I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

She wasn't even quite sure how she got home.

Her long down jacket was taken off and hung on a hanger. Chen Shuo squatted down and started to untie her shoelaces, taking off both shoes one by one, revealing a pair of small feet wrapped in white stockings.

He took out the slippers and was about to put them on those white-stockinged little feet when he looked up at her again. Seeing that she still looked confused, Chen Shuo simply gave her a standard princess carry, holding the pregnant little A Miao in his arms around the waist.

Then he went into the bedroom, put her on the bed, and propped her up with pillows so she could lean against them. Only then did Bai Xiaoqi seem to finally come to her senses.

Although she still had that pursed-lips, somewhat dazed look, her eyes gradually regained their liveliness. Watching Chen Shuo tuck the blanket around her, she suddenly called out, "Husband..."

"Ok?"

"I'm pregnant."

"..."

Chen Shuo was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Yes, you're pregnant."

"it is true."

"Yes, it's true." Although every question she asked was silly, Chen Shuo was quite patient. After all, she was pregnant, and it's normal for pregnancy to make you stupid for three years.

"Then, then..."

Seeing her mouth agape, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, Chen Shuo smiled again and interrupted her, "I know what you want to say, do you want to ask when you got pregnant?"

"Ah."

"It's been a little over three weeks. According to the doctor, the pregnancy period is calculated from the menstrual period, which is the date of the last menstrual visit."

So from the time your relative left last month until now, it's been a little over three weeks, maybe four weeks at most.

"Then we, we..." Bai Xiaoqi wanted to ask something else, but her lips trembled for a long time before she could say anything coherent.

"You don't mean to ask which time, do you?" Chen Shuo was a little troubled. Calculating the timeline of pregnancy was easy, but knowing which time it occurred was another matter.

If it were other couples, they might be able to deduce the reason by identifying which instance of not using protection, but they couldn't.

Since the two of them didn't use any protection, it seems that not getting pregnant out of wedlock is already a favor from the Goddess of Fertility.

"No..." Bai Xiaoqi shook her head, denying it in a very soft voice. Then she glanced at him, lowered her head again, and her face gradually turned red.

Seeing her blushing face, Chen Shuo asked, "You don't mean to ask... No, the doctor said that the first and last three months of pregnancy are the most dangerous times, and it's easy to hurt the baby in your belly."

Is that so?

Bai Xiaoqi seemed stunned, feeling a little disappointed, but before that feeling could fully arise, she suddenly thought of something.

Pregnant women shouldn't be shy, otherwise it might harm the baby in their womb.

But they didn't know about the pregnancy beforehand.

Then for the next three weeks, they were completely shameless.

This morning too...

Thinking of this, a deep worry welled up on her blushing face, and she felt very scared and nervous.

She bit her lip and asked worriedly, "Then, what about before we knew I was pregnant...?"

Although he only said half the sentence, Chen Shuo instantly realized what was going on. He hadn't thought about this before, but now that he did, he panicked. He didn't know he was pregnant in the early stages, and then...

Recalling his experiences over the past three weeks, he became even more panicked, and an old joke inexplicably popped into his head.

A newborn baby cried out, and the first thing it did was poke its father's head hard with its paw, asking as it did so, "Does it hurt when I poke you like this? Does it hurt...?"

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo felt his head start to ache. He rubbed his forehead a couple of times, suppressing his anxiety, and gently comforted him, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Don't think too much. We'll go to the hospital for an ultrasound in a while."

Your task now is simply to rest. Don't worry about anything else—no housework or anything else. From this moment on, you don't need to do anything, and don't overthink things. Just rest every day, understand?

"...Mm." Bai Xiaoqi nodded gently, feeling a little more at ease.

"Okay, stop frowning. Come on, give your husband a smile."

"hey-hey...."

"So stupid."

Chen Shuo was amused by her simple and cute smile. In an instant, the tension, worry, and anxiety he felt earlier were greatly relieved by her smile.

"Come here, let your husband give you a hug." With that, Chen Shuo opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace, gently stroking her back through her fluffy pajamas, feeling her warm little body in his arms, and closed his eyes contentedly.

The room fell silent. Neither of them spoke, but simply held each other in a quiet embrace, feeling the warmth of the moment. In the silence, they could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

After a long while, Bai Xiaoqi suddenly spoke again: "Agou..."

"Call husband."

"Honey, I'm hungry."

"...Me too."

I haven't eaten since this morning. I was going to cook, but I rushed to the hospital. It's already past 2 pm, so I'm definitely hungry.

Chen Shuo was in a dilemma, however, as he couldn't cook and it was hard to say whether the food sold outside was hygienic.

It didn't matter before; you can't eat something unclean without getting sick. But now we're in a very special period.

