Chapter 334 - I am Going to be a Grandmother? (1/2)

Li Qin Yao shifted her eyes away from her mother and faked a laugh. ”Ma, what are you talking about?”

Initially, after observing her daughter for a while, Xu Yilan had this suspicion that perhaps, her daughter was pregnant and she had not taken the test and knew anything about it.

But now that she had seen how her daughter reacted, Xu Yilan knew that her daughter was pregnant and had not told her the news yet.

”It was just a wild guess on my part, but looking at how you reacted…” Xu Yilan paused and crossed her arms on her ċhėst. ”Yao Yao, you don't plan to tell your mother about this good news?”

Li Qin Yao suddenly felt guilty after looking at her mother's expression. ”Ma…” she bit her lips hesitantly and decided to tell her the truth. ”It wasn't that I did not want to share this news with you. Just that, Yu Han and I had decided to announce the news after I passed the first trimester.”

Xu Yilan's eyes widened upon hearing her daughter's confession. She sat next to her daughter and her gaze glued at her daughter's flat stomach for a few seconds before she looked up again. Suddenly did not know what to think. ”I—I am going to be a grandmother?”

Li Qin Yao gave her mother a shy smile and nodded. ”Ma, how did you guess?”

”Isn't it because you're a glutton?” Xu Yilan let out a chuckle and pinched at her daughter's cheek. ”Previously, I thought it was strange that you were eating a lot of the stir-fried eggplant when you would avoid that the most. But then, I began to notice your appetite and the food you choose to eat. And then,” she glanced at the packet of the ginger cookies. ”The last time I was pregnant with you, this is what I usually snack on.”

Li Qin Yao glanced at the packet of cookies that gave her away.

”Moreover, the two of you have been married for months. It wouldn't be so weird if the two of you start to have a child now,” Xu Yilan said. She then patted at her daughter's hair. ”How is it? Have you seen the doctor? What did the doctor say? How long is the child?”

Hearing her mother's questions, Li Qin Yao was suddenly speechless. She could see in her mother's eyes that she was excited about this news of pregnancy. ”Un, we've seen a doctor a few weeks ago, and she said that the baby is growing healthily. Next week will be the last week for my last trimester.”

Xu Yilan had a smile on her face as she listened to her daughter's words. It was then that she noticed the small bump on her daughter's stomach. A thought crossed her mind, and Xu Yilan's expression changed. ”What about your morning sickness? Is it bad? I will prepare something to help you ease your morning sickness.”

Li Qin Yao tugged at her mother's arms before she could stand up and leave. ”You don't need to worry about this. My morning sickness was not so bad.” A giggle escaped her when she thought of her husband. ”Actually, Ma, have you heard about Couvade Syndrome?”

”What syndrome?”

”Hmm…” Li Qin Yao tried to recall what Auntie Su had told them the other day. ”I think it was also called a sympathetic pregnancy.”

Xu Yilan's eyes widened at hearing these familiar words.

”So right now, it was your son-in-law who was going through morning sickness instead of me.”

”Ahh???” For a while, Xu Yilan was at a loss of words. ”You mean… Yu Han?”

Although she had heard of these words before, this was the first time that Xu Yilan knew someone who was going through this strange syndrome. At the thought that it was his son-in-law who was going through morning sickness, Xu Yilan suddenly grew anxious.

”Then, how is my son-in-law? Is he alright?”