What Kind of Joke Is This? How Did You Get Pregnant So Suddenly?

"What kind of joke is this? I'd known them for less than half a month. How could that be possible?" A Yin could not believe it.

"What's impossible about it?" Qian Xunji said teasingly. "Do you know what love at first sight means? It's really just lust at first sight. You're so beautiful—who wouldn't like you?"

"What about you? Why did you... fall in love at first sight too, driven by lust? You're the dignified Pope. What woman couldn't you have?"

A Yin asked this because if Tang Hao had been driven by lust, then perhaps Qian Xunji's decision to keep her back then had been for the same reason.

"Me? Of course, I did it for fun," Qian Xunji said.

"Fun? Fun doing what?" A Yin looked at Qian Xunji and asked.

"Having fun with you, of course. What, did you think I meant having fun with myself?" Qian Xunji burst into laughter.

He certainly would not tell her the truth. He could hardly say it was because she could give birth to the future protagonist, could he? If he said that, A Yin would probably think he was an idiot.

"You, you, you! You're still just as shameless!" A Yin said indignantly, but there was nothing she could do about Qian Xunji.

Who made him a Titled Douluo? The only time she could resist was when she was on top, when she could reclaim some of her dignity!

"Enough teasing you. Get some rest. The lantern festival tonight will be beautiful," Qian Xunji said with a wave of his hand.

Hearing that, A Yin angrily bounced in place, then lay down on the bed. Before long, faint snores could be heard.

Qian Xunji walked to the window and looked at the crowds flowing through the streets, his thoughts already drifting back to Spirit Hall.

"I wonder how Father and the others have arranged the Papal Palace's affairs during the days I've been away. Don't tell me they're handling everything themselves?"

"If they are, that's pretty miserable... The people under Spirit Hall these days are quite skilled at muddling through work."

"Forget it. I'm on vacation, and it's not my problem. What I should be doing now is making the protagonist!"

"Ah..." Just thinking about it gave Qian Xunji a headache. The stronger one was, the less likely they were to have children.

That was why he could only persevere. A Yin's special constitution might make the odds somewhat higher, but how much higher?

He had no idea. In any case, as long as the number of attempts was enough, it would work.

"Beast! Animal! Beast! Animal! You didn't let me off even once all night..."

Hearing the sound, Qian Xunji slowly turned around and saw A Yin, already asleep, muttering in her dreams.

"A Yin calls me a beast even in her sleep. Am I really a beast?" Qian Xunji's mouth twitched.

"Looks like I really did go too far lately. The plan needs to change. I should treat her better, after all. She's the future mother of my child."

Time passed quickly. Night fell, stars glittered overhead, and Yelin City was incomparably lively.

The streets were packed with people, heads bobbing through the crowds. From time to time, a lantern would drift across the sky...

"Wake up, wake up..."

Hearing the voice, A Yin hazily opened her eyes and saw Qian Xunji's annoying large face right in front of her.

Still, when she looked closely, he was actually rather handsome.

"What is it? I still want to sleep a little longer." A Yin yawned repeatedly as she spoke to Qian Xunji.

"It's getting late. Look outside..." Qian Xunji pointed at the lanterns floating beyond the window.

"So beautiful! Has the lantern festival started?" Seeing the lanterns rising into the sky outside, A Yin immediately became interested.

"Of course!" Qian Xunji said. "Let's hurry down. This is when it's most lively."

"Mm-hmm!" A Yin quickly straightened her clothes, grabbed Qian Xunji, and left the inn with him, heading toward the liveliest area.

There were street performers by the roadside, entertainers showing off their skills, and even more vendors selling beautiful lanterns. In short, there was a little of everything.

"So pretty..." A Yin said as she came to a jewelry stall and looked at a beautiful hairpin.

"You like it? Then buy it," Qian Xunji said.

"But..." A Yin lowered her head, clutching the hem of her skirt with both hands. She wanted to say something but held it back, her face turning red.

"So you don't have money? You should've said so." Qian Xunji instantly saw her embarrassment. Pointing at the hairpin A Yin liked, he asked the vendor, "How much?"

Seeing Qian Xunji's luxurious clothing, the vendor immediately raised one finger. "Sir, this price..."

"Oh, one Gold Soul Coin?" Qian Xunji said with a smile.

As he spoke, he took out a Gold Soul Coin and was about to hand it to the vendor, but A Yin stopped him.

"What a spendthrift! How could a hairpin like this be worth one Gold Soul Coin?" A Yin said angrily. "It's worth no more than a hundred Copper Soul Coins!"

"Do you have any idea what money is worth? One Gold Soul Coin is enough for an ordinary household to live on for three to five years!"

"Uh..." Qian Xunji scratched his head awkwardly. He truly did not know much about prices. As Pope, he normally spent Gold Soul Coins. As for Silver Soul Coins and Copper Soul Coins, what were those?

"Yes, yes... It really is a hundred Copper Soul Coins. This young lady is right," the vendor said, cold sweat pouring down his back. He had thought Qian Xunji was some rich young master ignorant of market prices, but it turned out there was someone who knew her stuff.

"Give us the change!" A Yin snatched the Gold Soul Coin from Qian Xunji's hand and handed it to the vendor, saying with restrained anger.

"This... this..." The vendor looked at the Gold Soul Coin helplessly. He ran a small business; breaking a Gold Soul Coin was rather difficult for him!

"You can't make change? Then we'll leave. If we didn't like this hairpin, we wouldn't bother staying here for even another second!"

When the vendor still did not move, A Yin urged him.

"I can, I can!" Seeing this, the vendor spent several minutes breaking the Gold Soul Coin.

One Gold Soul Coin was equivalent to one hundred Silver Soul Coins, and one Silver Soul Coin was equivalent to one hundred Copper Soul Coins. For vendors in some small towns, they might truly not have been able to make change.

"Hehe!" A Yin weighed the Silver Soul Coins and Copper Soul Coins in the money pouch, then handed it to Qian Xunji as if claiming credit. "See? I'm smart, right? I'm not like you, who doesn't even know basic prices!"

"Yes, yes, our A Yin is the smartest." Qian Xunji took the hairpin and put it in A Yin's hair. She really did have a good foundation—everything looked good on her.

"Urgh..." A Yin immediately crouched down, clutching her lower abdomen as she dry-heaved, startling Qian Xunji.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Qian Xunji looked at A Yin anxiously. Why had this suddenly happened?

A few minutes later, A Yin felt somewhat better. She looked resentfully at the worried Qian Xunji. "What's wrong? Don't you know?"

"Me? What does this have to do with me?" Qian Xunji froze.

"I... I'm pregnant. I can feel it now. A little life is growing inside me," A Yin said bluntly.

"Preg... pregnant? So soon?" Qian Xunji stood frozen on the spot. He had never expected this.

"What? Aren't you happy?" A Yin asked with a smile.

"How could I not be? I just wasn't prepared. It came far too suddenly," Qian Xunji said.