Chapter 741: Heavens, This Is Too Scary

As soon as Fu Mingxue got out of the car, she vomited her guts out.

She nearly threw up bile.

The people with her were truly taken aback.

After all, they hadn’t seen Fu Mingxue get sick like this during the car ride earlier.

"Group Leader Fu, are you alright?"

Chang Qingze asked worriedly.

Fu Mingxue’s face was frightfully pale.

Fu Mingxue took a moment to recover, then waved her hand. "I’m fine. It’s probably because I spent a few days on the train and then came straight here. I guess I just didn’t get enough rest. I’m much better now. Come on, let’s head inside."

Hearing her say that, Chang Qingze didn’t press the matter.

"You should still see a doctor later. You look really pale."

"I’m fine." Having had a moment to recover and breathing in the fresh air, Fu Mingxue did indeed feel much better.

Of course, her mind didn’t jump to any other possibilities.

And Chang Qingze and the others certainly didn’t consider any other possibilities either.

After all, they were a group dedicated to their research, not particularly sensitive to other matters.

Since she kept insisting she was fine, Chang Qingze just nodded.

After entering the base, none of them had time to rest.

The testing on-site had just run into some issues.

Fu Mingxue and her team immediately threw themselves into their work.

Qin Wenhao had been on a mission for over two months. When he returned home, his wife was nowhere to be seen.

He was a little disappointed.

He was especially disappointed to hear from his mother-in-law that his wife had been on a business trip for two months and still hadn’t returned.

This made him anxious.

He didn’t know whether his wife had gotten pregnant.

Unfortunately, the research base wasn’t a place just anyone could visit.

And even though he was back from his mission, he wasn’t on leave.

There were still other matters to attend to at his unit.

So, all he could do was wait for his wife to come home.

What he didn’t expect was that this wait would turn into half a year.

When Fu Mingxue was dropped off by a car...

The moment she stepped out—all the residents of the family compound who were home were stunned.

’Good heavens, what’s going on?’

’We haven’t seen her in seven or eight months, and now she looks like she’s about to pop!’

When Wang Xiang saw Fu Mingxue get out of the car with her large, pregnant belly, she too froze on the spot.

"Mingxue, you’re—" ’Good heavens, no one ever mentioned Fu Mingxue was pregnant!’

’How did her belly get so big all of a sudden?’

Fu Mingxue smiled. "I’m back from my business trip."

Wang Xiang: ? ...

No, she wasn’t asking about the business trip.

She was asking what was going on with that belly.

Meanwhile, the driver who brought her was carrying her luggage.

"Xiao Li, go knock on the door!" Fu Mingxue’s movements were genuinely clumsy now.

Based on her due date, she was set to give birth this month.

It wasn’t that she wanted to return so late; she simply couldn’t get away from her work at the base.

Fortunately, the results were gratifying. After eight months of joint effort from her entire team and the base personnel...

...the new engine was successfully developed and had passed its first phase of testing.

This phase of her mission could be considered complete.

Xiao Li was the driver who had brought her.

He carried Group Leader Fu’s luggage and went up to knock on the door.

Mrs. Fu was in the kitchen making lunch.

When she heard a knock, she came out to open the door.

She was taken aback for a moment when she saw the unfamiliar young man at the door.

However, her gaze quickly shifted to the other person outside—no, that’s not right, it landed on the belly.

Her eyes instantly flew wide open.

’Good heavens... what in the world...?’

’Someone pinch me—I must be seeing things.’