The Popular Darling Says She’s Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 18.2

When the school bell rang sharply, Su Yan didn’t do as she usually did—lowering her head to talk with Seraphina and leaving together. Instead, she suddenly stood up and walked step by step through the long aisle toward the back of the classroom.

The illusion of the dust having settled just moments ago was completely shattered. The students’ eyes widened again.

Su Yan walked to the empty seat next to Wen Shiyu and sat down very naturally.

“Why are you sitting here?” she whispered, so only the two of them could hear.

Wen Shiyu had to lean in closer to answer: “I feel like… Seraphina might be a bit angry with me.”

Su Yan was silent for a moment. “…What exactly happened last night?”

The people around them couldn’t hear the conversation; they could only see the two of them leaning very close, whispering with their heads down. This was clearly not the distance that people who were estranged or on bad terms should have.

Before Wen Shiyu could explain, Seraphina in the front row suddenly turned her head and stood up abruptly.

“Wen Shiyu! Come here.”

“Huh?” Wen Shiyu was stunned.

Seraphina had already marched over. Under the gaze of dozens of eyes in the classroom, she grabbed Wen Shiyu’s wrist and, without allowing any room for argument, pulled her up from her seat and dragged her quickly toward the classroom door.

Setting aside how the classroom exploded into chaos, Seraphina dragged Wen Shiyu to a vacant music room and slammed the door shut.

Wen Shiyu spoke first, trying to defuse the awkwardness: “About last night, I’m sorry, don’t worry… I won’t tell anyone…”

“Who told you to sneak away in the middle of the night!” Seraphina questioned almost at the same time, her chest heaving slightly.

Wen Shiyu was stunned. “Ah? I—I shouldn’t stay at your place overnight, right?”

Hearing her mention that incident again, Seraphina’s cheeks also turned deep red.

Wen Shiyu continued to explain: “What if Su Yan and the others found out again…”

Oh, so it was because she cared about Su Yan.

Seraphina was suddenly very angry. “Do you think Su Yan would like you?”

“She definitely doesn’t like me.” Wen Shiyu was a bit confused. She knew Su Yan liked Seraphina.

But Seraphina bit her lip, misinterpreting Wen Shiyu’s meaning. Even if Su Yan didn’t like her, was Wen Shiyu’s heart and eyes still only filled with Su Yan?

Yes, back then when Wen Shiyu marked her, wasn’t it also to pursue Su Yan? Those slanders and rumors about her in the past, weren’t they all for Su Yan too?

Could it be that when she was biting her neck last night… Wen Shiyu was thinking of Su Yan in her heart?

Seraphina was suddenly going to go crazy with rage.

“You… whatever you want! Anyway, you’re just a tool to me. I won’t need you much longer…!”

She wasn’t going to care about this bastard anymore. She shouldn’t have felt even a shred of softheartedness toward her. Wen Shiyu deserved to be retaliated against.

After Seraphina finished speaking, she turned and ran. Wen Shiyu was still a bit dazed. She was just a “pheromone” provider; she knew that.

“Seraphina?”

She chased after her, but Seraphina’s figure was already nowhere to be seen in the hallway.

Wen Shiyu walked quickly to the staircase, but she came face-to-face with Xia Te, who was coming up.

Xia Te was clearly out looking for Seraphina, and her face now bore obvious confusion. Just now, Seraphina had rushed past her like a gust of wind without even giving her a glance.

Xia Te raised an eyebrow, tilting her head to look at Wen Shiyu. “Little servant, how did you make Seraphina angry again?”

Wen Shiyu didn’t argue with her over the title. “…I didn’t make her angry.”

Xia Te gave a “humph,” didn’t ask further, and turned to chase after Seraphina’s direction first.

Wen Shiyu hesitated for a moment, then also followed. It was just that her mind was a mess, and her steps also became heavy and sluggish unconsciously.

Walking near Seraphina’s dormitory, she saw Xia Te being stopped outside the door. Today, she was actually dressed very cutely, but her face was sour. Like an unhappy curly-haired cat, she sat on the steps by the door.

“She said she wants to be alone and won’t see anyone,” Xia Te said to Wen Shiyu who had caught up, offering it as an explanation.

She looked Wen Shiyu up and down a few times. Suddenly, as if remembering something interesting, her eyes flickered.

“By the way, let me remind you. The school’s masquerade ball is coming up soon. This is the biggest event hosted by the Student Council every semester.”

“Your grades are so terrible; if you want to get a scholarship, your only chance is to give your flower to Su Yan at the ball and exchange it for her ‘Iris’.”

She curled her lips. “Little servant, this is your only chance to turn things around, you’d better seize it.”

Wen Shiyu froze, suddenly understanding something. Were they planning to make her a public laughingstock at the ball?

She had heard a bit about the ball’s tradition. Everyone would hold a flower representing themselves. If two people exchanged their flowers, it meant they had made a promise to fulfill a wish for the other.

