So Angry She Threw Up
The smile on Lin Donghe’s face was instantly suppressed.
He hadn’t meant to laugh at Qin Yueyue. But once she said that, it made him seem as if he were taking pleasure in her misfortune. Clearly, he had only thought that Su Su was like a child.
No, apart from having a higher education and loving to show off a little, she was still quite kind. And she was young—if that wasn’t childlike, then what was?
But he truly didn’t know how he had offended Qin Yueyue.
“Then what do you want me to do?”
This question from Lin Donghe stumped Qin Yueyue. Then she suddenly thought of something and said, “Go catch up with Su Su. Tell her not to spread our business around.”
“Our business? Is being married to me that embarrassing to you?” Lin Donghe’s face turned deathly pale. Then he said, “This place is close to your school. You should be able to go back by yourself. I’m going back to the village too. There are still many things to do there.”
After saying that, he stuffed the ten yuan in his hand into Qin Yueyue’s hand and strode away.
Only then did Qin Yueyue realise that what she had said had hurt Lin Donghe. But she really didn’t want her classmates to look down on her. She had struggled so hard to test her way out of the countryside, only to end up with a rural man as her lover.
In the future… what was she supposed to do?
Forget it. She would take things one step at a time.
Lin Donghe was truly somewhat angry. However, he hadn’t expected that because he was walking too quickly, he would catch up with Su Su. It seemed she hadn’t been walking fast either. She would look around here for a while, then there for a while.
Unexpectedly, their gazes met.
Lin Donghe couldn’t avoid her, so he could only brace himself and walk over. “Comrade Su, you won’t be returning to the village recently, right?”
“Mm. I have to be busy with school matters. Captain Lin, are you going back to the village?”
“Yes.”
“Then can you bring some things back for me?”
“Sure.”
So Su Su brought Lin Donghe to the place where she lived. When someone asked about him, she said, “This is my younger brother-in-law, my husband’s younger brother.”
Only then did Lin Donghe remember that he had never called her sister-in-law before.
After entering the house, he felt that the little room was so clean and tidy that he almost didn’t dare step inside. But Su Su still invited him in and poured him hot water.
Then she took several bottles of medicine from a drawer, along with some medicated plasters, and packed them into a bag. “Father has rheumatic pain. These are plasters. Ask him to stick them on. Mother gets headaches when she’s exposed to wind. These are headache pills. Take them back for her. Medicines are hard to buy right now. I went to several hospitals before I managed to get these. Also, these two big bottles of ink are for the two of them who are studying.”
“You really do think about the family.”
“There’s no helping it. I left too hurriedly and didn’t properly explain things to the two elders. Tell them I’m doing very well here. When Lin Chuan gets time off, he’ll come over. They don’t need to worry about anything.”
“Alright. Then I’ll go.”
“Wait.” Su Su felt that the male lead was still pretty decent, so she rolled two large scallion pancakes for him to take along. Pancakes could be kept for a long time, so she had bought some earlier and put them in the kitchen, thinking that if she didn’t want to cook breakfast, she could roll one up and make do. So she didn’t have anything else—only pancakes.
Lin Donghe felt grateful in his heart. He thanked her twice before leaving her home.
Taking a breath of the not-so-fresh city air, he felt as if he had made a mistake. His newly married wife wasn’t particularly gentle to him. Instead, she couldn’t wait to deny their relationship. He had given her all the money he had left, apart from what he needed for his ticket, but she hadn’t even been willing to buy him a bun to take with him.
On the other hand, Su Su, whom he had always been wary of, had prepared food for him.
In the end, they were still relatives.
Leaving aside how moved Lin Donghe was, Su Su had to teach class the next day. To be honest, she was a little nervous. What she hadn’t expected even more was that the moment she left the family residential area, she saw Lin Chuan standing perfectly straight at the entrance.
When he saw her, he waved his hand, as if calling over a little puppy.
But Su Su still obediently trotted over and asked, “Why are you here? Is the army on holiday?”
“I finished morning exercises and asked for a short leave to come send you to school. Are you nervous?” Sweat was still dripping down Lin Chuan’s forehead, and the rim of his cap was completely soaked.
