Chapter 42
Facing Chen Zhiyu, Chenâs father and Chenâs mother looked at each other, not admitting or denying. They were so deep in grief that they were not in the mood to explain to their son. It is definitely not appropriate to say directly to their son, âSon, your son will soon be gone,â but they did not know any other way of saying it.
It was all Xia Qing Shuâs fault, that heartless and rotten lung.
But if Xia Qing Shu doesnât want, they canât arrest him and make him have a baby, can they?
They would like to see Mama Chen get pregnant. If the big one is ruined, they can start all over again with a small one. If they had another one, they would never have to chant âhave a sonâ in front of the child again. They want their child to grow up healthy and carefree, and then have a family before they start a career.
With such hesitation, the best time to explain was missed.
Chen Zhiyu felt that he had guessed correctly. His parents had always wanted him to have a son, which he steadfastly refused to do, and before that they had joked from time to time about their intention to have another one. Now that Guojiaâs policy encouraged fertility, if Chenâs mother could conceive another, their family would be considered eugenic.
He works a lot and has little time for his parents, so itâs nice to have a little brother and sister at home with them.
Xia Shan has two younger brothers, and occasionally, he hears him talking about them. He had grown up as an only child and had no idea what it was like to be a family with younger siblings. He glanced at Chenâs motherâs belly and said lightly, âIt would be nice to have twins.â
A soft sister seemed good, and a younger brother to carry on the family business.
Chenâs father nodded silently, he wanted twins too, preferably two sons, double insurance. If he were to be a little more humble, a son and a daughter would be fine. When he thought of it this way, if Xia Qing Shu had two in his belly, wouldnât he be short of two grandchildren at once? What a human tragedy, to add to the woes of an already childless family!
âYouâve just gotten pregnant, donât have too many emotional ups and downs.â Chen Zhiyu still had things to do, and left after a few simple words.
Chenâs mother looked at Zhiyuâs back and sighed, âHusband, God is going to kill our Chen family!â
Chenâs father shoved Chen Maozai back into the stroller, closed the mosquito-proof cover and pulled Chenâs mother outside, âHoney, we havenât tried hard enough, how can we give up lightly?!â
Mama Chen was dragged and almost stumbled, she struggled and clutched her chest, âHow can we try?! Old Chen, calm down, this is a hospital!â
Chenâs father stopped in his tracks, âWife, what are you thinking about?â
At Mama Chenâs surprised gaze, Papa Chen looked as excited, âLetâs go find Xia Qing Shu!â
Chenâs mother responded breathlessly, âHe sneaked into the hospital like a thief, itâs obvious that he doesnât want this child, whatâs the point of looking for him, to get hit again? I canât take any other blows.â
âWe can bully! That if he doesnât have the baby, Iâll â¦â¦ Iâll tell his father about it!â
There was really no way out, the richest manâs dad was pushing so hard he was suing other peopleâs parents.
Chenâs father suddenly had a flash of insight, âWe can lure him!â
The Chen family was short of sons, but not of money. In this world, there is nothing that money cannot solve, if there is, then there is not enough money! The time had come to showcase the Chen familyâs money power!
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A tea house box.
Xia Qing Shu had a check up at the hospital, the baby was doing well, all indicators were normal. He hadnât slept well in the past few days and he had planned to take a nap, but the question of the babyâs stay or go kept bothering him and he still couldnât sleep. After lying in bed and tossing and turning for half a day, Chenâs mother called for him and he came out.
Chenâs mother sat on the sofa, her hands couldnât stop trembling, she took a deep breath and was somewhat incoherent, âXia Qing Shu ah Xia Qing Shu â¦â¦ How can you be such a person? You look so well-behaved, but I never thought your heart would be colder than the knife used to kill fish â¦â¦ If you canât win Zhiyuâs heart, you decided to hurt Zhiyuâs son â¦â¦ The ancestors of the Chen family are above â¦â¦â
From the day Xia Qing Shu climbed into her sonâs bed, Chenâs mother had been concerned about him. Although the last time they met at the teahouse, and their conversation was not pleasant, but it did not dispel Chenâs motherâs suspicions that he was lying.
The first time Xia Qingshu went for an ultrasound, she saw him by chance, and from then on, Chenâs mother gradually strengthened her beliefs. She had a spy in the Chen company and specifically took the doctor there while Xia Qingshu was there, and sure enough, a slippery pulse!
This time, following Xia Qing Shu to the obstetrics and gynaecology department, confirmed the important fact that Xia Qing Shu was pregnant with their Chen familyâs eldest grandson. Little did she know that Xia Qing Shu, the cold executioner, would want to abort her precious grandson.
