Shen Fangyu went over the words over and over again in him mind, making various permutations and combinations, and was finally convinced that although every single one of Jiang Xu's words was in standard Mandarin, when put together, they formed a long and difficult sentence that he couldn't understand.
He looked at Jiang Xu and began to wonder if he had finally suffered the consequences of staying up all night and becoming so mentally disturbed that he had auditory hallucinations.
Jiang Xu was still fiddling with the timer that had stopped long ago, his face was expressionless, so he couldn't see any clues.
Shen Fangyu didn't want to believe that he was crazy at such a young age and couldn't help but repeat: "Did you just say that you are... pregnant?" He didn't even dare say the word "pregnant" out loud, afraid that he would be taken away as a mental patient.
Jiang Xu muttered softly "mmm".
Shen Fangyu swallowed hard and repeated with difficulty, "And the baby is mine?"
Jiang Xu's hands on the clock stopped for a moment, and after a long silence: "Yes."
Shen Fangyu stretched out his hand to touch Jiang Xu's forehead.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Xu lowered his head and looked at him uncomprehendingly, but then quickly retracted his gaze.
"You don't have a fever either, is today April Fool's Day?" Shen Fangyu withdrew his hand, the cold touch of Jiang Xu's forehead still felt on his fingertips. He glanced at the calendar on the table in surprise; Today was not the first of April.
"It isn't April Fool's Day either," Shen Fangyu said to himself, denying his guess and asking in a confused tone, "Is this some kind of new trick you thought of?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jiang Xu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Shen Fangyu.
His gaze was cold, like it contained a storm, but somehow it made Shen Fangyu's heart feel hot.
"Shen Fangyu, I'm not joking with you." Jiang Xu's fingertips that were clenching the timer turned a little white because of too much force. He thought he would feel relieved after he finished speaking, but he didn't. Seeing Shen Fangyu's face, the fire in his heart burned even more.
He took a deep breath, glanced at the closed door of the doctor's office, and in the next moment, he punched Shen Fangyu right in the face.
"Fuck!" The attack was so sudden that Shen Fangyu had no time to dodge. He covered his face and looked at Jiang Xu accusingly, "Don't just hit people in the face, Jiang Xu, why are you so fierce?"
Jiang Xu shoved a stack of inspection reports in front of Shen Fangyu, "Read them all in five minutes."
Shen Fangyu withdrew his hand in pain, "Why do you like to give people time limits, I'm not your subordinate, you know?"
Jiang Xu's hands did not move, still maintaining the posture of submitting a report. His eyes were glued to Shen Fangyu, as if he could stay like that for the rest of his life if Shen Fangyu didn't take the reports away.
The latter somehow felt a little guilty under such gaze. He closed his eyes and received the exam report with a grimace. At first, Sheng Fangyu read it casually, but then his reading speed became slower and slower, and his eyes grew wider, and even his face, which had been scalding hot from the punch, couldn't feel the pain anymore.
"Jiang Xu, don't tell me this is your test report..." His voice was a little unstable.
Jiang Xu didn't make a sound.
"Sh*t…" Shen Fangyu looked at Jiang Xu with an incredulous expression on his face and quickly flipped through the inspection report again.
He had been working on case analysis questions in obstetrics and gynecology since his sophomore year, and, in his career over the years, he had seen countless examination reports like this, and every time, Dr. Shen was able to assess and analyze the diagnosis calmly and rationally.
However, this time, Shen Fangyu read the report over and over again for so long that his eyes could have burned holes in the black-and-white words, but he still did not dare to draw any conclusions.
It took him a long time to finally understand the diagnostic opinion written by the imaging doctor, and his gaze changed from confusion and surprise to panic, then his eyes finally fell on the examiner's signature, "Tang Ke?"
He immediately found an excuse for himself and this absurd series of events, "I see, you and Tang Ke conspired to lie to me, right?"
Shen Fangyu put the exam report back on Jiang Xu's desk like a hot potato, "Jiang Xu, what you are talking about is nonsense, I just got a place at the conference, do you have to go that far?"
Jiang Xu took a deep breath and pressed the man directly against the wall, "Do you think I'm that bored?"
"No," Shen Fangyu saw how serious his expression was and became afraid, "You… you have to think about basic science, even if you have a special physique, we… we haven't slept together, how could the baby be born?"
