Chapter 64: Get Pregnant Just by Staring
Xue Yu lay under the covers and held Mo Li’s hand, whispering softly, “Even though he’s sleeping with me, it doesn’t mean he has a place in my heart. Don’t overthink it.”
Mo Li: “Yes, I understand.”
“What do you understand?” Xue Yu was afraid that Mo Li was secretly feeling sad.
Mo Li: “He has a place in your bed, but not necessarily in your heart.”
Xue Yu felt a little awkward hearing this. She leaned over and kissed his Adam’s apple. “No, it’s a special time now. I can’t let him out of my sight. When the problem is solved in the future, I will definitely not sleep with him.”
The next day, when Xue Yu woke up, Mo Li was already up. He was on the beach, preparing breakfast for the workers.
Meng Wu also woke up very early, but his hand was cuffed to Xue Yu’s, so he couldn’t go out. He could only sit on the inflatable mattress and wait for Xue Yu to wake up.
Seeing that Xue Yu was awake, he said, “Can I go to the bathroom?”
Xue Yu took him to the temporary toilet that the workers had built, unlocked the handcuffs, and let him go in to relieve himself.
After that, she did not cuff Meng Wu to herself anymore, but instead cuffed both of Meng Wu’s hands.
Xue Yu was too busy. She couldn’t stay on the island with the workers at a leisurely pace. She had to hurry up and lead the workers to build the basic living facilities and arrange everyone’s work before she could go back to the White Tower.
She set up the mapping and photography mode of her Cloud Sound Box.
She turned on the screen of the Cloud Sound Box and tied it to Blueberry. She had Blueberry fly high and circle the island to take a topographical map of the entire island.
The entire island had an area of 37,000 square kilometers.
From the overall vegetation, the climate was like a transition zone from tropical to subtropical.
The mountains were not high, but were small hills. There were three large lakes and five freshwater rivers that ran through the entire island.
Xue Yu chose a freshwater river and led the workers to dig a simple reservoir.
She installed the water quality filter she had bought in the South Continent, connected the water pipes, and led the clean water to the camp area.
She herself did not dare to stop working for a moment, so as not to let the workers think that she was just freeloading and ordering them around.
She had to let the workers know that she was united with everyone and was doing her best to build a new safe zone.
Blueberry couldn’t even go out to play anymore and was called by Xue Yu to pull the water pipes.
It wrapped its caudal fin around the water pipe and gritted its teeth to drag it down from the mountain, working as hard as its master.
Xue Yu hugged it and kissed it again and again, constantly praising it. “My good Blueberry, you’re amazing!”
Blueberry couldn’t stand the praise. The more it was praised, the more diligent it became. In the end, it even went to trick Meng Wu’s lizard and Mo Li’s blue-ringed octopus into working together.
In the morning, they finished laying the water pipes and solved the water problem.
Xue Yu did not stop for a moment and immediately started to install the photovoltaic panels for power generation.
The workers were resting on the side and couldn’t help but say, “Captain Xue, you’re working too hard. You should rest for a while.”
Xue Yu carried a hundred-jin polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic panel and kept carrying it up the mountain. “It’s fine. You guys rest. I’m not tired.”
Xue Yu was very enthusiastic about working herself, but she couldn’t bear to let Mo Li suffer.
Mo Li’s belly already had a curve, similar to a pregnant woman’s belly at three or four months. She just had him prepare meals for everyone in the camp and watch Meng Wu. She didn’t let him do any heavy work.
Mo Li was cleaning a large silver pomfret. Meng Wu was handcuffed to the flagpole by Xue Yu, and the flag of the [Shanhai Safe Zone] was fluttering in the wind.
“Can you tell Xue Yu not to keep me handcuffed? I can also help with the work,” Meng Wu said to Mo Li.
Mo Li was busy with his own work and didn’t reply.
Meng Wu looked at his abdomen. The weather was very hot, and Mo Li was not wearing a combat suit to deliberately cover it. When the wind blew, his protruding belly was very obvious.