At this point, Chen Shuo finally realized the importance of mastering culinary skills.

"What would you like to eat?" he asked.

"I want to eat bread."

"bread?"

"Red bean filling bread, and I also want to drink mango-flavored yogurt."

"Okay, then you wait here, I'll go downstairs and buy it for you."

Chen Shuo couldn't tell if she really wanted to eat or if she was just being considerate of his inability to cook, so he chose a simple dish.

He put on his coat, gave a few more instructions, and then went out.

Bai Xiaoqi leaned against the headboard and stared at the bedroom door for a moment before looking away and looking down at her stomach. Her expression suddenly became a little confused, and a trace of bewilderment flashed in her eyes. Was there a baby inside?

Thinking this, she reached out and touched her lower abdomen.

It's flat and smooth, you can't feel anything, it hasn't gotten any bigger, and it's no different from before.

But when she thought about being pregnant, she felt like there was something really inside her.

He and his baby.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a surge of happiness and joy welling up in her heart, and then this emotion overflowed from her clear eyes and pure little face.

Chapter 291

"Mom, your daughter-in-law is pregnant."

"..."

After Chen Shuo dialed the number, he got straight to the point, and then there was no response from the other end of the line. Bai Xiaoqi sat on the bed, munching on bread, listening intently.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... more than ten seconds passed, but there was still no movement.

Just as Chen Shuo was about to repeat himself, Wu Yulan on the other end of the receiver steadied herself, her tone slightly uncertain, "What...what did you just say?"

"Your daughter-in-law..."

"Wait a minute."

Wu Yulan suddenly stopped him, picked up the remote and turned off the TV. Chen Jianwen was engrossed in watching a documentary when he saw the TV suddenly turn off. He looked confused and turned to look at her. "Why did you turn off my TV for no reason?"

"Don't speak."

"You turned off my TV and you still think you're right?" Chen Jianwen was shocked. What kind of family status did he have? He was the head of the household, after all.

Wu Yulan ignored him, turned on the speakerphone, and said to Chen Shuo on the other end, "Okay, you can speak now."

I told you your daughter-in-law is pregnant.

"???"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianwen was stunned for a moment, then stopped pursuing the matter of the TV being turned off and scurried over to sit down and listen.

"real or fake?"

“Really, she vomited for a long time at noon, but couldn't vomit anything, just dry heaving. Then we went to the hospital, and the doctor said she was pregnant. She even had tests done. How could the tests be wrong?”

Chen Shuo reached his hand under the covers, then lifted the hem of his pajamas and gently stroked his wife's belly.

It was flat and smooth, still with a soft and tender feel, showing no signs of pregnancy, but who would have thought that it already had its own baby inside?

The greatness of life.

"She's almost a month pregnant, right? Yes, we just found out today. How could we possibly know? The hospital won't let us tell you now. You have to wait until after six weeks to have an ultrasound. What six months? It's six weeks. I know that. I definitely won't let her do any housework. Cooking? I can't."

Wu Yulan went on and on on the phone, asking all sorts of questions, and then the conversation turned to cooking. Chen Shuo was very frank; if he didn't know how, he simply didn't know how.

The mother and son chatted for a while longer before the call was finally disconnected.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yulan started laughing, her mouth agape. Chen Jianwen, who was next to her, also laughed.

After laughing for a while, Wu Yulan got up and went to her room to pack her things. Chen Jianwen was still laughing, so he went over to check on her and saw her opening a suitcase and packing things inside. "Hey, what are you packing your things for?"

“Move over there for a while and help look after him. Didn’t you hear what he said on the phone? That kid can’t even cook a meal.”

Chen Jianwen's smile vanished. "I don't know how to make it either. What will I do if you leave?"

"Why don't you go eat at your school cafeteria? Go there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner after get off work. That solves three meals a day, right? Besides, you're a professor, maybe the cook will even cook special meals for you."

"There's no such thing as special meals; we eat the same food as the students."

"...Um."

Wu Yulan pursed her lips and grunted through her nose, somewhat disbelieving. When she was in middle school, even that tiny, run-down school gave teachers extra help. How could universities not?

"Look at you, you don't believe me when I tell you the truth."

Chen Jianwen dares to guarantee with his personal integrity that there is absolutely no special treatment; the teachers eat the same food as the students.

If there's anything different about it, it's that when they were getting food, those people's Parkinson's suddenly recovered and the tremors stopped. If the people from the medical university next door saw this, they would definitely shout that it was a medical miracle.

"Fine, I'm not going to argue with you about this. What am I going to do on my weekends?"

"Go eat at the school cafeteria again. If that's not possible, come to your son's house for a meal. They can't possibly go without a meal from their father, can they?"