"Mom, is it okay for you to come to Beijing to live with me? If you come, you can also help Jiang Xi take care of the children, if you don't want to be crowded with everyone, I will rent you a house. ”

My mother said, "I've thought about this problem too, but I still don't want to go, my mother doesn't have a good personality, and she won't get along with people, I'm worried that if I go, it will affect your small family, you rent a house for me, and it will cost a lot of money every month, so it's better to give me that money to buy a house, I want to have a place of my own, do you think it's okay?"

I didn't say anything, I felt very uncomfortable, I didn't know what I could say, I understood my mother's desire to have a house of her own, but I really didn't have that ability right now.

Probably feeling my embarrassment, my mother said, "I also know that your daughter-in-law needs to prepare some money to have a baby, but what I think is, if the children are healthy and everything is going well, it won't cost much, and then you can still earn 9,000 yuan a month?" 9,000 yuan is a lot, my mother is old, I can't make any money, I feel that our house here is also rising so fast, I'm afraid to buy late, 80,000 yuan is not enough, I also wanted to go to the bank for a loan, I asked the staff, people think I'm too old, don't lend to me, and then, I also understand your embarrassment, so I think, after this house is bought, write your name, do you think it's okay?"

She said so, I really can't refuse, that's the mother who gave birth to me and raised me, she has suffered a lot for our sister and brother in her life, and in her old age, I can't support her now, because I don't have the ability, so I don't have the right to blame her for wanting to be selfish in front of me.

I thought for a moment and said, "Mom, can I discuss it with my daughter-in-law?"

My mom was silent for a while and said, "Okay!"

There seems to be a lot of complicated emotions mixed in this vocal line.

My mom handed the phone to my eldest sister again, and my eldest sister said a few more words.

"Brother, I also know that you are embarrassed, you should discuss it with Jiang Xi, and decide according to your situation, I and your second sister think that my mother does not need to buy a house by herself, but my mother's character, we can't persuade her, and then, when it comes to you living with Jiang Xi and her mother in Beijing, my mother didn't say it, I feel that she also has a grievance ......."

When the eldest sister said this, I didn't fully understand what she meant until she finished the second half of the sentence.

"You think, my mother worked hard to give birth to you, and worked hard to raise you, now it feels like you are going to raise someone else's mother, she doesn't say it, and her heart is a little uncomfortable. ”

After my eldest sister made it clear, I was able to understand my mother better, I think, it is human nature that my mother will be a little aggrieved, and I also know that my eldest sister has no malicious intentions, but just said her true feelings.

"I know the eldest sister, and when my mother is old and needs someone to take care of her, I will definitely take her to my side. ”

"The eldest sister knows that you are a filial child, but you have a weak personality, and sometimes you can't help yourself, and you have to take into account Jiang Xi's feelings. ”

What she meant was actually to say, I'm filial, and if Jiang Xi doesn't want to be filial to my mother, I'm helpless.

"Eldest sister, Jiang Xi is a reasonable person. ”

When I said this, the eldest sister didn't say anything, probably because she meant to reserve her opinion.

After all, it takes time to verify the relationship between people, so I didn't say much.

"I'll go back and discuss it with Jiang Xi to see what to do about it. ”

"Okay! then hang up, if the child is born, tell us as soon as possible!"

"Good!"

After hanging up the phone, I thought about this matter for a long time in my heart all afternoon, and I didn't know how to talk to Jiang Xi after thinking about it.

Ahem! I'm worrying her again.

At dinner, I was a little absent-minded.

Jiang Xi's nerves were keen, and she saw that I had something on my mind, and after dinner, she said to me, "Husband, you can go out for a walk with me." ”

"Oh!

As soon as we went out, she took me by the hand and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?" ”

I looked at her with a wilt, and suddenly remembered what her mother had said: Jiang Xi, she cares too much about you, and pays too much attention to you, so ah, you open your mouth, she knows what you have to say, you pout, she knows that you are going to pull a few balls, even if you don't do anything, just blink in front of her, she knows how many little ghosts you have in your stomach......

This is my wife, and I can't hide anything from her.

I thought about it and described the whole thing to her from the most objective perspective, but I hid what my eldest sister said, and my mother felt that her son was a little wronged by raising someone else's mother.

