Ch 15: The Scumbag’s Daily Wife-Doting Life [QT]

The summer harvest was carried out with overwhelming momentum and blazing intensity.

The entire village worked together in the fields, and the golden rice paddies disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

By the end of July, the rice had finally all been harvested, and the villagers began planting the second crop. One day, the weather suddenly turned unbearably hot.

A blazing red sun scorched the earth.

Xie Li was working in the fields when he lifted his head to glance at the sky, worry surfacing in his eyes for Li Tiantian.

Before leaving that morning, the young woman had mentioned she was going up the mountain to herd cattle and gather some tea fruit along the way.

In weather this hot, he wondered whether she might end up sunburned.

Maybe he should take half the day off and go pick her up?

Just as Xie Li was thinking this over, a figure suddenly appeared on the ridge between the fields, waving frantically and shouting at him.

“Xie Li! Hurry to the village entrance! Tiantian fainted! The brigade leader’s taking her to the clinic! He told me to get you!”

Bang!

Never expecting something had actually happened, the rice seedlings slipped from Xie Li’s hands onto the ground. His usually steady face changed instantly, brows tightly furrowed and lips paling slightly.

“What did you say? What happened to Tiantian?!”

“I can’t explain clearly.” Qian Lanxiang, who had come to deliver the message, frowned anxiously. “Just hurry to the village entrance!”

Without another word, Xie Li leapt up onto the field ridge and strode rapidly toward the village.

Qian Lanxiang chased after him for two steps before remembering the things he had dropped on the ground. She turned back to pick them up and verbally helped ask for leave from the others on his behalf. By the time she looked up again, Xie Li had already vanished from sight.

…

“Father-in-law, how’s Tiantian?”

Xie Li hurried to the village entrance and saw Li Jianguo driving the ox cart, repeatedly looking back in his direction as though waiting for him so they could head to town together. Xie Li rushed forward immediately to ask.

“I don’t know either. She fainted out of nowhere. Some people say it’s heatstroke, but it doesn’t seem like that to me.” Li Jianguo’s brows were deeply knitted together. “No time to talk. Hurry up and get on. We need to take Tiantian to the clinic.”

Xie Li glanced toward Li Tiantian lying unconscious on the wooden board in the back of the ox cart, anxiety flashing through his eyes. He answered with a quiet “Mm” and climbed aboard.

When they reached town, Xie Li carried Li Tiantian down from the ox cart with Li Jianguo’s help, lifting her onto his back before rushing into the clinic.

Unexpectedly, the doctor on duty turned out to be the same young physician Xie Li had met when he first arrived in this world.

“What happened?”

The doctor did not recognize Xie Li and simply examined him curiously.

Xie Li no longer had the energy to care about their first meeting. Original translation at HololoNovels dot com. Anxiety churned through him as he motioned toward Li Tiantian on his back and said in a low voice,

“She suddenly fainted. We don’t know if it’s heatstroke.”

“Put her down first. I’ll examine her.”

The doctor frowned, quickly found an empty room nearby, and had Li Tiantian lean against the headboard while he pressed three fingers against her pulse.

After a long moment, uncertainty surfaced on his face.

“It doesn’t look like heatstroke… it looks more like…”

“Like what?”

Xie Li’s heart sank. Forcing himself to remain calm, he asked,

“So it’s not heatstroke?”

The doctor pondered for a while before nodding slowly.

“It’s not heatstroke. It seems more like pregnancy.”

Pregnancy?!!!

Xie Li nearly lost his footing.

“Tiantian’s pregnant? How is that possible?”

In the original owner’s memories from the previous life, Li Tiantian had clearly only become pregnant a year later…

“The more I look, the more it resembles pregnancy…” The doctor frowned and shook his head. “But I’m not completely confident. Wait here. I’ll get our station chief to take a look.”

The doctor left the room and soon returned with an elderly man around fifty or sixty years old.

The old man had bright, sharp eyes and a vigorous stride. After taking Li Tiantian’s pulse, he nodded firmly.

“That’s right. She’s pregnant. A little over one month along. The pregnant woman fainted from pregnancy discomfort combined with mild heatstroke. Fortunately, the child wasn’t affected. She just needs to return home and recover properly.”

Xie Li stared blankly at Li Tiantian for a long time before finally snapping out of it.

“Th-thank you, Doctor.”

Part of him wanted to take Li Tiantian to the county hospital for another examination. They had proper equipment there. Maybe the results would turn out differently.

But in this era, where traditional Chinese medicine flourished while Western medicine had yet to become widespread, two doctors had already reached the same conclusion through pulse diagnosis. One of them was even the well-known chief physician of the clinic.

The truth already seemed unmistakably clear.

