In the 1960s,
After the Yue and He families discussed the wedding details, they chose a good date and sent out wedding invitations the next day. Then they began preparing, waiting for the wedding day to arrive.
Ning Haobo's father, Ning Yunsong, took the wedding invitation home and said to Old Man Ning, "It's from the He family."
"Wedding invitation? Who in their family is getting married?" asked Mr. Ning.
"When He Liyuan and Yue Ruqing got married, he was still in a coma. Now the He and Yue families are working together to hold a wedding for them. They say Yue Ruqing is pregnant, and it won't be possible to hold a wedding after the baby is born."
Old Man Ning looked at the bright red wedding invitation and sighed. It was impossible for him to say he didn't regret it, but what was the point of regretting it? The other person already had a child.
Old Madam Ning picked up the exquisite wedding invitation, opened it, and looked at it. She said, "Since this is a joint event between the two families, the Yue family should have sent us the wedding invitation. Now that the Yue family doesn't want to associate with our family, it would be awkward to meet them. We can just send some gifts over when the time comes."
"I can't believe it! He Liyuan was in a coma just a few months ago, and now he's almost going to be a father, having only been married for half a year." Liu Shuyun felt regretful at the thought. "We don't know when Haobo will have a child. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let him marry Wen Han, even if I hadn't married Yue Ruqing."
"Just keep quiet," Old Lady Ning said, putting down the wedding invitation. "I told you back then that breaking off the engagement wasn't a good idea, but you insisted that the Wen family was a good match, that Wenhan was worthy of Haobo. What's the point of saying these words of regret now? A harmonious family is the foundation of everything. If you keep arguing, you'll end up ruining your luck sooner or later."
"If he lived a good life with Haobo and knew how to love Haobo, I wouldn't argue with him. Don't I want my son to live a comfortable life?" Liu Shuyun couldn't help but tears fell in her eyes. "I can tolerate him not taking me seriously, but he doesn't have Haobo in his heart at all and is still thinking about other men. As a mother, how can I tolerate this?"
From Mr. Ning to Mrs. Ning, and from Ning Yunsong to Liu Shuyun, all four of them were in a depressed mood. Ever since Wen Han returned to the Wen family, the atmosphere in the Ning family had not been good.
"Go to the hospital tomorrow and bring Wenhan back home yourself. Give him some good advice. He's already married, and it's not right for him to keep living in his parents' house. It won't sound good to others," said Mrs. Ning. "We just have to get on with our lives. Maybe things will get better with time."
"Haobo went to pick him up so many times, but he refused to come back. Even if I, as his mother-in-law, was willing to humble myself and ask him to come back, he might not be willing to come back." Liu Shuyun felt even worse. "I think he has made up his mind and doesn't want to live with Haobo anymore."
Old Madam Ning sighed again. "Go find him. If he refuses to come back with you, I'll go to his house myself and ask him to come back. Let's see what the Wen family really thinks. If they let him make such a fuss, then we'll talk it out and see if we can continue living like this."
The He family and the Yue family were busy preparing for the wedding, but Tao Yuan was very relaxed because he was pregnant. Su Lan didn't let him do anything and just let him have a good rest.
Tao Yuan thought that he should go to the hospital more often while his belly was still small.
A few days ago, someone from the intelligence department came to him and asked him for the medicine for interrogating the Panther King. They said it would be very helpful for them to interrogate spies. It would not only avoid wrongfully interrogating innocent people, but also ensure the authenticity of the interrogation content.
It wasn't that Tao Yuan didn't want to give them the medicine, but the Heart-Blocking Grass was only found in that mountainous area, and the number of plants growing there was very small, making it difficult for ordinary people to find it. He couldn't keep running to the mountainous area. Tao Yuan could only give them the remaining medicine and let them find a way to find the Heart-Blocking Grass on their own. Whether they could find it depended on their luck.
The Military Region General Hospital recently imported new equipment that uses ultrasound to see through the human body and examine the internal organs. People of this generation would certainly find this device miraculous, but Tao Yuan knew it was just a B-ultrasound.
