Chapter 233: Pregnant and then give birth Chapter 233: Pregnant and then give birth “Guess,” he said with deep meaning.

Wen Zhi was fretful, “That’s impossible!”

Shang Hexing replied, “Why is it impossible?”

“Huh?”

“Don’t forget,” he reminded her, “I used to be in the military. Do you really think these little tricks could stump me?”

“…”

Had Shang Hexing not brought it up, Wen Zhi would have almost forgotten about his military background, the countless rigorous escape training he had undergone.

Her ploys tonight were nothing but child’s play to him, and he was merely playing along with her.

“I admit it was my fault about Buddha Beads, so I didn’t resist and let you ‘interrogate’ and ‘torture’ me. Now that you’ve calmed down, it’s my turn, isn’t it?” he said, so casually.

“What do you mean, it’s…” Wen Zhi whimpered, “It’s my fault.”

“You’re not at fault.”

“I shouldn’t have tied you up.”

“You should have; it was my mistake this time, and your punishment was right,” he said with firm conviction.

“Shang Hexing, could you please turn on the lights?”

“No, it’s easier to communicate in the dark.”

“…”

At this moment, Wen Zhi was truly anxious, but instead of simply resisting him, she took the initiative by wrapping her arms around his neck, “Shang Hexing, I want to talk to you about something very serious, really serious! Let’s turn on the lights!”

The man in the darkness was brusque and impatient; he no longer gave her a chance to speak, “I think we should do something even more important first.”

And so, the very serious and important matter was ruthlessly cast aside.

Because Shang Hexing really couldn’t wait any longer.

They were right by the door, a simple reach away from it, and Wen Zhi quickly reminded Shang Hexing, “Let’s go inside! Someone might pass by outside and hear us!”

But at this point no matter what she said, Shang Hexing turned a deaf ear, focused only on what he wanted to do.

Halfway through, the light came on, but by then, Wen Zhi and Shang Hexing were no longer by the door.

Only faint noises could be heard coming from the cloakroom.

After a long while, there were intermittent sobs.

Following the sobs, the room finally fell silent, but it wasn’t long before the sound of water running in the bathroom was heard, persisting for quite some time.

Wen Zhi didn’t hit the bed until the latter half of the night.

By then, she was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, and just wanted to sleep. Fortunately, Shang Hexing was good to her in the latter half of the night, holding her until she fell fast asleep.

Until the next day.

It was just a few minutes past six o’clock, still early before the day was fully bright, when Wen Zhi was woken up again.

After everything was over and Wen Zhi woke up again, it was already bright daylight.

She turned over to find that she was alone in bed, Shang Hexing’s figure nowhere to be seen.

As she got out of bed, her nightgown slid from her waist down to her thighs; she was too slow to pick it up, her legs so weak she almost knelt on the floor.

She was both embarrassed and angry, awkwardly putting on her nightgown, then walked with shaky steps to the bathroom. But she failed to notice the white droplets she left on the carpet she had walked across.

Around ten o’clock, Wen Zhi, who had finally gotten herself together, slowly made her way downstairs.

Fang Rong had been anxiously waiting all morning downstairs and finally saw Wen Zhi’s figure appear. She hurriedly greeted her, intending to ask what Wen Zhi wanted for breakfast but blurted out instead, “Miss, why are you up only now?”

Wen Zhi had an embarrassed expression.

After Fang Rong finished speaking, she too felt embarrassed and slapped her “big mouth.”

Wen Zhi’s gaze passed Fang Rong, searching everywhere for Shang Hexing. Not finding him, she felt a bit disappointed. Noticing Wen Zhi’s intent, Fang Rong asked, “Miss, are you looking for that Mr. Shang?”

Wen Zhi denied, “Who’s looking for him?”

Fang Rong chuckled, “Mr. Shang just went out to the courtyard to smoke.”

Wen Zhi was startled, “He hasn’t left yet?”

Fang Rong nodded and proceeded to tell her what she had heard that morning, “Mr. Shang came down about two hours before you did, and he went back upstairs three times. I heard him make a phone call for a day off, so he likely won’t be going to work today.”

Wen Zhi bit her lip and sniggered after hearing what Fang Rong said.

The man still had some conscience; he hadn’t left early in the morning.

