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Chapter 357 - 333 truly false and genuine_2

Chapter 357: 333 truly false and genuine_2

"Not keeping it as a memento?"

"What, still want someone to keep thinking about you? Jiang Chen, your mind’s getting pretty wicked these days, huh?"

As their eyes met, both of them burst into laughter.

"Besides, it’s not worth any money, better to give it back to you. If I really lost it carelessly, I’d always feel like I owed you something."

Jiang Chen pursed his lips, and finally lifted his hand, taking back the copper ring from that palm.

Ai Qian lowered her arm and, as if relieved of a heavy burden, gently exhaled.

"All right, no more detours, no need to see me off, I’m leaving now."

Ai Qian smiled and turned to leave, but Jiang Chen called out to her abruptly.

"Wait."

Seeing the frown on his face as he looked at her, Ai Qian couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

"What’s wrong?"

"You’re bleeding from your nose."

Ai Qian was startled and then reached up to touch her nose, then looked down at her fingertips.

Bright crimson and glaring.

"It’s nothing, I might be a bit overheated lately."

She took out a pack of tissues and wiped it off.

"Let me take you to the medical room to have a look."

Jiang Chen said, watching her.

"It’s fine, I used to get nosebleeds like this often when I was a child. It might just be because I ate too many rich foods during the New Year—it’s nothing to make a fuss over."

Ai Qian pinched the tissue and beamed with a smile, "Really, it’s nothing."

Jiang Chen couldn’t insist any further.

"If you need any help in the future, don’t hesitate."

"That’s what friends are for."

Ai Qian smiled again.

"You shouldn’t slack off either. Aim for higher places so that in the future, I can brag to others that I’ve dated you."

This time she truly left.

With her back to Jiang Chen, she waved her hand as she moved further and further away.

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The girls’ dormitory.

Listened to the severe vomiting sounds from the toilet, Zheng Jingjing and the other two girls exchanged glances.

Shu Rui seemed to have had little appetite this afternoon, ate very little during lunch, her complexion turned somewhat pale during the class meeting, and she barely made it to the end. As soon as she returned to the dormitory, she rushed into the toilet and started throwing up.

"Could Shu Rui have caught the flu? It’s the peak season for flu right now,"

Guo Ran speculated.

"Aren’t the symptoms of flu headache and cough? What’s that got to do with vomiting?"

"The flu means both vomiting and diarrhea, alright?"

The two arts students ended up debating medical issues right there.

"Enough already, go and bring Shu Rui a cup of water,"

Xu Siyi reminded them.

Zheng Jingjing suddenly snapped out of it, hurriedly poured a cup of hot water, took some tissues, and ran to the toilet.

"Shu Rui, rinse your mouth."

It was quite a while before Li Shuru, pale as a ghost, emerged from the toilet with Zheng Jingjing’s help, settling down on a computer chair.

"Shu Rui, do you feel any better now?"

Xu Siyi came over quickly, and Guo Ran also showed a worried expression,

"Don’t worry about me; it’s nothing."

Li Shuru squeezed out a weak smile, but her listless, bleak appearance was far from reassuring.

"Shu Rui, why don’t you go to the medical room to have a look? It’s not a solution to keep pushing yourself like this—you should at least get some medicine."

Guo Ran suggested.

"No need, might just be a cold..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Li Shuru felt a wave of nausea again, and rushed back into the toilet to retch.

Several minutes passed back and forth.

"Shu Rui, you must go with us to the medical room."

Zheng Jingjing had a stern expression.

"Really, I’ll be fine after resting for a bit."

For some reason, Li Shuru seemed to have a strong aversion to places like hospitals.

Seeing her so resolute, Zheng Jingjing and the others had no choice but to borrow a thermometer from the next dormitory over to take her temperature.

"How is it?"

"36.6 degrees."

Zheng Jingjing picked up the thermometer and held it under the daylight lamp, "Is this temperature normal?"

Guo Ran was speechless, frustrated with her clueless friend.

She took the thermometer, checked again, and indeed, there was no mistake with the temperature—it was indeed 36.6 degrees.

"Shu Rui doesn’t have a fever, it’s unlikely to be the flu."

"Then why is she vomiting so violently? Is it really just a cold?"

"Shu Rui, you’re not possibly..."

