Chapter 689: A Gentleman's Agreement
Shen Muzhi took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and spread it out on the table.
Li Ning was surprised for a moment when he saw the crooked lines on the paper, and laughed.
"Li Ning and Shen Muzhi agreed to abide by the gentleman's agreement together, and the violator must admit in person that he is the defeated general of the other party!!"
Looking at the three deliberately sketched big exclamation marks, Li Ning could recall the state when he wrote this gentleman's agreement.
But I can't remember exactly what the agreement was.
She only remembered that not long after she was forced to marry Shen Muzhi, she was still in the stage where both of them looked at each other unpleasantly.
During that time, Li Ning had to deal with the coercion from Li Chengling and Liang Lili on the one hand. At the same time, he also had to deal with Shen Muzhi's suspicion and contempt.
But in front of people, he still has to pretend to be in love with Shen Muzhi.
Therefore, Li Ning's life at that time was very tired.
Later, Li Ning helped Shen Muzhi act in front of Mrs. Shen, and in front of the Shen family, he deliberately maintained Shen Muzhi's image, which made Shen Muzhi moved. It also made the-for-tat relationship between the two people slightly eased.
And in order to make himself more comfortable in the Shen family, Li Ning invited Shen Muzhi to come here for dinner one day, and then wrote the gentleman's agreement when he was drunk.
Looking back at it now, I vaguely remember that the content is roughly that they do not interfere with each other's private lives, protect each other's face in front of outsiders, and do not have physical contact that is not mutually voluntary.
The agreement signed is much the same as when they got married.
It's just that the proponent of that agreement is Shen Muzhi, and Li Ning has to get back a game to write such an extremely childish gentleman's agreement.
"When I think about it now, I feel so naΓ―ve at the beginning." Li Ning folded the piece of paper into its original form and put it back in her bag, "Make a souvenir." β
Shen Muzhi turned the water cup in his hand, "We didn't expect this day at the beginning. β
"Yes, I thought I could get divorced at any time. And getting married is just an extra certificate, which is no different from the original life. β
However, the marriage certificate that Li Ning didn't care about, unknowingly, made her change a lot.
And invisibly, it taught her a lot of things.
To be more precise, it was not just the marriage certificate that made Li Ning grow and change, but the person on the marriage certificate who was listed alongside her name.
Li Ning picked up his water cup and raised his hand at Shen Muzhi, "I thought that marrying you was the most helpless and worst thing in my life." I was wrong. I don't dare to say that you are the perfect good man in the world, but at least after all that I have been through, I can be sure that it is not bad to marry you, but rather my luck. β
This is the first time that Li Ning has expressed her views on Shen Muzhi and this marriage so bluntly.
Shen Muzhi also held the water cup and touched Li Ning's cup, "It's also my luck to marry you." β
Hearing this, Li Ning suddenly felt that his cheeks were slightly hot, and Shen Muzhi, who didn't often say sweet words, occasionally said the last sentence, which made people a little overwhelmed.
After waiting for a while, the proprietress finally brought the first course.
Li Ning immediately picked up the chopsticks, lowered his eyes to avoid Shen Muzhi's gaze and went to eat, but his heart was like drinking honey wine, a little hot and slightly drunk, but he was not really drunk.
Shen Muzhi is not a romantic person, and he is by no means a person who can spend a lot of free time to engage in romance.
But he can remember the gentleman's agreement after Li Ning was drunk, keep that child's play agreement intact, and can accurately remember this day......
All this really moved Li Ning very much.
She involuntarily put her hand on her lower abdomen, thinking about what kind of tone she should use to tell Shen Muzhi about this.
"Muzhi." Li Ning's tone was slightly solemn.
"Hmm."
"I've got something to tell you." He pursed his lips and spoke slowly.
Shen Muzhi bowed his head slightly, looking at Li Ning with warm eyes, and the posture of an extremely sincere listener.
"I ......" Li Ning's hand pressed lightly on his lower abdomen and bit his lip.
was originally a very simple sentence, but she practiced it more than a hundred times in her heart.
But when the real words came to her lips, she couldn't open her mouth nervously because she always remembered the first child she lost unexpectedly.
Shen Muzhi suddenly got up, went around to Li Ning and sat down, he took Li Ning's hand, gently hugged her in his arms, and gently patted Li Ning's back with his warm palm.
Gradually, Li Ning's mood calmed down little by little under that gentle comfort.
But this time, when Li Ning really mustered up the courage and was ready to speak.
But Shen Muzhi suddenly whispered in her ear: "Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, we will face it together." β
A mediocre sentence is not even sweet words, but Li Ning suddenly became hot and humid in his eyes, and a warm current came from his heart.
Sometimes, what a woman needs is not a diamond dress, not sweet words.
is just a man who can give her a sense of security, and is clearly willing to face everything with her for the rest of his life.
"Muzhi, I'm pregnant. It's been seven weeks. After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly said it easily.
Shen Muzhi didn't show surprise, but smiled lightly, stroked Li Ning's hair with doting eyes, and bowed his head slightly, "I know." β
"You know?" Li Ning was surprised.
"Last night in the drawer, I saw those two pregnancy test sticks." Shen Muzhi said frankly.
Last night, when Shen Muzhi took a bath before going to bed, his ears accidentally got some water, so he found a few cotton swabs in the drawer, and happened to see the two pregnancy test sticks.
And the trash cans that are cleaned once or twice a day by the maid also have boxes of two pregnancy test sticks in it.
Therefore, Shen Muzhi can be sure that the incident happened that night.
Therefore, when Li Ning left in a hurry early in the morning, Shen Muzhi didn't ask too much, he guessed that Li Ning might be for this matter.
All the clues added up, as well as Li Ning's absent-minded appearance all the time, made Shen Muzhi more sure that Li Ning was pregnant.
It's just that Shen Muzhi didn't want to add any pressure to Li Ning, so he didn't mention it, let alone ask about it.
Instead, he waited for Li Ning to adjust his mentality and speak out himself.
After knowing everything, Li Ning couldn't help but laugh at himself, "I've been struggling with myself for a long time, I already knew that you already knew about it, so I don't have to bother." β
"It's me who didn't think it through, I should have told you earlier." Shen Muzhi said with a little self-reproach.
Li Ning shook his head with a smile, "When I knew about this, I was very worried in my heart, obviously it was something to be happy about, but I was very worried that I would not be able to do it, and I was even more worried that I would ...... again because of my own carelessness."