Granny Zhang was happily chatting with Xinyan when she heard some noise outside.

She glanced toward the door and happened to see her son supporting her daughter-in-law as they came in. "Shanzi, Gu Qing, you’re back."

She couldn’t be bothered to keep talking with Xinyan, but she didn’t hang up the phone either. She hurried up to them. "Slow down, slow down, sit down first."

Shen Guqing looked at her mother-in-law like this. "Mom, you don’t need to be so nervous."

Granny Zhang was just about to say something when she remembered she hadn’t hung up the phone yet. She pointed at the phone. "It’s that girl Xinyan’s call."

After she spoke, she picked it up again. "Yanyan, your senior sister is back. I’ll let her talk to you."

Shen Guqing took the phone. "Yanyan, your senior sister has good news to tell you."

When Xinyan heard that, she started laughing too. "I also have good news to tell you."

As soon as Shen Guqing heard that, she blurted out, "Don’t tell me you’re pregnant too?"

And at the same time Xinyan on the other end said, "It’s just what you’re thinking."

Shen Guqing on this end let out a direct scream. "Ah, that’s wonderful, we’re actually pregnant at the same time."

Xinyan on the other end was smiling so hard her eyes bent. "Well, is it a surprise?"

Shen Guqing nodded like a pecking chick. "Mm, mm, mm. Oh right, have you told Master and Mistress yet?"

Xinyan took the water that He Jinxuan handed over, had a sip, then continued, "I just found out. I haven’t told Master and Mistress yet."

Of course they both knew you’re not supposed to spread the news in the first three months, but Master and Mistress didn’t count as outsiders, and they’d been looking forward to this for a long time, so this definitely couldn’t be kept from them.

The two muttered back and forth for a while, telling each other their situations before finally hanging up.

But she didn’t call Master and Mistress right away. She knew her senior sister would definitely call Mistress next, so she dialed the number for the Gu Family.

It was just destined to be a special day today. When she called, it rang for a long time and no one answered.

Xinyan was just starting to wonder what was going on.

At the very last moment, someone picked up. "Hello, this is the Gu Family residence, who are you calling for?"

Hearing Aunt Li’s voice, Xinyan said, "Aunt Li, why did it ring for so long and no one answered? Where is everyone?"

Aunt Li heard Xinyan’s question. "They went to the hospital."

Xinyan got anxious as soon as she heard that. "What happened, who’s sick?"

Aunt Li then realized. "No, no, no one is sick. Your aunt just smelled the chicken soup and threw up, and everyone guessed she might be pregnant, so they all went to the hospital together."

Only then did Xinyan let out a sigh of relief and quickly ask, "Did my parents and little brother go too?"

Aunt Li glanced toward the door. "Today a supervisor from your mom’s company is getting married, and it just so happens he knows your dad, so they took Junjun to the wedding banquet."

Thinking about the banquet being held in the evening, Xinyan couldn’t help asking, "Is this a second marriage?"

Aunt Li laughed. "Mm, they’re both on their second marriage."

Xinyan didn’t mention that she was pregnant. She figured she’d call back later instead. "Aunt Li, I’ll call again in a while. You go ahead with your work."

He Jinxuan saw her hang up the phone. "Your parents aren’t home?"

Xinyan picked up the cup she’d set down earlier and took another sip of water to press down the nausea in her chest. "My parents took my little brother to a wedding banquet, and Grandpa and the others took my aunt to the hospital."

He Jinxuan was a bit puzzled. "What’s wrong with Aunt?" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Thinking that her aunt might also be pregnant like her, Xinyan couldn’t help the twitch at the corner of her mouth at the thought that her child might end up with an uncle the same age, with a birthday only a few days apart. "Aunt might be pregnant too."