Chapter 548 - What Is He To You? (2)
Chapter 548 – What Is He To You? (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
On the other side, holding the breakfast in her hands, Zhao Youlin walked to the door of the room Su Jifeng told her and raised her hand to knock on the door.
It did not take long for a familiar voice to come from inside the house. “Come in.”
Perhaps because Su He had just woken up, her voice sounded a little bit more hoarse than usual. Zhao Youlin smiled. She opened the door of the room and walked in.
“Just leave the breakfast there. I’ll… Youlin!” Su He had just gotten dressed. She was leaning on the bed and did not feel like getting up. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she thought it was the maid who sent up the breakfast. So she wanted the maid to put the breakfast aside first. She would eat it later when she was fully awake.
She did not expect that when she turned around, she would see someone who shouldn’t be there. She let out a cry of surprise. “What are you doing here?”
When Zhao Youlin saw her trying to get up, she quickened her pace immediately and pressed Su He’s shoulders before she got down on her bed and pressed her back into bed.
“You’d better stay in bed. You can’t even walk steadily since you have just woken up, yet you are not afraid to get down from your bed. I wouldn’t be able to afford it if you slip and fall.” Zhao Youlin held the tray with one hand and mocked her with a smile.
Su He blushed and said awkwardly, “I am not that fragile. Stop mocking me, Youlin. Speaking of which, what are you doing here? I thought these few days, you and Cousin Tingfeng are…”
Zhao Youlin smiled. She put the tray on the bedside table and sat down on the edge of the bed. “Yes, we got married two days ago. But you, as his cousin, only sent something as a congratulatory gift and didn’t even show up for a second, which really made your cousin and I feel sad. That’s why we are here now to confront you for an explanation as soon as the wedding ended, aren’t we?”
Su He was a little embarrassed after hearing Zhao Youlin’s words, but soon her feeling of embarrassment was replaced by a depressive feeling.
“It is not that I don’t want to attend your and Tingfeng’s wedding, but… as you can see, given my current condition, I am afraid I would cause a stir and ruin your wedding for nothing. Moreover, Tingfeng’s parents don’t know I am pregnant yet. If they find out the existence of this baby…”
The baby inside the belly seemed to have felt its mother’s uneasiness, as it kicked a little, making a faint protrusion on Su He’s round belly.
Su He hurriedly lowered her head and touched her belly. There was a tender expression on her face when she was soothing her baby in her belly, who seemed as unsettled as her.
Zhao Youlin took in Su He’s every reaction. She sighed and said, “In your heart, are you really so ashamed of your baby?”
Su He raised her head suddenly and said anxiously, “I don’t think of my baby that way… I just…”
“Since you don’t, why are you so worried about the elders finding out the existence of your baby? Are you worried that they will hurt it? Or are you worried that they will be disappointed in you?” Zhao Youlin watched Su He’s face turn white little by little. She could not bear to watch it, but there were some words that she had to tell her. “But Xiao He, have you ever thought about it? Your baby is already more than four months old, in another four or five months, it is going to be born. How long can you hide this from them?”
“I don’t know, Youlin. I really don’t know. I am afraid that dad and mom won’t accept my child, but I… I really want to keep it. Maybe… Maybe at first, I really thought about getting rid of it, but now I know I can’t lose it. This child… This child is important to me, so important that… I would trade anything for it!”
Su He’s eyes shimmered with tears, but stubbornly, she refused to let her tears flow down. She was undoubtedly vulnerable now, but she had to force herself to be strong.
It was simply because she knew that no one but herself could really protect this baby. If she became weak, who else could protect her child?
Looking at Su He’s reaction, the resignation in her eyes became deeper and deeper. “What about Ye Yan? What are you going to do about Ye Yan?”
Hearing Ye Yan’s name, Su He trembled fiercely and asked with widened eyes, “What do you mean by what I am going to do about Ye Yan?”
“He has found out that the baby in your belly is his, too. He has been looking for you lately.”
“Why is he looking for me? His baby? No, this baby is mine. He doesn’t remember anything. He doesn’t even remember how we got this baby. How can this baby be his? This baby is mine. It’s mine. How can he try to take it away from me? How can he?”
“Xiao He, calm down. Calm down.” Zhao Youlin did not expect that Su He would get worked up all of sudden. She quickly took Su He’s hand and tried to calm her down. “No one is going to take your baby away. No one is going to take your baby away. Calm down, calm down. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath.”
Zhao Youlin’s words worked. After Su He took a few deep breaths, she barely stabilized her emotions and asked with a wary look in her eyes, “Then why is he looking for me? If it’s not for the baby, why else is he looking for me?”
These two people were really driving Zhao Youlin insane. Zhao Youlin rolled her eyes speechlessly, “Has it ever occurred to you that he is looking for you simply because he wants to see you? Well, of course, it could also be because of the baby, but can’t it be that the main reason he wants to see you is because of you?”
“Because of me?” Su He was dumbfounded. A trace of doubt crossed her eyes, but the doubt was quickly overturned by herself. “How is it possible? How can it be because of me? He has already forgotten me. He doesn’t remember me. How can it… be possible?”
Before Su He could finish, Zhao Youlin had already interrupted her. “What if he remembers?”
“He remembers?” Su He was stupefied. She turned her head and looked incredulously at Zhao Youlin.
“That’s right!” Zhao Youlin met Su He’s eyes, not letting her have a chance to get out of it. “What if he remembers? What if he remembers who you are? What if he remembers everything that happened in your past? What if he remembers that the person he really cares about and likes is you? And that I might just be a shadow of you that he made up? What would you do?”
Zhao Youlin’s aggressive questioning caused the atmosphere in the room to freeze for a moment. Su He’s expression also went blank for a moment.
After quite a while, Zhao Youlin heard her whisper back in a raspy voice, “I don’t know… I don’t know…”
Zhao Youlin’s eyebrows furrowed. She gripped Su He’s shoulders, forcing her to meet her eyes. “Xiao He, you have to know. This is about the future of you and Ye Yan, as well as your child. You can’t just maintain the status quo in such a muddled manner, you understand?”
The tears in Su He’s eyes that she had finally managed to force back emerged again. Zhao Youlin gritted her teeth and forced herself to ask one last question, “Xiao He, be honest with me. What exactly is Ye Yan to you?”
Su He’s pupils suddenly contracted because of Zhao Youlin’s words.. What is… Ye Yan to her? What is he to her?