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After they got married, Xi Wei and Klaire spent half a month being intimate in a sweet world made just for two. Klaire really wanted to stay like this forever, but unfortunately, as a general, he still had to take care of his duties at the Morningstar Corps. He couldnāt leave his post for long. The marriage leave the military had given him was about to end, so Klaire could only reluctantly leave the capital planet.
Once Klaire left, Xi Wei couldnāt sit still anymore. After two years of filming, heād developed a habit for it, and heād feel anxious if he was away from the cast and crew for a day.
Heād brought up this cast and crew all by himself. After theyād collaborated a few times, they had a good mutual understanding and coordinated well. Xi Wei was planning to officially start up a production company, so that itād be easier for him to invest and film movies.
Xi Wei swiftly and decisively put the matter of establishing the company on his schedule, and in one short month, he finished the preparatory work. He officially listed the production corporation he created on the stock market, and signed many newcomers with potential as well.
Xi Wei felt quite satisfied being his own boss. He secretly started preparing for the next film.
Life had become both busy and fulfilling.
When he had just arrived in this world, Xi Wei worried that as an omega, heād only be able to stay home and have children. Now, everything in the empire was changing for the better, and his psychological barriers to being together with a male alpha were gradually decreasing as well. Every time the cast and crew were busy and he got a caring video call from Klaire, Xi Wei didnāt dislike it at all. He felt warm instead.
They each had their own careers. Although they were temporarily separated, their hearts were closely linked.
They thought of each other all the time, and called each other once in a while. It was like they were giving each other a heater in the coldest month of winter. Every time he heard Klaireās concerned words, the warmth that came from the bottom of his heart and the peace of mind he felt were a happiness and a comfort he couldnāt express in words.
Xi Wei put forth a lot of effort when he was shooting one of his movies. There were times when heād work into the night for the sake of getting a scene right. Klaire really worried about him. When he led the Morningstar Corps past a galaxy where Xi Wei was shooting a scene, he took two days of leave and went to visit him personally.
When the cast and crew saw General Klaire coming, they took the initiative to hide off at the side, so as to avoid becoming the third wheel.
When Xi Wei saw him, he seemed quite surprised. āHow come youāre here?ā
In front of so many people, Klaire wasnāt ashamed at all. He took Xi Wei gently into his arms, and said straight-out, āI missed you.ā
Seeing that all the workers around them were taking secret glances at the two of them, Xi Wei couldnāt help his face reddening. He pulled Klaire to his room.
This was the so-called ādistance makes the heart grow fonder.ā That night, without waiting for Klaire to ask, Xi Wei took the initiative to push Klaire down on the bed. Klaire was pleasantly surprised by his enthusiasm, and full of excitement, he held onto Xi Wei and did him for the entire night. As a result, the next day, the entire cast and crew went on breakābecause the director couldnāt get up.
Everyone had a face of understanding, and gladly took the day off.
Xi Weiās waist ached and his legs were limp. He glared at Klaire and scolded, āFrom now on, youād better not visit me at work! Do you understand the meaning of moderation?ā
āYou were the one who took the initiative last night.ā Klaire looked at him innocently, and while gently massaging Xi Weiās waist, he smiled and said, āIāve been seeing you in my dreams every night. It was only when I couldnāt take it anymore that I came to see you in person.ā
Xi Wei rolled his eyes at him and sprawled comfortably across the bed, enjoying Klaireās attention.
Klaire only stayed with the cast and crew for a day before leaving. After he went back to work, Xi Wei was immediately bursting with energy. Everyone in the cast and crew felt that the director clearly had an expression of contentment after being taken care of by his own alpha. No wonder his work efficiency was so high!
This time it was a grand-scale sci-fi film. Xi Wei had put in a lot of painstaking effort, starting from the preparatory stages. He had invited several talented screenwriters to help revise the script, found two assistant directors, and spent a great deal of money to hire A-list actors with top quality acting skills.
After a year of filming, the movie was finally successfully finished. Xi Wei brought the cast and crew back to the capital planet.
At the celebratory banquet, wanting to give everyone a toast, Xi Wei had only just taken up his wineglass and gotten out of his chair when everything before his eyes suddenly turned black, and he fainted.
The cast and crew were pale with shock. They immediately sent him to the Imperial Central Hospital and notified General Klaire.
Klaireās face was ashen when he rushed over to the hospital, and his eyes could almost kill. Xi Wei had been in good health since he was young, and he was usually full of vigor. Could he have suddenly fainted because he had gotten some serious illness?
Klaire felt restless as he paced back and forth in the corridor outside the examination room. They had just gotten together. Nothing could happen to Xi Wei. If something happened to Xi Wei, Klaire didnāt know what crazy things he would doā¦
After his imagination ran wild for a while, the doctor finally came out. Klaire immediately went up to him and asked anxiously, āDoctor, how is he?ā
The young doctor smiled and said, āCongratulations, General. The eldest prince is pregnant, and heās already been expecting for three months.ā
Klaire: ā...ā
After freezing for a moment, Klaire immediately rushed into the examination room, wild with joy.
Xi Wei was still deeply asleep. Klaire looked back at the doctor and asked, āHow come he fainted?ā
The doctor patiently explained, āHis Highness only suddenly fainted because his recent filming had exhausted him too much, and led to him having low blood sugar temporarily. Iāve already given him a careful inspection. Everythingās normal, so thereās no need to worry, General.ā
When he heard the doctor say this, Klaire could finally relax. He sat down by the bed and gently stroked Xi Weiās hair.
