Shan Yu was very satisfied with Wan Qiu’s current physical condition. His two fingers like snakes, one hand went down Wan Qiu’s collar, sliding across his chest along his ribs to his round belly. He asked strangely: “What’s wrong? Am I too strong? Does it hurt you?”

He spoke slowly, his voice gentle, and his scent was as mellow as old wine. Wan Qiu bit his lip and shook his head in Shan Yu’s arms. His clothes were messy, and he seemed a little drunk.

Days ago, Wan Qiu asked Grandpa Yaba with a red face…

“Grandpa, my pregnancy is already far, and my fetal condition is quite stable. I would like to ask… if I am careful, can I have sex?”

Grandpa Yaba waved his hand and shook his head. The answer was, of course, impossible.

Wan Qiu was a little disappointed. He felt that his husband really wanted to have sex with him. If Shan Yu took him to bed, Wan Qiu had to grit his teeth and accept it.

With the child on one side and the love of his husband on the other, Wan Qiu was not sure whether Shan Yu would look for Lian Zhou after being rejected again and again.

But the child… ah~

Wan Qiu pushed Shan Yu’s shoulder apologetically, and before he could refuse, he felt a warm quilt falling on his body.

Shan Yu carried Wan Qiu to the bed, gathered up his clothes, covered his cold body with a quilt, and said warmly: “You stay warm in bed, I’ll go cook, and I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

As he was about to leave, his sleeve was pulled.

The blush on Wan Qiu’s face had not yet faded. His eyes searched Shan Yu’s face and asked in a low voice: “Husband, how many months until I give birth?”

“What? Can’t wait?” Shan Yu smiled, “You will be a mother when spring comes and the flowers bloom.”

“Are you happy, husband?” Wan Qiu’s eyes were bright: “What will our child be called? Have you decided, husband?”

“… …Happy.” Shan Yu felt a little embarrassed and said, “I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl. I’ll tell you the name after the baby is born.”

Wan Qiu panicked when he heard this and said in a hurry: “Husband, didn’t you say I was pregnant with a son? Why don’t you know the gender now?”

“Uh!” Shan Yu was stunned: “I was just guessing before. Girl or boy it’s all the same.”

“No. How could it be the same?” Wan Qiu shook his head and said in a weak voice: “Daughters have to endure a lot of hardships…”

This was a patriarchal era where patriarchy was supreme. The fate of shuangers and women was in their father’s hands. They have no power at all. They have to obey their husband when they got married, and they have to obey their son when their husband died. Throughout their life, they had no right to choose independently.

As a shuanger, Wan Qiu had lived a hard life. He wanted to have a son as someone to rely on. He thought if it was a boy, then the family would have an heir. If Shan Yu couldn’t calm down, the son could support him in the future, by setting up another household with Wan Qiu, he didn’t have to suffer anymore hardships.

Shan Yu didn’t expect that Wan Qiu was still a bit patriarchal. Seeing his sudden loss of mood, Shan Yu hurriedly comforted him: “With your body and bones, it is already very good that you can give birth to this child safely. Does it matter whether it is a boy or a girl? You carry this child for ten months; will you hate it if it’s a daughter?”

Wan Qiu shook his head hurriedly, holding Shan Yu’s hand and whispered: “I know my physical condition, so I hope it is a son. If I won’t be able to get pregnant in the future… Husband, will you divorce me because I can’t give birth to a son? Will you hate me because the child is not a boy?”

Shan Yu understood Wan Qiu’s concern and said softly: “Boy or girl are the same to me. Well, I personally think girls are more sensible, gentle, and well-behaved, and are much better than sons.”

But the reality, he didn’t care at all about the gender of the child.

In the final analysis, Shan Yu was just a soul from another world that came here for no reason. Neither Wan Qiu nor the child in his belly had anything to do with Shan Yu.

It was absolutely imperative to go home. Shan Yu would not delay his return home because of anyone or anything, but before that, he wanted to ensure that Wan Qiu could give birth safely.

This was the only thing Shan Yu could do for Wan Qiu as a passerby who met by chance.

At the moment, Wan Qiu, who didn’t know anything, was still smiling happily because of Shan Yu’s thoughtful comfort. He asked in a somewhat uneasy voice: “Husband, do you really think so? A daughter… do you like it too?”

Wan Qiu looked at Shan Yu, the expression of joy made his gentle face bright and vivid.

Shan Yu lowered his eyes, no longer wanting to look at Wan Qiu’s expectant face. He stood up and broke free from his hand, saying against his will: “…Of course.”

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Supper was a steaming bowl of oily noodles, with poached eggs and MSG leaves added.

Lian Zhou glanced at Wan Qiu’s bowl, then looked at his own, and asked Shan Yu: “Why does he have more noodles than me? And why does he have two eggs? Aren’t you being partial here?”

“He is pregnant with a baby.”

“Such a big bowl, can he finish it? What’s so good about being pregnant? I don’t care, I want two eggs too.”

Lian Zhou and Shan Yu were brothers who grew up together. No one could get involved in their relationship. Now Shan Yu favored Wan Qiu again and again, and Lian Zhou couldn’t bear it and was not happy about it.

What was his relationship with Shan Yu? What was Shan Yu’s relationship with Wan Qiu? How could he ignore the childhood friendship for the sake of someone else’s wife?

Shan Yu had no choice but to ask, “Young master, please wait a moment while the servant cooks you another bowl, okay?”

“No!” Lian Zhou was unwilling and pointed at the bowl of noodles in Wan Qiu’s and said, “I’m going to eat his.”

Shan Yu frowned: “I added anti-fetal medicine in the bowl, you…”

Lian Zhou didn’t want to listen to his words at this moment, he waved all three bowls of noodles on the table, dropped them to the ground, pointing at Shan Yu and losing his temper: “I will only say this once! From now on, that ugly guy and I will eat the same food! If you dare to treat me differently, I will be rude to you! I will have everything he has! I have to have everything! How dare you treat me differently!”

Lian Zhou shouted in the middle of the night, no one who was afraid of the cold, the neighbors all get out of their beds and walked out with their coats.

There was no other way, there was too little entertainment in ancient times and people were too bored.

The veins on Shan Yu’s forehead jumped sharply, foreboding that he would be the hot spot for gossip in the village in the next few months.

But no matter what, all the mistakes were Shan Yu’s fault. He had no choice but to calmly apologize to the tearful young master for a long time, and finally signed the contract. After a series of unequal treaties, he was pardoned, which stabilized Lian Zhou who wanted to run away from home.

Shan Yu’s unconditional connivance toward Lian Zhou finally aroused Wan Qiu’s mood, causing him to give birth prematurely.

Note

This lotus boat, so annoying. (Lian Zhou name is literally Lian: lotus, Zhou: boat. Haha)