Standing outside the door.
This was the last person he wanted to see at that moment.
His mother, Madam Cheng.
Cheng Zhou took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and opened the door.
"Mom, why are you here? You didn't even tell me beforehand."
Mrs. Cheng, with a well-maintained face and a look of displeasure, walked straight in and glanced around the living room.
"Where's Youyou? She's not home again?"
Cheng Zhou closed the door, speaking in as calm a tone as possible.
"She went to her brother's house; she had something to do."
Mrs. Cheng snorted and sat down on the sofa, her posture elegant, yet exuding an undeniable sense of oppression.
"I think she doesn't care about this family at all. She's always running around outside. What kind of behavior is that!"
Cheng Zhou suppressed his agitation.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Madam Cheng looked at him with an air of superiority.
"What else could be wrong with me? It's all about your kids! You've been married for so long and there's still no sign of a baby! My old friends' grandchildren are old enough to run errands already, I'm so embarrassed!"
She started repeating the same old clichés again.
"Let me tell you, Cheng Zhou, you must let me hold my grandson this year. Our Cheng family line cannot end with you!"
As Cheng Zhou listened to these words he had heard countless times, he felt his temples throbbing and a surge of anger rushing to his head.
He abruptly interrupted Madam Cheng, his voice filled with barely suppressed frustration.
"Mom, please stop! It's not up to you to decide what happens to the child!"
Madam Cheng was taken aback by his sudden and forceful rebuttal, which then fueled her even greater anger.
"What kind of attitude is this? I'm your mother! Is it wrong for me to care about you?!"
Cheng Zhou was going all out.
He stared at Madam Cheng and said, word by word, "Lu You doesn't want to have children. She made it clear to me before we got married. I respect her decision, so I won't force her to have children."
"Give up on that idea."
These words struck Madam Cheng like a thunderbolt.
She suddenly stood up from the sofa, her finger trembling as she pointed at Cheng Zhou, her face deathly pale.
"What...what did you say?"
"She doesn't want to have a child? Aren't you going to force her?!"
Her voice suddenly rose, filled with disbelief and shock.
"She, Lu You, doesn't want to have children? Why shouldn't she? What's the point of marrying her? Does she expect our Cheng family to die out with her?!"
As she finished speaking, Madam Cheng's voice trembled with tears, and they welled up instantly.
She started crying and wailing.
"What kind of karma have I created?!"
"We've married a wife like this! She won't even have a child. Our Cheng family line is going to end..."
Looking at his mother like this, Cheng Zhou felt a deep sense of helplessness.
He knew that the storm had only just begun.
...
When Lu You and Shang Wu returned to the apartment building, the streetlights were already on.
The two still had a relaxed air about them, as if they were having a casual chat after dinner.
The elevator doors opened, and before they even reached the door, a faint, tearful voice could be heard.
Lu You stopped in her tracks instantly.
The smile on his face vanished completely, and his brows furrowed.
Shang Wu heard it too, and she recognized it as Madam Cheng's voice, her heart sinking slightly.
It seems that Cheng Zhou's words about urging childbirth tonight were not unfounded.
Moreover, the situation now seems to have escalated.
Lu You took a deep breath, took out her key, and suddenly opened the door.
The scene inside the living room came into view.
Mrs. Cheng was sitting on the sofa, covering her face and weeping loudly.
Cheng Zhou stood to the side, his back to the door, his shoulders tense, radiating a kind of powerless restlessness.
Upon hearing the door open, the two people in the living room looked over at the same time.
Madam Cheng's crying stopped abruptly, replaced by an awkward silence and a rapidly igniting anger.
Cheng Zhou turned around and saw Lu You and Shang Wu. A hint of panic and even deeper exhaustion flashed across his face.
“Youyou…”
He was about to speak.
Madam Cheng suddenly stood up, pointing directly at Lu You who had just entered the room, her voice filled with excitement.
"Lu You, you're back just in time! Explain yourself: why won't you have a child for the Cheng family? What are you up to!"
Lu You was already in a bad mood, and being questioned like this only made her angrier.
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