Chapter 460: The Second Child is a Boy

Shi Youxuan firmly chose to believe—Sheng Hanyu was still alive.

Her aunt wanted to think so too; she could not bear the pain of a parent burying their child.

However, as time passed, Shi Youxuan's belly grew larger and larger, yet the hope that Sheng Hanyu was still alive became increasingly slim!

Everyone knew that if he were still alive, with Sheng Hanyu's abilities, he would have found a way to return no matter where he was trapped.

Five months had already passed, yet there was still not a shred of news; was he still alive?

……

"Oh, Mrs. Sheng, you mustn't cry. Look, look, the Baobao in your belly is feeling sad too."

Sure enough, the fetus pursed its little lips and curled itself into a ball; it was unhappy.

Mother and child are connected at the heart; the mother's emotions directly affect the fetus's mood.

Women are naturally weak, but mothers are strong.

Shi Youxuan immediately took a deep breath, composed herself, and looked at the Baobao on the screen, trying her best to think of happy things. Soon, the Baobao fell fast asleep again.

Returning home from the Hospital Ward, Fang Jie handed over a bowl of Blood Bird's Nest soup to nourish Shi Youxuan's body.

This smell……

Just smelling it made her nauseous.

Shi Youxuan was five months pregnant, and the morning sickness was still there!

It was just not as intense as before; she didn't vomit immediately after eating, but she would vomit at least once out of every three meals.

She took the bird's nest and drank it in one breath.

"Fang Jie, did you put sugar in the bird's nest?"

It didn't smell good, but it didn't have the fishy odor it had before when she drank it.

"No, it's the same way I've always stewed it……" Fang Jie stared at Shi Youxuan in surprise: "Madam, has your nausea gone away?"

It had indeed gone away.

From this day on, Shi Youxuan's morning sickness miraculously disappeared.

Once the morning sickness was gone, her appetite became surprisingly good.

She wanted to eat everything she saw; as long as it was edible, she craved it!

Shi Yucheng pulled out all the beautiful flowers in the courtyard and planted fresh vegetables in their place.

The grandfather was proactive, and the other grandfather, Sheng Jiang, was not willing to fall behind; he built a pigsty and a chicken coop in the Villa's courtyard.

He started raising pigs and chickens openly in the residential complex, preparing fresh eggs and hens and pork for his daughter-in-law to eat during her postpartum recovery!

However, after only a week, the property management ordered them to be demolished.

Sheng Jiang didn't want to tear them down, so he cried at the property management office. The old man with graying hair squatted at the entrance of the office and said nothing, just crying, which was quite a scene.

People who didn't know the truth saw it and thought it was a property dispute; the impact was very bad.

In the end, the property management had no choice but to call Wang Yinghao's phone and tell her to come and collect him!

Wang Yinghao brought him back, but the pigsty and chicken coop still had to be torn down; he lived in a high-end residential complex, not a detached house in the suburbs, so raising livestock was not allowed.

So Wang Yinghao suggested that Sheng Jiang go to his son's Villa to raise them; he had to be allowed to do something.

Being able to do something for his grandson was now Sheng Jiang's entire sustenance!

The pigsty and chicken coop moved with Sheng Jiang. From then on, the old man had something to do; the big reed-flower hen he raised was sleek and shiny, full of spirit, and specifically laid double-yolk eggs.

Sheng Jiang raised the pig as a pet, tending to it meticulously.

He had to get up before dawn every day to cook pig feed, and he had to feed it again before going to bed at night.

Jian Yixin kept in mind the words Sheng Hanyu had said to her before he got into the car that day, giving Shi Youxuan the care of an old mother.

In addition to arranging the Hospital Ward for Shi Youxuan's delivery, the confinement center for her postpartum recovery, and hiring the best maternity matron…… she also prepared a room full of various supplies for after the baby was born.

She was just waiting for when Shi Youxuan was close to giving birth to send them over.

Before that day arrived, it was discovered by her own mother.

