Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“No.” Yu Chen said, “My wife is so pretty, why shouldn’t I take a closer look?”
“It’s nothing. It’s just that our physical examination hasn’t been completed yet, and we have only just scratched the surface about the child.” Ling Qing reminded him.
Only then did Yu Chen come back to his senses, “I’ll call Zhang Peng.”
After he finished speaking, he stepped forward to open the door, but then he thought of something and came back. He held Ling Qing’s shoulders and asked him, “You don’t want to say anything? If there is any psychological pressure or burden, you must tell me and we will discuss it together.”
Ling Qing smiled and pinched his face. “I’m not as fragile as you think.”
Yu Chen grabbed his hand and kissed it. After a moment, “I know, but I’m always afraid that I don’t care about you enough.”
Ling Qing’s heart warmed, “You already care about me more than enough.”
There could be no one in this world who cared about him more than Yu Chen.
Seeing that he really didn’t care, Yu Chen opened the door again and let Zhang Peng come in to talk.
Zhang Peng did not go in, but instead invited the two of them into his office.
“I won’t make it public. If you two want this child, that’s fine. Just come here for prenatal checkups regularly in the future. My sister was found to be pregnant the day before yesterday. I made a list of things to pay attention to. Sister-in-law, you can also read it. Look.”
He took out a bunch of A4 paper from the drawer and handed it to Ling Qing. Ling Qing took it and said, “Thank you.”
Yu Chen took a look at it and saw that it was quite comprehensive, so he accepted it.
Zhang Peng kept talking for a long time. Yu Chen and Ling Qing listened carefully until the end. Then Ling Qing raised his hand to ask, “A question.”
“What?”
Ling Qing smiled, feeling a little guilty for no reason, “I’ve been… There is a movie to be made, so it shouldn’t affect it, right?”
Yu Chen: !!!
Before Zhang Peng could speak, Yu Chen objected, “How could it not affect it? I’ll call Yun He soon and stop the movie’s filming.”
Ling Qing had guessed that he would say this, “I’m just in the early stages of pregnancy, it doesn’t matter. Besides, girls still go to work when they are pregnant. There are actresses who still insist on filming. They can do it, and so can I.”
“This is different,” Yu Chen said. “Pregnancy is a social norm for women, but it is not a social norm for you to be pregnant, so you should pay more attention.”
“I am not that squeamish.” Ling Qing advised him, “You are not a squeamish person, and neither am I, so our child must not be either.”
Yu Chen was dumbfounded by what he said, “That’s not what I said.”
“Why not? Besides, this movie is not a martial arts movie, and it doesn’t have any intense action scenes, and the shooting period is not long, I think it’s okay.”
Yu Chen was tired and could only look at Zhang Peng, “What do you think?”
Zhang Peng’s eyes lingered between the two of them for a long time, with a sense of melancholy like a doctor having trouble solving household chores, “Speaking theoretically, you can work during pregnancy, as long as you pay attention. But how to operate it depends on you and your wife. As an outsider, I don’t dare to make any suggestions.”
Ling Qing turned to look at Yu Chen and said proudly, “You heard him, I can work during pregnancy.”
Yu Chen completely disagreed, “Let’s talk about it when we go home.”
“Okay.” Ling Qing agreed.
The two of them did the rest of the physical examinations together, took the physical examination report, and left the hospital after confirming that there was nothing wrong with their bodies.
When they arrived, they thought it was two people, but when they left, they had realized it was three people.
This feeling was quite strange. Yu Chen glanced at Ling Qing and felt that his ability to accept was quite strong.
As he thought this, he thought of Ling Qing’s work again.
Ling Qing was a very ambitious person at work. When filming “March Peach Blossom Smile”, he was still a newcomer. Both he and Huo Qing said that he could choose the third male lead, which would be safer. The bonus wasn’t the biggest, but it won’t let him get scolded either.
But Ling Qing refused and chose the male protagonist He Chaoyang.
Later, he wanted to make a movie, and he bluntly said that he wanted to win awards. Instead of choosing a movie by a well-known director, he chose “The Dream” because the protagonist had more character tension and explosiveness, which could help him win awards.
But now, he had gotten pregnant with a child beyond their expectations. At this time, he was asked to give up the movie and concentrate on recuperating at home. If he was the one who was pregnant, Yu Chen also felt that he would definitely not be willing to do so.
When the light turned red, Yu Chen stopped the car and leaned back on his chair to think carefully.
Ling Qing saw his serious face and asked him, “What are you thinking about?”
“I’m thinking about your work.” Yu Chen turned to look at him and reached out to touch his stomach.
It was still very flat, and he couldn’t feel at all that there was a child growing under his palm.
Ling Qing asked him, “Have you thought about it?”
Yu Chen shook his head, “It’s a bit complicated.”
Ling Qing looked at him with a smile and said gently, “Then you think about it slowly first.”
He was not in a hurry to talk to Yu Chen now.
Since Yu Chen said that he was thinking about this matter, it proved that he was no longer completely unsupportive of his filming, so he was willing to let Yu Chen figure it out slowly first.
Yu Chen smiled and took his hand away from his stomach, pinched his face and said nothing.
The two of them had a smooth journey back home. Yu Chen originally wanted to accompany Ling Qing, but Ling Qing felt it was unnecessary.
“Although I’m pregnant, I’m not a porcelain doll. Don’t treat me like a fragile handicraft.”
He waved to Yu Chen, “Go and do your work. I’ll go to bed when I get home and wait for you to get off work in the afternoon. Come and stay with me.”
Yu Chen reluctantly agreed, “Then you have a good rest and send me a WeChat message if you have anything to do.”
“I understand, don’t worry.”
