Chapter 178 - Three embryos

Less than a week after egg retrieval day, Xiao Lei had the embryos, which was in the blastocyst stage, implanted in her. From then until about two weeks later, nothing much happened. She went to work as usual, and no one at work suspected anything. 

Today, Xiao Lei, Luo Guangying, Callum, Han Ye, and Xiao Zhihao were back at the hospital. 

They were waiting for the blood test result anxiously at Dr. Phillip's room. 

"Do you think all three embryos made it through?" Callum whispered to Luo Guangying nervously as they sat at the couch. He was so excited about today that he did not sleep at all last night, much to Luo Guangying's annoyance since he kept wanting to do it to pass the time. 

While waiting for Luo Guangying's answer, Callum kept glancing at the others in the room while trying to calm himself down. 

On the couch opposite them was Xiao Lei and Han Ye. They were sitting quietly. Xiao Lei's arm had a small bandage from when she had her blood drawn earlier. 

As for Xiao Zhihao, he was sitting on the small bed at the corner of the office while reading a book. Occasionally, he would take a pen out of his pant pocket and write something on the pages inside the book. 

Seeing that he still had some papers to take, he was not supposed to leave the school. However, since this was important for his mother, he decided to take a few hours away from studying. Well, away from school anyway. He was currently reading his French textbook to prepare for his French paper the day after tomorrow.  

He had to take the English paper tomorrow, but since he was good in English, he was not bothered as much by it. As such, he had been focusing solely on his French. 

Luo Guangying heard the nervousness in Callum's voice. However, he did not remark upon it. Instead, he merely glanced at Callum before shrugging. "It's hard to say... though I wish not." 

They put in three embryos to enhance the chances of pregnancy as it was common knowledge that sometimes, they might not survive. Especially with Xiao Lei's age.

If they did survive, Luo Guangying would be elated of course. However, he would also be worried.

Multiple babies in one pregnancy posed a high risk to both the woman and the unborn babies. 

If he could decide on this, he would prefer to have only one child. He just wanted to have a healthy baby.

"I wish your s.p.e.r.m got through," Callum whispered again. He grinned when Luo Guangying looked at him with a frown. "There's a possibility that one of your swimmers might be in her."  

Dr. Phillip had scolded them, mostly Callum, for mixing the bottles with their s.p.e.r.ms up. But he could also understand Callum's action. Since Callum was almost practically raised by DX, Dr. Phillip had actually even anticipated him to do something like this. 

Still, he did not tell the men whose s.p.e.r.ms he used and in what ratio. 

"It could be all yours or it could be all Guangying's. Who knows... Not like I care..." Dr. Phillip had said when Callum tried to bribe him for information earlier. 

Before Luo Guangying could reply Callum, Dr. Phillip came back into the room. His expressionless face made those who were waiting for his answer even more nervous than earlier. 

They watched as Dr. Phillip sat down behind his desk and took a sip from his cup of water that had been left on the desk for god knows how long.

"Oh, come one, Phillip!" Callum groaned as he facepalmed himself. "Stop dragging this!" 

Dr. Phillip raised a brow and said, "There's a piece of good news and a piece of bad news. What do you want to hear first?" 

Xiao Lei's face turned pale as she muttered under her breath. "Bad news?" 

Her voice was soft, but Han Ye, who was sitting right next to her, heard everything clearly. He could see the worried expression on her face, and so, he reached over to pat her knee. 

When she looked at him, he whispered, "I'm sure it's nothing. If it's a piece of really bad news, he would have phrased it differently." 

He then glanced at Callum, who had a devastated expression on his face, before continuing, "I think Phillip is just messing around with him." 

"B-bad news?" Callum stuttered. He placed a hand on his chest, and for some reason, he put his other hand another on Luo Guangying's chest, as if he was tracking Luo Guangying's heartbeat. With his eyes on Dr. Phillip, he said slowly, "Fine. You can tell us the bad news first... I don't want to end the day with sadness." 

Luo Guangying rolled his eyes before taking Callum's hand away from his chest. He then looked at Dr. Phillip and said calmly, "Stop messing around with him. How's the result?" 

Dr. Phillip shrugged and fanned himself with the file containing the result of the blood test. "Like I said. A piece of good news and a piece of bad news. Choose." 

Hearing his answer, Luo Guangying sighed. "Let me guess. The bad news is that not all the embryos made it." 

"Hey, stop it." Dr. Phillip frowned as he put the file down. "You can't guess!  You're too smart!" 

Luo Guangying ignored him and continued, "And the good news is that she's pregnant."

"Urgh!" Dr. Phillip groaned at having his prank ended just like that. He wanted to see Callum suffer more. Perhaps it was because he grew up with DX, but they had the tendency to pick on Callum. Not only them, but even DX's best friend Layla Rong, William Tan, and William Tan's younger brother, Javier Tan, liked to mess with Callum. 

Since they were all older than him, Callum somehow became their annoying little brother. 

"What?!" Callum gasped and looked at Luo Guangying. He then looked at Xiao Lei. First at her face, then at her stomach. A look of surprise appeared on his face before it was quickly replaced with a look of happiness as he smiled childishly, as if he could not believe that a baby was forming inside of her. A life. His future child. 

Up until he met Luo Guangying, he had never thought of having his own child... but now...

"She is?" Han Ye asked Dr. Phillip while smiling. He was genuinely happy for the two men as well as Xiao Lei. 

Even Xiao Zhihao, who was so focused in his book, looked up from his book and said with a huge grin, "I'm going to be a big brother?" 

Dr. Phillip smiled and nodded to confirm Luo Guangying's theory. "Yes, Xiao Lei is pregnant."

"Yes!" Callum jumped up in joy and hugged Luo Guangying as he said, "We are going to be fathers!"  

He then kissed Luo Guangying right in front of everyone, causing everyone to quiet down as they stared at them in surprise. 

They might tease each other openly all the time, but they rarely displayed any affection publicly... not even a simple gesture like holding hands. At most, Callum would just say something perverted and the "affection" he would get usually come in the form of punches or glares or insults. 

Luo Guangying was taken aback by the sudden kiss as well, and it took him a few seconds before he pushed Callum away. "We are in public!" he murmured before turning away to face the wall.

Everyone could see that his face was completely red like a ripe tomato! If they were in a cartoon, Luo Guangying's head would start to release some steam!