noffsinger Chapter 429
Chapter 429
Si Nian originally thought it was because of the three children, but it was also very likely that Zhou Yueshen simply didn't want children himself.If he didn't want the baby, what should she do?
"Of course not!" The heart that Zhou Yueshen had had in his throat all night instantly settled. He held Si Nian's hand tightly and said in a low voice, "I am just so happy, Nian Nian. Thank you."
When he initially said he didn't want children, the three kids were part of the reason. After all, at that time, he had never imagined that he would come to know and fall in love with a woman.
In his mind, marriage was just about finding a partner to live with.
He didn't know that something like love would ever descend upon him.
He loved her, and he would love her child just the same.
It was the crystallization of the two of them; how could he possibly not want it?
Although the baby's arrival was unexpected.
To Zhou Yueshen, it was an equal surprise and joy.
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Si Nian breathed a sigh of relief. Although the current situation was indeed not ideal, no one ever knew which would come first—tomorrow or an accident.
At the very least, she wasn't as opposed to having a child as she had imagined, or perhaps it was Zhou Yueshen who gave her the confidence.
The two of them returned home.
The kids at home woke up early in the morning and didn't see anyone, thinking the two had left them behind to go out and play.
They hadn't even realized that the couple hadn't come home last night.
As soon as the Second Child got up and saw his dad wasn't there, he said excitedly, "Great! Dad isn't home, so I can rest today."
Whenever Zhou Yueshen was home, he had to practice throwing punches for half an hour every day.
The weather was hot, and the Second Child would be exhausted and dripping with sweat every time. He just wondered why he had been so foolish to insist on learning this; it was pure torture.
His older brother had it better. He only needed to cook every day, didn't have to suffer under the sun, and didn't get scolded by their dad.
Mom was the best; she never yelled at him.
Not like Dad.
However, there was one benefit: his strength had grown significantly.
So much so that when Zhou Zedong sent him to tie their little sister's hair, he accidentally pulled out a few strands of her hair.
Yaoyao pouted her lips and was about to cry, so he immediately hoisted his little sister onto his shoulders and gave her an airplane ride.
Yaoyao's attention was instantly diverted from crying, and the two siblings started giggling in the living room.
Zhou Zedong poked his head out of the kitchen and took a look, thinking he had heard wrong.
Seeing that his sister really wasn't crying, he turned back to the kitchen.
He grabbed a small stool nearby to stand on and reach the eggs in the cupboard.
He was already very good at cracking eggs with one hand. When he first started, he would get eggshells in the bowl, making him so embarrassed he wouldn't even lift his head.
Now, he used chopsticks to beat the eggs until frothy. Watching the flatbread in the pan puff up like a balloon, he poked a hole in it with his chopsticks and poured the egg liquid inside.
Two minutes later, an egg-filled pancake, the kind that was extremely popular at the elementary school gates, was fresh out of the pan.
Zhou Zedong continued with the same technique, making four in a row before carrying them out.
Seeing his sister holding her head with her hair still a messy nest, refusing to let their younger brother tie it, he frowned.
"Little Han, what are you doing?"
Seeing her older brother, Yaoyao immediately jumped off the sofa and hid behind him.
She refused to let her second brother touch her hair.
Zhou Zedong looked at his younger brother, who tilted his head, whistled, and said, "I didn't do anything. It's just that our sister isn't listening."
He helplessly took the comb, sat to the side, and helped braid his sister's hair.
At this moment, Si Nian and Zhou Yueshen returned home.
The Second Child immediately dashed over like a gust of wind. "Mom, Dad, where did you go to play?"
After saying that, he was about to hug Si Nian's thigh, but Zhou Yueshen quickly blocked him.
"Your mom has a little baby in her tummy now. You can't bump into her like this anymore, understand?" Zhou Yueshen stopped his son's movement.
Si Nian had been bumped into last night. Although they weren't sure if her discomfort was caused by eating too much seafood or the bump, he had to be careful to prevent any more accidents.
Little Han froze. He knew what having a baby meant. The stepmother who had married his dad before wanted to have a baby with him, saying that if that happened, their dad wouldn't care about them anymore and might even kick them out because they weren't his biological children.
Thinking of this possibility, his smile stiffened. He pulled back, looked up at Si Nian, and watched her expression with anxiety.
"It's fine, I'm not that fragile."
Although Little Han was not even nine years old yet, he was already sensible. He seemed carefree on the outside, but he was sensitive inside.
Si Nian was afraid he would misunderstand and think that because she and Zhou Yueshen were having a baby, they wouldn't want or love them anymore. So, she crouched down to be at eye level with the child. "Little Han, Mom got sick last night and went to the hospital. I'm still not well and need Little Han to take care of me so I can get better."
Zhou Zehan immediately said nervously, "Mom, are you okay now? Let me help you sit on the sofa. Don't move."
Saying that, he clumsily held Si Nian's hand as she stood up and carefully walked her toward the sofa. Seeing toys on the floor, he even ran ahead to pick them up and move them out of the way.
Si Nian sat on the sofa, smiling as she rubbed his head. "Thank you for caring, Little Han. Mom is fine now."
Before Zhou Zehan could ask more, Zhou Yueshen walked over, gently nudged his son aside, sat next to Si Nian, and supported her.
Zhou Zehan pursed his lips. Normally, he would definitely squeeze in between them, but now that Mom had a little baby, he couldn't squish the baby. So, he decided to let his dad have his way today.
Zhou Zedong also processed the news, his face full of shock. Mom and Dad were really going to have their own child.
He had been a little worried at first, but seeing Mom's attitude toward his younger brother, he snapped out of it. Hiding the faint trace of guilt in his eyes, he stepped forward and said, "Mom, I pan-fried some pancakes for you to eat."
"Mom, do you want to eat some fruit?"
"Mom, let me go get the remote control for you. Don't get up."
The two boys busied themselves running around, washing fruit and turning on the TV.
Every now and then, they would glance at Si Nian's tummy.
Zhou Zehan thought that it would be great if it were a little sister. Then this sister could be his. Since Yaoyao preferred their oldest brother and didn't like him as much, he would finally have a sister of his own in the future.
Older brother gets one, and he gets one. It would be perfectly balanced.
Plus, this sister would be born to Mom, so she would definitely be just as pretty as Yaoyao!
His eyes instantly lit up. He carefully sat on the other side of Si Nian and asked her, "Mom, Mom, when is the little sister coming out?"
"Hmm? Little sister?" Si Nian almost didn't register the question, then said between tears and laughter, "That will take a long time. And it might not be a little sister. What if it's a little brother?"
"A... a little brother?" Zhou Zehan frowned in deep conflict, then furrowed his little brows and said, "Can't it just be a sister? Of course! If it's a little brother, that's okay too. I'll take care of him as well."
If it were a younger brother, he could teach him how to box and take him out to play.
Then he would have someone to go running with him.
That didn't seem too bad either.
Zhou Zehan pictured the scene in his head and instantly grew happy.
Oh yeah, he was going to be a big brother too!