The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Sister Qiu, it's like this..."

Xu Xi lowered her eyes and recounted how she had been eating boiled vegetables for several days in a row.

After hearing these words, Leng Huaqiu on the other end of the phone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You silly goose, what happened? You got pregnant and now you've turned into a little idiot?"

Leng Huaqiu cleared her throat and said solemnly.

"Girls, especially after becoming pregnant, need to supplement their nutrition in all aspects. This is not only to meet their own daily needs, but also to nourish the baby in their womb."

"Therefore, you should never eat boiled vegetables as a staple food every day. Otherwise, it will not only not make you healthier, but it will also lead to congenital malnutrition in your baby. You'll end up losing the big picture and not the big picture."

"Ah! How could this be?" Upon hearing this, Xu Xi's face turned deathly pale. "So, my insistence on eating this bland diet is actually affecting the baby's development?"

"That's right." Leng Huaqiu nodded. "Think about it, the fetus gets its nutrition from the mother. If the mother eats only vegetable leaves every day, where will the child get its protein and calcium? If the child is born with osteoporosis and anemia, no amount of supplementation will make up for it later."

"My goodness!..." Xu Xi covered her mouth, exclaiming in surprise, "I learned this from a blogger with tens of thousands of followers online. She's pregnant herself, and she's still teaching us such wrong parenting knowledge!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Huaqiu chuckled: "Luckily, you haven't been eating boiled vegetables for long, so your body's stored nutrients can still supply your energy. Many online self-media outlets are just chasing traffic, spreading rumors that their audience wants to hear."

"The blogger you're watching is clearly peddling health anxiety and spreading false arguments. He might not even be pregnant himself."

After saying that, Leng Huaqiu casually picked up a few pieces of clothing from the bed and stuffed them into her own clothes, making her belly bulge out.

Then, she rubbed her round belly and groaned in feigned pain, "Doctor! No! I'm going into labor!"

"I remember now!" Xu Xi clapped her hands and exclaimed, "That blogger has been posting these postpartum health videos for two years now, and she's still carrying a big belly. Is she carrying Nezha? She hasn't been able to give birth after all these years."

"Hahaha! As long as the video still has traffic, she could probably stay pregnant for five hundred years and give birth to a monkey." Leng Huaqiu burst into laughter.

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!" Xu Xi clenched her small fists, her face contorted with anger. "For such paltry sum of money, they've lost all conscience! They're playing with a child's life!"

"Not bad." Leng Huaqiu smiled with satisfaction. "Others are said to be forgetful for three years after pregnancy, but you recovered after only three days."

Xu Xi shook her head like a rattle-drum, and said angrily, "No way! I'm going to report that unscrupulous self-media outlet and hire a lawyer to sue them. It's just too much! I don't know how many mothers and innocent babies she's harmed in the past two years!"

"Haha, good luck then!" Leng Huaqiu yawned. "Alright, little one, I'm going to sleep now. If I don't sleep well, I'll get wrinkles."

"Uh-huh!"

Even after hanging up the phone, Xu Xi was still furious.

The thought that she, who had been so clever all her life, had listened to the slander of a villain, causing her and her brother to suffer from eating only bland soup for several days, and almost affecting the baby she and her brother had finally conceived, filled her with rage.

"Now, we can finally eat normal meals again, right?" Xu Nian smiled gently and ruffled Xu Xi's snow-white hair.

Due to a lack of nutrition, her originally smooth and silky hair began to show signs of dryness, and a large handful came off with just a gentle rub.

Xu Xi nodded heavily, touched her still-flat belly, and said with guilt and self-reproach, "I'm sorry, brother, it's all my fault for being so stubborn, I almost hurt our little baby..."

"Hey, it's okay." Xu Nian hugged the girl and gently patted her back, comforting her, "Didn't Dr. Leng say that it's okay to take it for a few days? You can make up for it later."

Then, he pinched Xu Xi's cheek and asked, "What do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll cook for you."

Xu Xi tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Spicy chicken, Kung Pao chicken, Mapo tofu, boiled sliced ​​pork..."

Xu Nian gently stroked her hair, listening to her list the dishes on her fingers as if they were a treasure trove of knowledge, and couldn't help but smile.

"Xiaoxi, I think our future baby will definitely be a little girl."

"Why do you say that?" Xu Xi blinked in confusion.

"Because sour foods are for boys and spicy foods are for girls," Xu Nian chuckled. "You love spicy food so much, your future child will definitely be a beautiful and adorable little girl."

"Who knows, she might be a fierce little tiger," Xu Xi said playfully, her eyes crinkling with laughter. "What if she's climbing on the roof at three and running away from home at five, leaving us to clean up her messes every day?"

"No way, such a well-behaved and lovely mother couldn't have given birth to such a naughty and mischievous little rascal."

"Waaah, I hate it, brother~"

......

As the seasons turn and snow falls heavily, winter arrives as scheduled.

Snowflakes and silver flowers adorn the withered trees by the roadside.

Along with the heavy snow, Xu Xi's slightly protruding belly also appeared.

"Doctor, how is it?"

Inside the prenatal checkup room, Xu Nian held Xu Xi's small hand and asked nervously.

The doctor frowned, his face grave, staring at the ultrasound image on the screen as he muttered to himself, "There's something wrong with his brain..."

Upon hearing this, both Xu Nian and Xu Xi widened their eyes.

Xu Xi's heart leaped into her throat, tears welled up instantly, and she even began to sob softly.

Her worst fears came true. The week she ate boiled vegetables to ensure a healthy pregnancy ultimately led to malnutrition in her unborn baby, causing developmental problems.

Thinking of this, Xu Xi couldn't stop her tears from falling, filled with self-reproach.

Xu Nian's back was also covered in cold sweat, her brain buzzed, and she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

He spoke tremulously, asking the doctor again to confirm, "Doctor, you mean our child... he... his brain isn't developing normally?"

"Ah, no, no!" The doctor snapped out of his reverie and quickly waved his hand.

"I meant our hospital director has a problem with his brain. Don't misunderstand, your child is perfectly healthy. So far, the embryo is developing well and there are no abnormalities."

Upon hearing this, the brother and sister finally felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.