Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 389 - 375: Pregnant

Chapter 389: Chapter 375: Pregnant

"Xiaoyun..."

Shitou heard the sound and came to see Lu Yun’s face pallid, bent over the washbasin retching endlessly, but despite her efforts, nothing came out except for stomach acid. Her entire body was so weak she was nearly fainting, and this sight caused his mind to go blank as he instinctively rushed over to hold her.

Extreme fear clutched his heart in a viselike grip, giving him the terrifying sensation of being unable to breathe for the first time in his life.

"I must have a stomach problem."

Once she stopped retching and feeling the sour taste in her mouth, Lu Yun suddenly felt Shitou trembling as he held her body. She turned to see a panic on Shitou’s face she had never seen before, looking utterly pale. Her tears nearly fell in that instant, and she forgot her own discomfort to comfort him instead.

"You’ve never had any stomach problems before." Shitou knew Lu Yun’s health even better than she did herself and immediately contested her claim.

"...Could it be because I was hungry for too long yesterday?" Lu Yun herself was quite uncertain and perplexed. Internally, she wondered. With her body fortified by the medicinal baths, shouldn’t her robust immune system prevent sickness?

"Gastritis?" Shitou breathed a sigh of relief, and his brain suddenly returned to calmness.

"Why do you always assume the worst? Haven’t you thought it might be something good?" Zhang Min stood at the door with a big smile, watching the two with amusement.

Shitou’s eyes suddenly widened as it hit him that Lu Yun’s period hadn’t come this month. Recalling Xia Yuan’s reactions when she was pregnant, a revelation dawned on him, and he was swept by a wave of ecstasy, "Could it be a pregnancy?"

Shitou grinned foolishly, gazing at Lu Yun’s belly as if it were some priceless treasure, his excitement blaring.

Pregnant, could it be? While they had been together after getting the marriage certificate, it hadn’t been that often, had it?

Lu Yun’s eyes widened in disbelief, her mind went blank, and she felt at a loss for what to do.

She touched her belly. Was there really a new life growing inside her?

Her eyes reddened as she suddenly remembered her past self; as she grew older, she had become particularly fond of watching children’s innocent smiles. Whenever she saw children on the street, she couldn’t help but stop—

But as much as she liked children, she had never seriously considered adopting one. Her assistant had once advised her, even suggesting she could use a sperm bank to have an IVF baby that shared her bloodline, but she had refused without hesitation.

Perhaps she had already subconsciously resisted the idea of conceiving a child that wasn’t Shitou’s.

...

"Whether it’s true or not, you should eat first, then we can either use a test strip or go to the hospital for an ultrasound to confirm," said Zhang Min, who was already sure Lu Yun was pregnant and had been smiling ear to ear since she arrived. "Since it’s probably too early, the test strip might not be accurate enough. An ultrasound would be better..."

The Pei Family had too few members; she was so eager for the family to have a new addition, but sadly, current policies allowed each couple only one child.

"No need for the hassle of a hospital. I think I can try using spiritual power to check," Shitou suddenly remembered his ability to use spiritual power for internal vision. He took Lu Yun’s hand, and his spiritual power followed her meridians toward her abdomen to investigate.

As Shitou was examining Lu Yun’s abdomen, Lu Yun herself also began to use her ability of internal vision—

Gradually, joy appeared on both their faces.

"Is it really true?" Although she had already convinced herself, Zhang Min still wanted to hear a definite answer.

"Yes." Shitou almost seemed to float with happiness, and Lu Yun also nodded shyly.

"That’s wonderful! Hurry up and make a call. Oh my, we need to let Xiaoyun’s parents know the good news and sit down together to discuss the wedding. Although you two are already legally married with a marriage certificate, the wedding ceremony is still very important. We better hold the wedding while the pregnancy is still not very far along."

Zhang Min, excited, turned to leave, then after a few steps spun back around. Seeing Shitou still standing in the washroom smiling foolishly, she called out with a laugh, "Shitou, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and let Xiaoyun finish rinsing her mouth so she can come out for breakfast."

"Oh." Shitou then snapped back to reality and went to check on Lu Yun.

The news spread quickly within the family. Zhang Min first called Lu Aiguo, then she dialed Pei Qingyuan’s office.

"Whose call?" Seeing the strange expressions on Lu Aiguo’s face after he took a phone call—both happy and conflicted—Xia Yuan, sitting beside him, curiously asked.

"It was a call from Shitou’s grandma." Lu Aiguo glanced at his wife, "Xiaoyun is pregnant. She asked when we can return to Capital City to discuss the wedding arrangements for Shitou and Xiaoyun, preferably within half a month."

"Pregnant?" Xia Yuan’s first reaction was happiness, then immediately her brows furrowed, "Then we need to hurry back to Capital City. Make flight reservations immediately, we should pack up and leave right away. Having only half a month to prepare for the wedding..."

Xia Yuan paced back and forth anxiously, "How can we possibly have enough time in just half a month? It doesn’t matter; it has to be enough time—otherwise, Xiaoyun would look too awkward in a wedding dress with a big belly."

"Wife, aren’t you angry?"

Lu Aiguo looked at Xia Yuan with an odd expression. Shouldn’t she be quite angry at Shitou? After all, their daughter was only eighteen or nineteen. Even though the Pei family’s patriarch had cheated the system to get them a marriage certificate ahead of time, it was evident that Shitou had crossed the line given their daughter’s age.

"Angry? Why should I be angry?"

Xia Yuan looked at Lu Aiguo curiously, "Shitou isn’t young anymore. In our village, people his age already have kids who can ’fetch soy sauce’. Xiaoyun might be a tad young, but she has undergone physical enhancements with those medicinal baths, so there’s no need to worry about her body not being able to handle childbirth. Given that, why should I be angry? Don’t you want them to have children sooner?"

"..."

Lu Aiguo was speechless for a long time, finally muttering weakly, "It seems like Xiaoyun is your own flesh and blood, right?"

"What do you mean by that?" Xia Yuan glared dangerously at Lu Aiguo and snorted.

"Wife, please make sure you do not repeat what you just said to Xiaoyun. Pregnant women are irrational—if she happens to overhear what you just said, Shitou will surely suffer and no place will hold her tears."

Lu Aiguo dared not raise his voice, murmuring softly to himself. But Xia Yuan, with her high level of spiritual power, easily overheard his muttering. She glared at him fiercely, but then the thought of Lu Yun’s pregnancy brightened her mood again, and she suddenly found herself not wanting to bicker over it anymore, indignantly kicking him and saying, "Call and book the flight tickets—don’t you realize we are running short on time?"

"Oh, right away."

Lu Aiguo leapt up and quickly pulled out his phone to dial.