What I didn't expect was that I didn't say this, but Jiang Xi seemed to hear it.

She said, "I can understand your mother very well, her son who has worked hard to raise herself, and now she is staying in Beijing to raise other people's mothers, she must have an imbalance in her heart." ”

I looked incredulous, "Wife, how can you feel this way?"

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "I'm also a woman, compare my heart to my heart, your mother has suffered so much, just a son like you, if I were your mother, I would definitely be very wronged in my heart." ”

I, "......" I don't really know what I can say anymore.

Jiang Xi continued, "In fact, I think most divorced women will have a little inferiority, my mother is optimistic on the surface, but in fact, she also hides inferiority complex in her heart, a woman's marriage represents the success or failure of this life, but many people don't think about it, and they don't admit it, so marriage is too important for women." ”

I stood on her side and put my arms around her neck, my stomach was too big to hug anymore, and I said, "Wife, I can give you too few material things in this life, but I promise you that I will not let you go through a failed marriage, unless you don't want me." ”

She put her backhand on my cheek, smiled and kissed me on the chin and said, "Fool, I finally got you into being tricked, how could there be a day when I didn't want you!"

I smiled, my eyes were sour, and my heart was warm.

She smiled happily and beautifully!

I asked, "Do you blame my two sisters, who are richer than me, but they just don't give it to my mother, because they have to embarrass me?" ”

I don't blame my sister or my mother, but I think the average daughter-in-law would think so.

As a result, my ginger always amazed me, both in appearance and in thought.

She shook her head and said, "What right do I have not to allow others to be selfish? Even I myself am a selfish person, there is no one in this world who is not selfish, no matter how good they are on the surface, each has their own hidden selfishness and purpose, so what right do I have to blame them?"

I listened to Jiang Xi's words, and I felt that every sentence seemed to be engraved in my heart, my wife, she seems to be different from others, why do I think she speaks, like a philosopher.

"What's more, when my mother was sick, they didn't want to, or one person borrowed 10,000 yuan from us, I can't repay the grace of a drop of water, but I can't forget the kindness of others lending us 10,000 just because I want to borrow 20,000, from this point of view, I don't think your eldest sister and second sister are not bad people, but everyone has their own reservations, which is also normal, right?"

My eyes were a little moist, and my voice was wilting, "Wife, you're right!"

If she said that she was like a philosopher, then she said it as if she was a clear and humane philosopher.

"So what are we going to do about this? We have to save money for having a baby, and what if we don't have money for anything?"

Jiang Xi thought for a while and said, "You go and tell your mother to let her wait for two more months, after our child is born, if everything goes well, after two months, we have an extra 20,000 yuan in savings, we will give her 40,000 yuan, didn't she still say that your name is written on the house? It can also be seen that she really loves you, but she has her needs, and we try to understand her suffering." ”

"Wife!" I hugged her neck tightly, not knowing what to say, and finally I could only say, "You are so nice!".

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "I also have a lot of shortcomings, but you have a good temper and tolerate me." ”

I said, "No, I think you're perfect, I don't see any faults in you." ”

Jiang Xi smiled even more, "My shortcomings can be seen by others, and I know it myself, you can't see it because you love me!"

I put my arms around her and kissed the top of her hair, "I really can't see it, so can you see my shortcomings?"

She said sweetly, "I can see it, but I will ignore it selectively, because you have all the advantages I care about, and that's enough!"

I always feel that she is more sober than me at all times. Even if it's a love story, it's wiser than me, not as retarded as me.

"Don't you have any grievances?" I asked.

Jiang Xi smiled and stroked the back of my hand as he said, " There is no grievance, what I think is, before you knew me, you didn't do anything filial to your mother, and you didn't give your mother money, after you follow me, you can give your mother money, which means that you are more filial than before, I think your mother and your sisters will also know that it is my daughter-in-law who is good, and you become better, this matter, I think it should be able to establish my status in the eyes of your family, if I live with your mother in the future, with this emotional foundation, it should be much easier to get along. ”

"Wife, you...... Are you planning to live with my mom in the future? Are you planning for my mom in your life?"

I asked in a daze, a little unbelievable, whose daughter-in-law ...... Can you think so thoughtfully, and your heart is so full of good intentions?

