Dragon Palace Home #10.
For the remainder of the day, Long Jinjing was distracted. There were many times that she failed to respond when Robin tried to speak to her. Once they arrived at the mansion, she immediately headed to the bedroom she shared with Lu Zihao. He hadn’t arrived yet.
She triple-checked that she was alone in the room. Ignoring the small suitcase that she packed earlier in her condo, she fished out the medicine bottle from her handbag. Her hand trembled before tossing the small bottle back into her bag as if it burned her.
Next, she dumped all the items she purchased from the convenience store. She didn’t care about the magazines and all the junk food. When she saw the three packages, she immediately separated them from the rest of the items.
Then she checked her phone. It was now late in the afternoon, just before dusk. She still had some time before dinner. However, she wasn’t sure what time Lu Zihao would be coming home. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]
"Bacon?"
Her phone screen flickered and an image of a bored-looking black cat appeared. Bacon was grooming himself, looking like an idle little cat prince.
"Bacon is here, Aunt Jinjing."
"Do you know what time your Uncle Zihao will be arriving home?"
"Uncle Zihao is already on his way home and will be arriving in approximately thirty-two minutes. Does Aunt Jinjing want to talk to him again?"
"No! I mean, I can wait until he comes home. No need to keep on disturbing him."
"Understood, Aunt Jinjing." Bacon continued grooming himself.
Long Jinjing’s mind was already racing with so many thoughts about her current situation.
"Aunt Jinjing," her AI nephew called.
"H-huh?" She was still distracted so her response was a little delayed.
"Does Aunt Jinjing suspect that you are pregnant like Mother?"
She paled and was unable to respond in time.
Bacon tilted his fluffy little head to the side and stared at his dumbfounded aunt with his golden eyes. "Aunt Jinjing bought three pregnancy test kits at the convenience store. Mother has a lot of them stored that she was unable to use up when she became pregnant. You could have just asked Mother for some. Isn’t Mother your sister? I’m sure that Mother will give you as much pregnancy test kits as you want."
Long Jinjing clutched her tightening chest. She could feel the thundering of her heart inside. "Y-you know that I bought the...test kits?"
"Of course. Didn’t Bacon already tell Aunt Jinjing before that I am keeping an eye on you?"
"Then do others also k-know about what I...bought?"
"No. Only Bacon knows. For now."
Relief filled Long Jinjing before she gripped her phone and pleaded, "Bacon, please don’t tell anyone else. Especially not your Uncle Zihao! Okay, Bacon? Can you keep this a secret for Aunt Jinjing for now?"
Bacon tilted his head to the other side and blinked his golden eyes, contemplating about it. "Why won’t Aunt Jinjing tell Uncle Zihao? Isn’t he the father?"
"Y-yes, of course! But we still don’t know that I’m pregnant, right? What if I’m not? Then I’d have bothered your Uncle Zihao for nothing. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Besides...your uncle...he’s not even sure yet whether he wants to be with me or not. I’m sure that he’ll be, uhm, very upset if I become pregnant now. Our relationship right now...it’s, uh, complicated."
"Uncle Zihao is indeed a scumbag. Bacon is still young so I don’t yet fully understand all this complicatedness." Then the black cat AI concluded, "Being human is such a hassle. It’s so much easier being a cat."
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