Chapter 72: Reversal

After completing the slit lamp examination, the doctor said in a relaxed tone, “There’s nothing wrong with your eyes.”

Just as Rong Xiu was about to speak, Fan Xia’s phone rang. It was a call from Gu Jin Yi.

Fan Xia had saved his full name as the contact, which Rong Xiu naturally saw. His deep eyes trembled, and his face tensed up.

“Hello?” she answered the phone.

“Fan elder sister, is what they’re saying online true? Did you really…” cheat?

Gu Jin Yi couldn’t bring himself to say the words “cheat”. In his heart, Fan Xia was the best woman in the world and could never do such a thing. But for some reason, when he learned that she didn’t love Wen Lan Sheng, he felt an indescribable happiness in his heart. It was like a jealous and psychologically dark underachiever who knows it’s impossible to surpass the efforts of a top student through their own power, but is unwilling to accept it. Then one day, seeing the top student’s grades suddenly plummet to the level of an underachiever, there’s that small, delicate sense of satisfaction.

Gu Jin Yi despised himself for feeling this way. How was he any different from the third party who had stolen his mother away? But he couldn’t control it, so he said, “Fan elder sister, you must not know, that man is very bad. When Lan Sheng brother attempted suicide by cutting his veins, he even dared to lay hands on Lan Sheng. You must have been deceived by his facade.”

Gu Jin Yi gripped his phone tightly, hoping that after learning the so-called ‘true face’ of the person she cheated with, Fan Xia would abandon the third party just as she had abandoned Wen Lan Sheng.

But Fan Xia’s voice was very calm as she said, “I know everything that’s been said online.”

“You—” Gu Jin Yi’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Jin Yi, thank you for your concern.”

Jin Yi.

Rong Xiu sat on the chair, his body as rigid as iron. His deep eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of thick black clouds, with billowing dark clouds churning in his pupils. His long fingers gripped the chair’s cushion tightly.

Seeing his fingers turning white from tension, the doctor thought he might be feeling unwell elsewhere and asked, “President, are you experiencing discomfort anywhere else? If so, we can proceed with further examinations immediately.”

Hearing the doctor ask this, Fan Xia moved her phone away and asked in a low voice, “Is there anywhere else that’s uncomfortable?”

“Yes,” Rong Xiu’s hand tightly gripped her arm, his slender eyes looking at her. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had that.”

Fan Xia’s gaze froze.

The doctor was also stunned, as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have.

Gu Jin Yi on the phone was even more shocked, falling to the ground. He’s pregnant! No wonder he dared to hit Wen Lan Sheng recklessly when he was seriously ill, without fear of Fan sister’s blame. It was because he was carrying Fan sister’s child in his belly, so he dared to use his pregnancy as a shield.

“We’ll… we’ll go for an examination right away,” Fan Xia immediately hung up the phone, stuttering a bit as she spoke, and took Rong Xiu to the obstetrics department.

With their own boss coming for an examination, naturally, a crowd of people followed closely, surrounding them, afraid that if anything wasn’t done well, their livelihoods would be at risk. But the doctors and nurses in the obstetrics department were all men, with a 100% gossip rate. Just moments ago, they had seen news of Rong Xiu breaking up someone’s family as a third party, and now they were doing a prenatal check-up for him. The mood was quite peculiar.

No matter how much they sympathized with the original spouse, they could only express it through a pitiful sigh.

In the ultrasound room, the doctor came out with the report. Rong Xiu was indeed pregnant, two months along. It was too early to determine the gender of the fetus, but the pregnancy itself was enough to make them happy.

“Fan Xia, we’re going to have a child,” Rong Xiu held the report, looking at her excitedly. His eyes seemed to be filled with water, shining brightly.

“President, when the fetus reaches three months, our staff will notify you to come back for an NT scan to check for any chromosomal issues. Also, now that you’re pregnant, for the sake of the child, you must pay attention to your diet. Keep it light, maintain a regular schedule, and avoid overexertion. Most importantly, avoid extreme emotions.”

“I understand. I’ll take good care of him,” Fan Xia answered on behalf of Rong Xiu, hugging him. This time, her embrace seemed particularly gentle and careful.

The obstetrician smiled slightly, watching as Fan Xia led Rong Xiu into the elevator.

Seeing the smile in Fan Xia’s eyes, it was clear that she was looking forward to the arrival of this child. Especially at this critical juncture, pregnancy was undoubtedly a winning weapon for Rong Xiu.

No wonder, a few months ago, he had insisted on getting fertility injections despite his physical condition. Last month he found out he was pregnant, but deliberately waited until now to reveal it, and even made sure the doctor emphasized in front of Fan Xia that ‘pregnant men shouldn’t experience extreme emotions’. His intentions were transparent.

A shrewish original spouse making a big fuss online versus a quiet and fragile third party who endures silently – the difference in favorability in a woman’s heart is worlds apart, especially when the third party is pregnant at this time.

The obstetrician, having seen too many such cases, knew clearly that the original spouse was about to lose out.

On the way back, Rong Xiu held Fan Xia’s hand, his voice hoarse and somewhat choked up: “I didn’t expect this child to come so suddenly, not earlier, not later, but right at this critical moment, when their father is being cursed by millions of people.”

“Didn’t the doctor say pregnant men should avoid extreme emotions? It’s alright, I’ll handle this matter for you.” Fan Xia held his hand, lowering her head to gently kiss his knuckles, her gaze gentle yet determined. “I will definitely make Wen Lan Sheng apologize to you personally in the post, in front of all those netizens who are cursing you.”

