Chapter 75: You know we want a child (male and female protagonists)...
Regarding the acupuncture, Pei Huaijin actually thought about this issue seriously after learning about his physical condition.
I thought about removing the needle two years in advance, but quickly rejected the idea.
Since my health will be poor in the future, how can I keep her by my side with a child?
Although he is reluctant to part with her now, he still has to let her go before his body breaks down. Maybe it will take three years, maybe five years. With her looks and family background, she will have no trouble remarrying. There is no reason for her to spend the rest of her life with a sickly man like him.
He also needs to consider the issue of offspring.
He is the only son of his parents, so he has the responsibility to carry on the family line.
This is also why his mother kept urging him to have a baby.
Since he didn't intend to use the child to trap Shen Youran, he naturally didn't want to use the child to trap any woman, so he couldn't use concubines to continue his offspring.
So when his mother brought up the issue of offspring one day and suggested that if Chen Youran didn't get pregnant this year, she would still have to take him a concubine, Pei Huaijin directly stated that there was something wrong with his body and no matter how many concubines he took, he would not have offspring.
The mother found it hard to accept: "How could this happen? How could something go wrong with your body?"
"It's been confirmed, mother," Pei Huaijin said calmly, "I'm sorry, your son has disappointed you."
"Impossible! It's possible the diagnosis was wrong. Why don't you find another doctor?"
"I know it's hard for my mother to accept, but she should be more open-minded."
How could Zhu accept this? She even felt dizzy and black before her eyes.
She still forced herself to stay alert and asked him, "Does anyone else know that you are in trouble?"
"Only Qing Jian knows."
"That's good. Let's keep it a secret for now, keep it a secret..." Zhu murmured, "Let mother think of a solution."
"I know mother is worried about the issue of offspring, and I have already thought of a solution for her."
"What method?"
"You are not in good health, but your father is still strong and healthy. You can take two concubines for your father..."
"you……"
Zhu never thought that the boomerang of taking a concubine would one day stab her.
When she took a concubine for her son, she knew that her daughter-in-law would feel uncomfortable, but her daughter-in-law was young and not suitable for pregnancy in the past two years. Her son was older, and a man of his age would have one or two children.
Zhu was in poor health and only gave birth to two children, a son and a daughter that year, so the doctor did not recommend that she get pregnant again.
Fortunately, my husband was considerate and didn't say much. He just said that two children were enough. He had been with her all these years and never mentioned taking a concubine.
She felt a little guilty towards her husband, so she thought about having more children in her son's family so that their main house could be more prosperous.
Unexpectedly, his son's health had problems and it was difficult for him to have offspring.
Now my son actually proposed to take a concubine for me?
Only when someone else was added to her backyard did Zhu realize what it felt like to swallow a needle.
"You go back first and let me think about it carefully..." Zhu rubbed her forehead and waved her hand to drive the man away.
Not long after Pei Huaijin left, a maid came in and announced that the Seventh Young Master was coming.
Zhu had no intention of seeing anyone else at the moment, but she thought that it was she who called Xiao Qi over because of the matter between him and Meng Wanxin.
Ever since the real Xiaoqi came back, Zhu saw that the child was brought up so well, and was no less educated than her own son. He was even more docile and not as old-fashioned as her own son. Zhu liked the child very much, so she thought of marrying the girl from the Meng family to him.
I mentioned this to him before, but he didn't refuse directly like the previous royal grandson did. He just said that Miss Meng was a very nice person, but he had to take the Imperial College entrance examination next year and couldn't be distracted for the time being.
Zhu also knew that this answer was roughly equivalent to a rejection, but Xiaoqi was such an outstanding child that she couldn't bear to give up on him. She had someone deliberately arrange for him to meet Meng Wanxin by chance. It seemed that the two got along quite well. One was modest and polite, the other was graceful and elegant. They looked a perfect match no matter how you looked at them.
But he did not express his opinion clearly, and it was not appropriate for Meng Wanxin, a girl, to always take the initiative to approach him. So Zhu sent someone to Xiaoqi's yard and asked him to come to Haitangyuan when he was free. She wanted to ask in person.
According to the message sent this morning, he only came here around noon.
Zhu suppressed her sorrow for the moment and asked someone to call him in.
As soon as Pei Huaian came in, he put his sleeves together and apologized to her: "Aunt, please forgive me. I stayed at home studying this morning and didn't see anyone. I only found out that you wanted to see me at noon, so I'm late..."
"No problem."
Zhu looked up at her nephew standing in the hall. He was dressed in an elegant green robe embroidered with bamboo leaves. He was handsome, slender, and graceful. His voice was like the jade pendant he wore around his waist, warm, elegant, and pleasing to the eyes and ears.
In a trance, she seemed to see her son when he was studying, he also liked to wear blue, showing his scholarly demeanor.
Zhu came to her senses and told him the reason for calling him over.
"Auntie knows that you want to focus on your studies right now, but you can also consider starting a family first. If you meet the right person, you might as well settle down first and get married in two years."
"That's right, Auntie," Pei Huai'an understood what she meant and replied tactfully, "My nephew has indeed reached marriageable age. If I ever meet a suitable girl I like, I'll definitely ask Auntie to help me choose one..."
This was a complete rejection of her good intention to tell him about Meng Wanxin.
Zhu was very puzzled. Wanxin was such a good child, with good looks, personality and talents, so why was it so difficult for her to find a good marriage?
