Chapter 155
Early the next morning, Yang June was picked up by Shen Ron.
Shen Ron came to the house in person with an assortment of maternity supplements.
After not seeing each other for a week, it seemed inappropriate to say anything since the two had run out of things to talk about when they saw each other again.
After Shen Ron asked her questions about her body, he didn’t know what to say and stood awkwardly by the door.
The house that had once been filled with the painful stains of his and Cheng Lydia’s love was now so foreign to him, so foreign that even standing in it seemed uncomfortable.
Is this the reason for the relationship shift? Maybe.
As she was leaving, Shen Ron asked Cheng Lydia, “The date for the maternity checkup is coming up, right? I’ll accompany you.”
The tone was calm as if he was telling a friend he didn’t know very well to accompany him on something.
Cheng Lydia shook her head, her tone equally calm, “No, I work at the hospital myself, it’s easy to check.”
She smiled and urged, “Aren’t you guys going to go wander around? Hurry up and go, don’t mind me.”
“Then you take care of yourself.” Shen Ron admonished.
Cheng Lydia nodded, “I will.”
“Bye, can I come over and play next time?” Yang June asked.
“Sure.” Cheng Lydia stroked the top of her head, “Go on.”
Shen Ron and Yang June left, and Cheng Lydia folded back into the house, and after a moment of drifting off, shook her head and went back inside to wash up.
Chung Grace wandered in lazily with a pair of sleepy eyes open and leaned against the bathroom doorway, “Why do I get the feeling that that Yang June woman isn’t so simple?”
Cheng Lydia paused in her brushing of her teeth and swept her through the mirror, “That’s because you watch too many TV shows.”
“Is that so?” Chung Grace frowned, cocking her head, “Didn’t she come here just to come stomping around and find an opportunity to get at you?”
“No, June is not that kind of person.” Cheng Lydia said with a confident face, other people she didn’t dare to say, but Yang June, for no reason, she just believed she wasn’t that kind of person.
Chung Grace snorted in disbelief, “Cheng Lydia you better keep your eyes peeled, after all it is her husband’s baby you are carrying in your belly.
Cheng Lydia wiped the foam from the corner of her mouth with a towel and returned to pushing her out the door, saying impatiently as she did so, “All right, all right, go back to sleep and stop speculating here.”
“Hey, I’m trying to be nice and remind you.” Chung Grace yelled in a bad mood, “Think about it, is there a woman in the world who is so forgiving? To smile so happily at the woman her husband keeps outside? And come here to play cards together?”
“Yes.”
“Who?”
“Me.”
“You’re different, you’re supposed to be a brainiac.”
“Yes, I’m brain dead, and brain dead is going to work now, so make yourself at home.” Cheng Lydia pushed her back into the guest room, flinging the door shut in the process.
She stood by the door and sighed softly, she didn’t know how Chung Grace sensed that Yang June was not a good person, but she trusted him as she always did.
She still wanted to believe that there were many women in the world like her who were willing to give up love for love.
Shen Ron and Yang June got into the car together and Yang June sized up Shen Ron and asked, “Where are we going?”
Shen Ron gave a mock-mysterious smile and said, “You’ll see when you go.”
Yang June saw him with a mysterious look on his face, as he did not ask more questions and pulled his seat belt.
As the car was pulling out of the Taian residence, Shen Ron suddenly gave her a sideways glance and asked, “I’m curious how you and Lydia can get along so well, can you tell me?”
Yang June was surprised, obviously not expecting him to ask that, and for a moment she didn’t know how to answer him.
“What did you all do last night? Why are you still staying?” Shen Ron is just too curious, it just doesn’t make sense.
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“When I arrived last night, Lydia and the girls were playing cards and I happened to like to play too so I joined in.” Yang June hemmed and hawed in embarrassment, “When the game broke up I found out it was late and stayed as it was.”
Shen Ron gave an ‘oh’ and asked no more questions.
Twenty minutes later, the car pulled up in front of a construction base on the west side of town, and seeing Shen Ron pulling his seatbelt to get out, Yang June looked around and wondered, “What is this place? What are we doing here?”
“This is the west side of the city, don’t you remember?” Shen Ron smiled and gestured with his jaw at the construction site next to him, “No wonder you don’t remember, City West Village has been converted into this.”
“Well … what are we doing here?” She followed Shen Ron out of the car.
Shen Ron took her by the shoulders and pointed to the construction site in front of him, “Remember what you said in the beginning?”
“What …?” Yang June started to get nervous.
“You said you wished a playground could be built here and then you’d bring the kids every weekend, don’t you remember?”
Yang June shook her head and smiled uncomfortably, “Sorry, I don’t remember anymore.”
Shen Ron turned his head to survey her, she didn’t remember? She didn’t remember? How could that be? But her expression didn’t look like she was joking at all.
Could it be that the four years in a coma had made her memory worse?
Shen Ron hugged her heartily and stroked her hair softly, “It’s okay, I’ll just remember.”
“Ron …” Yang June leaned into his arms, moved to tears.
Although she knew that nothing he did was for her, she was still moved to tears.
Chung Grace has a new drama launch to run over the weekend, and to get Cheng Lydia in the mood, Chung Grace invites her to come along to the launch party to hang out and meet the stars.
Cheng Lydia laughed and shook her head, “I’m worried that when you guys come out on stage and the scene gets chaotic, I’ll be pushed under a chair.”