She said, "Yes, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies, not only the squad leader's family, too many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law can't get along, I thought, now our conditions are limited, your mother is in better health, let's not make a noise first, take care of my mother first, and when your mother is old and can't live on her own, our conditions are better, so we will take your mother over to live together." ”

"Hmm!" I took a deep breath, speechless.

"And ah, I think, man, be kind, God will surely give us more blessings......" she said, touching her big belly, "I don't care about anything now, I don't care about anything, I just hope that God will keep my children healthy and healthy!"

I looked at her beautiful smile and reached out to touch her big belly, and the result was ......

"Ahh

I took my palm away, and saw that Jiang Xi's stomach was bulging with a big bag, I thought this scene was amazing, I seemed to see a leather ball, and inside the ball was a child, and then he (she) kicked the ball with one foot, and the bag refused to go down.

I reached out and stroked the bag, only to retract it, and then pushed a bigger bag out harder.

"Ahh

I exclaimed in amazement, "My wife is so amazing, he or she seems to be very powerful." ”

Jiang Xi frowned and said, "Don't play, he (she) kicked me too hard, I can't stand it." ”

"Oh oh!" I quickly lay on Jiang Xi's stomach and said, "Baby, you can't kick Mom anymore, Mom can't stand it, you have to love Mommy, you know?"

I really didn't expect that as soon as I finished saying this, the bag on Jiang Xi's stomach immediately retracted.

"Oh, he or she can understand me! It's amazing! Hahaha, it's amazing. ”

Jiang Xi pouted and stared at me, "You are usually too busy with work, and you communicate too little with him (her), I am used to it, and I don't think it is wonderful." ”

When I mentioned this, I really felt a little guilty, Jiang Xi was pregnant for a few months, and I didn't spend much time with her, and I was working overtime all the time.

"Oh, Xiaoxi, your belly is so big, the shape of your belly, you look like you're pregnant with a boy. ”

At this time, an aunt in her fifties who was walking in the community saw me and Jiang Xi, and came over to talk with a smile.

Jiang Xi was shocked and asked, "Is it really a boy?"

The aunt said confidently, "I can guarantee that it is a boy, and I have given birth to three, can I not know this?"

This aunt spoke loudly and stingily, and immediately attracted two other enthusiastic aunts.

One of the aunts walked up to Jiang Xi, spun around in front of her, like an expert, and pointed and said, "The belly is pointed and straight, and the back looks very slim, as if you are not pregnant, typical of a boy's behavior." ”

The third aunt next to her said, "This is 100% a boy, don't doubt how many children we have here, such a guarantee is a boy." ”

"Oh oh!" Jiang Xi was stunned, "Thank you, aunties!"

When the aunts were all gone, I asked Jiang Xi, "Would you rather have a boy or a girl?"

Jiang Xi frowned, a little coquettish, "People have been looking forward to the arrival of a little princess, I really want to have a little padded jacket! Oops! The clothes I bought for my child two days ago are all pink." ”

Jiang Xi pursed his lips.

Actually, I really want to have a daughter in my heart, but Jiang Xi is like this, I can't add fuel to the fire, so I said, "Wife, son, our son will be sad to hear your words in your stomach!"

When Jiang Xi heard this, he quickly lowered his head and rubbed his stomach and said, "Son, son, don't be sad, your mother will be reluctant...... I like you!"

"Wife, my son is about to cry when he hears the word reluctantly!"

Jiang Xi immediately reacted, "Oh, mom didn't mean it, mom accidentally said what was in her heart, mom will love you, you will get out of it yourself in two weeks, don't let mom suffer, don't let me have a caesarean section!"

"Wife, I'm afraid the child can't be the master of these things!" I was speechless.

Jiang Xi said, "You don't understand, I call it psychological suggestion, implying that he (she) will work hard to drill out when the time comes." ”

If our son can understand, then he must be a sperm.

Before I left to go home, I called my mother and explained what Jiang Xi meant.

My mother said, "It's okay to wait for two months, the price of the house shouldn't go up too much in two months, it's just ......" She hesitated for a moment and said, "Your daughter-in-law...... I'm afraid I'll be happy!"

I smiled and said, "Mom, your daughter-in-law is the best daughter-in-law in the world, don't worry!"

