582 The Secret About the Past 200 (1/2)

The answers she had gotten from other fortune-tellers were the same as that from the elderly lady in the alley.

Mrs. Ye was immediately disheartened and dejected.

On the way home, she called Ye Xiaotian to tell him about the matter, to which he answered that there was nothing much to talk about since it was all written in fate.

Mrs. Ye hung up angrily and headed straight to Mo Li's mansion upon returning home.

Mo Li was supervising Ye Jiani, who was doing her homework for the summer break. School would be reopening on the 1st of September, and yet, she still had not completed all her assignments.

Upon sight of her mother-in-law storming into the house in a pique, Mo Li stood up and stared at her calmly. ”What's the matter?”

”What's the matter? I went to visit two separate fortune-tellers today and they both said the same thing. They said that I'm not destined to have a grandson in my life.”

Mo Li was rather taken aback but continued to remain silent.

”You're just like your sister-in-law. Both of you are incapable of giving birth to a son!” Mrs. Ye hollered in exasperation, clearly having been struck with a huge blow. She could not tolerate the thought of having to hear the criticism about her family's misfortune of having no male heir.

Mo Li had long gotten used to her scoldings and was no longer affected. ”If there's nothing else you'd like to say, I have to go back to helping Jiani with her homework,” she said.

”Of course there's more I'd like to say.” Mrs. Ye sat down and pointed at the couch opposite. ”Get Jiani to go upstairs, I have something important to say to you privately.”

Noticing that Mrs. Ye seemed to really have something to say, Mo Li immediately said to her daughter, ”Mommy would like to have a word with Grandma. Go upstairs and do your homework. I'll be checking your work later after you're done, okay?”

Ye Jiani nodded and ran upstairs with her workbook.

After making sure that her granddaughter had already gone upstairs, Mrs. Ye said, ”I think what those fortune-tellers said must be real. There's no way their readings would be so similar if they were just shams. They said that you and Xiaotian are destined to have four daughters, including the one you've miscarried. You won't have any sons at all. Mo Li, if Jiani was a son, I definitely wouldn't force you to have another child. But there are only two options now. You make the decision yourself.”

”What?” Mo Li asked, filled with a vague, ominous feeling.

”I'm giving you two options now. One is to divorce Xiaotian and let him get another woman pregnant. If the woman falls pregnant with a daughter, we'll just abort it until we get a boy. You may take Jiani away with you, we'll pay you more alimony. Or, I'll look for some masters to perform a ritual so that you and Xiaotian may have a son. However, there may be unexpected outcomes, and you are to bear the consequences.”

Mo Li was flabbergasted and furious to hear her mother-in-law's absurd words.

”Mother… why don't you understand even until now, the gender of the child all depends on the father…”

”I understand that! Of course I do! But can I really force you to give birth again and again? It's so difficult for you to even get pregnant. Your brother-in-law and his wife will never give birth again. If Xiaotian doesn't have a son either, what are others going to think of our family in the future!?! Don't talk to me about adopting a child, that's impossible!” Mrs. Ye bellowed, glowering at her.

Mo Li placed her right hand on top of her left. Her palm was resting right on top of the wedding band on her ring finger.

She felt her heart wrenching in pain.

Regardless of which option she picks, she would be miserable.

”What are the unexpected outcomes…?” she asked.

”How would I know? Those masters and fortune-tellers made it sound rather far-fetched. They said that you'd have to strike a deal with Heaven in exchange for a son. That's why I told you to pick from the options, lest you say that I forced you into it,” said Mrs. Ye, who was clueless about what the unexpected consequences would be.

Biting her lip, Mo Li answered, ”Mother, aren't you already forcing me by making me pick one out of the two options you've given me? If I'm not destined to have a son, why must we insist on going against Heaven's will? Is it worth sacrificing a complete family for the sake of pride and continuing the family bloodline? We're already in a modern era, why do you still have to favor boys over girls?”

”Sons are the most important, regardless of which era we're in! Take a look at all the big tycoons in the business world. Do any of them not have sons? It's an embarrassment to not have a male heir!”

Mo Li felt that it was impossible to communicate with her.