When she left the hospital, it started snowing heavily again. This year’s snow seemed especially abundant, falling one storm after another, almost without pause.
Qian Zhi sat in the last row of the nearly empty bus, her face pressed against the glass, the snow falling silently. Her right hand gently caressed her flat abdomen, feeling the rhythm of a new life. When she got home, she realized she had forgotten her keys. She sat down on the cold floor in front of the door. The hallway was chilly, the wind cutting through her, her vision gradually blurring.
A warm coat was draped over her, and then she was embraced in a familiar hold. Looking up through her misty tears, she saw Xing Tuo’s face. He raised his hand and gently wiped away her tears.
“You…” Qian Zhi stared at him in a daze. Wasn’t he supposed to be in the United States?
Xing Tuo looked at her painfully. “Why didn’t you tell me? Why did you bear this alone?”
The previous night, he had accidentally learned about her mother’s death during an argument between his parents and immediately dropped all work, rushing back from the United States overnight. Seeing her sitting alone by the door, silently crying, his heart ached intensely.
“I forgot my keys,” Qian Zhi said aggrievedly, like a child.
He held her shoulders tightly. “Come, let’s go home.”
Qian Zhi allowed herself to be held, walking in a daze, vaguely thinking: Home? Did she still have a home?
Chapter 20: The First Time Saying I Love You
On Saturday morning, she went to the hospital alone. The doctor carefully performed another ultrasound, spreading cold, slippery liquid on her flat abdomen and rolling the probe back and forth. The report came out quickly. When the doctor placed the thin image report in her hand, tears immediately filled her eyes. The doctor explained in detail: “Miss Xia, you’re carrying twins, almost three months along. The embryos have developed human form. Are you sure you don’t want them?”
“Twins?”
“Yes, look here…” The doctor pointed to the ultrasound image. “These are the heads. Two of them. Do you see?”
