Shi Nian has not gone to work since she became pregnant, and the Apsu Tower is temporarily managed by Kolais and Daniel. Although Kolais is not very reliable, Daniel can do the work of two people.
The news of Shi Nian's pregnancy was only told to a few close people. That afternoon, all the relatives and friends who were still in Plant came to visit Shi Nian and Yu Luhan.
Yu Chen, Yuan Yunqing and Nobi sat on a sofa. The three of them looked at Shi Nian and Aizer with the same puzzled expression.
If they remembered correctly, Shi Nian had clearly stated at the party a week ago that she didn't want children in the next few years, but then she turned around and said that the child was already four weeks old.
They were deeply shocked and felt that they had been fooled by Shi Nian.
Unlike his elders, Yuan Xingqi, who is already seventeen years old, is over 1.8 meters tall. Apart from his dark green eyes, which look more like Yuan Yunqing, his handsome facial features are more like Yu Chen.
Yuan Xingqi smiled sweetly, revealing a small canine tooth, and rested his chin on Shi Nian's shoulder. "Uncle, you have a baby. Congratulations! I can help you take care of the child in the future. So, am I very useful?"
The words "seek praise" are written all over his body. If he had a tail, it would definitely wag it happily.
Shi Nian ruffled Yuan Xingqi's hair randomly and said, "Well, you are the most useful."
Yuan Xingqi didn't care that his well-groomed hair was messed up. There was always a smile in his eyes, just like when he was a child, he was a sweet little Alpha.
Aizel put his arm around Shi Nian's waist, pulled him closer to his chest, and glanced at Yuan Xingqi. "Aren't you supposed to be in school? Does your father allow you to skip classes?"
Yuan Xingqi casually said something cheesy, "How can it be more important than my uncle in class? Naturally, my uncle should be put first."
Shi Nian was amused by his words and wanted to act like an elder, but it didn't work. After a while, she leaned softly into Azel's arms and threw a candy to Yuan Xingqi, "Good nephew, my love for you when I was little was not in vain."
Yuan Xingqi took the candy, peeled off the wrapper, and put the candy into his mouth, saying joyfully, "Thank you, uncle."
Yu Chen couldn't stand it any longer and ruthlessly exposed him, "You only asked for two hours of leave. Okay, Yuan Xingqi, your leave time is almost up. You've seen me too, so hurry back to school and attend class."
Yuan Xingqi tried to struggle, until Yuan Yunqing looked over and asked with his eyes why he hadn't left yet. Only then did Yuan Xingqi reluctantly stand up and said to Shi Nian reluctantly, "Uncle, I'm leaving now. I'm going to miss you so much."
Shi Nian's attention was drawn to the sour plums that Azel had just bought. Without even looking up, she said, "Okay, bye."
Since Shi Nian's approach didn't work, Yuan Xingqi placed his hopes on Nuobi again, calling out hesitantly, "Auntie, I miss you too."
"Don't think about me." Nobby decisively rejected the tender offensive, "I don't think about you, and you don't think about me either. Don't add unnecessary emotional burden to me. Goodbye."
Yuan Xingqi: "...Aunt, you don't love me anymore."
Ever since Yuan Xingqi grew up and lost the childish cuteness he had when he was little, Nobi no longer had the same love for him as before.
Nobby suggested earnestly, "If you stay in the time period of when you were one or two years old, I will love you forever, just like I love those limited edition dolls of mine."
Having said that, the isolated and helpless Yuan Xingqi set out on the journey back to school with a dejected look on his face.
After Yuan Xingqi left, Yu Chen finally started talking, looking at his beloved brother with a tired look on his face. "Tell me, why do you always have to give us such a big shock? Can't you give us some time to recover?"
Military? It was like this in the league, it was like this when I was with Ezel, and it was also like this when I unexpectedly went to establish a teacher-student relationship with Marshal Garnett, and it was also like this when I went to the Military Department.
Shi Nian always does things in a hurry, with a carefree attitude that completely disregards the lives of others.
Shi Nian also felt aggrieved. "I just found out I was pregnant yesterday, and I told you today. Unlike you, you kept it a secret from us when Brother Yuan was pregnant, and you only told us when the baby was about to be born."
This old story left Yu Chen speechless. He immediately stopped talking and thought for a moment before asking, "Have you told Dad and the others?"
Shi Nian originally wanted to contact Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan, but the other party always showed that they were not in the service area of the Star Network, and no one knew where the two had gone.
Shi Nian shook her head, looking frustrated. "No, I can't contact Dad and Father, but I left them a message. They should get back to me after seeing it."
Upon hearing this, Yu Chen also sent a message to Shi Yiyu, but there was no signal either.
