Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Yan Qingchi felt that he had really become one of the top two recently. Ever since the Yuan Mingxu and Zhou Qiang incident, Jiang Mochen’s nervousness towards him had increased eightfold in an instant. Specifically, he had hired a driver and asked him to remember to ask the driver to follow him wherever he went in the future. He called it driving for him. But as soon as Yan Qingchi saw the muscles on the other person’s body, he knew that this was not a driver. He was clearly a bodyguard!
What could Yan Qingchi do? Listening to Jiang Mochen’s careful wording, Yan Qingchi wanted to revise a sentence eight times before speaking it out. He could only nod his head and say, okay, okay, okay, the driver will drive, as long as you are happy.
Immediately afterwards, he received a call from his mother, saying that she wanted to come over to see him, and Yan Qingchi naturally did not refuse. However, Mother Yan didn’t just come to take a look at him, she stayed to take care of Yan Qingchi for three days. While telling him that eating this was good for the children, she also told him what things he couldn’t touch, that he had to sleep more, and surf the Internet less. As she said that, she turned off the Internet for Yan Qingchi.
Yan Qingchi:… Girls are not treated as delicately as me when they are pregnant, right?
As soon as Mother Yan left, Mother Jiang came over after hearing the news and said plausibly, “Xiao Chi, we are all mothers. You can’t just let your mother take care of you and not me. Then your family would feel that our family doesn’t value you anymore.”
Yan Qingchi said in his heart that no, our family thinks that your family is very good, but he just said it in his heart and then asked her with a smile on his face. “Mom, when are you coming?”
Mother Jiang hung up the phone and immediately came over. While asking him about his recent situation, she asked the driver to bring Yan Qingchi a lot of supplements, some given by others and some bought by her.
When the driver finished moving it, Yan Qingchi looked at the bird’s nest, abalone and ginseng in front of him and had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, in the next second, Mother Jiang’s words confirmed his thoughts, “Xiao Chi, this bird’s nest was given to me by others. They are all well-chosen, very supplementary, and good for the baby. Eat it more.”
Yan Qingchi nodded.
“I heard from my friend that her son’s wife ate abalone during her early pregnancy, and the baby she gave birth to was smart and cute. I bought some for you, but you can’t eat too much of this. You eat according to the list I will give you later. Ah.”
Yan Qingchi continued to nod.
“Ginseng is also a good thing. My friend is a doctor and said that pregnant women can improve their immunity and prevent colds by eating some ginseng in the early stages of pregnancy. The weather has been so dry recently, and it doesn’t rain or snow. If you catch a cold, you still can’t take medicine, you should take some ginseng in advance to prevent it.”
Yan Qingchi said in his heart, I think my body is pretty good and I shouldn’t catch cold so easily, but he could only nod mechanically.
Mother Jiang just introduced the other things she brought. After listening to it all, Yan Qingchi felt that Mother Jiang must be very popular. She had quite a lot of friends. Each friend recommended something to her. She had been doing this for a month. It was all clearly arranged.
That night, when Jiang Mochen came home, he saw his mother making soup and cooking, and his partner relaxing in the bedroom, listening to music with his eyes closed.
Jiang Mochen was a little surprised by this. His mother was busy with her career when she was young. She thought how could women in the new century be constrained by the stove, so she rarely went to the kitchen. When his sister took over the company later, his mother felt that at her age, both her face and hands needed to be taken care of, and since she had an aunt at home who specialized in cooking, she no longer wanted to cook.
At this moment, she actually started cooking for Yan Qingchi at their house. Jiang Mochen thought this was really magical.
“I haven’t seen my mother cook in years, and this time I really owe you a favor.” Jiang Mochen sighed deeply to the melodious piano music. “By the way, why are you hearing piano music?”
Yan Qingchi turned to look at him, with a calm expression and a helpless tone, “Mom said this is called prenatal education. It cultivates the child’s love for music in advance and stimulates his musical potential.”
Jiang Mochen was amused by the way he could only accept his fate despite being helpless. He lifted the quilt and sat in. He then put his arms around his waist and asked him, “Can you play the piano?”
“Yes.” Yan Qingchi nodded.
His adoptive mother liked to play the piano very much, and there was a special piano room in the house for this purpose. However, she liked it, but she was not very good at playing it. Every time she lamented this, the young Yan Qingchi would retort, “No, mom plays very well.”
