After reluctantly waving goodbye to them, An Ran boarded a plane back to China.
As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Jia Yunxin and her family waiting for me at the exit. Then I went with them to the hotel where Anran was staying for dinner.
Jia Yunxin helped An Ran put her luggage in the hotel and tidied it up. Then they agreed to go downstairs for dinner. They had just sat down and chatted for a few minutes.
The topics of conversation were nothing more than husbands, children, and company management. Jiang Yunxin said that she was being driven crazy by the two snake-like father and son.
You can never guess what Hogg will do next. Or rather, he might suddenly have a whim to do something, and then decide without Jia Yunxin's consent that he won't know what Hogg wants to do until Jia Yunxin arrives at her destination.
She was so smart and adorable, but her husband, who was also her son's father, had completely led her son astray. She had wanted her son to be a warm and gentle man, but now he had been turned into a domineering and cold-hearted fan.
When Jia Wenxin mentioned Hogg and his beloved son, she spoke very quickly, as if she had an endless stream of things to say to An Ran.
"I really envy your Li Chuan. He dotes on you so much," Jia Yunxin concluded, while looking at Hogg sitting opposite her with great disdain, and at the cold-hearted son whom Hogg had led astray.
An Ran hadn't had a chance to take a good look at Jia Yunxin's son since earlier, but now that she looked at him closely, he had an incredibly handsome face. He was already so exquisite and beautiful at such a young age; what would he be like when he grew up?
He instantly thought of his daughter's tendency to reject any handsome man who came her way, and smiled slightly.
Just then, the bag in An Ran's hand suddenly lit up.
An Ran picked up his bag and answered the phone. He found that it was Li Chuan calling from overseas. He quickly pressed the answer button.
Immediately afterwards, a clear child's voice came from the phone.
"Mommy, Mommy, do you miss me? Xiaoqing misses you so much." Xiaoqing's soft, sweet voice came through the phone, instantly warming my heart.
"How could Mom not miss Xiao Qing? Mom really wants to see Xiao Qing right now." An Ran had just finished saying this and hadn't had a chance to chat with Xiao Qing in detail when the woman next to her snatched the phone from her hand.
"Oh, this is Xiao Qing! How can she be so cute?" Jia Yunxin not only snatched An Ran's phone but also chatted with Xiao Qing with great interest.
"Mom, you must take good care of yourself and eat your food properly." Seeing Jia Yunxin chattering away without any intention of returning the phone to An Ran, An Ran immediately sighed and rubbed her forehead.
There was nothing he could do; everyone loved her daughter. He could only reluctantly let them chat for a while, and then call Xiaoqing back in the evening for a proper talk.
With this idea in mind, An Ran stopped rushing to grab the phone from Jia Yunxin and instead quietly watched Jia Yunxin and Xiao Qing chat.
And the occasional sound of Li Chuan's voice coming from the other end of the phone.
Xiao Qing's sweet and adorable voice was so captivating that it was impossible for Hogg, who was sitting opposite her, not to be drawn to her. Upon hearing Xiao Qing's voice, Hogg immediately walked over to Jia Yunxin's side and looked at Xiao Qing with her.
Xiao Qing is not only cute and well-behaved, but also has a soft and sweet voice. She is also very good at talking, praising Hogg and Jia Yunxin until they were completely overwhelmed with joy.
While praising Xiao Qing, they couldn't help but complain about their icy-faced son. They wanted a sweet little baby, not a freezing little block of ice.
This left her son, still sitting opposite her drinking his milk, speechless. Was it because his parents were too eccentric that he was so well-behaved? Why was everything being blamed on her now?
But the soft, sweet voice coming from the phone was so cute that he couldn't help but want to go over and see what he looked like, but she calmly held back.
He doesn't want to ruin his image right now.
Li Chuan, who was on the other end of the phone, wanted to look at An Ran more and talk to her a little longer, but was stopped by the two people in front of him.
And why are these two people in front of me talking so incessantly?
So Li Chuan made Mengbao hang up the phone to say he needed to take a nap. Xiao Qing was, after all, just a child, and while she felt a little proud and pleased when she heard the adults praising her, she frowned for a moment when she heard her father's words. However, she quickly said goodbye to the uncle and aunt on the other end of the line and hung up the phone.
Seeing how well-behaved and polite Anran's daughter was, Jia Yunxin and Hogg felt a pang of jealousy. Jia Yunxin kept teasing Li Chuan, saying why his first child was a son, and that he also wanted a daughter.
Hearing this, Li Chuan even wanted to put her own son back in and have another child, hoping that after being reborn, she might be born as a girl.
They are now even more disgusted with the fact that they gave birth to a boy.
"How about we have another one?" Jia Yunxin suddenly suggested, taking Hogg's hand. Hogg was so startled by his wife's words that he didn't react for a long time.
He still vividly remembers Jia Yunxin giving birth; she was in so much pain and almost had a difficult delivery. He couldn't bear to let his wife go through that again, so he had been trying to mediate the conflict.
"What if our next child is another son?" At first, no amount of persuasion from Hogg could work, but after saying this, Jia Yunxin fell into deep thought.
She was already suffering so much with just one son; if she had another, she really wouldn't be able to live anymore. So, the idea of having another child was nipped in the bud.
Seeing his wife's heartbroken expression, Hogg suggested that Xiao Qing become his daughter-in-law. That way, he would not only have a son but also a daughter, and he wouldn't have to go through the pain of childbirth. Plus, he could become in-laws with his best friend—what a win-win situation!
This matter was quickly approved by Jia Yunxin. In fact, Jia Yunxin's eyes lit up as she stared at An Ran upon hearing the news.
An Ran was stunned by Jia Yunxin's wolf-like gaze. How old was her daughter? She didn't want her daughter to be engaged so early. Besides, was this considered child bride? That was illegal.
Putting that aside, Jia Yunxin and the others would have a hard time getting past Li Chuan. Li Chuan couldn't even bear to let his own daughter go to kindergarten, let alone want a boy to stay with him forever. Just thinking about it made An Ran's skin crawl.
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