Chiang Xiao was at a loss for words.
"It doesn't seem like food poisoning. If it were food poisoning, there would have been actual vomiting; she was only dry heaving."
What did that mean?
Chiang Xiao realized she had been mistaken to expect Meng Xinian, a single young man from the early '80s, to know about these things.
Even she hadn't thought of it when she first saw Duan Qingqing having that reaction last night; it was only this morning on seeing it again that she realized what might be the issue.
She leaned in close to his ear and whispered softly, "It looks like Duan Qingqing might be pregnant."
Meng Xinian's body stiffened slightly, and he instinctively tightened his arms around her.
Chiang Xiao promptly felt he was trying to squeeze her into his chest, and she couldn't help but pinch his arm.
It was then that Meng Xinian realized it, loosening his embrace and lowering his head to ask, "Are you sure?"