417 The Secret About the Past 35 (1/2)
”Did your teacher really make you ask that question?”
”Yes, we even have to step onto the rostrum to tell everyone our parents' answers.”
”Where do you think you came from then?” An Xiaoning asked.
”From Mommy's stomach, of course. But, how did I get inside your stomach, Mommy?” Jin Yiheng asked, smiling shyly.
After some thought, An Xiaoning said, ”You're the testament of Daddy and Mommy's love for each other. You'll understand after I tell you a story about it.”
”What story?”
An Xiaoning recalled coming across an online forum regarding how to answer a child's questions about their birth. After thinking about the answers she had seen in the forum, she replied, ”There's a type of cell in Mommy's body called an ovum while Daddy has a different type of cell called a sperm. One day, the ovum and the sperm met and the ovum eagerly invited the sperm to her house for a visit. Thus, they both then headed to Mommy's stomach together. Mommy had built a beautiful palace for them, called the womb. The sperm and ovum then fused to become a fertilized embryo embedded within Mommy's womb. After receiving the nutrients from Mommy's body, the fertilized embryo developed into a fetus, which continued to grow for another 10 months. After the 10 months were up, Mommy went to the gynecologist at the hospital where the midwife helped to deliver the baby. That's how you came about.”
”I understand now,” Jin Yiheng said with a nod. ”My table partner Yue Chan told me that her Mommy often says she was picked up from the trash can. Can babies be found inside trash cans?” he asked.
”Of course not. Her Mommy was lying to her.”
”My Mommy is the best. You never lie to me, ever.”
An Xiaoning picked up her chopsticks to pick some food up and placed it into his bowl. ”Eat up, quick. Then take a nap after lunch.”
”Alright.”
”By the way, after I acknowledge my new Godparents, you'll have another set of grandparents. I'll take you to visit them in another few days,” An Xiaoning said during lunch.
”Does that mean I'll have three Grandpas and three Grandmas? Mommy, how did you achieve that?” Jin Yiheng asked with his mouth wide open.
”What do you mean?”
”How did you get so many Godfathers and Godmothers?”
An Xiaoning bent forward to lift him up in her arms. ”I managed to do that because I put my heart and soul into it. Son, it's getting harder for me to lift you up nowadays. Will you carry me when I'm old and frail?”
He looked at her earnestly and said, ”Why would you ask such a question, Mommy? I'm your son, of course I'll carry you when you're old and can no longer walk. I'll carry you wherever you'd like to go.”
An Xiaoning kissed him on his forehead and said, ”Son, thank you.”
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Ling Ciye returned home to find that Song Yan had yet to wake up. He then entered the bedroom and said, ”It's already noontime. Are you still not going to wake up?”
”I rarely get to enjoy a break for a few days. Can't you just let me sleep in?” Song Yan groused. She stretched her arms out slowly and looked at him, sleepy-eyed. ”Where did you go early in the morning?”
”I went out to handle some matters. What would you like to eat? I'll get Auntie to prepare it for you.”
”I'm fine with anything.”
Ling Ciye turned around and instructed the servants to prepare a nutritionally-balanced lunch for her.