Our Boss is Expecting!

by dysproporsium

Summary:

Four Shengfang Biotech employees who love to gossip and make bets began to notice changes in their boss' beloved secretary

aka

Hua Yong experienced sympathetic pregnancy symptoms during the course of Shaoyou's pregnancy, leading the employees of Shengfang Biotech to believe he's the one carrying

Notes:

• In response to a prompt by Anonymous in the Master of Desire Fanwork Fest collection.

Would love a fic of pregnant era SSY where Hua Yong experience Couvade Syndrome and that is why everyone were so convinced that it was Hua Yong who were pregnant and gave birth to HS.

😂 Would be funnier if it's SNS or workplace forum page format where it's all misunderstanding to misunderstanding from outsiders (general public, SF staffs) POV

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Please turn on Creator's Style before reading since this fic is written using workskin by worlds_end_valentine!

My brain immediately made up the plot as soon as I saw the prompt, it was such a blast to work on this that I made 11 chapters lmao!!! Tysm to the original prompter <33

Chapter 1: Never a Dull Day

Whatsapp chat with: Jianghu's Finest

Sent Message: Have you guys heard the news?

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
which one lol

Reactions: 😂 2

theres always news in our company

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Sometimes I miss the times when the big boss was still our boss lolllll

He's like… harsh sometimes but at least days in our company are calm and uneventful

Received Message:Plus he's not as cold as Mr little boss

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef

Sent Message: Aiya why are you guys talking about bosses now??

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Are you talking about the rumor that the chairman is going back to work now that he's back to health???

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
its been years since ive last seen him

Received Message:as much as it pains my ego to say it hs group had done something miraculous

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Right right!!!

Received Message:I still cant fully understand how theyre able to pull through like that in such a short amount of time

Received Message:I talked to my friends from X-Q Pharma and theyre also as confused as we are

Received Message:Our company literally spent a decade focusing on pheromone gland cancer research

Received Message:We were the FIRST ONE

Received Message:We were the PIONEER

Received Message:Being beaten by a newbie really hurts my pride

Sent Message: If it's any comfort to Lab Group A's Shen Shubin, the one backing their research is X Holdings

Sent Message:Our team stood alone

Sent Message:Have some pride in that!!

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Sighhhh

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
u know

Received Message:the secretary dept even had a bet on which company was going to win the race before lol

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
And who did you bet on?

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
u do remember me treating u guys to hotpot weeks before payroll

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
NO

Received Message:NO YOU DIDNT

Received Message:YING YUE YOU TRAITOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
Did Secretary Chen place a bet too?

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
It's Chen Pinming of course he wouldn't

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
well

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
NO HE DIDNT

Received Message:TELL ME HES ALSO NOT A TRAITOR TO OUR COMPANY

Received Message:

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
funnily enough he bet on x holdings not hs

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
X Holdings??

Received Message:Well, we know ukw publicly proposed to our boss but like…

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
hes literally the only one who jumped in and mentioned x holdings

Received Message:last minute too

Reactions: 🤔

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
You guys do remember HS is under X Holdings right?

Received Message:Technically they won

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Well yeah but!!!

Received Message:Technicallyyyyyyy the ones who develop the meds is HS

Reactions: 🙂‍↕️2

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
exactly why sec chen lost the bet too

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
Where are you Mei?

Received Message:@Country A here I come!

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
yeah im dying to know what the news is

Sent Message: Sorry there was another delivery just now and I had to go to find Secretary Chen

Sent Message:

Reactions: 👀 3

Sent Message: u know who

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
damn mr ukw sure is relentless huh

Received Message:are there any notes

Sent Message: Yue!!!

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
what?

Received Message:ik ure curious too

Sent Message: Welllllll

Sent Message: I migggghhhttt accidentally see a bit of the note the delivery man left

Sent Message: A bit is the keyword here

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
Mei, I'm going to go downstairs and get that note myself if you don't spill

Received Message from:Clock in and Cry
Aiyaaaa so scary Mr Jiao!

Received Message:Im for real curious too though

Received Message:Come on hurry up before Secretary Chen comes back to the lab and catches me on my phone!!!

Sent Message: You guys need to open your wallet first

Sent Message: I was just going to gossip with you guys but turns out I was right

Received Message from:slow cooked braised beef
Why?

Received Message from:manifesting cool alpha wife
i dont even remember which bet this is

Sent Message: "Congratulations on your engagement, Mr Sheng Shaoyou and Mr Hua Yong"

Sent Message: Pay up @slow cooked braised beef @manifesting cool alpha wife @Clock in and Cry

Notes:

for continuity's sake, let's just say that hua yong proposed when shaoyou was 2 months pregnant lol <3