Chenâs mother cupped her hands over her chest and transformed into the heroine of a Chiung Yao drama, falling to the ground with a face full of tears, âStudent Xia, youâre so cruel! My sweet grandson!â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
Auntie, do you need to exaggerate so much?!
Chenâs mother dared to be so sure, she must have gotten the evidence, Xia Qing Shu knew from the first step he took into the hospital that this matter would not be hidden from the public. But what he didnât expect was that Chenâs mother would be the first to know.
Xia Qing Shu was mentally fit and calm, and did not take Chenâs motherâs stares seriously. He laughed twice and asked in a small voice, âAuntie, what are you talking about, I donât even understand.â
Chenâs mother was filled with righteous indignation and shot to her feet, âYou! You! You! You still donât admit it!â
Chen Dad stepped in the middle, âWife, calm down! calm down!â
Xia Qing Shu saw Chenâs dad for the first time.
Chenâs father was tall, visually measuring one meter eighty-five, with a straight figure, no pot belly, and a custom-made suit, a very well maintained middle-aged man. From the way he was dressed one could tell that the other man was a retired overbearing president from the business world.
He just didnât know if I could muddle through in front of him.
Xia Qing Shu pretended to be dumb and once again offered up his âguardian of the wombâ and said vaguely, âAuntie, uncle, what are you talking about? Iâm still a virgin.â
After all, Chenâs father had experienced the treacherous business world in his youth, and although he was old, he was not confused. He didnât eat Xia Qing Shuâs gag at all and directly laid out the evidence. He opened his mobile phone video, which showed none other than a disguised Xia Qing Shu saying to the registered physician, âDoctor, Iâm registering for an obstetrics department.â
Then he pulled up a photo of Xia Qing Shuâs medical record book, which read: six weeks early pregnancy. Chenâs father confidently pointed at Xia Qing Shuâs stomach, âXia, do you dare to go to the ultrasound room with me?â
Xia Qing Shu knew that he couldnât hide thepregnancy, so he stopped pretending and asked in a delicate voice, âAuntie and uncle, whatâs it to you if Iâm pregnant?â
Chenâs mother was so excited that she frothed at the mouth, âHow can it be none of my business, itâs my big fat grandson! Thatâs Zhiyuâs baby!â
Her whole body was still trembling because of the excitement, and her eyes were complicated, joyful and sad. The joy was that the Chen family finally had a child, the sadness was how his grandson met such a cruel mother, oh no, it was a cruel father.
Xia Qing Shu frowned, how could Chenâs mother be so sure that the child belonged to the Chen family? Itâs not right.
He smiled, âAunty, youâre mistaken, itâs not Brother Zhiyuâs.â
Chenâs mother sounded firm, holding out her index finger and wagging it back and forth, âYou canât fool me, youâve had my attention since the last time you spent the night in Zhiyuâs room.â
âIâve always sent people to follow you, I have a clear grasp of all your every move.â
Actually, no, Mama Chen only occasionally remembered and got someone to see what Xia Qingshu was doing, but at this time, it was necessary to shock the other party from the momentum.
âAll these times, youâve only been in Zhiyuâs bed!â
ââ¦. Just because weâve been in bed together doesnât mean we did anything.â Xia Qingshu lowered his head, his long raven-feathered eyelashes fluttering, the voice like a mosquito cry.
âAuntie, do you believe that there are people in this world who can have mitosis?â
The Chen family had made complete preparations to welcome the tenth generation, and Chenâs mother snorted, âDonât say all that nonsense, mitosis? Show me upor buds on the spot.â
Chenâs father added, âXia student, we can also paternity test.â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
Oooh, Iâve met a master. Not only can he act, but he also has good biological knowledge.
Lest Xia Qingshu would argue again, Chenâs father showed the evidence: that morning, after Xia Qingshu came out of Chen Zhiyuâs room, his legs were weak, his waist was too soft to straighten, the picture was enlarged, and there were red marks all over his neck.
Knowing full well that it was impossible to argue, Xia Qingshu didnât pretend anymore and gave the other party a direct and fatal cut, âI asked brother Zhiyu, he didnât want a child.â
What?! Donâ want it?!
It turns out that it wasnât Xia Qing Shu, the stupid kid, who did this, but Zhi Yu himself who didnât want it!
Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no!
Chenâs mother and father looked at each other and saw a deeper level of despair in each otherâs eyes! Chenâs father wanted to take his wife to the hospital immediately to try to see if the medical miracle of the twenty-first century could allow her to have another one after menopause. Zhiyu is really too heartbreaking. As the ninth generation of the Chen family, how can he be so cruel as to strangle the tenth generation heir in the amniotic fluid?
