1979: My fiancée is a goddess

"Woooo..."

The dim night sky brightened a bit amidst the swirling snowflakes, and the commercial buildings hundreds of meters high in the distance were draped in snow coats, complemented by dazzling neon lights, making it seem like a fairyland rather than the human world.

The whole world outside the window was tinged with the pure white of snow.

In the special ward, the unattended lighting is soft and warm.

The warm air, carrying the fragrance of the pale yellow, translucent bell-shaped flowers by the bedside, spread out.

The fragrance of plum blossoms is pure and refreshing, while the scent of snow is cool and lingering.

When the two are combined, a subtle, sweet honey fragrance can be detected upon closer inspection.

Whether it was the pleasant, fragrant environment or the world depicted in the book that captivated the woman leaning against the headboard in her hospital bed.

Only her slender, white hands unconsciously rested on her protruding belly under the soft down comforter, gently stroking it in response to the delicate yet lively little life within her.

"hiss……"

Zhao Ruixue frowned, clearly uncomfortable with the baby in her womb. She raised her hand and gently patted the two small bumps that had suddenly appeared on her lower abdomen. She could only say helplessly, "This child is really troublesome... He'll definitely be a handful in the future."

As soon as the words were spoken, it was as if they were telepathically connected.

The little baby in the belly sadly withdrew its lively little feet, and the lower abdomen became round and smooth again.

"Hehe, the more active a baby is, the healthier they are."

Just then, the bathroom door opened, and Nurse Ayase, wearing only a thin sweater, came out. Hearing Zhao Ruixue's gentle and helpless complaint, she chuckled and said...

"I hope so..."

Zhao Ruixue shook her head and sighed, "The little guy is healthy now, but his mother has suffered terribly."

When she returned from filming in Hokkaido, she did not realize that she was pregnant. She thought that she was just too tired and depressed during that time, and that her body could not recover in time. She thought that she would be fine after resting for a while.

She didn't pay much attention to it and didn't realize that it was morning sickness, not just gastrointestinal discomfort.

Zhao Ruixue didn't specifically supplement her nutrition, until later she gradually became more and more tired and thinner.

Only after being urged by her friends Ayana and Chia did they come to the hospital together.

Only after a check-up did I belatedly realize that I was already more than three months pregnant.

It turns out that all the discomfort and pain I had felt before were because of the baby in my belly.

Didn't they suffer from old age long ago?

But which mother isn't like that?

Perhaps this is the process that life must go through to create this miracle?

Zhao Ruixue's usually aloof and indifferent heart was now tender and soft.

"Miss Xue, the bathroom is ready for you. The temperature is just right. You can take a bath now. Would you like me to get you some clothes?"

Nurse Ayase smiled, turned around and walked to the wardrobe, asking softly.

"Just grab anything."

Zhao Ruixue nodded, closed the book and put it aside, then carefully supported herself with her arms and protected her lower abdomen as she slowly got off the bed.

Although her health wasn't great after becoming pregnant, she managed to control her weight and figure very well, unlike most pregnant women who become bloated. Therefore, her daily walking and activities didn't become deformed or difficult.

I got out of bed very steadily and put on my slippers.

At this moment, Nurse Ayase selected a change of clothes and quickly came over to help Zhao Ruixue.

The two slowly walked into the bathroom, which was shrouded in a light mist. Zhao Ruixue slowly took off her clothes, and her fair skin was exposed to the humid air, feeling a slight chill.

Supported by the nurse Ayase beside her, she lifted her delicate, moon-shaped feet and plunged them into the luxurious bathtub that could accommodate several people.

"How are you? Is the temperature alright?"

"Nurse Ayase asked."

"Perfect, thank you."

Zhao Ruixue's body slowly sank into the water, the slightly hot heat enveloping her entire body. The buoyancy of the water felt like a pair of warm hands supporting her heavy, protruding belly, easing her burden.

She squinted her beautiful eyes and let out a soft moan, barely audible.

"Please soak for a few minutes first, and then I'll help you dry off..."

"Ah."

Zhao Ruixue leaned against the bathtub, while Nurse Ayase rolled up her sleeves and scooped up hot water to pour over her delicate and perfect skin. It was smooth and flawless to the touch, and even water droplets could hardly stay on her snow-white skin.

"Wow... Miss Xue, your skin is so beautiful! How do you take care of it?"

"It hasn't been well-maintained..."

"This is the gene of a beauty; natural beauty is hard to hide..."

The two chatted as they took a shower.

About twenty minutes later, it was already nine o'clock at night when I finished showering.

At this point in time, pregnant women must rest.

Otherwise, it will affect the child's development and health.

Zhao Ruixue returned to bed and lay on her side. Nurse Ayase covered her with a blanket, turned off most of the lights, and left a few lamps on.

"Miss Xue, if you need anything during the night, just press the switch by the bed. I'll be right next door. Good night."

"Ah."

Zhao Ruixue curled up in the still slightly cool bed, gently touched her lower abdomen, and said softly, "Goodnight, baby."

