Chapter 15: Can't Keep It<br>“Damn it.” Shen Qingchen cursed under his breath, swiftly getting dressed and carrying the unconscious man downstairs.<br>Running two red lights, he finally managed to get the man to the hospital. When the red light above the operating room lit up, Shen Qingchen’s already taut heart sank further, his limbs growing cold with dread.<br>He was completely stunned.<br>He had been rough tonight, but he’d used lubricant. How could there have been so much blood...<br>Shen Qingchen slowly sat down on a chair in the waiting area, wearily rubbing his forehead, his thin lips pressed into a tight line.<br>Countless heavy thoughts flashed through his mind. He mentally reviewed the symptoms of various terminal illnesses, but none matched what had happened.<br>He didn’t like the little fool, but he hadn’t intended to hurt him.<br>Three hours later.<br>Cheng Xiaonuan was wheeled out of the operating room and transferred to a regular ward. The moment it was confirmed he was out of life-threatening danger, Shen Qingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief.<br>But when he heard the reason for Cheng Xiaonuan’s bleeding and coma from the attending physician, he felt his intelligence was being insulted.<br>“Pregnant? Are you joking? He’s a man.”<br>“Do you know what intersex people are?” the young doctor asked calmly with a faint smile.<br>Shen Qingchen frowned, instinctively sensing that what the doctor was about to say was relevant. “I know.”<br>“Well, it’s like this. Intersex people fall into two categories: apparent and concealed. Mr. Cheng belongs to the latter. Outwardly, he appears to be a normal man, but internally, he possesses a fully developed female reproductive system. Therefore, he is capable of becoming pregnant.”<br>Shen Qingchen still found it hard to accept, but his mouth unconsciously asked, “Then the child…”<br>“Fortunately, he was brought in promptly. We could still detect the fetal heartbeat and bud. After emergency treatment, the baby is temporarily stable. However, Mr. Cheng’s physical condition is extremely poor – long-term malnutrition, hypoglycemia, anemia. These symptoms could cause him to face miscarriage again at any moment. He must be carefully nursed back to health.”<br>“Also, sexual activity must be prohibited during the early stages of pregnancy. It can be resumed in moderation later when the fetus is stable, but it cannot be too rough. Both the pregnant man and the baby are very fragile.”<br>Shen Qingchen hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice, “If we don’t want this child, can it be aborted?”<br>Not only had he nearly killed the man and brought him to the hospital, but the doctor had also just managed to save both the adult and the baby. To hear the other party casually ask if it could be aborted instantly made the doctor’s expression darken. He frowned and uttered a single word: “Yes.”<br>“However, that depends on Mr. Cheng’s own wishes. Even as the child’s father, you have no right to arbitrarily decide its life or death.”<br>Heartless bastard, the doctor cursed inwardly, leaving expressionlessly.<br>It was already 1 AM. The corridor was eerily quiet. Shen Qingchen stood alone for a moment before turning and entering the adjacent ward.<br>Only a small bedside lamp was on in the room, casting light on the man’s pale, gaunt face. He lay quietly in bed, as docile as usual.<br>Shen Qingchen sat down on the chair beside the bed, his gaze falling on Cheng Xiaonuan’s still-flat abdomen. A complex, unnameable emotion flickered in his beautiful eyes.<br>He had only intended to trick the fool over for some amusement, planning to discard him once he got bored. He never expected it would lead to a life being created.<br>Right now, keeping this child brought him no benefits.<br>He knew very clearly that it was impossible for him to marry Cheng Xiaonuan. Even if the child was born, it would only be a bastard. Moreover, if Cheng Ruochen found out, the other party would undoubtedly be unable to accept it, potentially leading to irreparable consequences.<br>Once the man woke up, he would arrange for the hospital to schedule an abortion...<br>Cheng Xiaonuan woke up the next afternoon. The ward was empty. After a while, a nurse came in to deliver his meal, instructing him to eat and stay quietly in the room, waiting for Shen Qingchen to return.<br>Cheng Xiaonuan was always obedient. He stayed in the room and waited obediently. He waited all afternoon, but Shen Qingchen didn’t come. In the evening, the nurse came again, telling him to sleep obediently, that Shen Qingchen would come tomorrow.<br>The little fool remembered what Shen Qingchen had told him that night: A'qing said he wouldn’t marry him, thought he was stupid. He probably didn’t want him anymore, that’s why he was dumped here...<br>He wanted to go home, but the hospital staff wouldn’t let him leave. The little fool had no choice but to keep waiting. He stared out the window with red-rimmed eyes, comforting himself: A'qing is probably just busy with work. He hasn’t abandoned me.<br>At noon the next day, the door was pushed open. The moment that familiar, tall figure entered his sight, Cheng Xiaonuan’s dark eyes instantly lit up, though his eye rims were thoroughly red. He sat up straight, looking at him, and called timidly:<br>“A’qing…”<br>“Hungry?” Shen Qingchen walked over with a smile, ruffled his hair, took out a Family Bucket from the KFC bag in his hand, opened it, and handed it to Cheng Xiaonuan. “I specially bought this for you on my way here. Eat up.”<br>Cheng Xiaonuan was already 24 but still loved KFC like a child. However, he rarely ate it. A Family Bucket costing over a hundred yuan was too expensive for him. When he worked outside, that was half a month’s food expenses.<br>When they had first gotten together, Shen Qingchen would often buy a bucket of wings after work to cheer the little fool up. Later, he was lucky to even get a decent look from him. His sudden gentleness now left Cheng Xiaonuan feeling flustered and overwhelmed.<br>He hesitated for a moment, then carefully took out a chicken wing from the bucket. “Th… thank you, A’qing…”<br>“Why the politeness?” Shen Qingchen smiled, placing the Family Bucket on the bedside table.<br>The spicy chicken wings, fried to a golden crisp, looked incredibly tempting. Cheng Xiaonuan took a small bite. Just as he swallowed, a familiar wave of nausea surged up, making him retch violently over the trash can beside the bed. His eyes watered.<br>“Are you okay?” Shen Qingchen frowned, not expecting his morning sickness to be this severe.<br>Cheng Xiaonuan struggled to prop himself up, looking at him timidly, his eyes red as he whispered, “A’qing, I don’t want KFC anymore… I want to go home…”<br>“When can we go home?...”<br>“This afternoon,” Shen Qingchen said.<br>“You’re sick. You need a minor surgery later. After it’s done, we can go home.”<br>Cheng Xiaonuan’s eyelashes fluttered. He was terrified of being abandoned. “…Really?”<br>“Really.” Shen Qingchen lied without changing expression.<br>Two hours later, Cheng Xiaonuan obediently followed the doctor into the operating room, personally escorted in by Shen Qingchen.<br>Unexpectedly, just a few minutes later, he came out again. He was wearing green sterile scrubs, clearly just changed into. The man jogged up to Shen Qingchen, placed his right hand on his lower abdomen, and said happily yet anxiously,<br>“A’qing, they said… there’s a baby in my belly…”<br>“It’s… it’s our baby…”<br>Shen Qingchen’s face instantly turned cold. “This child can’t stay.”<br>“Wh… Why?…” The man looked at him, bewildered.<br>“What do you think? Do you want it to be born an idiot like you?”