Chapter 207 An Important Event—Morning Sickness (2/2)
”I just want it!”
”Okay, I'll have them serve it to you. ” Not until Shen Xinglan walked to the doorstep did he take out his phone. He thought for a while and called Shen I.
Shen I got a bad feeling the second he saw the caller's ID...
”Boss?”
”Which place makes the best sour soup with beef?”
”...Ah?” Shen I was lost. ”I don't know, ours?”
Shen Xinglan lowered his voice instantly. ”Check it out and tell me, right now.”
Thanks to those online posts written by foodies, Shen I was able to collect the information with much respect and send it to Shen Xinglan.
”Have a look, Boss. Basically, that's all of it.”
Shen Xinglan finally chose a restaurant featuring northeastern Chinese cuisine because their dishes were not too spicy. And it was also because Song Baohua suggested that there he could order fried pork in scoop as well for they were sweet and sour, pretty good appetizers.
After all the thinking and ordering, the dishes were sent over. A Miao looked at them one by one and said with a bitter face, ”No... I don't want to eat them anymore...”
”It's normal, it's normal!” Song Baohua carefully looked at Shen Xinglan, afraid that he turned angry, and quickly said, ”The pregnant woman usually changes their mind quickly like this.”
When Shen Xinglan saw A Miao looking at him with her sad eyes, he felt a bit heartbroken and said, ”What do you want to eat? We will make it for you and it doesn't matter. Try some more, and you'll finally find what you want.”
Pity those chefs who were made to cook. Shen I looked at all the dishes on the table at the expense of a sky-high price and multiple strings pulling, yet without which nobody should cook for her in the middle of the night.
”Am I a bit brat...” A Miao said plaintively. She knew that this was not good, but she couldn't help it.
Shen Xinglan embraced her into his arms and said, ”Nonsense. You are not a brat. If you don't like it, then don't eat it. Now name what you want!”
”Nothing.” A Miao rubbed on his arms.
Song Baohua brought the fried pork in scoop to her and said, ”Smell it. You may like this dish after that.”
Afraid of vomiting again, A Miao carefully moved close to it and smelled. A sour taste stimulated her taste buds.
”Can I have one piece?” She asked Shen Xinglan.
Shen Xinglan picked up a small one and fed it into her mouth. A Miao leaned back a bit and said, ”What if I throw up again...”
She really didn't want to go through that one more time.
”Just a little.” Shen Xinglan said, decisive to make her eat something, thinking that she couldn't always keep her stomach empty.
A Miao opened her mouth and ate it. She did not vomit.
”Try this again?” Shen Xinglan took the sour soup with beef she once longed for.
Probably it was because the urge of vomiting faded away that A Miao suddenly felt like eating. Then she sat in a chair and ate much with the sided rice. She didn't stop until Song Baohua reminded her not to eat too much.
”I feel better!” A Miao was very happy and grabbed a piece of mango to eat.
Then her face changed...
Five minutes later, A Miao was lying in the arms of Shen Xinglan, weak like noodles. ”No more... no more food... no more food...”
”Oh, she vomited again,” Song Baohua said as she cleaned up the table. ”This is not good. Shall we go to the hospital tomorrow?”
Shen Xinglan felt even worse for A Miao and was dying to vomit for her so to relieve her pain.
”Shen I, inform the hospital that we will go and have a check tomorrow morning.”
The doctor could do nothing.
”This is a normal pregnancy reaction. The only thing you can do is to try more stuff and see what she can eat.”
Shen Xinglan said with a dark face. ”Try? Do you mean that we let her eat and puke over and over again?”
”Director Shen...” The female doctor said with a little twist on her face. ”If she feels too bad, I suggest that you take her to someplace else other than your house.”
A Miao was preparing to do the color ultrasound. At hearing this, she turned and asked, ”Can we go for a trip?”
She chuckled when Shen Xinglan glanced at her.
She wanted to visit He Shishi...
”I don't recommend this.” The doctor nipped her idea in the bud. ”You can go to a nearby resort, like a kind of farm, or expose yourself to nature, which will work for you.”
When Shen Xinglan was thinking about where to go, the doctor over there smiled and congratulated A Miao.
”Mrs. Shen, it's a girl!”
She turned the screen, and A Miao kept her eyes wide open and looked at a small meatball pumping inside the screen.
”If you do it again in six months, and you will see the baby's hands and feet.”
A Miao heavily nodded and stretched her hands out. Shen Xinglan held her hands and looked into the screen. It's a magic moment where a warm flood of familial love slowly spread out in his chest, making his expression unconsciously gentle.
When he left the hospital, he let A Miao get on the car first and went to see Ouyang Jin on his own.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Mei was standing here when he got off from the elevator.
”It's not easy to see you.” Xiao Mei wore a long white dress and charmingly smiled at him. ”Can we talk?”
”No.” Shen Xinglan looked away and prepared to leave.
Xiao Mei's laughter came from behind. ”Oh, don't you want to know who the teenager was that shot at you on the helicopter?”
Shen Xinglan suddenly stopped.