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"How could An Shaojie do this? Qinglan is pregnant with his child, and he went abroad with someone else." Lin Xi stood up angrily. "He definitely doesn't know about this; I need to let my Dad and Mama tell his mother."
Xu Wen looked up at Lin Xi. His face never showed excessive anger or excitement. Even when he was angry or agitated, he always managed to control his emotions well.
Lin Xi glanced around at the people nearby. They all stared at her with astonished expressions, probably thinking she was arguing with Xu Wen across from her, and maybe even believing that Xu Wen was her boyfriend. Looking back at Xu Wen, he wore an expression of calm indifference, unaffected by the various gazes around him. He calmly picked up his coffee and took a light sip.
Feeling embarrassed, Lin Xi sat back down, unable to face the situation.
"Right now, no one can know," Xu Wen said as he set down his cup.
"Why?" Lin Xi asked, her eyes wide in confusion.
"The news about Qinglan's pregnancy can't get out yet. If too many people find out and it spreads to school, it will be detrimental to her. I haven't figured out how to handle this matter yet."
"What needs handling? An Shaojie has already gone abroad with another girl; of course, she should terminate the pregnancy," Lin Xi said with a matter-of-fact expression.
Xu Wen replied, "But she doesn't agree to terminate the pregnancy."
"This..." Lin Xi put down her milk tea cup, surprised by Qinglan's stance. "What is she insisting on?"
Lin Xi meant to ask if she still needed to insist on love.
Since she was three years old, Qinglan had held onto this relationship. Oh no, Lin Xi waved her hand; to be precise, since she was born, she had clung to this one love. Wasn't that right? Throughout their growing years, they often heard adults recount stories of Qinglan's childhood when she was still a baby and was close to An Shaojie. At that time, adults told these stories as jokes, but to them, it sounded like the warmest scenes and a longing for an unreachable feeling of innocence. Whenever Qinglan heard adults talk about it, she would always smile shyly and sweetly, as if from that moment on, she believed she was destined for An Shaojie and had given herself to him without reservation. Lin Xi looked at her as if seeing her little sister winning a piece of sweet candy; she thought her sister was so happy, the happiest person in the world because she held a piece of candy that made her smile sweeter than anyone else's.
They often hid in a secluded Haystack, sharing the piece of candy in her hand and telling sweet jokes. They never needed to care about An Shaojie's feelings because he was their Brother Shaojie. They were happy and sweet, and he should naturally be happy and sweet too; otherwise, would any other girl like him? He was so unlikable. Their affection for him was his luck. She and her were princesses in everyone's eyes, but he was not a prince; he was just a prince in their eyes. What more could he desire? With the two of them liking him and treating him well, shouldn't he feel happiness and sweetness?
However, this very love betrayed her. What reason did she have to persist?
This was Lin Xi's meaning.
Xu Wen understood clearly.
"If it's her love, not someone else's love, then perhaps that's her reason for holding on! Maybe to others, love is a matter between two people, but in her eyes, love is solely her own affair. So she is just holding on to a one-sided love."
It sounded like a convoluted view of love, but for Xu Wen and Lin Xi, they both understood it clearly.
Lin Xi didn't speak but let out a slight sigh and asked, "What should we do in this situation? There's still a year until graduation! Although there aren't many courses left, the internship must be completed, and the graduation thesis must also be finished."
"We can think of something for the internship. She started interning in July; if she holds on for another month, the three-month internship will be over. She can go home to rest for a while. The main issue is the graduation project next semester; no one can do it for her, and it can't be substituted," Xu Wen said.
"Going home to rest won't work," Lin Xi immediately denied. "Our hometown is quite feudal and backward. If Qinglan goes home to rest, will she even survive? Just the gossip alone could kill her. Besides, her Father and Mother would probably kill her themselves."
Xu Wen remained silent, frowning as if deep in thought. Lin Xi stirred her milk tea with a straw, also lost in contemplation while mentally counting down to Qinglan's due date.
If what Xu Wen said was correct and Qinglan got pregnant in May, then February of next year would be right at the start of the new semester and also Qinglan's due date.
Lin Xi counted again on her fingers, leaning forward towards Xu Wen, quietly asking, "Lanlan has been pregnant for four months already?"
Due to her ongoing poor mood and lack of nutritional supplements, apart from Xu Wen occasionally taking her out for meals, she mostly ate at the cafeteria and never treated herself to better food. Xu Wen had advised her several times, but she remained unchanged. Eventually, Xu Wen decided to join her for every meal, taking responsibility for ensuring she ate properly. Even when they dined at the cafeteria, he would go to the stir-fry section to prepare a few extra dishes for her. However, even with this effort, her nutrition still fell short compared to what a pregnant woman normally needed. As a result, the baby in her womb was smaller than average for its gestational age, and her belly was significantly smaller than that of other pregnant women at the same stage. It was summer, and given her tall and slender figure, along with her habit of wearing loose dresses, those who were unaware would not notice anything unusual and would simply think she had gained a little weight.
Including Lin Xi, before Xu Wen revealed the truth to her, she had not realized that Qinglan was pregnant, let alone four months along.
Xu Wen pressed his lips together without answering Lin Xi, various complex emotions choking him. He felt pain for Qinglan while also suffering for himself. He once thought that regardless of how things turned out between her and An Shaojie, he could wait. Of course, if she were happily with An Shaojie, he would bless her. But now, he found himself unable to offer blessings or know how to wait. He wasn't afraid of her being an unwed mother or having a child without a father; he was only concerned that with Qinglan's stubborn nature, waiting seemed like an endless wish. “Qinglan probably won't be able to participate in the last month of her internship,” Lin Xi said while holding a straw in her mouth without sucking it, gently biting down on it instead. “The baby grows rapidly after three months, and after September, the weather will cool down; she won't be able to wear dresses to hide it.” Xu Wen listened quietly.
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