"No, no, I can't have it. You're pregnant, you need to eat more."
Shi Man just noticed that Xu Xinyue's belly was bulging. Judging from the month, she was at least five months pregnant.
"No, you forgot I do get a subsidy." Xu Xinyue hesitated for a moment. After stuffing the egg into Wang Qing's hand, she continued, "Auntie Wang, please be more open-minded. If you have any problems, just knock on my door. We're neighbors, and you've helped me a lot. I'll do my best to help you in any way I can."
Wang Qing's eyes were red and she thanked him repeatedly. She understood what Xu Xinyue meant.
The other party came specifically to comfort her about her own Xiaowei.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Qing's heart skipped a beat. She stared at Xu Xinyue's belly, not knowing what to say for a moment. Xu Xinyue's husband had also joined the war reserve army.
"Aunt Wang, you have guests at home, so I won't disturb you."
Xu Xinyue looked at Shi Man and the others curiously again, especially at the milk in Shi Man's arms, with envy in her eyes.
She smiled friendly, didn't ask any more questions, and went back home.
After the door closed, there was silence in the room for a moment.
To be honest, in this kind of world, it is really unexpected to see such a scene of neighbors loving each other. Not to mention after the apocalypse, even before the apocalypse, such things were rare.
Some people may live in one place for more than ten years without even knowing their next-door neighbor's last name.
This is enough to show Wang Qing's good popularity. She had helped Mulan and others before entering the base, and after entering the Gufang base, she must have helped many people as well.
"Xiao Xu is a good girl. I heard that she was a dance teacher before the apocalypse. Her husband is a vocal music teacher at a university."
"She's pregnant herself, and she still sends me things..."
Wang Qing rambled on, "If she knew her husband had also..." Wang Qing couldn't continue. She looked at Shi Man and said, "After being parasitized by the brain-hugger, is there really no hope of survival?"
"At the moment, no." Shi Man shook his head.
Wang Qing took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.
Zhou Feifei suddenly asked, "How many months has Xiao Xu been pregnant? Does the Ancient Formula Base provide special subsidies for pregnant women?"
Wang Qing nodded. "Pregnant women will receive subsidies, such as nutritional supplements. As for Xiao Xu, she seemed to have become pregnant shortly after entering the base, probably around three months."
Meng Xiaodao and Shanmao didn't notice anything unusual, but Shi Man and Zhou Feifei frowned at the same time.
"Three months? Your belly is so noticeable?"
"You got pregnant after entering the Gufang base?"
They both spoke at the same time, ominous suspicions arising in their hearts.
Wang Qing's heart skipped a beat again: "Yes, yes, is there any problem?"
Shi Man frowned: "When she was pregnant, did her husband join the war reserve army?"
"Yes, it's the base's rule. You have three days to consider after you arrive, and after those three days, one person must join the combat reserve force. Are you suspecting there's something wrong with Xiao Xu's pregnancy?"
When Wang Qing thought of the brain-hugger, she felt a chill all over her body.
Zhou Feifei glanced at Shi Man, her brow furrowed. "I've been at all the autopsies in recent times. The first one, the man and woman who appeared on North Life Road, was dissected in great detail. Professor Hong and I discovered that not only were their brains in a mushy state, but their reproductive systems also showed abnormalities."
"For men, it manifests as enlarged vas deferens, and for women, it manifests as deformed uterus."
Shi Man's eyes twitched. "Send a message to Ellie, and have her dissect a few more bodies and carefully check whether the bodies parasitized by the brainhugger have reproduced!" This chapter has been read (please click on the next chapter to continue reading!)
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