Lin Yue'e was amazed when she heard this; no wonder she hadn't experienced any morning sickness since becoming pregnant.

It turns out it all fell on Gu Jingyan. I'd only heard about it before, I never imagined it was actually happening.

"So, you came back to me because you suspected I was pregnant. It's Chinese New Year now, couldn't you have waited until after the New Year to come back? Is it true that Brother Erniu said you walked all the way back from the provincial capital?"

Lin Yue'e has never been to the provincial capital before, but she imagines that if she were to drive there in the future, it would take at least two or three hours.

This person walked all the way back in this weather, that's...that's amazing.

If it were her, she wouldn't even want to ride a bicycle.

"Yes, I'm starting to worry because I think you might be pregnant."

Gu Jingyan pulled Lin Yue'e into his arms.

"I was already reluctant to part with you, but you always... I heard you cut ties with your family, is that true?"

"Yes, really."

Lin Yue'e felt very uncomfortable being held in Gu Jingyan's arms.

"Then come with me to the provincial capital after the New Year. We'll rent a place near the school and not come back."

Gu Jingyan had already thought it through. In fact, many couples at their school rent houses off-campus.

"If you take me with you to the provincial capital, won't it bother you?"

Lin Yue'e wanted to go, but then she worried about her own space with Gu Jingyan around. Right, he's at school and isn't home most of the time. That doesn't really matter.

"What good will it do? I'll go to school, and you can stay home and take care of the kids. Many of our classmates are like this. And you don't need to worry about us not having an income; the school will provide subsidies, and I'll also take on some part-time jobs. It'll be fine. As long as you do well in the future, we'll definitely be able to live a good life."

Gu Jingyan was full of confidence. When he returned and heard that Lin Yue'e had regained consciousness and severed ties with the Lin family, he was overjoyed and pleasantly surprised.

"Why don't you let me think about it some more?"

Lin Yue'e felt it was a bit too fast to say this now. Why was this person bringing up these things as soon as he got back?

The main issue is that they had both previously mentioned getting a divorce. Now they're back together.

She had already planned ahead: after the child was born, she would raise the child until the child was two or three years old and could run around.

The policy should be open by then, and I can go out and do small business. With the grains and vegetables produced in my own space, I'm sure I'll be able to live a good life in the future.

His return has disrupted his plans, hasn't it?

"Well, I'll be home for Chinese New Year anyway, so there's no rush. Let's get on the kang (heated brick bed). Don't you have any other pants at home?"

Gu Jingyan touched the kang (heated brick bed); it was cold. He frowned and looked at Lin Yue'e.

"Didn't you heat the kang (heated brick bed)? How are you sleeping in this cold?"

He couldn't quite understand it. Even if he had just woken up, there should still be some warmth in the quilt, right? But the bedding on the kang was laid out perfectly flat, with no trace of anyone having slept there.

Lin Yue'e realized she might be exposed. She immediately smiled and said:

"Well, I'm not afraid of the cold. The snow was too heavy, and I was afraid of slipping, so I didn't heat the kang (heated brick bed)."

Their kang (heated brick bed) was in the backyard. The firewood was also in the backyard. Lin Yue'e never slept inside the house.

Those boys had peed on the bedding before, and even though she washed it later, she still felt disgusted.

"Then you go get on the kang first, I'll go to the backyard to heat it. It's so cold, even if you're not afraid of the cold, you can't go without heating the kang."

Gu Jingyan went out.

Lin Yue'e immediately got onto the kang (a heated brick bed), opened the empty cabinet, and pretended to take out a new quilt from her storage space. It was the quilt she had stolen from Li Chunlan's dowry.

Luckily, there was a pile of corn stalks in the backyard; otherwise, it wouldn't have felt like a home at all, and we would have been even more suspicious.

After Gu Jingyan heated the kang (a traditional heated brick bed) and returned, it soon became warm on the kang, and the room also became warm.

"Let's make do for now, things will be better once we move to the city."

Once back inside, Gu Jingyan was too exhausted to keep going. After walking for almost a day, his legs were sore and swollen. He took off his clothes and shoes and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Isn't there a blanket here? It's new, why aren't you using it?"

Gu Jingyan noticed there was an extra quilt on the kang (heated brick bed). He then willingly crawled into the quilt that had been on the kang before.

"Isn't this just one person? Why bring out so many blankets? We can just replace this bed when it breaks."

Lin Yue'e wrapped herself in a new quilt. She lay on the hard kang (heated brick bed), a man sleeping beside her. She was completely frozen.

Sleep well, Happy New Year.

Gu Jingyan tucked Lin Yue'e in, then turned off the light and lay down.

Lin Yue'e had a very uncomfortable night's sleep. She had never slept on such a hard bed before. In fact, it wasn't a bed, but a kang (a heated brick bed). She really couldn't get used to it. At first, it got hot, so hot that she was sweating all over, but then it started to get cold in the middle of the night. When she woke up in the morning, she found that her voice was hoarse. Moreover, she felt more tired than if she hadn't slept at all.

Gu Jingyan woke up just as dawn broke, disturbed by the sound of firecrackers outside. Right, it's Lunar New Year's Day this year. He turned to look at his wife, who had also been woken up. He thought to himself, "Thank goodness I came back."

"You're awake. Why don't you sleep a little longer? I'll go make dinner."

Gu Jingyan sat up as he spoke.

"No need, I'll go."

Lin Yue'e was heartbroken. "I want you to cook too, but the dumplings are still in my spatial dimension, and there's nothing in the kitchen. If you go in, how am I supposed to explain this later?"

So Lin Yue'e, who clearly didn't want to get out of bed, immediately plopped herself up. She hurriedly put on her cotton-padded coat.

Gu Jingyan was deeply moved. Yue'e had finally learned to care for him. He even helped her put on her cotton-padded coat.

"Don't get cold. I'll go."

"No, I'll go. Um, you haven't been home in a long time, you don't know where everything is kept."

Lin Yue'e couldn't just kick them out; the house was given to her by the other party. They said they were getting a divorce, but they weren't even legally married, so a divorce just meant they broke up. That's how it is these days.

Lin Yue'e was eager to get off the kang (a heated brick bed) as soon as she finished dressing, but she was too hasty and almost fell. She landed directly in Gu Jingyan's arms.

"Why are you in such a hurry? There's something strange about you."

Gu Jingyan held her in his arms, his hand supporting her belly.

Lin Yue'e looked at the stubble-covered face so close to her and awkwardly avoided his gaze.

"I... Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The early bird catches the worm. That's what Grandma Wang said. Don't sleep in today."

This time, Lin Yue'e got up and got off the kang (a heated brick bed) safely.

Then she went out and headed into the kitchen. Seeing that Gu Jingyan hadn't followed her out, she immediately took out the pork and cabbage dumplings she had made yesterday from her spatial storage and placed them on the cutting board.

Everything else is fine; I had previously stocked the kitchen with all sorts of everyday items.

I also put a few radishes and cabbages in the corner.

There's no other way; these are the foods that every household eats every day now.

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