This is the story of Fang Liang Liang after she became the wife of Kang Zixian.
After going through 9981 difficulties* finally Fang Liang Liang succeeded in getting married to Kang Zixian and with the title of a married woman, she still did not change her style of swift and decisive reactions.
(9981 difficulties refers to the endless suffering and difficulties that the Monk and his 3 disciples go through in the 'Journey to the West' classic tale.)
To put it nicely, it was called righteousness......wherever there was danger, there would be the brave Fang Liang Liang.
To put it in a not-so-nice way, it could be said that her actions were like a silly big sister on a rampage.
To put it in Kang Zixian's words, she was like a dog holding onto a mouse, being nosy in other people's business.
So for this reason, Fang Liang Liang had always complained that her husband did not show any understanding for her work.
This day, Kang Zixian who was working in his office heard the weather forecast report saying that a storm would be brewing over city today. He frowned, suddenly remembered someone told him last night that she would be out shopping with Fei Ge and reminded him to take care of his own food and warmth* (keep himself warm with extra clothes).
Fang Liang Liang, the silly woman, sitting in the branch office would certainly not pay any attention to weather changes. So, Kang Zixian quickly completed his work in hand, grabbed his coat from the chair, walked downstairs to his car and drove steadily towards the police station.
The black sedan car occasionally stopped and moved with the traffic flow and the crystal bell pendant that was hanging from the rear-view mirror in front, gently swayed with the car movement, emitting the crystal clear sound of the bell.
With one hand on the steering wheel and the other gently playing with the crystal pendant, Kang Zixian unconsciously showed an indulgent pampered smile.
Embedded in the crystal was a picture of him and Fang Liang Liang in their wedding attire. In her fine wedding dress, she looked more beautiful that he had imagined. Her pair of big eyes which could talk was clear and bright. She was charming and beautiful, laughing and looking at him.
Kang Zixian who was used to the intrepid Fang Liang Liang, thinking back to the day of the wedding photo shoot, she was really shy to death but she still pretended to be strong and calm and he could not restrain himself from laughing.
At this moment, his heart was full of Fang Liang Liang, who always loved to say what her heart does not mean......this little fox.
The car was parked in the parking lot of the branch bureau and Kang Zixian smiling slightly, gracefully walked into the bureau to look for his wife.
A young man, who has a good working relationship with Liang Liang, saw his Senior Sister's husband walked in, quickly went up and said. "Brother Kang, looking for Sister, ah?"
Kang Zixian nodded politely. "En, picking her up from work." He swept a glance around, could not find her and ask. "Where is she?"
The young man said enthusiastically. "I will ask around. Wait a minute." He turned away, moved several steps forward, then suddenly stopped and came back. Patted his forehead, annoyed with himself, said. "Sorry, I forgot. Senior Sister had left......she left together with Sister Fei."
Kang Zixian silently reprimanded himself for reaching a step too late and quickly went to the door to make a call to Liang Liang.
When he heard the answer 'the number you have dialed is not in service' on the other end, Kang Zixian's handsome face completely darken.
Damn this woman.....she even shut off the phone!
Kang Zixian changed to another number and called Fei Ge on her phone. The handset was quiet for a few seconds, then the gentle voice of a girl said: The number that you are calling is temporarily unavailable, please call again later.
Very Good! Kang Zixian went back to his car with a dark expression. In his heart, he was thinking how he should punish someone tonight for playing the missing woman!
The car had not traveled far when the weather gradually darkened with black clouds swirling in the gloomy sky and a few claps of deafening thunder. A few minutes later, the rain came crashing down.
At first, it was just light rain beads with a few flashes of lightning, then the rain poured without any warning, beat down on the windshield which sometimes blurred the windshield.
Kang Zixian drove the car a few times around the mall that they usually frequent but could not even see her pitiful shadow.
The rain became more and more fierce, the roads were flooded with water and the pedestrians were becoming less. It was either he takes shelter in the mall or quickly drives home.