Meng Wu only knew that Xue Yu was close to Zhou Siyan, Feng Qizhou, and Mo Li. As for the specific situation, Xue Yu had not told him, and he did not know.
“Are you also pregnant with Xue Yu’s child?” Meng Wu asked again. “You look very young. Why did you think of having a child?”
Mo Li still didn’t speak.
The two of them were very awkward with each other. Mo Li barely spoke, and it was not good to ask him anything.
Finally, when Xue Yu returned from the mountain with the workers, the tense atmosphere finally eased a little.
Xue Yu first unlocked Meng Wu’s handcuffs.
She ran over with a sweaty head and hugged Mo Li from behind, telling him, “According to this progress, we should have electricity tomorrow. Then we can turn on the air conditioner.”
“Okay,” Mo Li touched her hand.
While Mo Li was busy cooking the fish, Xue Yu leaned against his back, her two arms wrapped around his neck, watching him cook, like a young couple in love.
Meng Wu could sense that Xue Yu should like Mo Li very much.
Today’s staple food was finally not compressed rations, but steamed rice. It was the rice that Xue Yu had bought in the South Continent. The grains were large and full, and it smelled very fragrant.
The main course was seafood. Mo Li was not very good at stir-frying, and the conditions here were not suitable for stir-frying. He could only cook the fish, clams, fresh shrimp, and so on with Chinese cabbage in one pot.
Xue Yu called the workers to eat together. “Everyone has worked hard! Come and eat with us. We are one big family. When the island is built, everyone will be in the management!”
Wenying first ladled a bowl of soup, took a sip to taste it, and nodded. “It’s good. It tastes much better than the canned fish in the mining district.”
Xue Yu waved her hand. “How can those things from the White Tower be eaten by humans? They’re all old frozen meat. They taste like plastic when you chew them. Everyone, with me here, you’ll have enough fresh meat and vegetables in the future. I can’t say anything else, but I will definitely not treat you unfairly in terms of food!”
She filled a bowl of food and handed it to Meng Wu. “This is for you. I picked the good meat and vegetables.”
Meng Wu said, “I just ate some rations.”
Xue Yu forcibly stuffed the bowl and chopsticks into his hands. “Even if you don’t care about yourself, you have to think about the child in your belly.”
At this point, Xue Yu tilted her head and looked at him. “You’re not really not pregnant and have been tricking me, are you?”
Only then did Meng Wu take the bowl.
After lunch, Xue Yu continued to lead the workers to install the photovoltaic power generation panels, and also set up utility poles and connected the wires.
She was not very familiar with this area, but fortunately, among the workers she had saved, there was a group of electricians. The electricians were very skilled at their work and set up the wires in a plausible manner.
After two days of hard work, they successfully got electricity.
With water and electricity solved, the rest was not a problem.
Xue Yu was very excited, humming a little tune as she charged the small air conditioner. The air conditioner she had bought was a rechargeable, portable small air conditioner from the South Continent. It could cool down after being charged, just like an electric fan.
After charging the small air conditioners one by one, Xue Yu sent them to the workers’ tents one by one.
It was midnight when Xue Yu finally returned to Mo Li’s tent with the last small air conditioner. Meng Wu was also there.
The two of them were far apart. Mo Li was tidying up Xue Yu’s clothes, and Meng Wu was in another corner, reading a book—A Parenting Handbook for New Parents.
Xue Yu put down the small air conditioner, turned on the switch, and blew it at Mo Li. She then went over to look at the book in Meng Wu’s hand. “Where did you get this book?”
“Mo Li gave it to me,” Meng Wu said, reading very seriously. He didn’t even look up when he replied to Xue Yu.
Xue Yu asked again, “Have you learned anything from it?”
Meng Wu slowly flipped through the book. “Neither of us are good parents.”
