Looking at the news about Jia Sibo, Yu Antong felt like eating a bad melon, it felt rotten.
It seemed that he had thoroughly cleaned up his crimes. It took more than half a year for netizens to forget about his cheating scandal. No one scolded him on this show.
But a large part of the reason is that Jia Sibo was not a star, and the degree of love and hatred for him by netizens was not deep. Simply put, nobody was passionate enough to follow his public persona.
After the show was broadcast, many people didn’t recognize him. Nobody remembers his connection to Sang Yu back then.
Even if someone did, for example, one Xu Lulu who was quite a gossipmonger. She remembered last year’s hot cheating scandal, and she watched “Here Comes the God of Chefs!”. She knew of Jia Sibo, one of the judges. But nobody in the comment section mentioned this, so she wound up not saying anything.
Forget it, she quite liked this show. Anyway, it’s been so long, so she no longer wants to mention it. She didn’t want to get dogpiled for bringing up something that could besmirch the show.
The impression of Jia Sibo in Yu Antong’s heart suddenly dropped to a negative value. Thinking of the uncomfortable gaze of Jia Sibo on him in the bathroom, Yu Antong always felt that this person must have a hard-to-change nature, and he would do something else.
But now he didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. For now, it’s enough to be vigilant around this cheater.
With a conclusion in his mind, Yu Antong put the matter aside. As the sound of a familiar car came from outside, he looked outside. It was Xing Lixuan’s car.
“Are you off work?” Yu Antong went to the door to pick him up.
“Yeah,” Xing Lixuan took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, “Is Xiao Nian good today?”
Yu Antong looked down at his stomach and said, “He can’t move around yet, you know?”
Since the period of morning sickness passed, he didn’t feel that his body had changed much except for a little more frequent urination. Sometimes he even forgot that he was pregnant.
Just as Yu Antong finished speaking, he suddenly screamed, “Ah!”
“What’s wrong?!” Xing Lixuan supported Yu Antong, and looked at him nervously. His heartbeat was accelerating.
“He!” Yu Antong pointed at his stomach, his expression was agitated, and he said incoherently, “He! He moved, he just kicked me.”
“Really? Fetal movement? Come and sit here,” Xing Lixuan was more excited than Yu Antong. He silently counted the days in his heart – it’s about 18 weeks1it can occur around as soon as 16 weeks, btw now, it was indeed time for fetal movement might occur.
He supported Yu Antong to sit on the sofa in the living room, while he himself knelt on the ground with one knee, bent down and put his ear on Yu Antong’s stomach.
The room was well heated, and Yu Antong was only wearing a knitted sweater. Xing Lixuan held his breath and focused, leaning sideways, with one hand on his knees and the other around Yu Antong’s waist. His ears pressed against Yu Antong’s stomach, wanting to listen their baby’s movement.
Yu Antong also slowed down his breathing. The “kick” he felt just now was very novel, it was the first time he clearly felt that a baby was really growing in his belly. Their baby, their child, who shared Xing Lixuan’s blood. He, as a person who had lived two lifetimes, felt even more moved by this.
Xing Lixuan listened for a long time, but did not hear any movement. He raised his head to look at Yu Antong, and asked, “Did he move again?”
“No,” Yu Antong shook his head, regretting not being able to feel the baby’s fetal movement again. “I said just now that he couldn’t move, so he kicked me. Do you think he can understand what I said? Make a move specifically to refute me?”
Yu Antong laughed as he talked. He himself knew that it was impossible for a fetus of several months to understand what adults said, but he couldn’t help but imagine the baby stretching and turning over in his stomach in indignation.
“Ah!”
Xing Lixuan touched Yu Antong’s stomach, and was about to stand up, when he suddenly heard Yu Antong shout again. At the same time, he also felt a slight movement in his palm.
“He kicked me again, did you feel it?!” Yu Antong’s eyes lit up, and his tone was full of surprise and excitement.
“I did, I did feel it,” Xing Lixuan stood up and sat next to Yu Antong. Unable to restrain the excitement rising in his heart, he hugged Yu Antong and kissed him hard.
“Oh, why did you kiss me all of a sudden?” Yu Antong thumped Xing Lixuan twice, pursed the corners of his mouth and said, “The kiss was so fierce, it made my mouth sore.”
Xing Lixuan put his arms around Yu Antong and said nothing. His heart was soaring, filled to the brim with his sheer love for Yu Antong.
The slight movement just now was transmitted to Yu Antong’s palm through the soft material of the cloth, so light and soft, yet extremely clear and real.
The two waited quietly for a while. And then, Xing Lixuan said, “The person I arranged to go to the United States said that he had seen Dr. Smith, but he and his team are conducting medical research, and it’s at a critical time for them. He cannot leave the research for now.”
Yu Antong asked, “Then shall we go to America?”
“Well, I want to take you to the United States to see him first,” Xing Lixuan replied, “Dr. Smith also said that his project will take about two months to complete before he can come to China. Let’s go to the United States first. Find him to see the situation, and bring him here when the time comes.”
“Okay,” Yu Antong had no objection. “Can you leave despite your work? When are we going to leave?”
Xing Lixuan answered, “You don’t have to worry about this, I will arrange the company’s affairs as soon as possible, and we will leave the day after tomorrow.”
During dinner, Xing Lixuan told his parents about this arrangement. Mrs. Xing easily agreed. “Go and have a look so we can feel at ease. I will go with you.”
“No need,” Xing Lixuan said, “Antong and I can go alone.”
“Can you take care of him alone?” Mr. Xing interjected, “Let your mother go with you.”
Yu Antong said, “Mom, it’s okay. I’m still at 18 weeks now, not very long into the pregnancy. I don’t really need someone to specifically take care of me.”