Even the doctors and nurses at the hospital were curious and went to try it whenever they had free time. Tao Yuan and Wen Han were the only two boys in the hospital, and the doctors and nurses wanted to see if there was any difference between a boy's gestational sac and a woman's uterus.
Tao Yuan was so busy once he arrived at the hospital that he had no free time at all. He could check himself using the system, so he didn't care whether he had an ultrasound or not.
So only Wenhan could do it. As the hospital, Wenhan let them see their gestational sac and study the differences with the uterus. She thought it was a contribution to medicine, so she did it.
However, the nurses couldn't find his gestational sac after a long operation. The nurses were puzzled, and Wen Han was also confused. Later, Tao Yuan was called over and his gestational sac was found, but it was slightly different from the position of the uterus.
Wen Han was even more confused. Why couldn't his gestational sac be seen? A nurse comforted him, saying that maybe before he got pregnant, his gestational sac was invisible.
The doctor happened to have a son in his family, so he was called in to examine the baby. He, like Tao Yuan, quickly found the gestational sac. The location of the gestational sac was similar to Tao Yuan's, but the size was different, which was of course related to Tao Yuan's pregnancy.
Wen Han sat in the lounge, his forehead resting on his hand, a wave of panic rising within him. How could he not have a gestational sac? Why was this happening? Without a gestational sac, was he really a man or a boy?
Li Yiyue came to the hospital to find Wen Han, wanting to persuade him to go back with Ning Haobo as soon as possible. The important thing is for them to live a good life together. Why bother with such a stalemate?
But when she heard what Wen Han said, the porcelain bowl in her hand loosened, fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"What did you say?!" Li Yiyue asked with her eyes wide open, "You don't have a gestational sac? You're a boy! How can you not have a gestational sac?! Is there something wrong?!"
"I don't know!" Wen Han held up his forehead and said irritably, "Other guys have checked and they all have it, but I don't!"
"How could this happen?" Li Yiyue's hands couldn't help but tremble. She said in disbelief, "You are a boy, how could you not have a gestational sac? No, it must be a mistake. Did they check you carefully?!"
"I checked repeatedly for several hours and found all the boys I could. They all had it, but I didn't!" Wen Han wanted to cry. He was neither a man nor a woman. As a boy, he didn't have a gestational sac. So, was he a boy or not?
Li Yiyue suddenly remembered that when Wenhan was born, he didn't have a red mole on his neck, so they all thought he was a boy. The red mole only appeared when he was a few years old, and it kept growing bigger and bigger. His personality wasn't as wild as other boys, but as delicate as a girl, so they all thought he was a boy and raised him as one. Could it be that he was actually a boy, just a little more delicate, and just happened to have a red mole on his neck? What kind of joke was God playing on them?!
The door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open from the outside. Li Yiyue and Wen Han looked over at the same time, only to see Liu Shuyun standing outside with a very ugly expression.
"Mother-in-law..., you, when did you come?" Li Yiyue was not sure how much she heard, but judging from her expression, she probably already knew that Wenhan did not have a gestational sac.
"You don't have a gestational sac, which means you can't have children, right?!" Liu Shuyun stared at Wen Han intently, waiting for his answer.
Wen Han turned his face away, not wanting to look at her, and didn't answer. He was already upset enough and didn't want to explain anything further.
Liu Shuyun followed her mother-in-law's instructions and came to ask Wenhan to go back in person. When she walked to the door and was about to push it open, she suddenly heard the sound of broken porcelain. She stopped pushing the door, and then she heard what Li Yiyue said.
"No! Mother-in-law, listen to me, they must have made a mistake." Li Yiyue hurriedly explained, "Our Wenhan is a boy, there is no way he doesn't have a gestational sac."
"I heard everything you said, and you still want to lie to me?!" Liu Shuyun glared at her and said, "He's not a boy at all, so there's no gestational sac, right?! You raised a boy as a boy and let him marry our Haobo. What are your intentions?! You're committing marriage fraud, don't you know?!"