Xue Yu jumped up. “You don’t know if you’re a good father, but I’m definitely a good mother! There’s no other woman in the entire White Tower who is as affectionate and responsible as me.”
With that, she looked at Mo Li. Mo Li blinked in approval and said softly, “The most affectionate in the White Tower.”
“Why are you giving me a nickname too?” Xue Yu sat down and leaned against him.
Meng Wu was still engrossed in the handbook, his voice as calm as if he were giving a lecture. “The handbook says that the love between parents is the foundation of a child’s happiness. You don’t love me, so we are not in love, and naturally, we are not good parents.”
He closed the book and added, “Of course, it’s not your fault. The fact that I couldn’t make you fall in love with me is because I don’t have enough charm. It’s my problem.”
Xue Yu didn’t quite understand. “Then what do you plan to do?”
“For the sake of the child’s happiness, I will do my best to make the two of us fall in love,” he thought for a moment. “It shouldn’t be too difficult. I plan to get some tips from Zhou Siyan. After all, he used to love you very much.”
Xue Yu: “Then good luck, sir.”
With the air conditioner on tonight, it was much more comfortable to sleep.
In the latter half of the night, Xue Yu felt a hand touching her. She immediately knew it was Mo Li’s hand. The suction on his fingerprints was very obvious.
Mo Li touched her from her bare arm to her neck, and then to her face.
Xue Yu pretended to be asleep and didn’t move. Just as Mo Li was about to pull his hand back, Xue Yu suddenly grabbed his wrist and kissed his palm several times.
Mo Li held her, his lips close to her ear. “Xue Yu, can I ask you a question?”
Xue Yu wrapped her arms around his waist. “You can. I’ll answer whatever you ask.”
Mo Li seemed to have thought it through carefully, deliberating for a long time before he spoke. “Xue Yu, according to Meng Wu’s definition, are the two of us good parents?”
Xue Yu kissed him on the face again. “Of course we are. We love each other and have been working hard for the future of our children. How can we not be good parents?”
Meng Wu was also in the tent.
But Mo Li didn’t seem to mind. Whether he really didn’t mind or was deliberately letting Meng Wu see, Xue Yu was not very clear.
Mo Li held her and kissed her, unable to stop. Xue Yu couldn’t resist at all. As soon as Mo Li tempted her, she was hooked.
Their lips were as if they were glued together. In fact, Xue Yu and Mo Li had not kissed many times. Their occasional intimacy was just a light touch.
She didn’t even know that Mo Li had such a strong and passionate way of kissing. Her soul was about to be sucked away. She stared at Mo Li’s features in the dark, dazed and intoxicated.
Mo Li sensed her gaze, raised his hand, and covered her eyes with his palm, continuing to kiss her.
Then, he felt his palm become moist. Tears had slipped from the corner of her eye. Mo Li kissed away her tears, his voice hoarse. “Xue Yu, are you sad?”
“No,” Xue Yu sniffled.
Mo Li: “Then why are you crying?”
Xue Yu kissed him on both cheeks. “It’s because it’s so comfortable, so I cried from excitement. They are happy tears.”
Mo Li held her completely in his arms. “I’m also very happy, Xue Yu.”
Meng Wu lay on the far side of the tent, motionless the whole time.
The next day, Xue Yu got up as soon as the sky brightened and went to work.
She carefully planned the entire island. Now that they had water and electricity, everyone couldn’t just live in tents.
The forests here were rich. Xue Yu planned to cut down some trees to clear an open space and also to build a simple road.
She also needed to build a sewage treatment pool. She cherished her new home and could not easily ruin it. Garbage had to be carefully sorted and treated, and sewage had to be thoroughly purified before it could be discharged into the sea.
Xue Yu made notes on a piece of paper. She had to buy a sewage treatment plant and bring it over. She also needed to get a few more cars and a batch of defense weapons.
After a careful calculation, it was too expensive to buy vehicles, weapons, and a sewage treatment plant in the South Continent. It was better to go back to the White Tower to buy them.
