NOVEL NEXT Chapter 583. Pregnant
Recently, Mom has been in a great mood, humming a little tune as she cheerfully walked into my house.
Everywhere you look, there are various baby products, from strollers to pacifiers. Although there’s still some time until my due date, everything the baby will need has already been prepared in advance.
Sitting on the sofa and knitting a sweater, Ning Chu glanced up at her mother but then dropped her head again, focusing on her work.
The sweater knitting isn’t just for the baby in her belly; she simply doesn’t feel like going out, so knitting helps pass the time.
“Feeling good today, huh?” she casually asked, “What’s making you so happy?”
“Aren’t you about to give birth soon?”
“Still a few months left… When I have a daughter, you’ll just turn around and spoil your grandchild.”
Mom cheerfully put the ingredients she bought into the fridge: “Do you think I’m the kind of person who favors sons over daughters? What era is this?”
“Back then, you said you didn’t want to have kids, remember?”
After helping with her daughter and son-in-law’s wedding, Mom was still incredibly busy, coming over every day to make meals for Ning Chu, and after that, she’d rush over to her son’s house to help look after her grandchild. She just can’t sit still; if she doesn’t fill her time completely, she feels restless.
“Wen Yang, haven’t gotten up yet? What do you want for breakfast?”
“Still sleeping, got home almost at ten last night.” Ning Chu yawned, “Just make something easy; I need to go to the hospital with Wen Yang later.”
“Wen Yang working overtime every day isn’t good. You need to take care of his health.”
She silently rolled her eyes, completely not feeling that Wen Yang’s health was any worse.
Clearly, it’s her who is gaining weight from the pregnancy and doesn’t want to undress in front of Wen Yang due to stretch marks, but he still insists on being all over her every night.
It’s just that as a Succubus, she was too sensitive, so she complied…
She thought about it, she might just be the first qualified Succubus to resist GHS.
“Mom, will my figure go back to normal after having the baby? And will the stretch marks go away?”
Worried, Ning Chu set down her knitting and followed her mother into the kitchen.
“…”
“Mom?”
She looked confused at her mother, who was silent and making breakfast.
Mom opened her mouth, words of comforting deceit almost slipping out, but she carefully pondered her response: “Your skin might be slightly looser? If you exercise a lot, it will be fine after a while.”
“And the stretch marks? They look so bad, all those lines, and they feel all wrinkly to touch…”
“With time, the color will fade, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Ning Chu immediately sensed her mother only told half the truth. She checked online before asking but thought her mother might offer a more accurate answer based on personal experience.
It doesn’t look very optimistic… Even though she vaguely knew from prepping for pregnancy that childbirth would have irreversible effects on women, when faced with it for real, she still felt anxious and panicked.
“It’s fine~ If you take good care of yourself, no one will know you had a child, right?”
“Um… I’ll go wake Wen Yang up.”
Ning Chu pursed her lips and left the kitchen.
As a beauty enthusiast, when she became a woman, a big reason she could gradually accept her new identity was that she turned into a beautiful, graceful Succubus.
She could experience the advantages that beauty brings; many people would instinctively take extra care of a pretty girl.
But now, she felt she was becoming less attractive, and even after giving birth, it wouldn’t be reversible…
“Wake up.”
Arriving at the bedroom, Ning Chu stood at the bedside and called out to the pig lying on the bed.
Wen Yang stirred, his eyelids fluttering but he didn’t open his eyes. He only hoarsely replied, “Soon, I’ll just nap a bit longer.”
“If you don’t get up now, we’ll be late for the hospital.”
Only then did he rub his eyes, opened them a bit dazedly at the ceiling, and yawn repeatedly.
“Are you that tired? It’s past eight already.”
He lazily stretched, finally noticing Ning Chu standing by the bed, and helplessly said, “But I’ve been working overtime every day, I’m a bit worn out.”
“Then why don’t you sleep well at night?”
“Hey, the Succubus is more important.” Wen Yang teased with a grin.
Ning Chu rolled her eyes, turned around, and asked, “Shouldn’t we buy a couple of cans of milk powder just in case?”
“Xin Ya complained this morning too, saying her baby eats so much the milk isn’t enough, and they have to feed every two hours. She didn’t sleep well all night and sent her husband out to buy milk powder first thing this morning.”
“But I took a look, good milk powder is around three to five hundred, so expensive…”
She kept rambling on and noticed that when she turned around, Wen Yang was half-awake with droopy eyes and probably hadn’t heard a single word she said.
Furious, she raised her hand to slap him, but then hesitated and lowered it.
Working overtime isn’t pleasant, even the healthiest person can feel drained from it… Besides, now everything costs money, and since she’s not working, the family income is entirely dependent on Wen Yang.
Ning Chu rebuked Wen Yang in her mind, softening her anger significantly.
Leaning against the headboard, she looked down at Wen Yang’s face.
“Look at those bags under your eyes…”
These days, Wen Yang has looked exhausted too, facing the boss during the day and working overtime, then coming home to look after her, having to deal with her unpredictable moods.
“Ning Chu~ Breakfast is ready!”
Mom’s voice echoed from the living room, and Wen Yang jolted, realizing he had dozed off again.
“Why didn’t you wake me?” He sat up, lazily stretching again, and his tired face suddenly softened into a gentle smile as he teased Ning Chu, “How about a good morning kiss?”
“Ugh~”
Ning Chu dutifully lifted her chin, pouting her lips slightly, and Wen Yang didn’t hold back, wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her.
Having just woken up without washing up yet, it was just a brief contact of lips, but after a few seconds, she pushed him away, complaining: “Your stubble is prickly, it itches…”
“I’ll go shave right now.”
“Put on some clothes first.” Ning Chu handed him his clothes, “It’s winter, and you’re just in your shorts while you sleep.”
“I’m hot.”
She waited for her husband to get dressed and asked: “Should we buy some milk powder just to be prepared, in case there isn’t enough milk?”
But Wen Yang hesitated, turning to look at her in confusion: “You won’t have enough? It’s pretty big…”
His wife was a C cup before pregnancy, now she’s grown a bit, at least a C+ level.
“It’s not about size! Are you dumb?”
“Is it? Then let’s buy it, don’t worry about the money, my overtime pay is pretty good.”
Ning Chu agreed, looking down for reviews on baby formula as she walked out of the bedroom: “Get ready and eat quickly.”
“What do one-stage and two-stage mean…?”
She mumbled as she walked into the dining room, where Mom had already laid out breakfast on the table.
A standard spread of meat, eggs, and milk, with the sound of bubbling soup coming from the kitchen.
“Mom, make less soup; there’s not much nutrition in it.”
“Nutrition is all in the soup.”
“Is that so… Is it, really…”