The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 1283 - 1282: She’s Going to Be a Mom!

Sui Yuan has never been in love, but based on her experience of reading and writing novels, Lu Mian’s current behavior is not without the possibility.

"Pregnant...?"

Mian, who is straightforward, paused a bit, somewhat caught off guard. She instinctively lifted her sweatshirt, touching her firm, flat abdomen.

Incidentally, she showed Sui Yuan her beautiful abs.

Sui Yuan sniffed and quickly turned her head.

"Mianmian, have you been feeling sleepy lately, tired, with a poor appetite and nausea?"

Lu Mian let go of her clothes, lazily saying with a tug at her lips, "That’s because vacationing is exhausting, and I have to adjust to the time difference when I get back."

"And have you been feeling inexplicably irritable and emotionally unstable?" Sui Yuan read the text messages from Zero and asked one by one.

"Ah... I’ve always been bad-tempered."

"The most crucial thing is, is your menstrual cycle regular?"

Lu Mian suddenly lowered her eyelashes, pursed her lips, and fell silent.

The thought of pregnancy seemed distant yet close at hand, and she was somewhat confused and surprised.

After all, she and Director Qimo had taken precautions.

"...Forget it." Sui Yuan was at a loss for words, "It’s rare for you to be troubled. I’ve just sent a message to Sister Zero, let’s go to the hospital to confirm it first. If you’re not pregnant, just consider it a check-up."

Lu Mian couldn’t refuse Sui Yuan’s insistence, so they both went to the hospital.

Zero had already prepared a pregnancy test and handed it to Lu Mian without saying much, and sent her to the bathroom.

The pregnancy test process is simple, but Zero and Sui Yuan were a bit anxious waiting outside.

Ten minutes later, Zero couldn’t hold back and barged in directly.

Only to see—

Lu Mian was sitting quietly on the toilet, fully clothed, holding the pregnancy test stick in her hand, staring blankly with an unreadable expression.

"Mian bro, what’s the situation? We called you from outside but you didn’t answer, are you pregnant or not?"

Zero went over, took a peek at the test stick, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Oh wow, it’s a faint positive."

Sui Yuan asked, "Sister Zero, what does faint positive mean?"

"Look, two faint red lines mean early pregnancy. If it’s dark red, it’s called strong positive, meaning it’s a later stage of pregnancy."

After Zero finished, Lu Mian stiffly looked up, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise and an indescribable mix of emotions.

"Am I going to be a mother?" Her tone was airy, as if she hadn’t yet come to her senses.

"Yes, you’re going to be a mom, and Yuan and I will be aunts. No, I’m going to be a godmother! Haha, I’m going to be a mom too..."

"I want to be a godmother too!"

The joy on Zero and Sui Yuan’s faces was palpable.

The two didn’t even mind being in the bathroom, hugging Lu Mian tightly.

They were so excited it seemed as if the child was theirs.

Lu Mian: ...

"Let’s go, let’s go do a detailed checkup."

Zero arranged for tests and an ultrasound for Lu Mian, ultimately confirming Lu Mian was 40 days pregnant with a well-developing fetus.

Lu Mian stared at the ultrasound sheet and took the whole afternoon to come to terms with it. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Is she really going to be a mom?

"Mianmian, don’t feel pressured, this is fate between you and the baby," Sui Yuan comforted the unexpectedly soon-to-be mom, Lu Mian.

Though she seemed calm on the surface, inwardly she was already happily working on a book for the baby.

Who doesn’t love a story about a genius cute baby?

"I’m just not sure," Lu Mian was worried, not about the child, but about the whole prospect of being a mom.

"I’m not sure if I can be a good mom..."

As capable as she is, she has her weaknesses.

She feared that if she didn’t do well in some aspects, it would cast a shadow on the child’s childhood.

Sui Yuan laughed, "Parents in love create the best family atmosphere. Growing up in a loving family, the child will feel it."

