Chapter 493 Extra: New Life
It's another cool autumn day.
Two spacious tents were set up on a scenic lakeside lawn in the suburbs. The charcoal fire crackled in the grill, emitting the tempting aroma of meat.
Five-year-old Mingche inherited the good genes from his parents. He was like a delicate little ball carved from jade. He was running excitedly on the grass chasing a butterfly, his clear laughter filling the sunshine.
Liu Zhi sat on the picnic mat, her face brimming with happiness and satisfaction. She couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, in the blink of an eye, this kid can run and jump! I can ride my motorcycle out and have fun again!"
Meng Anran, who was sitting leisurely on the folding chair, opened her eyes slightly and replied calmly, "Qin Mu and I deserve half of the credit for this."
"Miss, how dare you say such things?" Liu Zhi glanced at him with disdain. "Every time you two make faces at him, and when you make him cry, you throw him back to me to comfort him. He's so lucky to have godparents like you."
Ming Jing worked tirelessly by the grill, skillfully flipping the steaks, chicken wings and corn on it, like a professional griller.
Overhearing her two best friends' conversation, she couldn't help but glance at Qin Mu beside her curiously. "Hey, I'm not saying anything, but are you two planning on having kids? You're already 29 or 30, and you haven't had enough of just being two of you? If you really don't want to have one, go adopt one. Don't be so obsessed with my son!"
"Don't mention it." Meng Anran shook her head in melancholy, an expression that was difficult to describe. "I've been in Yatang for five years. Master Zhao kept pestering me and wouldn't let me leave. I also have to take on apprentices. How can I have a child?"
If she didn't go out for a day, it would be inconvenient to get pregnant, so she never mentioned the issue of fertility to Qin Mu.
If Qin Mu hadn't come to Yatang to find her every now and then, she felt that she would have almost comprehended life and death and seen through the world there.
Liu Zhi laughed heartily, "Old Zhao knows you said that about him. I guess Fairy Qin won't even be able to enter the Yatang anymore!"
"I don't think it matters much. As long as you're healthy, it doesn't matter whether you have the baby early or late." Qin Mu walked over to Meng Anran with a skewer of perfectly grilled, sizzling squid and passed it to her, his lips curled up with his usual gentle smile: "Meng Zhen and Meng Yushu are in their thirties and still single, aren't they?"
"According to you, Lu Heng is almost 40 years old and still a single man." Meng Anran chuckled and took the squid.
Just as I lowered my head to take a bite, a strong fishy smell of seafood suddenly rushed into my nose.
Without any warning, a strong feeling of nausea surged up from my stomach.
"Um..." She suddenly turned her head and covered her mouth, retching a few times, and her face turned pale in an instant.
"An Xiaoran?!" Qin Mu was startled and nervously supported her. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Is the food not fresh?"
Liu Zhi also hurried over and asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Did you get heatstroke?"
Meng Anran recovered from the sudden nausea and waved her hands, "It's okay, I just feel a little nauseous when I smell the fishy smell."
"Fishy smell?" Ming Jing snatched the cuttlefish from her hand and sniffed it. "It's very fresh. I bought it specially because it just arrived this morning."
Qin Mu frowned and reached out to touch Meng Anran's forehead: "The temperature is normal. Would you like some hot water?"
His eyes were full of worry. Meng Anran had always been in good health and rarely felt unwell like this.
Meng Anran herself also found it strange, as she had no problem eating seafood normally.
She subconsciously raised her hand and placed it on her other wrist.
This action made Liuzhi's eyes suddenly light up.
As a veteran treatment subject and Meng Anran's best friend, Liu Zhi is very familiar with what this action means.
She instantly put aside the possibilities of heatstroke and stomach upset, and a bold and exciting guess came to her mind!
"Anran, you...you couldn't be..." Her voice trembled slightly with excitement, her eyes widened, staring at Meng Anran's hand taking her pulse.
Meng Anran did not answer immediately. She concentrated and calmed herself, carefully feeling the pulse under her fingertips.
After a moment, an extremely rare expression of surprise, confusion and disbelief appeared on her cold face.
She raised her head and met Qin Mu's anxious and puzzled gaze. Her voice was uncertain and erratic: "The pulse... is like beads rolling on a plate..."
Liu Zhi screamed instantly: "Ah! Really?! Slippery pulse?! An Ran, you are pregnant!!!"
This earth-shattering scream startled Xiao Mingche who was chasing butterflies in the distance.
Qin Mu was completely frozen, as if he had been cast under a spell.
He stared blankly at Meng Anran, then stared blankly at her fingers still on his wrist, his brain seemingly unable to process this huge amount of information.
Pregnant?
How could that be?
He clearly always takes safety measures...
Meng Anran looked at Qin Mu's dumbfounded expression, and finally nodded slowly, confirming Liu Zhi's guess. Her tone gradually calmed down: "Well, it should be."
Liu Zhi jumped up in excitement and rushed over to hug Meng Anran: "Oh my God! I'm going to be a godmother! Qin Yaojing, what are you daydreaming about!"
Qin Mu seemed to be freed from the spell, but his mind was still in a daze, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried for a moment.
"An, An Xiaoran...are you really pregnant? We have a child?" His voice was shaking.
"Yes, I'm pregnant." Meng Anran frowned, unable to explain her complicated mood.
Liu Zhi looked at the two of them in confusion, "What's with that look on your face? You just said there was no chance of having a child, but now you're pregnant, why aren't you happy? Could it be that you don't want this child?"
"It's not that I don't want it." Meng Anran had a complicated expression and glanced at Qin Mu who was in the same mood as her. "It's just that I'm not mentally prepared yet."
They have been accustomed to planning their lives and future since childhood. The sudden arrival of a new life disrupts their trajectory and makes the second half of their lives full of uncontrollability.
It was more of an accident than a surprise.
It caught them off guard.
"Oh, there's more than half a year between pregnancy and childbirth, plenty of time for you to prepare mentally." Liu Zhi grinned and excitedly began planning: "No matter if it's a boy or a girl, I'll take care of the clothes and toys! Xiao Che will have brothers and sisters in the future!"
Meng Anran was amused by Liu Zhi's carefree attitude. She touched her belly and glanced at Qin Mu: "It seems that we have to start learning new knowledge."
Learn how to be a good father and mother.
Qin Mu slowly exhaled a breath of foul air and held her hand lovingly, "I'm sorry to trouble you for the next period of time."
The sunshine by the lake was warm and gentle, the aroma of barbecue was still lingering, and the laughter and joy were louder than before.
A new life is quietly gestating.
It will write a warmer and happier chapter for their lives full of stories.
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