That weekend, Bai Duoduo suddenly wanted to have a barbecue in the yard. As for Gao Lang, as long as Bai Duoduo was happy, he would happily and busily follow, before and after.
Mama Gao wanted to remind them that it wasn’t good for pregnant women to eat barbecued meat. But Papa Gao told her not to speak out, which would dampen the mood.
Mama Gao was unhappy. She turned around and called Li Huaiqing.
Bai Duoduo just remembered something. “It’s fun to have a barbecue with a lot of people, A-Lang. You should call Huaiqing and Huairou.”
“Let’s eat by ourselves—why ask them?” Gao Lang muttered, still taking out his phone.
Mama Gao happily waved her hands and said, “Don’t call, they’re not at home today. They’re going out to have fun.”
“Going out to have fun? Where did they go?” Papa Gao looked away from the computer and asked, “Wasn’t Huairou unwilling to go out?” After Huairou was discharged from the hospital, in order to improve her mood, they had repeatedly proposed to take Huairou out to relax. But no matter how much they persuaded her, Huairou was reluctant to go out.
“Huairou was sensible and didn’t want to trouble others. But now, it’s different,” Mama Gao answered with a smile.
“How is it different?” Papa Gao continued to ask.
“Aiya, you won’t understand even if I tell you, just leave it. I have to call Huairou and tell her something.” Mama Gao turned and entered the house with her cellphone.
For some reason, Bai Duoduo suddenly lost interest. She brushed honey onto the chicken wings with a sense of detachment.
“What’s that smell?” Gao Lang suddenly remarked, sniffing.
Bai Duoduo quickly lowered her head and saw that the chicken wings had been burnt. She threw the brush aside and silently bowed her head.
Gao Lang tossed the roasted chicken wings into the trash can. Seeing that Bai Duoduo was not interested, he hugged her and asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Nothing, I just feel useless. I can’t even do this little thing,” Bai Duoduo said softly, leaning into Gao Lang’s arms.
“Oh my goodness. You’re useless now. What would your hundreds and thousands of fans think!” Gao Lang said exaggeratedly. “Or we could turn your phone on and look at the rainbow farts from your fans to boost your confidence?”
[Internet slang for praise]
Bai Duoduo was amused, and she held Gao Lang’s hand. “Alright, I just said that casually.” What rainbow farts? What “feeling happy at first glance”? After reading them for a long time, she really would be ashamed.
Gao Lang breathed a sigh of relief. After Duoduo’s pregnancy, fans had expressed a lot of opinions. He’d turned off the comment function, but there were also many private messages containing questions and insults every day. He was afraid that Duoduo would see them, and so he quietly changed the login password. On the basis of her pregnancy, he also reduced her playtime on her phone.
Fortunately, Duoduo had not had a chance to see it yet.
“Why don’t we go out to eat? Hot pot, barbecue, fried skewers, mala soup? What do you want to eat?” Gao Lang whispered.
[Mala is a spicy and numbing seasoning made from Sichuan peppercorn and chilli]
“Isn’t it said that pregnant women should be cautious with food?” Bai Duoduo was also moved; these days, she was really tired of eating those nutritious meals all the time.
“It’s okay, it’s not like we’re eating it every day. It’s okay to have it once in a while,” Gao Lang assured.
“Then, these…” Bai Duoduo looked at the grill and the ingredients, a little embarrassed.
“It’s okay, just let auntie clean up. Let’s go—go change clothes, I’ll drive,” Gao Lang said with a smile.
Then he pushed Bai Duoduo through the door to change clothes.
“Mom, dad, Duoduo and I won’t be eating at home. Auntie Chen, please put those things away!” Gao Lang said loudly.
Auntie Chen came out of the kitchen. Then she looked at the ingredients with an “oh” and sighed, racking her brains on what to do with these ingredients. The auntie complained a bit in her heart—she’d been busy all morning, especially with preparing for the barbecue. It’d only been a few minutes, and they’d already stopped grilling. Wasn’t this too frustrating?