"No! That's not true! We didn't know he wasn't a boy!" Li Yiyue felt wronged and stamped her feet anxiously, blurting out, "He didn't have a red mole when he was born, and then a red mole appeared, so we thought he was a boy! We knew he was a boy, so why did we raise him as a boy?! Wouldn't that be harmful to him?! There's no need for our family to do that! Isn't this just God playing a trick on us, so this is what happened?!"
Liu Shuyun originally wanted to blast her, but she didn't expect that the truth would actually come out of her. She felt dizzy and her body swayed.
"I, I'm going to go to Haobo. I want him to divorce you! I can't let my son spend his whole life with a man!" After Liu Shuyun said this, she quickly left, holding on to the wall.
"Mother-in-law, wait a minute, calm down..." Li Yiyue was completely panicked. She didn't even know why she asked Liu Shuyun to calm down. If Wenhan was really not her son, could she still stop them from getting a divorce?
When she reached the door, Liu Shuyun had already disappeared around the corner. Only some doctors, nurses and patients were outside looking at her.
When Li Yiyue saw the looks in those people's eyes, she immediately stepped back and slammed the door shut.
"What should I do? What should I do?!" Li Yiyue was so anxious that she was spinning around.
After hearing what Liu Shuyun said, Mrs. Ning realized that Wenhan was not her son at all. She fainted.
Ning Yunsong quickly helped the old lady lie down and pinched her philtrum, and she slowly woke up.
Ning Haobo received a task temporarily and went to carry it out, so he didn't know about this matter yet.
"What sin did I commit to deserve such punishment?!" The old lady was helped to sit up, slapping the sofa and crying, "I told you not to break off the engagement! Don't break off the engagement! You just wouldn't listen! Now I'm getting my comeuppance, are you all satisfied?!"
"The Wen family can't even tell the difference between a boy and a boy. Not only did they harm their own child, they also harmed our Haobo!" Liu Shuyun cried. "Once everyone knows that our Haobo married a man, how will he face people in the future? How will he face those soldiers?!"
Old Master Ning was also dizzy and his blood was flowing backwards. He closed his eyes and dared not open them. The moment he did, he would faint. It was all his fault. He had brought shame upon the entire family. He should not have looked down upon the Yue family's status as merchants.
"Dad! Are you okay?" Ning Yunsong saw that something was wrong with Old Man Ning, so he immediately walked over and squatted down, saying nervously, "Don't worry, don't get angry, it's not good for your health. It's not that serious, the worst that can happen is a divorce. Wait two years, and we'll find him a suitable wife."
"It's easy for you to say that. But after such a shameful thing happened, how could there be any family of equal status willing to marry their daughter to our Haobo?" Liu Shuyun was really angry and sad.
"Stop talking about being well-matched!" Ning Yunsong yelled at Liu Shuyun. "Before, I broke off the engagement with Yue's family because I wanted to find someone of equal status for Haobo, and ended up like this! You're still thinking about finding someone of equal status?! Wait two years and find someone similar for Haobo. As long as she has a clean family background, has never been married, and is in good health, it's fine. With our Haobo, it won't be difficult to marry someone like that."
"If I had married Yue Ruqing, I would be a grandmother now. In a few months, I would be able to hold my first grandson in my arms." The more Liu Shuyun thought about it, the more regretful and sad she became. "What kind of thing is this now?!"
"Don't say anything!" Mr. Ning's mood finally calmed down a little. He opened his eyes and said, "As soon as Haobo comes back, let them divorce, divorce immediately!"
The news that Wen Han was not a boy spread throughout the military district’s family quarters immediately. Even Su Lan was stunned for a long time in disbelief when she heard it.
"Wenhan isn't actually a boy?" Su Lan thought about it and still couldn't believe it. "I practically watched him grow up. When he was little, he didn't like playing with boys or girls. How could he not be a boy?"
Tao Yuan thought, this only means that he has been a loner since childhood, and it cannot be used as evidence to determine his gender, right?
