Pregnant After Healing the Alpha-Chapter 386 - 375 Discovering Qiao Jing is Pregnant

Chapter 386: Chapter 375: Discovering Qiao Jing is Pregnant Chapter 386 -375: Discovering Qiao Jing is Pregnant Lin Xiuxiang noticed Qiao Jing looking at her stomach, and she took the latter’s hand, resting it upon her belly, with a smile beginning to form on her lips.

“My body is the same as before, but…”

She paused, pinching her stomach flesh with Qiao Jing’s hand, her eyes shimmering with joy, yet her tone carried a hint of distress.

“Tang Yan keeps buying me all these tonics recently, and I’ve gained quite a few pounds.”

Qiao Jing saw the hidden joy on Lin Xiuxiang’s face and reached out to pinch her cheek.

“It’s good for pregnant women to eat more and supplement their nutrition for the health of both the mother and the child.”

If Tang Yan were not buying things for Xiangxiang to nourish her body, that would be the real cause for concern.

She would even visit to demand an explanation on behalf of Xiangxiang.

Lin Xiuxiang pouted softly, grumbling in a low voice.

“What’s good about it? I’m going to be as fat as a pig before the baby’s even born…”

Qiao Jing glanced at Lin Xiuxiang’s stomach, comforting her.

“Fat? You’re not fat at all.”

Lin Xiuxiang wrapped her arm around Qiao Jing’s waist and took her hand to put it around her own waist.

“Not fat? Look how thick mine is and how thin yours is! It’s just—”

Her words were cut short as she suddenly felt Qiao Jing’s waist seemed a bit thicker than before.

Disbelieving, she felt around Qiao Jing’s waist and eventually discovered it wasn’t the waist that had gotten thicker but the stomach that had gotten a bit plumper; her eyes widened.

“Qiao Qiao! You’ve gained weight too?!”

Qiao Jing opened her mouth slightly, her brows furrowed in thought for a couple of seconds before she decided to share the news with Lin Xiuxiang.

As she prepared to explain, Lin Xiuxiang started talking to herself.

“But that makes sense. I’ve heard Mrs. Su has been really good to you lately, sending over meals and fruits, it’d be hard not to gain weight.

This is perfect, Qiao Qiao and I can gain weight together, so I won’t be lonely on my path to chubbiness.”

Seeing that Lin Xiuxiang had shifted the subject, Qiao Jing didn’t continue and instead checked her pulse for a bit and confirmed the state of her health.

“You still need to nourish yourself more recently; other than that, there’s no issue.”

She herself had been drinking pregnancy milk formula and other nutritive supplements, as what she was carrying wasn’t just one baby, and she definitely needed to nourish more than other pregnant women.

With still more than ten minutes away from the mall, Qiao Jing suddenly felt sleepy.

She leaned against the soft back of the seat, her eyelids growing increasingly heavy.

She knew this sleepiness was brought on by pregnancy and couldn’t force herself to snap out of it immediately, so she decided to close her eyes for a short rest.

Lin Xiuxiang glanced at the navigation and saw there was still some distance to go.

“Qiao Qiao, we’re still a bit far from the mall.”

Her statement didn’t receive a response, and she turned her head in confusion to look at Qiao Jing.

“Qiao Qiao?”

When Lin Xiuxiang looked up, what she saw was Qiao Jing already resting against the back of the seat and dozing off, the steady sound of her breathing by her ear.

She immediately shut her mouth and cautiously withdrew her arms that were embracing the other person.

But now she found it even more peculiar. Qiao Qiao usually didn’t nap; even if she was exhausted from work, she’d hold out until her work was done.

To fall asleep now, just from leaning back in the car?

She scrutinized Qiao Jing’s face with confusion, muttering in her mind.

There’re no dark circles either; she doesn’t appear to have slept poorly last night, so why the sudden drowsiness?

Come to think of it, this did resemble her own symptoms of sleepiness after she got pregnant, able to sleep anywhere.

She remained silent until the car stopped in front of the mall’s main entrance, then she spoke up to call Qiao Jing.

“Qiao Qiao, we’re here.”

Qiao Jing slowly opened her heavy eyelids, her brows slightly furrowed.

“Alright, let’s get out.”

The first stop on Lin Xiuxiang’s planned trip was a milk tea shop, and she rushed excitedly to the counter.

“Hello, one kumquat lemon, no sugar.”

The clerk confirmed again.

“Without sugar, it will be quite sour.”

Lin Xiuxiang nodded her head, she started to like sour foods more and more after getting pregnant, and now she almost needed something sour at every meal.

She turned her head to ask Qiao Jing.

“Qiao Qiao, what would you like to drink?”

Qiao Jing also wanted something sour, she glanced at the menu casually and spoke in a light tone.

“Same as you.”

Lin Xiuxiang “Eh’d” in surprise, staring at Qiao Jing with a puzzled look continuously.

She took Qiao Jing to the side, waiting for their lemon tea.

“Qiao Qiao, haven’t you always disliked sour things?”

She remembered that Qiao Qiao not only didn’t like them, but she wouldn’t even touch anything sour, so why the sudden change today?

After Qiao Jing got pregnant, her appetite changed as well, and she started to enjoy the things she used to dislike.

Just as she was about to answer, her phone suddenly rang several times in a row.

She took it out and saw it was a message from Zhan Qipei.

“Have you arrived?”

“Where are you now? What are you doing?”

“When will you be back? I’ll pick you up.”

Qiao Jing typed a few characters, and was about to reply when the phone screen switched to an incoming call.

Caller, Zhan Qipei.

Standing next to Qiao Jing, Lin Xiuxiang caught a glimpse of these messages, followed by Zhan Qipei’s call.

She “tch tch’d” a couple of times and took a few steps to the side.

Qiao Jing hung up the call directly, opened WeChat to finish editing her message, and sent it off.

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“Buying milk tea, no need to pick me up, I’ll take a cab back.”

She put the phone back in her pocket, ready to continue answering Lin Xiuxiang’s question.

The phone rang a few more times, interrupting her.

She didn’t need to look to know who sent the message, but she had already explained the situation simply and had no intention of continuing to message back.

Lin Xiuxiang looked at Qiao Jing’s pocket with a meaningful gaze.

“President Zhan really is attentive to you, huh? I’m pregnant now and Tang Yan isn’t nearly as concerned about me, that big oaf…”

No sooner had she spoken than her own phone started ringing, calling was Tang Yan.

With a slight raise of her arched eyebrows and a twinkle of amusement in her eyes, Qiao Jing said,

“There you have it, he’s calling, right?”

The two exchanged smiles, and Lin Xiuxiang walked to another spot to answer the call.

When she returned after the call, Lin Xiuxiang didn’t dwell on why Qiao Jing liked sour foods anymore, and took the cup of lemon tea the clerk handed her, passing one to Qiao Jing.

“Qiao Qiao, let’s go check out the maternity and baby store, see if there’s anything useful.”

The topic of why she liked sour foods just drifted away, and Qiao Jing took her to a maternity and baby store.

This store was the same one that Qiao Jing had visited last time.

So she led Lin Xiuxiang with practiced ease to the maternity milk powder section.

“Get this can of milk powder, it has higher nutritional value than the others.”

She had looked over and compared the nutritional information of each one in this section last time, and this can of milk powder had the highest nutritional value.

She went to another shelf and picked up a box of folic acid tablets.

“Take some of these too when you get back, they’re good for your health, and this…”