Schemes

"Call the police?" Qin Ze sneered. "Call the police and have Jiang Cheng arrested? The cops can't be bothered with this kind of thing."

The police had no authority to intervene anyway. The other party wasn't some girl under fourteen.

Though eighteen counted as adulthood, there were plenty of underage girls about to become mothers. Some were even streamers on Certain Hand, setting off a trend of underage mothers.

Naturally, Certain Hand was called in for a talk and criticized.

This showed just how necessary regulatory authorities were.

"The point isn't calling the police. It means they're desperate now and ready to turn hostile," Qin Baobao said.

"Jiang Cheng is our cousin, at least. Could you stop sounding like you're enjoying the gossip, Qin Baobao? You sound like some auntie who loves spreading rumors," Qin Ze said irritably.

"You know he's our cousin, not our real little brother. Besides, troublesome as this is, the boy isn't exactly the one getting the short end of the stick." Qin Baobao smiled.

That was absolutely true. It was the girl who suffered, which was why parents both hoped their own pig would root around someone else's cabbage while desperately protecting their own cabbage.

But Jiang Cheng had gone and made someone pregnant, which was different. Besides, at his age, he was still too young for his family to be hoping he would root around any cabbage.

If I accidentally got someone pregnant, would my sister rush around frantically to clean up after me? Qin Ze's heart stirred.

Qin Baobao's tone on the other end of the line made a complete one-eighty. "Hehe. Why don't you try it?"

I already have.

Qin Ze muttered inwardly, then said, "You didn't call just to gossip, did you?"

"Mm-hmm. Mom asked me... to notify you, so you