Nobi did get in touch with Shi Yichui. When Shi Yichui heard that Shi Nian was pregnant, he immediately became excited and wanted to come back. However, they were not in the empire at all at the moment. They were on vacation in a small remote country with beautiful scenery. It would take at least ten days or half a month for them to come back.
When asked if he knew anything about Shi Yiyu and the others, Shi Yichu was bewildered, "Are they out of contact again?"
Shi Nian's voice was lost. "Well, it keeps showing that it's out of the Star Network service area."
Shi Yiyu didn't take it seriously and comforted Shi Nian, "Your father and Lao Yu have always loved running around. They've been cooped up in Plant for so many years, so it's normal for them to disappear when they're free. Maybe they'll reappear on their own in two or three days."
After retiring, Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan were like wild horses that could not be controlled, running around everywhere in the universe. Shi Yichui did not find this strange at all.
Shi Nian finally felt relieved when she learned that her father and the others were fine. "That's good."
Shi Yichu, however, was worried about him. He looked at the full-body projection of Shi Nian, carefully examining his pointed little face, and asked with concern, "How are you feeling now? Is the morning sickness severe?"
"Hmm..." Shi Nian subconsciously put on a coquettish tone when facing Shi Yichu, and said stickyly, "I feel uncomfortable. I always vomit. It's very uncomfortable."
"Thinking about it every day? I need to sleep. I feel like I'm going to sleep myself silly."
Yu Chen teased him rudely, "That won't do. You're not very smart to begin with. If you keep sleeping like this, how will you know how many people are at home tomorrow?"
Shi Nian: "..."
He cast a resentful look at her. Why was this brother becoming more and more annoying?!
But Nobby also looked horrified and asked seriously, "Will pregnancy damage my IQ? Will I lose my memory later on? That's not right. Isn't this a symptom of Alzheimer's?"
Yu Chen added with a smile, "He's at most juvenile dementia."
Unlike Yu Chen who was deliberately joking, Nuobi really didn't know. She had never met a pregnant man and occasionally heard the saying "Pregnancy makes people stupid for three years" and thought that Yu Chen was telling the truth.
Nuobi ran to Shi Nian worriedly, his slender eyebrows furrowed. "Brot, will you be so stupid as to forget me in the future?"
Shi Nian: "..."
Finally, Shi Yichu couldn't bear it any longer and explained to Nuobi tiredly, "Don't listen to that kid's nonsense. I gave birth to you, but I'm not stupid enough to disown you."
"But you're not that smart. Go ahead." Nobby said honestly, ignoring his father's dark face, and looked at Shi Nian worriedly, "Brot, try not to be stupid."
Shi Nian couldn't think of a response for a moment. After a long pause, he replied dryly, "I, I'll try my best."
Yu Chen smiled and leaned against Yuan Yunqing. Yuan Yunqing looked at him helplessly and patted his head, "You, stop teasing Nian Nian all the time."
"He's so bad!" Shi Nian couldn't stand Yu Chen's naughty look anymore. She turned to look at the person who could control him, with accusations in her dark, bright eyes. "Brother always bullies me."
Originally, Shi Nian just wanted to say this simply, but her emotions during pregnancy were too sensitive and her tears were easily out of control. As she spoke, Shi Nian began to pout and her eyes began to turn red.
Yu Chen said "Oh my god" and leaned back strategically, "Are you going to cry?"
The next second, Shi Nian started to cry, sobbing in Azel's arms, "Wuwuwu, why am I crying again? These tears are a bit uncontrollable. I'm obviously not a crybaby, wuwuwu..."
Ezel felt both distressed and amused, wiping his tears with a tissue. "Our little Rose is definitely not a crybaby. It must be this child who is the crybaby, and that's why it's affecting you."
"Yeah...that's it." Shi Nian nodded while crying, rubbing her cheek against his with satisfaction, "I love to listen to you talk."
Unlike someone else, Shi Nian glanced at Yu Chen with a vengeful look, snorted, turned her head away, and snuggled into Azel's arms, letting him stroke her back.
Yuan Yunqing looked at Yu Cheng, who looked bewildered, and sighed. He said disapprovingly, "She's still pregnant, and you, as her brother, are bullying her."
Yu Chen touched his nose guiltily and muttered softly, "How could I have known that Little Rose would become so crybaby after she became pregnant? You clearly didn't cry much at all when you first got pregnant with Xingqi."
Yuan Yunqing stared at him with her indifferent eyes for a few seconds, and then glanced in Shi Nian's direction a few times.
Yu Chen understood what he meant, stood up, walked over to Shi Nian and squatted down, saying softly, "Little Rose, please stop being angry, okay? Brother apologizes to you."
As he spoke, he took the plum candy from the table, picked one out and passed it to Shi Nian's lips, coaxing him, "Come, eat a candy and you won't cry anymore."
