Pei Wu frowned even more as she looked at the name 'Pei Nian' in the child's name column.
“…” Upon hearing this, Pei Wu looked up at her mother. Her mother remained silent for a long time, but her lips became tighter and tighter. Pei Wu, who was usually clear-headed, felt her head was in a daze at this moment. She wanted to open her mouth several times, but she didn’t know what she wanted to say.
Seeing that Pei Wu was crumpling the paper in her hand, Pei's mother noticed her daughter's unease and asked, "Do you really not know that this child exists?"
Pei Wu nodded.
Her game system was no longer bound to her, meaning she only had the original owner's memories from when she first entered the game, and information about the male protagonist obtained after completing a mission. She knew nothing about the game's plot. She still couldn't understand why Shen Yu'nan, who hated the original owner so much, would have a child with her?
The incongruity of the plot made her frown even more.
“Although I don’t like Secretary Shen, the child is still a member of the Pei family. We can’t just stand by and watch the Pei family’s child wander outside. That person…” Pei’s mother paused slightly, stroking her teacup, before continuing, “I’m afraid he can’t provide the child with better living conditions and education. My thought is that the child will eventually return to the Pei family. As for Secretary Shen…” Pei’s mother glanced at her daughter again, “Whether you take him in or something else, I won’t say anything. You can decide for yourself.”
During this time, Pei's mother finally understood the relationship between her daughter and Shao Sang. She didn't want to force her daughter to do anything. "But the child is still your own child. Just like your daughter, they both have your blood in their veins. You can't favor one over the other. If you're worried that Shao Sang will mind, then the child can stay with me. In any case, I can pass the time when I have free time, and it can also make up for my guilt about missing your childhood."
"..." Pei Wu remained silent, her mind a complete mess, until her mother spoke, which slowly helped her gather her thoughts. Gradually coming to her senses, Pei Wu put down the DNA report she had been clutching and told her mother, "I need some time to think about this carefully."
"Hmm." Mother Pei nodded, but still earnestly added, "Actually, thinking about it carefully, it must have been difficult for him to stay by your side for so many years and raise a child for you. He comes from such a family and has such living conditions... I know you are reluctant to hurt Shao Sang, but you still have to compensate him in some way, whether it's money or something else."
“…” Pei Wu fell silent again.
She already felt guilty towards Shen Yu Nan, and Pei Wu's words only intensified her guilt. Her brows furrowed even more, and her fair skin turned a rosy hue from the tight frown.
Pei Wu did not eat at the main house. After talking with her mother, she prepared to return to Shao Sang's home.
This winter seems exceptionally long. Although it's already March, the weather shows no signs of warming up. As soon as Pei Wu opened the door, she was hit by a wave of heat. Since having a child, the underfloor heating in the house has been running 24 hours a day.
When Pei Wu arrived home, Li Jian was preparing dinner, so the air was filled with the aroma of food. Hearing the noise, Li Jian washed his hands and came over to prepare slippers for Pei Wu.
Li Jian had given birth before and was the person Pei Wu personally selected to take care of Shao Sang. However, this time it was Shao Sang who took the initiative to ask Li Jian to stay at her home. He said that this way he could take care of three meals a day and also help look after the child.
Where is the gentleman?
"Miss has just drunk her milk and is probably going to sleep, so sir, please take her back to her room."
"Um."
Pei Wu and Shao Sang's room was on the second floor. When Pei Wu quietly opened the bedroom door, he was lying on his side on the bed, gently patting the child to sleep.
The empty baby bottle was on the bedside table.
When Shao Sang saw Pei Wu enter, he sat up straight rather stiffly. The word "master" that was on the tip of his tongue was swallowed back down by his slight pursing of his lips. He called out "A-Wu" rather awkwardly.
The consciousness controlling Shao Sang's body is now merely a robot consciousness built from data. Therefore, when facing Pei Wu, he is always affected by this data, feeling fear in his heart and even not daring to look Pei Wu in the eye. Even though he has fragments of memories of their time together in his mind, these fragments are scattered and cannot be pieced together into a complete story. He has no sense of immersion at all.
Therefore, he would lower his eyes when facing Pei Wu.
However, he still had a clear understanding of why he was developed. He was simply a gift created to be given to Miss Pei. Both his appearance and personality were made according to Miss Pei's preferences, and the database contained a large amount of information about Miss Pei's likes and dislikes and related data about this unruly young lady.
Newborn babies naturally emit a pleasant milky scent, filling the entire room with a pleasant aroma.
When Pei Wu's gaze fell on the child, her eyes seemed to gather into a pool of water, soft and bright with affection. She reached out and held the child's little hands, which were casually spread out on either side of his head. The little hands were chubby and soft, and had a pleasant milky fragrance. Pei Wu wanted to bring them to her nose to smell them, but considering that she had just returned from an outing, she gave up.
She turned her gaze away from the child and saw Shao Sang standing by the bed with her eyes downcast, behaving rather reservedly.
Seeing Shao Sang's appearance, Pei Wu unconsciously pursed her lips. Shao Sang had been acting strangely lately.
"Was Niannian a good girl today?"
The name Pei Nian was decided before the child was born; if it was a boy, he would be named Pei Nian, and if it was a girl, she would be named Pei Nian. The child's wrinkled little face, which had been wrinkled when he was first born, gradually relaxed, but Pei Wu had not yet realized that, compared to the mother, this child seemed more like the father, Shao Sang.
Although the child is developing and growing within Shao Sang's body, Shao Sang, being a robot, cannot truly possess the ability to conceive life, let alone inherit it...
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