When Wen Jiaojiao called earlier, he was with Xu Cuifen and Wen Xiaojian and couldn't answer. Now, avoiding the two of them, he gave a stern warning:

“We’re living harmoniously now. If you have any conscience, let her go.”

Nothing in the house has been moved. You can live there with your child and still have a peaceful life.

This is my last act of mercy towards you. If you continue to misbehave, don't blame me for being ruthless.

After saying that, he hung up the phone. Just then, Ah Long drove over to pick them up.

Xu Cuifen and Wen Xiaojian looked at the skyscrapers of Hong Kong City and sighed in admiration, just like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.

Wen Zhaoye took the two to the villa that Jiang Peitian had previously arranged for them to stay in. Then, Jiang Peitian called:

"I've invited a foreign doctor to come over for Jiaojiao. If you're free now, please come over."

"Then I'll ask Jiaojiao." After saying that, Wen Zhaoye turned to Wen Jiaojiao and explained.

Wen Jiaojiao nodded:

"Sure, I'm free anyway."

The two greeted Xu Cuifen and drove to the hospital. The doctor, sitting in front of the medical equipment, said:

"Lift up your clothes and show your belly."

Wen Jiaojiao glanced at Jiang Peitian standing at the door, but Wen Zhaoye spoke first to Jiang Peitian:

"You can go out now."

Jiang Peitian didn't take this seriously at all, saying:

"I'll just stare at the instrument and I'll help you determine whether it's a boy or a girl. I do this all the time, and I can usually tell the sex from the shape of the embryo with pretty much the same accuracy."

Wen Zhaoye suppressed the urge to punch him, stood up, and pushed him towards the door:

"Don't take gender so seriously. If you do, Jiaojiao will feel pressured and burdened."

Jiang Peitian spoke frankly:

“That’s a good thing. Besides, I even had the blueprints for the Jiang Clan Ancestral Hall drawn up. If you don’t give birth to a son, the ancestral hall won’t be able to be built.”

Wen Zhaoye said irritably:

"When a person dies, all is lost. No matter how much incense their descendants burn, it's useless. Stop with those empty gestures."

Also, I don't plan to acknowledge my family background, so please don't say I'm your son. When you're out in public, you must say that Jiaojiao is your biological daughter, otherwise, investigating Wen Jiaojiao's background could easily cause trouble.

He deliberately lowered his voice for the last few words. Jiang Peitian guessed that Wen Jiaojiao's background was not simple; after all, it was impossible for someone to appear in the back mountain without a reason.

He didn't have many doubts and nodded in agreement: "Then let me see the ultrasound report later. I can tell the same thing from that."

Wen Zhaoye was speechless for a moment, but he also understood why the man's belief in succession was so strong.

Although this place looks advanced, it is actually the most patriarchal in its thinking.

Having lived here for so long, seeing everyone around him surrounded by children and grandchildren, he naturally longed for it too.

However, Wen Zhaoye didn't take it to heart at all. As he walked into the clinic, he heard the doctor say in broken Chinese, "Congratulations, these are three embryos, very healthy, which means you will give birth to three children."

"What?"

These words came from Jiang Peitian, spoken at a tremendous volume, filled with excitement. Wen Zhaoye trembled in shock.

Before he could even touch the doorknob, Jiang Peitian leaned close to the doorway, his voice full of laughter:

"Are you sure it's three? I clearly got five."

The doctor opened the doorway:

There are three.

Jiang Peitian glanced at the list of candidates and felt a growing sense of worry.

"These gestational sacs are all the same shape, so they can't all be the same gender, right?"

He naturally hoped they would both be boys, but if they were both the same sex, there was still a 50% chance they would be girls.

It would be better if the genders were different, at least then there would be offspring. And if you have three girls, it would be better not to have any at all.

Wen Zhaoye snatched the ultrasound report, put his arm around Wen Jiaojiao's back, and left, a slight smile playing on his lips:

"I'll have to frame it when I get home."

Wen Jiaojiao was secretly pleased, because with three children, one of them could take the surname Wen, thus preserving a surname for Wen Xiaojian. She smiled gently and said:

"We'll never have enough to hang all the photos in our house in the future—the three children's first birthday photos, third birthday photos, tenth birthday photos, family photos, so many!"

Wen Zhaoye: "That makes sense. We can build a house specifically to display our photos."

Jiang Peitian shouted from behind:

"Your wedding will be held on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year at the Yingyun Hotel."

Wen Zhaoye turned around and said:

"Okay, thanks, Dad."

When Jiang Peitian heard him call him "Dad" for the first time, a strange feeling welled up inside him, warm and comforting. He smiled and said with a pleased expression, "This kid, he calls me 'Dad' pretty well."

Wen Zhaoye brought Wen Jiaojiao home and immediately told Xu Cuifen and Wen Xiaojian the news:

"Mom and Dad, Jiaojiao is pregnant with triplets."

Xu Cuifen's smile stretched almost to her ears as he chuckled:

"Really? How come my daughter is so capable?"

"It's no use if only I'm capable." Wen Jiaojiao thought to herself, then turned to Wen Xiaojian and said:

"Dad, we don't know the gender yet, but we've discussed it, and one of the children will take your surname."

Wen Xiaojian and Jiang Yi used these methods back then simply to ensure someone would take over their family line in their old age, and that their surname would be passed down so someone would visit their graves every year.

Previously, when Wen Zhaoye's true parentage was exposed, he had given up hope that the child would take his family name. Now, his weathered face was filled with emotion as he said:

"Really? Would Jiang Peitian agree?"

Wen Zhaoye sat on the sofa and said:

"Never mind him. Judging from his appearance, if he were pregnant with three girls, he probably wouldn't even glance at them, let alone ask what their surnames would be."

Wen Xiaojian said happily:

“Dad doesn’t care. It’s fine if the girl takes my surname. When the child grows up, we can just find a son-in-law to live with us. The family name will still be passed down to the ancestors.”

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