Before Qin Zhicheng could speak, Su Yun asked a crucial question.
"So have you called your family yet? Is your mom coming over?"
’Why else would he bring this up now?’
"I haven’t called yet. I was planning to in a little while." Qin Zhicheng looked at her and explained, "Having a baby is a huge deal. Of course I have to tell them. It’s not something we can hide, and besides, I don’t want to hide it."
"──I’m not asking you to hide it. I just──" The rest of her words got stuck in her throat.
’Forget it. If she comes, she comes. It’s not that big of a deal.’
Once she’d thought it through, the panic in her heart instantly vanished. She looked up, meeting his gaze directly. "Then go ahead and call if you want to!"
Qin Zhicheng gave her a long look. "Alright."
Just then, the baby started to cry.
Su Yun immediately forgot about the man, turning to soothe the little guy──
When she saw the little guy rooting for milk with his eyes closed, she knew he was hungry.
Just as she was about to lift her shirt, she suddenly remembered he was still there.
So she turned her head toward him.
The moment Qin Zhicheng saw her look his way, he understood what she meant.
His face darkened. ’Sometimes, being too clever, reacting too quickly, or understanding things too well isn’t always a good thing.’
"Is there something else?" Seeing that he still hadn’t left, Su Yun decided to be blunt. "I need to feed the baby now. If there’s nothing else, please step out. I’m not quite comfortable with you here."
Qin Zhicheng fought the urge to say, ’Then you’ll just have to get used to it.’
’After all, they were going to have to live together.’
But then he heard the little guy wailing his head off.
He swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.
As he left, he added, "Just this once. Don’t you forget we’re husband and wife."
With that, he turned and strode out of the room.
Su Yun: ...?
She put him out of her mind.
She began to feed the baby──
Meanwhile, after leaving the room, Qin Zhicheng decided to make that phone call.
Back at the Qin family’s home, Mrs. Qin had just returned from the store.
Qin Miaomiao was stunned as she watched her parents walk in, loaded down with shopping bags.
She immediately rushed over. "Dad, Mom, what’s the special occasion? Why’d you buy so many things?"
Then she quickly followed up, "Is this all for me?"
Mrs. Qin rolled her eyes at her. "In your dreams. This is all for my daughter-in-law and my grandson."
Qin Miaomiao was floored. "Mom, I think *you’re* the one who’s dreaming. Since when do you have a daughter-in-law and a grandson? In case you forgot, neither of your sons is even married."
She then turned to her father. "Dad, look at Mom. She’s so obsessed with wanting a daughter-in-law and a grandson that she’s started hallucinating. Why don’t you do us all a favor and take your wife to see a psychiatrist?"
Mrs. Qin: ...?
Normally, she would have given this disrespectful daughter a good slap across the face.
But she was in a good mood today!
Just then, Mr. Qin spoke up. "Your mom isn’t hallucinating. Everything she said is true. Your older brother got married ten months ago. And your sister-in-law just had a baby a few days ago. She’s at your brother’s place now, recovering from the birth. Your mom and I are planning to go visit her tomorrow."
Qin Miaomiao: ...?
"Dad, you’re not kidding me, are you?"
Mr. Qin: "No."
Mrs. Qin shot her daughter a glare and snapped, "Is your father the type to make jokes?"
Qin Miaomiao’s mouth opened and closed, then opened again.
"──So, my older brother secretly got married, and then this sister-in-law I’ve never even met gave birth to my nephew?"
Mrs. Qin nodded emphatically. "That’s right. And all of this is for your sister-in-law and my grandson."
Qin Miaomiao: ...?
’Her older brother was really something else.’
’Keeping something as huge as his own marriage a secret.’
’Ah, and her poor, never-before-seen sister-in-law... how wronged she must feel. She didn’t even get a wedding.’