My mother laughed, "Hahaha, that's good, that's good! Your daughter-in-law is good, you're happy, I'm happy! Then I have nothing to worry about." ”

In the last two weeks of the due date, Jiang Xi's prenatal check-ups were more frequent, but because of my work, I couldn't accompany her every time, but fortunately there was her mother.

One of the rare times when I accompanied her, at the gate of the hospital, I met a strange aunt again, and the aunt observed Jiang Xi's belly again and said, "Your belly is guaranteed to be a boy, and you didn't run!"

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Since then, Jiang Xi and I have tacitly accepted that she is pregnant with a boy, and every time we communicate with the baby, we change the title to "son", and the clothes we buy for the baby after that are all blue.

After the last prenatal check-up within the expected delivery period, the fetal heart rate is measured, B ultrasound is done, and then the doctor is asked to evaluate whether it is self-birth or caesarean section.

The state has regulations that caesarean section is not good for both the child and the mother, so each hospital limits the number of caesarean sections, that is, those who can not be cesarean section will never be given cesarean section, especially in large hospitals in big cities, the implementation is particularly strict.

Jiang Xi and I also think that being able to give birth to ourselves must be better than dissection.

The doctor looked at Jiang Xi's last B-ultrasound single, and began to be startled, "How can this show that the child has eight pounds, nine pounds, two or four? Are you still a single umbilicus? The child can't be so big, your belly, it doesn't look very big, it should be a mistake in B-ultrasound, with my years of experience, your child will not exceed eight pounds, you are in good health, tall and tall, and all indicators are normal, you must be born by yourself." ”

I heard that I could give birth on my own, and Jiang Xi and I were also very happy.

"After I go back, I should pay attention to analgesia, if the pain is so bad, I will give birth, and I must come to the hospital immediately. ”

"Hmm!"

Jiang Xi agreed, and then went home to wait for pain relief, but as a result, wait, wait, wait, all that came was that the child punched and kicked Jiang Xi in the stomach every day, but there was no pain relief.

We waited until three days after the due date, and there was still no movement, and our whole family was anxious.

Jiang Xi was so anxious that he patted his stomach with his hand, "Stinky son, why don't you start it yet? Stay in it and don't want to come out? You come out quickly, you won't come out when the day comes, your mother is so worried about you!"

Because there are many pregnant women who have accidents in the late stages of pregnancy, we are particularly worried, after all, the child can't see or touch anything in the womb, and we always hope that it is more reassuring to be born early.

However, the eunuchs were so anxious that their eyebrows burned, and the emperor sat firmly in the Lingxiao Hall without any movement.

One night, in order to make her contractions analgesia, Jiang Xi patted and pushed her belly hard, as soon as she patted her stomach, the baby kicked her, patted and patted, Jiang Xi screamed, "Oops, it hurts, my stomach hurts, send me to the hospital, I must be born." ”

As soon as I heard this, Jiang Xi's mother and I were very happy and nervous, and immediately went out to take a taxi to the hospital.

The hospital is not far from our home, it will take more than ten minutes to arrive, and we will hang up an emergency department when we enter the hospital, because the emergency department arranges hospitalization quickly, but when we arrived at the emergency room, the doctor asked Jiang Xi, "Does my stomach still hurt?"

Jiang Xi was stunned and said, "That ......" She suddenly glanced at me, and said to the doctor with a little weakness on her face, "It doesn't hurt as much as it did at home just now, but it still hurts a little." ”

The doctor was doing an ultrasound on her, and then looked at her meaningfully and said, "You haven't entered the basin at all, and you're far from living." ”

Jiang Xi, "......" looked blindfolded.

"Doctor, but it's been three days since my due date!" Jiang Xi said helplessly.

The doctor said, "Your child doesn't want to come out, it's nice to be in there." ”

Jiang Xi, "......".

Me, "......".

"What should I do, doctor? I'm worried that staying in my belly for a long time will not be good for the child!

The doctor said, "Hold on for another four days, pay extra attention to these four days, and be hospitalized a week after the due date, and use artificial interference to give oxytocin." ”

"Oh oh!" Jiang Simon agreed, but he didn't really understand much.

Then the three of us were kicked out of the hospital by the doctors.

When you get home, sleep peacefully and your baby sleeps more peacefully.