However, she had slept too soundly after the morning’s exertions and hadn’t heard any noise at all.

But as she was smiling, Wen Zhi’s lips suddenly stiffened, and she remembered something urgent. She quickly told Fang Rong, “Go buy me a box of contraceptives.”

Fang Rong was taken aback by the request.

Wen Zhi hadn’t thought about this the night before; it was only when she washed up in the morning that she realized the oversight.

Seeing Fang Rong’s confused expression, Wen Zhi quickly urged her, “Go buy it, and remember to give it to me quietly.”

Fang Rong was about to agree when,

just then, Shang Hexing walked in.

He asked, “What are you buying?”

As soon as he entered, he saw Wen Zhi talking to the maid and also happened to hear Wen Zhi’s words—”Go quickly, remember to give it to me quietly.”

What was so urgent to buy, and why did it need to be given to her quietly?

He approached Wen Zhi’s side, and without getting a response from Wen Zhi, he said, “Chen Jinhai is on his way here, if you don’t mind, he could bring it over for you.”

“Sure,” Wen Zhi readily agreed, smiling warmly at Shang Hexing.

She also waved her hand at Fang Rong to indicate she no longer needed to handle it.

Recognizing the cue, Fang Rong tactfully walked away.

At that moment, Shang Hexing also took out his phone, found Chen Jinhai’s number to call, and casually asked Wen Zhi, “What are you buying?”

The call connected.

Chen Jinhai on the other end was quietly waiting.

Shang Hexing’s eyes were tender as he reached out to neaten the hair that had fallen in front of Wen Zhi’s face, until Wen Zhi said the words, “Buy contraceptive pills.”

The hand that Shang Hexing was using to tidy her hair paused abruptly, his gaze slightly sharp.

Wen Zhi gave him a sly smile.

Shang Hexing immediately hung up the phone, “Is that what you want to buy?”

The smile at the corner of Wen Zhi’s lips faded.

She thought that after she mentioned what she wanted to buy, she would see an embarrassed expression on Shang Hexing’s face, since men tended to avoid discussing such terms, but his expression didn’t seem to be what she had expected.

“I need to take that, otherwise…” Wen Zhi’s words were not complete when Shang Hexing interrupted—

“If you get pregnant, then we’ll have the baby,” he said seriously to her.

Wen Zhi was suddenly at a loss for words.

He said, have the baby?

Have his and her baby?

After a moment of silent eye contact, Wen Zhi looked down and attempted to stifle a laugh, “A child I have with you, that’s the same as a secret…” a child.

Shang Hexing wouldn’t let her finish the sentence, “It’s legitimate.”

Wen Zhi was taken aback.

Then she heard him say, “Marrying you has always been part of my future plans; I want to marry you.”

After he spoke, there was an exceptionally quiet atmosphere between them.

Wen Zhi couldn’t find the words to respond to him right away.

“You don’t have to rack your brains to reject me,” he said, interpreting her silence as discomfort caused by what he had just said.

Wen Zhi didn’t say much, instead turning to pour some water.

Shang Hexing watched her figure, seeing her halt in her steps before suddenly turning back to look at him and asking, “Do you remember what I said last night, about having something very important to tell you?”

Shang Hexing’s brow quirked, “What is it?”

Wen Zhi went straight to the point, “Can you be my boyfriend?”

As her words fell, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Until, Shang Hexing took big steps towards Wen Zhi.

Wen Zhi knew what he was going to do and stayed put.

She was embraced tightly by Shang Hexing and heard his voice, deep and slightly out of control, respond, “Yes.”

Wen Zhi grinned, “I wonder who wasn’t listening last night.”

Shang Hexing said, “I was already planning to skip the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship and go straight to marrying you.”

So domineering!

But Wen Zhi thought, even if Shang Hexing couldn’t fulfill his promise to marry her in the future, he had said these words to her today, and she could remember them for a lifetime.

This great atmosphere was shattered by a sudden phone call.

Fang Rong hurriedly came down the stairs to hand Wen Zhi the phone, “Miss, you have a call.”

Wen Zhi smiled as she stepped out of Shang Hexing’s embrace.

When she took the phone from Fang Rong and saw the caller ID was Nian Xun, she was slightly taken aback.

It seems she would have to make a decision when going to Hai City.