Chapter 131: Cannot Let Li Xuan Know

Nainai was skeptical at first.

She counted on her fingers for a good while, then asked Hu Qian, "Is that child really from our Jiang Family?"

"Not 'ours'!" Hu Qian slammed the kitchen knife onto the cutting board and glared at her viciously. "It's *our* Jiang Family, it has nothing to do with you!"

Jiang Nainai:...

"I think you've got dementia! Rongrong has been married into our family for nearly half a year; if it's not Jiang Cheng's child, whose child could it be?"

"You're Jiang Cheng's grandmother, at least, how can you not wish the child well!"

Jiang Nainai was left speechless by her retort, pacing back and forth with her cane, unable to settle down. "I'm doing it for his own good! So many people said she couldn't have children before, how did she get pregnant as soon as she married into our family?"

"That obviously means our family's feng shui is good! It nourishes people!" Hu Qian glared at her irritably. "When you were living with the eldest son's family, didn't you always complain about your arms and legs hurting? Look, as soon as you came to our house, everything got better, and now you have so much nonsense to spout."

If anyone were to say anything, they should be saying her son is capable!

Perhaps that Deputy County Magistrate Shen from before was just a flashy, useless embroidered pillow, and it was all his fault that Si Rong couldn't have children.

Ming Zi thought so too.

After learning that Si Rong was pregnant, she circled around Si Rong again and again.

"Stop, I'm dizzy," Si Rong said, finding it amusing.

Ming Zi was just too excited; they had gotten married one after the other, and to gain a firm footing in the Luo Family, she had given birth to three children in one go.

Yet Si Rong had always been depressed about this.

She knew her good friend's secret regret.

"If you had known, you should have remarried sooner. That Shen Lan definitely has a problem; he's impotent and infertile!"

Si Rong shook her head. "But Shen Chi and Shen Yuan are both his children."

They had done a paternity test; it couldn't be fake.

"Then did he get a vasectomy after the twins were born, which made you think you were infertile for all these years?"

Ming Zi guessed again.

For such a scumbag, a vasectomy was letting him off easy; it would be best to just cut it all off.

"No," Si Rong knew Shen Lan well enough. "A person as selfish as him would never get a vasectomy."

Even if it were to deceive her.

It was impossible.

Shen Lan was similar to Li Xuan, yet different.

He didn't have the same willingness to go all out as Li Xuan.

"Then what exactly is going on?"

This was indeed truly baffling.

"Help me contact Sun Qiang!"

Si Rong remembered that man; he still had some supernatural abilities.

She wanted to investigate Shen Lan and Li Xuan.

"I'll help you contact him," Ming Zi touched her belly. "Don't worry so much, leave this to me. Right now, the most important thing is for you to safely give birth to this long-awaited little baby."

This child of Si Rong's was indeed long-awaited.

For everyone in the Si Family, it was.

Hearing that her daughter was finally pregnant, Mother Si shed tears of joy.

This matter had been her long-standing wish for many years.

Now she had no more regrets; as long as her daughter gave birth to the child, she could close her eyes in peace even if she passed away later.

Her daughter was only three months pregnant, but Mother Si had already prepared many things for the child.

From diapers to strollers, and all sorts of cute little clothes.

Her brothers and sisters-in-law had also thoughtfully purchased many things.

Mother Si gave strict instructions to the whole family.

Do not spread the news of her daughter's pregnancy.

Human hearts are terrifying things.

Especially that Li Xuan, who had been harming her daughter out of jealousy all these years; she must not let her know, lest she harbor malicious intentions again.

As for when the pregnancy becomes too obvious to hide later on, they would deal with that when the time came.

She urged her daughter not to go out alone and to always have a companion wherever she went.

"Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of myself and the baby."

"Hmm, I don't trust anyone else, just let Wang Ma follow you at all times!"

Mother Si found another trusted servant from home to follow Si Rong to the Family Quarters to take care of her daughter's daily needs.

From now on, Wang Ma wouldn't have to do anything else but follow Si Rong.

But with Si Rong living in the Family Quarters, Jiang Nainai was dissatisfied again.

Taking the opportunity while Si Rong returned to the Jiang Family for a meal, she said, "You're pregnant now, you should move back! We can help look after you!"

After being awkward for a few days, she also felt she should be happy.

But the premise was that Si Rong's belly had to be capable and give birth to a boy.

That way, the grandson would have an heir.

Girls were just money-losing goods; in any case, she had never paid any mind to Jiang Zhi and Jiang You in the family.

"Are you sure you want to help look after her? Or are you looking for trouble to make her angry?"

Hu Qian didn't give her mother-in-law even half a shred of face.

"If you're really sincere, just give the child a big red envelope so Rongrong can buy whatever she wants to eat."

Old Madam Jiang:...

"I am doing this for her own good. Although she is at such an age, it is her first child after all. How can it be justified if you, as a mother-in-law, do not take care of her?"

Hu Qian slammed her bowl onto the table, "You know what a mother-in-law is supposed to do now? Where were you back then?"

"Hurry up and eat! If you want her to come back and live here, that's fine, you leave!"

Old Madam Jiang was practically furious to death.

She affectedly wiped away a tear, "It is truly difficult when one grows old; one is loathed wherever one goes."

Unfortunately, no one paid her any mind.

Just when she thought she could finally have some peace, the old woman's eyes darted around, "Right, Si Rong, didn't you take a black cat from the house that day? Drive it away! A pregnant woman cannot keep a cat, otherwise, she will give birth to a child with a hare-lip later on!"

"Tsk~"

Jiang Cheng braced his arms on the table, stood up, and asked Si Rong, "Are you finished eating?"

Si Rong nodded.

"Let's go home."

Si Rong nodded obediently once more.

"If you don't listen to me, don't come crying to me later!"

Old Madam Jiang shouted, "A woman in the village before was feeding a cat because she was pregnant, and the child she gave birth to had a mouth like a cat's. If you aren't afraid, then keep it!"

"If you continue to spread superstition, I will send you back to the village!"

Hu Qian took away her rice bowl as well.

To save her from having the energy to act up all day after a full meal.

"Superstition? Everything is superstition? You live in the city, that's why you haven't encountered these things!"

The old woman was so angry she stomped her feet, aiming the fire of battle at Jiang Yu and Xu Yan, who were on the side.

"You have been married into our Jiang Family for so many years and only gave birth to a daughter; do you think you are off the hook? Why don't you hurry up and give me a grandson?"

County Magistrate Jiang gently covered his wife's ears and coldly retorted to his grandmother, "Family planning is so strict now. If we get caught, I won't be able to be County Magistrate anymore. There is also a fine, probably about ten thousand yuan. Grandmother, why don't you take it out first!"

He reached his hand out in front of Old Madam Jiang.

Old Madam Jiang slapped his hand away hard, "Don't have one! Don't have one then! Just wait until you see your brother have a son and get envious!"

Xu Yan was ultimately affected by these words.

She was somewhat restless even when sleeping at night.

Halfway through her sleep, she nudged Jiang Yu's face, "How about we have another one?"

"A child?" Jiang Yu chuckled softly, lowered his eyes to look at her, "I have already had a vasectomy for so many years, so I definitely cannot father one. How would you have one?"

"How about I go find another man..." Xu Yan repeatedly tested the man's trigger points, "... find another man, and the child born will count as ours!"