“You ran here? The army base is almost two kilometres from here.” His stamina was really good.
“That’s nothing. There’s a big military competition coming up recently, and I don’t want my stamina to drop.”
“Oh, then don’t come over.”
“I want to send you to school.”
“I’m not a child. Besides, I’m going there as a teacher. A teacher…”
Lin Chuan smiled. “Mm, a teacher. Not a primary school student.” He raised his hand and rubbed her ponytail hard. She really did have a bit of childishness about her.
“Aiya, don’t mess up my hairstyle.” She had taken so much effort to comb it.
Lin Chuan had no choice but to put both hands in his pockets and follow beside her as they walked to the school. The road wasn’t far, but they seemed to have endless things to say. Of course, it was only Su Su talking, while Lin Chuan listened at the side.
When they reached the school gate, Lin Chuan handed the bag in his hand to Su Su. “If anything happens, call me. I’ll come pick you up tonight.”
“Why are you so free?”
“The troops are going out for training for a period of time. We’ll be back in at least half a month, and during that time, I’m afraid we won’t be contactable. So before that, since there’s nothing major, I might come often.”
“That’s good. I’ll make delicious food for you.”
“Alright.”
Lin Chuan lifted his chin slightly. “Go in. I’ll watch you from the gate.”
“Mm.” Su Su had already noticed many people looking in her direction. She coughed lightly and hurriedly walked inside.
But halfway in, two nosy female students walked over and asked, “Classmate, was that your boyfriend or your older brother just now? He’s so handsome.”
“My husband.” Su Su felt gloomy. What classmate? She was a teacher, alright? She quickly put on the air of a teacher. She absolutely couldn’t let this persona collapse.
“You’re married?” one of them asked in surprise.
“So early?” She looked like she was only a university student.
“Mm. Morning class is about to start. You two students should hurry.” These two probably weren’t new students. It would be best if they didn’t choose English as their major, or things would definitely become awkward.
The two female students also realised time was running out and ran into the school. Su Su first went to the teachers’ office.
When she arrived, she found that everyone was busy. The timetables had also been handed out. Since there weren’t many people who had applied for English at the beginning, Su Su only had two classes today.
But there were many students. It seemed quite a few people had seen that the country would have a great demand for such talent in the future, so they had chosen this major.
The female lead was among them. It had to be said that, as expected of the female lead, she had good judgement. In the future, she was going to do big business. The book said that when she negotiated with foreigners, she didn’t even need an interpreter. It seemed that Su Su, as her teacher, must have taught her well.
After being narcissistic for a moment, Su Su began heading to class. Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the classroom, she was mistaken by the students.
Because they were all new students, there weren’t that many rules in the classroom yet. Seeing Su Su walk in holding documents, many male students took her for a female classmate.
Such a beautiful female classmate had to be approached and flattered, of course. So someone called for Su Su to sit beside them.
Su Su was actually truly angry. She was the teacher. The teacher! Why did none of them treat her as a teacher? However, she still had to keep smiling. Then she stood on the podium, picked up a piece of chalk, and swiftly wrote her name. “Hello, students. I am your English teacher. My name is Su Su.”
The room suddenly fell silent.
Then a male student heckled, “Classmate, don’t joke around. Come down quickly before the teacher arrives. How old are you? How can you be a teacher?” After he said that, quite a few students laughed loudly.
Qin Yueyue didn’t laugh. She bit her lower lip and felt that she had been insulted, but she couldn’t say anything because the other party truly was a teacher. However, seeing Su Su standing there angry really was quite amusing.
Su Su smacked the blackboard with a snap. Then, full of presence, she wrote a line of English on the blackboard. The general meaning was: *I am your teacher.*
“Do you know what this means? If you don’t, then obediently attend class. Otherwise, leave this room.”
It was rare for her to act domineering for once. It seemed that no matter how old students were, they still needed to be managed.
Someone whistled, but in the end, they were intimidated and didn’t dare say anything.
