Chapter 130: First Love? (2/2)

The other three were all startled, and Cheng Xi’s classmate turned angry after he recovered from his initial shock. As he looked at Cheng Xi and Su Feng awkwardly, he ground his teeth and reprimanded, “What’s the problem with you?”

But that only made his wife start crying more violently. She didn’t make any noises, and just laid down on the table looking particularly upset, completely unresponsive to her husband.

Her condition didn’t improve even after everyone tried to pacify her, and Cheng Xi’s classmate became extremely infuriated. He even hoisted her up and said, “It looks like we can’t continue this lunch, so we’ll be leaving first. Cheng Xi, I’m sorry about this. Let’s catch up next time.”

He was right about to leave right after speaking, but Cheng Xi’s heart felt unwell when she got a glimpse at the wife’s face. She stopped him. “Wait. Give us a moment, as she might not be feeling well. Let’s let Dr. Su talk with her alone first.”

And then she forced him to let go of her, pulling him outside.

Cheng Xi’s classmate was spinning in circles outside. “I really don’t know what’s up with her, always going crazy like that!”

Cheng Xi glanced at him from the side. “Was she always like this?”

She received a glare back from her classmate. “Of course not! If she acted like this in the past, then I wouldn’t have married her! However, after she got pregnant, I don’t know what happened. She just keeps crying. Even when I tell her that crying too much will hurt the baby’s development, she continues to cry! If I tell her that it’ll hurt her to sit for too long, she cries! If the baby messes around at night, then even before the baby starts bawling, she cries! I really can’t stand it anymore!”

“Besides crying, has she exhibited any other abnormal behavior? For example, suicidal thoughts.”

Cheng Xi’s classmate casually responded, “No. She did mention it a few times when she got upset, but those were just words spoken out of anger.”

Cheng Xi was speechless by his callousness.

She turned around and reentered the restaurant again. Su Feng was still trying to calm down the new mother, and when she saw Cheng Xi enter, she discreetly shook her head.

Cheng Xi kneeled down by the mother’s side. “Shall I have someone pour you some water and help you wash your face? It’s all dirty from crying. You won’t look nice like this.”

And then she called a waitress over to do just that, helping her clean up. The mother cooperated this time, but she obstinately did everything herself, refusing any of Cheng Xi’s help. When she finished, she started tearing up again upon seeing her swollen eyes in the mirror. Then, she looked at Cheng Xi and said, “I know you. He always talks about you. He even has your photos at home, and always says that you were his first love.”

Cheng Xi and Su Feng were both shocked by this revelation, with both of them left dazed and open-mouthed.

When she regained her senses, Su Feng started laughing at Cheng Xi. As for Cheng Xi, she continued to look earnestly at her classmate’s wife as she consoled, “One’s first love never lasts. You’re the lucky one who ended up marrying him in the end.”

“Ha!” Upon hearing this, the wife started laughing mirthlessly, her face revealing an ashen expression that Cheng Xi was all too familiar with. “Lucky? But why do I feel that I’m pitiful?” She looked at Cheng Xi forlornly. “I used to be just like you, wearing beautiful clothes, smiling easily and naturally……”

And then she broke down into tears again.

This time, even Su Feng stopped smiling, her face quickly turning severe.

Cheng Xi went out and told her classmate, “Your wife might be suffering from postnatal depression. I recommend that you take her back to the hospital.”

Common people like her classmate, however, were largely unaware that such mental problems even existed. As soon as she said this, her charming and witty classmate even replied, “What? She’s depressed despite having such a good life? Is she crazy?”

Su Feng said from the side, “From your words, with a husband like you, it’d be abnormal if she weren’t depressed.”

Without any further ado, Cheng Xi brought both of them back to the hospital and added the wife to her list of patients.

After the check-up and interview, she conclusively identified it as a somewhat more severe case of postnatal depression. Her classmate’s wife was mired in very heavy thoughts, and had even tried to kill herself a couple of times before.

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