Chapter 998: 238: Total Outburst!_3

Ni Cuihua nodded, her eyes still red.

Lady Shangguan said, “I see that Yanyun is quite gentle and sensible; I think she will definitely understand you, Daya, don’t worry.”

Wu Yanyun seemed like a child with no temper, gentle and honest–not the kind who would unreasonably stick to his guns.

Lady Zheng agreed, “I think my in-law is right…” Wu Yanyun had visited the Ni Family a few times, and now thinking back, Lady Zheng felt that Wu Yanyun’s temperament was very much like Zheng Suyu’s.

On the other hand.

Shangguan Xi had been preoccupied all day.

Zuo Ling noticed her distraction and asked when they were returning to the dormitory after work, “Xiaoxi, what’s wrong with you today? Are you feeling unwell?”

Shangguan Xi smiled and said, “It’s nothing.”

Thinking of her family’s advice, Shangguan Xi added, “Zuo Ling, there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

“Go ahead.”

Shangguan Xi spotted a small restaurant on the roadside, “Let’s go there and talk while we eat.”

“Okay,” Zuo Ling nodded.

The small restaurant was very simple; the two of them ordered three dishes and one soup for just eight yuan.

As they ate and talked, Shangguan Xi asked, “Zuo Ling, do you hope your future child is a boy or a girl?”

When Shangguan Xi suddenly asked this, Zuo Ling was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, “Boy or girl, I like both equally–didn’t the great man say that men and women are now equal?”

Hearing this, Shangguan Xi breathed a sigh of relief; she knew Zuo Ling wasn’t biased in favor of boys.

“Xiaoxi, why would you suddenly ask that?” Zuo Ling looked up at Shangguan Xi, “Tell me, are you thinking about having children with me?”

“Cough! Cough! Cough!” Shangguan Xi choked on her soup, tears streaming from her eyes.

“Xiaoxi, are you alright!” Zuo Ling quickly stood up to pat her back, “Take it easy, no one’s rushing you.”

“I was startled by you, alright!” Shangguan Xi rolled her eyes at Zuo Ling, her face turning red, “Who said I want to have children with you!”

Zuo Ling laughed, “If not with me, then who else would you want to have them with?”

Shangguan Xi pushed him lightly, straightened her expression, and said, “Zuo Ling, be serious! I’m talking about something important here.”

“Who says I’m not being serious? I am very serious and solemn!” Zuo Ling continued, “Xiaoxi, we are not young anymore; I met your parents yesterday. When can we get our marriage certificate? Then we can have a bunch of kids!”

A bunch?

Shangguan Xi widened her eyes, “Zuo Ling, family planning is so strict now! And you still want a bunch?”

Zuo Ling slapped his forehead, “Right, right, I forgot, I thought it was still my parents’ era where you could have as many children you want!”

Shangguan Xi continued, “I have a question for you, and you must answer me honestly.”

“Uh-huh,” Zuo Ling nodded. “Ask away, I guarantee no secrets at all from you, or may lightning strike me dead!”

“Did my uncle and aunt have so many children because they preferred sons over daughters?” Shangguan Xi asked.

“Of course not!” Zuo Ling immediately denied. “Xiaoxi, why would you think that? My parents are leaders at the factory, they are educated people, how can their consciousness be so low! Rest assured, they absolutely aren’t the type who prefer sons over daughters!”

Whether or not his parents favored sons over daughters, Zuo Ling, being their son, definitely knew it clearly!

As a child, while his seven sisters ate bran and swallowed vegetables, he alone ate white rice and fine flour, having a boiled egg every morning, his sisters not even dreaming of getting a piece of the eggshell!

Moreover, all seven of his sisters were illiterate–only he graduated from university!

Even now, those seven sisters had to frequently subsidize the family…

But how could he admit such a thing directly?

Zuo Ling wasn’t stupid. He and Shangguan Xi’s relationship was at a critical juncture. What if this broke them up?

He certainly didn’t want to marry Chen Laibao, that pig!

“Really?” Shangguan Xi pressed on, “If uncle and aunt didn’t prefer sons over daughters, then why did they have so many children?”

Zuo Ling laughed and said, “My dad was an only child, and my mom had her and my aunt–just two people. Seeing other families with many children always seemed very lively; my parents especially envied that. So, my mom gave birth to my seven sisters and me. Actually, there was another younger sister after me, but when my mom was eight months pregnant with her, she accidentally fell. Medical skills weren’t advanced at that time, so the baby didn’t survive, and my mom was very heartbroken; after that, she never conceived again.”