Ridiculous plot, pregnant

"Did your grandmother and master's wife put pressure on you to send someone to my courtyard?" After Xu Lingwan finished speaking, Shen Huaijin was silent for a while, frowned and asked.

Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help but sigh at the greatness of heredity. Both the father and son of the Shen family were able to see the big picture from the details and hit the nail on the head.

Old Madam Shen and Madam Mei were putting pressure on her indirectly. She could handle it the first time, but after a few more times, they would probably think that she, as a stepmother, was not caring enough about her stepson and did not wish him well, and would feel resentful towards her.

Seeing that she was silent, Shen Huaijin remained silent, his expression gradually darkening.

Ling Wan looked puzzled. It took her a while to react. Could it be that he thought she would send someone to his hospital, which would be even more offensive and humiliating?

Just as he was about to explain, Shen Huaijin coldly told everyone to leave.

Xu Lingwan just thought that he didn't want others to see his embarrassment, so she waved her hand and asked Hongyue and Luyun to wait outside the door.

"So you want to send someone to my room?" Shen Huaijin suddenly raised his eyes and stared at her with a dark look.

Chen Yuanyuan was unsure what he meant by asking this question. What did he mean by wanting to send someone to his courtyard?

If he wanted, although his concubines would be slaves, the Shen family was prosperous and well-fed, and Shen Silang was such a gentle and well-mannered young man. There were many men and women in the family who wanted to be his bedside companions.

"If you need it." Under his pressing gaze, Ling Wan chose the safest answer.

"If I need it?" Shen Huaijin was silent for a moment, then smiled. After a long pause, he glanced outside and said, "Okay, thank you very much for your kindness, Mother. I think Hongyue and Luyun are good, why don't you send them to me?"

Red moon and green clouds?

"No!" Xu Lingwan stood up suddenly, angry and incredulous. These were the maids beside her, how could Shen Huaijin dare to set his sights on them?

"Didn't you say that if I needed you, you could send someone to my room?" Shen Huaijin was still smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes. His eyes were cold and sharp.

Chen Yuanyuan finally realized what was going on: "You—it's not like I'm trying to push anyone into your courtyard. Besides, I'm not pushing anyone into your courtyard either. Why are you taking it out on the people around me?!"

Which of her words indicated that she was going to give him someone? Damn, the third place winner can't even do reading comprehension?

"Are you crying already? Do you think two servants can make you cry?" Shen Huaijin suddenly stood up.

Why would she cry? She couldn't help but have her eyes turn red when she was excited. It was just a physiological instinct.

But she met the eldest son's unrestrained gaze. Passionate, unbridled, frank, nostalgic, even... lustful.

Chen Yuanyuan's mind went blank, and she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She was nailed to the spot, too horrified to speak.

She had only one thought at this moment: Is Shen Huaijin crazy?! How dare he! If this were to get out, regardless of whether it was her fault or not, she would be drowned!

"Why are you crying?" Shen Huaijin stretched out his hand.

She didn't even know if she was crying. Ling Wan unconsciously took a step back, and he didn't move forward. He stood with his hands hanging down, but his eyes did not miss the slightest expression on her face.

"Are you scared already?" Shen Huaijin's voice was very soft, like the sound of wind chimes under the eaves.

Although he was thin, he was very tall. The oppressive and direct look he gave her made Chen Yuanyuan no longer able to see him as just an underage child.

"Don't be afraid, Lingwan." He lowered his eyes and his voice was almost inaudible.

He was clearly standing higher than her, but she seemed able to kick him to the ground with just a kick.

"You—" Xu Lingwan leaned on the table, took a moment to relax, pinched her palm with four fingers, forced herself to calm down, turned her face away and said, "I've delivered the shoes that Madam Mei made for you. You must have been very tired recently. Rest well."

After saying this, he didn't even look at Chen Huaijin, but walked out of Zhuoying Courtyard with his body as straight as when he came, and his expression as usual.

But she didn't notice that Shen Huaijin's eyes behind her became increasingly dark and unclear.

After returning to Yanxi Residence, Xu Lingwan dismissed everyone and cried under the quilt. Every day after that, she began to avoid Shen Huaijin on purpose.

