Chapter 45: Gravity

Back home, Jiang Miao followed Yan He into his bedroom. “Are you okay? You don’t feel anything, right?”

Yan He: “…”

Yan He now understood what Jiang Miao meant when she used to call him “neurotic” and “silly” when she was on her period a while back. How the tables have turned.

“See for yourself.” He simply unbuttoned his shirt and lifted his shirt.

Jiang Miao leaned over without hesitation to take a look.

A thin pink line. That was the color of the new skin tissue after the incision had healed. Other than that, there was nothing to see.

Except for the fact that his abs were well-defined, with clear lines and grooves.

Jiang Miao accidentally touched it.

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As Yan He nodded, everyone burst into laughter.

In truth, these colleagues, both male and female, without exception, were all carrying babies in their bellies, all carriers of fetuses in the parenting partnership.

The newly arrived Major Yan He was handsome, smooth in social interactions, and most importantly, he was only thirty-nine years old this year. Being a Major before forty meant a promising future.

Who wouldn’t want to befriend such a person?

In a society where there were no parents to rely on, relationships with colleagues, classmates, and friends were all networks. The capable rise, the incapable fall, and the entire society was relatively fair for most people.

At least, in the six major star regions and their surrounding capital star rings that Jiang Miao was familiar with, it was like this.

Yan He returned home quite late, and Jiang Miao had been waiting for him.

“How was dinner? Are you tired? Do you want to eat something else? How about some fresh fruit for freshly squeezed juice?” She bombarded him with care as soon as he arrived.

Yan He didn’t back down either, and he directly stopped her incessant chatter with his hand.

The room fell silent.

Xiaona quietly recorded the passage of time and the years.

“Don’t be so nervous,” Yan He released Jiang Miao, sighing, “The monitoring data shows everything is normal. The little one has already taken root securely. He/she is safe in my body.”

Yan He pulled Jiang Miao into his arms, gently comforting her.

Jiang Miao’s face was against his chest, able to hear his heartbeat. Slow, steady, strong.

His breath was clean, without the smell of smoke or alcohol.

Jiang Miao held onto his waist tightly.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Jiang Miao felt that at this moment, Yan He belonged to her. Even though their most intimate gesture was just a kiss. There was no further step.

It’s strange, at this moment Jiang Miao felt that both he and the child belonged to her.

This was a hug between three people, and she didn’t want to let go.

Yan He gently stroked Jiang Miao’s spine, feeling the wonderful protrusion of her vertebrae. In his ears, there were half-joking, half-serious words from his colleagues.

“Oh, the expectant father! You should enjoy life while the belly isn’t showing yet. Once it gets big, there’s no suitable position anymore,” they said.

This caused a chorus of complaints from the men.

“This is just terrible!” they complained, “At this stage, the hormones are flooding, but we’re in a state where we can’t release the floodgates!”

A pregnant woman joked, “You guys can also try ‘being’ from behind.”

Such explicit talk was commonplace here, eliciting laughter and teasing among the men.

Yan He’s palms began to warm up.

He tightened his arms, and Jiang Miao’s feet left the ground. Yan He held her in his arms, carrying her towards the bedroom area.

Jiang Miao let out a soft “Ah,” her body tensing up.

“No, no, you can’t…” she murmured, her voice unusually soft.

But Yan He placed her at the door of her own bedroom, smiling as he asked, “Can’t what?”

Jiang Miao blushed with anger, biting his neck.

Yan He winced in pain, then pressed her against the wall, reprimanding her. Eventually, their lips tangled together, their breaths becoming erratic.

“Stop,” Jiang Miao buried her face in his shoulder, refusing to give him any more chances to be aggressive.

Yan He held her with one hand and leaned against the wall with the other, resting his forehead against the cool surface.

Their breathing gradually calmed down.

Finally, Yan He smoothed Jiang Miao’s beautiful and silky black hair, kissed her forehead, and said, “Goodnight, Miao Miao.”

Jiang Miao raised her head, her eyes watery and bright. “Goodnight, Yan He.”

The next morning, Jiang Miao found Yan He exercising in the gym as usual, just like before. She rushed into the gym, only to be held back by the high-gravity setting.

Yan He was speechless. “Xiaona, turn off the gravity.”

As the gravity deactivated, Jiang Miao was drenched in sweat, panting as she said, “You… you…”

“Take a breath and then speak,” Yan He said, tossing her a towel.

