"In that case, why don't you find someone to examine Xiao'er?"

"Xiao'er? To see a doctor?"

Yan Shaoheng naturally knew what illness she was referring to, but he didn't want Chen Jingshu to worry too much.

"Don't try to hide it from me anymore, I already know. You can't fool me. Was it you who sent the physician to Xiao'er's old residence?"

Yan Shaoheng nodded.

"Then he must have told you about Xiao'er's illness?"

Yan Shaoheng nodded again.

"But there's no cure?"

Yan Shaoheng did not reply. He did not know how to tell her that her son had this disease.

“Jing Shu, Liu Xue Ning is now pregnant with Xiao Er’s child, and Xiao Er will have an heir. Why not let him be himself?”

"Be yourself? Be a monster that's neither male nor female?"

“Jing Shu, this kind of thing is very common everywhere, especially in brothels. Many high-ranking officials and nobles keep their own brothels there. Since Xiao’er is willing, let him go.”

"What are you saying? You don't mean you'd go to a place like that?"

Yan Shaoheng didn't know how the topic had been steered towards himself.

"No, I assure you, I have never been to such a place."

"Even after that incident, you haven't been there again?"

"No, I, Yan Shaoheng, swear to God, if I had ever gone to a brothel to find girls or..."

Before Yan Shaoheng could finish speaking, Chen Jingshu covered his mouth.

"I believe you, but you must not make such a vow in the future, do you understand?"

"I heard you, I won't make any more oaths."