Not knowing when the rain would stop, Kang Zixian anxiously called again and again but still could not get hold of Liang Liang. He began to feel a tinge of panic.
The rain was so heavy, visibility almost down to zero, every car had their emergency lights blinking and everything was covered in a dreamy mist of water which made it even more difficult to look for Liang Liang.
If the rain continued like this non-stop, he believed that Fang Liang Liang, that crazy woman would brave the rain and make a mad dash for home.
He prayed Fang Liang Liang would be safe and was already back home, whilst he made a U-turn to drive home.
He drove very slowly in the heavy rain and finally drove into the residential district. Immediately, Kang Zixian threw open the car door and rushed upstairs.
When he opened the door, the room was in darkness.
His heart suddenly sank.
Just as he was about to go out again, the phone in his pocket rang. It was an unfamiliar number, Kang Zixian quickly picked up the call.
The other side sounded a bit noisy but no one spoke, he could vaguely only hear shallow breathing.
Kang Zixian softly probed. "Liang Liang?"
It seems the other end heaved a sudden sigh of relief, in an aggrieved tone, said. "Husband......"
Kang Zixian who was holding his phone stood frozen at the entrance. Even after their marriage, Liang Liang did not change her straightforward personality and had always called him 'Surnamed Kang' or she would directly call him by his full name 'Kang Zixian'.
After such a long time, he had never heard her call him 'husband' and in such a spoilt child voice tone.
His heart tightened and quickly asked. "Liang Liang, where are you?'
"I am at the hospital. The rain outside is very heavy. Can you come and get me?"
Kang Zixian frowned. "Why are you at the hospital?"
"I can't tell you now. Anyway, come quickly and fetch me first."
He did not say anymore and rushed to the hospital.
On reaching the emergency room door, from afar, he could spot Liang Liang.
Her thin body was shrunk on the chair with clothes on her body that were wet and wrinkled. Her head of pretty short hair was in a mess, wet and sticking to her scalp.
At that moment, with her lips pursed, her eyes were looking in a certain direction.
Kang Zixian with his heart aching, quickly walked over to her, took off his coat and wrapped it around the small body.
When she saw he had arrived, she quickly stood up. "Finally you came."
Kang Zixian slightly narrowed his eyes, stared down at her and asked. "Where is your mobile phone?"
"Uh.....no battery."
"Where is Jiang Ge Fei?"
"Oh, halfway Fei Ge was called away by her coach." Liang Liang wrinkled her nose. "Damn, she dares to abandon me up, the next time I'll severely give her a beating."
Kang Zixian did not know whether to laugh or cry. He raised his chin, pulled taut his face and asked her in a serious tone. "Then why are you here in the hospital?"
Liang Liang smiled and said. "I am the 21st century living Lei Feng *"
(Lei Feng was a well-known communist fighter in the 1960s who did good deeds without the asking for any benefits in return)
Kang Zixian lifted his eyebrows to indicate that she should continue.
"When I was crossing the overhead bridge it started to rain. As a result, the pregnant woman who was going down the stairs slipped and fell down. She could not stand up and was clutching her stomach."
Kang Zixian listened to her, then he said. "After that, you acted as a heroine, even when you do not have an umbrella, helped the pregnant woman in the rain and sent her to the hospital?"
"Correct! Wei.....Surnamed Kang! What is that tone you are using?"
He glanced at her and said condescendingly. "You are so smart."
Liang Liang grunted a sound, her big eyes rolling non-stop.
He saw her furtive looks and knew she was hiding something. So with his big hands, he hugged her and said. "Let's go home and quickly take a bath."
Liang Liang pushed him away, eyes flitting erratically, uncertainly said. "That.....I have something to tell you."
Ignoring her, he said. "Whatever it is, let's go home first before we talk."
She was not willing to compromise. "No! I want to say it now."
