Traveling after a snowfall is even more difficult. The carriage leads the way, and all the snow must be cleared before the horses can walk a short distance with difficulty.

Fortunately, they were already at the foot of Jishi Temple. All they needed to do was clear the road up the mountain and bring all the disaster victims up there.

However, the continuous sleepless nights and intense physical activity took their toll, even for Physician Xiao. Although Gan Lin did not fall ill, the weight she had gained recently disappeared again.

The most serious case is Gan Qiongying. Although she feels that there is nothing wrong with her body, and she has even gained a lot of weight recently, she is eating quite well.

But one day, as she was helping a woman who was crying and wailing in grief to leave the dangerous eaves of a house where her child and husband were trapped, she suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, along with a warm, damp sensation.

Gan Qiongying thought it was her period, but then she suddenly realized that it had been a long time since her period, and guessed that it was because she had been eating very little meat lately and her blood and qi were not keeping up.

After pulling the woman away from the dangerous place, she quickly went to find Physician Xiao. It was Physician Xiao who controlled all of Gan Qiongying and Gan Lin's important belongings and clothing.

Physician Xiao had just finished applying badger oil to a child's frostbite when he noticed that Gan Qiongying's complexion wasn't good. He asked her, "Miss, is it too cold outside? Come in and warm up. I just made a hot water bottle for you to hold."

Gan Qiongying waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, I just had my period."

"Where's the bundle I left here?" Gan Qiongying climbed into the carriage and knelt inside, searching for the bundle.

Seeing that her complexion was really bad, Physician Xiao subconsciously reached out to feel her pulse, and then his expression suddenly changed.

He grabbed Gan Qiongying's hand tightly, helped her sit in the carriage without saying a word, and solemnly took her wrist as well, taking her pulse with both hands at the same time.

A moment later, Physician Xiao exclaimed in alarm, "My goodness! Did you overexert yourself just now?!"

"I just grabbed a woman, and she kept trying to rush into the collapsed house, but there was no sound from inside, and a whole day and night had passed, so there couldn't be any survivors. That woman was quite strong; she threw me over her shoulder..."

Gan Qiongying smiled and flipped her wrist, saying, "Alright, I'm fine. You go ahead with your work. I've found the bundle..."

As Gan Qiongying was about to get out of the carriage, Physician Xiao suddenly pressed down on her shoulder.

"Nothing's alright? This is a big deal!"

"What do you mean by 'menstrual blood'? You're already three months pregnant, do you even know that! You've been running around outside all day, and it's so cold outside, it's ridiculous!"

During this time, Physician Xiao had become very familiar with Gan Qiongying and Gan Lin, and thoroughly understood that neither of the siblings were pretentious. After spending time together and fleeing to this place, they were now practically family.

Physician Xiao's expression darkened, his handsome face turned red from the cold, and he had some fine cracks, making him look quite serious and frightening.

He stared at Gan Qiongying so seriously that Gan Qiongying was a little surprised for a moment; she would have teased him a bit.

But... Gan Qiongying couldn't quite understand what he was saying.

Or rather... I didn't dare to understand.

Gan Qiongying unconsciously hugged her bundle tightly, wanting to go down to find a latrine to change her pants, but she was stopped by Physician Xiao as soon as she moved.

"You just had a miscarriage! Lie down quickly and don't move anymore! I'll brew you some herbal medicine right away... I feel your pulse and it seems okay, but the pregnancy is a little unstable."

Gan Qiongying's mouth was half open, her phoenix eyes wide open like two balls, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.

Her mind was buzzing, and her ears were ringing for a while before she finally came to her senses.

But she still looked at Physician Xiao and asked, "What...did you say? You're pregnant?"

"Are you kidding me?" Gan Qiongying laughed, genuinely not believing it. "I've just gained a little weight recently, you know I eat a lot, and... and you said it's only been three months, how could my belly be protruding? I'm just fat..."

"The reason your belly has gotten bigger and is slightly protruding is not just because you eat a lot, but because you have two inside you."

Physician Xiao held up two fingers in front of Gan Qiongying and said, "They should be twins. Please take my pulse again."

Gan Qiongying's lips opened and closed several times, and her lips were a little chapped from being outside in the cold these past few days, but her face had already regained its color in the short time it took to get into the carriage.

Her cheeks were rosy, though not as delicate as when she was in the princess's residence, but her eyes still shone with a clear, bright light. She wore the rabbit-skin hat Gan Lin had bought for her, the fluffy brim framing her pretty face, giving her a rather radiant, peach-blossom-like appearance.

"Besides, I've always been taking birth control pills..." Gan Qiongying slowly added.

Physician Xiao said, "Then there's a reason why your pregnancy is unstable—you're taking medicine indiscriminately!"

"Don't go down there. The road to the outhouse is slippery, dirty, and cold. Change in the car here. I'll go outside and watch over it for you. I'll call Ganlin over to keep you company in a bit, and then I'll brew your medicine."

Physician Xiao, who acted like an elder brother and was actually older than Gan Lin and Gan Qiongying, quickly got off the carriage after speaking. Standing outside the carriage, he muttered, "Fortunately...fortunately, I bought two large cartloads of medicinal herbs a while ago, and there's still plenty left over..."

Moreover, Physician Xiao himself is a renowned gynecologist, a skill passed down through his family.

If Gan Qiongying had any other illness, he might not be so sure, but since she was pregnant, that was precisely the area where Physician Xiao excelled.

Even if there was only a slight disturbance to the fetus, the pregnancy was still very stable. Even if it was on the verge of miscarriage, Doctor Xiao would definitely be able to save it if he wanted to.

As he began to ponder the medicinal herbs, Gan Qiongying, clutching her bundle, sat in the carriage, lost in thought for a long time.

Things really... were completely beyond her expectations.

She reached out and touched her belly with a slightly trembling hand. These days, Gan Qiongying would touch it whenever she had free time, and she even found it quite amusing to see her belly so chubby.

Thinking that it was too cold here, and that she did need some fat to get through the winter, she didn't even think about losing weight. She was even playing with her own belly, which was soft and warm.

But Gan Qiongying never imagined that she was pregnant with the real thing.

Two still!

Oh my god.