Its true â having a son is not better than having a piece of barbecued pork.
Xia Qingshu was stunned by the eldersâ dramatic reaction. Did they need to be so exaggerated?
Chenâs mother trembled with her hands, âHow did you ask?â
Xia Qingshu briefly told the conversation he had with Chen Zhiyu that day, and then added, âBrother Zhiyu said that you canât sway his decision, auntie, if he says no, he doesnât want it.â
Chenâs mother: ââ¦â¦â
This kind of thing, her good son was indeed capable of doing. When pushed before, her son had even said that he would be alone for the rest of his life, that he would not allow them to pass on, that he would donate the entire family fortune to the country after his death, and that he would let the Chen family line be cut off at his hands. She had always thought Zhiyu was joking, but to her surprise, Zhiyuâs heart, ah, was as cold as the knife that killed the pig in the big fat supermarket.
Chenâs mother only felt a dizziness in her head, and was almost about to faint once again.
Luckily, Chenâs father had experience and pressed his finger precisely on the middle of Chen motherâs body, shaking the disheartened middle-aged woman out of her despair. Papa Chen grabbed his wife hard. Steady, our lure plan is yet to be implemented.
Ahead is a desperate road, hope is at the turn!
Chenâs mother shot up, knowing full well that it was time to use her banknote ability, but she still asked undauntedly, âXia student, give your aunt the truth, do you not want it either?â
Xia Qing Shu was silent. This was a question that he hadnât actually thought about.
If he had been asked when he first knew he was pregnant, he would have said no firmly, but now, he was beginning to feel bad for the child in his stomach that he had not yet met. If he decided to have it, he would have to be responsible for that life. His biggest problem now was, if he gave birth, how would he raise it?
Looking at Xia Qing Shuâs bitter expression, Chenâs mother was once again possessed by the soul of a Chiung Yao bitter heroine, hugging the coffee table next to the sofa and shaking it for a while. God, her big fat grandson, how could he be so miserable! Both of his fathers didnât want him. What had happened to him in his past life?
Chenâs mother murmured, âGrandson, my miserable grandson.â
Xia Qing Shu was puzzled, âAuntie, how can you be sure itâs a grandson, what if itâs a granddaughter?â
These words were undoubtedly rubbing salt into Mama Chenâs wounds again. Chenâs mother grunted and said with all the certainty in the world, âImpossible! Itâs definitely a grandson in your belly!â
In his heart, Chenâs father said, âMaybe itâs even two.
Then Chenâs mother made a scientific analysis on the topic of Xia Qing Shuâs pregnancy being definitely a boy: âYour biological father, Xia Jing, has two brothers, both of whom gave birth to sons, and you have two brothers on your head as well. The genes of having a son are deep in your blood. Also, all of your adoptive family also gave birth to sons, even if you were adopted, you donât even have a sister, even the one you like, is a male. If you donât have a son in your belly, Iâll bring my head to you.â
Xia Qing Shu stood in awe and couldnât help but raise his small hands in applause. The middle-aged womanâs logic of having a son was really high! High! High!
âXia, let me put it this way, although I donât really like you as a daughter-in-law,â Chenâs mother spoke up, âBut for the sake of you carrying our Chen familyâs heir, I reluctantly accept you and Zhiyu together.â
Chenâs father, sitting next to her, nodded as well. The first step of enticement was to sell his son.
Xia Qingshu looked dumb, and although he was the heir of the Xia family, he had grown up in a civilian family, had no good education, and had dropped out of university with only a high school diploma. Most of all, he had to take Xia Qingshu for a full check-up to see if their grandson would inherit some odd genes. There was no way out, who let Xia Qing Shu carry the hopes of their Chen family.
Chenâs mother considered the fact that although Zhiyu was not so much in love with Xia Qing Shu, he didnât seem to hate her either, or he wouldnât have allowed him to be around him. He could simply open one eye and closed the other, if he gave birth to one, maybe he could give birth to the second.
They say foolish people are blessed with foolishness, and this foolish person, by all means, had smoke from his ancestral grave to be able to marry into their Chen family.
Go ahead and laugh, cry, be so happy that you forget your surname.
Iâll tell you, your surname is Xia, but I will allow you to call yourself Chen Xia.
Xia Qingshu did not show the excitement they expected, but looked at the other side a little confused, as if he did not understand Chinese.
Then Xia Qingshu rolled his eyes and whispered, âNo thanks.â
âWhat?!â Chenâs mother was shocked, was her sonâs beauty already that cheap? Canât even a hairy boy like Xia Qing Shu not be seduced?! Could it be that all those netizens on the internet, who were as numerous as cows and claimed to want to marry their son, were all water armies bought by her son?
