Chapter 48
Chapter 48
“Mu Shuyu is pregnant?” Xiao Jingting was very surprised.
Xu Muan nodded and said, “Yes, the doctor said that he is three-months pregnant and was too tired so he fainted.”
When Xiao Jingting heard the news, he felt somewhat bad. Mu Shuyu had been working hard for Xiao Jinfeng before and when Xiao Jinfeng got better, he had been helping in farming. He was busy every day and stopped only when his spiritual energy was drained. He seemed to have abused a pregnant person.
Xiao Jingting pulled the confused Xiao Jinfeng to the side and asked in a low voice, “Second brother, did you sleep with Mu Shuyu?”
Xiao Jinfeng laughed awkwardly before saying, “I guess so.”
“What do you mean by ‘I guess so’!” Xiao Jingting was puzzled.
“About three months ago, the mercenary team did a lot of work and at that time everyone drank too much. You know, liquor is really my thing, so after a few drinks I got carried away. At that time, there were always people persuading others to drink, so everyone was competing. Although I can drink a lot, in the end I also become drunk.”
“I don’t know if someone did it on purpose, but a lot of the wine I was served had aphrodisiac in it. I was already half drunk then so I didn’t notice anything wrong.”
“The wine was strong, so afterwards, in the middle of the night I became hot, aching, and I might have held Mu Shuyu in my arms. The next day when I woke up, no one was around me and Mu Shuyu looked as usual. I tried to sound him out about what happened the previous night but Mu Shuyu acted like normal, so I just thought I drunk too much and maybe had a lustful dream about having sex with him…”
Mu Shuyu became pregnant at that time.
Xiao Jinfeng lowered his head and some evil thoughts flashed in the depths of his eyes. The last bit of affection left in his heart for the mercenary team was burned away.
He always neglected this matter, feeling that he had drunk too much and the aphrodisiac wine served by his teammates was by mistake. But now when Xiao Jinfeng looked back, he felt that someone in the mercenary team was trying to set him up and make a fool of him. If he had found someone to hug at random, and if this matter came out…
Xiao Jingting, “…” Xiao Jinfeng was really a blockhead! He couldn’t even remember if he held Mu Shuyu or not.
Xiao Jinfeng frowned. The old captain of the mercenary team was good to him, but the new captain was not. He had received a lot of favors from the old captain and the new captain was the nephew of the old captain so he had been courteous.
When he was in the mercenary team, he always contributed a lot, but the new captain only thought of him as a young master of the Xiao family who had no shortage of resources and only came out to do tasks for the sake of experience and training. The things distributed to him would always be less than others and at first, several members of the team felt that he had been wronged but later all of them took it for granted. Him repeatedly giving in did not make people grateful!
“Second brother, Mu Shuyu’s condition doesn’t seem to be too good. Please go in and have a look,” Xiao Jingting said.
Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Good.”
Mu Shuyu who just woke up, felt a bit uncomfortable seeing Xiao Jinfeng.
Xiao Jinfeng himself was also a little embarrassed, “I drank too much that day, was it with you?”
Mu Shuyu was silent for a moment but still nodded.
“Why didn’t you say something? I would definitely take responsibility for it.” Xiao Jinfeng said.
“At that time, you were the young master of the Xiao family! Besides, you had been engaged.” Mu Shuyu said.
Xiao Jinfeng’s marriage was not his business alone. It concerned two big families, the Xiao family and the Sun family. At the same time, Xiao Jinfeng’s marrying Sun Miaoyin would also solidify the position of Xiao Jinfeng’s parents. If Xiao Jinfeng made trouble before his marriage, his reputation would be greatly affected.
Ever since Xiao Jinfeng saved Mu Shuyu, Mu Shuyu had been very fond of him. After the two of them spent the night together, Mu Shuyu actually wanted to confess to Xiao Jinfeng.
Before confessing, Mu Shuyu saw Sun Miaoyin in Desert city. The gentle, noble, and beautiful Sun Miaoyin gave Mu Shuyu a big blow. After meeting her, Mu Shuyu felt that it was better for Xiao Jinfeng to marry Sun Miaoyin, so he swallowed his confession of love.
“You… have always been so considerate to me. No one has ever been so kind to me as you,” Xiao Jinfeng said. When he was abandoned by all those people, only Mu Shuyu still stayed with him.
Mu Shuyu blushed slightly as he said, “You saved me! It’s only right that I would look after you.”
“I’ve saved a lot of people, but not a lot of people have been gracious enough to return the favor.” When he was in the mercenary team, he helped many people.
Mu Shuyu pursed his lips and said softly after a long time, “I like you.”
Mu Shuyu was so soft that if it wasn’t for Xiao Jinfeng’s hearing, he would not be able to hear it. “I like you too.” Xiao Jinfeng grabbed Mu Shuyu’s hand.
Mu Shuyu raised the corners of his mouth. When he first came to Mound Village, he saw the scene of Xiao Jingting and Xu Muan getting along with each other. Although he didn’t expect too much, he really envied them.
Xiao Jingting watched Xiao Jinfeng walk out of the room and asked, “You talked with him?”
Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Yes, the child is mine.”
Xiao Jingting looked at Xiao Jinfeng and said, “In this case, second brother you should marry him quickly. It’s not good for Mu Shuyu’s reputation to have a child out of wedlock. Mu Shuyu is much better than that wicked girl from the Sun family.” This world was very conservative, if his belly got bigger, Mu Shuyu would be an easy target of gossip.
Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “I think so too.”