Su Lan shook her head. "Wenhan's personality is neither like a boy nor a girl. He has liked Liyuan since he was a child. Who would have thought he was actually a boy? Now both families are probably crying their hearts out. I wonder if the old lady in their family can bear it."
"Is it that serious?" Tao Yuan asked in confusion. "It's just a case of mistaken gender, and it's not about man or woman. The difference between a man and a boy is just whether they can have children. There's nothing wrong with two men living together. Some men and women are infertile, so aren't they fine with adopted children? Besides, even if they get divorced, they can remarry and still have their own children. It's just two men who accidentally got married. At most, they'll be laughed at by others for a while. It's no big deal, right?"
"You're still too young to understand what it means to be afraid of what people say." Su Lan said to him, "When two men get married, it's not just a matter of being laughed at for a while, but people will point fingers at them behind their backs for the rest of their lives. Even if they get divorced, people might still talk about this matter in the future. Who would want their children to marry them and be pointed at with them?"
Su Lan sighed and said, "But for Ning Haobo, marrying someone better shouldn't be a difficult task. After all, the Ning family's family background is there, and Ning Haobo's personal conditions are not bad either. He just married Wen Han without knowing that he was a man. But Wen Han doesn't know how to live his life. On the one hand, he himself can't accept women. On the other hand, he was raised as a boy since he was a child and he was married before. Who would be willing to marry their daughter to him?"
Tao Yuan then remembered that in this era, the acceptance of same-sex love was still very low, and this was considered abnormal. In his previous two lives, he viewed Ning Haobo and Wen Han's marriage as no big deal, but he forgot that in this life, the people's sentiments were not to accept same-sex love.
Even men can be with men, but not with women or people of the same sex, or they will be scorned. Although from a modern perspective, he finds such thinking deeply problematic, different times and different worlds have different perspectives. If you think their thinking is wrong, they will, in turn, think that your thinking is problematic.
The affairs of the Wen and Ning families did not have any impact on their wedding. The He and Yue families worked together to make the wedding formal and grand, but not too high-profile and extravagant.
On the wedding day, the capital's largest restaurant, with five or six courtyards, was packed with guests. The atmosphere was bustling with activity, but the restaurant's doors were locked and guarded from outside. In an era without the internet or media, newspapers wouldn't report on weddings, so there wouldn't be any negative repercussions.
He Liyuan and Tao Yuan went to toast. Tao Yuan couldn't drink alcohol because she was pregnant, so she drank tea. Su Lan and He Huaimin led them to toast everyone, then asked Tao Yuan to sit at the main table to eat and rest, leaving He Liyuan to deal with those who were waiting to get him drunk.
He Huaimin and his wife and his father-in-law went to greet the guests. Grandpa He and Grandpa Yue sat at the main table, chatting and drinking. They were in such a good mood that their faces turned red from drinking.
When Grandpa Yue mentioned the life-saving grace of the past, Grandpa He really couldn't remember that he had saved him. However, these things were in the past and no longer important. What mattered was that the young couple lived in harmony and that their two families were getting better and better.
Mrs. He can now walk on her own without help. Many of the officers' families came today, as did most of the elderly ladies from the military district's family quarters. Mrs. He walked over and chatted with the other elderly ladies.
"You are truly blessed. Now that your legs and feet are healed, you are looking forward to having a great-grandchild. You enjoyed life when you were young, and now that you are old, you enjoy even more."
"It's all the blessings brought by Ruqing. Our whole family has benefited from him." Old Mrs. He said with a smile.
"Your health is getting better and better. When your great-grandson grows up, you can even see him get married."
"With Ruqing, a miraculous doctor, in their family, she will surely live to be a hundred years old and even have a great-grandson."
"Thanks for your good wishes, I will definitely live to see the day when I can hold my great-grandson in my arms!" said Mrs. He happily.
Yue Rufeng scooped half a bowl of clear soup into a small bowl, placed it in front of Tao Yuan and said, "I came back in a hurry this time. Dad suddenly sent me a telegram saying that you were going to have a wedding, and I didn't have time to bring you anything. I will graduate in a year. If you have anything you want me to bring back from abroad, just tell me."
