From the looks of things, it’s as though she’s planning to be away for a long time. After searching the entire house,
John then came back out. Taking out his cell phone, he gave Sophia a call.
Turning time back a few hours ago, when Sophia was done packing up early in the morning, she first went to the
hospital. When she was there, she accessed her blood test report and showed it to the doctor. Her expression rigid,
the doctor scanned through the report before saying, “You’re pregnant. However, it’s still early. Are you planning to
keep it?”
Sophia nodded. “Yes.”
The doctor looked up and studied her for a moment. “You came alone?”
Sophia grunted in affirmation. “My family is busy, so I came alone.” While she was wearing a mask, she wasn’t
feeling all that well, so she appeared rather pitiful.
Thus, the doctor’s voice became gentle. “If you’re planning to keep the child, you must keep up with the nutrition
requirements in the early stages. You’re too thin. The child absorbs nutrients from the mother in the later stages, so
there’ll be an adverse effect if you’re lacking certain nutrients.”
Sophia murmured in acknowledgment, “Okay. I got it.”
The doctor then inquired about the date of her last menstruation and gave her an estimated due date. Then, she
told her to come for a B-scan at a later date. She also gave her a lengthy reminder before saying poignantly that
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthese words should have been meant for her husband. Putting on a cheerful front, Sophia chortled. Finally, she
thanked the doctor and left the hospital. Sure enough, I’m pregnant. But how could this be? When did it happen? I
really have no recollection at all.
From the hospital, Sophia took a taxi to the train station. She’d already booked a ticket to her hometown, but there
was no direct train there, so she needed to change trains. Nonetheless, she didn’t mind since she could just rest on
the way there. While she was waiting in the lounge, her cell phone rang. It’s that woman again! She stared at her
cell phone for a long time. I just knew that she wouldn’t have taken my words back then seriously!
A few seconds later, she answered the call. The woman on the other end sounded jubilant as she exclaimed,
“Soph!” Sophia said nothing, so the woman continued, “I miss you. Can we have a video call? I want to show you
your sister as well. You’ll definitely like her.”
Glancing at the tourists coming and going around her, Sophia lowered her voice as she replied, “But I don’t want to
see you both.” The moment this remark reached the woman, silence abruptly reigned on the other end. Sophia
then demanded that she stop calling and hung up. Pursing her lips, she leaned back against the chair, her
expression vacant.
Having bought a soft sleeper ticket, Sophia climbed into bed when she got on the train after checking in. She didn’t
have any luggage with her since it was too long a journey, nor did her current condition allow it. There weren’t
many people in the soft sleeper compartment, so it was fairly quiet. She groggily drifted off, only to be roused by a
phone call from John. She dopily took the call. “John.”
John sighed. “You left too early. Why didn’t you call me over to drive you?”
“It’s fine,” Sophia blurted. “I don’t like having someone ferry me around. I can manage by myself.”
John then asked whether she was taking a flight, upon which she laughed weakly. “No, I’m taking the train. It’s very
safe.” He immediately requested her train information before asking whether she packed any food and clothes with
her in a concerned voice.
Sophia reclined against the headboard, feeling herself gradually falling into a trance. The previous time, I took a
train here alone with my luggage in tow to seek shelter with the Constance Family. My state of mind back then was
rather similar to my current predicament, feeling utterly lost. But I’d never experienced the disenchantment of
married life at that time, so I was still very much fanciful. And back then, I was looking forward to meeting him.
John continued blabbering on the other end. Only when the conductor came to check her ticket did Sophia hang up
the call.
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