So Su Su began her first class of the day. She was also nervous. After all, the literacy class before had been very relaxed and didn’t really count as teaching. This was her first true class in the proper sense. Although she looked calm on the surface, inside, she was panicking like crazy.
At last, she managed to teach the class properly and steadily. Originally, she had hoped to say some humorous lines and such, but none of that had been achieved. She had been too busy being nervous.
But she had managed to hold on. Hugging her teaching materials, she straightened her back and said, “Class dismissed.”
Then the students stood up, tidied their things, and left. Only after they had all gone did Su Su cover her mouth and dry-heave a few times.
A male student had forgotten something and came back to get it. When he entered and saw Su Su looking unwell, he scratched his head and said, “Um, Teacher Su, we didn’t mean to anger you on purpose.”
Su Su shook her head. “I know.” In the past, whenever she got nervous, her stomach would hurt and she would dry-heave, so she didn’t take it seriously.
The male student scratched his head, then as he ran out, he said, “Teacher Su, you’re really pretty.”
Su Su froze. Had she just been flirted with?
And by her own student?
She patted her face and stood up to return to the office. First, she drank a full cup of water. Then, after calming down for a while, she finally felt a little more awake. Fortunately, she only had one class that morning. There was still another class in the afternoon, so she had to prepare first.
Unexpectedly, when she went home at noon, she saw Lin Chuan. He had already prepared the meal.
“Didn’t you say you only asked for a short leave?” How did he have time at noon too?
“The higher-ups said I should spend more time with my family, so I came over.”
“Oh.” It was probably because he would be gone for quite a long time, so they had given him some leave.
The two ate together. Su Su told him about her first day teaching, then said angrily, “They actually thought I didn’t look like a teacher. Just wait and see how I deal with them in the future.”
“Mm.” Lin Chuan patted her head to show his support.
Su Su was indeed mentally exhausted, so she went to the bedroom to lie down for a while. After all, she had over an hour of rest time, so taking a nap was fine. Even if she went a little late, there was no need to worry, since the afternoon class didn’t begin until around three.
In any case, she just wanted to be lazy for a while.
Lin Chuan looked at his wife and suddenly frowned. Calculating the dates, wasn’t her time of the month almost here?
No. It had already passed.
His memory had always been quite good. In addition, the impact of their wedding night had been too great, so he easily remembered that date. He remembered it every month.
After tidying up the house, he first went to check the bathroom. There was no sign that her period had come, so he could only ask. He washed his hands, entered the room, and said, “Wife, I remember your period hasn’t come this month. Is it delayed, or what?”
“Mm?” Su Su suddenly opened her eyes. “What did you just say?”
Her brain seemed to have been struck by lightning. No wonder she had recently felt as if something was missing. Damn it—her period hadn’t come. Every month, it came on time to greet her, but clearly, several days had already passed. Why had there been no movement?
She couldn’t really be blamed. She had been far too busy recently, so she hadn’t paid any attention to her period.
“Your period. The one you call your auntie. I remember it’s usually on the tenth every month. Once, it was delayed until the twelfth. But today is already the twentieth, and it still hasn’t come.” Lin Chuan felt that his wife might be ill because she was too tired. Although he remembered the date, he hadn’t thought in any other direction at all.
He didn’t think about it, but Su Su did.
She suddenly grabbed Lin Chuan by the collar, glared at him, and said, “Lin Chuan, look at the good thing you’ve done.”
“Is it because of me? Does doing that before your period push that thing back inside?” Otherwise, why hadn’t it come?
“Ahhh.” Su Su grabbed at her hair, then looked at Lin Chuan speechlessly. She gave him a small biology lesson. “Don’t you know there’s another possibility? That if a woman doesn’t get her… period, she might be preg—pregnant?”
“What?” Lin Chuan immediately stood up. Then he said, “Let’s go. We’ll go to the hospital and check.”
He paced around the floor again. “No, you stay at home. I’ll go borrow a bicycle.” After saying that, he went out. Before long, he really borrowed a bicycle and came back. Then he placed Su Su on the back seat. “Sit steadily.”
He was clearly so anxious that his head was covered in sweat, but when he rode the bicycle, he was extremely careful.