Strangely, Miss Bai had been clamoring for an open-air barbecue the day before yesterday, and she’d even gone to the supermarket to buy things with enthusiasm. The beef was imported and very expensive.
As a result, the interest had died down very quickly, and if they said they wouldn’t continue grilling, they wouldn’t continue grilling.
No, she’d originally been in high spirits, but she suddenly lost interest after hearing that Miss Huaiqing was not coming.
She knew that Miss Bai had originally planned to show her affection with Miss Huaiqing, but when Miss Huaiqing couldn’t come, Miss Bai’s calculation was off, and she suddenly lost interest.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was right.
When she decided to rest later, she should talk to her sisters about her major discoveries in this group.
Yes, Auntie Chen had a WeChat group. Like her, the members of the group were all housekeepers. As housekeepers, they’d privately complain about their employers in the group.
In the past, Auntie Chen rarely spoke, because the Gao family treated her very well. But now, she suddenly had a strong desire to talk.
Mama Gao hung up the phone and found that Papa Gao suddenly came in. She got a strange feeling—when she turned her head, she found that there was only the auntie in the garden. “Where are the two of them?”
“They went out,” Papa Gao spat.
“What?! Didn’t they say that they were going to have a barbecue today? They made me stay at home after pushing for this meal, but then they ran away?” Mama Gao was a little unhappy.
The same went for Papa Gao. Gao Lang had greeted him the day before yesterday. He had thought that it would be interesting to have a family barbecue. He also refused Lao Wang’s invitation to go fishing. And now, these were the results! He put down the computer. “What time is it now? Should I be able to make it if I set out now?”
“It’s too late. I’ll go too—I’ll find Liya and the others to spend some time.” Mama Gao didn’t want to stay at home either. “Xiao Chen, we also won’t be eating at home, so you don’t need to cook our meal!”
“Oh, I understand.”
Gao Lang and Bai Duoduo ate hot pot, watched movies, had some milk tea, and went home while carrying big bags. After they came back, they found no one at home. “Auntie Chen, where are my parents?”
Aunt Chen came out and replied, “They went out.”
Bai Duoduo looked at Gao Lang with a little annoyance. “Our parents won’t be angry, right?” It was all her fault—how could she forget her parents?
“You think too much. They won’t, our parents aren’t such stingy people. Besides, the sky and the earth are big, and you are pregnant—you’re the greatest. Don’t take it to heart, ok? Didn’t you say you were tired? I’ll take a nap with you,” Gao Lang said with a smile.
[Chinese idiom which describes the greatest things]
That being said, Bai Duoduo had originally been a sensitive and thoughtful person. Now that she was pregnant, she was more prone to cranky thinking. After lying in bed for half an hour, she still couldn’t fall asleep.
Thinking that she was asleep, Gao Lang picked up the phone and opened her WeChat Moments. Suddenly, he straightened up and stared at the phone.
Bai Duoduo noticed and quietly opened her eyes; she found Gao Lang staring at an enlarged photo. In the photo, Li Huaiqing and Zhou Minglang were standing behind Li Huairou.
Bai Duoduo wanted to pretend not to see it, but she thought about it and couldn’t bear it. “What are you looking at?”
Gao Lang regained his senses and quickly locked the screen. “Didn’t you fall asleep? Is something uncomfortable? Or did you have a nightmare again?”
Obviously, his tone was still as gentle and full of love as usual, but as she listened, Bai Duoduo felt that he held a guilty conscience.
“Give me the phone.” Face blank, Bai Duoduo extended her hand.
Gao Lang frowned. “Duoduo, don’t make trouble!”
“I’m making trouble? I saw it just now—you’re watching Li Huaiqing’s circle of friends, right? She’s with other men and you’re jealous, right? Don’t deny it. This wouldn’t be the first time! I’ve seen it all,” Bai Duoduo said, growing more and more aggrieved, tears running down her cheeks.