Never mind, if you don't like her, then you don't like her. Forced fate is not fate. Zhu didn't want her nephew to think she was a selfish aunt, so she asked him, "What kind of girl do you like? I'll keep an eye out for you later."
"My nephew has been studying in the academy and has never been in contact with any girls. I can't tell you right now."
"There should be some kind of image, such as appearance, personality, family background..."
Pei Huaian had no choice but to say casually: "My nephew is a vulgar person. He likes pretty faces and lively personalities..."
Pretty face? Lively personality?
Aren’t there a lot of girls like this?
Zhu actually didn't like girls with lively temperaments, but her daughter-in-law just happened to have such a personality. Although she was calmer now than before, she was still far from being dignified and quiet...
Fortunately, Zhu was just asking casually. After chatting with him for a few more words, she told him to go back.
*
Another enjoyable night. Shen Youran raised her head, her jade-white neck stretched into a straight line. After a trembling sigh, she fell softly on Pei Huaijin's body.
Ever since she learned from Qing Jian that day that he would be unable to have sex in the future, Shen Youran had taken the initiative these past few nights, actively seeking pleasure, determined to enjoy the future "happiness" in the present.
Shen Youran buried her head in the crook of his shoulder, and when she heard him exhale, she knew that he was also very tired.
"Husband, I want to discuss something with you..."
Pei Huaijin stroked her back, which was covered in sweat. "What's the matter?"
"I want you to take out the needle." While he is still strong and energetic, it would be better to have the child as soon as possible, so as to avoid not being able to have the child in the future.
The hand that was caressing her back paused: "Why? Don't you dislike taking birth control pills?"
"I won't take the contraceptive pills either," Shen Youran tilted her head and whispered in his ear, "Let's have a child."
Pei Huaijin's body tensed up, he grabbed her shoulders and helped her up, his clear eyes trembling slightly: "Madam, do you know something?"
As someone who also sleeps by his side, Pei Huaijin also sensed something was wrong due to her unusual enthusiasm over the past few nights.
What's more, she doesn't have any scheming thoughts. In the past, whatever she was thinking was written on her face. Although she knows how to hide it now, she is not very experienced and he can still see it easily.
In addition, in the past few days, when he went to Qing Jian to take medicine, Qing Jian always lowered his head and didn't look at him.
He thought Qing Jian was sad because of his health, but now it seemed that Qing Jian had done something to let him down, so he was too guilty to look at him.
Tonight, she suddenly brought up the matter of having a child, which made him more certain: Qing Jian must have told her about his situation.
Sure enough, she admitted: "Yes, I already know it."
Oh, this Qingjian...
Pei Huaijin was silent for a moment, then turned over and laid her on the bed, using a silk handkerchief to wipe her clean. "Since you already know everything, why did you still want to give birth to a child for me?"
"I'm afraid if I wait a few years longer, I won't be able to get pregnant."
"Wouldn't it be better if I couldn't get pregnant? Then I could remarry someone else and not be tied down by a child."
"What are you talking about?" Shen Youran raised her foot and kicked him. "Who wants to remarry? I won't remarry..."
Pei Huaijin grasped her ankle and gently placed it down. Thinking of how she had changed from her usual shyness to a passionate and bold one these past few nights, he couldn't help but tease her, "Silly girl, if you don't remarry, I won't be able to satisfy you in the future..."
He had thought about letting her remarry a long time ago, but every time he saw her enjoying herself on or under him, he couldn't help but think that if she really remarried in the future, she would have to do the same things with other men as he did, and he couldn't stand it.
Sometimes I wish I could just destroy her so that other men won't get close to her in the future. But for her future happiness, I have to slowly let up my strength and treat her gently.
When Shen Youran heard him say that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to satisfy her in the future, she became convinced that her guess was correct.
"Actually, I think the most important thing between husband and wife isn't this," Shen Youran sat up and hugged him, "The most important thing is that I like you, and you like me. As long as we like each other, nothing else matters."
"Even if I end up bedridden and unable to take care of myself, it doesn't matter?"
"As long as you're alive."
"I might even go many years before you."
"Then we should cherish the days we can still be together."
"Silly girl..."
Although Pei Huaijin was touched, he did not really take her words to heart.
She is still young and will not be his age until five years later. By then, she will certainly not be as naive and persistent in dealing with things as she is now.
He didn't want to let her make such an immature decision when she was still young and naive, so he refused to agree to her request to have a child.
Because of this matter, Shen Youran pestered him for many days, using both soft and hard tactics to get him to go to the clinic to remove the needle.
Pei Huaijin kept disagreeing, forcing Shen Youran to no end. She lashed out, "My husband, I'm warning you. If you don't agree, don't blame me for using some knockout drug to knock you out one day. Then I'll ask a doctor to come to our house to take it out for you..."
These words really worked, and the next day, Pei Huaijin agreed to go to the clinic to get the needles.
It was still the same clinic where he had given the acupuncture treatment before. Shen Youran went with him worriedly, but she could only wait outside the door and could not go in.
When Pei Huaijin went in alone, the doctor in the room had just finished giving the previous person an acupuncture injection and was muttering something similar to what he had said: "Alas, at such a young age, it's the right time to have a child..."
The man was tidying up his clothes. He looked up and met his eyes.
"Hmm? Big Brother..."
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