"Huh?" Second One of the three sisters froze for a full two seconds when she heard Qu Jianlei's words.
Then she came to her senses, her eyes shifting. "All right, how long have I been pregnant?"
"A little over ten days," Qu Jianlei said gravely. "That can be tested!"
"A little over ten days..." Second One muttered softly. After pondering for another two seconds, she nodded indifferently.
"All right, I'll test it later."
Hearing this, Lawrence could not help speaking up. "Shouldn't pregnancy be something to celebrate? Why do you look like that?"
In truth, he was asking something he already knew. The little girl had just taken a veiled jab at him—did she really think he had not understood a word of it?
"I'm not married yet," Second One replied unconcernedly. "Nothing to be happy about."
Yet she did not look sad or surprised either. It all felt... perfectly normal to her.
Jing Yuexin clicked her tongue in amazement. They said Alliance people were passionate, but this really was a mess.
The Empire encouraged childbirth, and pregnancy before marriage was not illegal, but admitting it so calmly in front of so many people... was still rather embarrassing.
Lawrence could not help shaking his head and muttering softly, "Young people these days."
Yet Second One looked completely unconcerned—or perhaps she was merely trying to appear that way.
She pointed at her sisters. "What about those two?"
Qu Jianlei pointed at Third One. "She's pregnant too, from the same period. Your two children... have the same father!"
"Fuck..." Lawrence could not help muttering.
He had only been watching for entertainment. He had never expected to hear something this explosive.
Alliance people were indeed more passionate and proactive, but they still practiced monogamy.
Two sisters pregnant with the same man's children, and