639 Trap (1/2)

Earlier in the day...

Seeing Xiu's unusual nonchalance, Xin Zimen couldn't help re-evaluating what he knew about her. Because earlier he could tell that the sudden news of pregnancy evoked some emotional changes in her but now she was back to being the happy go, lucky person.

”You don't look like someone who was just upset about losing her freedom.”

Xiu could hear the undertone implication of his sentence and could even tell why he emphasized on 'freedom'. But she was the person who was easily able to follow the flow of life. At least, that's something she learned from her experiences. Being headstrong or denying the truth won't get her anywhere.

”What else am I supposed to act like?” she wondered. ”It's not I can do anything about this. Denial is useless. So, acceptance is the best route for me.”

He chuckled heartily, ”I wish my wife had this kind of acceptance as well.”

”Huh? Why did you say that?”

Xin Zimen contemplated for a minute before he said, ”You know the news of first pregnancy was a huge shock to not just to my wife but to me as well. We were both in college at that time. And it happened just after a year of our marriage.”

Xiu curiously asked, ”How did she take the news?”

He pursed his lips before replying, ”She fainted.”

”Huh?” she stared at him dumbfoundedly.

He nodded his head as he said, ”She literally just fainted after learning about it.”

*Flashback*

He could still recall it very clearly. He had just come out of a lecture when his friend told him that Wen Ai suddenly fainted and was taken to the infirmary. He ran over to see her and found her lying down on the bed with her eyes closed.

”What happened?” he tried to shake her awake and noticed that she was holding a paper in her hand tightly. He tried to take it out of her hand but even in her unconscious state, she refused to let go. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the people gathered around. Since his wife was quite famous, she had so many friends that it was hard to keep track of and now, everyone was gathered here.

He had pushed them all out before he locked the door and said, ”They are gone. Stop pretending now.”

It didn't even take a minute before she sat up and glared at him. Finding her gaze strange he asked, ”Why did you fake it?”

”I didn't fake it, at first. But when they brought me here, I was already awake. Just didn't want to open my eyes.”

”Why not?” he wondered. ”Embarrassed? But that can't be right.” He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, ”A person like you know nothing about embarrassment.”

She took a deep breath and shoved the report in her hand at his face, ”If it isn't because of you why would I want to faint and escape the reality?!”

”Is this real?” his voice was very soft as if like a whisper.

Wen Ai crooked her head saying, ”Oh, no no. It's my new fetish to pretend to be pregnant!”

”That's alright then,” he pretended to go along with her sarcasm.