Yi Anguo, having been a father before, was experienced. His question left Hu Jing stunned.

She realized she might indeed be pregnant; her period was already very late. She had been a bit careless and hadn't paid attention, but now that Yi Anguo brought it up, she recalled it had been nearly ten days.

The moment the possibility of being pregnant crossed her mind, Hu Jing lit up with joy. "Really? Am I really pregnant?" she asked excitedly.

Yi Anguo nodded. "It seems likely, but we'll need to go to the hospital for a check-up to be sure. Now that you're pregnant, you need to focus on getting rest and go for regular prenatal appointments."

Just moments ago, Hu Jing had been feeling nauseous and uncomfortable, but upon learning she might be pregnant, all the discomfort vanished. Instead, she felt a wave of happiness at the thought of becoming a mother.

"Husband! Thank you!" Hu Jing said, her face alight with bliss as she lay in Yi Anguo's arms.

"You're being silly! I should be the one thanking you. Pregnancy is very hard on a woman," Yi Anguo said with a smile.

"I'm not afraid of hardship. Women are meant to have children, how hard can it be?" Hu Jing laughed. "No matter how hard it is, I want to give birth, and I want several children. The more kids, the more blessings!"

"Haha! If you want to have more, then have as many as you like. I can support them no matter how many there are," Yi Anguo said, overjoyed.

He thought about Yi Xinyi's mother. After giving birth to Yi Xinyi, that woman had refused to have another child, always insisting he take precautions before they made love. Once, when she accidentally got pregnant, she had ignored his objections and gone to the hospital to have an abortion all by herself.

"Husband, I can't sleep with you now. Are you going to be miserable? If you can't bear it, you should go find someone else," Hu Jing said.

"It's fine. We can sleep together without having to do *that*," Yi Anguo replied with a smile.

What kind of man would I be to leave a woman right after she gets pregnant? I could never do something like that.

"But you..."

"Don't worry, it'll pass. You don't need to worry about it!"

「The next morning.」

Hu Qian, who was home for the winter vacation, was ecstatic when she heard that her sister was pregnant.

Only Yi Xinyi seemed a bit sullen. Now old enough to understand things, she knew she would soon have a younger brother or sister.

"Xinyi! You're going to have a little brother or sister soon. Why aren't you happy?" Hu Qian asked with a laugh, scooping Yi Xinyi into her arms.

"I don't want a brother or sister. If I have one, Dad and Mom won't like me anymore," Yi Xinyi said unhappily.

"How could that be? Even with a new baby, Dad and Mom will still love you very much," Hu Qian said.

Hearing this, Hu Jing grew a little worried. She said to her daughter, "Xinyi! Mom will always love you. I won't be biased and only love your little brother or sister."

Yi Anguo wasn't sure how to comfort his daughter; he hadn't expected her to be against them having another child.

"Xinyi! Don't worry, Dad will always love you the most."

"Really? On TV, parents always like the youngest child the best," Yi Xinyi said, still skeptical. "The older sister or brother always has to give in to the younger ones. Any good food has to be given to them first, and they get to wear the pretty clothes first."

"That won't happen! If Dad has something tasty, you'll get the first bite. If there are nice clothes, I'll buy them for you first, okay?" Yi Anguo persuaded patiently.

"Okay! Dad! You have to remember what you said. You have to keep your promise, or I'll stop loving you!" Yi Xinyi said with a very serious expression.

"Okay! Dad promises to keep his word. From now on, I'll always give you the very best things," Yi Anguo assured her wholeheartedly. "But once you're the big sister, you can't bully your younger siblings. You have to love and protect them. Don't let anyone else bully them. You have to act like a big sister, okay?"

"Okay! As long as you won't only like my brother or sister and stop liking me, and as long as they listen to me, I'll protect them and not let anyone else bully them," Yi Xinyi said with a nod.

After finally managing to assuage his daughter's concerns, Yi Anguo breathed a sigh of relief.

Children these days really are precocious! So young, yet they understand so much. Television really does a lot of harm!

Yi Anguo accompanied Hu Jing to the hospital for a check-up, which confirmed she was pregnant. The doctor went over some things she should be aware of during early pregnancy, the most important of which was to refrain from intercourse for the first three months, as it could easily lead to a miscarriage.

On the way home, Hu Jing said, "You can't sleep in the same bed with me at night anymore. Those are the doctor's orders."

"The doctor was referring to marital relations. As long as we don't do that, there's no harm in sleeping in the same bed," Yi Anguo said with a wry smile.

"That won't work either! What if you can't control yourself?" Hu Jing insisted, unwilling to compromise. "Your needs in that area are already strong. Besides, it's not like you don't have other places to go. Why suffer by my side when you can't do anything?"

"Most women try to chain their men to their belts, but you're over here pushing your man out the door," Yi Anguo remarked with another wry smile.

"Do you think I don't want to? But can I actually restrain you?" Hu Jing countered. "Since I can't, why should I make things difficult for myself, for you, and for others? You're destined to never belong to me alone."

Yi Anguo was speechless. He really was a scumbag, what else could he say?

Since Hu Jing wouldn't have him, he had to go elsewhere.

Just as Yi Anguo was wondering where he should go, Chen Ting pulled up beside him in her flashy red sports car.

"Get in. Tonight, you're my personal, exclusive property," Chen Ting said assertively.

"What is this, a highway robbery? Are you trying to abduct a decent man?" Yi Anguo chuckled.

"That's right! I'm practically ripe for the picking, but since no man has come along, I guess I have to resort to kidnapping," Chen Ting said with a self-deprecating smile.

Yi Anguo suddenly smelled alcohol on her breath. "Are you out of your mind?" he said, his tone turning angry. "You dare to drive after drinking?"

"I only had a little! Not much!"

"Get out of the car. It doesn't matter how much you've had. If you've been drinking, you can't drive. It's dangerous."

...

"What for? Where are we going?"

"You've been drinking, where else would you go? Home!"

"Home? Which home?"

"Your home right here, of course!"

"My home here! Are you staying with me tonight, then?"

"And you say you haven't had much? You can barely walk straight and you're spouting drunken nonsense."

"I haven't had too much! And I'm not drunk!"

"I can still drink more! Will you drink with me?"

Yi Anguo couldn't help but give a bitter smile. It was impossible to reason with a drunk person. Drunks never admit they're drunk or that they've had too much. They always think they're fine, always insisting they can drink more.

...

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Taking off my clothes. When you get home, aren't you supposed to get undressed, take a bath, and then go to sleep?"

"Oh! I see! Just… take your time!"

"Hey! Now what are you doing?"

"Helping you get undressed! Aren't you going to take a bath, too?"

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