Chapter 742: I Really Don’t Know If This Is a Surprise or a Scare

Just then, Fu Mingxue spoke with a radiant smile, "Mom, what are you staring at? I’m home."

Her words snapped Mrs. Fu out of her daze.

"You... your—"

’Did her belly just inflate out of nowhere?’

"Mom, don’t block the doorway. Let Xiao Li in."

"—Oh, right." Mrs. Fu quickly came to her senses.

She quickly stepped aside.

Xiao Li carried the luggage inside.

"Xiao Li, just put the luggage in the living room," Fu Mingxue said.

Xiao Li acknowledged her and quickly set down the luggage before coming back out.

"Mr. Fu, I’ll be heading back now."

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Alright. Just come pick me up tomorrow morning."

"Okay," Xiao Li replied, then drove off.

Mrs. Fu finally shook herself out of her stupor.

Her gaze remained fixed on Fu Mingxue’s belly.

Still, she knew this wasn’t the right time to ask too many questions.

"With your belly that big, you still have to go to the factory tomorrow?"

"I have to give a report tomorrow. By the way, where’s Qin Wenhao? Is he on a mission?"

"No, he’s on base."

’I wonder if my son-in-law knows his wife is pregnant and about to give birth.’

’But I’m guessing he doesn’t.’

’If he knew, why wouldn’t anyone have told me?’

Seeing her daughter’s large belly, she hurried forward to help support her.

As soon as the mother and daughter entered the courtyard, they immediately shut the main gate, blocking the view of any onlookers.

Once they were in the living room, Mrs. Fu couldn’t wait to ask, "What’s going on with your stomach? How did you get pregnant?"

’This is terrifying! There wasn’t a single warning sign.’

’I don’t even know if I should be happy or horrified right now.’

Fu Mingxue was a little speechless at the question.

"Mom, I’m a married woman. Isn’t it perfectly normal for me to get pregnant?"

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’What do you mean, normal?’

’Showing up about to give birth without a single word is normal?’

Fu Mingxue saw the shell-shocked expression on her mother’s face.

She couldn’t help but chuckle. "Mom, Qin Wenhao and I stopped using contraception before the New Year. We were planning to have a baby. I got pregnant back then. I’ve just been so busy with work and staying at the base that I haven’t had time to share the good news with you all."

"Oh, right, my sister-in-law found out a few months ago. Didn’t she tell you? I heard she was planning to visit."

Qin Wenying had visited the base three months ago.

At the time, Qin Wenying had been quite shocked to see her with such a big belly.

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’That Qin Wenying... she’s incredibly tight-lipped.’

’When she visited last time, she didn’t breathe a single word about it.’

’She didn’t even mention that she’d seen Mingxue.’

Fu Mingxue was also taken aback when she saw her mother’s expression.

Then she let out a laugh. "I thought Qin Wenying would have told you. I can’t believe she didn’t say a single word."

’It seems my sister-in-law wanted me to be the one to tell them.’

’Maybe she thought I wanted to give everyone a surprise.’

Mrs. Fu: ...

She was at a loss for words.

"You two are really something else... If you’d come back any later, would you have just shown up with the baby in your arms?"

"That’s not out of the question. If my project hadn’t been completed ahead of schedule, I might have actually given birth there before coming back."

Originally, when they saw how pregnant she was, everyone at the base wanted her to stay and wait for labor at the hospital there.

They were afraid the bumpy journey back would induce labor and she’d end up giving birth on the road.

But she had insisted on coming back.

After all, her mother could take care of her during her postpartum recovery if she came back here.