“Your jealousy proves that you still love her, right? If you love her, why are you with me? Why did you want to marry me? Why? Speak!” Bai Duoduo accused, sobbing.
“Duoduo, you misunderstood, I didn’t, I’m not!” Gao Lang was still explaining; he didn’t know what was wrong with him.
“You’re still lying to me! Give me your phone!” Bai Duoduo screamed vehemently.
Hearing the movement downstairs, the auntie was startled—she thought and thought, then picked up the phone to send a Wechat message to Mama Gao: “Madam, you must come back quickly, the young master and Miss Bai seem to be quarreling.”
At this time, Mama Gao was playing mahjong with her friends and didn’t see the text.
Seeing that Mama Gao didn’t reply, the auntie was a little anxious. After thinking about it, she quietly ran upstairs and leaned on the door to eavesdrop.
Upstairs, Gao Lang had no choice but to pass the phone to Bai Duoduo. Bai Duoduo turned the phone on and saw the picture again. “What else do you have to say? You stared at this picture for a full minute. You said you didn’t care about her! You still want to lie to me?!” Bai Duoduo cried and laughed, gripped by emotion.
Gao Lang frowned. He actually wanted to get angry, but it was true that he was at fault in this matter first; plus, Duoduo was pregnant. “Duoduo, I didn’t! Listen to me, calm down, calm down. You forgot the doctor’s words—the fetus’s position is not good, and you can’t get emotional.” Gao Lang tried to calm Bai Duoduo.
But Bai Duoduo couldn’t calm down at this time. She stood on the bed and stared at Gao Lang. “I can’t calm down! I ask you, do you love me?”
“Nonsense, of course I love you!” Gao Lang answered without hesitation.
“Well, between me and Li Huaiqing, you can only choose one!” Bai Duoduo continued.
“I choose you!” Gao Lang said decisively.
“Okay, you have those sisters leave this city so that they don’t show up in my life again. Whether it’s shares or money, just give them whatever they want. All I ask is for them to stay away from my life and don’t bother me!” Bai Duoduo continued.
“Good!” Gao Lang agreed without hesitation.
“Fine, don’t lie to me. If you lie to me again, I’ll take the child and leave you, running far away, so that you won’t find me in your entire life!” Gao Lang’s lack of hesitation and decisive attitude satisfied Bai Duoduo, and her voice slowed down.
Gao Lang also breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay, I’ll never lie to you. Don’t get too excited, come down first.”
Bai Duoduo held Gao Lang’s hand and was about to get out of bed. Suddenly, her lower abdomen felt slightly painful, and it hurt more and more. She touched her stomach. “A-Lang, my stomach hurts so much!”
Gao Lang looked at the smudge of red on Bai Duoduo’s pajamas, and his face turned white. Hugging Bai Duoduo, he said, “Let’s go to the hospital, let’s go to the hospital.”
The auntie was terrified, and she hurried downstairs.
A minute later, Gao Lang was seen embracing Bai Duoduo and rushing downstairs.
An hour later, in the hospital—
Papa Gao and Mama Gao hurriedly walked over, and Mama Gao asked anxiously, “What’s the matter, wasn’t it okay this morning? Why did you have a miscarriage?”
Gao Lang was accompanying Bai Duoduo by the bed. Without raising his head or saying a word, he just stared at Bai Duoduo, who was lethargic after the operation.
Auntie Chen glanced at them, and she quietly pulled Papa Gao and Mama Gao to the corner, saying this and that.
After knowing the cause and effect, Mama Gao’s heart hurt. Fortunately, she’d recently changed her attitude about Bai Duoduo, thinking that this girl was still reasonable and sensible—now the result came out like this. And what was this matter about Huaiqing and Huairou? Did she want to toss them out? Now, even the child was gone!
Papa Gao was also very angry. Although he had not been so satisfied with Bai Duoduo, he’d still looked forward to his grandson. As a result, the grandson was gone. And for such ridiculous reasons!