Zero also added, "Mian bro, you’re overthinking it. With the excellent genes of you and Xiao Qimo, your financial foundation, the elders of the Xiao and Yun families, and us, a bunch of godparents who would go through life and death for him/her, I can only say one thing—this kid already won at starting line just by being born."

"Yeah, Mianmian," Sui Yuan, like a caring sisterly friend, massaged Lu Mian’s shoulders, trying to ease her mind, "If Director Qimo finds out, he’d definitely be very happy and love this child."

Lu Mian felt a bit relieved.

Indeed, with Director Qimo around, she really had nothing to worry about.

——

The news of Zero taking the pregnancy test stick from the pharmacy quickly reached Ye Jinwen’s ears.

The hospital wasn’t that big, and it wasn’t hard for Ye Jinwen to find things out.

"Pregnancy test?"

Ye Jinwen had just finished surgery and stopped when he heard the head nurse’s words.

The head nurse winked and gossiped, "Dr. Ye, congratulations."

When Zero took the test stick, she didn’t say who it was for, so everyone assumed she needed it for herself.

Everyone in the central hospital was aware of Ye Jinwen and Zero’s little affair, and his smooth colleagues gradually began congratulating him.

"Looks like we’ll be able to enjoy wedding candy soon."

"..." Ye Jinwen’s pupils shook, his complexion paler than a patient’s.

Candy... wedding candy from where?

He couldn’t even touch Zero’s hand; how could there be a pregnancy? Is it asexual reproduction?

If Zero was truly pregnant, it would only be someone else’s doing.

Was it the young intern in her department? Or Yuren, that old hand in business? Or perhaps it was the handsome star who was just discharged last week?

Ye Jinwen’s heart panicked, and he rushed to his office after changing out of his scrubs.

He took out his phone, opened the group chat with Xiao Qimo and Yun Sang, and sent a long string of exclamation marks seeking help.

Yun Sang disdainfully replied: [What’s wrong with you?]

Ye Jinwen: [Help, I’m going to die!]

[?] Yun Sang sent a question mark, [Can I go eat the banquet?]

Xiao Qimo also rarely replied: [There’s a new Cantonese restaurant that just opened in the south of the city, it’s good.]

Ye Jinwen: Are they even human?

[Zero is pregnant!!!] Ye Jinwen emphasized with exclamation marks.

Before Yun Sang and Xiao Qimo could send their congratulations, they saw Ye Jinwen add another line.

[The child isn’t mine!!!]

The group chat fell silent instantly, no one replied.

The quieter it got, the more jittery Ye Jinwen felt, deeply sensing the bleakness of human nature and the fragility of brotherhood.

After a full five minutes.

The straightforward Yun Sang finally came up with something to comfort his brother.

[The child isn’t mine either.]

Ye Jinwen slowly formed a question mark on his forehead.

Xiao Qimo immediately replied: [The child isn’t mine either.]

Ye Jinwen: Seventh brother, I suspect you copied and pasted.

Ah, damn, that’s not the point here.

[Is this how you comfort your brother? Zero and I are done for, we’re completely over!]

[My grandpa said he’d help me, but I think he introduced Zero to someone behind my back.]

[Brothers, maybe I’ll shamelessly claim this child as mine... be recognized as the child’s father, and then its mom will be mine too.]

[It’s just a child, if I want to, the child can be biologically mine! Yes!]

No one replied.

Silence was the brothers’ last form of tenderness.

Some people want children, some don’t.

Xiao Qimo closed his phone, feeling quite sympathetic toward this brother.

Ye Jinwen was truly miserable, not being able to woo his girl, and the child wasn’t his either.

He and Mianmian didn’t have these worries.

The two of them were still young, having just gotten married, there was no need to end their two-person life so soon.

While he rejoiced internally, pondering over which position to use tonight, his phone vibrated.

Xiao Qimo quickly answered.

"Wifey~~"