110: The victim is about to appear

When Tu Nan returned to the room, Lance was playing around with the two little ones.

The three of them looked like they had been awake for a while and were waiting for her.

"Go eat breakfast by yourselves, we have something to discuss, okay?" Tu Nan kissed her two darlings.

As soon as they left, Lance's previously normal expression immediately turned suggestive. She nudged Tu Nan's waist, just about to speak.

Unexpectedly, under what Lance considered a normal playful attack, Tu Nan completely collapsed onto the floor, unable to stand up.

Lance was horrified, then burst into massive laughter.

"Hahahahahaha, I was going to ask how you felt, but it seems Colonel Kong truly lives up to his reputation. You must be stuffed."

Tu Nan was so uncomfortable that tears were about to stream out.

How could this person be so careless? She actually poked her waist! That was too much; she had practically shuffled her way back just now.

Seeing that Lance would laugh endlessly if she didn't stop her, Tu Nan straightened her face and called out to her.

"Stop talking about that. Come help me check if I'm pregnant."

Lance's laughter abruptly stopped.

"Me...? I'm a Pharmacist." She dramatically pointed at herself, then pointed at Tu Nan's stomach. "Besides, even if you wanted to check, you couldn't find out today. It's too soon. What are you thinking?"

Tu Nan massaged her forehead. She actually had a slight premonition; even in her original world, detection wasn't that fast.

"Then how do we check? How long until we know?"

Lance shrugged. "Ah, if you draw blood and send it for testing, maybe seven days. If you use a home kit, at least half a month."

Lance recalled, and excitedly told Tu Nan, "I checked, this starship has a medical bay. Maybe they have the equipment. We should go ask."

Tu Nan shot her a look.

"This is the Kong Family's starship, and I'm going to test myself for pregnancy?" She stared at her unreliable partner.

"Setting aside whether they even have the equipment, if I dare to test myself, wouldn't that clearly indicate that something fishy happened this time? I mean, who doesn't know that S-ranks have Gene Locks?"

Lance suddenly realized. "You're right. Then we'll just have to wait until we disembark to buy a test kit. Ah, the 15th day is exactly when we arrive at port."

Tu Nan gave a wry smile.

"Great... And what if I test myself after disembarking and I'm not pregnant?"

Lance looked at her innocently and cautiously suggested, "If you're not pregnant, then forget it. Next time we encounter an S-rank, we'll figure something out."

Seeing the low pressure around Tu Nan, she kindly offered advice.

"Kong Jiamu isn't the only S-rank, right? Actually, that Peacock is so promiscuous, it doesn't necessarily mean his quality is high. What if he's weak? The Children born might not be good either..."

"Xiuyin Star is the most beautiful planet near the Capital Star. Whether we look there or later go searching in the Capital City, we can check again."

Lance didn't really like Kong Jiamu. He constantly flitted among Female Beasts. Aside from his face and his rank, there wasn't much worthwhile about him, was there?

"Who knows if I'll ever get this chance again? No way, if I ran into him, I wouldn't let him go."

But seeing Tu Nan's persistent and unyielding appearance, Lance felt a bit troubled.

Sure enough, none of the escaped Foster Mothers were truly normal. Forget it... let her do what she wants.

Tu Nan actually had unspeakable difficulties.

Her real problem was that not every S-rank would do.

Right now, her choices were either Kong Jiamu or Hain.

And since she had already "eaten" Kong Jiamu, there should be at least a 50% chance of conceiving a Child, right?

Taking a deep breath, just to be safe, she'd better drug Kong Jiamu again and have another go.

But since she succeeded this time, setting aside finding another scapegoat next time, what if Kong Jiamu became wary?

Headache.

Tu Nan fiercely despised the twisted technology of this world.

The direction of technological development focused on hard tech like developing starships and space weaponry. Couldn't pregnancy detection be done instantly via the bracelet the moment implantation occurred?

Useless!

And that useless System. She got no help completing his small tasks; she relied entirely on her own efforts.

It truly was lucky for the System that it encountered a host who was so determined to live. If it had met a lazy, slacker host, the System would surely have nowhere to cry.

Despite the cursing, she still began rearranging and combining the existing conditions.

Finally, she managed to find a plausible reason among them. A reason to persuade that show-off Kong Jiamu to try again... It seemed feasible?

But if she wanted to succeed, she probably couldn't just use Kong Jiamu and discard him.

She would have to reel him back in and coax him a bit. She couldn't let him starve completely, but she also couldn't let him be too satisfied.

This balance required careful consideration.

Tu Nan waved Lance over, signaling her to lean down and bring her ear closer.

After Lance listened to Tu Nan finish her new plan, she felt genuinely convinced and impressed.

"Pearl..." Lance lamented. "It's such a waste to use that brain of yours just for handling men. Are you sure you don't want to try doing something big?"

Tu Nan decisively refused.

Do something big? She just wanted to survive, and at most, take her Children with her.

***

Tu Nan had slept soundly until she was woken by the continuous vibration of her bracelet.

She glanced at the time.

Great, it was already dinner time.

She answered the call. It was an unexpected person: Captain Wei Yang.

The person on the other end politely invited her to come to the Captains Quarters.

"Captains Quarters? May I ask what happened? I... am feeling a bit unwell." Tu Nan had a slight guess.

Wei Yang was silent for a moment. He probably guessed the reason for Tu Nan's discomfort.

"Colonel Kong is also here. This is regarding the matter of him being drugged. You are also involved, and The Peng Sisters insist on your presence."

Wei Yang was also helpless.

Alas, among this ship full of powerful figures, he couldn't afford to slight any of them.

If the Young Master had spoken, he could have been a bit firmer. But clearly, Kong Jiamu could have refused The Peng Sisters' unreasonable request, or it would have been more appropriate for him to contact Miss Lan himself.

But no one knew why he suddenly threw a tantrum.

He just continuously emitted cold Qi in the room without saying a word, letting The Peng Sisters argue wildly.

This forced him to step forward and invite Miss Lan to attend.

How awkward... What exactly were these young people doing? This old man truly didn't want to understand.

Tu Nan thought for a moment and decided to go over and check the situation. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lance still lying on her sofa, also taking a call.

When Lance finished her call, Tu Nan asked, "Captain Wei?"

Lance grinned. "Exactly. Just as you said, they came looking for me."

Tu Nan twitched her lips, grabbed a small pastry from the table and ate it, stating unhurriedly, "Don't worry. We'll proceed as planned."

She could easily sample every pastry on the ship; this was the standard for a luxury starship.

"We are, one, merely an enthusiastic passerby." She pointed at Lance.

"And one... an innocent victim." She pointed at herself.

Wiping the pastry crumbs from her hands, she linked arms with Lance.

"Let's go," she said.

Lance struggled hard to suppress her laughter.

"Alright... 'Victim,' you must be exhausted."