The Pain of Not Being Able to Love

"You're calling for backup? Then you'd better hurry up and introduce your girlfriend to me," Yiren still didn't let it go.

"The party doesn't start until 8 o'clock. She'll show up then. Do you want to eat something first? I'll ask Nanny Wu to prepare it for you," Cheng Yuxuan asked.

"I want to have some porridge. Oh right, why don't I see Auntie? I haven't seen Su Yuncao for a long time. I wonder if she's doing okay," Yiren said.

"She's still in the kitchen, busy with her desserts," Cheng Yuxuan pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"Then I'll go and have a chat with her. You two can talk," Yiren said and walked towards the kitchen.

"Long time no see, Auntie!" Yiren stood at the kitchen door and said to Su Yuncao, who was busy in the kitchen.

Su Yuncao stopped what she was doing, turned around, saw Yiren, and showed a delighted smile.

"Oh my goodness! It's Yiren, right? Long time no see!" Su Yuncao walked over and touched Yiren's face.

"Auntie, you haven't changed at all," Yiren said, recalling a lot of things they had done together before. It was a wonderful time. During the days when she lost her mother, Su Yuncao had cared for her like an elder and a friend.

"I'm getting old. But you've become even more beautiful. It seems Ji Minze treats you well. He's luckier than Yuxuan to be able to marry you," Su Yuncao laughed. Before, she had always hoped that Yiren would become her daughter-in-law. Unexpectedly, she had become Ji Aier's daughter-in-law. Maybe this was what was called fate, something that could be encountered but not forced.

"Auntie, you can't say that anymore. Yuxuan just told me that he's going to get engaged to his girlfriend next month," Yiren laughed. Before, Su Yuncao had always thought that she and Cheng Yuxuan were a couple and had always hoped they would be together.

"When did Yuxuan have a girlfriend? Why don't I know about it?" Su Yuncao said in surprise.

"Really? It seems Yuxuan has done a great job of keeping it a secret. Even you don't know, Auntie. But his girlfriend will also come tonight," Yiren said, walking side by side with Su Yuncao.

"Really!" Su Yuncao said in disbelief. Her son had never brought a girl home before. But sometimes he would stay in his own apartment. She wasn't sure if he had a girl hidden there.

"Yeah," Yiren nodded affirmatively.

Cheng Yuxuan went out to make a phone call, and Tang Lei walked downstairs. She stood at the top of the stairs and looked at Ji Minze, who was sitting in the living room. At that moment, when she saw him, she still felt that the string in her heart was plucked. She thought she had been able to let go freely, and she thought that when it no longer hurt so much to mention him, they had already become the past.

But when he was standing right in front of her, she still really wanted to throw herself into his arms and greedily enjoy his warmth.

Ji Minze was answering a phone call and didn't notice Tang Lei, who had just come downstairs. When he hung up the phone, he saw her standing at the top of the stairs, staring at him intently.

"Tang Lei!" he called. The way she looked at him every time made him feel sad. Once, when she looked at him like this, he would fulfill any request she made because he was used to spoiling her. Later, he realized that it was precisely this kind of doting he had shown Tang Lei that had made her deeply involved. She loved him, and she thought he loved her too. She had always thought it was the love between a man and a woman, not the affection between siblings.

"How are you?" Tang Lei walked over and sat opposite Ji Minze. She looked at him and asked softly. She could no longer be willful because she had lost the capital to be so.

When the other person loves us, no matter how willful we are, it will be regarded as coquetry. But when the other person no longer loves us, our willfulness becomes savage and unreasonable.

"Fine," Ji Minze nodded. Now he felt very happy and was soon going to become a father. "And you?"

"Not bad," It was supposed to be fine, but after seeing him today, Tang Lei knew that she was going to have another sleepless night. The fortress she had built with great effort had collapsed after seeing him. But she had to maintain her self-esteem!

The fact that Ji Minze and Yiren were in love was something she couldn't change!

At this moment, the sound of retching came from the dining room.

Ji Minze stood up and quickly walked towards the dining room!

Yiren had wanted to have some porridge, but when she smelled the smell of fishy odor of the seafood. her stomach suddenly felt as if it was being turned upside down.

She quickly rushed to the sink and started retching.

Su Yuncao immediately understood that Yiren was having a pregnancy reaction. She got a towel for her and asked the servant to bring the fruits that had just been bought today. There were green plums among them!

After Yiren finished retching, she looked up and saw that her face was very pale. She also saw Ji Minze standing behind her, gently patting her back. She forced a smile and said,

"I'm okay."

After Yiren rinsed her mouth, she took the towel Su Yuncao handed her.

She turned around and saw Tang Lei standing at the door of the dining room. She gave her a somewhat stiff smile, but this smile seemed a bit jarring /irritating/unpleasant to Tang Lei at the moment.

Although she had never experienced it, she had seen it on TV many times. She understood that Yiren's reaction at the moment meant that she was already pregnant, and it was Yiren and Ji Minze's child!