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"By the way, wife, could the medicine harm the fetus—" Xie Jingchen suddenly let go of his petite wife and stared into her glimmering almond eyes, anxiously asking.
It’s no wonder Xie Jingchen was so anxious, Yan Jinsu had been harmed while their babies were already settled and growing inside her!
"Husband, don’t be nervous just yet. Forget River has no antidote, to put it bluntly, in the apocalypse, Forget River is a type of special tree sap, natural. It’s not some synthetic drug. It will only seal away the memories in someone’s mind who has smelled it—"
"In the mind!" The moment Yan Jinsu finished speaking, Xie Jingchen immediately seized on the key point and asked:
"So, wife, you can remember things from the apocalypse, but all your memories here are sealed away?"
"Right. The biggest effect of Forget River is to seal the physiological functions, especially the memory centers in the brain. However, it can’t affect my spiritual memory."
Having said this, Yan Jinsu roughly knew what her problem was:
"Moreover, my Soul Crystal is shattered, which intensified the effect of Forget River, making me completely lose every bit of memory from here!"
It was a persuasive argument because it was the truth.
But Xie Jingchen abruptly lifted Yan Jinsu’s chin, having her eyes face his squarely, and asked seriously:
"Wife, why won’t you look into my eyes? You’re not telling the truth!"
Yan Jinsu’s scalp tingled, and she instinctively rubbed her abdomen with her small hands. How was she supposed to tell her husband that she actually didn’t know if Forget River had any side effects on the fetus?!
Seeing his little wife’s eyes dart away in an instant, Xie Jingchen became even more convinced of his suspicion and coldly huffed: "Speak."
"Husband~~ are you scolding me?" Yan Jinsu quickly turned her eyes back, looking up at him with big, tearful eyes that seemed on the verge of crying.
Xie Jingchen’s thin lips were pursed and his tiger-like eyes stared deeply at her.
Feeling bottomless despair in her heart, Yan Jinsu didn’t know how her husband would react if she spoke bluntly—her instincts weren’t about distrusting him, but rather, trusting herself more.
She looked at her husband frankly but upon seeing such ’injured’ eyes, Yan Jinsu’s gaze wandered away again.
Xie Jingchen felt hurt but remained persistent, gazing sternly at his beloved wife in his arms. Yan Jinsu suddenly lost her temper, her eyes reddening as she helplessly complained:
"Husband, I don’t know what to say. How could I know if ’Forget River’ would harm the fetus? At that time, I didn’t even have a man, let alone know its effects on a fetus!"
After venting her irritation, Yan Jinsu’s small hands fiddled tensely with her short hair. Before she exerted any force, her hand was enveloped by her husband’s larger one—
At the same time, the thought alone that if something were wrong with the three fetuses inside her, whether their intelligence would be impacted, or if they might have physical deformities...
Excluding all the transmigration or rebirth nonsense, she was just a simple woman, experiencing her first [actually, second] pregnancy, and her heart was brimming with anticipation for her dear babies growing inside!
Yet suddenly, she was informed that the three small fetuses in her belly might have been ’contaminated’, and their future was utterly uncertain!
The mere thought caused Yan Jinsu such unbearable heartache that her tears instantly broke free, quickly drenching Xie Jingchen’s chest fabric.
"Husband, no matter what happens to the fetuses now, as long as they are safe and growing inside me, let’s not give up, okay? Don’t give up..."
Yan Jinsu didn’t wait for Xie Jingchen to say anything before she threw herself onto his chest, her small trembling hands clutching his clothes as she nervously asked.
"Mhm, I’ll keep it in my heart, never forgetting."
Both husband and wife carried a heavy burden in their hearts, worried for the unborn child in Yan Jinsu’s womb.
The depth of Yan Jinsu’s feelings was unmatched; just the thought of the possible hardships her children might face filled her with indescribable hatred toward the organization that had dared to kidnap her!
Yan Jinsu racked her brain, really wanting to recall those lost memories! If she could, she might quickly catch the villains who had the audacity to scare her.
How infuriating!
"It’s okay, dear treasures, be good. Wife, don’t be discouraged. Maybe, Forget River really has no effect on the unborn children!" It’s just that the current medical equipment is too outdated.
Xie Jingchen’s heart was filled with worry, but he didn’t voice his last thought. Instead, he encouraged his wife to be brave:
"Regardless, they are our own flesh and blood. You are their mother, so you have to be brave, okay?"
Having a comforting husband really helped calm Yan Jinsu’s emotions gradually. She nodded vigorously, "Mhm."
If her husband could stand firm, could she be any less capable than Xie Jingchen? With her mind set, Yan Jinsu decided that as long as the children survived, she would not give up on any of them.
"Be good, oh precious ones—Mom and Dad love you the most." Yan Jinsu lowered her head and saw her husband’s hand already accustomed to stroking her belly, tender and loving.
Looking up again, she saw that her husband wasn’t at all panicked by her outburst. He pampered her as before, and his movements towards their children were without a hint of hesitation—his actions clearly showed he was a man whose words matched his deeds.
Xie Jingchen... With a trace of affection, Yan Jinsu silently muttered these three words in her heart, the most important three words of her life!
Her wonderful husband, the children’s amazing father...
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