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"Wife, how is Baozhen? Could it be..."
"It’s all your fault, all your fault! These past few days, our daughter has gone to school only to be mocked to her face by her classmates and teachers, and when she goes to practice singing, people stare and laugh at her with disdainful eyes!
And that’s not all. When she comes back, she still has to listen to your mother talking about adopting out for a son, as if she hasn’t been driven crazy by your Fan Family. If you, Fan Fengshou, were to burn incense, you’d be lucky!"
I accepted that they say I can’t bear children. Now, Fan Fengshou himself has caused himself to lose half his fertility, reducing the chance of having children by half; this can’t be blamed on me.
But why must we adopt out? I still have a daughter!
"Wife, wife, calm down. About this matter, I will have a good talk with mother. If you don’t want to adopt out, then we won’t, alright? In the future, in the future, we can have Baozhen find a husband who will marry into our family."
"Fan Fengshou, what are you saying?" Li Xiaoxia was tightly hugged by Fan Fengshou, and her flailing motions ceased because of his words. She finally paused and looked up at his face which had become even more handsome over the past ten years, asking in disbelief—
"Xiaoxia, I mean it. Since you don’t want to adopt out, if we really can’t have more children, then, we’ll let Baozhen bring in a husband to marry into the family, alright?" Fan Fengshou was only willing to compromise repeatedly when it came to his biological daughter.
Even if he was reluctant deep down, he was still willing to discuss it.
My wife had a miscarriage unexpectedly within a year of giving birth to our daughter, and after that, there was no more news. I know that. Back then, neither of us knew she was pregnant. It happened after we were together, and she had painful stomach cramps, so we called someone to take her pulse only to find out that she was pregnant, but due to her fragile body, the pregnancy didn’t last, and she miscarried.
Therefore, over the years, Fan Fengshou never doubted his wife’s ability to conceive, nor the lies she told him.
"Don’t just talk the talk! Go and make it clear to your mother, tell her you don’t want to adopt out! Don’t end up blaming me in the end!" Li Xiaoxia was still young, and couldn’t detect the reluctance in Fan Fengshou’s tone.
Perhaps she did detect the insincerity in Fan Fengshou’s words, but she chose to go along with it nonetheless.
"...Okay." Fan Fengshou nodded, helped his wife to sit down properly, then rubbed his face and forced a placating smile at her.
He had just stepped out of their room when he saw his mother hurriedly approaching. Seeing that the room was open, she spoke quickly with a shocked and flustered expression:
"Fengshou, quick, come and look at Baozhen, is she feverish? I called her twice, and she didn’t respond, so I opened the door, and who knew, when I pushed the door open, I saw her red-faced, lying on the bed—"
Li Xiaochun hadn’t finished speaking when Li Xiaoxia heard her, panicked and pushed past her husband’s figure, rushing into the room across from her mother-in-law’s.
Indeed, as she entered her daughter’s room, she saw her daughter’s face flushed red. With alarm on her face and tears streaming down, she screamed, "Fengshou, hurry, go call for a car, our daughter has fainted from a fever!"
Fan Fengshou had wanted to go in and check on his daughter first, but hearing his wife’s words, he was startled into clarity, pushed his mother aside, and dashed into the living room to grab the telephone to call his elder uncle.
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