Chapter 31 Left and Right Neighbors Control Group 31
Li Bai stood quietly by, watching He Fei and Xiao Mo's back-and-forth arguing with great interest. At that moment, he remembered his father's whispered words, "You're just too arrogant. You always have trouble fitting in." Li Bai had never taken his father's comments seriously. After all, he believed that every time he carried out a mission, the soldiers he led always accomplished their objectives with flying colors. For him, as long as the mission was successfully accomplished, even if it cost him his life, it was worth it—a sacrifice not only for the soldiers' lives, but also for his own.
Li Bai was somewhat displeased to learn that He Fei was the overall commander of this crucial mission, while Xiao Mo was the deputy commander. Despite some dissatisfaction, he chose to obey the instructions and threw himself into the task. As the mission progressed and ultimately concluded successfully, Li Bai became acutely aware of the vast gap between himself and He Fei and Xiao Mo. Their demands for the mission went beyond simple completion; they demanded zero casualties and injuries!
Especially when he saw He Fei's command ability and combat strength, he realized that he was a frog in a well.
Xiao Mo smoked a cigarette without a filter and said, "Old He, please help me pave the cement in my yard in the next few days."
He Fei nodded and said: "Not on the first day, I have to accompany my wife"
Xiao Mo thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go buy some materials and make some preparations. Lao Li, do you want to join us? If so, let's go to the post-production department together to buy some materials."
Li Bai said inexplicably: "Okay!"
"Lao Li, do you have enough money on you? I saved up my private savings for several months to get this much money, so I don't have any extra to give you." Xiao Mo said quickly.
Li Bai rolled his eyes and said, "I only need to give you 50 yuan a month."
He Fei looked at him and said, "Li Bai, your wife actually gives you so much pocket money?"
Xiao Mo said directly: "Does your wife have any objections?"
"Lao Xiao, have you explained to your wife about giving her birth control pills?"
Li Bai couldn't understand why they asked, "Why don't you want a child? You don't need to take care of it. Are you short of money? Can't you afford to raise one?"
Xiao Mo remembered the popular saying of the previous generation: "Bastard, you really only need to sow seeds. Is the birth of a child like throwing the father's responsibilities to the mother? If you throw all the child's responsibilities to the mother, what do people need you for?"
When they returned, Zhou Moli was not at home, so He Fei directly invited them to his house for dinner.
When He Fei and the others came in, they suddenly felt a murderous aura. After seeing Li Bai, Zhang Xiaojia and Chen Baozhu calmed down. They were familiar with each other and it was okay for them to get angry. Now that there were outsiders around, they should give the man some face.
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When Chen Baozhu and Xiao Mo stepped into the house together, the atmosphere in the house seemed to freeze into ice in an instant.
Chen Baobao said with a frosty face: "Jia Jia took my pulse today."
Xiao Mo, who had been sitting cross-legged on the kang, was struck by lightning when he heard this. He trembled violently and quickly changed his sitting position to a kneeling position. His broad back was now drenched in sweat. He asked tremblingly, "What...what are the results of this pulse diagnosis?"
Seeing this, Chen Baozhu couldn't help but feel angry and amused. She snorted coldly and asked, "What do you think will happen?"
Xiao Mo quickly responded with a smile: "Hehe, my wife, you are definitely in good health. You must have a good face that means you will live a long and happy life!"
Before he could finish his words, Chen Baozhu roared in anger, "Xiao Mo, what do you mean? Don't you want to have children with me? Then who do you want to have children with? You actually made me take birth control pills behind my back. You're really getting bolder and bolder!"
Facing Chen Baozhu's questioning, Xiao Mo's face turned pale with fear. He frantically explained, "My dear...my dear wife, please calm down and listen to me. In my last life, I failed to protect you, and I couldn't even protect our daughter Hehua. So in this life, I just want to make up for what I owed you and your daughter wholeheartedly. In this world of emotions, with every additional child, the love given is divided by half. I don't have the ability to give my love to another child. In this life, my love belongs only to you and our precious daughter. There is no room for other children."
Chen Baozhu looked into Xiao Mo's eyes and said, "If you don't have a boy, you'll be criticized when you return to your hometown. Maybe your mother will even give your brother's son to you."
Xiao Mo sneered and said, "From now on, if you want to give money to my family, you can go to Jia Jia to get a prescription, prepare it, and send it to my mother. Then you can send 5 yuan to my family every month. My father is a piece of shit. He didn't buy medicine for my mother with the medical expenses I gave her, but gave it to my brother. This time, I asked my men to bring my sister over. I have arranged everything and asked my sister to get married directly to avoid my father selling her off."
Chen Baozhu said immediately, "Should I bring my mother over as well?"
Xiao Mo said clearly, "Are you stupid? Other families don't like living with their mother-in-law. My mother is also confused. She only asks for things from her filial children, such as me and my sister. When she comes to our house, we are in chaos. It's unnecessary."
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Zhou Moli shouted, "Why don't you want a child?"
Li Bai thought for a moment and said, "Moli, not for now. I need to work hard to improve my condition. If I don't improve in the next two years, I won't be able to improve much in the future. Besides, we already have a son, so it's just one child. I wasn't there when you gave birth to your son last time. You were still young then, but now you're 28, an advanced maternal age. You can't do it alone."
Zhou Moli felt a little happy after hearing this. He knew how to care about her, but couldn't she complete the system's task of having another child?
Zhou Moli smiled and said gently, "Husband, I am fully capable of taking care of the children by myself. You just need to focus on your work. Don't worry! I can handle these things well." As she spoke, she patted Li Bai's shoulder gently, her eyes full of determination and confidence.
Li Bai hugged Zhou Moli tightly, buried his head in her hair, and whispered, "Moli, I'm really sorry. When we had our last baby, I didn't fully fulfill my responsibilities and obligations as a husband. If we have another child later, I hope to fulfill my responsibilities as a father wholeheartedly first, and then consider having another child."
Zhou Moli was slightly startled, then smiled gently and comforted him, "Husband, you don't have to be so concerned about the past. For our second child, you just need to fulfill your responsibilities as a father and husband. That's enough."
Li Bai shook his head without hesitation and refuted firmly, "How can that be? If we only fulfill our responsibilities to the second child and ignore the first, won't the first child feel left out and ignored? As parents, we must not show any favoritism! Both the first and the second child deserve equal love and care."
Zhou Moli was so angry that she stamped her feet, and she couldn't help but feel regretful after being frustrated.
"System, didn't you tell me this method was foolproof? How did we end up in this situation? What happened? Why doesn't Li Bai want a child?"
"Host, I found out that today He Fei and Xiao Mo told your husband to be good to his wife and children and not to push all the things onto his wife."
Zhou Moli didn't expect this to be the reason and was stunned.
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