The delicate fragrance of plum blossoms, the snowy scent of her body, and the aroma of her shower gel filled her nostrils as she quietly closed her eyes, slightly weary.

As the clock ticked, my thoughts gradually blurred, and I slowly drifted into sleep.

She had a dream, the first one in the past six months.

Dreams are like a faded, yellowed old photograph, black and white with wrinkled edges.

The scene shows a narrow path overgrown with weeds, with a fork in the road ahead.

Two figures were standing at the intersection.

A boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, was holding the hand of a girl of the same age, wearing a white dress.

After arguing, the two went their separate ways at the intersection and gradually drifted apart.

As the path faded into the distance, the boy looked back at the girl for a long time, but she didn't notice. She walked slowly, then lowered her head and finally walked away.

The next moment, the girl suddenly turned her head, the glistening sweat on her forehead and her thick, black pigtails flying behind her as she watched the boy's departing figure.

"Turn back..."

Zhao Ruixue felt a sudden, inexplicable pain in her heart and shouted with red eyes.

But in my dream, there was no sound, I couldn't hear anything, and nothing could be changed...

I don't know how much time has passed—was it a day, a year, or a lifetime?
Zhao Ruixue only knew that she was like the girl in her dream, forever missing out on the boy.

She will forever remember the song Cheng Kaiyan wrote for her:
I finally understood through tears that some people, once missed, are gone forever...

……

"Uhhhhh!!"

"His-"

The night was deep and quiet, and all was still.

From the intensive care unit on the sixth floor, a faint whimpering or cry of pain could be heard.

A sudden, excruciating pain shot through Zhao Ruixue's body, as if something was violently contracting, waking her from her dream. The pain caused her beautiful eyes to widen, and she could no longer help but cry out.

Sweat soaked my clothes, and my body felt weak and limp as I lay on the bed.

"Whew... My water broke! I'm going into labor, my baby..."

"Ahhh!"

Sweat trickled into the corners of her eyes. Despite the stinging in her eyes and the pain in her body, Zhao Ruixue gritted her teeth and pressed the call button on the bedside table.

The next instant, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the ward, all the lights in the corridor came on, and the nurse on duty immediately rushed into the special care ward.

The hospital bed wheels raced down the corridor as several nurses directed the procession toward the operating room.

"Miss Xue! How is she?!"

"Quick, quick! The amniotic sac has broken, she's going into labor! Get her to the operating room and call the doctor!"

"Lift your legs apart, take a deep breath! The doctor will be here soon."

"Have glucose on hand! To replenish our energy!"

"The doctor is here!"

"The baby is in the correct position, take it slow."

"Don't be nervous, breathe evenly, slowly... Okay, we can see the baby's head now."

"vomit……"

"Take a deep breath! Hold on... exhale, don't push too hard..."

"Huff... Ugh—"

Intense pain and a strong nausea surged through Zhao Ruixue, making her feel like she was suffocating and unable to muster any strength.

"Don't be nervous, relax, recover your strength, think about the baby, the child, think about your loved one..." The doctor looked at the exhausted Zhao Ruixue with a furrowed brow and encouraged her with worried eyes.

"Hoo hoo... Love, lover?"

Upon hearing this, a figure flashed through Zhao Ruixue's mind, and she felt a surge of intense anger and hatred welling up inside her, instantly draining the last bit of strength from her body.

"Cheng Kaiyan!!"

She raised her upper body and delicate neck, which were already soaked with sweat, her fair face flushed red from the effort.

"Uh-"

The next instant, Zhao Ruixue felt a lightness all over her body, a great sense of relief and a warm current flowing out.

"thump!"

She fell heavily onto the soft bed.

"She's out! She's out! It's a girl!"

"It's a little princess!"

My vision gradually blurred, and I heard a faint sound of surprise.

"Whoosh..."

But Zhao Ruixue gritted her teeth and breathed heavily, trying to maintain her last shred of consciousness.

"Wow wow~~"

Until a series of loud, piercing cries of a baby came, and then, in her limited bodily perception, a heavy, warm little body was moving around lively against her chest.

at last.

A pale, gentle smile appeared on Zhao Ruixue's face. Her head tilted to the side, and she fell into a deep coma.

……

“derder~”

"Look here, look here! Baby..."

"Wow, what a well-behaved and adorable baby! He's not crying or fussing at all!"

"Looking at Mommy? No, Mommy's still sleeping in..."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeee~"

“Sister Zhi’ai, look, she’s so attached to Rui Xue. She’s so young and she already knows she wants her mother…”

"Of course, they're mother and daughter, they have a special bond from birth..."

“I’m her godmother too, but she never even looks after me.”

The next morning at ten o'clock, the outside of the window was covered with heavy snow, a pure white scene.

Tiny snowflakes drifted in the air; there was no wind.

The warm sun shone through the frost on the glass window onto the blue and white hospital bed, making the sheets and the quietly sleeping woman feel slightly warm.

"Um……"

Zhao Ruixue slowly awoke from her deep sleep, hearing the innocent babbling of a baby and the conversation of women playing with the child.

