Chapter 1271: The Most Loyal Ally 3

Yan Xixi listened intently.

Liu Daqing had a knack for conversation, like storytelling, often speaking with great animation at key moments. Especially when she talked about that era, in the past she would discreetly avoid or stammer, but now, she basically didn’t hide much and spoke candidly. Yan Xixi heard a lot of insider stories and interesting tidbits from her.

Liu Daqing, getting excited as she spoke, laughed, “Xixi, I tell you, if I were ten years younger, I’d definitely write a novel about that era, all based on firsthand information I have. It’s really more exciting and diverse than countless Hollywood blockbusters. Human nature, at that time, reached unimaginable heights…”

Yan Xixi, lost in thought, said, “Empress Dowager, you should have written it long ago.”

Liu Daqing sighed, “It’s a pity that now I don’t have the energy. By the way, after you give birth, if you’re interested, I’ll tell you more about these things. Really, we could talk not just for three days and nights, but ten days and nights and still not finish…”

“Then I could write a Ten-Day Talk…”

Liu Daqing laughed too.

She wore reading glasses and looked at every detail on the ultrasound sheet with her daughter-in-law.

“Look, the little one’s fetal bud, fetal heartbeat…”

“Haha, so tiny, just this little bit…”

“The fetal heartbeat should be monitored daily, pay attention to the frequency. It’s said that if it slows down sometimes, it’s due to lack of oxygen, requiring deep breathing every day… Xixi, have you felt anything unusual these days???”

“Xixi, if the medicine makes you vomit heavily, you can pause it for a while…”

Yan Xixi shook her head, “No, no matter how much I vomit, I will persist. It’s fine, I just need to get through these days…”

When she left, Wan Donglin hadn’t come back, but she didn’t mention it. These days, she frequently came to keep her daughter-in-law company to relieve her boredom, and in fact, she never brought up her son’s work matters, not wanting to cause any stress for Yan Xixi because of it.

Liu Daqing had been gone for a while when Wan Donglin’s car slowly arrived home.

At that time, it was dusk.

Yan Xixi was sitting alone on a large recliner under the wisteria trellis.

She lay there lazily, gazing upwards. In the spring months of March and April, the wisteria trellis was as beautiful as a painting: clusters of purple flowers hanging down like tassels, blocking out the sun, stunningly beautiful.

However, in late summer, only the heat remained. Fortunately, it still offered some shade.

Wan Donglin stopped at a distance, staring at her.

Her vomiting was not as severe these days, and her complexion slightly improved; her long eyelashes were clearly visible even from that small distance.

His footsteps were very light.

Yet, from about twenty feet away, she spoke, “Brother Donglin, I want some plain water.”

He laughed heartily.

This woman, morning and night, whenever she saw him, the first words were always like that: “Brother Donglin… I want this… I want that…”

“Brother Donglin, peel me an apple…”

“Brother Donglin, get me a walnut… shell the peanuts… no, I suddenly don’t want these peanuts, I want the red-heart ones…”

“Brother Donglin, I’m going to take a nap now, after half an hour, bring me hot water to take my medicine… remember, it must be exactly half an hour later, not earlier, not later…”

Unconsciously, she returned to the days when she depended heavily on him.