Chapter 685: Baby Moving 1 (2/2)

Chu Lian couldn’t get the two senior servants to budge, so she picked out a beautiful golden lotus to paste on her forehead.

As the sunlight streamed through the gaps in the tree canopy above, some rays would shine on Chu Lian’s forehead, lighting up the golden lotus ornament. The reflected sunlight gave the illusion of a golden glow around her.

Just as she was calculating the projected income from the northern market and Dejufeng in her mind, there was a sudden movement from her belly, causing Chu Lian to freeze up.

This was… her baby moving?

He Changdi had just returned from his ministry and had come looking for Chu Lian, only to be met with the sight of Chu Lian all stiff with a weird expression on her face.

His originally calm state turned into tension at once.

He quickly strode over and reached Chu Lian’s side in record time. He immediately wrapped his arm around her thin shoulders in support.

“Lian’er, what’s wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?” He Changdi frowned heavily, afraid that something had gone wrong.

After the four month mark had passed, Chu Lian’s belly had swelled up like a balloon. It was growing by the day.

At first, he had found it strange that Chu Lian’s body had been as slender as before after three months. If she went out in a dress, no one would be able to tell that she was pregnant.

He had even specially gone to seek out Great Doctor Miao to ask him, and had gotten laughed at in return.

However, in the blink of an eye, Chu Lian had suddenly increased in size…

Sometimes, when he looked at her tiny figure and protruding belly, he couldn’t help the urge to follow behind her to help her hold up her belly. He was eternally afraid that she would slip and fall…

He Changdi had heard from Great Doctor Miao that it wasn’t good for women to get pregnant at too young an age.

Seeing how much she was suffering during this pregnancy, He Changdi was especially vexed with himself for not knowing all this common knowledge before. Now he had caused Chu Lian to bear such suffering at a young age.