Xu Qian lay upstairs for half a day, woken by the painful fullness in her chest.
When she opened her eyes, it was dark outside, and laughter drifted up from downstairs.
Xu Qian started, then got up to tidy her hair, preparing to go down.
From a distance, she saw the coffee table laden with various baby items.
Mrs. Tang held the baby, her face beaming with joy, while Uncle Tang's mouth curved upwards, clearly happy as well.
"This child is just like Qian Qian, exactly like her. Zhi Shen, why doesn't she look like you at all?"
Tang Zhi Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he chuckled, "It's good that the girl resembles Qian Qian. She's beautiful."
"That's true, it's good she resembles Qian Qian." Liu Huai Yu glanced at her younger son, who hadn't said a word since entering, opened her mouth, but decided against asking.
"Zhi Shen, can you manage on your own? There are several experienced nannies at the villa. I can call them over to help you."
Her elder son disliked strangers, and Qian Qian needed to rest well. Liu Huai Yu suddenly felt a bit worried.
Tang Zhi Shen smiled, "Mommy, don't worry, I can take care of the child."
Liu Huai Yu turned her thoughts, right, Zhi Shen could take care of children! And he was very good at it.
In the past, when she loved playing mahjong, everyone would leave their children with Zhi Shen. Over time, he became increasingly proficient, almost like a professional nanny.
"Alright, then you take good care of her. If you can't, just call for Mommy."
"Okay."
After the Tang couple left, Xu Qian slowly went downstairs. She didn't want to face such an awkward situation.
"A Shen, Zhi Yuan."
Tang Zhi Yuan crossed his arms and glanced up at her before putting on a sullen face and saying nothing.
Xu Qian frowned. Instead of attending to him first, she quietly asked, "A Shen, when did the baby last feed?"
She patted her engorged chest; after sleeping for so long, her breasts were full.
"She was just fed. Breastfeeding must be too hard for you. How about I ask someone to cook you a milk-reducing soup tomorrow, and we'll switch to formula?"
Xu Qian nodded in agreement. She had too much to do and couldn't possibly attend to everything.
It was fine for the baby to be on formula.
Seeing their intimate interaction and discussion about the child, he felt they were happier and more joyful without him.
Tang Zhi Yuan felt a heavy stone pressing on his chest, impossible to move.
He endured for a moment but couldn't hold back and asked coldly, "Brother, we agreed to have a child after the apocalypse ended. What's going on now?"
So they had been keeping it from him alone.
Tang Zhi Shen sighed and met Xu Qian's gaze.
Xu Qian nodded; she could tell him the truth.
Tang Zhi Yuan loved scientific research, and he loved her in his spare time during his studies.
In reality, research was the most important thing, and he didn't care much about other things.
The reason he was angry was that his brother had broken his promise.
How could something they agreed upon change?
Xu Qian pursed her lips and said truthfully, "The child isn't your brother's."
Tang Zhi Yuan froze. Then why had his brother told his mother that this was his and Xu Qian's child?
He had even thought Xu Qian's disappearance was fake, a ploy to make him have the child, a fait accompli.
"I was captured by people from the X Group and accidentally became pregnant."
Xu Qian stated it concisely.
Tang Zhi Yuan was intelligent and understood immediately.
He coughed lightly, his brother was going to be a father for nothing…
He hadn't expected this at all.
"Are you injured anywhere?"
Xu Qian shook her head. "Just a bit of suffering from childbirth. I'm much better now."
She had drunk two bottles of junior potion and rested for the entire afternoon, fully recovered.
Tang Zhi Yuan frowned. "Come here, let me feel your pulse."
Xu Qian obediently sat beside him and extended her wrist, forgetting for a moment that she was a half-zombie.
His fingertips gently rested on her pulse, and he listened intently.