Cheng Roning, upon hearing her daughter's words, was both surprised and delighted. She quickly came over and grabbed her hand: "Banxia, you're pregnant? When did this happen? The child is Yanting's, right!"
Lin Banxia felt a little embarrassed by the barrage of questions from her mom: "Mom, of course, it's his child. Whose else could it be? I found out during my hospital checkup last time. I was planning to keep it a secret for a while, so I said it was a stomach issue."
"You little rascal, keeping things from your mom, huh? Look at you—you're pale from all the vomiting." Cheng Roning immediately scolded her, feeling she shouldn't have concealed it.
"Mom, I didn't do it on purpose. I was just worried Chu Tingting might retaliate against me during this time. I can't let her know I'm pregnant. If she truly loses her mind and does something to hurt me or the baby, wouldn't that be awful?" Lin Banxia hurried to explain her reasoning.