Hearing those words, Jiang Xu bit his lower lip and said in a low voice, "Jihua Hotel, you can check the room records if you don't believe me."
Currently, hotels were very strict when checking in, with the identity information of both parties being registered before booking a room
Shen Fangyu immediately opened his cell phone and searched for the hotel's official customer service number to make a call, and after getting a reply, his face suddenly turned pale.
The dream about Jiang Xu that had lasted for almost a week flashed through his mind again, and he tugged at his hair, his thoughts in disarray.
No wonder those dreams were so realistic, no wonder Jiang Xu looked like he wanted to chop off his head in the operating room that day.
It turned out that it wasn't a dream that just appeared out of thin air, it was purely because Shen Fangyu was so drunk that night that his empathetic brain had played it over and over again all week, making him feel sick.
He felt a little suffocated as he recalled how he even made a big show of running over to look at the mole under Jiang Xu's eyes… afterwards.
It is a miracle that he could still survive until now.
Shen Fangyu put down the phone with a blank look, he felt that his brain was like a motherboard being baked in an electric stove, not only short-circuited, but not far from being destroyed.
He coughed twice and looked at Jiang Xu to say something.
However, before he could say anything, Jiang Xu grabbed his collar and said coldly, "Ever since I woke up that day, I have wanted to ask you, how could you do such a thing?"
"Damn," Shen Fangyu scratched his hair in vain, "I was so drunk at the time, I thought I was dreaming."
"Couldn't you wear a condom in your dream?" Jiang Xu spoke in a cold tone, his tone like a class teacher criticizing his students mercilessly.
"No, Jiang Xu, do you have to remember to wear a condom when you dream?" Shen Fangyu couldn't help but said, "You studied at the Family Planning Services Office, right?" He added, "Who would have thought that a big man like you could get pregnant!"
Jiang Xu was clearly angry with him, "Condoms are not only contraceptives but also prevent the spread of viruses. How did you pass the medical examination?!"
"You're actually lecturing me at a time like this?" Shen Fangyu looked surprised.
Without saying anything, Jiang Xu raised his fist, intending to punch Sheng Fangyu in the face again. He was so angry that his lips were trembling, his breathing was heavy, and because of his thin skin, a hint of redness at the corners of his eyes was visible.
Shen Fangyu's eyes twitched as some bad memories rushed into his mind, the angry Jiang Xu in front of him and the man clutching the sheets suddenly overlapped, even the size of his frown and the frequency of his panting were the same.
In the blink of an eye, he blocked Jiang Xu's fist and looked at the area on Jiang Xu's chest where there was a mole.
Jiang Xu frowned, followed his line of sight and looked down, then froze.
He suddenly let go of Shen Fangyu's collar and looked at the man in front of him in disbelief.
"Shen Fangyu, are you human?"
Jiang Xu couldn't forget the kiss marks he saw on his body after waking up that day. Especially around the red mole on his chest. The countless red marks on his white and cold skin were truly shocking.
The dizzying marks all spoke of the kisser's burning passion, and the red mole on his chest was undoubtedly the victim that received the most care.
Shen Fangyu dared to look at it.
With a loud noise, the thick pile of test reports was thrown to the ground in anger, the snow-white test sheets flew down, and the top sheet landed on the soles of Shen Fangyu's feet.
Jiang Xu sat back at his desk without looking back.
Shen Fangyu remained frozen in place and subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xu.
From his perspective, he could only see the side of Jiang Xu's face. His eyelashes trembled and his chest rose and fell uncontrollably. Although the amplitude was very faint, it was clearly visible if observed closely.
If he didn't know that Jiang Xu would never cry, he would have guessed that Jiang Xu was almost crying because of anger. Such a Jiang Xu was a bit strange, so strange that Shen Fangyu began to believe that what he said was true.
The burning pain was still on his face, and his heart was beating fast, as if he had just injected two shots of adrenaline into his arm, but his feet were cold.
The office was quiet, the lights were dazzling, and the silence seemed endless. Shen Fangyu leaned against the cold wall and covered his face, trying to calm himself down.
"Scram," Jiang Xu said directly.
Shen Fangyu didn't move, and Jiang Xu didn't make another sound.
The two men faced each other in silence across the clean office, one with boiling blood, the other in a daze.