Maybe when she got to the White Tower, she could rely on her reputation as “the number one executioner of the White Tower” to get some discounts from Lu Sen or Bai Qi.
The water transport center sent her another notice, urging her to go back quickly. There was another batch of goods to be transported, and she should not delay.
Xue Yu started a two-faced mode.
On the White Tower side, she could use the excuse of shipping to secretly transport her own things to the island for construction.
On the island side, she told the workers:
“Everyone, the leaders of the White Tower just sent me a notice, saying that the infrastructure materials are all ready and asked me to go back and transport them.”
“The higher-ups of the White Tower are very concerned about this project. There will be no shortage of resources. Everyone, work hard. We all have a bright future.”
Everyone in the White Tower was a lone wolf, with no family, no children, and no burden, which made it easy for Xue Yu to fool them.
She added, “Is there anything you need to buy? If you need anything, just write it on a piece of paper and give it to me. Don’t worry, everyone. As long as the price is not too expensive, the White Tower will reimburse us for everything!”
Everyone had been brought over by Xue Yu in a daze and had not brought any basic necessities. They could only use what Xue Yu had distributed.
At this time, they wrote a lot of lists, asking Xue Yu to buy some clothes and other things when she went back.
Xue Yu patted her chest. “Leave it all to me. I’ll be back soon. Everyone, just listen to Mo Li’s arrangements for now.”
Before she left, Xue Yu made a work plan.
Where to build the road, where to dig a pit, everything was clearly arranged.
She had to set sail and return. She first got Meng Wu onto the ship, handcuffed him, and then came down to say goodbye to Mo Li.
“Mo Li, thank you so much. I’ll bring Youke’en over when I get back. He can help you.”
“I’m not tired. Be safe on your way,” Mo Li tucked her messy hair behind her ear.
Xue Yu hugged him again and again. “I will miss you. Be good here. Don’t do any heavy work, and don’t rush the workers. Everyone can live and work at the same time. Just do what you can.”
“Okay. You don’t have to worry about here.”
The ship set sail again. The propellers spun rapidly, cutting a white wake on the calm sea.
Blueberry had been playing in the water all this time. It jumped out of the water and called to Xue Yu: I need help! Come down quickly!
Xue Yu jumped into the water and saw Blueberry bring over a group of marine creatures, including a humpback whale, a sea turtle, a dolphin, and so on.
They all had some trouble, more or less. Some were entangled in fishing nets, some had their mouths hooked by iron wires, and some were covered in barnacles.
Xue Yu opened her folding military knife in the water and helped these animals clean up their troubles one by one.
When the whales left, they let out a whistle at Xue Yu, as if they were conveying some kind of message to her.
Xue Yu didn’t understand. Blueberry told her: Little sixty-three said that you helped them, so in the future, if we have difficulties, they will also come and help us.
Xue Yu: Who is little sixty-three?
Blueberry’s two round eyes spun, and it proudly swam a circle around Xue Yu: Little sixty-three is my sixty-third boyfriend.
Xue Yu patted its head: Player.
She asked Blueberry again, How can you understand the language of whales?
Blueberry: My one hundred and eighty-second boyfriend is a humpback whale. I learned it from him!
Xue Yu sighed: Big player.
Blueberry saw a megalodon swimming in the distance and immediately flew over, also telling Xue Yu: This is my eight hundred and eighty-eighth boyfriend!
Xue Yu was dumbfounded: King of the sea.
On the fifth day after leaving the [Shanhai Safe Zone], they returned to the official route back to the White Tower.
Only then did Xue Yu turn on the five robot dogs and have them play cards with her on the deck.
Meng Wu rarely spoke to Xue Yu. He was always reading that Parenting Handbook for New Parents, flipping through it over and over, almost to the point of tearing it.
After sailing for another seven days, Xue Yu finally returned to the moat of the White Tower. She sailed the ship into the berth, dropped anchor, and then came out to confirm with the pilot.
