"If I were pregnant, would you take responsibility?"
Yao Mingyue bit her lip, as she spoke, she also stretched out her hand to gently rub her belly.
Her eyes, bathed in a tender maternal glow, seemed as if there really was a cute little life forming inside her womb.
However, Xu Musen, watching her expression, slightly raised his eyebrows.
Her reaction would be right for a normal girl, but Yao Mingyue… her personal reaction was somewhat off.
She shouldn't be so fond of children, though he didn't know why,
but if she really was pregnant, her most instinctual reaction should be a bit conflicted.
Xu Musen looked into her eyes, then, after a moment, he asked in return, "If there really were a child, would you want it now?"
Yao Mingyue was slightly surprised, she touched her belly again, "If you want it…"
"What if I don't take responsibility? Would you not want the child then? Is this child important to you because you like children or for some other reason?"
Xu Musen directly interrupted her, his gaze still locked onto her eyes.
Just like in their past life, Yao Mingyue always hesitated to have children, always finding various excuses, and Xu Musen couldn't be sure what she really thought.
Yao Mingyue's eyes flickered.
The truth was, Xu Musen had made it clear whether the child was a product of love or a bargaining chip in negotiations.
Yao Mingyue looked at Xu Musen, her phoenix eyes shimmering with a clear and profound luster.
His words were rather hurtful, but Yao Mingyue slowly curved her lips into a smile.
"Honestly, if it were before, I wouldn't have had much affection for children, but because I understand you, if I had this child, you would be with me for the child's sake, I haven't ruled out this 'cooked rice' method."
For a beautiful girl like Yao Mingyue to suggest downright forcing him into a shotgun type of situation,
any ordinary young guy would probably be ecstatic enough to pass out in the bathroom.
But Xu Musen didn't speak, and Yao Mingyue laughed softly, still touching her belly, "Now, I might not particularly be fond of children, but I am clear that I like you, so I will learn to like everything we have. If there really is a baby, I will grow fond of it too... Perhaps, the day it truly exists, I'll naturally come to love it. After all, it will be our most precious creation."
Yao Mingyue's voice was gentle, touching her belly as if it really contained a little life being nurtured.
It could reconnect the distance between the two of them.
Xu Musen took in every expression on her face.
Yao Mingyue… was really a bit different.
"So, will you take responsibility for me?"
Yao Mingyue repeated the question.
Xu Musen looked at her, and after a long while, finally spoke, "Take responsibility for what? The air?"
Xu Musen laughed helplessly, "Don't joke about that matter lightly in the future, if the family hears about it, it'd be troublesome."
Yao Mingyue's eyes twinkled, watching Xu Musen's calm expression, she was somewhat unclear which of her words had given her away.
"How can you be so sure we didn't do anything last night?"
"Because I understand you, even more than you know yourself."
Xu Musen's response came without hesitation.
As a couple from a past life, their understanding of each other was even deeper and clearer than the understanding of themselves.
Yao Mingyue faced him, and although she didn't get the answer she wanted, she might have read the answer she sought in the tenderness of Xu Musen's eyes now.
Actually, this guy, was also a bit different.
The bone-chilling cold of yesterday became the opportunity for the two of them to thaw the ice between them.
Both of them couldn't help but smile faintly as they looked at each other.
"Alright, I didn't fool you, in fact, last night, we didn't go that far."
Yao Mingyue sighed, yet spoke with a laugh as she laid another trap.
"What do you mean we didn't go that far?"
Xu Musen was about to correct her grammatical mistake, but Yao Mingyue spoke calmly.
"You removed my clothes while I was unconscious."
Xu Musen was momentarily at a loss for words, "That was a special situation, I was concerned for your health…"
"I've been seen by you completely."
"…I was focused on saving you."
"A girl, completely seen by a guy, do you think I can still get married?"
Xu Musen was speechless, thinking that in the society of old, if a girl from a big family had been seen by a man before marriage, she'd probably be drowned in a pig cage.
Moreover, as Yao Mingyue brought it up, Xu Musen couldn't help but recall some images of towering mountains, hidden paths, and falling snow in the forest.
"But forget it, I've seen enough in return, so it's not a loss. We're even now."
Yao Mingyue looked at his slightly blushing cheeks, her words light and airy, yet her own cheeks couldn't help but flush with color.
In her mind too, scenes of towering rocks, soaring eagles, and skies darkened by their wings arose…
Xu Musen also felt a bit awkward. Despite the fact that they were now not only childhood sweethearts but also treated each other like brother and sister, such an incident had occurred between them.
Though it was an emergency situation, it was still inevitably a little strange.
And speaking of being even, in today's society, the virginity of a girl might be highly valued, but that of a boy might not even be worth a duck leg meal.