Li Tiantian was really pregnant.

“That’s wonderful! Tiantian’s having a child!” Li Jianguo trusted the old doctor completely. He happily paced back and forth before suddenly slapping his thigh in delight. “We need to hurry home. I have to tell Cuihua the good news!”

Xie Li froze briefly before slowly regaining his composure.

“We definitely need to tell Mother-in-law the good news… but shouldn’t Tiantian stay in the clinic for a day or two first? Just to observe her condition?”

“There’s no need for all that trouble. Once she wakes up, if everything looks fine, you can go home,” the young doctor replied.

Country people were tough. Pregnant women working in the fields even at seven or eight months along were incredibly common. The doctor was already used to it and showed no urgency at all.

But Xie Li was worried.

Frowning, he looked toward the sleeping girl on the bed and gently brushed the hair from the corner of her lips.

“Can’t she stay hospitalized? Does she really have to go home?”

“Well, not necessarily. If you’re worried, she can stay.”

The doctor shrugged casually before turning toward the elderly physician.

“Station Chief, what do you think?”

The old man’s white brows twitched as he snorted coldly.

“There’s no need to make such a fuss. I already said she’s fine, so she’s fine. The clinic barely has enough beds as it is. There’s no room to waste on you people. Once she wakes up, go straight home.”

Xie Li’s expression darkened instantly, and he looked ready to explode at the old doctor.

If Li Jianguo had not noticed the signs and pulled him back, he really might have lost his temper.

“Don’t cause trouble. He’s a famous doctor transferred down from the county. If he says there’s no problem, then there’s no problem. Stop making a scene.”

Xie Li froze before deflating slightly.

“I’m just too anxious.”

Coming back to himself, he looked at the stubborn old doctor and sighed inwardly.

Fine. There was no helping it now.

At worst, once they got home, he could secretly give Li Tiantian some spirit spring water.

…

Since the diagnosis revealed nothing serious, the doctors prescribed medicine and fed it to Li Tiantian before leaving the room. Xie Li and Li Jianguo remained behind, waiting for her to wake up.

More than an hour later, Li Tiantian finally regained consciousness.

The doctor returned to check her over once more before waving his hand dismissively.

“She’s fine! Exactly what the station chief said. Just take the medicine home and let her rest properly.”

Xie Li nodded hesitantly.

Li Tiantian still looked completely confused.

“Why am I in the hospital?”

“You fainted from heatstroke. Be more careful next time,” Xie Li said before slowly adding, “And when we get back, quit the cattle-herding work. The baby’s still small. From now on, just rest at home.”

“…Baby?”

Li Tiantian’s eyes widened instantly. Turning toward Li Jianguo, she asked,

“Dad, what does he mean by ‘baby’?”

Buried within her gaze was helpless, frightened shock.

Li Jianguo smiled lovingly.

“You’re pregnant. I’m going to become a grandfather.”

Li Tiantian blinked blankly, her face going utterly empty as she murmured repeatedly,

“I’m pregnant…”

I’m actually pregnant?

The news shocked her too. She had never imagined she would have a child this quickly.

But after calming down, she glanced at Xie Li beside her. Suddenly her eyes brightened, and her racing heart inexplicably settled down.

With sweet dependence, she softly said,

“I’m carrying your child.”

Xie Li helplessly rubbed the back of her head.

“Silly girl.”

Since she had awakened, the three of them paid the fees and headed home together.

On the ox cart ride back, Li Jianguo sat at the front, grinning foolishly the entire way.

Li Tiantian stared at her stomach as though it contained the world’s greatest treasure, tilting her head while lost in thought, unable to stop smiling.

Only Xie Li had already begun thinking about the changes this child would bring.

In the original owner’s memories from the previous life, Li Tiantian gave birth to a daughter named Xie Wei.

She had been a sensible, obedient child with excellent grades. Original translation at HololoNovels dot com. She studied hard and, after getting into university, devoted herself to working toward a future where she could bring Li Tiantian to live in the capital with her.

But everything changed after she met her boyfriend.

He was the son of a wealthy family. He genuinely loved her, yet lacked the strength to stand against his parents. And his parents, obsessed with social status and matching backgrounds, deeply despised Xie Wei. Again and again, they framed and humiliated her in hopes she would leave their son.

Xie Wei left in pain.

But her boyfriend refused to break up and continued chasing after her.

Years passed in this exhausting entanglement.

During that time, Xie Wei gradually neglected caring for Li Tiantian. As Li Tiantian grew older, her health deteriorated. After a severe illness, she passed away.

Xie Wei cried for a very long time.

At the same time, she had to deal with her boyfriend’s obstructive family while also handling Li Tiantian’s funeral arrangements.

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