Xu Siyi seemed to realize something, her expression froze, her eyes flickering with shock and suspicion.

Li Shuru was indeed very weak, and she could hardly muster the energy to speak.

"Si Yi, what’s wrong with Shu Rui?"

Zheng Jingjing asked anxiously.

Xu Siyi faltered, hesitating and stammering.

"Si Yi, just say it!"

Guo Ran put down the thermometer, also quite eager.

Xu Siyi slowly looked at them and said, "Do you guys think... could Shu Rui be pregnant?"

A clap of thunder broke the silence.

The dorm room instantly fell deathly silent.

Zheng Jingjing and Guo Ran were dumbstruck.

Li Shuru was also completely bewildered, her mind going blank.

Pregnant.

The impact of this word on a woman goes without saying.

And you have to realize,

they were still in college!

Zheng Jingjing swallowed hard, turning to look at her good sister with an expression full of disbelief, shock, and a probing question, "Shu Rui, when you were with Jiang Chen, did you guys... take any precautions?"

Although still students, they were also adults and naturally understood what they should.

Shu Rui and Jiang Chen had been together for so long, it was inevitable that certain things had happened.

All the girls stared intently at Li Shuru.

Li Shuru had never felt as lost as she did now.

Precautions?

She had never given that a thought.

Faced with Zheng Jingjing’s question, she didn’t know how to respond.

Though she remained silent, Zheng Jingjing and the others still got their answer.

None of them had experience with pregnancy, but although they hadn’t eaten pork, they had seen pigs run.

Nausea and aversion are common reactions in pregnant women.

"Shu Rui, you might really be pregnant."

Guo Ran, an expert on soap operas, was dead serious. That’s how it’s always shown on TV.

"This is bad, what should we do?"

Zheng Jingjing became flustered.

After all, they were still students; how could they not be anxious about such a situation?

"It’s all because of that guy Jiang Chen! Just caring about his own pleasure, completely disregarding us girls!"

"You can’t completely blame him..."

Guo Ran cut in with impartiality.

In matters like this, responsibility should fall on both the man and the woman...

"You’re still making excuses for him, we’re in our junior year. If the school finds out, we might actually get expelled!"

"Why panic?"

Xu Siyi, the smartest in their dorm, was the first to calm down.

"Even if it’s a pregnancy, it’s still very early, and it can totally be terminated."

Zheng Jingjing and Guo Ran went quiet.

Abortion?

Right.

Nowadays, it’s not just college students.

There are plenty of high schoolers who have experienced it.

"I will never abort my child."

Li Shuru finally spoke up, her trembling eyes showing her panic, but her shaky voice held an unwavering firmness.

"Shu Rui, how old are you? You’re not seriously thinking about being a mother this young, are you? And you’re not even married to Jiang Chen; if this child is born, what would you consider it?"

Zheng Jingjing said instinctively.

Li Shuru’s complexion was a turbulent display of emotions.

"I think we all need to calm down; right now, it’s only a suspicion. Whether it’s a pregnancy or not, we need to go to the hospital to confirm. Shu Rui, you can’t be willful now; you must go with us to the infirmary, and besides, you must immediately notify Jiang Chen. If it is true, you two must make a decision together."

Xu Siyi was methodical, proving reliable in critical moments.

"We don’t need to rush..."

Li Shuru shook her head. Since it wasn’t confirmed yet, she didn’t want to alert Jiang Chen so soon, but before she could even start, Xu Siyi had already dialed Jiang Chen’s number.

"You need to go to the infirmary right now."

Hearing the words from the other end, Jiang Chen, on his way back to the dorm, couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

"What happened?"

"Shu Rui is feeling unwell, she’s been vomiting."

Jiang Chen frowned.

"Is it serious?"

"Quite serious."

Xu Siyi paused,

"We suspect that she might be pregnant."

Jiang Chen was struck as by a bolt from the blue.

"What did you say?"

"We’re just suspecting; we still need to go to the hospital for a check-up to know for sure. We’re about to take Shu Rui there, come quickly. If you’re lucky, you might be a father."

Xu Siyi’s "if you’re lucky" carried an extra depth of meaning.

Even after the busy tone had sounded, Jiang Chen was still standing dazed in the street, his expression frozen, as if his soul had fled.