Chenâs mother held her breath and suddenly thought of something crucial â her son had âshriveledâ up. This was something that she learned from Xia Qingshu.
Xia Qingshu, a foolish-looking boy, did not have a love brain? He could have married into the Chen family but he still cares about such nebulous things as âX life after marriageâ.
âSon, auntie tells you that life is not as perfect as you think. And nowadays, technology is so advanced that many diseases can be treated by medicine.â
Chenâs mother hinted that although Zhiyu had a hidden illness, he was handsome, and it wasnât as if the illness was incurable, âBesides, that thing, itâs just interesting when youâre young, but when you get older, itâs tasteless.â
Saying that, she also glanced at Dad Chen inexplicably.
Chenâs father: ââ¦â¦â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
Auntie, what are you saying? He really couldnât understand this time.
Papa Chen spoke up and added, âOur Chen family is willing to pay 100 million in gift money for you to marry over, but, you must give birth to this child!â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
This Chenâs father looked quite human, how come he was like Chenâs mother, as if he couldnât understand human words. He and Chen Zhiyu havenât even said a single word about this, so you guys are going for a forced take. Is this the plot of taking by force?
He thought, this is not the plot of the original novel, ah.
Of course, he wasnât pregnant in the book, and itâs not surprising that the plot shifted from Liu Yang River to the Amazon River in this trashy novel. What era is it now, he doesnât think Chenâs mother and father nor Chenâs two elders can decide on Chen Zhiyuâs marriage.
And Chen Zhiyuâs kind of abstinence was lonely, and his work made him ever busy. Do they want him to be a widow while married? He didnât think so. Thatâs the bad thing about being pregnant, you tend to overthink about things.
âThat, uncle, have you asked Brother Zhiyu for his opinion?â
Papa Chen: âHis opinion doesnât matter.â
In Papa Chenâs eyes, Chen Zhiyu that good for nothing son had not wanted him to have a grandson and thus already lost his eligibility to inherit the Chen family. Their entire familyâs hopes were focused on Xia Qingshuâs belly.
Xia Qingshu: ââ¦â¦ Then do you want to ask me if Iâm willing?â
Chenâs mother asked rhetorically, âCan you not be willing?â
Xia Qing Shuâs white eyes rolled up into the sky: ââ¦â¦ I donât want to.â
Chenâs mother: âWhy not, weâve all agreed?â
After talking for so long, Xia Qingshu knew that talking to them about such profound theories as âtwo lovers should be in loveâ was like playing a piano to a cow, so he made it up as he went along, âMy parents donât agree.â
Chenâs mother stood up and said, âWhat a coincidence, my parents agree! I tell you, my parents, my husbandâs parents also agree, agree, strongly agree, agree like hell!â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
Aunty, are you the queen of the horse-grabbing world?
Chenâs mother probably also felt very out of place as she shut up and sat down, remembering the old days in college when Chen Qixi and Xia Jing had just gotten together and Chen Qixi had been hostile towards her. It was only because she was so good-looking that one-half, oh no, two-thirds of the boys in her class liked her, and although Xia Jing had never explicitly confessed his love for her, it was not difficult to guess the other partyâs delusions about her from the way Xia Jing looked at her.
She also knows that Chen Qixi, who is super jealous, and up until now, Xia Jing has not dared to take the initiative to contact her. If Chen Qixi did not agree, then there was really nothing she could do.
Chenâs father shot a chagrined glance at Chenâs mother, it was all his fault. He also thought of Xia Jing, the defeated man, and blamed it on his charm, as Chenâs mother had chosen him in the end despite her many suitors. Chenâs father flung a look over.
The second trick of enticement â selling misery plus drawing a huge âpieâ
Chenâs mother once again took on the role of a bitter heroine and began to cry to Xia Qingshu, with the same old clichés about inheriting the family business and bloodline. Xia Qing Shu was unmoved and even found it amusing.
Having failed to sell her misery, Chenâs mother began to paint him a big picture: âIâll buy you an island.