The next day, Jiang Xi didn't do anything, just looked forward to pain relief, but this hope, four days passed, and then, the three of us took Jiang Xi's clothes to the hospital for hospitalization.

The night before, when I was still in the hospital room with Jiang Xi, I asked her, "Are you scared?"

She smiled and said, "Giving birth to a child is a happy event, what is there to be afraid of, which woman does not have children, I am such a strong person, I will definitely not be able to give birth to a child." ”

Listening to her words, I kissed her on the forehead.

At six o'clock the next morning, she was taken away by the doctor, saying that she was going to induce labor, and Jiang Xi's mother and I couldn't follow up, so we could only wait outside.

However, after about fifteen minutes, I heard Jiang Xi's voice coming from inside.

"Ahh......h

Three minutes later, another high-pitched shout, then three times later, it began to slowly get smaller again......

And so, over and over again, after I heard her scream for fifteen minutes straight, I couldn't stand it anymore, I broke into the house and asked the nurse, who immediately kicked me out.

"Alas, gay you can't come in, you can only wait in the hallway, gay men are not allowed here. ”

I said anxiously, "Miss Nurse, my wife keeps screaming, she keeps screaming, she seems to be in pain!"

The nurse said, "How can you give birth without pain, what you hear may not be your wife's call, don't worry, there is a doctor watching it." ”

As soon as she said this, I heard it again, and it was indeed a ghost crying wolf, but I could still distinguish Jiang Xi's voice.

"Nurse, can I go see my wife. ”

"Oh, you go out, I don't have time to talk to you, if the situation is not good, I will look for you, there is no problem, I won't let you in, go out, go out!"

No way, I was kicked out by the nurse, and then I still heard Jiang Xi's screams.

Jiang Xi's mother sat in the corridor, her face was quite calm, but she didn't speak, I knew that she was also very nervous and distressed about Jiang Xi, but there seemed to be no way to be distressed at the moment.

Jiang Xi's mother said, "I heard that oxytocin is much more painful than natural production, for example, natural production is equivalent to melon ripeness, and oxytocin is equivalent to melon seedlings are not ripe, and the melon is picked." ”

When I heard this, I was in pain.

Anyway, there was nothing to do, I simply forced myself not to listen to Jiang Xi's screams, I was worried when I heard it, and then I took out my mobile phone and inquired about oxytocin, it didn't matter if I checked,

I feel even more sorry for my wife, people on the Internet say that oxytocin is not human, and the mother who hangs up the oxytocin drop will have a pain for three minutes, and that kind of analgesia is really not something that ordinary people can resist.

"Wife, ......", I silently cried out in distress, "son, come out quickly, don't toss your mother, your mother is so pitiful." ”

"Ahh

But I listened to her screams, and I couldn't do anything.

Later, for a while, I couldn't hear her scream, and I was even more worried.

After another half an hour, I didn't hear her call, I couldn't help but go in again and ask the nurse, and the nurse said that Jiang Xi had gone into the delivery room to give birth, and it should be soon.

When I heard this, I was half relieved, and I thought that it should be soon.

Then, this wait, I waited until more than ten o'clock in the night, from six o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the night, sixteen hours have passed, and there has been no movement, and Jiang Xi's mother and I have died in a hurry.

Jiang Xi's mother couldn't sit still, "Why is this so slow, there will be nothing wrong, I gave birth to Jiang Xi at that time, from the seizure to the birth, less than two hours, why is she so slow?"

I hurriedly went in to find the nurse again, but it turned out that Jiang Xi was carried back to the bed in the delivery room by two nurses at this time.

"Wife!"

I called out to her in horror, and as soon as she saw me, she threw herself into my arms, "Ahhh

She didn't have the strength to speak, so I hurriedly went to the doctor and said, "Doctor, you can dissect us, she really can't give birth!"

The doctor said with a cold face, "No one can give birth casually, I'll let her go back to the ward to rest for a while, and you can go and accompany her." ”

As soon as I heard this, I quickly ran to accompany her.

When I got to the ward, she was lying down, and I held her in my arms, and she seemed to have no strength at all, and she didn't have the strength to talk to me, and the whole person looked like she was in a state of frequent death.

