"Boss!"
Xiao Ya rushed out of the bathroom, came up to Mu You, and pointed frantically back inside. "Xue, she..."
"What happened to her?" Mu You had thought it was nothing serious, but seeing Xiao Ya so flustered made his heart tighten, and he hurried into the bathroom.
Yet when he entered, he found Lin Xue standing perfectly unharmed before the mirror. Seeing him come in, she smiled at him, a little shy, but mostly happy.
"Xiao Xue, what happened?" Mu You walked up and asked.
Lin Xue said nothing. She simply took his hand and gently placed it on her lower abdomen.
Mu You did not understand at first, thinking she had menstrual cramps or something.
Until Xiao Ya prompted him from behind. "Boss, Xue is pregnant..."
"Huh?"
Mu You froze. Only then did he notice that Lin Xue's belly was unusually swollen.
But pregnant?
Utterly bewildered, Mu You stared blankly at Lin Xue.
Lin Xue had still been smiling, but then she read his thoughts and gave him a reproachful look, pounding his chest with her right fist as she said bashfully, "You jerk. Whose do you think it is?"
"But didn't we only just... yesterday?" Mu You scratched his head. He truly was confused.
They had indeed used no protection last night, but getting pregnant the very next day? Was that scientifically possible?
"Well, I don't know. Anyway, it's yours. Don't think you can get out of it."
"Could there... be some mistake? Maybe you're not actually pregnant..."
Mu You found it unlikely because both he and Linglong had examined Lin Xue yesterday, checking both her body and her soul, and neither had found anything unusual.
Now, barely half a day later, a child had suddenly appeared. That simply made no sense...
"..."
Lin Xue had been