This is crazy. How could the eldest son falling in love with his stepmother, a plot that only happens in TV dramas, happen to her?

Over the past month, Chen Cong had noticed Ling Wan looking depressed, as if she was having trouble. But whenever he asked her about it, she'd just make up some excuse and brush it off, so he couldn't help but ask her several times to get to the bottom of it.

It wasn't Chen Yuanyuan's fault for being so naive. She couldn't just rush up to Chen Cong and say, "Prime Minister Chen, your eldest son loves me."

It was so direct that Chen Cong, who had just been promoted, would probably be so angry that he would bang the board on the spot.

Or maybe, take the gentle route and speak softly, "Husband, your eldest son likes me, but I have always been self-disciplined and polite, and have never done anything that crosses the line. I don't know why this happened. Please have a good talk with your eldest son."

In this way, even if the double buffs of White Lotus and Green Tea Bitch are fully stacked, it is secondary. She will still be drowned.

The days passed one by one. Whether it was the growing summer heat or the worries about Shen Huaijin, she had lost her appetite and felt exhausted. At noon, while eating with her two children, she smelled a dish of crab stuffed with meat, her stomach churned, and she vomited.

Mother Yu was so frightened that she hurried to ask for Doctor Liu. The old doctor stroked his beard and congratulated her with a smile: "The second wife is pregnant."

Pregnant? Her mind was confused. She was pregnant? She and Shen Cong had a baby?

Soon, Madam Shen, Madam Lu, and Madam Tao arrived, bringing a lot of supplements and surrounding her with festive words. Even as they left, Chen Yuanyuan was still confused. She was going to be a mother? How could she be a mother?

After an unknown amount of time, Second Master Shen also returned. He entered the room to see Xu Lingwan, dazed and leaning against the pillow, her hand resting lightly on her still-unswelling belly. When she heard the noise, she half-opened her eyes and looked at him.

He felt like his heart was about to melt into a pool of water.

"Chen Cong, why did you come back so early today?" Xu Lingwan was almost asleep and stretched out her hands to let him hug her out of habit.

"Can't I come back earlier?" Chen Cong smiled and bent down to kiss her forehead. "Are you still nauseous and want to vomit? How much did you eat for lunch?"

"I didn't eat much." Ling Wan glanced at him lazily and smiled unconsciously, "Prime Minister Shen is so powerful that he even interrogated your wife when he got home."

"Of course we have to interrogate them." Chen Cong's eyebrows were all happy: "If we don't interrogate them, how can we know whether the older one has eaten well and whether the younger one has been obedient and not bothered his mother?"

He placed his hand gently on the back of Ling Wan's hand, and his voice was as soft as the spring sunshine in April.

Ling Wan curled her lips, suddenly curious: "What if the little one is disobedient?"

"Then when he is born, I will punish him by making him copy the Book of Filial Piety three hundred times." Chen Cong thought for a while and said seriously.

The Book of Filial Piety contains three hundred stories about famous people. Ling Wan tilted her head and laughed out loud, "He's your child. The Right Prime Minister has such a cruel heart."

"If a son is undisciplined, it's the father's fault. Troubling his mother is a serious sin, and certainly can't be forgiven lightly." Chen Cong said as he pretended to pat the back of her hand gently, and said solemnly, "So you must be good and don't let your mother suffer."

"People say that when a woman has a child in her old age, she will spoil her child." Ling Wan glanced at him sideways, teasing him without hiding her feelings.

Thirty-five years old was considered... old in ancient times. Anyway, it wasn't anything like being high-spirited and energetic.

Chen Cong saw the woman in his arms, her skin as white as jade, shimmering and radiant, with a unique charm and beauty between her eyebrows. He suppressed the heat in his heart and smiled: "Am I old?"

"What else?"

"No matter how old he is, he is still your husband." Chen Cong lowered his eyes.

"Actually, you don't have to call me husband." Ling Wan narrowed her eyes unexpectedly and called out clearly, "Daddy!"

Because of the repeated calls of "Daddy", the Right Prime Minister stayed in the bathroom for half an hour before coming out. This is a story for later.