The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Xie Meilan felt something was wrong as soon as she returned home. Not only was she extremely tired, she also had symptoms of dry heaving and nausea.

At first she thought it was because she was too tired from her mother's funeral, but later she realized that the relatives had not visited for several months.

In the past few months, Xie Meilan has been busy with work and her mother's affairs, and naturally neglected herself.

Xie Meilan quickly went to the pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test stick, and it turned out to be positive.

After seeing the pregnancy test results, Xie Meilan felt very complicated. She didn't know whether she should give birth to the child.

The child is Shen Lei's, but Xie Meilan feels that now is not the best time to have a child.

The couple are both migrant workers in Beijing. They have no house or car in Beijing and don’t know how to raise a child after it is born.

What's more, in order to pay for her mother's medical treatment, Xie Meilan privately borrowed 400,000 yuan from Lu Jie.

It must be very difficult to raise children while carrying debt.

Xie Meilan hid the pregnancy test stick and planned to tell her husband after she had thought it through. Unexpectedly, Wang Gang asked for a divorce as soon as he came back.

For Xie Meilan, divorce is not impossible, but she cannot let Wang Gang bring it up, as if she really had an affair with Lu Jie.

"Don't worry about the child. I will go to the hospital to have an abortion." Xie Meilan had no good feelings towards her husband at this time, and having a child could not change her determination to divorce.

Wang Gang hesitated. After all, the child was Shen Lei's. He was Shen Lei now and was connected to the child by blood. Besides, Wang Gang was not an irresponsible man.

"I will raise the child after it is born." Wang Gang sighed, "After all, the child is of the Shen family's bloodline. I will give him to my parents to raise in the future."

Xie Meilan snorted coldly: "Don't you want a divorce?"

Wang Gang said firmly: "We can divorce and take care of the children. If you feel that you are at a disadvantage, I will compensate you."

Xie Meilan looked at Wang Gang in surprise. She didn't expect her husband to say such a thing, but she still said disdainfully: "How can you raise a child? Your salary is barely enough to support yourself."

"Don't worry about how to raise the child. I have my own way." Wang Gang said to Xie Meilan: "As for beating the child, don't say it anymore. He is also a life. How can you bear to kill him?"

Xie Meilan hesitated when she heard that, and couldn't help but touch her belly. She wasn't pregnant yet, but Xie Meilan still felt the blood connection between mother and child.

"No, I can't have this child. My pregnancy will definitely affect my work." Xie Meilan said stubbornly:
"I worked so hard to get to this position. I took maternity leave to have a baby. When I return to the company, I don't know if my position will be replaced by someone else."

Wang Gang frowned and said, "Xie Meilan, are you still stubborn? Because of work, you didn't have time to see your mother for the last time, and now for work, you want to kill your own child!"

Xie Meilan exclaimed: "How can you understand the plight of a woman in the workplace? Look at your sister, she has been a full-time housewife for five years for the sake of her children, and now it is difficult for her to find a job."

Wang Gang advised: "After all, this is our child. You have no right to abort it without permission."

Xie Meilan said coldly: "You have no right to force me to have a baby."

Wang Gang narrowed his eyes, stared at Xie Meilan and asked: "You have to think it through and don't regret it later."

Xie Meilan paused, and couldn't help but touch her stomach again, with hesitation on her face.

Wang Gang said directly: "Five hundred thousand. Give birth to the child and I will give you five hundred thousand!"

Xie Meilan was surprised and asked: "Where did you get so much money?"

Wang Gang said: "Don't worry about it. Even if I go to borrow, I will get 500,000 yuan!"

Xie Meilan lowered her head, thinking that with half a million yuan, she could pay off her debts, and perhaps it would not be impossible to give birth to the child.

"I need to think about it." Xie Meilan hesitated.