Naturally, she was criticized. The water transport center had planned for her to make a round trip in twenty days.
But she had been out for a month and a half.
Xue Yu kept apologizing, “I ran into a typhoon, got lost, and ran into pirates. I was walking on thin ice all the way. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to come back.”
The pilot settled her salary. “Alright, I know, Sister Thin Ice. Go back and rest. In a few days, you’ll have to be assigned a new mission.”
“Okay, thank you!”
Xue Yu did not stop. That day, she escorted Meng Wu back to the Manster Building to find Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou.
As for Meng Wu’s pregnancy, Xue Yu had only called Zhou Siyan at the beginning. She had not told Zhou Siyan about the check-up she had done at the South Continent hospital, let alone Feng Qizhou.
And Zhou Siyan was a very tight-lipped person. Before this matter was confirmed, he had not mentioned it to Feng Qizhou.
Knowing that Xue Yu was arriving tonight, Feng Qizhou brought Xiaobei and Xiaonan to Zhou Siyan’s apartment and helped to take care of Xue Xiaohai, so that Zhou Siyan could have some time to make a welcome-back dinner for Xue Yu.
It had been more than a month, and Xue Xiaohai could actually walk. Her speech was also gradually becoming clearer. She could even call Feng Qizhou “Uncle Qizhou.”
Xue Yu locked Meng Wu outside the door and went in first.
As soon as she entered, Xue Xiaohai ran over with steady steps. “Mommy!”
Xue Yu picked her up and spun her around. “Mommy’s good baby. You can walk. Xue Lanshan is so amazing.”
“So amazing!” Xue Xiaohai mimicked Xue Yu’s words. She was no longer just learning one word at a time, but was starting to learn short sentences.
“Mommy, Mommy…” Xiaobei and Xiaonan were also crawling towards Xue Yu.
Xue Yu held Xue Xiaohai and went over, sitting on the foam mat and hugging the three children. “You are all Mommy’s good babies. So cute.”
Feng Qizhou touched her face. “You’ve been through a lot. It must have been very hard.”
“Of course it was hard. I traveled day and night, in the wind and rain,” Xue Yu did not hide her hardship at all and showed Feng Qizhou her chapped hands.
Feng Qizhou held her hand and kissed her palm. “It’s really been hard. I’ll give you a good supplement later.”
He held Xue Yu’s hand and pressed it against his chest, the hint very obvious.
Xue Yu pretended to be embarrassed. “What are you doing? The children are still here.”
After all, it was very likely that she had gotten Meng Wu pregnant, and Meng Wu had obvious morning sickness these past few days. Seeing Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou, who had been waiting at home, Xue Yu’s heart pounded with guilt.
She took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help, wiping Zhou Siyan’s sweat. “Xiaohai’s daddy, you’ve worked hard!”
She then poured a glass of water for Feng Qizhou. “Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s daddy, you’ve worked hard too.”
Feng Qizhou was sharp-witted and saw through her thoughts at a glance. He drank the water and stared at her. “You’re the one who’s worked hard. Tell me, what exactly happened?”
Xue Yu held the three children and squeezed out two tears pitifully, one hand beating her chest and the other rubbing her eyes. “I regret it so much. I really regret it so much. I shouldn’t have gone out that day. If I hadn’t gone out, I wouldn’t have met Lu Sen and the others. If I hadn’t met Lu Sen, I wouldn’t have gone to the restaurant with them.”
She cried her eyes out and complained, “If I hadn’t gone to the restaurant with them, I wouldn’t have drunk that drink. If I hadn’t drunk that drink, I wouldn’t have gone back to the office with Meng Wu to sleep. If I hadn’t slept, I wouldn’t have woken up without any clothes on…”
Feng Qizhou’s beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed, a dangerous aura emanating from them. “Speak human.”
Xue Yu held Feng Qizhou’s hand. “Qizhou.”
