Chapter 4
Dao Ming Mansion, Taiwan
"Why do you look so perplexed?"Dao Ming Si asked his wife, after seeing her not moving from her spot on the big sofa for quite some time with a frown on her face. "Hey... honey? What's wrong?" Dao Ming Si enquired again, getting a bit confused and worried after his wife kept on being silent. He then walked towards her, sat down and took her hand in his and then turned her face towards him and repeated the same question.
"Huh?" San Chai replied, "sorry I was thinking about something, what was it you were saying?" She smiled at the look of concern on her husband's face. Although he still is the same old Dao Ming Si that she knew from Ying De University with his take-over attitude and pompousness, he is also the sweetest and most caring man a woman could ever wish for.
"I was asking you, why do you look troubled? Is anything the matter? I thought you were talking to Xiao You and telling her about the baby," Dao Ming Si said with a gentle tone while putting his hand onto her still flat tummy. He has been more caring and gentle ever since they've gotten the news.
At first he thought that his wife had contracted some deadly disease and had insisted in his usual arrogant manner that he was going to take her to the best doctors in the world to check what was wrong and then heal her. It first started with her appetite waning away, then she started feeling really queasy in the morning. Soon it became a full blown vomiting session every morning, by then he was convinced that it wasn't just the normal flu that she insisted on having. He was already on the phone calling his pilot to get the plane ready by the time he saw her vomiting for the 3rd morning in a row. Having been separated from her after his accident, he has learned to cherish their relationship more and was frantic to ensure that nothing would keep them apart.
San Chai sometimes finds herself laughing out loud whenever she lets her mind wonder back to that time when her morning sickness was at its worst. After having a specialist from the top private hospital in Taipei confirming that she was indeed not having any deadly disease and that the reason she was actually feeling that way was only because she was pregnant, Dao Ming Si insisted on her quitting her job at Dao Ming Corporation and forced her to rest. Whenever she had her vomiting bouts, he would always be there by her side holding her long hair away from her face and trying his best to make her feel better. He often had the helpless look on his face during those times, wishing he could do something to lessen the suffering that his wife had to go through but yet powerless to do anything.
He had quizzed the obstetrician time and again, asking all sorts of questions that the doctor was forced to switch off his phone whenever he saw Dao Ming Si on the screen of his mobile. The doctor explained to Dao Ming Si that it was actually good that his wife was experiencing those symptoms because it shows that the hormones are running through her body and also indicates that the pregnancy is a healthy one. There really isn't any medication that she could take that would miraculously make the vomiting bouts disappear and no, he couldn't create one within the week.
San Chai knew her husband felt really helpless at that time, but she was not in the best of condition to reassure him or anything. She was just so queasy and weak during that time that she didn't have the energy to nag at him to stop bothering the obstetrician every other hour asking him one question after another. The smell of certain food was like an automatic light switch to her where she'll have to run to the nearest bathroom and be sick all over again. She found it really difficult to eat much because her taste buds just felt funny but she knew that she had to force herself for the benefit of her baby.
Dao Ming Si who has taken control over the Taiwan branch of Dao Ming Corporation had taken to going late to work every day in order to accompany his wife in the mornings. As a result he would have to work through lunch and sometimes even through dinner. Whenever he comes back home in time for dinner, he would be bringing a whole stack of documents with him from work. Usually he'll be in his study way after midnight perusing the documents one after another after first seeing his wife off to bed and tucking her in. It was a tough time for the both of them, Dao Ming Si hardly had enough rest and her with her bouts of morning sickness which wasn't just confined to being in the mornings but also in the afternoons and evenings and even nights at times. She wonders why they even call it 'morning' sickness when it could happen throughout the day.
Dao Ming Mansion, Taiwan
"Why do you look so perplexed?"Dao Ming Si asked his wife, after seeing her not moving from her spot on the big sofa for quite some time with a frown on her face. "Hey... honey? What's wrong?" Dao Ming Si enquired again, getting a bit confused and worried after his wife kept on being silent. He then walked towards her, sat down and took her hand in his and then turned her face towards him and repeated the same question.
"Huh?" San Chai replied, "sorry I was thinking about something, what was it you were saying?" She smiled at the look of concern on her husband's face. Although he still is the same old Dao Ming Si that she knew from Ying De University with his take-over attitude and pompousness, he is also the sweetest and most caring man a woman could ever wish for.
"I was asking you, why do you look troubled? Is anything the matter? I thought you were talking to Xiao You and telling her about the baby," Dao Ming Si said with a gentle tone while putting his hand onto her still flat tummy. He has been more caring and gentle ever since they've gotten the news.
At first he thought that his wife had contracted some deadly disease and had insisted in his usual arrogant manner that he was going to take her to the best doctors in the world to check what was wrong and then heal her. It first started with her appetite waning away, then she started feeling really queasy in the morning. Soon it became a full blown vomiting session every morning, by then he was convinced that it wasn't just the normal flu that she insisted on having. He was already on the phone calling his pilot to get the plane ready by the time he saw her vomiting for the 3rd morning in a row. Having been separated from her after his accident, he has learned to cherish their relationship more and was frantic to ensure that nothing would keep them apart.
San Chai sometimes finds herself laughing out loud whenever she lets her mind wonder back to that time when her morning sickness was at its worst. After having a specialist from the top private hospital in Taipei confirming that she was indeed not having any deadly disease and that the reason she was actually feeling that way was only because she was pregnant, Dao Ming Si insisted on her quitting her job at Dao Ming Corporation and forced her to rest. Whenever she had her vomiting bouts, he would always be there by her side holding her long hair away from her face and trying his best to make her feel better. He often had the helpless look on his face during those times, wishing he could do something to lessen the suffering that his wife had to go through but yet powerless to do anything.
He had quizzed the obstetrician time and again, asking all sorts of questions that the doctor was forced to switch off his phone whenever he saw Dao Ming Si on the screen of his mobile. The doctor explained to Dao Ming Si that it was actually good that his wife was experiencing those symptoms because it shows that the hormones are running through her body and also indicates that the pregnancy is a healthy one. There really isn't any medication that she could take that would miraculously make the vomiting bouts disappear and no, he couldn't create one within the week.
San Chai knew her husband felt really helpless at that time, but she was not in the best of condition to reassure him or anything. She was just so queasy and weak during that time that she didn't have the energy to nag at him to stop bothering the obstetrician every other hour asking him one question after another. The smell of certain food was like an automatic light switch to her where she'll have to run to the nearest bathroom and be sick all over again. She found it really difficult to eat much because her taste buds just felt funny but she knew that she had to force herself for the benefit of her baby.
Dao Ming Si who has taken control over the Taiwan branch of Dao Ming Corporation had taken to going late to work every day in order to accompany his wife in the mornings. As a result he would have to work through lunch and sometimes even through dinner. Whenever he comes back home in time for dinner, he would be bringing a whole stack of documents with him from work. Usually he'll be in his study way after midnight perusing the documents one after another after first seeing his wife off to bed and tucking her in. It was a tough time for the both of them, Dao Ming Si hardly had enough rest and her with her bouts of morning sickness which wasn't just confined to being in the mornings but also in the afternoons and evenings and even nights at times. She wonders why they even call it 'morning' sickness when it could happen throughout the day.