Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 501

Gu Ye was becoming more mature, usually reserved and dignified in front of others. Now, in this moment of happiness, he showed a rare sense of youthfulness.

Gu Yin couldn’t help but laugh, “We don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl yet. What if it’s a little brother?”

“A little brother is also good. Mom, don’t worry, if it’s a little brother, I will love him the same way,” Gu Ye said, but his eyes, like obsidian, were shining, clearly hoping for a little sister.

“I think what Xiao Ye said is good. Our family is lacking a girl.” Mrs. Wang looked around the room, glancing at several boys of different ages, and said with a smile, “When I was pregnant with Wu’an, he was not at all restless. I felt very comfortable, and I actually thought it was a quiet girl. I didn’t expect to give birth to another boy. Now, I’m counting on you.”

Wu’an blushed at his mother’s words, and Wu Zhong nodded.

The family chatted and laughed, and soon finished dinner.

After dinner, Mrs. Wang asked Gu Yin to rest in her room, then asked the two children to do their homework, and finally, she left Wu Qingyi alone, talking to him in private.

When Wu Qingyi returned to the room, Gu Yin had already washed up. She was not wearing the usual high-collared jacket but had a light green top, paired with a goose-yellow chiffon wide-sleeved top. Below, she wore loose-fitting lantern-style ankle-length pants of the same color, revealing a section of slender and fair ankles.

She was leaning on the kang, looking at a book. When she heard him coming back, she smiled and asked knowingly, “What did Mom say to you?”

With a face that could captivate anyone, coupled with the cool and charming outfit, it should have been a sight that people couldn’t look away from.

But Wu Qingyi didn’t dare to look too much. He didn’t sit next to her, just sat on the other side of the kang, and said helplessly, “Aren’t you asking knowingly?”

Gu Yin naturally knew, otherwise, she wouldn’t have changed into this outfit that day when she was diagnosed with pregnancy. She stretched her body playfully and teased, “What do I know? I just felt it was too hot today, so I wore something cooler inside.”

Saying that, Gu Yin proudly swayed her feet.

Wu Qingyi was straightforward but not foolish. He immediately grabbed her foot and chuckled, “Then, this wide-sleeved top must have been made a long time ago. It was even hotter before, but I didn’t see you wearing it in July. Did you dig it out in August?”

Gu Yin let him hold her foot without resisting, smiling without saying a word.

Seeing that she was engrossed in reading the book, Wu Qingyi went to bath first. Then, he sat next to Gu Yin, letting her lean on him. He fed her fruits from the table with one hand and fanned her with the other.

They continued like this until she finished reading a whole book. By then, the moon was high in the sky, and the night had deepened. Gu Yin yawned, and the two of them headed to bed to rest.

Before, in order to avoid that matter, Gu Yin wished she could lie ten thousand miles away from him. Every time he begged and pleaded, she reluctantly agreed to his closeness. But now, she calmly uncovered his arm and nestled into his embrace, finding a comfortable position to lie down.

“Yinyin,” he helplessly called her, but how could he bear to scold her? In the end, he could only sigh lightly, reaching out to gently pat her back and soothing her to sleep.

Gu Yin stared blankly for a while but became more energetic as she continued to lie down.

After all, in the past month, she hadn’t slept so early, and the time difference had been messed up by Wu Qingyi.

Talking to him, Gu Yin asked, “Mother and Xiao Ye both said having a daughter is better. What about you? Do you want a son or a daughter?”

At this, Wu Qingyi’s hand, patting her back, hesitated for a moment. After a while, he said, “I don’t know yet. Honestly, I still feel like I’m dreaming. I never thought it would happen so quickly.”

Gu Yin lightly scoffed at him, “Why so quickly? Didn’t you have an idea in your mind?”

If it weren’t for the past month, his hard work and dedication day and night, how could the child come so quickly?

Wu Qingyi chuckled and changed the subject, “Actually, whether it’s a son or a daughter, both are good. A son can practice martial arts with me, and a daughter can learn cooking from you. Our children will be the best no matter what.”

Gu Yin didn’t have strong preferences for gender. After all, whether it’s a son or a daughter, they are flesh and blood, and it’s entirely a random occasion. She didn’t dwell on it.

Afterward, Wu Qingyi sighed lightly again, “Yin Yin, giving birth is like crossing the gate of ghosts. I still have some worries in my heart.”

With limited medical conditions, not to mention the common people, even the children in the palace could be difficult to raise. For example, Yanghe Hall’s Chao Yang, carefully cared for like a porcelain doll for so many years, almost couldn’t survive.

And the number of mothers who lost their lives during childbirth was even more countless.

Gu Yin’s mentality was better than his, so she comforted him, “It’s not to the point of worry. We have our master in the house to take care of it. Today, the Master checked my pulse and said it was quite stable. And I also know some health knowledge. Starting tomorrow, I will exercise regularly to strengthen my body and eat well to supplement nutrition. With these measures, I have confidence in my own body.”

When Mrs. Wang and Wu Qingyi spoke privately that day, apart from the part about matters in the bedroom, they also mentioned that pregnant women tend to be more thoughtful and prone to erratic thoughts. They also easily experience emotional fluctuations. Wu Qingyi was advised to take extra care of Gu Yin and not let her feel the slightest displeasure.

Now, she was comforting him in return.

So, although Wu Qingyi still had some worries, he didn’t say much anymore and smiled, “Good, my Yin Yin is the most capable. Since you are so confident, I naturally believe in you.”