Free Web NovelChapter 1185: Chapter 1187
Watching Cai Ming nonstop greeting the baby in Auntie’s belly, even Zhan Jing couldn’t bear to look straight at him.
Her own uncle was such a formidable person, how could he suddenly do something this childish.
"Tell me, isn’t my uncle dumb?" If Cai Ming’s subordinates, partners, or even his rivals saw this, who knows how scared they’d be.
Dumb? Zhao Xuran couldn’t help comparing the currently silly Cai Ming with Zhao Gang and Gong Tao, and yeah, it was a bit dumb—but he also wanted to be dumb like that once.
"Do you think when you have a kid, we’ll be this dumb too?"
Probably will. Zhan Jing felt that even though in her previous life she’d seen lots of women give birth, and in this life she’d taken care of pregnant women, she’d never had a child in either life. Of course she’d be excited.
"But I don’t want it to be just me, all alone, when I give birth." Even if Wan Qiweng insisted she wasn’t aggrieved, was she really not?
A few times when Zhan Jing helped Cai Meina change the sheets, she’d feel the pillow and it was wet.
She clearly ate well while pregnant and had a good care environment, so why was this pregnancy so exhausting for her? It had to be related to her bad mood.
No matter how independent Zhan Jing was, she was still a pampered girl. "I don’t want to be alone."
Only when a man feels how hard it is for a woman to have a baby will he shoulder more responsibility.
Even though she knew Zhao Xuran was a responsible man, that was his habit, not necessarily his inner conviction.
Let Ni Zi carry a belly all by herself? That had never even crossed Zhao Xuran’s mind. "When you’re pregnant, I’ll be with you."
That reminded Zhao Xuran of his friend’s earlier suggestion. "Ni Zi, have you ever thought about us having the baby while we’re in the United States?"
If the child doesn’t have a domestic household registration, he won’t take up that quota. Then after they return, they can have another one and still complete the ’task’ in a different way.
Of course, whether they’d have another child after returning would need more discussion. If his wife didn’t want to, he wouldn’t mind.
Unlike Zhao Guangran, Zhao Xuran didn’t have such shameless ideas like "just have a few more, I can afford them."
Children are easy to give birth to and even easy to raise to adulthood, but raising them well, educating them properly—that’s the real challenge. Otherwise how do they turn out accomplished?
As for this idea of just sending the kid back home, even if the grandparents would do their utmost to look after the child and you could hire good teachers, it still couldn’t make up for the lack of parental love during their growing up.
As an uncle, Zhao Xuran could help look after the kid a bit more, but he’d have his own children to care for. Back then taking care of his little brother had already been hard enough; now he was supposed to take care of his brother’s kid too?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Zhao Guangran hadn’t expected that just walking past his brother like this, he’d overhear such explosive news.
He knew it, his big brother was just uptight on the surface. Look, he’d already gotten to the topic of kids. Hmph, and earlier he’d lectured him—now he finally had something on him.
"Whoa what. You’re allowed to think about having a kid without getting married, but me and Ni Zi thinking about getting married and having kids is a problem?" Zhao Xuran retorted, annoyed.
Having a kid without getting married scared Cai Meina half to death. "Guang Ran, how can you think that way?"
"Wouldn’t that make the child illegitimate?" Cai Meina was really worried. Even if they were Zhao Guangran’s kids, he’d be a single man with a child—what decent girl would look twice at him?
No way, she had to talk to Zhan Jing about this. What was wrong with this Zhao Guangran kid? He’d barely been in the United States any time at all and already had thoughts like this. Too scary, too shocking.
Cai Ming actually admired Zhao Guangran a bit. "There’s no point overthinking it. Think about your grandma, and then think about your parents."
Guang Ran’s idea wasn’t bad, but it was only an idea. To pull it off he’d have to clear a lot of hurdles; just getting past Hua Miaozhu and Zhan Jing alone would be tough.
Ugh, why bring that up. Of course Zhao Guangran knew Grandma wouldn’t agree. In Grandma’s eyes, if they did that, these kids wouldn’t be legitimate—they’d be like children born to concubines in the old days.
The old lady wouldn’t openly lay out her opinion, but she would talk to his parents about it, telling them how bad it would be, how it would ruin the family’s reputation and all that.
His parents might not see it as a big deal at first, but once the old lady analyzed it for them, they’d start feeling like it was a serious problem.
Depressing. He looked over at his big brother, only to meet the back of his brother’s head, as expected. Apparently his earlier eavesdropping had been noted and counted against him.
Sigh, why wouldn’t Uncle Cai Ming support his idea? It was clearly a pretty good thought and suggestion, yet it ended up getting stamped out just like that.
"Think it through. Unless you can be completely independent, you’ve got a lot to consider." Cai Ming didn’t get how two loving people like Zhao Gang and his wife had produced a son like this.
Could it be because of that breakup back then? Sigh, Cao Na really had done a number on him.
Too bad that no matter how much they regretted it now, they couldn’t drag Cao Na out for a proper scolding anymore.
Why was everyone reacting like this? Zhao Guangran was honestly helpless. He really didn’t feel there was anything wrong with his idea.
It was just that even Cai Ming was against it, so obviously his own parents wouldn’t agree. Sigh, what a headache.
He looked towards Zhao Xuran helplessly, hoping his big brother might help. The chances were slim, but he still had to try, right?
There was no way Zhao Xuran would help. The best he could promise was not kicking him while he was down; anything more was wishful thinking.
Fine. Guang Ran was speechless, but he wasn’t going to give up so easily. It was his life; he should be the one in charge.
That breakup with Cao Na had already left him feeling totally powerless. "If I were really capable..."
"Even if you’re capable, are you not still your parents’ son?" Cai Ming looked at the determined expression on Zhao Xuran’s face and decided his own future son absolutely couldn’t be allowed to spend too much time with Zhao Guangran, or he’d cry himself to death.
Whose kid was this troublesome? Good thing Zhao Gang had more than one son. Worst case, he could have Zhao Xuran pop out a few more.
Uh, that was the crux of it. No matter how much he kicked up a fuss or strutted around outside, once he was home he was still the one getting lectured by his parents.
"I’ll think about it again." Marriage really was exhausting. After agonizing for ages, Zhao Guangran still didn’t know what to do. Forget it, he was still young; he’d deal with it later.
More importantly, in a few years, once his big brother and Ni Zi got married and had kids, their parents’ attention would shift to them. They wouldn’t have time to meddle in his business.
By then, whatever he wanted to do would be easy, and besides, there was no point in overthinking it now.
"Uncle, you’re about to have another son. What do you think about your little boy?" Zhao Guangran quickly changed the subject.
Requirements for his son, huh. Cai Ming had had quite a few in mind at first, but now he felt he shouldn’t ask too much. "I just hope he’ll be an obedient child, that’s all."
If he turned out like Zhao Guangran, going on about having kids without getting married, how would that sound if it got out?
Even if he was constantly thinking about carrying on the family line, the kids still had to be born to a proper wife married into the family.
In this day and age, what woman truly doesn’t care about money and would be with you and then have your child? That is absolutely impossible.
No matter how open foreigners are, they’re not going to just casually have a baby, right?