The housekeeper looked at the two of them sitting in the living room and shook his head silently and sighed in his heart: The young master is so clingy.
Just as he finished sighing, he was stopped by Yu Chen, “Uncle Wang.”
The butler turned around and said, “What’s the matter, young master?”
“I’m going to the company first, please take good care of Qing Qing.”
Butler: … I still need you to give me a special explanation for this kind of thing???
“Yes, Master.”
Ling Qing looked at him as he agreed with a look of disgust on his face and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Yu Chen sighed secretly, looked at Butler Wang who looked disgusted, and said to himself that when you know the meaning of this sentence in the future, you would regret your current ignorance.
He kissed Ling Qing, stood up, and went out.
The housekeeper was tired of looking at them, so he asked Ling Qing, “Master Ling, what do you want to eat? Can I get you some fruit?”
Ling Qing thought for a while, “Let’s have an orange.”
“Okay.” The housekeeper agreed. and walked towards the refrigerator.
When Yu Chen arrived at the company, managers from various departments reported to him one after another.
After he listened one by one, Secretary Sun knocked on the door and came in, briefing him about the arrangements for tomorrow’s meeting.
Yu Chen nodded, then as if thinking of something, he looked her up and down.
Secretary Sun was confused and thought to herself, she didn’t make any mistakes today, right?
The time, location, meeting content, and participants were all checked.
The make-up was as always subtle and not showy at all.
There was no problem with the clothing either, black and white, classic skin, never go out of style!
She was wondering when she suddenly heard Yu Chen ask him, “Secretary Sun, if you were pregnant, would you like to rest at home or continue working?”
Secretary Sun:????
This was too difficult of a question for her, she was still single! Where could she get pregnant?!
Secretary Sun thought for a while and replied seriously: “I should still like to come to work.”
“Why?” Yu Chen asked puzzledly, “Isn’t it very hard to be pregnant? At this time, if possible, you would naturally be at home. It’s more appropriate to rest, isn’t it?”
“You can’t say that.” Secretary Sun looked at him and expressed her opinion, “Work is a part of my life. I can gain recognition and praise from others and realize myself at work. I can also have work satisfaction, so this is a way for me to show my self-worth. If I have to stop working because of pregnancy, it’s okay for two days a day, but if I am ten months pregnant and I don’t work for ten months, I will feel very empty.”
Yu Chen nodded but then couldn’t help but educate her: “Your value should not be reflected through other people’s recognition and praise. Everyone has their own value. Even if no one praises you, even if you don’t have a job, you are still valuable, if you feel that you don’t have it, it’s just because you haven’t discovered your own strengths and values.”
Secretary Sun was stunned for a moment and blinked, could this be the case?
“Of course,” Yu Chen agreed with her point of view, “Work is indeed a way to show self-worth. You are right, but it is only one of the ways.”
Secretary Sun nodded.
“Is there anything else?” Yu Chen asked her, “Is it just because of this?”
“Well…” Secretary Sun thought for a while, “Also, although I am not pregnant now, if one day I am pregnant, I would probably prefer that others remember me first, and then the fact that I am a mother.”
Her voice was very gentle as she said, “Of course I am willing to pay for my children, but I also hope that I can still have my own preferences and interests and they can be respected. If I don’t want to go to work, then I can choose to stay at home while being pregnant, that’s no problem. But if I am outgoing, like to communicate with others, and enjoy the sense of accomplishment that work brings, then I also hope that, neither my husband nor my parents-in-law should interfere with my freedom to go to work,” she said, “I am the one who is pregnant and the child is in my belly. I will naturally cherish the baby more than anyone else. After all, if he is hurt by external forces, it hurts not just him, but me as well. Therefore, I hope that at this time, someone can care more about me and my own wishes instead of saying that you have to think about the child in my belly. Or that it’s for my own good. I’m his mother, and I will always think about him, but what you call for my own good is not necessarily what I want.”
Yu Chen fell silent.
He felt that he had made the same mistake. Of course he was not trying to persuade Ling Qing to think about the child in his belly. He was just following his own wishes, thinking it was for Ling Qing’s good.
Just like Guo Wenhao in the past, he thought he was doing it for the person he liked and thought Ling Qing would be happy, but Ling Qing was not willing to accept his so-called kindness at all.
What he needed was real care, concern for his wishes, respect for his ideas, not standing and talking without pain, and letting him give up his job immediately after accepting the unexpected pregnancy.
Ling Qing had never been a willful person. He had ideas and the ability to realize his ideas. Since he did not give up filming after learning that he was pregnant, it proved that he felt that he could balance these two things.
Then he shouldn’t just block it and not give him a chance to try.
If he was worried, he could stay with Ling Qing, go through the filming time with him, and be fully prepared, instead of letting him give up without even trying.
He had already taken on a lot, and he shouldn’t give in on something like this again.
Yu Chen felt that he seemed to have understood something. So, he looked at Secretary Sun and said, “I understand, thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” Secretary Sun smiled.
“Let’s go to the finance department later to collect a bonus. Just think of it as consulting fee.”
Secretary Sun shook her head, “How embarrassing is that? Mr. Yu, you didn’t ask me anything.”
“It’s okay.” Yu Chen laughed. He smiled and said, “Go out and work hard. You have done well this year. Keep up the hard work.”
“Okay.” Secretary Sun nodded and politely withdrew.
Yu Chen leaned back in his chair and wanted to send a message to Ling Qing, but he held it back and decided to go back and tell him face to face. He thought that Ling Qing would be very happy to hear that he agreed.
He thought of Ling Qing’s crooked eyebrows, and suddenly felt like returning home. Unfortunately, it was still early to get off work, so Yu Chen had to pick up the document again and read it carefully.
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