At this moment, inside the metro station, Song Qiuyu was waiting for the train with Jiang Xiao and the others.
“Old Xie, we’re just leaving like this. Is it really okay with your mom and dad?”
Song Qiuyu recalled the way the Xie family members watched them leave. ‘Old Xie is definitely going to get a lecture when he goes back home.’
“It’s fine. Jiang Li helped me out a lot today. They’ll be busy bragging for the next few days and won’t have time to bother me!” Xie Zhuran said.
“Uh…” Song Qiuyu’s lips moved slightly as she looked at her roommate in surprise. ‘Ha Ji Xie really has a massive heart.’
“Brother, is Mom still asking about me?” Jiang Li looked at her brother and asked.
Jiang Xiao nodded and replied that it should be handled.
Then, his phone let out a beep.
He had received a new message from Mother Jiang.
The message was naturally about winning the prize.
Jiang Xiao caught a glimpse of it and froze for a moment.
‘Huh?’
Seeing her brother looking at his messages, Jiang Li assumed their mother was still pestering him about her and didn’t think much of it.
The subway arrived at the station.
Everyone blended into the crowd and stepped into the cars.
However, the subway was extremely crowded during the Spring Festival Travel Rush.
They couldn’t find seats this time and had to stand, holding onto the hand straps.
After standing for a while, Song Qiuyu began to feel a bit tired.
Then, she felt her phone vibrate slightly in her pocket. She took it out and looked.
‘Jiang Xiao?’
She glanced strangely at the person standing right next to her and tilted her head.
Then, she opened the message box.
[Jiang Xiao]: Xi’er, have you had a stinging sensation in your chest these past few days?
“…”
The expression on Song Qiuyu’s face turned strange.
Her heart rate quickened slightly.
As it sped up, she couldn’t help but curl her lips, turn her face away, and look elsewhere.
‘Why ask such a question out of the blue! So shameless!’
While she felt dismissive in her heart, her small hand couldn’t help but secretly rub her chest. ‘It does seem to sting a bit.’
Every time she saw those girls circling Jiang Xiao, she felt uncomfortable there. It used to be mild, but now it had become more serious.
Especially when she thought about how she was clearly Jiang Xiao’s girlfriend — even if they were only in the adjustment period or the probation period — she was still his girlfriend. It made her feel disgruntled.
‘But for Jiang Xiao to ask me this…’
‘Could it be that he noticed?’
Recalling what Jiang Xiao had said when he put his arm around her shoulder in front of the Xie family members, she bit her lip, her ears burning.
So, she honestly replied with an “Mhm.”
Seeing her reply, Jiang Xiao remained silent for a moment.
‘Could it be?’
‘Is it really…?’
Jiang Xiao held his breath for a second. He immediately relayed everything his mother had told him to her.
A beep sounded.
Song Qiuyu’s heart skipped a beat.
She looked at the pop-up message, her eyes slowly widening.
She was stunned, but only for two seconds.
The moment she snapped out of it, she hurriedly pressed the phone screen against her chest and took a few nervous, deep breaths.
‘Pregnant?’
After that day, she had indeed thought about the possibility.
But she was just a person learning how to be a girl; how could she have the ability to be a mother? Even if she and Jiang Xiao both wanted to take responsibility, wanting to do it was one thing, but having the ability to manage it was another.
That night when she showered, they had done their best to handle it.
They had spent a long time trying to clean up.
Afterward, they both thought about buying medicine, but when they saw the side effects, they couldn’t help but hesitate.
Even so, they had obediently bought it and taken it.
Even though they had done all that, her current situation still matched what Jiang Xiao’s mother described!
‘Could it be that once you have this disease, that medicine doesn’t work anymore?’
‘Ugh…’
In that instant, she felt nothing but regret and intense self-reproach.
‘This tiger of a girl ended up causing trouble for Jiang Xiao after all. What should I do, what should I do… As expected, I shouldn’t have agreed to try being with Jiang Xiao in the first place?’
‘It’s only been a few days, and this kind of thing has already happened!’
Something that originally felt ambiguous and sweet suddenly became more terrifying than ghosts and demons. However, the root of the problem was herself.
Once she had a taste of the sweetness, she became addicted and always wanted to try again.
Whether it was Jiang Xiao’s gentleness or that aspect…
‘It’s all my fault!’
‘Abstinence. No matter what, I have to abstain. I’m never doing it again!!’
Thinking this, she unconsciously touched her slightly bulging belly and replied to Jiang Xiao: “Now that you mention it, I feel like my stomach has grown quite a bit.”
“…”
Jiang Xiao also felt a sudden wave of self-reproach. He lowered his eyes and quietly glanced at his girlfriend’s seemingly slightly bulging stomach.
He couldn’t help but reach out a large hand toward it.
‘Is a small life already being nurtured inside here?’
‘Am I going to be a father?’
“Mm…”
As Jiang Xiao’s hand gently caressed her stomach, Song Qiuyu’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and her whole body began to feel warm.
“Old Jiang, Old Song, what’s wrong with the two of you?” Xie Zhuran’s concerned voice suddenly rang out.
At those words, the hand Jiang Xiao used to rub Song Qiuyu’s stomach curled up before slowly pulling back.
“What… what do you mean?” Song Qiuyu hurriedly looked up and countered.
“There’s nothing wrong with us. Nothing at all! It’s just that I ate a bit too much just now, and I haven’t finished digesting it yet.”
There was no way they could say they had created a human life!
“Oh, oh, is that so?” Xie Zhuran rubbed his chin, falling into thought. ‘Something’s wrong. That’s definitely not the reason!’
He frowned. Old Jiang and Old Song were both too considerate of other people’s feelings.
Could it be that those drama queens from the Xie family had ruined their mood, but they didn’t want to say it clearly because they didn’t want him to feel guilty?
Thinking this, he apologized decisively, “I’m sorry, Old Song, Old Jiang.”
Hearing this, all three of them were stunned.
Jiang Li looked at Xie Zhuran with confusion, unable to understand what he was apologizing for.
Jiang Xiao immediately thought back to the day Xie Zhuran failed to stop his mom from going upstairs and couldn’t help but panic. ‘Could it be that Old Xie noticed?’
Song Qiuyu tightened her grip on her phone.
Her thoughts skipped a beat as she remembered the link for the Blue Pill that Xie Zhuran had inexplicably sent her that day.
Truth be told, she had actually wanted to try it and had clicked on it out of curiosity multiple times.
Even though Jiang Xiao was already powerful enough, if he increased his intensity any further, they might actually end up in the hospital.
However, her curiosity had been too strong to resist.
But now, since she had decided to abstain, she would never open that link again!
“But for your sake, I’ll keep my eyes closed and continue being a Mongolian Top Laner for the next semester!” Xie Zhuran was full of determination.
After all, if he didn’t continue the Scripture Debate for them, it was hard to say if they could last until the summer vacation!
They might not have noticed it themselves, but ever since Old Song confessed, the couple-like atmosphere between them had become stronger and stronger.
Old Jiang exuded the scent of a man loved by his girlfriend, and Old Song exuded the aura of a young girl loved by her boyfriend.
Even his mom and dad had pulled him aside several times to ask what the relationship between those two really was…
That was one of the reasons why he wanted to take them away so quickly.
Faced with Xie Zhuran’s words, the expressions on Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao’s faces became a bit subtle.
In other words, they were going to see that fixed pattern describing their relationship countless more times, weren’t they?
“Uh, but my stomach does seem a bit uncomfortable. Maybe my stomach disease is acting up again. How about we head to the hospital first before going to the train station?” Song Qiuyu touched her stomach, feigning weakness.