Chapter 98: Called the Wrong Thing, Call Again

Gu Yan hurriedly cut in before Su Jin could speak, blurting out:

"It's affecting... affecting the overall look of my outfit today!"

Su Jin was stunned.

Gu Yan bit the bullet and spouted nonsense: "Really, if the oyster sauce splashes onto my leather jacket, it'll be so hard to clean, and this is lambskin, you know."

After saying it, even she felt it was absurd.

But she couldn't worry about that now.

She quickly pulled Su Jin's hand: "Sister-in-law, come with me to the restroom."

Once inside the restroom, Gu Yan turned and closed the door.

"Sister-in-law, I'm not pregnant, really," she said, caught between laughter and tears.

Su Jin was half-doubting: "Really?"

"Really!" Gu Yan was ready to raise her hand and swear, "My period just ended last week, what kind of pregnancy could it be!"

Su Jin was taken aback.

This was too specific; it didn't sound like a lie.

"But you were dry-heaving and had a stomachache the night before last..." her tone still carried suspicion.

"That was just acute gastroenteritis," Gu Yan explained, "I took my own pulse, I'm really not pregnant."

Su Jin: "Took your pulse?"

"Yeah, I learned it from watching dramas. The male lead in the show is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, he takes people's pulses every day. I watched over twenty episodes, my theory is rock solid."

But it was only theory; when practicing, she could occasionally even diagnose Shen Yanhui with a pregnancy pulse.

Still, it was enough to fool her sister-in-law.

"Come, let me take yours too, let you experience a professional level," Gu Yan struck while the iron was hot and pulled Su Jin's hand over.

As she spoke, she placed three fingers on Su Jin's wrist with a professional air, holding her breath and focusing.

One second.

Two seconds.

Her expression didn't change, but her fingers paused imperceptibly.

"What's wrong?" Su Jin asked.

"Nothing..." Gu Yan switched positions and placed them back on, her brows slightly furrowed, "Let me check again."

The restroom went quiet.

Gu Yan stared at Su Jin's wrist, her gaze gradually becoming somewhat strange.

Su Jin felt uneasy under her gaze: "Yan Yan?"

Gu Yan looked up, her lips moved, and her voice sounded a bit airy: "Sister-in-law... this pulse of yours..."

"Hmm?"

"Smooth," Gu Yan swallowed, "Slippery. Like pearls rolling on a plate."

She paused, her expression as complex as if she had spilled a spice rack: "The legendary... description of a pregnancy pulse."

Su Jin froze in place.

Gu Yan was also a bit stunned; it was her first time feeling such a standard pregnancy pulse, and she almost thought her skills had greatly improved.

"Sister-in-law, you wouldn't be the one pregnant, would you?!"

Su Jin subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, remembering that her period for this month hadn't arrived yet.

She recalled over a month ago, when Gu Chen was going on a business trip, she helped him pack his luggage, and somehow things escalated from the study to the bedroom. He hadn't held back that day, and she hadn't pushed him away; later, the condom even broke.

Gu Yan watched her dazed and distracted look, and called out again cautiously: "Sister-in-law?"

Su Jin came back to her senses, her voice a bit airy: "I... I don't know."

Gu Yan didn't say another word, pulled her hand, and walked outside.

"Yan Yan, don't—"

"We need to let my brother know quickly, then take you to the hospital for a check-up, this can't be taken lightly!"

In the VIP Area, the conversation between Shen Yanhui and Gu Chen was nearing its end.

A burst of hurried footsteps approached from afar.

Gu Chen raised his eyes and saw his younger sister dragging his wife's hand as they walked over quickly, both of them looking somewhat unusual.

His brow furrowed slightly: "What's wrong?"

Gu Yan pushed Su Jin in front of him, stood still, looked up, and said word by word:

"Brother, ask Sister-in-law."

Gu Chen's gaze turned to Su Jin.