"I'm not angry." Shi Nian ate the candy and stopped crying. Her voice was still nasal as she tapped her belly and said, "I didn't want to cry. It was that little crybaby who made me cry with him."
The child is a crybaby, but he is not.
Shi Nian became inexplicably stubborn in this regard, and just like that, the unborn little one still in her belly was labeled a crybaby.
After confirming that Shi Nian was healthy except for being more crybaby and becoming more delicate, Yu Chen and the others felt relieved. They had a meal and stayed for a while before preparing to leave.
Before leaving, Yu Chen sent all the information he had collected to Azel and patted him on the shoulder, "I'll leave my brother and nephew to you."
Aizel chuckled and put his arm around Shi Nian's shoulders, "Don't worry."
Yuan Yunqing walked over and hugged Shi Nian, rubbed his head, and said, "Come to us if you need anything."
Shi Nian nodded, "Okay."
Nobby poked Shi Nian's belly with interest and muttered to the baby, "I will love you dearly, until you are five years old, of course. But if you remain cute, I will always love you."
Nobi learned from Yuan Xingqi that children are cuddly little balls before the age of five, but become naughty and mischievous devils after the age of five.
Shi Nian gently tapped Nuobi's forehead and said with certainty, "My baby must be very cute."
Neither he nor Ezel is ugly, so how could the child be so ugly?
After saying goodbye to Yu Chen and the others, Shi Nian fell asleep again. He yawned a few times, leaned against Azel without any bones, and said in a long tone, "I'm sleepy."
Ezel picked up Shi Nian horizontally, kissed him on the forehead, and carried him upstairs, "Then let's go take a nap."
After becoming pregnant, Shi Nian became particularly dependent on Azel's pheromones. Leaning on his chest and smelling the drifting hyacinth pheromones, Shi Nian felt a great sense of satisfaction in her heart.
He squinted his eyes contentedly, rubbed Ezer's neck, and when he lay on the soft bed, he fell into a deep sleep within a few minutes.
Azel slept beside him, with one of his hands resting on Shi Nian's head. He held Shi Nian completely in his arms, staring intently at Shi Nian's sleeping face, and kissed Shi Nian's lips cherishingly.
At the moment of touching, Shi Nian subconsciously extended the tip of her tongue and gently touched Azer's lips. Azer separated immediately without intending to disturb his sleep.
Shi Nian smacked her lips, nuzzled into Azel's arms, found a comfortable spot, and fell into a sound sleep.
After Shi Nian fell asleep, Azel opened the smart computer that Yu Chen sent him, read it carefully, and made annotations on the parts that needed special attention.
In the following months, Aizer moved his office to his home, accompanied Shi Nian every day, and took good care of him, taking care of him in every aspect, whether it was daily life or psychological emotions.
Shi Nian was lazy most of the time, eating well and sleeping well, and her weight was increasing. As the months went by, her belly began to show.
Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan came back in the fourth month of Shi Nian's pregnancy. Annan and Garnett also happened to come to see Shi Nian and Aizel on this day. Everyone sat down and had a meal happily.
Shi Nian and Aizer sat together, next to Shi Yiyu and opposite them was Annan.
Garnett and Yu Luhan were still cooking. They knew the dietary taboos for pregnant women and also understood the preferences of the children at home. Shi Nian loved the dishes they made.
Shi Nian's stomach was bloated with food. She leaned on Shi Yiyu, holding his hand. Thinking of his uncomfortable morning sickness, she asked Shi Yiyu distressedly, "Dad, were you like this when you first got pregnant with me? You vomited a lot?"
Shi Yiyu touched Shi Nian's head and said, "You were fine when you were pregnant with me. You didn't vomit much. But I vomited a lot when I was pregnant with your brother."
Of course, maybe it was because I was a father for the first time and I was nervous.
"Then I'm very good." Shi Nian nodded with satisfaction, "If my brother is not good, then this little one won't be good either."
As he spoke, he nodded to his stomach.
Shi Yiyu smiled and said, "I'll be good."
After finishing the meal, Yu Luhan stared at Shi Nian's belly in a daze without saying anything. Shi Nian called out to his father in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Yu Luhan held Shi Nian in his arms and said with a feeling of deep emotion, "It's nothing. I just suddenly realized that our little Rose has really grown up and is going to be a father."
When Shi Nian heard this, his eyes became hot and he called out in a muffled voice, "Father..."
Yu Luhan patted his back like he did to Shi Nian when he was little, "Don't cry, you'll feel uncomfortable."
Shi Nian nodded and took a deep breath to hold back the tears.
According to regulations, Shi Yiyu and his friends could not stay in Plant for too long. They just stayed with Shi Nian for a few days before leaving again.
Once again, life was left to only Shi Nian and Aizer. In order to take better care of Shi Nian, Aizer stayed by his side every day, and all his work was done through remote meetings.
