Chapter 1939 - As Round And Smooth As A Pearl
Mother Wan"s dark plums and cooking suited Wen Xinya"s taste very well. Si Yiyan wished to have her come over to Capital city to look after Wen Xinya, but Mother Wan was used to life in Nantong and rejected his request. Nevertheless, she sent over many exquisitely-made pastries and other food items and even prepared a special recipe for Wen Xinya.
Wen Xinya"s appet.i.te improved and she started to eat more.
Grandpa Du took her pulse and said, "Being able to eat shows that your body can absorb the nutrients, and it"s just a matter of time before the fetus stabilizes. But you must still be careful and pay extra attention to your eating."
Mother He and Mrs. Tan were both very experienced and well-versed in the areas of food and herbs, so it was no big issue.
For example, when Xinya"s appet.i.te was poor previously, so Si Yiyan would brew some sweet porridge for her in order to encourage her to eat more.
He added barley, which was known for triggering appet.i.te. However, barley was also a cooling food and typically avoided by pregnant women. So he would also give her red bean paste and dwarf lilyturf root tea, which were calming foods that replenished the yin essence and nicely counteracted the overly-cooling effects of the barley. In this way, the overall meal was both appet.i.te-inducing, nouris.h.i.+ng, and balanced out the bodily functions.
Wen Xinya was flipping through a gourmet food magazine.
Since being hospitalized during her pregnancy, Si Yiyan placed many gourmet food magazines in the ward, in hopes of encouraging her appet.i.te. Anything that she wished to eat, Mother He would be able to make it.
Xu Zhenyu entered the ward with an armful of bags.
Wen Xinya was very surprised. "Xu-er, why have you come?"
The preparations for Plan S were going at full force and Si Yiyan had been very busy these couple of days. Even when he was accompanying her, there were several times when he had to leave after receiving phone calls from the military.
Xu Zhenyu was working with Lucifer and he should have been too busy to come over to the hospital.
He heard the mild accusation in her voice and laughed. "Ninth Si is such a capable person. Unlike me, a useless general. All I do is just observe by the sidelines."
On the day that Xinya fainted in the military meeting room and was sent to the hospital, he already knew that she was pregnant.
At that time, he had been dumbstruck for a very long time.
Thereafter, he gave a blasé smile and lit up a cigarette. Sometimes, if you missed your chance with someone, there was no second chance.
It was the same for both dreams and reality.
Wen Xinya giggled. "You"re the Second Young Master of the Xu family and a high-ranking general from the military, and you still dare to say you are just an observer? Don"t try so hard to be humble or you might get struck by lightning."
As far as she knew, Xu Zhenyu was fully cooperating with Lucifer as a representative of the Xu family. He was also the lead over at the military side. How could he still have the cheek to say he was just an observer? Bulls.h.i.+t!
Xu Zhenyu laughed again. "I especially took time out to visit you!" Following that, he placed his bags on the cupboard. "You"re pregnant and there are so many things you have to avoid. So I don"t know what you can or can"t eat. As a result, I brought you some premium blood birds" nest. I had a military friend based in Thailand send them over."
Blood birds" nest was an extremely precious product. It was very rare and expensive, especially those produced naturally. Blood birds" nest from Thailand was among the most premium grades.
Blood birds" nest was high in iron and very good for nouris.h.i.+ng the blood, replenis.h.i.+ng the yin essence, reducing stress, and promoting general health and vitality. It was particularly suitable for Xinya.
During this period, Wen Xinya had eaten a lot of donkey-hide gelatin and birds" nest, while Grandpa Du had also given her all sorts of warming and nouris.h.i.+ng herbal remedies. "You"re a pretty decent guy, after all."
She had been hospitalized before, but he had never given her anything then.
"How"s your health these days?"
It was rare that Xu Zhenyu wasn"t making verbal jibes at her. He surveyed her pale and haggard face and felt very worried.
He knew a bit about Xinya"s health condition, as well as how risky her current pregnancy was. Ninth Si had always been a very calm and collected person, but even he would exhibit traces of anxiety whenever he talked about Xinya. It could be seen just how dire her health was.
"I"m much better now. Grandpa Du"s herbal remedies have been very effective." Recently, her anemic symptoms caused by her pregnancy had already been much alleviated. Things would probably be alright after the fetus stabilized.
Wen Xinya felt rather bad for causing everyone to be so anxious and worried because of her pregnancy.
Xu Zhenyu gave her forehead a gentle flick. "Take care of yourself and the baby. Look at how skinny you have become, like a paper figure. So ugly. Continue this way and the baby will suffer with you."
Xinya had become overly skinny during this period of time. Her chin jutted out sharply and her large eyes hung upon her hollow face. She looked like she had been abused, and he felt very upset seeing her in this manner.
Wen Xinya glared at him. "Since I"m like a paper figure, how dare you flick your finger at me. Aren"t you worried you"ll injure me? Moreover… how am I ugly? Angular, v-shaped faces are in vogue now. So many celebrities have spent so much money on plastic surgery to try and achieve my look! You have no taste in beauty!"
During this period, she had indeed become much too skinny. Her cheekbones were jutting out and her chin looked too sharp. As a result, she was not as lovely as she used to be. She didn"t even look in the mirror much these days. As a result, she got extremely annoyed when Xu Zhenyu said she looked ugly.
"A lady only looks good when she is as round and smooth as a pearl. Only then does she look healthy and well-kept."
Xu Zhenyu saw her cheeks puffing up in anger. But as she didn"t have much flesh on her face, it didn"t achieve the desired effect. Nevertheless, those large, glaring eyes looked rather intimidating.
Although Wen Xinya had never been round and smooth as a pearl, even in the past, at least she had a certain glow and l.u.s.ter.
Now, she was as skinny and dry as a bamboo stick.
Wen Xinya laughed out loud. "Round and smooth, you sound like you are describing a sow!" She then pointed at Xu Zhenyu as she continued to giggle. "Xu Zhenyu, so you like sows!"
In current society, skinny was the beauty standard.
The round and smooth look had already been overturned.
Xu Zhenyu sounded annoyed. "When did I say I like sows? Don"t put words in my mouth. Yang Guifei is a famous historical beauty who was round and smooth as a pearl. It doesn"t always mean being a sow."
The brains of pregnant women were indeed weird. Totally incomprehensible.
Wen Xinya stopped smiling and pouted. "Your standards are really high."
Yang Guifei was one of the four most beautiful women in all of Country Z"s history.
Xu Zhenyu felt exasperated. He realized that they were on two completely separate pages.
Seeing the deflated Xu Zhenyu, Wen Xinya didn"t continue teasing him but changed the subject. "How is Plan S coming along?"
Si Yiyan refused to tell her anything regarding his work while she was at the hospital. He wanted her to concentrate on her health, making her feel rather frustrated.
Xu Zhenyu flicked her head again. "Why are you asking about this? You should be focusing on your health and pregnancy now."
This girl was so disobedient. Only Ninth Si could handle her.
Wen Xinya couldn"t help sighing.