But there was a world of difference between different bouquets. A regular student’s flower could at most be exchanged for a kiss or a date. But the flowers in the hands of the top aristocrats—the wishes they represented were worth a fortune.

For example, Su Yan’s Iris was a quota for the Student Council’s highest-level scholarship that would be granted unconditionally.

At that time, figures of the moment like Su Yan and Seraphina would surely receive mountains of gifted flowers, but it was almost impossible for their own bouquets to be given out easily. After all, why would true interest exchanges wait until the ball? This public flower-giving ceremony was more like a grand announcement to show everyone who the one you were willing to publicly favor and pamper at any cost was.

For ordinary students, it was a romantic daydream. For aristocratic students, perhaps it was just a game to mock others.

No wonder Su Yan’s attitude toward her was a bit odd… so it was to set the stage for rejecting her at that moment?

Wen Shiyu didn’t care much about this. The original owner had once spent a lot of effort for this ball, buying countless luxury dresses, bags, and jewelry, dreaming of outshining everyone. But Wen Shiyu had never counted on being able to get Su Yan’s bouquet from the start.

Her gaze fell toward Seraphina’s tightly closed door. Right now, the most important thing was still to successfully complete the transaction with the Cavendish family.

…

On the other side, Seraphina returned to her room. Although she had rejected even the company of her friends, her mood was still bad, and her stomach even hurt slightly.

She curled up in distress, instinctively hugging the quilt tightly. A faint trace of Wen Shiyu’s scent seemed to remain in the bedding.

It made her breathe deeply involuntarily, nuzzling against it. She had clearly pulled Wen Shiyu to sleep with her last night, yet she dared to sneak away in the middle of the night…

Next time she would tie her up and see how she could still run.

No. Seraphina shook her head abruptly. Why would she tie her up? She wasn’t some treasure.

Her phone suddenly vibrated. Seraphina immediately picked it up, and the screen lit up.

A certain app prompted her: “Your heartbeat score exploded last night~ Surpassing 99% of users! It must have been a very unforgettable night~ Come and give your… a rating!”

Seraphina froze, and then her face turned red instantly. She threw the phone out in anger, almost ready to give a bad review and blacklist it.

The experience wasn’t especially good at all! It was clearly a terrible tool. I hate it.

Seraphina buried her face in the quilt, her ears getting hot again. That faint, seemingly non-existent scent of Wen Shiyu in the quilt, however, entwined around her and wouldn’t go away.

She wondered… when Wen Shiyu was really rejected by Su Yan in public at the ball and was in a pathetic state, would she regret it? Would she… come to find her?

No, what exactly was she thinking?

Seraphina patted her face; it must be because of the pregnancy hormones.

She lay there for a long time, but the pain became even clearer instead. Seraphina had to run into the bathroom again to dry heave, feeling so bad that her eyes turned sour. At a certain moment, the thought of “it would be great if I weren’t pregnant” even flashed through her mind.

Just then, the phone rang again. Seraphina thought it was Xia Te, and without even looking, she answered with a heavy nasal voice: “I said I wanted to be alone…”

“Are you okay?” The voice coming from the other end was Wen Shiyu’s.

The rest of Seraphina’s words were all stuck in her throat.

“Xia Te said you wanted to be alone, but I feel like you might be a bit uncomfortable… Can I come in?”

Seraphina was awkwardly silent for a moment. “Aren’t you going to find Su Yan?”

“What would I find Su Yan for?” Wen Shiyu was confused. “The one I’m worried about is you.”

These words once again pierced straight into her heart. Seraphina stopped speaking.

At this time, the maid gently knocked on the bathroom door, reporting in a low voice that Wen Shiyu was outside.

“Young Lady, shall I invite her in?”

“…”

Wen Shiyu waited outside for a while, and the maid opened the door to invite her in. She looked around and only then found Seraphina in the bedroom’s bathroom.

The other party seemed to want to come out but was suddenly struck by abdominal pain and could only crouch in place for a moment.

Wen Shiyu hurriedly stepped forward to hold her. “Why has it gotten worse?”

Seraphina reached out to grab her lapel, panting for a long while before looking up. Her eyes were already red.

“I…” Seraphina wanted to say it was nothing, but grievances blocked her throat.

—Because you didn’t sit next to me during the day. Having almost no contact for a whole day, of course it would be miserable.

Looking at her expression, as if she was so miserable she was about to cry, Wen Shiyu didn’t ask anymore. She lowered her head and gently kissed her.

Seraphina’s eyelashes fluttered. At first, she seemed to resist a bit, but soon she reached out and tightly encircled Wen Shiyu’s neck.

With Wen Shiyu there, the feeling of Seraphina’s cold hands and feet from just now eased instantly, and her stomach no longer hurt. Instead, she felt very hot. From her heart to her palms, everything was warm.