Lady Jian went to her daughter's home to bring food for her daughter and son-in-law and accidentally discovered a room full of baby supplies; she was overjoyed.

She thought her daughter was pregnant.

Her daughter and son-in-law had been married for a while, and her daughter's belly had shown no signs of movement, which made her very anxious.

Lady Jian had urged her many times and even asked Jian Yixin if she was too old to give birth.

She told her to go to the hospital with her son-in-law for a check-up; whoever had the problem should get it treated, so they could have a child sooner. She could still help them look after the child while she wasn't too old yet.

Jian Yixin was noncommittal, only telling her mother to worry less; she was a married daughter, like spilled water, and didn't need her to manage her affairs.

Even if she wasn't allowed to manage, it couldn't stop her from being anxious!

As a result, she inadvertently discovered a room full of baby supplies at her daughter's house.

Lady Jian was overjoyed—she thought her daughter was pregnant, just that she hadn't told her.

So when Jian Yixin and Sheng Zerong returned home, they found Lady Jian stewing bird's nest in the kitchen herself.

Not only that, the famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall had all been replaced with festive pictures of big, chubby babies.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Jian Yixin was stunned.

Lady Jian chided her happily: "Silly child, you didn't tell Mom you were pregnant. How many months? From tomorrow on, you don't have to go to work anymore. Work is so tiring; let Ze Rong do it. You just stay at home and properly protect the fetus……"

"Wait a moment, please."

Jian Yixin interrupted her mother and held onto her husband, whose expression was not very good.

This kind of thing had to be clarified face-to-face; it couldn't be joked about, as it easily caused misunderstandings and affected the relationship between husband and wife.

"Who did you hear that I was pregnant from?"

She had been using contraception; this was something she and her husband had discussed.

"I don't need anyone to tell me," Lady Jian said: "I saw the room full of baby supplies you prepared. If you aren't pregnant, why would you prepare so many baby supplies?"

Sheng Zerong's expression softened, and he said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, you've misunderstood. The things Yixin prepared weren't for us, they were for my sister-in-law."

Jian Yixin chimed in, "That's right, I prepared them for Xuanxuan. You didn't even ask, you just saw the things and started guessing wildly."

Lady Jian's joy had been for nothing.

She brought up the old topic again, asking her daughter when she planned to have children.

Had she gone to the hospital for a checkup?

Whose problem was it, anyway?

If there's an illness, get it treated quickly; don't wait until you're too old and it can't be treated...

Jian Yixin blurted out, "Don't worry about my affairs. Ze Rong and I have already discussed it: until Hanyu is found, we won't have children. We will treat their children as our own and help Xuanxuan raise them to adulthood."

"What? No, I don't agree, I absolutely do not agree!"

Lady Jian became anxious immediately.

She strongly opposed it right then and there, calling her daughter stupid and brainless.

Not having children of her own to raise someone else's children—if that isn't brainless, what is?

She didn't just scold her daughter; she scolded her son as well.

Because Jian Yining was also brainless.

Although Jian Yining and Jin Wan'er had gotten engaged under her interference, they kept delaying the wedding.

Her son's tone was exactly the same as her daughter's; they both insisted on waiting until Sheng Hanyu was found before getting married!

This was going to be the death of her.

Sheng Hanyu had been missing for five months without a single shred of news, yet they both wanted to wait for him to return?

What if he never came back in his entire life?

Would her daughter never have children for the rest of her life, and her son never get married for the rest of his life?

Lady Jian gave her daughter a thorough scolding at Jian Yixin's home; this was the first time in many years she had been this angry at Jian Yixin.

Her daughter and son-in-law had a very good attitude and didn't get angry even when scolded, but their stance was also very firm—don't worry about our affairs, and even if you do, we won't listen to you.

After leaving her daughter's home, Lady Jian called her son to scold him as well, even threatening him with her own death to force him to get married, saying if he didn't marry, she would die.

Her son said he had an important meeting and would call her back later, then hung up the phone.

She knew perfectly well that her son was fobbing her off, but there was nothing she could do.