novelraw Chapter 322 Lexical Disorder
Chapter 322 Lexical Disorder
Chapter 322 Lexical Disorder
Yuheng sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her for a long time. He then took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and placed it beside her.
"For pain relief."
"You can take one when you feel a lot of pain."
Ling Chengen removed the bandages from his hand, looked at the wound that had already healed, and shook his head, saying, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Yu Heng lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Keep it. Don't I know you well enough? You can't stay still at all. Who knows when you'll need this injured hand?"
Ling Chengen chuckled upon hearing this, put away the painkillers, and said softly, "Indeed, thank you."
"During your reproductive period, when you were with Shi Ruo'an, did you use contraception?" Yu Heng suddenly asked.
Ling Chengen's expression suddenly froze, his brows furrowed, and he abruptly sat up in bed.
Looking at her flustered expression, Yuheng sighed deeply, rubbing his forehead.
"Did he get married when you were together?"
Ling Chengen shook his head.
Yu Heng hesitated and said, "Is it that you don't have it, or that you don't remember?"
Ling Chengen raised his hand to his lips, gently biting his nail. After thinking for a long time, he finally shook his head in frustration and said, "I can't remember."
The entire breeding process was chaotic, and her memories were fragmented. She spent several days with Shi Ruoan, and she acted according to her instincts.
Yuheng covered his eyes, then stood up and said, "I'll go ask him."
Ling Chengen looked up and asked, "Is it still useful to eat the seedless herb now?"
Yuheng looked down at her, and finally sighed deeply: "The seedless herb can only be effective if consumed before conception. Consuming it now will be useless."
"Isn't there any aftercare medication?"
Yu Heng said speechlessly, "Even if it were true, how many days has it been since then?"
"There is no birth control pill in the world that is so miraculous."
Ling Chengen asked somewhat nervously, "What are the chances of me getting pregnant?"
Yuheng shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure, but in my experience, if no contraception is used, the probability of getting pregnant during the reproductive period is higher than that during the non-reproductive period. It's at least 20% higher."
Ling Chengen lowered her head in despair, and Yu Heng looked at her with a helpless gaze, yet he couldn't say anything.
Some things are destined.
He turned and left the courtyard to find Shi Ruoan.
Ling Chengen sat cross-legged on the bed, hugging a pillow and staring blankly.
She rubbed her throbbing temples, then suddenly remembered something and released Xiao Huangtong from the dark room.
"Will I get pregnant?" She got straight to the point without beating around the bush.
Xiao Huang said angrily, "Now you know how to beg me?"
Ling Chengen said seriously, "I'm not joking with you, this is very important to me."
Xiao Huang was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Are you sure you really want to know?"
Ling Chengen had already guessed the answer from its hesitant tone, and said, rubbing his forehead, "Speak."
"Because of this fertile period, she did get pregnant."
Ling Chengen said incredulously, "It's only been a few days..."
"Pregnancy is a matter of probability. You and Shi Ruoan are both in very good physical condition, so his sperm quality is very high, therefore..."
"Alright, stop talking." Ling Chengen was a little annoyed.
Seeing that she was really annoyed, the system reminded her, "But you can take a look at the rewards for this mission first."
Ling Chengen frowned and asked, "What mission reward?"
"New mate and mission rewards for spending the breeding season together."
"Although you were unwilling to do Chang Tianchen's mission, after careful consideration, I applied to the main system to change the mission sequence number. Therefore, the missions of winning over Shi Ruoan and spending the first breeding period with your partner are both main missions. You have already completed these parts, so the missions will be settled after the breeding period."
"The reward has been sent out and you can collect it from your inbox."
Ling Chengen had no interest and said dejectedly, "I'm not in the mood right now. Do you think those rewards can solve my pregnancy problem?"
The system chuckled twice and said quietly, "Maybe! Why don't you go check it out first?"
Ling Chengen took a deep breath, opened his inbox, looked at the several package icons, thought for a moment, and then clicked on them one by one.
When each package is opened, a large number of golden fireworks and red petals fall into the air, making the visual effect quite uninspired.
Ling Chengen stared at the mission reward for a long time, but didn't react for a while.
The system initially thought she would be happy, but when it couldn't see the desired scene, it started to feel uneasy and tentatively asked, "Aren't you happy? This mission reward was tailor-made for you."
"Especially the latest model of the in-vitro gestation chamber, which is the most advanced product in interstellar space. It can replace the mother in nurturing the offspring, freeing females from the pain of childbirth."