āXi Wei had already been pregnant for three months. That meant that when he visited the cast and crew and passionately slept with him, it caused him to accidentally get pregnant.
On their wedding night, Xi Weiās heat had arrived ahead of time. After his first time permanently marking him, Klaire took the initiative to offer him contraceptive pills, because Xi Wei didnāt want to have children.
During their heat, omegas had a 99% rate of conception, but when they werenāt in heat, their conception rate was very low.
When he visited Xi Wei and the two of them rolled in the sheets all night, he hadnāt been in heat, so Klaire hadnāt prepared any contraceptives. When an omega wasnāt in heat, the possibility of them getting pregnant was very low. He hadnāt thought that even with such a low probability, heād still get pregnant. Theyād practically won the lottery...
Klaire held Xi Weiās hand tight. He was in a bit of a complicated mood.
With Xi Weiās personality, he might not want this child. After he found out about the situation, it could very well be that he wouldnāt be able to accept it, and would abort the child.
This baby had come very unexpectedly. The time and place werenāt right, and Xi Wei definitely hadnāt been prepared. But this was an innocent little life, after all, and it had the blood of both parents running through its veinsā¦
Klaire didnāt want to give up the baby.
This was his and Xi Weiās flesh and blood. He even felt that, with the low probability of this happening, this was like a favor God had granted them.
In the afternoon, Xi Wei finally woke up. He had fainted so suddenly, so when he woke up, he was still at a bit of a loss. But when he saw Klaire sitting beside his sickbed, holding his hand tightly, he smiled with relief and asked, āWas it because I was too tired that I fainted?ā
Klaire stroked his hair lightly and said softly, āBeing too tired was only part of the reason. The doctor said that the more important reason was that...youāve already been pregnant for three months.ā
ā...ā Xi Wei froze. He quickly realized that it was three months ago that Klaire visited him at work, and caused him to accidentally get pregnant.
Xi Wei reached down and touched his stomach. The expression on his face was like heād eaten something strange. After being at a loss for a long time, he said in a low voice, āEven a man can get pregnant, this really feels...very strange.ā
Klaire couldnāt help but laugh. He took Xi Weiās hand lightly and put their hands together over his stomach. He said lowly, āI know this baby came very suddenly. Do you want to keep it?ā
Xi Wei was silent for a moment, then asked, āWhat do you think?ā
āI want this child,ā Klaire said honestly. He paused, then added, āBut Iāll respect your opinion.ā
Xi Weiās heart moved slightly. He knew that if he said something like āLetās give up the child,ā right now, although Klaire wouldnāt be happy, heād definitely support his decision. He would never force him to give birth to the child.
āBut did he really have to give it up?
After all, this was an innocent little life, and Klaire was really looking forward to its arrival. If he got rid of it, Xi Wei was afraid he wouldnāt be able to sleep easily afterwards. Maybe every time his dreams came at midnight, heād see that pitiful little baby, asking him in a wronged voice: āWhy didnāt you want me, Daddy?ā
Thatās right, why didnāt he want it?
The two of them were both in good health, they were at a good age for having children, and they had no familial or financial burdens. With their capability, they could absolutely raise this child well.
With a situation like this, if he got rid of this baby, Xi Wei wouldnāt have an easy conscience.
As a man, getting pregnant and giving birth to children still made Xi Wei feel very uncomfortable psychologically, but after he calmed down and thought about it a little, having a little baby by his side in the future and watching it grow up was actually the joy of being a parent.
āFate had given them the privilege of becoming fathers, so they should treasure it.
After heād thought it through, Xi Wei said decisively, āLetās keep him after all.ā
Klaire looked at Xi Wei in disbelief, thinking that heād been hearing things.
Xi Wei smiled and gently took Klaireās hand, saying, āSince we already have a baby, we shouldnāt snuff out this little life. Iām pretty curious about what our child will grow up to be. Letās keep it. In any case, pregnancy only takes ten months, and three months have already passed. I just have to bear with it, and the last seven months will pass in the blink of an eye.ā
Klaire hadnāt thought that Xi Wei would be this open-minded. He hugged Xi Wei tight in excitement, and said, choked-up, āOkay, weāll raise the kid together.ā
Xi Wei was kind in nature, after all. Even if he wasnāt delighted about being pregnant, he wouldnāt be cruel enough to kill off this little life. Klaire was very thankful for this childās arrival. This baby was the crystallization of his and Xi Weiās love.
The news of the eldest princeās pregnancy soon spread throughout the entire empire. The imperial citizens said, one after the otherā
āWhat if he gives birth to another little beast!ā
āItād better not be an omega, one omega like Xi Weiās enough for us to take. Another little omega prince would do us in.ā
āItāll be even scarier if itās an alpha, okay? If an alpha prince with Xi Weiās off-the-charts combat strength messes around thoughtlessly, all the omegas in the empire will be done for.ā
No matter what the people said, Xi Wei wanted this child, and heād decided on having it.
***3 hours and 14 minutes for 2,186 words, or 8.9 minutes for every 100 words. An increase in rate by 0.9 minutes.
I swear, the worse real life gets, the more heartwarming this story is.
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