489 The Secret About the Past 107 (1/2)
”Do you think I need you to teach me what to do?” Gu Dongcheng hissed before putting the book away and reaching a hand inside her pajamas. ”I'm not getting any younger, and neither are you. We're both married too. It's time we bear a child. You'll be at higher risk if you choose to wait another few years and give birth at an older age.”
”I don't want to give birth to a child. Women tend to gain weight and develop poorer skin conditions when they're pregnant. I don't want to become hideous.”
”You can always just lose the extra weight. I don't mind you being chubbier anyway. Besides, I can't be childless. What do you think?” said Gu Dongcheng, giving her a pinch.
”But I don't want to.”
”Fine, I'll just have to find another woman to bear me a child then.”
”How dare you!” Xu Youran snapped.
”Why not? Since you don't want to bear me a child, why can't I look for another woman to do it? It's not like you're infertile, you just don't want to. Am I supposed to remain childless for the rest of my life?”
Xu Youran rolled her eyes and said, ”I was just making a casual remark. Did you take me for real? I don't want to end up being childless either. Although I really don't want to go through pregnancy, we have to give birth to a child no matter what, be it a girl or a boy.”
The tension on Gu Dongcheng's face finally eased up as he answered, ”That's more like it. If you really plan on not bearing me a child for the rest of our lives, I would've married you for nothing.”
Xu Youran kissed him and said, ”I want to bear you a child. Let's do it right now. From today onwards, let's stop taking any contraceptive measures until I fall pregnant, alright?”
”You said it yourself,” said Gu Dongcheng, grinning from ear to ear.
”Yes…”
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The next morning, An Xiaoning drove to the village near the mountains and river together with her bodyguards.
She alighted from the car to ask the villagers about her adoptive parents, only to find that the business they set up a few years ago had failed. Thus, they ended up having to pay a large sum of compensation. They initially planned to buy a house in the city but had no choice but to move back to the village and rebuild a house because they could not afford the expensive property in the city. Their son got married last year and are getting on pretty well, except An Xiaoning's adoptive mother constantly got into arguments with her daughter-in-law.
Of course they would live well with the two million dollars they took from An Xiaoning.
An Xiaoning was not emotionally attached to her adoptive parents at all. She would never bother stepping foot into the village again if it weren't because she wanted to know more about what happened when she was abandoned as an infant.
She brought her three bodyguards to the entrance of the newly-built home and entered.
The moment she stepped foot inside the yard, she could hear sounds of an ongoing commotion coming from inside.
”If you think it's dirty, why don't you cook it yourself? You're too lazy to cook your own meals and yet you still want to complain. Seriously.”
”Since you built this house for me, shouldn't you and Father move out of here? Why are you so insistent on living with us and getting in our way!?!” a voice, clearly belonging to the daughter-in-law, hollered.
”The money used to build this house came from us, not Xiaonan. Don't think the house has become yours just because you married Xiaonan. You've been married to him for less than two years and you're already thinking of chasing us out. Dream on!”
”…”
An Xiaoning stood rooted to the ground in bewilderment. She waited for the argument to be over before entering the living room.
Both Mrs. An and her daughter-in-law were dumbfounded to see An Xiaoning. ”Xiaoning?” Mrs. An questioned in astonishment.
An Xiaoning stepped forward and said, ”I'm here to ask you about something.”
”Come in first,” said Mrs. An as she turned around to enter the house.
It was the first time An Xiaonan's wife was seeing An Xiaoning in the flesh. She was aware that her husband had a sister with whom he had lost touch. ”Sis, please take a seat,” she offered politely, knowing fully that An Xiaoning was a person of status.