Ling Chengen sighed deeply: "So what? Do I have to have surgery to remove the undeveloped child and put it into this kind of incubation chamber? The Beast World simply doesn't have the facilities to perform this kind of surgery."
The system instantly understood her concerns and proactively retrieved the instruction manual for the in-vitro fertilization chamber: "You're really overthinking it this time. The in-vitro fertilization chamber does not require surgery to remove the embryo."
Ling Chengen asked, puzzled, "Continue."
"It's very simple. Just wear the in-vitro fertilization chamber close to your body for 12 hours after the embryo has grown for a month. The chamber will automatically transfer the embryo into the chamber, and the mother will not feel severe pain. However, because transferring the embryo requires a small minimally invasive surgery, there will still be some discomfort, similar to having an upset stomach. This mild pain will last for a maximum of half an hour."
"It's not as painful as the arrow that struck your back."
Ling Chengen looked at the number on the back of the in-vitro fertilization chamber: x3.
"There are three incubation chambers?"
"Yes," the system reminded, "This reward will only be issued once, and the gestation pod is a one-time use item and cannot be reused. Therefore, if you do not want to get pregnant and give birth yourself, you can have a maximum of three children. Of course, this gestation pod can be redeemed in the store, but it requires a lot of mission points."
Ling Chengen opened the redemption interface of the mall and found the in-vitro fertilization chamber in the bottom column.
To redeem one, you need to spend 100,000,000 points.
Ling Chengen decisively closed the page, speechless, "One hundred million points? You guys really dare to bid like that?"
After a full year and a half, she still hasn't accumulated three thousand points.
The system calmly replied, "Just tell me if this thing is any good or not."
"Is it really worth more than that?"
Ling Chengen didn't say anything, but she had to admit that the system was finally reliable for a while this time, which put her mind at ease.
Instead of checking the other task rewards, she opened the instruction manual for the in-vitro fertilization chamber and carefully read it from beginning to end, while also asking some key questions.
The incubation chamber is designed to completely mimic the human uterus and replicates the mother's body sample, providing the fetus with a growth environment that is as similar to that of the mother as possible.
This human uterus can be worn on the body and has a comprehensive protection mechanism. Ordinary collisions will not have any impact on the embryo. It is like a portable fake belly that can be worn by anyone, regardless of gender or age.
After reading it, Ling Chengen clicked his tongue in amazement and exclaimed, "For the first time, I feel that you are actually quite useful."
"No, I should say that what you provided looks quite useful."
The system said, "Don't you feel regretful? If you can't accumulate that many points, you'll only have three children in your life. Oh, it should be four, because that Forest Panda Beastman can breed cubs."
Ling Chengen said speechlessly, "Aren't three children enough? Do you need to have a whole football team to make it complete?"
She thought three was too many.
If she were to get pregnant and give birth on her own, she wouldn't want to have any children.
She didn't think she would be a good mother, and she didn't have any expectations for her child. She couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have a child.
She is an absolutely selfish and self-centered person.
Between herself and her child, she would not choose an undeveloped embryo.
In fact, she had even considered getting rid of the baby while it was still young.
Her body is her own, but the matter of having a child also involves her partner to some extent.
If she were to make such a decision, she would likely face a very complex and difficult situation.
The result of the communication was that the system eventually fell completely silent.
It thought it knew the woman in front of it very well.
A dating system like this would definitely not want a host like her to be matched and bound to it.
Because Ling Chengen has a mild alexithymia.
It realized this when it established contact with Ling Chengen.
She may not even know that she has such psychological problems.
However, this mild alexithymia does not affect her normal life.
Moreover, after spending a long time together, it felt that she was just a little slow to understand emotions and a bit ruthless and harsh on herself, but she was actually very soft-hearted when it came to the vulnerable.
But the reality is always unexpected.
Humans are truly too complex.
After understanding Ling Chengen's thoughts, it suddenly stopped talking and stopped urging her to continue the task.
At least for this moment, that's what it thinks.
Because its host has always shown extreme resistance to this kind of life, which has been designed with a main storyline and assigned tasks at each stage.
Even without the system, without those task rewards and prizes...
With her personal abilities, she can still live well in this unfamiliar land.
……
After asking Shi Ruoan for clarification, Yu Heng quickly returned to Ling Chengen's room.
However, after entering the room, he found that Ling Chengen had already fallen asleep without a care in the world, and was not even covered by a blanket. He was lying diagonally on the bed, holding a pillow in his arms, with half of his face buried in the blanket, and his body was slightly curled up, showing a very insecure posture.
