Chapter 45
Gu Yanling was frightened by the pregnancy pulse.
"Brother, have my medical skills declined and made a wrong diagnosis?"
Wu Jingmo swallowed what he wanted to say, and solemnly checked Gu Yanling's pulse again, then said, "Open your mouth and let me see your tongue."
Gu Yanling did as she was told.
"Ayan, you--" Wu Jingmo paused, not knowing how to start.
When Gu Yanling saw her senior brother's serious expression, she knew that she was really pregnant, and judging from her pulse, she must have conceived that night at the farm in the suburbs.
That night, Xiao Xinghan tossed her to and fro, and she drank a lot of rice juice. After they started eating meat, the two of them showed no restraint at all and indulged in revelry almost every night.
But he is a man!!!
How did you get pregnant???
Wu Jingmo seemed to see his doubts and said, "It's the effect of the Disguise Pill. It's stayed in your body for too long, and you haven't taken the antidote."
Gu Yanling: “…”
Wu Jingmo still asked: "What is going on?"
If Gu Yanling had not had sex with a man, she would not have gotten pregnant even if she took a lot of disguise pills.
Gu Yanling had a sad face and was obviously at a loss: "Brother, what should I do?"
Seeing that he was panicking, Wu Jingmo hugged him and patted his back, "Tell me what happened first."
Gu Yanling got up from his shoulder and sobbed, "I, I lied to you before. I sneaked into that important man's house, intending to be a servant, but unfortunately he liked the way I looked after I changed my appearance. He fell in love with me, and if I didn't obey him, he wouldn't let me get close to him. I had no choice but to obey him. Woohoo, I didn't know it would be like this. What should I do? Brother, will I die?"
Wu Jingmo was filled with rage after hearing this. The other party was so shameless at such an old age. He thought he was a great official, but he didn't expect him to abuse his power to bully others. His junior brother was also confused. He actually followed him to punish the dog official. Seeing that Gu Yanling was terrified, he had to suppress his blame, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, you are pregnant now, it's not appropriate to get too emotional. With my senior brother here, you won't die."
Gu Yanling's face was covered with tears as she murmured, "I was wondering why I've been feeling sleepy and nauseous lately. I thought it was because of the long journey."
Wu Jingmo wiped his tears, and when he felt better, he began to scold him: "A Yan, even if you want to punish those people, you can't use your body as a bargaining chip. How could you be so foolish!"
Gu Yanling was already gloomy, and when her senior brother scolded her, she was about to cry again.
Woohoo, he didn't know he would get pregnant. He had no idea that the damn disguise pill would have this side effect. Woohoo, and that damn Sheng Yao, it was all because he lost so much weight every time. Woohoo.
Seeing him cry again, Wu Jingmo couldn't blame him any more. "Okay, stop crying and take care of yourself."
Gu Yanling tearfully asked, "Brother, can you use medicine to abort it?"
Wu Jingmo's face was also a little serious: "It's too dangerous. No man has ever used that abortion drug. What if something goes wrong?"
Gu Yanling was timid. When she heard this, she immediately became intimidated and shook her head quickly: "No more, no more."
"But if I want to give birth, how can I do it? There's no one to deliver babies for men, wuwu."
Wu Jingmo: "Eat first and don't think too much. The most important thing for you now is to avoid random thoughts and keep a good mood. I'll go to the study later and look through ancient medical books to see if there are any records of men getting pregnant."
Gu Yanling sighed: "How can I eat this?"
That being said, once I picked up my chopsticks and ate the delicious dishes, my appetite was whetted again.
Wu Jingmo was the one who really couldn't eat. Looking at Gu Yanling who was still eating happily with tears in her eyes, he shook his head.
After dinner, Gu Yanling followed Wu Jingmo to the study and read ancient books with him.
"Brother, I found it! It says here that once a man becomes pregnant, they become symbiotic. Forcibly removing the pregnancy is extremely dangerous. If the baby is born, the abdomen must be cut open with a knife..."
Gu Yanling let go of the ancient book and quickly covered his stomach in fear. "Wow, they're going to cut open his stomach with a knife!"
Wu Jingmo took the ancient book and flipped through the pages carefully. "It's still a long time before your birth. You have time to prepare for us. Don't be afraid."
At this point, there is no other way. I can't have an abortion, so I have to give birth to the baby.
After Gu Yanling returned home, she lay down on the bed and started crying with her face buried in the pillow again.
While cursing Xiao Xinghan in his heart.
Wu Jingmo came over and sat beside his bed. He raised his hand and placed it on his back, patting it gently. He said with concern, "Ayan, you are pregnant now. Crying too much is not good for your health. Senior Brother will not let anything happen to you."
Gu Yanling didn't want to make his senior brother worry, so she sat up from the bed and wiped her tears with her hands. "No one can know that I'm pregnant, especially my father. Otherwise, he would fight to the death even if he went to the capital."
When Wu Jingmo thought of the person who made his junior brother pregnant, who was so hypocritical and a beast in human clothing, he wanted to kill him. However, he also knew the importance of the situation. Since the other party could execute the Yangzhou prefect, how could they, the common people, compete with him?
"Just rest assured and take care of your pregnancy in Yaowang Valley. Go back before the New Year. Wear thick clothes in winter, so it won't be noticeable if you're a little bloated. After the New Year, I'll accompany you back to Yaowang Valley to wait for the birth. No one else will know."
That's all I can do.
Gu Yanling held Wu Jingmo's hand: "Brother, thank you."
Wu Jingmo patted the back of his hand and said, "Between you and me, there's no need to thank me."
Gu Yanling was finally comforted.