She smiled gently at Yan Qingchi, rubbed his head and said, “As long as Xiao Chi likes it.”
Yan Qingchi wanted to get close to her, so he asked her to teach him piano. He was very talented, and after studying for several years, he actually excelled and played much better than his adoptive mother. His adoptive mother was very happy about this. She felt that her son had accomplished something that she had not been able to accomplish, and it was considered as a wish fulfilled.
But now, these were all in the past.
Yan Qingchi did not stay long in his memories. He had always been a rational and forward-looking person. Those past days were gone. No matter how much he missed them, he could no longer go back. Therefore, instead of being sad in memories, it was better to cherish the present. After all, he was very happy now.
Jiang Mochen was a little frustrated that he seemed to know everything, and said unyieldingly, “I can do it too.”
“Then you should be better than me. I just play casually.”
Jiang Mochen looked at him, “So, there is something you can’t do?”
“Don’t people all over the country know this?”
“What?”
“Singing.” Yan Qingchi was helpless, “Since I participated in “Let’s Fight! Friends!”, haven’t my attributes been completely exposed?”
Jiang Mochen almost forgot his magical rhythm. When he said this, he remembered the time when the two of them sang the duet love song. He actually found it a little cute that Yan Qingchi didn’t know how to sing. After all, he knew enough, but this small flaw made him appear more real.
Jiang Mochen teased him, “Tell me, what if the baby inherits this characteristic of yours?”
“Can’t you think of something good for him? For example, if he inherited my intelligence, wit, and my handsomeness, why do you want it to inherit my singing? I have so many advantages, do you have to choose this?” Yan Qingchi was dissatisfied.
Jiang Mochen smiled and said, “Okay, if he’ll inherit your intelligence, wit, handsomeness, and virtue. That’ll be alright.”
“That’s not bad, alas,” Yan Qingchi was a little worried, “This child won’t really inherit my singing skills, right?”
Jiang Mochen couldn’t help laughing, “Baby, you’re really cute like this.”
Yan Qingchi looked at him sideways, “Darling, you’re really disgusting like this.”
“Occasionally, it’s not disgusting. Like condiments, they are necessities of life.”
Yan Qingchi thought he was quite good at talking, so he smiled and did not refute.
“Are you okay today? Are you feeling uncomfortable?” Jiang Mochen asked him.
Yan Qingchi looked outside the door, “Our mother is here, how can I feel uncomfortable? Now I feel like the Prince of the Pea[1], pampered, and excellent…” Yan Qingchi couldn’t think of the beginning of an idiom with similar meaning, so he turned to look at Jiang Mochen, “You…”
Jiang Mochen never expected that he would start talking about idioms while chatting? Excellent…indecisive? Are you enjoying your time? Survival of the fittest? Jiang Mochen thought for a while, and suddenly felt blessed. He stretched out his hand to touch Yan Qingchi’s belly, “eugenics and nurturing!”
Yan Qingchi: “…you win.”
Jiang Mochen smiled and couldn’t help but touch Yan Qingchi’s belly twice more. Yan Qingchi was speechless, “How old is he? What can you feel?”
“Then can you feel him?”
“To be honest, I don’t feel anything.” Yan Qingchi said calmly.
“Qingchi, have you ever thought about whether you want a boy or a girl?”
Yan Qingchi felt that this was simply too difficult for him. From the perspective of a parent’s desire to have a complete set of children, of course he hoped to have a girl, but from the perspective of two men raising the child, he rationally felt that a boy would be more suitable. The tension between sensibility and reason had always been an over-the-top question, so Yan Qingchi thought about it and answered seriously, “I want a Nezha[2].”
Jiang Mochen said: “???”
Yan Qingchi looked at him and spoke plausibly, “Is Nezha bad? He can go to heaven to become a god, he can go to the sea to fight dragons, he has strong martial arts skills, he is sensible and cute, he still has the body of a lotus root and has no gender. If you like a boy, he will be a boy. If you like a girl, you can treat him as a girl. Isn’t it good?”
“Then do you have to be pregnant for three years?” Jiang Mochen couldn’t bear it.
Yan Qingchi was very open-minded, “Anyway, I have to be pregnant, what does it matter if it is one year or three years. If I am pregnant with him for three years, he would be three years old when he comes out. It happens to be the cutest period for children, and it is very worthwhile.”
