When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor, after hearing Xu Yifan's description, immediately issued a referral for an ultrasound.
"Please go for an ultrasound first. Based on what you've told me, it's highly likely she's pregnant, but we'll know for sure when the test results are out."
Li Minyu was stunned. Whose child was it? She had no memory of being with any man. The only time was with Tong Xin. She had liked Tong Xin's big eyes and her ample chest, and somehow, she had ended up spending a night with her. She didn't regret it, but they hadn't been together since. And then there was that time she stayed at the hotel with Xiao Xi. Could it be that Xiao Xi had gone out in the middle of the night and given her to her boyfriend? She shook her head. That was impossible. Xiao Xi wasn't someone who would cross such boundaries. Although she was a bit mischievous, she would never do something like that. What was going on in her stomach then? Could she really be pregnant? Li Minyu was still in a daze even after the ultrasound. She simply couldn't believe she was pregnant. The equipment was very advanced. Shortly after she got up, the ultrasound report was ready. The uterus was enlarged and well-shaped, with uniform myometrial echoes. A gestational sac echo of 8 cm was seen within the uterine cavity. No significant masses were seen in both adnexal areas. Li Minyu recognized the word "gestational sac." Was she really pregnant? She was a little bewildered.
"Let the doctor take a look. Let's go," Xu Yifan said, pulling Li Minyu forward.
"Congratulations, congratulations. From this situation, the fetus has just formed, less than a month old," the doctor said.
"Doctor, is there anything we need to pay attention to? She's been vomiting quite severely," Xu Yifan asked.
"Morning sickness is very normal during this period. There's no good remedy; just pay attention to rest and eat a balanced diet."
"Doctor, is it possible to get pregnant without intercourse?" Li Minyu asked.
"The chances are very slim, but not impossible. Sometimes, even without penetration, external friction can lead to pregnancy."
"I've found that I've been really craving sour things lately. Dried lemon really helps suppress my vomiting."
"These are all normal phenomena. Because it's the first pregnancy, the body undergoes a series of changes, and the sense of taste is also affected. That's why some people like sour, some like salty, and some like spicy. It's all normal."
"Doctor, they say sour means boy and spicy means girl. Does our daughter liking sour mean she's having a boy?" Xu Yifan asked.
"There is no scientific basis for that. It's just that pregnancy affects the pregnant woman's taste buds, and there's no necessary connection to the fetus's gender."