allonlinenovel Chapter 257: Came in a Hurry
Chapter 257: Came in a Hurry
Since Ruyi became pregnant again, Darong's life has become busy. Not only does she have to take care of An An, but she also has to care about Ruyi's health every day.
"I noticed that Ruyi was very lazy during her pregnancy. It's probably going to be a girl."
Xiaoping and Ruyi didn't spend much time together, but even she could feel that Ruyi was different. Every time they met at Zhong's mother's house, Ruyi was either lying on the bed or on the sofa, and she almost never sat down.
"It would be great if it's a girl. The first child is a son, and the second child is a girl, then it will be complete." Darong liked to hear people say that Ruyi was pregnant with a girl, and she talked to Xiaoping happily.
"Hey, aunt, your online store seems to be doing pretty well. How are the sales?" Darong suddenly remembered that she had seen someone promoting Xiaoping's store before, so she asked casually.
"Let's just make do with it. It's not that simple. People don't like to watch us old couple kissing each other, so we have to find internet celebrities to promote it, and promotion requires traffic support. Anyway, it's a spiral circle. There is no such thing as making a profit without investment."
Although Xiaoping's online store seems to have no cost, in fact, online marketing requires traffic support. Many top anchors have already grasped most of the traffic. It is not an easy thing to get a piece of the pie in such an environment.
Although Xiaoping's store has established a foothold on the online platform with the assistance of Miaomiao, corresponding investment is necessary to maintain high traffic.
In short, the original offline store fees and labor costs have not saved much after being converted into traffic support. The operation of the online store has only maintained Xiaoping and Xiaogao's original living standards.
"That's fine. As long as you have a stable income, it's fine. So many people have not survived the epidemic. At least you can still live a stable life without worrying about food and drink."
Darong actually didn’t know much about topics like traffic and online promotion costs. She just listened and said a few words of comfort with a vague understanding.
Xiao Ping did not continue to talk about the online store, but turned to ask about Ruyi's condition: "Ruyi, should you do the 4D test? If not, spend some money to see if it's a boy or a girl. I'm curious too."
"I'm curious too. We definitely want both a boy and a girl, but the hospitals are very strict now and I can't find a way to spend money." Talking about Ruyi's pregnancy, Darong's heart and eyes were full of smiles.
"I'll ask later."
Darong and Xiaoping were still chatting, but they didn't know that Ruyi was already lying on the amniocentesis operating table, waiting for the amniocentesis operation.
Although the puncture process was not as scary as imagined, it was an outpatient surgery after all. After the operation, Ruyi was still asked to stay for observation for half an hour before being allowed to leave.
"Ruyi, does it hurt?" Little Tiger Teeth looked at Ruyi's tear-stained face, thinking that she couldn't help crying because of the pain.
"It doesn't hurt, I'm just scared. She's already so big, I can feel her fetal movements in my belly every day..."
At this moment, Ruyi was wrapped in a huge state of helplessness. When she got the non-invasive results, she couldn't believe that she was at high risk of trisomy 21. The accuracy rate of non-invasive testing for trisomy 21 is as high as 90%.
Ruyi had severe psychological trauma from blood draws and injections due to the years of treatment before giving birth to An'an, but when this child was born, she still did not miss a single prenatal checkup.
Ruyi couldn't accept the results of the prenatal examination for a while. She couldn't give up the 10% probability, so she took the results to the hospital and made an appointment for the amniocentesis.
From the time she got the results until now, Ruyi had never told Darong about this, nor had she let her know about her surgery today.
"Ruyi, don't think about it. Let's pray that the child will be okay. But if it is the worst result, you have to adjust yourself to accept it. We still have An An."
Xiao Huya held Ruyi in his arms. He felt equally sad and helpless in his heart, but there was nothing he could do except pray.
During the days of waiting for the results, Ruyi did not go to Zhong's mother's house at all. She knew that in her condition, she would not be able to control her emotions once she saw Darong.
She didn't want Darong to fall into the same emotional quagmire as her. What if it was just a misunderstanding?
"Ruyi hasn't been here for more than a week, right? I don't know what this kid is busy with all day."
Maybe it was a connection between mother and daughter, but Darong suddenly felt restless and irritable. She couldn’t tell why, but she thought her menopausal symptoms had worsened.
"If you miss her, just give her a call. It's not like you don't know her phone number. If you still miss her, then wait until she gets off work and go to her house. It's not far away anyway. I'll drive you there."
Zhong Yunxing put down the phone in his hand. He really didn't feel it when Darong didn't mention it. But when Darong mentioned it, he felt like he really hadn't seen Ruyi for many days. Even the picking up and dropping off of An An was done by Xiao Huya himself.
"Then let's go to her house and take a look. I'll make her some duck blood and vermicelli soup." With Zhong Yunxing's encouragement, Darong immediately perked up and went straight to the kitchen to make soup.
Darong prepared soup for Ruyi and two meals, then drove straight to Ruyi's house with Xiao Anan.
"Ruyi, are you off work? Are you home?"
When they were almost at the entrance of the community, Darong looked at Ruyi and saw that it was almost time for her to get off work before calling her.
"Ah...oh...I'm off work. I'm at home."
Ruyi actually did not go to work today. She had taken half a day off to get the amniocentesis report, but after getting the confirmed results, Ruyi had no intention of going to work anymore.
She lay at home for the entire afternoon. Although she had prepared herself mentally, when she really faced the situation, Ruyi still found it difficult to suppress her sadness.
"You're home so early. Your dad and I sent An An back home. We also brought you some food so you don't have to cook at night... Ruyi, are you crying?"
Darong was halfway through her words when she seemed to hear sobbing and listened carefully to the sound in the receiver.
"Where have you been?"
"Already downstairs."
"Mom, the second child is disabled. It was confirmed today. We can't keep this child."
Ruyi stood on the balcony and said this slowly after seeing that Zhong Yunxing had parked the car.
"Ruyi, mom will go upstairs right away. Don't cry, don't be afraid, mom is here."
Hearing Ruyi's choking voice, Darong's eyes also became wet. Ruyi is now more than six months pregnant. If she cannot keep the baby, she can only have an induced abortion, which is too cruel for Ruyi.