As the weather got colder, Su He wore a cotton-padded jacket under her military overcoat and gave up cycling to work, opting instead to take the bus.

I wonder if the criminals also felt it was too cold to come out, which is why there were fewer cases in winter than in summer.

This also makes it rare for the criminal investigation team to have a quiet time throughout the year.

That day, Grandma Su received news that her eldest cousin's wife was pregnant again, already two months along.

When Grandma Su found out, she sighed.

Su He was surprised. "Grandma, aren't you happy?"

Grandma Su shook her head. "It's not that I'm unhappy, it's that I'm worried about your sister-in-law."

What are you worried about?

“I’m worried that if it’s another girl, your sister-in-law won’t be able to accept it.”

"Really?" Su He was surprised. "Although my sister-in-law was a bit sexist before, she's gotten much better since then, hasn't she? She's very good to Xiaoyu and Xiaozhen now."

"Sigh..." Grandma Su sighed again, "You don't know, once a person gets stuck in a rut, it's not so easy to see things clearly. Your sister-in-law grew up in that kind of family, and all she ever wanted was to have a son. If she can't have one, she probably will never be able to let go of that."

Su He was surprised to hear this. "What do you mean? What happened to your sister-in-law's family? Was her upbringing bad? I remember her family was quite well-off, and her family treated her very well."

"Hey, you don't know, although your sister-in-law's father is the village chief, he is actually a sexist. Her mother gave birth to five daughters before she finally had a son!"

"What? My sister-in-law has five sisters? Why have I only seen two of them?"

"Aren't there still two that haven't been raised yet?"

"Oh," Su He finally understood. "Although they favor sons over daughters, I think my sister-in-law's family treats her quite well."

"That's true, but not because of her."

"Why is that?" Su He asked curiously.

Grandma Su glanced at her and explained, "When our two families were betrothed, I mentioned that your sister-in-law had a boyfriend before marrying your brother. He was a soldier, and the two were betrothed as children."

When you were little, your family took good care of your sister-in-law. Later, she joined the army.

Everyone knows that soldiers have a promising future, and your sister-in-law's parents will treat her well in order to win her over as a future son-in-law.

Later, she married your older brother, and our family became more and more successful. They had to treat her even better, otherwise they wouldn't have the nerve to come to our door.

"Oh, I see..." It seems my sister-in-law is quite lucky.

"So, Grandma is afraid that my sister-in-law will be like her mother and keep having daughters?"

Grandma Su shook her head. "I'm not worried about that. It's the same whether it's a boy or a girl. I'm just afraid she'll get stuck on it. I've said before that no matter which generation in our family it is, we'll only have a maximum of four children. Whether it's a boy or a girl is up to fate."

Having too many children is bad for a woman's health.

I'm afraid that if your sister-in-law can't have a son, she'll want to have more.

Su He didn't know what to say after hearing this, so she could only suggest, "Why don't you ask your older brother to persuade him? Besides, having a child isn't hereditary, so what if this one is a son?"

"Hey, you don't know, your sister-in-law's aunt also had seven daughters before finally giving birth to a boy."

Your sister-in-law, as the village chief's daughter, could have found someone better after her previous relationship ended. But that's why those people didn't dare to approach her, so her family approached your brother.

I don't care about this, but others do, and I suspect your sister-in-law does too.

Su He fell silent after hearing this. Hearing this, she realized that her sister-in-law might indeed be as her grandmother had said, obsessed with giving birth to a son.

Thinking about this, she sighed again, not knowing what to do.

The grandmother and grandson exchanged a glance, both praying that the baby would be a son.