The nurse next to him said, "Wait for you to relieve yourself for a while, it won't hurt so much, and you still have to take oxytocin." ”

"Ah!" Jiang Xi cried when he heard it, tears streaming down his face, "I don't want to give birth, you can dissect me, I can't give birth." ”

At this time, three strange women in white coats suddenly came outside the door, the middle was an older one, and the two sides stood like interns, they sat beside Jiang Xi in turn with a particularly gentle attitude, and the older doctor spoke to Jiang Xi in a comforting tone.

"Jiang Xi, right, you see, now you can't have a caesarean section if you want to, because there are more than a dozen people in front of you who are going to have a caesarean section, and when it's your turn, it's been a few hours, so aren't you wasting your time waiting for hours? And if you wait for a long time, it's not good for the child, aren't you all working so hard for the child? ”

The doctor persuaded me so hard, I don't understand this kind of thing, and I don't know what to do for Jiang Xi's mother and son, so I don't dare to interject.

Because she didn't take oxytocin at this time, Jiang Xi didn't shout, and after listening to the doctor's words, she could only nod, because she couldn't do it if she wanted to, and there were more than a dozen people in line in front of her.

In this way, the doctor quickly gave Jiang Xi oxytocin again.

The doctor said to me, "You can spend a little more time in this room." ”

Then I can't ask for it.

It's just that I heard her scream, it was still different from the image I saw her screaming, oxytocin attack in three minutes, and she immediately sweated in pain, hunched over, and her teeth were directly bitten on the railing of the iron bed.

I was afraid that she would break her teeth, so I subconsciously wanted to bite her with my fingers, but she shook her head, and she was reluctant to bite me!

I found a towel and folded it for her to bite, and when she was in extreme pain, I saw her sweating profusely, trembling all over, frowning so much that she couldn't frown any longer, and her mouth kept chanting like a mantra, "Husband I love you, husband I love you, husband I love you ......".

I saw her like this, I really couldn't stand it, I also burst into tears, hugged her, kissed her, and told her in her ear, "Wife, I love you too, I love you the most, wife, I love you!"

I love you at the moment, as if I can bring her strength, but I know that her pain has not been relieved.

She was in pain for another hour, and a doctor came in to examine her and took her away, saying that she would go into the delivery room again to give birth.

As a result, it was two o'clock in the morning and did not come out at night, which is equivalent to giving birth for more than 20 hours.

Jiang Xi's mother and I were about to die in a hurry, but when I asked the nurse, the nurse said it was fine.

At about 2:15, I heard Jiang Xi's scream, "Doctor, give me an autopsy, I can't do it, I really can't do it, help, the doctor dissect me, help, I'm going to die......."

She shouted inside, and I listened to it from the outside, and I really wanted to find a doctor to theorize, but before I could move, I heard the doctor's displeasure coming from inside.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you an autopsy, stop screaming, the whole hospital will hear your scream. ”

I thought to myself, the whole hospital is gone, and my wife is left.

While I was thinking about it, I saw a team of medical staff walking into the ward in the production area in a quick and orderly manner, and at the same time, Jiang Xi was carried back to the ward like a prisoner who had been tortured.

I hurriedly followed, and I saw that the medical staff had pulled out the oxytocin drops from Jiang Xi's hand and began to prepare her for the operation.

As soon as the oxytocin was pulled, although she was still hunched over in pain, she stopped screaming, and the whole person seemed to be dying.

I asked, "Doctor, is my wife okay?"

The doctor replied, "It's okay, go to the operating room immediately, the family members will sign, and wait outside the door of the operating room after signing." ”

After a series of things were done, Jiang Xi was pushed away with a bed.

Jiang Xi's mother and I followed them all the way to the door of the operating room.

Since then, I haven't heard Jiang Xi call again.

Jiang Xi's mother and I waited outside the operating room for about fifteen minutes, and then a doctor opened the door and asked, "Which one is Jiang Xi's family, come here!"

Jiang Xi's mother and I immediately jumped up and ran to the doctor, our minds were blank, we couldn't think at all, and we didn't know what the doctor told us to do, so we could only follow the doctor's instructions like robots.

In the next second, another doctor came out of the operating room, holding a child in his arms, and shouted to us, "Come, Jiang Xi's family, pick up the child, it's a little big, eight pounds, nine pounds, two four!

The doctor's last sentence, the tone seemed to be that she was shocked.

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