Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

Seeing Debbie choke on the soup, Julie immediately picked up a tissue and cleaned the spilled soup on the table. "Why are you in such a hurry? Take your time," she said.

"Don't you guys try this on me again," Debbie cautioned, with a hand on her heart. Still a student, she had no plans to have a baby yet.

All of a sudden, she remembered something was not right—Carlos hadn't used a condom and she had forgotten to take her morning after pill.

Quickly, she gulped the soup and sent Carlos a text message. "Holy crap, old man! I didn't take my morning after pill. I don't know how I forgot that! Is it too late to take the pill now?"

Just before lunch, she had sent him a message asking about his WeChat account and he hadn't replied to it yet. But this time, his reply came immediately. "What pill?"

What was the name of the pill? She opened browser and Googled "emergency contraception". Scrolling down a few hits, she got it. Mifepristone! Quick as a wink, she copied the link, took a screenshot and sent him both.

Then her phone rang. "Debbie Nian, there are two things here. First, it's already too late for the morning after pill. Second, I want a baby. I mean, you and I should be getting desperate to have a baby by now, ' he said in a firm voice that made his intentions crystal clear.

"What?! But why?" Debbie asked in disbelief. Was he already desperate for a baby?

"Honey, listen to me." With the phone in right hand, he rubbed his arching brow with the left and started to explain. "Deb, we're a married couple. If you got pregnant, it wouldn't be something to tense about. Gladly, I'd personally want us to keep the baby. Understand?"

"But...but..." she stammered. She didn't know how to make Carlos change his mind. After a long pause, she found a lame excuse. "You want a boy. What if I gave birth to a girl? Will you ignore her then?"

Carlos was slapped hard in the face by his own words. In a flat tone, he said, "I can't afford to be choosy over some things. Whether it's a girl or a boy, I'd welcome the baby with open arms. As long as you're the mother."

"But I'm still a student!"

"College students can have babies."

"But... you want me to study abroad next year!" Debbie felt somewhat thrown off balance.

"If you got pregnant, I would go abroad with you."

but..." She had run out of excuses.

buts. What you need to do now is not take after morning pill, but hopefully look forward to having you

"But I'm only 21. I don't really think I'm mentally prepared... to be a mother..." The word "mother" was forced through with

for Debbie. Wouldn't she

don't want a baby, I'll have to use protection from now on. But as for the pill, it's a no. I won't allow

advise you to stay away from that stuff. It's

genuine concern in that line touched Debbie at heart. For a moment, she heaved a sigh, rubbed her tingling eyes and murmured, "Give me some time, okay? I'll

apparently, she wasn't mentally prepared

for two nights, and you were in your safe days. Don't let it worry you so much. All the same,

began to take effect. In fact she was

for giving me the

a happy life

made Jared's flesh creep. "I didn't expect a tomboy like you to fall in love

Debbie slapped Jared on the

he say that in class?' Debbie

overreacting and immediately lowered her eyes to look at the book, as if nothing had happened. But it was too late. While she had

turned to Jared and said, "The chap at the back of the second line to

He cursed inwardly, 'Damn it! So Mr. Huo is

his seat, he heard Carlos

to?!' wondered an

answer, Debbie giggled with

away as if he didn't get his point. Jared pretended to clear his voice, but the exaggerated manner had the class

glance and ordered, "Stand there. The girl sitting next to him, please stand

on Jared's right side was a boy, and the girl sitting next to him...

stood up. All through, her mind had

AIP short