Chapter 38: I can wait, but the child in my belly cannot

Chen Weiping leaned in with a rogue smile and stole a kiss: "What did I promise?"

The woman in his arms tapped him lightly, looked up and glared at him, acting coy: "Stop messing around, I’m talking about serious business."

Chen Weiping loved that little look of hers; it was simply too seductive: "Tell me, tell me."

Although he said that, his hands were not idle at all.

The woman gave a soft 'humph': "That country girl you’re engaged to..."

"Stop, stop, stop, what are you talking about? She’s not my fiancée. The marriage was decided by the old man; I never acknowledged it."

The woman hugged Chen Weiping tighter and leaned back into his arms: "But Auntie probably won't agree to our affair, and you still have a marriage contract. My aunt has already given me an ultimatum. She said if I don't bring a boyfriend back, she’s going to decide on someone for me."

"How can that be? We’ve already done that, you..."

The woman reached out and covered Chen Weiping’s mouth to stop what he was about to say: "I didn't, I didn't agree. I’m already your person, how could I agree to what my aunt said? But I’m afraid I can't drag it out for long. Also, also, there’s..."

"Xiaoru, what else? Tell me."

"I, I..."

Before she finished speaking, she started crying.

Chen Weiping put away his rogue look: "Hey, hey, hey, why are you crying?"

The woman sobbed for a long time without saying anything.

Chen Weiping became serious out of anxiety and held the woman’s face in his arms: "Xiaoru, what happened? Tell me, you’re worrying me to death."

"Brother Weiping, I, I, I might be pregnant."

"What?"

This statement made Chen Weiping tremble all over, and he almost pushed the woman in his arms to the floor: "No, we only did it that one time, how could you be pregnant?"

The woman looked at his reaction: "Brother Weiping, what do you mean by that?"

Chen Weiping’s brain was a bit muddled: "Wait, wait, let me calm down."

Although he was a bit of a rogue, he really hadn't thought about getting someone pregnant before marriage. But now it was too late to say anything. He blamed himself for drinking too much that day and not controlling his lower half. He scratched his head in frustration: "Xiaoru, don't worry, I will definitely marry you in a grand way."

He was going to marry this woman anyway, not to mention her uncle worked at the municipal government. With this help in the future, was he afraid of not having a future?

It was better than marrying some country bumpkin who couldn't help him at all. It seemed he had to speed up the divorce.

He looked at the melancholy person in his arms: "Xiaoru, don't worry, I will break off the engagement as soon as possible. Give me a few more days."

The woman threw herself into Chen Weiping’s arms: "Brother Weiping, you must be quick. I can wait, but the child in my belly cannot."

Chen Weiping’s mind was a mess, but he still responded: "Alright, I won't let you wait too long."

Seeing things going according to her plan, the woman’s mouth curled up slightly.

Chen Weiping didn't know what he was thinking: "Xiaoru, to be safe, we should go to the hospital for a check-up..."

Before he finished speaking, the woman in his arms sat up straight with a 'whoosh': "What do you mean?"

"Don't misunderstand. This is not a small matter, and you said the child in your belly can't wait. I thought it would be better to confirm it so I can be firmer when I show my cards to my family.

But if it’s a false alarm, with my mother’s temper, I’m afraid she’ll cause you trouble, and my grandpa probably won't let me off lightly."

Hearing this, the woman said with a worried face: "But the county is so small, what if I run into someone I know? How will I face people in the future?"

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