Free Web NovelChapter 645: Chapter 643: Prenatal Education
"Zhou Zhenhui, my grandaunt already agreed to our marriage. How dare you be so rude and tell me to get lost? I’m going inside to tell Grandpa Zhou."
Li Xue Mei was furious that he’d actually told her to get lost. She had only come because she received a call from her grandaunt.
Her grandaunt had told her on the phone that Zhou Zhenhui had already promised Mr. Zhou that he was ready to get married.
So she immediately had the Li family’s driver bring her to the Zhou family’s home to finalize the engagement. This was a golden opportunity.
Who would have thought she couldn’t even get in the door? In the past, although Zhou Zhenhui wouldn’t give her the time of day, she could still come and go from the Zhou family home as she pleased.
Now, she wasn’t even allowed through the main gate. It was utterly humiliating!
"If you want to complain, come back tomorrow during the day. What kind of woman goes to someone else’s house in the middle of the night? Isn’t the Li family supposed to be a family of scholars?"
Zhou Zhenhui said, a fierce look in his eyes.
Li Xue Mei had never seen Zhou Zhenhui with such an expression before, and for a moment, she felt a pang of fear.
"You... How is this the middle of the night? It’s not even ten o’clock yet!" Li Xue Mei looked at the man before her, who suddenly seemed like a complete stranger, and her heart filled with even more fear.
Zhou Zhenhui scoffed. "Hmph, you think it’s early? Fine. I can have someone send you to a certain place."
"Zhou Zhenhui, you bastard! If you dare try anything, Grandpa Zhou will beat you to death."
Looking at this Zhou Zhenhui, so different from his usual self, Li Xue Mei’s face turned deathly pale, her eyes filled with terror.
She had been tormented by her grandmother since she was a child, so her instincts for sensing danger were much sharper than most people’s.
Her intuition told her this man was dangerous, and she had to get away from here immediately.
Terrified, she stumbled backward, scrambled into the Li family’s car, and yelled at the driver to speed away.
The reason Zhou Zhenhui got rid of Li Xue Mei so quickly was that he was afraid of disturbing Su Shuochi and his wife.
However, the couple both possessed astonishing Inner Strength and had heard every single word of his exchange with Li Xue Mei with perfect clarity.
"Su Shuochi, what do you think of Zhou Zhenhui as a person?" Gu Jiaojiao asked, snuggling against her husband.
"Let’s just go to sleep, honey." Although Su Shuochi admired Zhou Zhenhui, he didn’t want to discuss another man with his wife.
"I can tell you admire him, so I wanted to discuss his character and how he handles things. We can also make it part of our baby’s prenatal education."
"Honey, what’s ’prenatal education’?" Su Shuochi asked curiously. He was very interested in this topic.
"Prenatal education is when we chat, tell jokes, or listen to music—all of that counts.
For example, let’s talk about Zhou Zhenhui. He has a great understanding of human nature. To be honest, it’s hard to succeed if you don’t understand people.
The true sign of a person’s maturity isn’t understanding events, but seeing through human nature."
"Mm, truly capable people work with the grain of human nature but live against it. That’s something you do very well."
"Working with human nature lets you navigate social interactions with ease. Living against it allows you to stay clear-headed and make every choice with caution."
The couple snuggled together, naively discussing human nature. Su Shuochi was intentionally doing this as prenatal education for the child in his wife’s womb.
So he whispered softly, chatting with his wife about this and that. Wherever there are people, there is a world of hidden strife.
This world isn’t just about fighting and killing; it’s more about the complexities of human relationships. So, to succeed, you must work with human nature but live against it.
Character comes before accomplishment. Look at the world from a different perspective. Reversal is the motion of the Tao, and weakness is its tool.
When you encounter a problem, don’t just solve the problem itself. You must also manage the relationships of the people involved. You have to step back and see the bigger picture.
"Su Shuochi, what you’re saying is so profound. Do you think our son or daughter can understand it?"
"Hehe, Jiaojiao, you talk and I’ll listen," Su Shuochi said, placing a large hand on his wife’s belly.
Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t sure what to talk about either, so she casually brought up a scene from a TV drama.
After dinner, the mother-in-law said to her son, "That bowl of braised pork? I cut it into 28 pieces. You ate 8, your father ate 7, and she ate 13 all by herself!"
The evening breeze blew gently, the lights in the home were warm and soft. The dinner bell had rung, and the four members of the family were gathered around the dining table.
On the table was a bowl of braised pork, perfect in color, aroma, and taste. The mother-in-law’s eyes were full of expectation.
She had specially prepared a dish of braised pork today, hoping her son would eat more to regain his strength.
Her son, a young man in his early thirties, smiled and picked up a piece of meat, savoring it carefully, his eyes showing his appreciation for his mother’s cooking.
His wife, a gentle young woman, also began to taste the dish.
She seemed to have a particular fondness for the braised pork, eating one piece after another, her face beaming with a satisfied smile.
The mother-in-law noticed this, and the smile on her face gradually faded, replaced by a subtle expression.
She said softly to her daughter-in-law, "Dear, eat more vegetables. Don’t just eat the meat, it’s too salty."
Her tone carried a hint of concern, as if she were reminding her daughter-in-law to watch her health.
But the daughter-in-law didn’t understand the mother-in-law’s deeper meaning, thinking she was just worried about the flavor.
So she replied breezily, "It’s fine, Mom. The flavor is just right, not salty at all." After saying that, she went back to eating the braised pork.
The son sensed the subtle shift in the atmosphere and quickly tried to change the subject. He placed a piece of meat in his mother’s bowl and said caringly, "Mom, you should eat more too. Don’t just drink porridge."
His voice was full of filial piety and concern.
His mother gently shook her head, a smile on her face that held a trace of determination. "I won’t eat any. I’m not craving it. If I eat one less piece, you all can have one more."
Her words were laced with a sense of maternal love and sacrifice.
At that moment, the dining table seemed to become a silent stage, with everyone playing their part in a wordless drama.
The daughter-in-law lowered her head, her chopsticks gently prodding the few remaining pieces of braised pork in the bowl. Her movements seemed hesitant and cautious.
She quietly put down her chopsticks, dabbed her mouth with a napkin, and then looked up at her mother-in-law, trying to express her apology through her actions.
The mother-in-law, meanwhile, sat with her hands folded on the table, her gaze shifting lightly between her son and daughter-in-law.
A barely perceptible smile hung on her lips, but her eyes seemed to be searching for something.
She slowly picked up her chopsticks and lifted a small piece of a vegetable, but only brought it to her lips, seemingly without any appetite.
The son’s gaze darted between his mother and his wife, and he looked somewhat anxious...
Zhou Zhenhui had no idea that Su Shuochi and his wife had such a high opinion of how he’d handled the situation with Li Xue Mei.
He was thinking that he would decide whether or not to marry Su Yuhan after meeting her tomorrow.
Although his grandfather had listed a ton of benefits, he just wanted to find a beautiful woman to marry and have children with.
He was twenty-eight this year and had never been in a relationship. He had been an excellent student since childhood, and besides studying, his only interest was doing business and making money.
It wasn’t that he didn’t understand love, just that the first girl he ever liked was already another man’s wife.