"I can't think of anything to bring for now," Tao Yuan said. "When I think of something, I'll have Dad send you a telegram. When you graduate and come back, help Dad manage the family business, so he can have some more ease."
"You are already a mother. When I first went abroad, you were still a child yourself." Yue Rufeng couldn't help but sigh. "Although you already have your own family, you should never forget that you still have a home that you can rely on at any time."
"I know, I won't forget it." Tao Yuan said with a smile.
Even if He Liyuan had a good alcohol tolerance, he couldn't resist them taking turns to get him drunk. However, there were too many people who envied, jealous and hated him. If they didn't take advantage of this happy day to get him drunk, there would be no such opportunity in the future.
It was not until the afternoon that the guests gradually dispersed and went home.
He Liyuan was so drunk that it was Mr. He’s guards who brought him back.
Tao Yuan brought out hot water from the bathroom and wiped his face and body. When he was unbuttoning his clothes, he grabbed his hand and gently took it into his arms.
Tao Yuan lay on his chest and looked him in the eye, then touched his face and said, "Are you pretending to be drunk?"
"No, I'm a little drunk and dizzy." He Liyuan said.
"You're sober even though you're drunk?" Tao Yuan propped himself up and said, "I'll make you some sobering tea. You won't feel dizzy after drinking it."
"No need." He Liyuan hugged him and didn't let him get up. "I just want to hold you like this. It doesn't matter if I faint."
"Even if you don't want to drink the sobering tea, you should at least wipe your body. You reek of alcohol and I'm almost drunk by you," said Tao Yuan.
He Liyuan hugged him, slowly sat up, and then wanted to get out of bed. "I'm going to take a shower. I can't let the smoke stink you."
He Liyuan staggered towards the bathroom, and Tao Yuan quickly supported him, "Let me help you wipe it off, don't fall."
"No, I won't fall." He Liyuan held the door frame to prevent him from entering. "Don't come in, or I can't help it."
"Then be careful," Tao Yuan warned him worriedly. He had drunk too much today, and those people had been getting him too much. Tao Yuan was worried that he might have alcohol poisoning. However, his alcohol tolerance was really bottomless. Anyone else would have been drunk to death long ago, but he was still quite sober.
Tao Yuan went to make him some sobering tea, which he had prepared a long time ago, just waiting to be made for him today. After drinking it, he would no longer feel dizzy or have a headache.
After He Liyuan came out of the bathroom, Tao Yuan brought the teacup to him and said, "Drink it quickly, and then have a good sleep."
He Liyuan drank it all in one gulp, then hugged Tao Yuan and went to bed.
"I haven't taken a shower yet, you go to sleep first." Tao Yuan broke free from his arms and went into the bathroom to take a quick shower.
When Tao Yuan came out, He Liyuan was still in the same position as before, lying crookedly on the bed with his feet on the ground.
Tao Yuan patted him and said, "Are you asleep? Sleep well, I can't move you."
He Liyuan quickly sat up, lifted the quilt, and then carried Tao Yuan to bed, moving very quickly.
The two finally lay down in the bed. He Liyuan hugged Tao Yuanxin and felt satisfied, thinking that as long as he could grow old with him, he would have nothing else to ask for in this life.
Tao Yuan rested his face against He Liyuan's chest, feeling incredibly happy. It's said that love eventually fades, but this was already his third life, and his love for this person only grew stronger.
"Thank you for coming to me, thank you for loving me so much, thank you for letting me love you." He Liyuan whispered in his ear, his tone full of affection.
"Then in order to repay me, you must always be nice to me and love me forever," Tao Yuan said.
"Every day from now on, I will love you more and work harder to treat you well." He Liyuan swore, "I will carve my love for you deep in my soul and never forget it. My soul exists only to love you."
Tao Yuan smiled. He knew he was still a little drunk. It was precisely because of this drunkenness that he said the most subconscious words in a state of not being fully sober.
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