When Zhou Shuo returned to the living room with a cup of tea, he saw Xia Liang lying on the sofa while staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Had it not been for the starlight dotted in Xia Liang's eyes in the dim night, he would think that Xia Liang had fallen asleep.
Xia Liang, who was blank and silent, made him feel a little strange. Zhou Shou lightly walked to Xia Liang's side, placed the tea on the coffee table, then half-kneeled.
He approached Xia Liang's ear and whispered, "Brother Liang, do you want some water?"
After a while, Xia Liang suddenly returned to his senses, rolled his eyes, looked sideways at Zhou Shuo, and looked at him vaguely.
Zhou Shou asked again, "Brother Liang, do you want some water?"
Xia Liang still didn't answer him.
Xia Liang sat up slowly on the sofa, looked down and thought for a long time, then suddenly said, "Is there any way to remove the fetus without knowing it?"
"What?" Zhou Shuo didn't understand him.
"I mean," Xia Liang patiently organized a sentence, "If I'm really having a baby, is there any way... can I remove the baby without disturbing anyone?"
Zhou Shuo struggled to understand for a while before he finally realized what Xia Liang was talking about. He moved his gaze down on Xia Liang's lower abdomen and said in surprise, "Brother Liang, you... are you pregnant?"
"What are you looking at?"
Xia Liang suddenly became angry and suddenly raised his hand to smack Zhou Shuo's head, as if looking at his stomach was a great shame to him.
He wanted to cover it immediately.
"I mean, if, suppose, in case, don't you understand?"
Zhou Shuo did not argue with him about this issue. He knew that with Xia Liang's extremely pragmatic style, he would never waste his words on some vague assumptions.
Thinking back to Xia Liang's endless vomiting... Zhou Shuo became more confident in his heart that Xia Liang might really be pregnant.
At this moment, a hint of inexplicable joy sprang up from the bottom of his heart, like a soft little hand gently scratching the tip of his heart. But he was afraid to let Xia Liang see it.
He had never thought that one day he and Xia Liang would have a child together. In his mind, this is completely a fantasy.
Today, this little life suddenly broke into his and Xia Liang's lives without warning. Since Zhou Shou was a child, he had no father or mother. There is no one around him who can be called a "relative".
Even though he was later adopted by the Xia family and even though Xia Liang repeatedly emphasized treating him as a younger brother, Zhou Shuo still really didn't know the feelings of having relatives.
When he knew that Xia Liang might be pregnant with his child, he suddenly realized the feeling of kinship.
He couldn't bear it anymore and lifted the back of his hand and wiped the tear on the corner of his eye.
Xia Liang looked at him with a strange expression.
"Why are you crying?"
"No, I'm not crying," Zhou Shuo lied, a little embarrassed, "It's just... my eyes suddenly feel a little uncomfortable."
Xia Liang didn't care and continued the topic just now.
"Of course, Du Lanze's words can't be trusted. I have to confirm whether I am really pregnant before thinking about the next countermeasures."
Zhou Shuo calmed down his excitement, raised his eyes, and looked at Xia Liang's calm and almost cold face.
The happiness in Zhou Shou's heart gradually faded.
He suddenly realized that the little life that was a surprise to him was a burden to Xia Liang who could not wait to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Zhou Shou's afraid that except for him, no one will welcome its arrival.
He pursed his lips and did not speak but he lowered his eyes and looked sadly at Xia Liang's lower abdomen, reluctantly looking at the little life who was about to be forcibly sent away not long after he arrived.
Xia Liang saw that Zhou Shuo, a boring gourd, did not intend to participate in the discussion at all. He did not expect Zhou Shou to be of any help at a critical moment so he simply took out his mobile phone and went to search on the Internet.
"Tomorrow, go and buy me some pregnancy test kits." He ordered Zhou Shuo and then murmured to himself, "But I don't know if the test kits are effective for people with ABO physiques. . .or you can go to the hospital to get anti-fetal injections. If the doctor won't give it to you, we can ask Song Yan for help. He should have connections in the local area."
He asked Zhou Shuo to do these things because the last time he went out alone to buy contraceptives was not a pleasant memory. He didn't want to experience it again.
Zhou Shuo slowly retracted his gaze which is fixed on Xia Liang's lower abdomen, raised his eyes, and looked at him.
Xia Liang thought he didn't understand so he repeated, "You should buy good-quality pregnancy test kits."
After thinking about it, Xia Liang added, "If someone is too gossipy and asks whom you bought it for, just say it is for your girlfriend."