The night grew late, and on the sofa, the man and woman sat intimately together. Yang Zimo made no move to dismiss the man, and he, of course, had no intention of leaving on his own.
In the blink of an eye, it was past eleven, a very late hour.
The posture of the man and woman on the sofa became increasingly intimate. At some point, Yang Zimo had nearly shifted her entire body onto Qin Chuan's lap, and Qin Chuan's hands grew more restless.
Their breathing quickened, and the air was thick with unspoken desire.
It was unclear who made the first move, but their lips met, instantly igniting a fiery passion that was impossible to control.
Suddenly, Qin Chuan forcefully scooped up the figure in his arms and strode towards the bedroom.
Seizing this moment, Yang Zimo finally regained a sliver of clarity.
"Shower... I haven't showered yet!"
"Baby, you smell so fragrant all over, you don't need a shower at all!"
"No!"
Yang Zimo struggled free, a blush spread across her pretty face, and the buttons on her clothes were half undone, revealing a tantalizing glimpse of her.
Qin Chuan's throat involuntarily bobbed as he watched, but Teacher Yang, with a flick of her wrist, had already darted away and into the bathroom.
Through the frosted glass, Qin Chuan glimpsed the blurry, alluring figure inside the bathroom. He took a deep breath, acutely aware that if he missed this opportunity tonight, he didn't know when another chance like this would come.
To avoid any lingering doubts and for the sake of his future happiness, Qin Chuan quickly stripped himself bare and tiptoed to the bathroom door.
He gently turned the doorknob and found it wasn't locked. His blood immediately began to boil, and he pushed the door open and stepped inside.
As expected, a startled cry came from within. However, someone was already prepared and shamelessly refused to leave. Gradually, the sounds of playful struggle inside took on a different tone.
That night, Qin Chuan and Yang Zimo, a couple who had overcome many obstacles, finally broke through the last barrier.
In the bedroom, looking at Teacher Yang, who was now a true woman with a pained expression beneath him, Qin Chuan's eyes were filled with tenderness as he rained kisses upon her.
Meanwhile, on the same night, in a high-stakes trading room of a futures exchange in a certain district of the capital, sat an impeccably dressed, mature, and exceptionally attractive woman.
Under the lights, she watched the rapidly changing numbers on the computer screen with focused intensity, her long, elegant fingers flying across the keyboard, exuding a unique charm.
Suddenly, the tightly closed door of the trading room was pushed open, and a woman in uniform entered. She appeared to be in her mid-to-late twenties, with a cold and glamorous demeanor, clearly a decisive person.
She was carrying some food.
"Here, Aya, this is the sour plum drink you wanted!"
"I also bought a lot of things you used to like when you were in school!"
The woman took a bottle of sour plum drink from a plastic bag and placed it on the desk.
"Thank you, Ding Ling!"
The sophisticated woman turned, revealing a familiar and beautiful face.
This was Li Ya, who had been away from Qin Chuan for over two months. No one knew when she had arrived in the capital, and she seemed to have found a job she enjoyed.
The woman named Ding Ling watched Li Ya rapidly typing on the keyboard, constantly shorting futures contracts, and then looked at the profit figures on her account with a satisfied expression.
"Let's take a break and eat something!"
Ding Ling said.
Li Ya stopped her operations, picked up the sour plum drink from the table, and drank it slowly, a look of enjoyment on her face.
Ding Ling sat beside her, also eating, and the two women chatted.
They were university classmates who had met while studying abroad. In a foreign land, people from the same country inexplicably felt a sense of kinship.
It was in this environment that Li Ya and Ding Ling met, and they both majored in finance.
However, Li Ya had returned to China earlier, while Ding Ling only returned last year, intending to develop her career in the country.
"Li Ya, I remember you don't usually like things that are too sour. Has your taste changed since returning to China?"
During their conversation, Ding Ling saw Li Ya sitting beside her, enjoying the sour plum drink, and her teeth involuntarily tingled with sourness. She couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know. I've been craving sour things lately."
Li Ya replied with a smile, then took another large sip of the sour plum drink, her face filled with happy enjoyment.
Ding Ling grinned, "Wow, seeing you enjoy it so much is making my gums ache!"
"If I didn't see your flat stomach, I'd almost mistake you for a pregnant woman!"
Li Ya, who was drinking the sour plum drink, couldn't help but laugh and retort, "You're the pregnant woman! I'm not married, where would I have a child..."
Suddenly, as she reached this point, Li Ya froze. She slowly lowered her head, looked at her own flat abdomen, and her expression gradually changed.
First, there was hesitation, then surprise, and finally, it turned into panic and disbelief.
Because she suddenly remembered something: her period had indeed been absent for a very long time. While it was usually irregular, if she calculated the time, this delay was far too significant.
During this period, she had poured all her energy into her work to forget someone, neglecting many things.
Her period had truly been absent for two months!
"Ding Ling!"
Li Ya suddenly grabbed her good friend's arm, her face filled with anxiety, "They say pregnant women experience morning sickness, but I haven't!"
Hearing Li Ya's words, Ding Ling's eyes widened too, but this time it was with shock.
"Li Ya, you're not going to tell me you're actually pregnant, are you?"
Li Ya remained silent, but her mind involuntarily flashed back to the two frenzied days and nights she had spent with a certain figure before leaving, from day till night, tireless.
"I don't know! I really don't know!!"
Li Ya shook her head rapidly, her expression becoming increasingly agitated, her emotions fluctuating wildly, her face alternating between excited joy and a sense of future uncertainty and helplessness.
The surprise had come so suddenly. She had always longed to have a child, to keep that man by her side, and to build a stable family.
But unfortunately, it had always been against her wishes. For this reason, she had even gone to a big city for a full physical examination, and her body showed no problems.
She never expected that just as she decided to leave that man with a hardened heart, the unexpected would happen.
Li Ya subconsciously placed her hands on her abdomen. Mother and child are connected, and she felt as if a new life was already growing.
"Li Ya! Don't get too excited!"
"Calm down quickly!"
Seeing her friend's agitation, Ding Ling quickly stood up to comfort her.
"It's getting late, it's already deep into the night. Tomorrow! Tomorrow I'll go to the hospital with you for a thorough check-up, and we'll get the results."
Li Ya hesitated for a moment, then nodded quickly. She had to confirm this as soon as possible.
Because this mattered too much!
It mattered so much that it could affect the destiny of her entire life...
Seeing her friend finally calm down, Ding Ling's eyes were full of gossip as she began to ask about Li Ya's boyfriend, his profession, his current location, and whether she should call him to accompany them to the hospital tomorrow.
Li Ya quickly stopped her, lowered her head, and said softly, "He's not in the capital, he's very far from here. There's no need to go through so much trouble!"
Ding Ling didn't notice the complex emotions in Li Ya's lowered gaze and continued enthusiastically, "At our age, it's indeed time to talk about marriage, having children. If we delay any longer, past thirty, we'll truly be old spinsters!"