"I'll give you some time to think about it. You sleep on the bed tonight and I sleep in the living room. I'll move out tomorrow." Wang Gang said. Xie Meilan suddenly walked back to the bedroom angrily, slammed the door, and locked it.

Wang Gang went to the kitchen to heat up the food he brought back, and then knocked on the bedroom door.

"You haven't eaten all day, come out and have something to eat first. Even if you don't eat, the child must eat too."

The door was opened from the inside, and Xie Meilan said angrily: "Are you concerned about the child or me?"

Wang Gang glanced at Xie Meilan's belly and said calmly: "Divorce doesn't mean we can't be friends."

Xie Meilan snatched the lunch box and closed the door. Even she herself couldn't figure out why she was angry.

"When you're done, leave your lunch box at the door and I'll wash it."

Wang Gang said something, then returned to the dining table and opened his laptop.

One third of "Things about the Ming Dynasty" has been uploaded so far. The website's click rate and subscription rate are very good. It is roughly estimated that the royalties will exceed 50,000 next month.

"Five hundred thousand is still not enough." Wang Gang touched his chin and said to himself.

There is already a publishing house willing to publish "Things about the Ming Dynasty". Wang Gang will go to sign the contract tomorrow, but publishing and sales take time and will not bring Wang Gang much profit in a short period of time.

The number of online subscriptions has stabilized and is unlikely to grow explosively in the future. Wang Gang estimates that the peak of his royalties will be 100,000 yuan per month, and will inevitably decline thereafter.

If Wang Gang wants to get 500,000 in a short period of time, there is another way, that is to sell the copyright, but this will result in too great a loss in the later stage, which is not worth it.

"It seems I have to trade stocks again!" Wang Gang opened the stock trading software helplessly.

In fact, Wang Gang is not short of money. He has plenty of gold and jewelry in his space, and he can cash in by selling any of them. However, as a civil servant, the sudden appearance of a large sum of money of unknown origin will cause him a lot of trouble.

Wang Gang is not afraid of trouble, but he is worried about implicating his parents and family.

Although it is not against the rules for civil servants to trade in stocks, you win all day long and never lose, so something is wrong. The Discipline Inspection Commission will come to you sooner or later, so Wang Ganggang has not paid attention to the stock market.

"It would be better to just quit your job as a civil servant." Wang Gang sighed, took out his cell phone and looked through his parents' phone numbers, trying to find out what they had to say.

The call was connected, but before Wang Gang could say anything, his father's voice came from the other end.

"Hey, Xiaolei, is your mother-in-law's memorial service over? Why did you take so long to call me? Is your wife okay?"

"Dad, the memorial service is over, Meilan is fine."

"I'm glad you're okay. Tell Meilan that your mother and I really can't make it in time. We will definitely be there when your mother-in-law is buried." Father Shen said.

"Okay, I will tell Meilan whether you and mom are in good health!" Wang Gang asked.

"Your mother and I are fine. Your sister arranged a physical examination for us some time ago. My blood sugar level is a little high, and your mother's blood pressure is high. It's no big problem." Father Shen said.

Wang Gang frowned and said, "You have high blood pressure. Have you taken medicine? You can't be careless."

"I ate it, I ate it. Your sister bought us a lot of medicine a long time ago." Father Shen complained:
"Your sister is the same. She makes a fuss all the time. How can old people not have some problems? Your uncle Wang in our village is over 80 years old and has high blood pressure. He is fine even without taking medicine."

"High blood pressure is not a small problem. You must pay attention to it and take medication for a long time. I will buy you a blood pressure monitor later. You should measure it more often and monitor your blood pressure at any time."

Wang Gang doesn't dare to mention divorce and resignation now.

"By the way, our house is almost finished, and it's so beautiful. Your sister and I have discussed that when the house is finished, we will hold Zixuan's first birthday party and the new house warming party together to make it a lively occasion. Remember to bring Meilan back then."

"Okay, I understand." Wang Gang hung up the phone helplessly. (End of this chapter)