Chapter 362 You're Going to Be a Dad

Xie Qinglan took the shopping cart from Huo Huaisui. "Can we finish eating all this?"

Huo Huai Sui didn't respond, his gaze fixed on Xie Qing Lan.

Xie Qinglan felt a little uneasy under her gaze. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Huo Huai Sui said. "It's just that the more I look at you, the more I think you deserve a beating."

Xie Qinglan knew perfectly well why his girlfriend thought he deserved a beating, but since she wouldn't say, he pretended not to know and, suppressing a laugh, asked, "Tell me, what did I do that deserves a beating?"

Huo Huaisui: "He deserves a beating everywhere he goes."

Especially the lower body.

Xie Qinglan ruffled her hair. "Let's go back first, then I'll let you beat me up."

Despite saying that, when he got back, Huo Huai Sui was too lazy to beat him up. He walked to the sofa, sat down, hugged a cushion, and continued to contemplate his life.

Xie Qinglan didn't disturb her. She put the snacks on the shelf so they were within easy reach, then washed the fruit and put it in the refrigerator. After tidying up the kitchen, she looked up and saw her girlfriend still in a daze. So she took her phone, went out onto the balcony, and pressed the answer button.

"Son, am I going to be a grandma?" Ji Xueru felt like she was still dreaming. She couldn't wait to finish class and called her son during the break to ask.

Xie Qinglan: "Yes. Congratulations, Ms. Ji, you're going to be a grandmother."

Ji Xueru paused for a moment, then suddenly sighed, "I'm not ready to be a grandmother yet."

Besides going to work and school as usual, she has been busy preparing for her son and future daughter-in-law's engagement banquet and learning how to be a good mother-in-law. Becoming a grandmother is not in her recent study plan at all.

"No rush," Xie Qinglan said with a light laugh. "There are still eight or nine months left. You can start preparing now."

"That's true." Ji Xueru nodded. "Do your in-laws know?"

Xie Qinglan: "I don't have their contact information, but I told Huai'an."

Ji Xueru thought for a moment, "I'll see if I can arrange to meet my mother-in-law today or tomorrow."

Since things have already come to this, no matter how you look at it, it's their son's fault. As the groom's parents, they have to show some attitude and not let their future in-laws feel that they don't value their future daughter-in-law.

"And what about you and Sui Sui?" Ji Xueru asked, "Continue with your engagement, or..."

Changing the engagement party to a wedding is problematic because it lacks prestige and the invitations have already been sent out; if the change is made abruptly, people will immediately know what's going on.

Their family doesn't care, but they can't let their future daughter-in-law be gossiped about.

Xie Qinglan: "I'll do whatever you say. You decide what to do."

"Alright, let me think about it... You brat, you're always causing trouble for your mother. Take good care of my daughter-in-law. I don't have class this afternoon, so I'll arrange to meet my in-laws first, and then I'll go see my daughter-in-law later."

Ji Xueru muttered a few more words before hanging up the phone.

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Qinglan walked over and sat down next to Huo Huaisui, carefully lifting him onto her lap.

Huo Huaisui lifted his eyelids to glance at him, "Contemplating life."

Xie Qinglan: "What have you figured out?"

"No." Huo Huai Sui nestled in Xie Qing Lan's arms, sensing his drowsiness, and lazily yawned.

She didn't sleep well last night and got up early this morning, so she's a little sleepy.

Xie Qinglan didn't say anything more. Hearing the person in his arms gradually become calmer, he stood up with the person in his arms and walked towards the master bedroom.

Huo Huaisui, half-asleep, turned over and mumbled, "Clothes."

It's a bit chilly, and I'm wearing a little too much clothing, so it's uncomfortable to sleep like this.

Xie Qinglan helped her take off her clothes, and Huo Huaisui's brows finally relaxed.

Xie Qinglan adjusted the air conditioner temperature, lay down on her side next to her, propped her head up with one hand, looked at her for a moment, and then her gaze slid down to her lower abdomen.

That place is nurturing a little life.

He and her child.

I don't know if I'll resemble him more or her more.

Xie Qinglan lowered her hand, lifted the quilt, and crawled inside, pulling the person into her arms without saying a word.

Huo Huai Sui found a comfortable position in his arms and continued to sleep.

I slept soundly until nightfall, when I was woken up by an incoming phone call.

Xie Qinglan pinched the bridge of her nose, turned over, grabbed her phone, and answered the call, "Hello—"

"Son," Ji Xueru's voice came through the receiver, "your mother-in-law and I are at the entrance of your community. Get ready to open the door."

Xie Qinglan: "..."

"What's wrong?" Huo Huai Sui rubbed his eyes and sat up.

Xie Qinglan: "Mom's here."

Huo Huaisui wasn't fully awake yet and was a little confused. "Whose mother?"

Xie Qinglan said, word by word: "Our mother."

Huo Huaisui: "..."

Huo Huai Sui looked bewildered. "What are they doing here?"

She's lived here for so long, and her parents have only visited once, leaving before even finishing a glass of water.

Xie Qinglan changed the subject, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Huo Huaisui instinctively wanted to say no, but then suddenly remembered that she was carrying a baby and fell silent.

Xie Qinglan: "Hmm?"

In fact, Huo Huai Sui knew that even if he didn't say anything, this matter couldn't be kept secret for long.

Her belly will grow bigger day by day, and she can't just say it's because she's gained weight.

Regardless of the circumstances, this scoundrel is still the baby's father and has the right to know about the baby's existence.

Under Xie Qinglan's gaze, Huo Huaisui slowly spoke: "I have something to tell you."

Xie Qinglan nodded. "Go ahead."

Huo Huai Sui: "I told you to do less unnecessary things, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, someone has died."

Xie Qinglan: "..."

Huo Huaisui mustered his courage and said, "You're going to be a father."

After speaking, Huo Huai Sui stared intently at Xie Qing Lan, wanting to see his reaction.

She thought to herself, if this scoundrel dares to say he doesn't want the child, she'll abandon him, run away with the baby, and make sure he never sees her and the baby again!

Anyway, she has money now, and even if she doesn't work, it's enough for her and her baby to eat and drink for the rest of their lives.

Xie Qinglan had a smile in her eyes and was about to speak when the doorbell rang.

The two of them looked towards the door at the same time.

Xie Qinglan took Huo Huaisui's pajamas and placed them by the bed. "Get dressed first. I'll go open the door."

"..." Huo Huai Sui then realized that he was actually naked.

Without bothering to recall why he was naked, Huo Huai Sui quickly dressed and went out, only to see Ji Xue Ru and Yu Ran changing their shoes in the entryway, with large and small bags next to their feet.

Huo Huaisui called out, "Mom, Aunt Ji."

Ji Xueru's gaze lingered on her future daughter-in-law's lower abdomen for a second, then she smiled broadly and playfully scolded, "Why are you still calling me Aunt Ji? You should call me Mom."

Huo Huaisui: "..."

Yu Ran: "You're about to become a mother, don't be so impulsive."

Huo Huaisui: "?"

Huo Huaisui looked at his biological mother, then at his future mother-in-law, with a blank expression.

She didn't tell anyone about her pregnancy except her best friend. How did her mother and her future mother-in-law know that she was going to be a mother?