He turned around and closed the door, turned off the lamp on the table, lowered the curtain between the bedroom and the small living room, and tiptoed to the bedside. He bent down to adjust her sleeping position, wiped her feet clean with a damp towel, and then moved her to the inside of the bed.
He gently unfolded the quilt and carefully covered Ling Chengen with it before taking off his outer clothes and lying down on the outside of the bed.
He had barely lain down when Ling Chengen moved closer to him, resting his forehead on his shoulder, still clutching a pillow in his arms, refusing to let go.
Yuheng turned over and, using the lantern hanging above the foot of the bed, focused his gaze on her sleeping face.
Her sleep quality is much better than before.
When they first got together, she would immediately open her eyes at the slightest sound or movement around her, as if she had never been asleep.
Now, anyone who is familiar with her scent can approach her while she is asleep, and even if they make some noise, it will not wake her up.
Yuheng raised his hand and gently touched her hair, smelling her faint fragrance. He felt an unprecedented sense of peace, but at the same time, he couldn't hide his disappointment.
It's alright if I couldn't be her first man.
If her pregnancy is confirmed in a few days, he and no one else will be allowed to get close to her for a long time to come.
After all, female orcs need careful care during pregnancy, while the male orcs in the house are all young and vigorous, waiting for her to enter adulthood, and they have no experience in taking care of pregnant females, so it is necessary to maintain an appropriate distance to prevent things from going wrong at any time.
No matter how you look at it, this is incredibly frustrating!
Especially when they think about how they've been guarding for so long, only to have an outsider beat them to it and even overtake them by a shortcut.
This feeling of unease just won't go away.
Yuheng grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but prop himself up and gently bite her lips.
"Stop messing with me—"
Ling Chengen showed resistance in his sleep, instinctively pressing his neck with his arm, pushing him away, turning over in his arms, and turning his back to him. He quickly fell asleep again.
Yuheng watched as she used her right hand, and before he could even stop her, he could only obediently fall backward, while simultaneously gripping her slender wrist with his fingertips, cautiously examining the fragile bone beneath the skin that had not yet fully healed.
After confirming that no damage had been caused, he breathed a long sigh of relief. Looking at her oblivious profile, he felt both annoyed and amused.
He shouldn't have been so soft-hearted; he should have tied her right hand before she went to sleep!
Yuheng dared not provoke her again, and even kept his distance from her right hand before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
Ling Chengen slept soundly without any dreams, and when he woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky.
After a quick wash in the bathroom, she returned to her room, drew back the curtains, and looked at the rising sun outside, feeling somewhat lost for a moment.
She actually has average sleep quality and almost never sleeps until late morning.
But last night was very unusual.
She stood by the wide-open window, breathing in the fresh air, while wondering if Yuheng had specially arranged special plants in the room to help her sleep better.
After Bai Qingyu entered the courtyard, he immediately saw Ling Chengen standing by the window in a daze. She seemed to be zoning out, staring blankly at the plant that was sprouting and growing leaves in the corner of the courtyard, and did not notice his approach at all.
After entering the house, Ling Chengen suddenly came to his senses, turned his head to look at the breakfast in his hand, slipped on his slippers, casually parted the curtain of the partition, and walked to the table to sit down.
Bai Qingyu laid out breakfast in front of her and asked, "What are you thinking about so early in the morning?"
"My sleep seems to have... improved."
Bai Qingyu lowered his eyes and placed the milk beside her, saying, "Isn't this a good thing? Why are you making that face?"
Ling Chengen lifted his eyelids, stared at him for a moment, and suddenly asked, "When I was with Shi Ruoan, I didn't think about contraception."
Bai Qingyu paused in preparing the chopsticks for her, and after a long silence, said, "I know."
This is no secret. Last night, Yuheng went to see Shi Ruoan. He and Su Weihua were both awake and were talking in the garden when they overheard Yuheng's question and Shi Ruoan's answer.
I don't know what happened to the others, but he certainly didn't sleep a wink last night.
He also asked Yuheng this morning.
Yuheng said that it is too early to determine whether she is pregnant.
It will take at least another week to detect the problem.
We'll have to endure another week of this before we get an accurate answer.
But he had no way to solve it.
I could only pretend to be nonchalant when I brought her breakfast.
Ling Chengen held the milk cup, thought for a long time, and said, "I want to tell you something."
"Actually, this should have been said when everyone else was around."
"But I want to tell you now."
Bai Qingyu placed the chopsticks beside her and sat up straight, saying, "Go on, I'm listening."
"Actually, I have..."