806 Shell-Shocked (2/2)
”Huh?” Jin Chonglin was confused. ”Why? Isn't it better to take her to the hospital? She fainted, Big Bro! Fainted!”
”I didn't faint,” Iris denied. ”I was still conscious the entire time.”
Jin Chonglin snorted at her claim.
”Cover for your sister-in-law for now, Chonglin. She needs to go home. I'll be the one to take her the hospital later if needed.”
”Why?” Jin Chonglin continued to ask.
Jin Liwei and Iris were both silent, not answering him. Jin Chonglin sensed something and gestured for the two staff members to leave the room. After the staff left, Jin Chonglin asked his older brother again.
”Why don't you want to take Sister Xiulan to the hospital? Based on your tone, I can guess that you already know what's wrong with her. Is she seriously ill?”
”Just do this for us,” Jin Liwei said, not answering his younger brother's question directly. ”Your sister-in-law is a celebrity like you. Taking her to the hospital by ambulance will only create a huge, unnecessary commotion. We don't need that right now. I'll owe you one if you help us prevent that from happening.”
”What's up with that? With the way the two of you are acting so mysterious, people might think that Sister Xiulan is pregnant.” Jin Chonglin laughed as if he heard the funniest joke of the day.
The couple was silent and didn't reply. Jin Chonglin stopped laughing and looked shocked as realization hit him.
”Holy shit.” He looked at Iris' face before his gaze dropped on her flat stomach. ”Don't tell me you're really preg—”
”Stop it! What if someone hears you?” Iris hissed at him and glanced at the door. She pricked her ears to make sure that nobody was trying to eavesdrop outside the dressing room.
”Oh. My. God.” Jin Chonglin was in shock. He whispered, ”You're really pregnant?”
It was Jin Liwei who replied to him on the phone. ”If you know, then you know. Keep it a secret. We haven't told people outside our household yet because it's too early. Well, except for Second Brother Yingjie who confirmed the pregnancy. So don't tell anyone, alright?”
The shell-shocked Jin Chonglin could only stand there like an idiot with eyes and mouth wide open as he continued staring at Iris in complete disbelief.