He looked oddly at Liang Liang who was stubborn as a donkey, then stopped in his tracks. With both arms folded across his chest, he faintly smiled. "Okay, then tell me."
Liang Liang felt uncomfortable and gave a slight cough. "Uh.....the last few weeks I had not been feeling well and always feel sleepy and nauseous."
Kang Zixian glared at her. "Why didn't you tell me?"
She gave him a cold stare. "That is not the point! The point is.....uh.....just now I was bored and registered to check......."
"The point?"
"Damn...." Liang Liang grimaced and took a crumpled piece of paper from her jeans pocket and threw it at Kang Zixian. "Surname Kang, count yourself lucky."
In a state of confusion, Kang Zixian caught the piece of paper and read.
As he read line by line, slowly his handsome face broke into a smile, his smile getting deeper and deeper, spreading to the corners of his eyes.
Provoking the little nurses to repeatedly look back at him.
Fang Liang looked at him from the corner of her eyes and was about to open her mouth to speak when she was suddenly pulled by a force and tightly embraced in a pair of warm and strong arms.
Then something in his brain snapped, Kang Zixian pursed his thin lips tightly.
Liang Liang who was being kissed until she felt faint, suddenly felt a pat on her forehead. Then immediately saw her husband's gloomy face showing a trace of anger.
How come just now, it was warm like being the desert and now it had suddenly turned cold like the Arctic?
She touched her forehead, burst out and angrily said. "This aging mother is giving you a child and you still hit me?"
Kang Zixian hugged her tightly in his arms and wrapped her in his coat. Then he picked her up in his arms and glared at her. "You're pregnant and you still get caught in the rain? Tell me, are you not asking for a beating? What if you catch a cold?"
Liang Liang gathered her thoughts and also felt afraid. She put her arms around Kang Zixian, held on tightly and timidly said. "The both of us are so healthy." She worriedly touched her stomach and carefully asked. "It should not be so weak, right?"
He speeded up his footsteps towards his car. "For the next ten months, don't create trouble and don't run everywhere."
"Ten months? Ah, ah, heavens......ten months. In nine months, I came out of my mother's stomach."
"Are you.......a pre-term baby?"
"Yes, ah......my mother said that when I was born, I was like a white mouse, *ha, ha*"
He held on tightly to his silly wife, suddenly did not speak.
When they reached home, he meticulously waited on his wife to take her bath and go to bed.
For someone who was to become a mother, she did not have any self-awareness. For the first trimester, she threw caution to the wind. She stood up and called Fei Ge in a loud voice. "Brother, you are going to be a god-mother soon. Should be two months already. Tomorrow call Stone and we can celebrate......"
Pacing up and down, she called Stone and said. "Stone, you are going to be an uncle soon....."
And in half an hour, Fei Ge and Stone almost arrived at the same time and rushed through the door. The three of them held hands, bounced up and down without any awareness of being a pregnant woman which gave Kang Zixian a headache.
Without any elders around to control her, she was really like an unbridled wild horse..... uncontrollable.
Someone was needed to control her.
At 12 midnight, Kang Zixian untangled himself from his koalbear wife and quietly tiptoed to the living room to make a phone call.
"Hello, mother? It's me, Zixian. Oh......Liang Liang is sleeping. Mother, I have something to tell you..... Liang Liang is two months pregnant, I am not sure........."
He had not even finished speaking when on the other end, the old lady's roar could be heard all the way from across the Pacific Ocean. "What??? Don't let her move! Mother is flying back immediately!"
After hanging up the phone, the happy father smiled with satisfaction, lay back on the bed, embraced his deeply asleep wife and touched her still flat belly. He kissed his wife's forehead and whispered. "Mother is coming. Let's see how you are going to move."
The deeply asleep wife probably heard his whisper, smacked her lips, turned her body to hug her husband and muttered. "Don't tell my mother or else I'll be finished."
In the night, the man smiled cunningly, closed his eyes, gathered his baby into his arms and with their little baby, they fell into a deep sleep together.