Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 251 Is she pregnant?

In her previous life, she had no love during her marriage to Gu Juncheng; for a long time, she only felt annoyance. Later, when Gu Juncheng passed away, she was shocked and disappointed. Throughout her long life, she also experienced regret and remorse, but she was never deeply saddened by Gu Juncheng's death.

At that time, her biggest worries were what trouble her younger brother would cause her again, what her mother would buy, and how her business would continue.

But as her business grew, she gradually overcame these obstacles, until finally, her nephew pulled the plug on her oxygen tube...

Throughout her life, all her hardships were brought to her by her maternal family. She had been angry, disappointed, desperate, and regretful about those things in her last moments, but none of them ever made her sad. She had never experienced the kind of pain that felt like being pricked by needles in her previous life.

Having been reborn, she thought she was even more invulnerable.

She no longer agrees to her family's demands; when someone tries to sabotage her career, she faces the challenge head-on; when she encounters scoundrels at school, she finds a way to fight back; and if anyone bullies her, she'll drag an axe forward and chop them down...

She thought she had nothing to fear, she thought Gu Juncheng would always be there to support her, and she thought she had her second chance at life firmly in her own hands.

However, she overlooked one variable—her feelings for Gu Juncheng had changed.

Only those who have no love are fearless.

Once love enters your heart, you develop a vulnerability, and that's what hurts the most.

Because of love, there is pain...

From the moment she was reborn, she unconditionally trusted Gu Juncheng. Even when he was hospitalized in the provincial capital and his former boss's daughter took a liking to him, all she thought was that if he could be better off without her, then she would let go.

Because at that time, she was truly feeling guilty and wanted to make amends to him. All she wanted was for him to be better off than he was in his previous life.

But they withstood that test, so what could possibly defeat them from then on?

She never expected that Chen Xia, who had never appeared in her previous life, would have such a strong presence in this life.

But she didn't know when she had fallen in love with Gu Juncheng.

When you fall in love with and trust someone wholeheartedly, and then experience betrayal, the pain becomes even more intense.

As Lin Qingping lay in bed, she could clearly feel a dull ache in her chest, a tightness that felt like a sponge saturating with water, swelling and expanding little by little until it made it hard for her to breathe.

Gu Juncheng returned after taking a shower.

She closed her eyes and heard him approach again, carrying a faint scent of moisture. He lay down.

She was facing away from him, enduring the pain and remaining still, but she felt him press against her, wrap his arms around her, and pull her into his embrace, the scent of soap enveloping her.

She suddenly felt very uncomfortable, even nauseous.

I can't pretend to be asleep anymore!

She struggled to break free from his grasp.

"Did I wake you?" he said. And then, he let go of her hand.

"Mmm," she responded softly, then closed her eyes again.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" He reached out and touched her forehead.

She suddenly remembered the time Chen Xia shoved the donkey roll into his hand, and pushed his hand away. "No."

"Zhiyuan said you went to sleep as soon as you got back, and you really weren't feeling unwell." His hand eventually landed on the back of her neck, checking her temperature.

She immediately stepped back, keeping a distance from him to avoid being touched.

"What's wrong?" He finally sensed something was amiss.

Lin Qingping thought for a moment and asked him, "Have you been very busy lately?"

"Yes," he said, "I am indeed very busy."

Lin Qingping felt a chill in her heart. She wanted to sneer, but couldn't. She continued to ask him, "You haven't been home for a long time. Are you this busy on weekends too? Are you this busy every weekend?"

She had already made it quite clear that she didn't know what he was busy with every weekend before, but last weekend he was busy buying clothes for Chen Xia, and this weekend, just today, he even went to see Chen Xia.

She clung to her last shred of hope, wanting to hear what he had to say.

His calm voice rang out behind her, “Yes, training and research are both very busy, and I can’t squeeze in any time on weekends. I finally had some free time today, so I took the day off.”

The bitterness in Lin Qingping's eyes was completely uncontrollable.

She buried her face in the pillow, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. It turned out that he could be so calm and so convincing when he lied.

"Have you eaten? Aunt Zhao in the kitchen should still be keeping the food warm." She didn't know how she could ask this question so calmly, even though the bitterness in her heart was already overflowing.

"Ate."

"Where did you eat?" Lin Qingping felt that he was asking a question he already knew the answer to; he certainly wouldn't say that he ate with Chen Xia.

Sure enough, he said, "In the school cafeteria."

Lin Qingping fell completely silent.

"Lin Qingping?" he called her.

She didn't agree.

"Asleep?" he asked again.

"Hmm." She was a little worried that he wanted to do something intimate with her. She felt disgusted and could no longer have any intimate contact with him. Now, even if he touched her skin, she felt resistant.

Of course, it's also possible that she's overthinking things; maybe the other person simply doesn't want anything to happen between them.

He stopped talking.

For the first time, the room fell into a deathly silence.

They rarely saw each other, and they were both young. Every time he came home, he was always incredibly enthusiastic.

But nothing happened that night.

She lay on her side inside with her back to him, while he slept on the outside, very properly.

However, the strong scent of his soap still lingered in the blankets, and his breaths, deep and shallow, were amplified countless times in her ears. Even when he occasionally turned over, his breaths would still touch her skin.

As his leg brushed against her calf again, she sat up abruptly, stepped over him, and walked out.

"Where to?" he asked, grabbing her hand.

"I'm going to sleep in my second sister's room." She shook off his hand.

"Why?" He wasn't stupid. He had noticed that Lin Qingping was acting strangely tonight, and now she wanted to sleep in a separate room from him?

"You're snoring!" She rushed out of the room, quickly went to her second sister's room, and closed the door.

Gu Juncheng was stunned. He didn't usually snore. Even if he did, he wasn't asleep at all. How could he be snoring?

That night, both of them tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

When Lin Qingping woke up the next day, her eyes were swollen. While brushing her teeth, she suddenly felt like vomiting from the smell of toothpaste.

She leaned over the sink and started gagging.

Gu Juncheng's voice suddenly rang out from the bathroom doorway, "Lin Qingping, what's wrong?"

She looked up, quickly rinsed her mouth, wiped her face, and tried to walk past him downstairs, but he grabbed her arm. "Lin Qingping, let's go to the hospital!"

He stared at her stomach as he spoke.

She understood what he meant, and finally gave a cold laugh, "You don't suspect I'm pregnant, do you? You haven't been back for so long! Even if I am pregnant, it can't be yours!"

"Lin Qingping!"

She heard his angry shout.