The little medicine boy came over with the letter: "Master Gu, there's a letter from home."
Wu Jingmo stood up and took the letter, "Zhaocai wrote this to you."
Gu Yanling hurriedly opened it and took a look.
In the letter, Zhaocai said that a big event had happened in Yangzhou City some time ago. The upright judge who punished the corrupt officials went door to door searching for people. The master was called in for questioning. The master came back and said that the upright judge's male favorite had disappeared. He also said with emotion that the young man was a good man and hoped that he would be safe. He also said that the upright judge had searched Yangzhou City thoroughly but could not find the man.
Gu Yanling didn't expect that Xiao Xinghan had stayed in Yangzhou for so long, but when she saw Zhaocai said that Xiao Xinghan had left Yangzhou not long ago, she curled her lips and threw the letter aside.
Seeing his expression, Wu Jingmo took the letter and read its contents. "Ayan, is he looking for you?"
Gu Yanling nodded: "He wanted to take me back to the capital, but I didn't like him, so why would I go back to the capital with him? I left a letter and hired a carriage to come here. Who knew it would take him so long to return to the capital."
Wu Jingmo: "He gave you the jade pendant, right?"
Gu Yanling: "I didn't take it to look for him. I just thought the jade pendant was very valuable, so I kept it."
Wu Jingmo: "...You still want to find him?"
Gu Yanling's eyes rolled around: "I didn't, why would I look for him? I really kept this jade pendant because I think it's valuable."
Wu Jingmo knew his junior brother too well. Not to mention Gu Yanling's family background, he was not the kind of person who kept the jade pendant just because he thought it was valuable. He originally listened to Gu Yanling's words and thought that the other party was abusing his power to force him to know and act coercively. In order to let him punish the corrupt official, his junior brother took the wrong path and did this stupid thing.
Now it seems that it is not what he thought.
My junior brother has always been a man of great ideas and a sharp mind. It is impossible for him to be so confused.
"Ayan, do you have feelings for your young master?"
Gu Yanling was so shocked when she heard his words that she threw the jade pendant away. "Brother, don't make random guesses. Who has feelings for him?"
Wu Jingmo reached out to take it. Although he didn't know much about jade pendants, he could feel that it must be of great value when he touched it. He noticed the birthday engraved on the bottom, and because it was too small, he carefully identified it.
“…”
Gu Yanling: "What's wrong?"
Wu Jingmo: "You, young master, are only twenty-two this year?"
Gu Yanling nodded and asked curiously, "Brother, how did you know that?"
Wu Jingmo: "It has his birthday on it."
Gu Yanling took it and only then discovered that there were small words. She scratched her face and said, "Oh, I didn't look carefully before."
Wu Jingmo: "...Is this the token of love he gave you?"
Giving a jade pendant as a token of love is a gesture of love, let alone a jade pendant engraved with one's birthday.
Gu Yanling muttered, "What token of love? I didn't give him any. He has a lot of jade pendants. Later he gave me other jade pendants to play with."
Wu Jingmo: "Then why did you only keep this jade pendant and not take the others?"
Gu Yanling insisted: "That piece is not as valuable as this one."
He didn't like Xiao Xinghan.
Wu Jingmo didn't say anything more: "Think it over carefully. I see that the other party has been looking for you for so long, it doesn't seem like he has any intention of being ruthless to you. If you regret it——"
Gu Yanling interrupted, "Oh, Brother, you only know how to collect herbs and dry them to treat people all day long. How can you understand the relationship? He and I just get what we need. What's the point of love? He likes me now, but he just thinks I'm different from others. The servants in his courtyard serve him like the king of heaven. No one disobeys him like I do. He just wants me to be fresh and interesting for a while. When he returns to Beijing, he will get married and have children. It won't be long before he forgets me."
"Also, he likes my disguised look. He doesn't like pretty girls. He has very unique tastes."
Wu Jingmo was surprised. He didn't expect that there were people who didn't like beautiful women, especially when his junior brother was so beautiful. "What about you?"
Gu Yanling put the jade token under the pillow: "I don't like him anyway. He is so boring. He always acts like a young master and has too many rules. He always complains that I am noisy. Every day he is either reading or playing chess. It's so boring to be with him."
"He even made me learn the rules. His family must be very prominent and they value rules the most. The funniest thing is that he promised to give me a legitimate status and make me his concubine."
Who cares!
Wu Jingmo: "Senior Brother doesn't know what's going on between you two, but he just thinks that you are pregnant with his child now——"
Gu Yanling interrupted, "What do you mean by pregnant with his child? This child is mine in my belly. It has nothing to do with him. From now on, the child belongs to our Gu family."
Wu Jingmo: "Brother, that's not what I meant. This child is yours, so naturally it belongs to you. I'm just worried that you'll suffer."
Gu Yanling: "No, there's nothing to lose in this matter. It's a matter of mutual consent. Besides, he also punished the corrupt official, which was a great thing! And... well... although he has no self-control in bed, I also... got some pleasure from it."
The last few words were spoken too softly, but Wu Jingmo still heard them clearly and knew what he meant.
Gu Yanling held her face in her hands and said with a sad face: "Who knew I would get pregnant? If I hadn't been pregnant, I don't know how happy I would be now."
Wu Jingmo patted his shoulder and said, "It has already happened, let it be."
Gu Yanling nodded. From the moment he first found out about the pregnancy until now, his panic had subsided. She was pregnant, so what? It was no big deal.
This is what she thought in her heart. When Gu Yanling rested at night, she dreamed of Xiao Xinghan. She hugged him and cried bitterly in grievance, and then scolded him for the whole night.
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