Chapter 634: Triplets

"Ranran, you told Mom you were wrong, but do you know what you were wrong about?" Shi Ran hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

She just felt that she was wrong for not having smashed her younger brother's toy piano; there were no other mistakes.

Shi Youxuan asked her daughter: "Think carefully, how long has it been since you played with your younger brother? You used to accompany him as soon as you got home from school, but now you always dislike him for being disruptive and naughty, and you don't give him a pleasant look. If Mom or Dad suddenly focused their attention on someone else and ignored you, how would you feel?"

She was not impatient, and spoke to her daughter in a calm and composed manner.

Shi Ran took it to heart, nodded, and said: "Mom, I know I was wrong. I was wrong for ignoring my younger brother."

It was indeed like that; in the past, what Shi Ran valued most was her younger brother.

Sheng Zichen was chubby and at his most adorable age. Every day when she got home from school, the first thing Shi Ran would do was hug her younger brother and lead him to the backyard to feed Xiaoyang.

She would accompany him to play hide-and-seek and feed him his meals and water.

But now, her attention was focused on Qi Heng, and she had ignored her younger brother.

Originally, Shi Ran hadn't thought of this point; she only thought that Sheng Zichen was naughty and loved to cause trouble.

Now, prompted by her mother, she immediately realized where the problem lay!

"Mom, I know I was wrong now, I really do. I shouldn't have only thought about my academic grades and ignored my younger brother."

Shi Youxuan stroked her daughter's soft hair and said softly: "Mom will give you a suggestion. Of course, it's just a suggestion; the decision to do it or not is up to you."

"Next time when you and Qi Heng are doing homework, you can let your younger brother play on the side, but require him not to cause trouble. If he can't stay still, let him leave on his own. How about that?"

"Mm, I'll try it. Thank you, Mom." Shi Ranran out happily.

Not long after her daughter left the room, Sheng Hanyu returned.

"Did you talk it through? How did you say it?"

Shi Youxuan chided him: "Since you wanted to know, why did you leave? It would have been better if you had stayed to listen just now."

He shook his head: "It's different. If I were there, your authority would be discounted, but when I'm not there, Ranran can take your words to heart."

"Ranran is a very smart child, but she is also a child. Sometimes she doesn't consider things comprehensively, but as long as she is given a little guidance, she can immediately make the right choice!"

The couple now had an increasing tacit understanding regarding the issue of educating their children.

Girls are educated by Mom, and boys... they are too young now, so they are also educated by Mom.

The next day.

In the morning, Shi Ran did as she had before; she peeled an egg by hand and placed it in the small bowl in front of Sheng Zichen.

The little guy's chubby face was full of surprise: "Baobao eat?"

He pointed at his own bowl; the happiness came too suddenly, so suddenly that he couldn't believe it was real.

In the past, his older sister would peel eggs for him, but ever since Brother Qi Heng came, this treatment had changed from his to Qi Heng's.

Now that he had regained what was lost, the little guy couldn't believe it.

"That's right."

Shi Ran smiled at her younger brother and said: "Zichen, eat. How about Sister peels an egg for you every morning from now on?"

"Okay."

The little guy smiled sweetly, then looked at Qi Heng provocatively, showing off: "Qiqi, Baobao eat, you—fly away."

Qi Heng was very cooperative and immediately pretended to be sad.

But what surprised everyone was that Sheng Zichen took the egg the nanny had peeled for him and placed it on Qi Heng's plate: "Brother, eat."

"Wow—"

Now it was Shi Ran's turn to be shocked.

What was going on?

Sheng Zichen would actually share food with someone else?

And it was Qi Heng, whom he had always disliked; this was simply too unexpected for her.

After school in the afternoon, she asked her younger brother: "Zichen, Sister and Brother are going to do homework. Would you like to come too?"

"Okay."

The little guy hopped and skipped as he followed them.

Mom was right.

After explaining things clearly to his younger brother, he sat on the side and played with his own things very obediently. Sometimes he would also hold a pen and scribble on paper, looking quite professional.

When he didn't want to stay, the little guy would just pat his bottom and leave, never causing trouble again.

The siblings were reconciled as before.

The relationship between Sheng Zichen and Qi Heng also became better and better.

Jian Yining and his wife returned to the country because Jin Wan'er was pregnant.

They returned from the United States, so a gathering of friends was a must, and it was at the old place—the Chinese restaurant in the Ginza Building. Everyone gathered together happily!

"How many months? Why did you only tell us now? You really kept it a tight secret." Shi Youxuan chided.

Jin Wan'er was wearing maternity clothes, and her belly was pointed; looking at her belly, it seemed like she was five or six months along.

"Just reached three months." Wan'er smiled.

You shouldn't talk about it before three months of pregnancy; notifying everyone now at three months was neither too early nor too late—the timing was just right.

A three-month belly is this big?

Shi Youxuan asked her: "Twins?"

She was an experienced person; although she had never given birth to twins, she knew that a single-fetus belly wouldn't be this big.

Jin Wan'er had a mysterious smile; she smiled and shook her head: "No." She stretched out her right hand and held up three fingers.

"Triplets?" Shi Youxuan exclaimed in surprise.

"Triplets?" Jian Yixin also hurried over when she heard this, stared at her belly and said: "Is there something wrong with my ears? Is it really triplets?" She was genuinely happy for her younger brother; the probability of twins was already very small, and the probability of triplets was even smaller.

My sister-in-law is pregnant with triplets; if Mother knew... forget it, it is better not to let Mother know.

"Yes, Sister, could you please not tell anyone about the triplets for now?" Jin Wan'er said.

She mainly did not want her mother-in-law to know; it would be fine if it were anyone else.

When her mother-in-law, Lady Jian, learned the news of her pregnancy, she was almost driven mad with joy.

Today, they returned to the country and did not go back to their in-laws' home, but came out directly for a gathering.

If they wanted to come out again after arriving home, it probably would not be so easy.

"Alright, I won't say anything," Jian Yixin promised readily.

But after agreeing, she thought about it again; even if she didn't say anything now, it couldn't be kept hidden for long.

Her mother's temperament had become increasingly extreme in recent years; she could easily make a matter the size of a needle tip seem larger than a table.

So she said, "Wan'er, I can help you keep it a secret for now, but this kind of thing won't stay hidden for long. Mom will find out sooner or later, and I'm afraid she'll stir up more trouble once she knows... forget it, she can't do anything to you."

Jian Yixin came to terms with it, realizing her worry was purely superfluous.

Her sister-in-law was now carrying the flesh and blood of the Jian Family; no matter what she did or said, Mother would have no objections!

Jin Wan'er: "Sister, I mean to wait another two months before telling Mom. I'm afraid she'll worry too much, and since her health isn't very good, I'm worried about tiring her out."

Speaking this way was already very tactful.

To put it nicely, it was for fear of tiring her mother-in-law, but in reality, she just didn't want her to make too much of a fuss.

Jian Yixin did not expose her and smiled kindly: "Fine, I will do as you wish."

Regardless of anything else, her sister-in-law's pregnancy was a good thing and worth celebrating.

For the time that followed, the women gathered together to discuss nothing but children, children, and the three children who would be born at the same time!

After the gathering, they returned home.

Just as Jin Wan'er had guessed, her mother-in-law went through a whole series of various commotions.

It was inevitable that her daughter-in-law would be cared for like a giant panda.

This kind of care was 360 degrees, all-encompassing, and three-dimensional with no blind spots!