He wanted to take a good stroll in the United States with Xing Lixuan; it would be inconvenient to have elders with him.
Mrs. Xing wanted to say something more, but at this time Yu Antong felt the baby move again, he stroked his stomach and said. “I feel the baby move again.”
This time the movement was relatively loud, like a fish swimming in its stomach, so it felt strange and indescribable. “Did he turn over?” Xing Lixuan asked.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Xing was attracted by Yu Antong’s fetal movement, and the whole family was overjoyed.
After dinner, Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan went back to their room to pack their luggage for their trip abroad.
Xing Lixuan was in charge of tidying up, and Yu Antong wandered around the room as a “supervisor”, throwing something into the suitcase when he remembered something from time to time, and let Xing Lixuan arrange it neatly.
“I don’t wear this clothes, don’t bring this,” Yu Antong saw Xing Lixuan put a black and white loose-hooded sweater into it, and hurriedly stopped him. He bought this clothes because it looked good, but he didn’t like how it clung around his body. It was too loose on him, like a sack hanging over his body.
“You can wear this green one. This color has a sense of vitality and is comfortable to look at,” Recently, he particularly liked the colors of dark green and bright red. Of course, he should not wear bright red and bright green at the same time. He wasn’t a Christmas decor nor a walking crime against fashion.
Xing Lixuan put back the black and white sweater. As he took the dark green hooded sweater that Yu Antong had designated, his hands froze, and he said, “This one won’t work.”
“Why?” Yu Antong was walking around, and stopped once he heard Xing Lixuan. He strolled over with a hand on his hip, so his stomach was straightened out.
‘What’s going on, why is he so caring about my clothes? Xing Lixuan, do you still not understand the current situation? Dare to provoke me?!’
Xing Lixuan simply stated, “This dress has a hat.”
“What’s the matter with the hat! Xing Lixuan, are you trying to find fault? The sweater you just took also has a hat…” Yu Antong’s temper flared, but then, he suddenly realized why Xing Lixuan said that this sweater wasn’t good.
Green sweater with a matching… green hat2green hat is slang for being cheated on. It’s really…
“Hahaha!” Yu Antong laughed, but he still wanted to fight for it. He really liked this color recently. “Hey, don’t think so much, I’ll wear the sweater without a hat…forget it, forget it, don’t take it with us!”
Facing Xing Lixuan’s undeniable death glare, Yu Antong compromised and let go.
“Good,” Xing Lixuan coaxed.
Two days later, they came to the other side of the ocean. The people sent by Xing Lixuan picked them up from the airport, went to the hotel they had booked to store their luggage, and then took them to Dr. Smith’s private clinic.
Unlike the small clinics in China, many famous medical institutions in the United States were private clinics. While it’s called “clinics” it’s actually located in a large medical building, equipped with the most advanced obstetrical equipment and many cutting-edge technologies.
Dr. Smith was a chubby middle-aged man. The high-calorie eating habits of Americans make him squeeze out a double chin when he bows his head. He specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and has rich clinical experience. He has also handled special medical cases for male pregnancy before.
As soon as he heard that Yu Antong and the others had arrived, Smith, who was conducting experiments with his assistants in the laboratory, immediately handed over the experimental utensils in his hands to the assistants, and hurried to see Yu Antong.
Even though he has already handled such a case, it’s only one instance. He was quite excited and full of interest when he encountered this extremely rare case after two years.
“Friends from afar, hello,” Smith’s Chinese was not bad, he greeted Yu Antong very warmly, and then arranged for Yu Antong to have a B-ultrasound examination.
“The baby is very lively,” The little bun seen in the first B-ultrasound has already grown up, and the rough shape of the head and feet can be seen in the B-ultrasound image. During the detection process, he even kicked his legs twice.
After doing some other tests, the result came out. “Congratulations, he is a very healthy little boy.”
Yu Antong was caught off guard when he heard the gender of the child. “Is it a boy?”
Pregnancy tests he did before couldn’t tell the sex of the fetus for now, so Yu Antong didn’t ask. He didn’t expect that Dr. Smith could tell it.
Xing Lixuan held Yu Antong’s hand. “It’s the same whether it’s a son or a daughter. Now that I know his gender, I have a direction in naming him.”
Smith didn’t think much about it. Because usually the rich people who come to him for an examination would want to know the sex of the fetus, he continued, “According to the examination results, your body is healthy enough for this little life to grow safely. Don’t worry much.”
Xing Lixuan asked, “Will there be any danger during childbirth?”
Smith said, “There is a risk, but it’s very low. I have dealt with a case similar to your husband’s before. The pregnant man’s physical condition is worse than your husband’s, but after several months of recuperation, a cesarean section was performed on the expected date of delivery, and both father and son are very safe and healthy.”
Smith told them some issues that should be paid attention to. After leaving Smith’s clinic, Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan relaxed a lot, and they felt relieved after hearing what the experienced doctor said.
Once he relaxed, the exhaustion from flying for more than ten hours immediately surged up. Xing Lixuan quickly noticed Yu Antong’s state. “Tired? Let’s go back to the hotel to rest.”
“Yeah,” After getting in the car, Yu Antong and Xing Lixuan sat in the back seat, with Yu Antong leaned his head on his husband’s shoulder. In his hand was a travel guide brochure.
Yu Antong said to Xing Lixuan, “Take a good look, after we rest from jet lag, you take me to play.”
This was what he had agreed with Xing Lixuan before he set off. For this trip, they wouldn’t go back immediately, and instead have a good time abroad.
“We didn’t even have a honeymoon when you married me,” Yu Antong recalled bluntly, “I went to school the next day after getting married. Is there anyone worse than me?!”
Xing Lixuan smiled and kissed his pouted mouth. “I’ll make it up for you.”
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