Jiang Mochen:…
“What do you think?” Yan Qingchi asked him.
Jiang Mochen felt a little tired. Where could he find a Nezha to feed Yan Qingchi? If he gave Yan Qingchi a meatball now, would he be able to harvest a meatball in three years?
Jiang Mochen patted his wife’s hand, “Wake up, it’s time to eat. Nezha is probably gone. If you give birth to a girl in the future, it’s just okay to let her have a Nezha haircut[3].”
Yan Qingchi sighed and opened the door, got off the quilt and continued his daily routine as a househusband.
Mother Jiang stayed for five days before reluctantly leaving. Before leaving, she told Yan Qingchi to call her if anything happened, and told Jiang Mochen to take good care of Yan Qingchi. Jiang Mochen nodded repeatedly, and Yan Qingchi also agreed.
Qi Qi stood at the door and waved to her obediently, “Goodbye, grandma.”
Listening to his soft childish voice, Mother Jiang didn’t want to leave, but she was worried that Yan Qingchi would not be able to feel comfortable if she stayed here too long, so she bent down and let Qi Qi kiss her, then couldn’t help but kiss him again, and leave reluctantly.
When Jiang Mochen saw that his mother was gone, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stayed at home with Yan Qingchi for a few days, and he deeply felt that the life of the Pea Prince was not easy. He couldn’t do this, and he wasn’t allowed to eat that. He couldn’t eat anything he wanted. He had to consider whether it would affect the baby.
He looked at Yan Qingchi and said, “How about I tell my mother not to come here anymore? It’s too restrictive. I now know how you feel when I usually take care of you.”
Yan Qingchi heard this, but smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “You’re okay, you only care about my activities and don’t care about my food, drink and fun.”
“Yeah, I care about your activities, my mother and your mother care about your food, drink and fun, your… Life is indeed a bit pitiful.”
Yan Qingchi laughed loudly, “If my mother and your mother heard this, they would probably say that we are ignorant and don’t know how lucky we are.”
“So, should we stop letting them come? I don’t think in an ordinary family’s pregnancy, there aren’t so many taboos. Why don’t you just give birth to the child properly?”
“Am I carrying an ordinary child?” Yan Qingchi asked him, “In my mother’s words, can you find another example of a man getting pregnant? I have to be more careful.”
Jiang Mochen sighed deeply, “Then I can only wrong you.”
“I’m actually fine. ” Yan Qingchi said: “Although I think you are too nervous and are a little strict with me, I can understand it. It’s all for my own good. Otherwise, why don’t you care about others. So you don’t have to worry about it, they like it, so let them do it. If they feel happy, then we can make them happy. Anyway, it’s for the sake of me and the child, so I’ll be okay if I restrain myself.”
“You are so considerate,” Jiang Mochen said, unable to bear it, kissed him and said, “Pleasing.”
Yan Qingchi glanced at him, smiled, and said nothing.
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Yuan Mingxu will no longer be involved with the city in the later period, nor will he appear in front of them again. Although I don’t like the oppression of class but indeed in front of the absolute class, all your thoughts are in vain. Some little angels think that Mr. Jiang is not cool enough, handsome and domineering, and don’t understand why he still talks to Yuan Mingxu. This is very simple. The most fundamental reason is that Mr. Jiang’s personality is not that of a domineering boss, and he does not follow the cold route. And from Mr. Jiang’s point of view, he has never spoken to Yuan Mingxu since the hot search, so he has been harboring a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart. He is also a human being, and he also wants to speak out and express his anger. And why do you think the conversation is meaningless? Words themselves are weapons that can hurt people, and bad words can hurt people even in June. If Mr. Jiang doesn’t say those words to him, and just packs people up and throws them abroad without saying a word, then Yuan Mingxu will not give up, and he will try to make a comeback.
I am a person who prefers to write dialogue and psychological activities, because these are two aspects of the character’s personality. This is my style and I won’t change it, so little angels who have opinions don’t need to persuade me. Everyone has their own style, and we seek common ground while reserving differences.
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[1] Reference to the fairytale of Princess of Pea.
[2] God of victory, bringing you courage, success, and power in overcoming your enemies. Nezha is known as the army leader of heaven, he is powerful and uses the universe ring, and a spear as his weapons. His duty is to guard the heaven gate and to protect it from any mara and evilness.