Shen Fenghua knew what Li Yanran wanted to say. After returning home, she was constantly being bossed around by Li Yanran, either because she was thirsty, hungry, or because her arms and legs were sore.

Li Yanran was so busy at the Shen family's house that she was completely overwhelmed. At this point, she had no time to feel sad.

Qi Ye, who was watching from the side, was amused. Well, the method was a bit crude, but it was effective enough.

As Shen Fenghua grew tired, she slumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell asleep in no time. Qi Ye looked at Shen Fenghua's sleeping face, his eyes overflowing with tenderness.

He gently adjusted Shen Fenghua's sleeping position, then lifted the curtain and walked to the door.

Li Yanran was carefully plucking the chicken's feathers when she saw Qi Ye standing beside her. She sniffed and asked with a smile, "What trick is that brat up to torment me this time?"

Qi Ye chuckled, "No, she's asleep."

Grandma, ever perceptive, stepped over and said, "Give me the chick. You two can talk things out."

Qi Ye did have something to say to Li Yanran, so the two walked aside. Qi Ye took a deep breath and asked, "Just who exactly is Li Xiu'e?"

“She has no special background, just a powerful backer,” Li Yanran said with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. “However, although she did nothing wrong in the past, she did nothing wrong either. On the surface, everyone turned a blind eye to it, so let it go.”

“This time we can’t let it go,” Qi Ye said coldly. In the past, it was just minor squabbles, but now they’re practically riding roughshod over them. This is the first time I’ve seen an apology turn into such a mess.

Li Yanran shared the same sentiment, "What do you plan to do?"

"I need to think about it carefully."

This isn't something that can be done with just words. Li Yanran's sources of information are somewhat limited. We absolutely cannot act rashly without thoroughly investigating Li Xiu'e's background.

If we're going to beat her, we should beat her to death in one fell swoop; otherwise, there will be endless troubles to come.

If these people retaliate...

If he were all alone in the past, it wouldn't have mattered, but now he has too many people behind him, and he can't afford to be careless in the slightest.

"By the way, sister-in-law, I'd like to ask Fenghua for a leave of absence first. Her pregnancy is unstable right now, so she needs to rest in bed for a few days."

Li Yanran nodded, somewhat excitedly, "It's only right, don't worry, leave this to me, I'll take care of it."

Qi Ye: "Yes, but I also need to go to the factory manager's house."

Li Yanran didn't understand why, but seeing that Qi Ye didn't seem like the type to act recklessly, she let him be.

If nothing goes wrong, this is the only heir of the Shen and Qi families, so there's no room for carelessness.

However, Li Yanran thought of Nianping and Nian'an, and she carefully reminded them, "Xiao Qi, since you call me sister-in-law, then I'll take the liberty of saying a few words from the bottom of my heart."

"Sister-in-law, please speak."

“Yes, you and Fenghua now have your own child, and the whole family is happy. Even I, an outsider, feel relieved to hear this. But don’t forget, there are still two children in the family,” she said, pondering. “The children are still young, and I’m worried…”

I'm afraid some people with sharp tongues will stir up trouble behind my back, causing chaos at home because of the children. Just thinking about it makes me angry.

"Sister-in-law, I know what you're afraid of. Don't worry, this is all my duty. Leave it to me."

Although Li Yanran was still a little worried, Qi Ye's words at least gave her some comfort.

Of course, from beginning to end, Li Yanran never intended for Qi Ye and Shen Fenghua to abandon the child. Even if the two of them wanted to abandon the child, she would have to persuade them to do so.

It's fate that the child came to this family.

Besides...

If we're talking about superstition, who knows if the child in Fenghua's belly was conceived by those two brothers?

Some people are destined to be childless, but some children are destined to have siblings.

Li Yanran went home. While Shen Fenghua was asleep, she needed to go inside and rummage around to see what foods were suitable for pregnant women, as well as the things Dongdong used when he was little. She would clean them all up and pack them up to send over later.

Shen Fenghua's pregnancy was a bit surreal for her, but all she did was eat, drink, and sleep, which kept everyone else incredibly busy.

The second day was supposed to be a day of rest, and it was a relatively peaceful day.

Qi Ye stayed at home watching over Shen Fenghua. After seeing that she had slept for more than a day and her complexion had improved considerably, he felt at ease.

He woke up countless times in the middle of the night, fearing that everything before him was just a mirage.

Shen Fenghua slept too much during the day, so she couldn't sleep at night. When she turned her head, she met Qi Ye's eyes, which were still shining brightly in the dark. She was so frightened that she shuddered. "My God, why aren't you asleep yet? You scared me to death."

"I'm a little scared," Qi Ye said in a low voice, looking at Shen Fenghua's hazy face in the moonlight. He opened his arms and pulled Shen Fenghua into his embrace.

The two were very close, their heartbeats rising and falling, and then slowly they came together.

"Thump~ thump~ thump~"

"What are you afraid of?"

"I shouldn't have made a scene that day." Qi Ye's eyes were filled with remorse as he spoke; even he hadn't expected this…

In the darkness, Shen Fenghua turned his face upside down. "Look, you've got the priorities backwards. Back then, none of us knew anything. Besides, you can be silly as you are." Although she had married and done some things, Shen Fenghua was still a little shy. Some words were on the tip of her tongue, but she just stammered and couldn't say them.

“But she still had some sense of propriety. It was mainly Li Xiu'e,” Shen Fenghua pouted. “She went too far. It seems I didn’t slap her hard enough before.”

That's shameless! She said she came to apologize, but what she did was almost suffocate her.

“Alright,” Qi Ye looked at Shen Fenghua, took her delicate hand and kissed it, smiling, “Let’s not be angry anymore, leave this matter to your man, me.”

"Yes, I trust Qi Ye to get things done."

"It's getting late, go to sleep," Qi Ye urged, tightening his grip on Shen Fenghua's arm. Shen Fenghua struggled, "I'm not comfortable like this."

"Which one is more comfortable?"

"I want to sleep by myself."

"That won't work."

"..."

The two brothers, Nianping and Nian'an, didn't give Shen Fenghua any trouble at all. The next day, when Shen Fenghua got up, Qi Ye had already gone to the military region. When the two children saw Shen Fenghua, they followed her closely, looking at her expectantly, "Mom, will we be able to have a little sister in the future?"

Shen Fenghua was stunned, then laughed. Before she could speak, Nian An quietly corrected her, "It's my younger brother."

"No, it's my younger sister."

Good heavens, Shen Fenghua was at a loss. Before she could even say anything, the two little ones were about to start arguing.

She had previously worried that her two children might reject the unborn baby, but now it seems she was being narrow-minded.