Azel also covered all the sharp corners in the house with soft sponges to prevent Shi Nian from accidentally hurting himself. Occasionally, for fear that Shi Nian would be bored, Azel would take him to the nearby park for a walk every afternoon after work.
One day, Azel was holding a remote meeting in his study. Virtual projections of military officials and royal family members sat around the conference table with serious expressions, reporting on their respective work progress.
Suddenly, Ezer heard some noise coming from the master bedroom next door. He made a pause gesture, announced that the meeting would be suspended for half an hour, and got up to go next door.
The door was half open, and Azel saw Shi Nian wearing loose pajamas, lifting the hem of his clothes and looking at his protruding belly in front of the full-length mirror.
Shi Nian's slender waist had become much rounder due to her pregnancy, and her skin was delicate and fair. She looked at herself in the mirror with a big belly, and reached out to touch her pregnant belly, saying in a raised tone, "Hi, good morning, are you awake?"
The child is now six months old and moves from time to time, which gives the new father a great sense of novelty.
Perhaps because he heard his little daddy greeting him, the little guy responded out of courtesy. Shi Nian's belly moved slightly, which made Shi Nian's smile deepen.
A gentle breeze blew in from the window, lifting a few strands of Shi Nian's hair. He ignored it and stared at his bulging belly with his thick, curled eyelashes, as if a fresh little life was being nurtured.
The bright sunlight poured down, outlining a warm halo for Shi Nian. Azel looked at this scene and was unconsciously fascinated. He breathed lightly, not daring to disturb the quiet and peaceful moment.
Suddenly, Shi Nian turned around and met his eyes, a smile lingering in her eyes. "Aren't you in a meeting?"
"We've had a short break." Ezel approached Shi Nian, took his hand, and interlocked their fingers. "Let's go eat. I made you your favorite shrimp cakes."
Shi Nian smiled and nodded her belly, "Let's go eat."
The two of them walked downstairs side by side. On the stairs, Azel kept one hand out to protect Shi Nian, always alert to any accidents that might happen. Walking up the stairs was like going to a battlefield.
In fact, he had thought about installing an elevator, but Shi Nian felt it was in the way and he didn't want to change the layout of the house, so he had to give up on this decision.
On the dining table was millet porridge and other staple foods that Azer had already prepared. Shi Nian picked up the soup dumplings that he had recently liked and ate them slowly.
Aizel had already eaten and was quietly watching Shi Nian eat. Shi Nian noticed him while she was eating and broke the date cake in half, her face slightly red. "Don't watch me eat, eat with me."
Ezel ate the date cake and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll accompany you."
After finishing his meal, Shi Nian began to walk around to digest his food. Suddenly, he remembered that his father and his family had brought a photo album when they came last time. He immediately went to the cabinet and took it out. He nestled in Aizer's arms and opened the album with great interest.
On the first page of the album, a young Alpha, who is not much older than 5 years old, is standing on a small stool, staring at the baby in the incubator with a pair of beautiful violet eyes, his eyes wide open with surprise.
The baby's eyes are not open yet, and it is curled up in a small ball like a newborn kitten.
And there was a name on the incubator: Shi Nian.
Shi Nian exclaimed, holding up the photo album to show Aizel, and said in surprise, "This is you. So you really saw me when I was just born?!"
Aizel looked at the photo, his eyes touched. "Didn't I tell you? I went to see you on the first day you were born."
In fact, going back a longer time, before Shi Nian was born, Annan had brought Azel to accompany Shi Yiyu.
At that time, Annan pointed at Shi Yiyu's belly and said to Azel with a smile, "Soon there will be a very cute little brother coming to play with you. Are you happy?"
Out of curiosity about his cute little brother, little Aizer tentatively touched Shi Yiyu's belly, then felt something move under his hand. He quickly withdrew his hand and hid behind his father.
Annan smiled and held his hand, "Don't be afraid, this is your brother calling you again."
Little Aizer was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Shi Yiyu.
Shi Yiyu also nodded, and made up something in a flat tone, "Well, he was saying hello."
Little Ezel's brows relaxed, he smiled, and whispered hello, "Hello..."
Annan and Shi Yiyu looked at each other and smiled.
Many of the photos in the album were taken by them, showing Shi Nian and Aizel at various stages of their lives. Most of them were group photos, with the two little ones sleeping together, reading together, and playing games together...
Shi Nian's fair fingers flipped the pages one by one, and the last photo was their wedding photo.
It was a sunny day. Shi Nian and Aizel were wearing formal attire. Aizel looked at Shi Nian intently and kissed him lovingly on the side of his face.
Shi Nian hugged Azel's neck and looked at the camera with a smile in her eyes, her eyebrows were curved, and she was extremely beautiful.
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