The two of them left the hospital, and Gu Yi saw that it was still early.
"Why don’t we go to the mall and pick up so clothes for the baby?"
Gu Yi suggested.
"Are you tired? If you’re not tired, we can go, but if you are, we can go another day."
Ye Hao was worried that Gu Yi might be worn out since she had gotten up early and had been running around with check-ups all morning.
"I’m not tired. Let’s go together now, it will be more inconvenient when my belly gets bigger."
Gu Yi thought perhaps her good mood was because Ye Hao was by her side.
"Okay, then let’s go."
Ye Hao took Gu Yi’s hand and walked towards the mall.
Halfway there, Gu Yi almost bumped into a woman carrying goods.
Ye Hao quickly shielded Gu Yi in his arms.
The person hurriedly put down the load and apologized to Ye Hao and Gu Yi.
Ye Hao ignored her, focusing on checking if Gu Yi was hurt.
"I’m fine."
Gu Yi smiled and shook her head at him.
"Captain Ye?"
The person suddenly said.
Gu Yi peeked out from Ye Hao’s embrace to see who it was.
It turned out to be Li Dongxiang.
"So, it’s Gu Yi."
Gu Yi felt that Li Dongxiang seed a bit different.
She gestured to Ye Hao to let her go.
With Ye Hao no longer shielding her, Gu Yi’s belly was fully visible.
Li Dongxiang was stunned for a mont.
Her smile was sowhat forlorn.
"You’re still lucky. I know I did many bad things to you in the past, and I understand you won’t forgive , but I still want to say I’m sorry."
Li Dongxiang looked at how Ye Hao, although he let go of Gu Yi, still kept a protective arm around her, as if fearing she would be hard.
Li Dongxiang suddenly felt envious and rembered her past.
Why is it that in similar marriages, Ye Hao could treat Gu Yi so well, protecting her from everything?
Perhaps I was just very jealous of how well Ye Hao treated Gu Yi.
So I did those things under the guise of being for Chen Jun’s sake.
Now I see they are still living happily, while I have beco more miserable.
However, the experiences after leaving the army made realize my past mistakes.
After apologizing to Gu Yi, I felt at ease inside.
Gu Yi felt that Li Dongxiang had changed into soone different.
"How have you been? What made you start doing this?"
Gu Yi noticed her attitude was quite good and casually asked.
"After leaving the army, I thought with the money from Chen Jun, I could live a better life, but I almost ended up begging on the street after being deceived. But now I’m better, self-reliant, not waiting for handouts, living a very stable life."
Li Dongxiang let out a sowhat self-mocking laugh.
Gu Yi suddenly didn’t know what to say.
Although Li Dongxiang was quite annoying in the army, it was all in the past.
Besides, Li Dongxiang realized her mistake and apologized.
Gu Yi thought Li Dongxiang was pitiful too.
From encountering Chen Jun and such a mother-in-law, she still didn’t live the life she wanted after leaving them.
"Alright, I won’t hold you up, I’ll get going first."
Li Dongxiang knew that even if Gu Yi didn’t mind the past, they were destined not to beco friends.
After all, the harm had already been done.
"Alright."
Gu Yi smiled at her.
Ye Hao gently pulled Gu Yi aside, making room for Li Dongxiang to pass.
Li Dongxiang looked at Ye Hao’s carefulness.
As she walked past, she felt a sour sensation in her nose.
When she first left the army, her heart was full of hopes for a bright future.
Soon after she started a relationship and quickly moved in with the person.
The man seduced her with sweet talk, making Li Dongxiang elated.
Li Dongxiang thought she’d found true love, wholeheartedly committed to him.
She thought they were headed toward marriage.
One day, when she asked about when they would get married,
the man said, "We’ve been together for so long, why hasn’t your belly reacted?"
That ntion startled Li Dongxiang.
Because when they first got together, he ntioned wanting to marry and have a child soon.
She thought it made sense, as she and Chen Jun never had children either.
She always thought it was Chen Jun’s problem.
But why was there still no change now?
She quickly cald herself.
"Having a child depends on fate. Maybe our fate with a child hasn’t arrived yet."
Li Dongxiang smiled, comforting him as well as herself.
The next day, when he wasn’t ho, Li Dongxiang secretly went to the hospital for a check-up.
A few days later, upon receiving her results, she was astonished.
She was born with blocked fallopian tubes.
"Your chances of conceiving are almost zero."
Holding the report, Li Dongxiang sat on a hospital bench, her mind filled with the doctor’s words.
She sat in shock for a while before recovering from the blow.
Her first response was not to let him know.
When she went back, she acted as if nothing had happened.
But the situation didn’t last, and he discovered her condition.
Yet, instead of breaking up, he comforted her with kind words.
Feeling guilty, Li Dongxiang treated him even better, giving most of the money from Chen Jun to him.
After a few days, he said he had to go out for a while.
Li Dongxiang waited alone in the rental unit.
She kept waiting, but he still didn’t co back.
At first, she remained hopeful, thinking he must have been delayed and would return once his task was done.
But when the landlord ca for next month’s rent and said he canceled the lease before leaving, claiming it was until the end of the month,
and took the deposit, too,
it was then she realized he wasn’t coming back.
Thankfully, she set aside so money instead of giving it all to him.
Sotis she wondered whether her bad experiences were retribution for her past actions.
"What’s wrong? Do you feel sorry for Li Dongxiang?"
Ye Hao saw Gu Yi looking absent-minded since eting Li Dongxiang.
"A bit. Li Dongxiang must have gone through sothing traumatic to beco like this; it seems society is still harsh on won."
Although Gu Yi felt sorry for Li Dongxiang, she mainly thought won remain at a disadvantage in society.
"You’re my leader; I’ll follow your lead in everything. You say east, I’ll never go west."
Ye Hao looked at Gu Yi seriously and said.
He knew Gu Yi related Li Dongxiang’s situation to her own thoughts, and although he hated to admit it, he agreed society holds higher expectations for won than n nowadays.
They are expected to be capable, sensible, to bear children, to nurture, and to take care of a whole household.
Gu Yi, because of the baby in her belly, was particularly sensitive at tis.
Ye Hao realized he should express his true feelings at tis like this.
To drive away Gu Yi’s negative emotions.
Sure enough, Gu Yi laughed hearing Ye Hao’s words.
Yes, having him in this life was her greatest blessing bestowed by heaven.
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