Chapter 16 You know about flash marriages, but do you know about flash pregnancies?

The next second, Li Zhenguan also realized there was a problem with his statement and added without changing his expression: “There’s also Cousin Wan, right?”

“Cousin also drank several glasses of wine at the table just now, she might need a bowl of sobering tea too.”

Zhang Shu didn’t notice anything wrong with Li Zhenguan’s previous words. He looked around the living room as usual: “Young Master Xishan should have gone out, he might be in the back garden now. I saw him making a phone call when I went out earlier. Miss Wan Yao went upstairs after finishing her meal, saying she had a bit of a headache.”

“I was just about to take a bowl of sobering tea up,” Zhang Shu said. The sobering tea had just been brewed.

“Then Zhang Shu, you go and take the sobering tea to cousin. I’ll take Wang Zhao back to the room to rest first,” Li Zhenguan said, “She drank quite a bit of alcohol and is feeling a bit unwell too.”

Zhang Shu nodded: “I’ve tidied up all the guest rooms upstairs, and the beddings have all been washed and dried.”

Li Zhenguan made a sound of acknowledgment and led Wang Zhao upstairs.

There were still quite a few people sitting in the living room, finally gathered together, chatting about everything under the sun. Wang Zhao glanced at the two children building blocks downstairs and asked casually: “Are you close with your cousins?”

Li Zhenguan couldn’t help but look at Wang Zhao, just in time to meet her gaze as she looked back. He slowly made a sound of agreement and smiled without changing his expression: “When I was young, my family was busy. Mother and Father were often not at home, and the servants couldn’t take proper care of me, so I spent most of my time living at my maternal grandmother’s place, interacting more with my cousins.”

“Is that so?” Wang Zhao said: “Then you siblings and cousins have a good relationship.”

The two went upstairs. The guest room Zhang Shu mentioned was right next to Li Zhenguan’s room, also specially tidied up.

Wang Zhao entered the room and looked around, discovering that this room also had an outer balcony. The floor-to-ceiling door was half-open, with the curtain floating in the air, blown by the wind.

The sunlight is nice, she thought.

“Alright, you go back to your room for a nap first,” Wang Zhao said to Li Zhenguan, pressing her temples. She had really drunk quite a bit today, and now she could smell the alcohol on herself. She felt a bit dizzy, clearly not very clear-headed.

Li Zhenguan actually didn’t want to leave. He wanted to say he could also take a nap in this room or let Wang Zhao nap in his room, but in the end, he didn’t say it because he knew Wang Zhao would definitely refuse.

Although this woman had agreed to marry him, she still acted distant from him. They had quite a bit of contact usually, but the two almost never had any physical contact.

Once, he just pulled her hand, and she brushed it off without a trace.

He could never understand Wang Zhao.

Thinking of this, he pursed his lips. He couldn’t help but glance at Wang Zhao again. She was sitting on a chair pressing her temples, her eyes lowered, revealing a familiar expression to him.

She seemed to be thinking about something. But Li Zhenguan knew that this person’s head must be fuzzy right now.

He didn’t immediately leave, but just stood there looking at Wang Zhao like this. After a while, the woman sitting in the chair seemed to notice that he hadn’t left yet, glanced at him with some surprise, her brows slightly furrowed, thinking he still had something to say.

“Zhenguan, is there anything else?” the woman smiled. Her lips curved up slightly, her tone calm, but Li Zhenguan somehow knew for sure that her attention was definitely not fully on him.

She should still have a bit of a cleanliness obsession right now. After entering the room, she didn’t sit on the tidied bed, but sat a few steps away on a chair in a corner, her arms resting on a small round table half supporting her head, turning to look at him.

So, Li Zhenguan slowly shook his head, smiling: “Then I’ll go rest next door first. If you need anything, you can come find me or go downstairs to find Zhang Shu.”

Wang Zhao made a noncommittal sound.

After the man closed the door and left, the room suddenly became quiet. Her gaze still rested on the closed white wooden door, vaguely feeling that the scene just now was somewhat familiar, as if it had happened not long ago.

It seemed like it had happened not long ago, except that the sky was a bit darker then, it seemed to be night, with a crescent-shaped lamp hanging from the ceiling, swaying as if you could see a few stars.

Wang Zhao didn’t lie down on the bed, but sat in this position on the chair for a long time, slowly falling into a light sleep. When she woke up again, it was because of a sound in the room.