Rong Xiu was genuinely stunned. He thought that getting Wen Lan Sheng to delete the post and having the PR department release their prepared water army to counteract the negative effects would already be a good outcome. He never expected Fan Xia to want Wen Lan Sheng to apologize to him in the post.

Indeed, if Wen Lan Sheng were to proactively clarify and explain in the post, it would be the optimal solution. But what would Wen Lan Sheng apologize for? For exposing him, a shameless third party, online? That wouldn’t change the fact that he had stolen someone’s spouse.

But the fact that Fan Xia could go this far for him already made him overjoyed, whether it was for him or for the child in his belly.

He caressed his belly with eyes full of joy and love, as if thanking the unborn child for bringing him an unprecedented sense of security, protecting their family that no one could intrude upon.

Back at home, Fan Xia carefully helped him upstairs.

Rong Xiu couldn’t help but chuckle lightly: “I’m not disabled.”

Fan Xia said: “It’s different now, you’re two people, naturally we need to be more careful. By the way, I don’t have experience with pregnant men’s diets and such, I’ll look it up online.”

“There’s no need to go to such trouble.” Rong Xiu held her hand, looking at her rarely flustered side and couldn’t help but smile: “I’ll hire a nutritionist to specifically take care of my diet, and there are servants at home. He’s been with me for many years, you don’t need to worry.”

Fan Xia nodded. For a moment, she had forgotten that Rong Xiu was a wealthy man, and had instinctively wanted to personally take care of the pregnant man, after all, Rong Xiu was carrying her child.

“Then I’ll go get you a cup of hot water,” Fan Xia said.

“Alright.” Rong Xiu nodded, leaning back on the bed. As soon as Fan Xia went downstairs, he immediately took out his phone and sent a message to Zhuang Nian.

Zhuang Nian took one look and immediately exclaimed: “Heavens! You’ve finally decided to make a move! I thought you were going to play the victim until next year!”

Half an hour later, a post titled “As a neighbor, I really can’t stand it anymore. Let’s expose the true face of the recently viral pitiful white lotus bloodsucker” followed the previous explosive post, once again stirring up a storm online.

[They say online that you’re the most pitiful original spouse, are you worthy? Bringing your whole family and this giant baby sister to squeeze into someone else’s home, expecting the woman to take care of all your eating, drinking, and living expenses, how thick-skinned can you be!] [Your sister studied abroad for four years and returned still with just a high school diploma, with living expenses of 30,000 to 50,000 all paid by the woman, why aren’t you mentioning that?] [A whole family of lazy good-for-nothings, your mother is a stock-obsessed gambler who loses money and expects the woman to compensate, and throws tantrums in the hallway if she doesn’t get her way, even country bumpkins don’t behave like your family!] [Now your mother has embezzled public funds and moved to prison, your whole family has been kicked out by the woman, you’re out of money, deliberately posting to ask for money, I feel disgusted on your behalf!] [Although I’m a man, if I had an original spouse like you, I’d cheat too. At least the third party is self-reliant, not a family of bloodsuckers!]

Netizens who had just finished reading the ‘green tea male boss’ post and were angrily cursing the vicious third party, were immediately attracted by the ‘bloodsucking white lotus’ post that appeared right below it.

“Wow, I was feeling sorry for the OP before, I didn’t expect the OP to be leeching off his wife-master with his whole family. What a waste of my sympathy!”

“Is this melon reliable? If it is, I’m on the wife-master’s side.”

“To be honest, agreeing to let the husband’s whole family live with you and paying for the husband’s sister’s study abroad expenses, 90% of women couldn’t do that. The wife-master is a really good person.”

“And despite going through all this, neither the OP’s wife-master nor the OP have come out to say anything bad about the OP. They’ve really left the OP with all his dignity.”

“Help, even as a man, I feel sorry for the OP’s wife-master.”

“Wake up, don’t all be misled. The OP’s family being bloodsuckers has nothing to do with cheating, it’s not a reason to forgive Rong Xiu for being the third party.”

“But not cheating for seven years of dating shows that the woman’s character is really good. What kind of situation would force someone to choose to cheat? Has the OP never reflected on this? Indulging family members to leech, such parasites really can’t compare with Rong Xiu who is independent and earns his own money.”

“Yeah, with the husband’s family all being leeches, no woman could endure that.”

“As a husband, not knowing to separate from the original family after marriage and wholeheartedly serve the new family, instead bringing the whole family to leech off the wife-master’s family. The wife-master cheating, the OP bears a lot of responsibility.”

“Above, that only means the OP isn’t a perfect victim, but it’s not a reason to sympathize with the third party who cheated. Do you understand the essence of the problem? Are you water army? Helping that third party Rong Xiu speak!”

“I think you’re the water army, or just a fanatic of the original spouse faction, not caring about the cause and effect of things, blindly standing with the original spouse. It’s clearly the original spouse who did wrong, why not admit it? If he had behaved properly, would the third party have had a chance to take over? Or is your family just like the OP’s bloodsucker family, you empathize?”

“Ahem, haven’t you noticed that the OP’s mother embezzled public funds and went to prison? If the OP and the woman had children, they wouldn’t be able to take civil service exams in the future, it’s like ruining the child’s entire life.”

“Damn, I just realized! Thinking about it this way, the cheating is even more reasonable!”