Liu Xinlan couldn't participate in this topic at all.

However, she also considered this: if she and Xu Qianli had a child, and she needed to work, who would take care of the child?

It's unrealistic to expect her to quit her job and stay home to take care of the children, and it's equally impractical to ask Xu Qianli to quit his job as well.

A relationship between the stepmother and father is even more impossible.

After returning from Shen Qiaoyue's house that evening, Liu Xinlan took a shower, lay on the bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Xu Qianli came in from the living room, closed the bedroom door, and turned on the fan.

Lying on the bed, propping her head up with one hand, she asked, "Xinlan, is something on your mind?"

"What could be on your mind? It's all about the children!" Liu Xinlan turned to face Xu Qianli and grabbed his collar.

Xu Qianli then asked, "About the child?"

Liu Xinlan sighed, lying flat on her back, and said, "Today Qiaoyue and Sister Luoshui discussed the issue of taking care of the child. They both have family members to help take care of the child. Sister Luoshui doesn't work, so she can take care of the child! But I can't. I'm a doctor. After giving birth, I have to go back to work not long after my confinement period. You also have to go to work. So who will take care of the child?"

Xu Qianli sensed Liu Xinlan's doubts.

“Why are there so many women in the family compound who don’t work? We can ask them to help take care of the child. We’ll be able to find a solution. Once the child is a little older, we can send him to daycare.” Xu Qianli’s idea was exactly the same as Lu Chen’s.

Liu Xinlan frowned as she looked at Xu Qianli. He spoke so casually, but would things really be that easy after the child was born?

"Don't worry, once the baby is born, there will always be a way to solve it." Xu Qianli had already considered this problem. He pinched Liu Xinlan's cheek, kissed her, and said, "If you want to have a baby, I will take care of the childcare issue."

"How do we solve this?" Liu Xinlan asked curiously.

Xu Qianli said, "There are always more solutions than problems."

Liu Xinlan sensed Xu Qianli's unreliable idea. She frowned and said disdainfully, "The child will be raised by our side from birth. We both have to work. Who can help take care of the child?"

Nowadays, nobody dares to hire a nanny, let alone can.

Xu Qianli had already thought it through. If the child was born, there were so many unemployed women in the family compound who stayed home to take care of the children. With a salary of forty or fifty yuan per person, it shouldn't be a problem to ask them to help take care of the child.

"If you're worried about this, I'll listen to Xinlan. Whatever you say goes." Xu Qianli felt that Liu Xinlan had her own ideas, and he still wanted to hear what his wife had to say.

Liu Xinlan looked at Xu Qianli and asked, "If I don't have the child, will you agree?"

"Of course I agree. If you don't want to have children, then we won't." Xu Qianli wasn't particularly attached to having children.

But Liu Xinlan refused to accept it.

"No, I want to have a child. I've been trying to get my body in good condition for so long, and everyone in the hospital knows about it. If I don't have a child, I'll be laughed at to death." Liu Xinlan wanted to have a child with Xu Qianli.

This was her plan for this love. When she first came here, she dreamed of having children with Xu Qianli.

“If it really doesn’t work out, after I give birth, I’ll apply for the night shift. You’re always on the day shift anyway, so we can take turns taking care of the baby,” Liu Xinlan said.

"That won't do. Working night shifts all the time is bad for your health. We're not having the baby! We live for ourselves, we don't need to care about what others think. Besides, you'll have to work night shifts right after giving birth, you really can't handle it!" Xu Qianli didn't dare. This girl staying up all night every day is also bad for her health.

Seeing how serious Xu Qianli was, Liu Xinlan suddenly sat up, put her arm around his waist, and leaned against him.

"At worst, I'll take a leave of absence without pay, raise the child, and then go back to work." Liu Xinlan compromised once again.

Xu Qianli said, "If we have a baby, I'll talk to my sister-in-law in the family compound and give her a little more money to help take care of the child. Grandma Zhao loves children so much, she might be able to help. If there's really no one to take care of the child, we can consider it again in a few years, after Grandpa retires."

“Xinlan, I don’t want you to give up your hard-earned career for a child, and I don’t want you to compromise for me. Let’s let nature take its course with the child.”

He felt sorry for his wife, who had worked so hard to recover for the sake of the child.

He can't bring himself to give up his career, so the best solution is not to have children.

Liu Xinlan felt a warm glow in her heart as she listened. She looked up at Xu Qianli and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Xu Qianli touched Liu Xinlan's ear and smiled.

Liu Xinlan took off Xu Qianli's shirt and kissed him on the neck.

"Xinlan, rest for today!" Xu Qianli said, pushing Liu Xinlan away.

Liu Xinlan was displeased and asked, "Why, are you unwilling?"

"No, we've run out of family planning supplies. I'll go get some more tomorrow."

Since you've decided not to have children, you should definitely take precautions.

Liu Xinlan forcefully took advantage of him, kneeling on the bed with her legs bent, staring at Xu Qianli.

"I said I'd listen to the second half of your statement, not the first half. Otherwise, all my months of recuperation would have been for nothing, and I wouldn't care about you anymore." Liu Xinlan had already considered all possible outcomes.

At worst, you can take care of the baby yourself and take a leave of absence without pay. Or, as Xu Qianli said, there are so many women in the family compound who don't work and stay home to take care of the children. You can ask them to help take care of the baby and discuss the salary with them. It shouldn't be a problem.

She was determined to have this child, after all, she had sworn to the old man that she would.

Before Xu Qianli could react, Liu Xinlan was already impatient.

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