“Why yes, the organizers have arranged for guest spots.”
“That’s not safe either.” Cheng Lydia was disinterested, “And it’s not like you don’t know I don’t like to chase stars.”
“Okay, no hard feelings.” Chung Grace picked up her bag, “I’ll pick you and Ishara up tonight when I come back and go for hot pot.”
“Fondue, huh?”
“What are you afraid of, it’s not like it’s cold.”
“Oh …” Cheng Lydia nodded, couldn’t spoil Chung Grace’s fun, big deal she’d eat less.
Chung Grace pointed to the guest room, “Remember to tell her to get up and go home for lunch later so she doesn’t get criticized again.”
Cheng Lydia walked her to the door and said, “If you’re so concerned about her, don’t drag people in here all day to be crazy with you, they’re the daughters of big families.”
“Heartless, and don’t look at who I’m doing it all for.” Chung Grace grunted.
Cheng Lydia smiled, “Fine, fine, I know you’re doing it for me, I’m impressed, go on, save being late and making it look like you’re playing a big game.”
“Uh ah, see you tonight.” Chung Grace gave her a little wave and turned to walk away.
At the breakfast table at Shen Mansion, the old lady asked Zhang Jane, who was standing by, “Is the soup for Lydia ready yet?”
Zhang Jane smiled and said, “Don’t worry old lady, it’s already boiled and loaded, just waiting for Tom to come over and deliver it to Ms Cheng.”
“Hmm.” The old woman nodded and smiled, “The baby is over two months old, it must be as big as a fist, right?”
“There there is.” Zhang Jane nodded.
Shen Belle snickered as she bit the straw of her milk, “Look at you, Grandma, getting anxious there again.”
The old lady feigned composure, “Not at all, I was just asking in curiosity.”
“Ugh, still denying it.” The group laughed together.
Yang June cupped her knife and fork in her hand and spoke hesitantly, “Let me bring the soup over to Lydia later, I just want to go over and see her.”
“You want to go see her?” Shen Ron looked at her sideways.
Yang June nodded, “It just so happens that it’s the weekend and Lydia doesn’t have to work.”
“Then I’ll drop you off, just on the way.”
“Also.” Yang June nodded.
Shen Ron had work to do today and didn’t have time for her, so she was bored being alone in the mansion, so she might as well go see her sister.
Yang June got into Shen Ron’s car with the thermos box in her hand, and the two left Shen Mansion together.
On the way, Shen Ron saw Yang June clinging to the thermos box and smiled, “It’s just a box of soup, do you have to hold it like a baby?”
“Of course as far as that goes, it’s nutrition for Lydia and the little one.” Yang June not only didn’t let go, she wrapped her arms even tighter around the thermos.
Shen Ron dropped off Yang June at Taianju and then went to work.
Yang June arrived at Cheng Lydia’s door, took a deep breath before pressing the code and pushing the door in.
The password was given to her by Cheng Lydia for easy access every time she came.
Cheng Lydia was tidying up the house and when she saw Yang June walk in, a smile bloomed on her face, “June, you’re here?”
Yang June nodded and placed the thermos box in her arms on the dining table, “This is the tonic soup Old Lady had Zhang Jane stew for you, hurry up and eat it while it’s hot.”
Yang June said as she opened the thermos and took out another bowl and spoon from inside the cupboard, then walked over, “Sis, let me help you.”
“It’s okay, I’ll be done in a minute.” Cheng Lydia looked up and asked her, “Do you want some water?”
“I’ll just go pour it myself if I want.”
Yang June was just about to ask Chung Grace if she was out when she heard Gu Ishara’s voice ring out, “Wow, there’s soup, Lydia how did you know I like pigeon soup?”
Gu Ishara said already picking up the bowl of soup that Yang June had ladled out and gulping it down.
“Hey …” Yang June was busy making an exit to stop it, “That’s not for you to drink.”
Gu Ishara then noticed Yang June’s presence and opened her mouth to ‘ahh’, looking at the bowl of soup and then at Cheng Lydia, “Did you buy the soup for Lydia?”
“Where it was bought, the old lady specially ordered the kitchen to make a stew for Lydia.” Yang June looked a little anxious.
Cheng Lydia smiled busily and said, “It’s okay, you can drink, it just so happens I just had breakfast and couldn’t drink.”
“How embarrassing is that.” Gu Ishara scratched her head and looked at the bowl of soup she had drunk, then at the rest of the soup in the thermos, “Okay, there’s still half a bowl.”
Gu Ishara fortunately finished all the soup in the bowl and re-fetched a bowl and spoon out for Lydia.
In order not to brush off Yang June’s piece of heartfelt newness, Cheng Lydia served the remaining half of the soup and drank it while it was still hot.
Gu Ishara stroked Yang June’s head and smiled, “Look how anxious you are, Lydia’s nutrition is good enough, pregnant women are not allowed to eat too much.”
“I’m not afraid that the little baby won’t have enough nutrition.” Yang June smiled and reached out to run her hand over Cheng Lydia’s baby bump.
“Ishara, why don’t you go back for lunch at noon and save your mother the nagging.”
“Didn’t we agree to have hot pot together tonight?”
“You can come back out at night.”
Gu Ishara rolled her eyes breathlessly, “It’s not like you don’t know my mother and go back and give me out?”
“Then what? We can’t just hang out all day, can we?”