“In our present situation, I’m afraid we can’t make a big deal out of it,” Xiao Jingting said.
“Shuyu also said that the most important thing for us now is to keep a low profile. Eldest aunt and the Sun family should still be watching us, so we should just do it simply.” Xiao Jinfeng was a bit regretful.
“I’m afraid we’ll have to wrong him a little bit for this marriage. Second brother, you should treat him better in the future,” Xiao Jingting said.
Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “You didn’t have to say this, I know.”
“Did second brother make it clear with Mu Shuyu?” Xu Muan asked.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “To be honest, second brother was too muddleheaded, he wasn’t even sure if he had sex with Mu Shuyu. If it wasn’t for the fact that Mu Shuyu had a child, he would probably still know nothing about it. Now our family will have a wedding soon.”
Xu Muan nodded and said, “This is a good thing!”
In fact, Xu Muan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Because Mu Shuyu was also a Spiritual Plant Master, many people who liked to gossip said that Mu Shuyu and Xiao Jingting were a good match, and although Xu Muan knew that there was nothing between Mu Shuyu and Xiao Jingting, his heart always felt uneasy.
“It won’t be a big deal this time, but we’re going to send a more expensive congratulatory gift.” Xiao Jingting said.
Xu Muan thought about it and said, “You said before that the Green Cloud Grass in your space is about to mature.”
After the two of them talked about it for a period of time, Xiao Jingting told Xu Muan about space in jade pendant as well.
Xu Muan tried to use the jade pendant and found that he couldn’t open the jade pendant space like Xiao Jingting could, but if Xiao Jingting didn’t tell him, he wouldn’t notice anything wrong with this jade pendant.
Xiao Jingting planted Green Cloud Grass in the space before. After some period of time, Green Cloud Grass turned into three plants, one of which was about to mature.
“Perhaps, you can take that seed and give it to Mu Shuyu.” The seeds of the Green Cloud Grass could be used by a cultivator to stimulate advancing to the next level. Xu Muan was actually not willing to give it up, however he thought that Mu Shuyu could help Xiao Jingting even more if he advanced. If Xiao Jingting wouldn’t need to be busy all day long, Xu Muan was willing to part with it.
“You were in too much of a hurry, otherwise this seed would have been for you,” Xiao Jingting said.
Xu Muan shook his head and said, “It’s all right. I’ve been promoted anyway.” If he hadn’t taken Lieyan Herb and got carried away by it, he and Xiao Jingting wouldn’t be so open and honest with each other so quickly.
“Well, giving the seed is good.” Xiao Jingting said. He had already advanced to level 4 and the seed of Green Cloud Grass had no use to him for the time being. When the aura in his body reached the peak of the fourth level, he would need a seed of Green Cloud Grass to advance, but then there would already be another mature seed in his space.
The rise of Mu Shuyu’s strength would also be beneficial to them.
“By the way, the spiritual jades I put in my space are missing,” Xiao Jingting said.
“They are gone?” Xu Muan was puzzled.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “It’s gone, I didn’t care about it before. But after they disappeared, the Green Cloud Grass growing beside Spiritual Spring seemed to grow a lot faster. Perhaps the Spirit Jades can enhance the jade space. I could see that the jade space seemed to have grown a bit larger.”
Xu Muan hesitated for a while before saying, “If that’s the case, then we must work hard to buy more Spiritual Jades.”
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “Yes! It’ll still be a bit slow if we only rely on planting spiritual plants!”
Xu Muan thought for a while and said, “Perhaps, we can try to focus on cultivating some fifth-grade, or even sixth-grade spiritual plants in the space, and then sell them in a big city.” It was too easy to attract unwanted attention in a small town by selling high-grade spiritual plants, but not in a bustling city.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “We can give it a try. I’ll go get some spiritual plant seeds to plant.”
In order to prepare for the marriage of Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu, building additional rooms could no longer be delayed.
With money to work with, Xu Muan hired a construction team and quickly built three more rooms as well as an additional thatched cottage as per Xiao Jingting’s request.
After the three rooms were built, the house became much more spacious.
After the rooms were built, Xiao Xiaodong and Xiao Xiaofan moved into their new rooms. This wild world was different from the one in modern times, so as soon as the rooms were built, you were able to move in.
At Xiao Xiaodong’s request, Xiao Jingting bought another bed for Xiao Xiaodong.
According to Xiao Xiaodong, Xiao Xiaofan liked to turn around when he slept. He turned in 360 degree circles, grinded his teeth, liked to put his stinky feet in his mouth and he also liked to hide snacks under his pillow. So, he was really fed up with the smell of food under his pillow.
Xiao Xiaodong rarely made a request to Xiao Jingting, so naturally Xiao Jingting would not refuse it.
Xiao Xiaofan was lying on Xiao Xiaodong’s new bed and rolled around. “Brother, why did you ask dad for another bed! In fact, it’s fine if you sleep with me. I don’t dislike you.”
Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan rolling about on his new bed and said angrily, “You don’t dislike me, but I dislike you.”
Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong dejectedly and said, “Brother, what do you dislike about me!? I have warmed your blankets, so you will be warm as soon as you go to sleep.”
Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan and said angrily, “You! Smell like food.”
Xiao Xiaofan sniffed with his nose and said somewhat aggrievedly, “No, I don’t.”
“This is the bed Dad bought for me, get down.” Xiao Xiaodong said. In Xiao Xiaodong’s opinion, this bed was the first formal gift Xiao Jingting ever gave to him. Xiao Xiaodong might not show it on his face, but he was very fond of this bed in his heart.