Baby, my baby...

Zhao Ruixue suddenly woke up, opened her eyes, but then subconsciously squinted them again.

Is the sun out?

She raised her aching, weak arm to shield her fair, smooth forehead, and looked toward the source of the sound.

It was her close friends, Ayana Uesugi and Chia Tachibana, gathered around the crib next to her bed.

And curled up in the swaddling clothes right next to her was a small and delicate baby.

In the soft, bright sunlight, one could clearly see Zhao Ruixue's delicate, rosy skin with a rosy glow, and some wrinkles, as if she had just been soaking in water for a long time.

Her fine, black hair drooped over her little head, and her chubby little face was round and plump.

Her nose was flat and very small.

And that small mouth, with its clearly defined lip lines, like meticulously painted flower petals, would occasionally make an unconscious sucking motion, as if savoring the sweetness of breast milk.

Her eyes were closed most of the time, and her eyelids were a little swollen.

But when she opened her eyes unintentionally, they revealed eyes like agates submerged in a deep pool, gleaming a dazzling golden-brown in the sunlight.

She and her father have the same eyes...

In an instant, there was a buzzing sound.

A sense of familiarity and love, stemming from a blood connection, welled up in Zhao Ruixue's heart, causing her to tremble and glistening tears to slowly stream down her cheeks.

“This is my child, my daughter whom I carried for ten months... I don’t need anything anymore, I don’t need anything at all. She is my everything, my everything…”

Zhao Ruixue gazed quietly at her daughter by the bedside, tears streaming down her face as she murmured with trembling lips.

"Aaaaah~"

Perhaps it was a telepathic connection between mother and daughter, because after a short while, the half-asleep baby turned her head and looked at her mother.

When their eyes met, Zhao Ruixue could clearly see that his clear golden eyes held a bewildered yet curious gaze, as well as affection and joy.

"Cuckoo~"

The next moment, a childish, somewhat unpleasant laugh rang out.

"Oh, Ruixue is awake!"

"The doctor said you fainted after giving birth last night. Are you hungry?"

Uesugi Ayana and Tachibana Chia were pleasantly surprised.

"Ainai, sister Zhiai."

After calling out twice, Zhao Ruixue's pale and weak face broke into a warm smile. She reached out her hand and said, "I'm a little hungry. Where's the baby? Has he had his milk?"

"She just had formula at nine o'clock, she should be hungry by now."

Chiai Tachibana glanced at her watch and pondered.

"Then I'll feed him myself...give me the baby."

Zhao Ruixue nodded. Upon hearing this, the two quickly came over and helped her sit up on the bed.

Then Zhao Ruixue unbuttoned her clothes, revealing one of her full, snowy breasts.

"Come on...slow down."

Tachibana Chiai carefully placed the bewildered baby into Zhao Ruixue's arms.

It's probably an infant's instinct.

As soon as the baby saw the red grapes in front of him, he instinctively opened his mouth and put them in his mouth, sucking on them little by little.

At first, she was very inexperienced and couldn't suck out any milk, which made her face turn red and her little nose wrinkle up in frustration.

"Okay, try again..."

Zhao Ruixue was also at a loss. Although she had read many books on raising children, it was her first time being a mother, and she was very nervous and anxious as she comforted her.

Fortunately, thanks to her daughter's tireless efforts, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, as if something had been broken open, and a stream of warm currents flowed out.

"Gulu..."

Zhao Ruixue heard a hurried swallow and then breathed a long sigh of relief.

As long as there is milk, that's fine.

The ward then fell silent.

Zhao Ruixue is feeding the baby.

Chiai Tachibana stayed by his side, chatting about their work over the past few days, the movie's release, how Love Letter grossed over two million on its opening day, and how the Love Letter manga sold 100,000 copies in one day...

Uesugi Ayana happily ran out to get breakfast. When she returned, the baby had been fed and was sleeping in Zhao Ruixue's arms.

After dinner, Ayana Uesugi and Chia Tachibana helped Zhao Ruixue take a bath to clean her body and deal with postpartum issues.

"Hey, we're going to get the baby's paperwork done in a bit. Ruixue, what name do you want to give her?"

Tachibana Chiai carefully put away Zhao Ruixue's ID card and asked curiously.

"Yes, yes! What's her last name?"

Uesugi Ayana blurted out, and Tachibana Chia immediately glared at her. This silly girl, she really knows how to bring up the most awkward things.

"Let's name him... Li Xue, Cheng Li Xue, after all, he's his child..."

Zhao Ruixue frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked down at her beloved daughter and said softly, "Her nickname will be Xue'er, my Xue'er~, Mommy's Xue'er..."

"Xue'er..."

Ayana Uesugi and Chia Tachibana exchanged a glance and nodded silently.

His Xue'er had no one to love, but her Xue'er was the most precious and beloved treasure.

January 1, 1982, was the first day of the new year.

Cheng Lixue came into this world; she was her mother's precious child, her mother's Xue'er. (End of Chapter)