Along the way, both of their minds were blank. It felt as if they were thinking about something, but also as if they couldn’t think of anything at all.
In any case, Lin Chuan was happy.
Su Su didn’t know whether she should be happy or afraid. She had never been pregnant before and didn’t know what to do. On one hand, she felt excited that she was going to become someone’s mother, and everyone would be happy. On the other hand, she felt it was a little early. How long had they even been married before having a child? And she had only just become a teacher. What would she do in the future?
They registered and queued, and soon it was their turn.
Most diagnoses now were done through traditional Chinese medicine. They relied on pulse-taking to determine pregnancy. But generally, pregnancy could only be felt after two or three months, so the doctor couldn’t confirm whether Su Su was pregnant.
However, he suggested that Su Su have a blood test. Now, through this method, pregnancy could be detected earlier.
So they went to get her blood drawn, but unexpectedly, they ran into someone familiar.
It was Bai Lingling, the young nurse who had once drawn blood with Su Su in the county town to save Qin Yueyue. The two girls were especially surprised and happy to see each other.
“Bai Lingling, why are you here?”
Su Su waved and asked with a smile.
“Ah, my family is originally from X City. I applied to be transferred back before, and I was only assigned here two days ago. What about you? Why are you here?”
Bai Lingling was also very happy. She held Su Su’s hand and asked warmly.
“I was transferred here too. I didn’t expect that from now on, we’d be in the same place.” Su Su, who temporarily forgot the important matter at hand, chatted with her enthusiastically. Then her arm was grabbed and pressed down onto the table.
She frowned and realised her blood had been drawn.
“Ah, why did you hold me down and draw blood?” You didn’t even say anything first. Su Su started blaming Lin Chuan.
“Important matters come first. Here, hold the cotton ball properly. Don’t let it fall.”
“Mm, it hurts.”
“It’ll be fine in a moment.”
Bai Lingling looked expressionlessly at the two of them showing off their affection, then said, “Su Su, why did you come to draw blood? What happened?”
“My… that hasn’t come.” Su Su said quietly.
Bai Lingling immediately understood and said, “Congratulations. You got pregnant so quickly? But you donated blood before, so you need to nourish yourself properly.”
“Mm.” The one who agreed wasn’t Su Su, but Lin Chuan. He had indeed thought of that matter and was very worried about his wife’s body. Now that the nurse had brought it up, he immediately asked how she needed to be nourished.
Bai Lingling listed several methods, and Lin Chuan memorised them one by one. Su Su, however, rolled her eyes. She had already calmed down now. Her period might not have come simply because she had been too nervous recently. If it turned out she wasn’t pregnant, wouldn’t that be hugely embarrassing?
So she poked Lin Chuan and said, “Calm down. The results haven’t come out yet.”
“This test is very fast. I’ll go ask for you.” After Bai Lingling finished speaking, she ran off.
Lin Chuan, who was anxiously waiting for the results, looked extremely nervous. He even took off his cap and used it to fan himself.
“Do you want it, or are you scared?” Since they were idle anyway, Su Su deliberately teased him.
But Lin Chuan took it seriously. He immediately sat beside her, held her hand, and said, “Su Su, you are my wife. If you are carrying my child, how could I not be happy? That is our flesh and blood, our bloodline, the child of the two of us…”
He had never imagined he would have such a good wife, and even less imagined that his wife might be carrying his child.
“No, what I mean is that you’re speaking too confidently.”
“Mm?”
“How do you know this child… Pah. How do you know I’m pregnant?” She had almost rushed straight into some melodramatic line. It seemed she truly was panicking.
After hearing this, Lin Chuan smiled. “You definitely are.”
For some reason, what his wife had almost said just now had nearly scared him into breaking out in cold sweat.
Su Su didn’t know where his mysterious confidence came from. During the waiting process, he went out once, then brought Su Su back a bottle of soda and two tea eggs.
“Hurry and eat. You didn’t eat properly at lunch either.” He stuffed the things into Su Su’s hands, then watched as she almost revealed an expression of despair.
“Eggs again.”