Su Jin stood before him, uncharacteristically at a loss. She opened her mouth, but didn't know where to start, and finally just said very softly: "A Chen, I might..."

She didn't finish, but her hand subconsciously touched her lower abdomen again.

Gu Chen watched that movement.

Gu Yan had never seen such a nervous and stunned expression on her eldest brother's face.

"... might?" His voice was very low, almost strained.

"Not sure yet," Su Jin said softly, "but..."

Before she could finish, Gu Chen had already stood up.

His movements were fast, yet without the slightest roughness. He bent down, his arms passing under her knees and back, and steadily lifted her up horizontally.

Su Jin let out a soft cry, subconsciously wrapping her arms around his neck.

Gu Chen didn't look at her, but turned his head to drop a sentence to Gu Yan. His voice was still steady, but clearly suppressing something: "We have something to attend to, we're leaving."

Gu Yan watched his hurried footsteps and muttered softly, "And he says that about me."

President Gu, he also has times when he is this unsteady.

——

The results came out very quickly.

Gu Yan had just finished showering and was coming out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe when she saw a message from Gu Chen on her phone screen.

She tapped it open.

She stared at those few lines of text for three seconds.

Then—

"Shen Yanhui!"

She threw her phone aside, ran over barefoot in a few steps, and jumped into his arms.

Shen Yanhui caught her steadily, was knocked back half a step, and his back pressed against the wardrobe door.

"I'm going to be an aunt!" She wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes shining as if they were filled with crushed stars. "Sister-in-law is really pregnant! Over a month!"

She smiled with her eyes curved like crescent moons, hanging on him, and wet droplets rolled into the open collar of his pajamas.

Shen Yanhui gave a low "Mn."

The tip of his nose was filled with her post-shower fragrance.

She was only wearing a thin camisole nightdress, and the bathrobe wrapped around the outside had already come mostly undone during that jump and rub.

Her slender white shoulders and neck, and the faint soft curve beneath her collarbone, were all pressed against his chest.

His Adam's apple bobbed.

Gu Yan was completely unaware and still excited: "Sister-in-law didn't even know she was pregnant herself, and she actually suspected I was! Isn't that funny?"

"Suspected you?" His voice dropped, and his eyes darkened again and again.

"Yeah, she thought I..."

She didn't finish.

Shen Yanhui lowered his head and kissed her.

He took her lips into his mouth, his tongue pushing inside with a near-tyrannical possessiveness. His palm moved from the back of her knees to her lower back, pressing hard through the thin silk, forcing her tighter against himself.

Gu Yan let out a "Mm," and before she could react, he had already pried open her teeth and was kissing her deeper.

The air heated up rapidly.

His other hand ran through her long hair and gripped the back of her neck, forcing her to tilt her head back to endure it, his fingertips caressing the delicate skin behind her ears.

Gu Yan gradually softened, her fingers climbing onto his shoulders, her fingertips sinking into the muscles beneath his pajamas.

His breathing was noticeably heavy.

The kiss moved from her lips to her jaw, trailing all the way down along the side of her neck, every spot he landed on feeling like it was setting a fire.

"Shen Yanhui..."

He took her collarbone into his mouth, sucked on it heavily, and then used the tip of his tongue to soothe the reddened skin.

She trembled slightly.

"You called me wrong..." he said in a low voice.

Gu Yan's mind was very dazed: "Mn?"

"Call me again."

Gu Yan let out a soft moan, her voice trembling: "Husband...?"

"Mn, and what else?"

Gu Yan was oblivious: "Brother...?"

"Mn, good girl."

He responded in a low voice, his hand sliding down along her waistline, gripping her leg, and then...

Gu Yan's breath hitched.

"Back, back to the room..." her voice was trembling.

He gave an "Mn," but didn't move.

The next second, she was pressed against the wardrobe by him, her whole body suspended in the air. He supported her, and in this position, he stripped away her final covering.