The two of them kissed until they were panting, almost sweating. Wen Shiyu saw that she seemed a bit better and originally wanted to let her go, but Seraphina grabbed her tightly.

“Where are you going?”

Wen Shiyu was stunned. “I’m not going anywhere.” She thought for a bit. “Is it… more kissing?”

Seraphina seemed to hesitate, her downcast eyes looking left and right. With her head lowered, she said something else that Wen Shiyu didn’t hear clearly at first.

Seraphina’s face turned even redder, and her voice became even smaller.

“Chest…”

Wen Shiyu was stunned. Could she want her… to help her? She immediately thought of the last time. Her palms were about to sweat.

“Is this… not very good?”

Seraphina’s ears turned completely red instantly, like an angry, foot-stomping little bunny.

“You—what do you mean? Do I have the final say, or do you have the final say?”

“Do you think I want to? It’s just, it’s all because of your fault. And, and your family’s loan hasn’t been approved yet. You…”

Her words stopped abruptly because she was gently pressed against the wall by Wen Shiyu.

Wen Shiyu lowered her head somewhat helplessly and said into her ear, “Alright, alright, I understand.”

Seraphina’s ears felt itchy. Being treated like this by Wen Shiyu… she suddenly felt her legs were a bit weak. She quickly regretted it. Why did she actively let this person… handle her like this…

But soon, Seraphina was unable to speak. She only wanted to cover her face and bury herself in a hole in the ground. But at the same time, she also wanted to cling tightly to Wen Shiyu, leaving no gap at all.

This unfamiliar feeling… made her nearly unable to think. She hugged Wen Shiyu’s neck and began to actively kiss her again. But after a while, she began to complain in a small voice again,

“…It’s still, still a bit…”

Then what should be done?

Wen Shiyu’s brain had a sudden lapse, and the words escaped her mouth: “Do you need me to use my mouth?”

Seraphina immediately stared at Wen Shiyu with her beautiful, watery eyes, her face completely red.

“You, you hooligan…”

“No… I…” Wen Shiyu was just feeling like she couldn’t explain herself when Seraphina covered her face again and slightly leaned… in.

“…?” No, was she really going to try?

Wen Shiyu didn’t move for a long time. Seraphina bit her lip and peeked at her again. She seemed to be wondering why she hadn’t started… acting like a hooligan toward her?

Wen Shiyu swallowed, her head feeling dizzy as she looked down… Because it was truly beautiful, as if inviting her, somehow, she actually…

Seraphina immediately let out a small sound… then hugged her tightly again, and then she could barely even stand. Wen Shiyu finally could only hold her.

…

During the afternoon class, everyone discovered that Seraphina and Wen Shiyu were sitting tightly together again.

Unlike her paleness in the morning, Seraphina’s cheeks now had a natural rosy glow. While listening to the lecture, she would also occasionally nod her head unconsciously, revealing an imperceptible trace of lightheartedness.

Although she still didn’t take the initiative to talk to Wen Shiyu, that tense feeling between the two had disappeared, replaced by a nearly harmonious atmosphere.

All the students: …No! The clowns are actually ourselves.

Wen Shiyu, on the other hand, felt Su Yan looking at her sideways from time to time, and she couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.

Just as she was feeling uneasy, the phone in her pocket vibrated slightly. She secretly unlocked the screen; it was a message from Su Yan.

Su Yan needed to meet her tonight to continue applying the pheromones, but this time it wasn’t set at her dormitory; instead, she wanted her to go out with her. She could treat her to some late-night snacks.

Wen Shiyu hesitated for a moment. Originally, she didn’t want to get too close to Su Yan, nor did she like owing others. But then she thought her friendliness was only for the sake of rejecting her at that time. If she was offering food, then why not eat for free?

Wen Shiyu suddenly felt at ease again.

However, after the afternoon classes ended, Seraphina also grabbed Wen Shiyu and didn’t let her go.

It wasn’t until evening, “It’s getting late.” Su Yan was the first to stand up. Her voice was calm, and no emotion could be heard in it. She simply pointed out, “It’s time for Wen Shiyu to leave.”

Seraphina looked up at Su Yan, then lowered her eyelids. That sentence “I want her to stay” rolled on the tip of her tongue several times, but ultimately it was suppressed by intense bashfulness and a certain unspeakable pride. She let go of her fingers.

Wen Shiyu breathed a sigh of relief. She gave Seraphina a small wave and whispered “See you tomorrow,” then left.

Su Yan also took her leave afterward, and the two almost walked side-by-side.

Seraphina watched the two of them disappear together and suddenly asked a nonsensical question. “Will she really reject her?”

Xia Te blinked her lively large eyes and hooked her arm through Seraphina’s. “Of course! How could Su Yan really have anything special for her? The scene then will definitely be spectacular.”

In her heart, she was quickly calculating: Maybe it was time to talk to Su Yan about the special ball plan? Actually, she still hadn’t told Su Yan about this plan yet.