âI will buy you an island, build a holiday home and hospital on the island, the whole medical team will serve you alone, buy you a yacht, hire twenty maids, you donât have to do anything, just give birth⦠Donât worry after the birth, Iâll hire five aunties and three caretakers, you can visit the baby anytime in the future, Iâll also hire a postnatal care team for you to keep you more hydrated after the birth than you were beforeâ¦â¦â
âWeâll hire a professional fetal education team to develop a detailed fetal education plan, so that the child receives the highest quality education from the age of zero. Of course, this is all still based on your feelings, and if you feel uncomfortable anymore, all plans are immediately called off.â
âAfter the child is born, we will hire a professional baby sitter to take care of the child in all aspects, so that the child can grow up scientifically and healthily.â
âWe have also made detailed plans for education, physical health and physiological health are given priority, followed mainly by the childâs interests, never enforcing requirements on him, and we will also hire the worldâs top teachers for the child, so that the child receives the most superior education.â
âAnd look at Zhiyu, who we also nurtured. He has a little flaw, but itâs still excellent.â
That slight blemish is mainly the fact that he doesnât have a son.
âWe have raised such an excellent child that you can absolutely leave the child with us.â
âThe main thing when a child is growing up is companionship, we are retired and have plenty of time, so donât worry about companionship at all.â
ââ¦â¦â
Chenâs mother drew this pie a little too well, Xia Qing Shu listened to the clouds, but was moved only a little. Although Chenâs mother seemed less than reliable, her suggestion was really the best parenting solution Xia Qing Shu could think of for his child. Xia Qing Shu spoke, âIâll think about it.â
After going to the hospital early in the morning and not eating a good meal at noon, he was now a little hungry and also felt a little tired and wanted to find a place to rest. If one intended to give birth to a child, it was not so simple to agree to do so. A matter of this magnitude needs to be considered in the long run. However, Chenâs mother and father misunderstood his meaning and thought he was looking for an excuse to leave.
Chenâs father gave Chenâs mother a squeeze.
Lure move number three â the ability to pay money!
Chenâs mother pulled Xia Qingshu, but as soon as the other party was pregnant with the Chen familyâs hopes, she hurriedly dropped her hand again for fear that she would scare the other party by moving too much.
âStudent Xia, as long as you give birth to the child, we will give you five billion!â
âHow much?!â Xia Qing Shu thought he had heard wrong.
In the past, the local tyrants he knew would give only a few million for a baby. Then later, according to the development of the times, this price had gradually risen to tens of millions, but it was rare for it to be over a hundred million.
This book is really a pioneer of the times, the opening bid is five billion. Itâs really a heifer sitting on a bed of nails. Itâs too bloody!
âFive billion!â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â
When this kind of urban magical plot that gives billions finally happened to him, instead of being excited, he felt a little dizzy in the head. Five billion, ah ah ah, it could do a lot of things, for example, he could set up a growth fund for his child. No one could guarantee that Chen Zhiyu would be single for the rest of his life.
When Chenâs mother saw that the other party hesitated, she knew there was a play and began to cry again: âXia student, I know I canât force you to give birth to the child, if you really donât want to, thereâs nothing I can do â¦â¦ Woo woo woo wooâ¦.. But think about it, this is also a living life â¦â¦ When Zhiyu was this big, he could roll over in my belly â¦â¦ My poor big fat grandson!â
Chenâs father also looked at him with a sad face, silently crying down two lines of tears.
Xia Qing Shu sighed and nodded helplessly, ââ¦â¦ Deal!â
I hope this is the best way to keep this little life.
Chenâs mother shed tears of joy, âWe will give part of the cash, part of the stocks, part of the property, part of the antiques, donât worry Xia, I wonât shorten you a single cent!â
Only after Xia Qing Shu agreed did he remember the most difficult thing: âAuntie, Zhiyu doesnât want a child, what if he finds out?â
Although Chen Zhiyuâs temper was not fiery, he was also known to be cold and ruthless. If he said he didnât want a child, he wouldnât have one. If he knew that the three of them had worked together to hide it from him, the consequences could be imagined.
Thinking of this, Papa Chen sighed, âA sin!â
How did he give birth to such a great son! Not only did he refuse to actively procreate, he had to cut off the Chen familyâs legacy with his own hands. Papa Chen felt that he might have cut down Chen Zhiyuâs entire family in his previous life, and in this life Chen Zhiyu had come to collect his debt.
This time it was the three of them who looked at each other, all seeing helplessness in each otherâs eyes.
Suddenly, Chenâs mother had a bright idea, âOh, I have an idea! Iâll say Iâm pregnant. Didnât we run into Zhiyu at the hospital today? He thought I was pregnant, and we were so sad that he left without having time to explain. Itâs just the right time to take advantage of the situation!â
Chenâs father, a brown brown hair, âIsnât Guo Jia advocating having two or three children, our Chen Group, as the leading company in China, should take the initiative to respond to Guo Jiaâs call!â
Xia Qing Shu: ââ¦â¦â¦â
This, is this okay?!
Mama Chen was righteous and awe-spiring, âThose who achieve great things do not stick to details.â