Free Web NovelChapter 1312: Chapter 1312: My Husband Is 007 (Part 6)
Tang Li could understand Yuan Qin’s mindset.
After all, not every man is keen on being a kept man.
More men are willing to work hard to provide for their wife and children.
And a man who only wants to rely on a woman often has character flaws; if Yuan Qin were such a person, at least in Tang Li’s view, he wouldn’t be worthy of Yu Sui.
Given this reasoning, Tang Li still sent a message to Yu Sui.
About a quarter of an hour later, Yu Sui replied, "I don’t mind."
"What about your mom?" Tang Li wouldn’t underestimate any realistic factors: "Is your mom willing to accept a son-in-law who’s not from a great background?"
After a long while, Yu Sui finally said, "I’ll talk to her."
The next afternoon, Yuan Qin picked up Song Xiaohua from kindergarten, and Tang Li stopped him.
After Song Xiaohua took off his little yellow hat and put down his backpack to go have ice cream with Aunt Min, Tang Li looked at Yuan Qin and chose to be straightforward: "Yu Sui told me everything."
While saying this, Tang Li was constantly observing the expressions on Yuan Qin’s face.
She didn’t believe Yuan Qin truly didn’t understand Yu Sui’s hints.
Yuan Qin’s response confirmed Tang Li’s suspicions.
He said, "Yu Sui is a good girl."
"Knowing she’s a good girl, why are you pretending to be clueless?" Tang Li decided to hit heavy: "She cried while calling me last night and said that if she contacts you again, she’s a fool."
Yuan Qin’s left hand, holding the car door handle, involuntarily clenched tightly.
"If you also have feelings for her, why not give it a try?"
Tang Li continued, "As far as I know, she’s waited for you for a whole five years."
Yuan Qin’s throat moved slightly, and after a moment, he responded, "Yu Sui deserves a better man."
After pausing, he also replied, "Besides, I have no plans to get married."
His current job has a high danger factor.
Once he has a family, it becomes a vulnerability.
If someone wanted to deal with him, they would go after his family.
He chose to become a Special Agent precisely because he had no attachments.
A union between a man and a woman should not just consider the present but also the future life. The nature of his job means he can’t work the 9-to-5, and when on assignments, he might not come home for a month or two. Such a marriage is akin to being widowed.
And then there are children.
Throwing the burden of child-rearing on the woman is highly irresponsible.
Life is never a fairy tale where love can fill the stomach.
He couldn’t deceive himself, enjoying the woman’s sacrifices without fulfilling his responsibilities and duties as a husband.
Yu Sui wanting to marry him was something Yuan Qin hadn’t anticipated.
He always thought she saw him as a brother.
And besides, he’s six years older than her.
He’s just a salaryman, in plain terms.
Someone like him isn’t excellent enough to make young girls flock to him.
After Yu Sui asked that question, he did think about it, but he was very clear that if he ever decided to get married, he would find someone of the same age and similar conditions, not necessarily beautiful, but willing to start a family with him after understanding his work.
With Yu Sui’s conditions, she could find a husband with a good family background.
Even if her father went to prison for economic crimes.
However, not all men value background checks anyway.
Yuan Qin had no desire to start a family; this reason left Tang Li without words and she didn’t try to keep him.
Leaving the residential area, Yuan Qin went directly back to his dorm.
Just as he opened the door, his cellphone vibrated.
It was a video message from Yu Sui.
In the video, a middle-aged woman was snoring soundly asleep.
A text message followed immediately.
[Yu’s Family Only One]: "This is the nurse you hired for me! [Zhang Fei crying emoji]"
[Yu’s Family Only One]: "She’s been asleep for four hours, can’t wake up at all, snores while sleeping, and even stole my lunch at noon! Her farts are even smellier than mine!"
Yuan Qin: "..."
Knowing that Yuan Qin took another day off, Tang Li wasn’t upset.
As for Song Xiaohua at the kindergarten, someone else was arranged to pick him up by his dad.
It was also that night, when Tang Li took her pajamas, she found that the safe in the cloakroom wasn’t properly locked.
Just as she was about to close it, she noticed that the household register seemed to have been tampered with.
Trusting her sixth sense, Tang Li took out the household register.
Upon flipping it open, she found an additional page inside.
It was precisely George Song’s registration information.
Li Xu was the formal name registered for George Song on the household register.
When Song Baiyan returned to the bedroom, he found his young wife sitting upright on the sofa. As he approached, he also saw the household register on the coffee table, and with just one glance, he realized there were things he couldn’t hide anymore.
"Is there nothing you want to tell me?" Tang Li preempted.
When it came to issues of ’principle,’ Song Baiyan was quick to admit fault: "It was my mistake. I reported George’s household without discussing it with you."
Tang Li: "..."
Is it about the household register?
Clearly, it’s about the child’s surname.
Then thinking about it, a surname is also part of the household registration.
Anyway, it shouldn’t have been done without discussing with her.
With the person in question already acknowledging the mistake, Tang Li’s anger had to be directed somewhere else: "Was it the old man who forced you?"
With Song Baiyan’s current status, of course, he couldn’t go back on his words.
Otherwise, if word got out, what authority would this President have left?
She felt Li Hao was using this leverage to force Song Baiyan into compliance.
"Why are you being so honest." In her opinion, the household register should still bear the surname Song, and when the child travels to the Chiang Mai Prefecture, it can adopt the surname Li.
She has already rooted herself in S Country, so expecting her child to return to Siamese isn’t realistic.
Li Hao would surely understand this.
In her view, Li Ruan’s lineage inheriting the Li Family business would be the best outcome.
"Just consider it fulfilling the old man’s wish."
That was Song Baiyan’s response.
Tang Li looked up at the man who was wiping his hands with a wet towel: "Do you really not mind having your son take someone else’s surname?"
Song Baiyan explained: "Naming rights refer to the right to decide a child’s surname. Taking the surname Li is following your maiden family surname, and according to the Marriage Law, the child can certainly follow the mother’s surname."
As long as Song Baiyan wanted, he could say the most heartwarming words.
Tang Li admitted she liked to hear them.
Having the child take the mother’s surname is indeed an affirmation of women’s reproductive rights.
However, she had to consider everything thoroughly.
"And about mom..."
In some respects, Xiao Minglan is a typical traditional woman of S Country and may not necessarily agree to let a grandson take the surname Li.
And then there are those from the Song Family.
George Song might be the only son Song Baiyan has in this life.
Throwing away the wet towel, seeing Tang Li’s serious expression, Song Baiyan found it amusing, his deep voice indulgent: "As for the old lady, I’ll handle her; you don’t have to personally step in."
"... Is this what I’m worried about?" She’s not afraid of her mother-in-law’s lectures.
Tang Li still wanted to continue, but Song Baiyan gently said, "No matter what surname the child has, he will still call me dad, and as long as that doesn’t change, everything else isn’t that important."
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Good night!