“Why are you still doing high-gravity training?” Jiang Miao asked, panting.

“And what else would I be doing?” Yan He countered.

Jiang Miao worried, “Can the baby handle it?”

“Jiang Miao, you have to understand, our child, his or her parents are from high-gravity planets. The locals here are different,” Yan He explained patiently. “This gravity may be a bit intense for you, but for me, it’s what I’ve adapted to since birth.”

“If our child spends their fetal period only in low-gravity environments, it may reduce their natural physical abilities,” Yan He continued. “I haven’t told you yet, but I just ordered two gravity beds, one for the base dormitory and one for here.”

Jiang Miao was surprised. “Even for sleeping…”

“Yes, I discussed this with Dr. Li. To preserve the child’s innate physiological advantages as much as possible, we need to start from the pregnancy period. Growing up in high-gravity environments, his or her bone density and muscle fiber density can reach the standard of a child from a high-gravity planet.”

“But…” Jiang Miao started to speak but felt that Yan He’s reasoning made sense, so she stopped herself from continuing.

Yan He guessed her thoughts. “You’re thinking that he or she will live with you in the capital star circle and will hardly have the opportunity to visit high-gravity planets, right?”

Jiang Miao nodded.

Yan He sighed and patted her head.

“Miao Miao, although we are his or her parents, we can’t guarantee the future direction of his or her life. I think we should prepare as many paths for him or her as possible, okay?”

Jiang Miao sighed and nodded. “You’re thinking further ahead than I am. I’ll listen to you.”

She paused and sighed. “I have a feeling that you’ll be a strict yet loving father.”

Yan He chuckled. “Is that a bad thing? Why sigh?”

Jiang Miao smiled without explaining.

Having a father like you around me and our baby all the time would be so nice.

But Jiang Miao herself knew that in this society, unless you rise to the top of society, using economic relationships and marrying someone under a marriage contract, such expectations can only be wishful thinking.

Jiang Miao felt that giving herself decades to strive might not necessarily prevent her from ascending to another social class.

But by then, where would Yan He be? And with whom?

Even if they were to reunite at that time, would there still be the passion to kiss each other’s lips? Or would he still be like now, gathering her hair and affectionately calling her “Miao Miao”?

On the day the gravity bed arrived, it was also the day when Yan He, on his 2-day off-duty, should have returned home. However, since he joined the job, he often had social engagements. Jiang Miao arrived home earlier than him, so she let Xiaona direct the robots to dismantle the original bed and assemble the gravity bed.

She even personally laid out clean new sheets for him.

Looking at the fresh bed, Jiang Miao couldn’t resist lying down on it herself.

“Xiaona, is the new bed connected to your network?” she asked.

“The gravity bed has been connected to the network,” Xiaona replied.

After some thought, Jiang Miao said, “Start with double gravity.”

Xiaona activated the gravity.

After a while, Jiang Miao said again, “Try three times.”

Her gravity training wasn’t as intense as before ovulation, but she didn’t give it up altogether. Even though healthy eggs had been retrieved, which Yan He acknowledged, Jiang Miao’s current training intensity was much greater than before she met Yan He, basically following the training plan he tailored for her.

Three times the gravity was nothing to her now. Or rather, she even felt a bit of the feeling she had when she lived with Zhang Ya on Dufa Star.

She rolled over on the bed, inevitably reminiscing about her life on Dufa Star.

A mature, calm, intellectual, and independent adult woman was by her side, guiding her to adapt to this completely different world.

In her early years, she taught her many things hands-on.

Back then, she was so patient and gentle with her.

She was such a wonderful woman.

She was the image of Jiang Miao’s fantasies about herself entering society before she left campus in her past life.

Even better.

So much so that Jiang Miao, who possessed an adult soul, still felt a sense of fondness for her. She willingly became a child again in front of her, imagining growing up to be like her.

Jiang Miao didn’t know how she fell asleep on Yan He’s bed in a triple gravity environment.

Just as Yan He said, for people from high-gravity planets like them, although low-gravity made them seem infinitely powerful or as light as a feather, high gravity was the environment they had adapted to since birth.

Jiang Miao slept deeply and soundly.

In the middle of the night, a body pressed against hers. Fresh from a shower, it still carried a faint mist.

She was pulled into an embrace.

Jiang Miao involuntarily snuggled back, pressing her back tightly against the person’s embrace, curling up her body.

If viewed from above, it would be like a baby.

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