Chapter 33: 32. Birth

32. Birth

Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen?

Oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus?

Sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium?

Wen Zhiyun did not understand, but she was greatly shocked.

What a profound Dharma Spell incantation.

I cannot comprehend it at all.

Yet he is able to use it directly.

It seems that although his cultivation is low, his talent in certain areas far exceeds others.

Hmm, especially in that area of bedroom affairs...

Thinking of this, a faint blush could not help but rise upon Wen Zhiyun's young matron face.

At this moment, her view of Chen An had changed significantly.

From the "low cultivation, terrible character, extreme aversion" when they first met, it had changed to the current "outstanding appearance, multi-talented, some affection for him."

This was a feeling she had never experienced before.

She had never thought she would actually develop affection for a man, and found it very inconceivable.

So inconceivable that even the bedroom affairs she had clearly loathed before now actually made her feel a bit expectant.

"Fellow Daoist Wen, I have already told you the incantation for this Dharma Spell. Now it is my turn to ask you a question, and you must answer truthfully."

Chen An said to Wen Zhiyun.

Wen Zhiyun crossed her arms and said, "Ask. I have always been a person of my word; as long as it is something I can answer, I will answer truthfully, without any lies."

Hearing this, Chen An did not waste words and went straight to the point: "Fellow Daoist Wen, why do you hate men so much?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wen Zhiyun's willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"I will not answer this question. Change to another one."

"I thought Fellow Daoist Wen was a person of principle, but it turns out you are just someone who goes back on their word."

Chen An deliberately provoked her.

Wen Zhiyun knew that Chen An was deliberately provoking her, but she happened to fall for it.

"Because my father was a gambler who often physically abused me and my mother when I was small!"

"When I was ten, seeing that I had grown up with outstanding looks and that my mother was still charming, he sold us mother and daughter to a brothel for money!"

"Now that all these ugly secrets have been known by you, are you satisfied!"

"Not a single man is a good thing!"

After speaking these unspeakable past events, Wen Zhiyun turned around and left immediately.

She walked quickly back to her house, where rubble and beams had fallen all over the floor, and slammed the door shut with a "bang."

"Husband, I will go and try to counsel Sister Wen."

After saying this, Song Huaying held her large belly and walked toward Wen Zhiyun's house.

Seeing this, Chen An said to Gu Xinyue, who was silent on the side, "Yue, you go with Ying to look after her."

"Mm, I understand, Husband."

Gu Xinyue replied obediently. After speaking, she quickly followed behind Song Huaying, accompanying and looking after this pregnant woman who was already nine months along.

Watching the backs of his wife and concubine as they went to persuade her, and then recalling how Wen Zhiyun had left in anger, Chen An felt no ripples in his heart.

Angry?

It doesn't matter.

The anger will fade.

Now that he understood the reason for Wen Zhiyun's hatred of men, it would be easier to operate in the future.

However...

Wen Zhiyun was actually sold to a brothel by her own father in the past?

How did she manage to keep her virginity?

Chen An was a bit puzzled, but he soon remembered some things Song Huaying had once said.

She said that Wen Zhiyun's mother was a midwife.

So...

It must be that this pitiful mother and daughter escaped the brothel back then, went to a strange place to rely on each other, and survived by making midwifery their livelihood.

Chen An just thought about it and did not pay much attention to Wen Zhiyun's background.

He looked at the ruins of the house in front of him and muttered in a low voice:

"It seems I have to rent a new house."

He walked to the front of Wen Zhiyun's door and stopped to inform his wife and concubine that he was going to rent a house.

Then, Chen An went to the Law Enforcement Hall to find that Elder, registered, and collected the 6-month rent-free reward.

Yes, he did not discuss the distribution with Wen Zhiyun and just collected it all by himself.

Because he had the idea of sharing a rental with Wen Zhiyun.

First, it could save money; second, affection could grow over time.

Carrying this 6-month rent-free reward, Chen An soon arrived at the place responsible for house rentals and rented a new house near his own home.

The residential area was the same size as the previous one, just not as remote, and there were many more neighbors around.

After settling the housing problem, Chen An went to the Market to buy a pile of furniture and daily necessities.

Afterward, he called his wife and concubine home to decorate the house together.

It took over an hour to get the house set up.

To celebrate moving into their new home, Chen An personally cooked a table full of dishes for a late-night snack.

The spread was very lavish.

Eight dishes and one soup, complete in color, aroma, and taste.

Even Gu Xinyue, who usually wasn't very interested in food, couldn't help but swallow her saliva when she saw it.

Three people making eight dishes...

Song Huaying saw through her husband's thoughts and suggested:

"Husband, there's too much food here; the three of us won't be able to finish it. Why don't I go call Sister Wen to come eat with us?"

"Mm, let Yue accompany you."

Chen An said indifferently, feeling more and more fond of his clever little wife who was so good at reading the room.

A quarter of an hour later.

At Song Huaying's warm invitation.

Wen Zhiyun walked into the house looking reluctant and sat down at the dining table.

She happened to sit right across from Chen An, though it was hard to tell if it was intentional.

Chen An ignored her, acting as if she didn't exist, and only interacted with his wife and concubine.

Halfway through the late-night snack, Song Huaying suggested:

"Husband, Sister Wen, why don't our two households share the rent? That way we could save quite a few Spirit Stones every month."

Song Huaying hadn't made this suggestion on her own; she had obtained her husband's consent beforehand, as she was helping him take Wen Zhiyun as a concubine.

Chen An shook his head and said, "Better not. I don't want to live under the same roof as her."

Mm, the trap was being set.

Using a retreat to advance, luring the enemy deep.

Wen Zhiyun took the bait, immediately glared at Chen An, and said:

"I have a share in that 6-month rent-free reward; this house isn't entirely yours. I'm going to live here, so what are you going to do about it?"

"It makes no difference to me, as long as you don't mind the noise when you're trying to sleep at night."

After saying this, Chen An put down his chopsticks, pulled Gu Xinyue up from the side, and said, "Let's go, Yue, come with your husband to the room for some deep communication."

"Mm."

Gu Xinyue obediently stood up and followed him toward the room.

After the two left, Wen Zhiyun was furious.

She thought to herself, "Say whatever you want about what you do at night; this lady won't sleep for a night, I won't sleep any night, I'm staying here regardless!"

She thought she could disgust Chen An this way, not realizing she had been sold and was still helping him count the money.

After the two households started sharing the rent, life didn't change much.

Wen Zhiyun basically hid in her own room to cultivate.

They all cooked their own meals and didn't eat at the same table as Chen An and his wife and concubine.

Chen An wasn't in a rush to trap her either.

Every day he was either refining medicine in the Alchemy Room or being intimate with his wife and concubine in his room.

He knew well that when dealing with a tsundere woman like Wen Zhiyun, one must never be in a hurry.

Because the more anxious you are, the more tsundere she becomes.

The best method was to be intimate with his wife and concubine in every way, letting her see it but not be able to have it, teasing her to death.

Time passed day by day just like that.

This day marked nine and a half months of Song Huaying's pregnancy.

Chen An was refining pills in the Alchemy Room when Gu Xinyue's anxious voice suddenly came from outside:

"Husband!"

"Ying's water broke, she's going into labor!"

"Sister Wen has already gone into the room to deliver the baby, come out and see!"

What, his little wife was going into labor?

Upon hearing this news, Chen An didn't even care about the pill he was halfway through refining; he immediately stood up, pushed the door open, and rushed toward Song Huaying's room at top speed.

PS: Setting out my bowl, begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!