“Be good. Eat one.”
Su Su was a little speechless. She was pregnant, not turned into a child. Why had he started coaxing her? Come to think of it, ever since Lin Chuan married her, he had never spoken loudly to her. He had always seemed to be coaxing a child.
He couldn’t be treating her like a child, right?
Probably not. If he treated her like a child, he wouldn’t do this and that with her, and he wouldn’t have created a little baby either.
No, no, no. Why was she following Lin Chuan’s train of thought? It still hadn’t been confirmed yet.
But there was a place in her heart that already felt this matter was true. Whether there was anything in her stomach or not, she actually knew very clearly. She hadn’t paid attention before, but now that she thought about the recent changes in her body, it all seemed possible.
First, her bust seemed to have grown quite a lot. These past two days, even the bras she brought had to be worn on the looser setting. Also, she didn’t like eating as much anymore, even though her appetite had always been good.
Another thing was that ever since she got off the train, she had been dry-heaving from time to time.
Ahhh, the more she thought about it, the more it seemed like pregnancy. On top of that, Lin Chuan had worked so hard and was so strong. She felt there was basically no chance their contraception could have succeeded.
Just then, Bai Lingling ran over. She held up a report and happily ran to Su Su’s side. “Su Su, you’re pregnant.”
“…” Did she need to say it so loudly? So embarrassing.
Su Su covered her face, while Lin Chuan immediately took the report. The corners of his mouth forced themselves into a very ugly and stiff smile. “She’s really pregnant?”
Bai Lingling was straightforward and quick-tongued. “Comrade, are you happy or devastated?”
Lin Chuan immediately adjusted his facial expression. “Of course I’m happy.” Then he instantly turned back to glance at his wife. “I’m happy.”
Su Su was a little speechless. Why did she feel that Lin Chuan was acting silly now? Look, his whole body had gone stiff, and even the way he walked was strange.
“I know. It’s just… shouldn’t you tell Father and Mother?”
“I’ll go send a telegram…” He had just been about to leave when he remembered that he had almost left the pregnant woman behind. He hurriedly turned back. “Wife, I’ll take you home first.”
Su Su rolled her eyes at the sky. He had finally remembered the matter of going home. If he was this silly, would the son they gave birth to also be a silly fool?
But she really was pregnant. She felt as if she still hadn’t prepared herself.
“You two should hurry back. When you have time, let’s celebrate together.” Bai Lingling handed Su Su’s hand to Lin Chuan, then said, “Handle her gently.”
“Yes.” Lin Chuan immediately supported his wife. He helped her forward step by step, as if supporting the Empress Dowager.
He was tall and broad, blocking all the people outside a protective circle, safely escorting Su Su outside.
Su Su said somewhat speechlessly, “Those who know what you’re doing will know you’re protecting me. Those who don’t might think you’re protecting some important figure.” This posture was far too professional. She felt a little flattered.
“Don’t talk. I need to concentrate.”
“…” Su Su rolled her eyes at him and was very professionally escorted back home.
But after staying for only a little while, Su Su had to go teach. Lin Chuan became nervous again and safely escorted her to school.
She thought he would leave, but he waited at the school gate. With no other choice, Su Su told him to go buy some vegetables so they could eat something nice in the evening.
Lin Chuan really went. Then he made six dishes at home and placed them on the table. He personally went to the school to invite Su Su back and let her enter the house and sit properly.
Su Su looked at the table full of dishes and said, “There are only the two of us. Why did you make so many dishes?”
Just as she said this, someone knocked on the door. Lin Chuan straightened his clothes and opened the door.
The people who came were Principal Guan and his wife, Song Aiying. They smiled and said, “Xiao Lin, why did you prepare such a feast? You only said there was something you wanted to discuss with us. You didn’t say we were eating.”
“Please sit, both of you. Today, I do indeed have something to ask of you, so let’s eat while we talk.” Lin Chuan politely invited them in.
In this era, everyone gave soldiers some respect, so the two sat down.
Su Su sat at the side, completely stunned.
What happened to being bad at socialising?
She seemed to have been deceived.
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