She then held Zhou Siyan’s hand. “Siyan.”
“Meng Wu seems to be pregnant with my child. There was an accident in his office that day, and then this happened.”
“I took him to the hospital in the South Continent for a check-up. The black-market doctors there all said he was pregnant.”
Zhou Siyan was silent on the side.
Feng Qizhou’s temples throbbed. “Did you sleep with him or not? You don’t even know yourself?”
Xue Yu sobbed. “I don’t know, that’s why I’m so anxious. Qizhou, can you please give him a good check-up and clear my name?”
Feng Qizhou pulled away her hand that was rubbing her eyes. “Stop wailing. I haven’t seen you squeeze out a single tear.”
“Where’s Meng Wu?” Feng Qizhou asked again.
“He’s right outside the door.”
Feng Qizhou pulled her up, his aura fierce. “Let’s go. We’ll do a check-up now. If he dares to lie to you, I’ll break his legs!”
Xue Yu asked in a low voice, “What if he’s not lying and is really pregnant?”
Feng Qizhou gritted his teeth. “Then I’ll break his hands too. A slut seducing an honest person, the crime is even greater!”
The two of them opened a crack in the door and squeezed out. Feng Qizhou snorted coldly at Meng Wu. “You and Zhou Siyan are really like brothers. I’m so impressed.”
Meng Wu was silent. He also needed an answer.
He had gone over the matter from beginning to end these past few days and felt that it was impossible for him to be pregnant. He and Xue Yu had not had any relations at all.
When Feng Qizhou took Meng Wu into the examination room, Xue Yu was on the lookout outside.
A soldier came to find Xue Yu and handed her an envelope, panting. “I came to find you as soon as I heard you were back. By the way, Major Meng asked me to give this to you.”
“Give it to me? When?” Xue Yu took the envelope. It was heavy.
“Last month. I forgot the specific date. The date is on it. You can see for yourself. Anyway, he gave me this last month and asked me to pass it on to you, and then he left,” the soldier said hurriedly and then left.
Xue Yu opened the envelope. The date was indeed last month. It was actually a farewell letter.
A few short words: Xue Yu, I’m very happy to have met you. I’ve thought about it for a long time. I still have some things that I don’t know who to leave to, so I’ll just give them to you.
In the letter were a bank card account password, a safe key, and a notarized will.
Xue Yu looked at it again and again and finally understood. Meng Wu was going to commit suicide and planned to leave all his inheritance to her.
Maybe he had gone all the way to the South Continent to find a place to commit suicide, and then he had been arrested by her as a spy.
Xue Yu hurriedly called Zhou Siyan over and said to him, “Zhou Siyan, let’s give Meng Wu some hope.”
Zhou Siyan’s expression was grave.
Just then, Feng Qizhou came out of the examination room, his expression much more relaxed. “He’s not pregnant. It’s just a severe phantom pregnancy, so severe that the blood test was also in chaos. The black-market doctors in the South Continent are not skilled enough and misdiagnosed.”
“Don’t let it happen again,” he tapped Xue Yu on the forehead.
Zhou Siyan looked at Xue Yu. “You’ve decided to save him, haven’t you?”
Xue Yu nodded firmly. “Yes. Let’s give him some hope first and let him live.”
After hearing Xue Yu explain the whole story, Feng Qizhou sighed helplessly. “Whatever you want. Anyway, I haven’t told him the report yet.”
The three of them returned to the examination room together. Meng Wu was looking at a doctor’s manual.
Feng Qizhou said, “Meng Wu, you’re pregnant.”
Meng Wu frowned in surprise. “Are you mistaken? I haven’t had any relations with Xue Yu.”
Feng Qizhou said seriously, “Xue Yu has evolved to the point where she can get anyone pregnant just by staring at them.”
Xue Yu echoed, “Yes, that’s right!”
Zhou Siyan also nodded.
Meng Wu felt that these three people were very strange. He put down the manual and was about to leave. “Are you sick?”