She opened her eyes and realized it was a sparrow that had hit the transparent floor-to-ceiling door, falling onto the balcony, but after stumbling a few times, it flew away again.

After a short nap, her head wasn’t as dizzy anymore, so she took out her phone and looked at the time. It was already three forty-five in the afternoon. She had slept for about half an hour.

The floor-to-ceiling door was still half-open, but the room wasn’t as warm as before. Now that the sun had gone down, the temperature in the room had dropped. Wang Zhao just sat like this for a while and actually felt a chill.

Wanting to stand up and stretch, she found that her feet were a bit numb, and the arm that had been supporting her head was also a bit sore and weak. She slowly massaged it for a while before it eased.

She walked a few steps before walking out of the room.

The second floor was very quiet.

She went downstairs. The living room was empty, everyone had gone somewhere.

At this time, the phone in her pocket vibrated. Wang Zhao glanced at it. It was a call from her family. She hadn’t gone back at noon, and she had forgotten to tell her family before coming to the Li family for dinner. Wang Father was probably a bit worried about her.

She felt a bit thirsty and walked to the kitchen. There were still some cut vegetables soaking on the cleaning counter, but Zhang Shu and the chef were not here. She looked around for a while before finding the water dispenser.

While getting water, she dialed Wang Father’s number.

Wang Father answered quickly, asking why she didn’t come home for lunch, how Li Zhenguan’s pregnancy check-up went, saying that her aunt’s family had come over, and telling her to come back early in the evening.

Wang Zhao was stunned for a moment, trying to recall the original body’s aunt’s family, but found that her mind was still empty. She sighed, gave up struggling, and answered Wang Father’s questions, telling him that she was a guest at the Li family today and would definitely return home before dinner.

She had just hung up the phone when she heard footsteps. She turned her head to look, and her eyes flickered.

The person who came was Li Zhenguan’s cousin, Zhu Xishan.

Zhu Xishan was also a bit surprised to see Wang Zhao standing in the kitchen, but he quickly regained his composure and walked over.

Wang Zhao removed the cup that was already full of water, stepped aside, took a sip of water to moisten her mouth before saying: “Came down for water?”

“Mm.” Zhu Xishan made a sound of agreement, took the clean cup Wang Zhao handed over, then said softly, “Thank you.”

Wang Zhao only smiled slightly and didn’t say anything more. In this situation, she didn’t know what to say, and they weren’t familiar with each other either. Given her current identity, it was better not to get too close to this Li family cousin, as it could easily cause trouble.

However, the always quiet Zhu Xishan suddenly spoke up: “Is Miss Wang truly sincere towards Zhenguan?”

This question was a bit abrupt.

Wang Zhao was initially stunned for a moment, for a very short time. She put down her cup and casually thought that this question was not only abrupt but also somewhat questioning her character.

However—

She couldn’t help but rub the smooth rim of the cup, smiled and said: “Mr. Zhu, what do you mean by this?”

But Zhu Xishan was not affected by her outward appearance. His eyes looked at the woman in front of him, and a rare coldness appeared on his young face, making his whole demeanor more rigid.

For this world, a man being too rigid would instead be disliked.

Rigidity meant being difficult to control, not gentle.

He said: “Zhenguan has only known you for about four months, but you’re already over three months pregnant. Miss Wang’s behavior might not be as proper as her appearance suggests.”

Wang Zhao’s clear eyebrows darkened a bit, and the smile at the corners of her mouth also disappeared. She looked at Zhu Xishan without speaking.

Zhu Xishan drank the water in his cup in one gulp, ignoring Wang Zhao’s changing expression: “I don’t know why Zhenguan suddenly said he wanted to replace me for the blind date at that time, but now he has a child and really likes you. I just hope Miss Wang won’t be a heartless person.”

“Zhenguan is foolish, naive, and rich, but we cousins are sharp. If you wrong him in the future, we’ll each give you a punch and send you to the hospital for a trip.”

If Wang Zhao were someone who had transmigrated over, wouldn’t Zhu Xishan’s words leave her dumbfounded? But she wasn’t. Just from these few sentences, she had extracted several key pieces of information.

1. So far, Li Zhenguan and she had only known each other for about four months.

2. Li Zhenguan had replaced Zhu Xishan for the blind date with her. So the original blind date was supposed to be with Li Zhenguan’s cousin, Zhu Xishan. (However, from their current conversation, it could be inferred that the two probably hadn’t met before)

3. Li Zhenguan and she had only known each other for a month before getting pregnant.

In an instant, the information was simply explosive.