Peninsula: I, a chaebol! I will never follow hidden rules.

This, this, this! ! !
It’s over, it’s over!!!

The twenty-odd women present had known Li Zhixuan for varying lengths of time, with the shortest period being at least three months.

What is Li Zhixuan's personality like? He's always cheerful and easygoing, and almost never gets angry or upset.
But today, he actually cried!
Most importantly, he wasn't crying because he was moved, but because he felt wronged!
Today is his birthday!
On Li Zhixuan's birthday, they made him cry in grievance! How could these women not panic?

Seeing Li Zhixuan crying while eating, his tears washing over his noodles, and the women all in tears as well, Lin Yun'er quickly went over to wipe his tears, saying, "Don't cry! Who bullied you? This whole table of food and these noodles were all made for you by us. We wanted to surprise you, we didn't bully you!"

Bae Joo-hyun and Jessica Jung, both heavily pregnant, rushed over. The former asked, "Are you upset that we didn't surprise you sooner?"

The latter said, "Can't you stop doing this? At least let us know where we went wrong so we can correct it."

It's not right for a grown man to cry and whine when he's desperate, but as the old saying goes: "A man doesn't easily shed tears, unless he's truly heartbroken!"

Li Zhixuan was a time traveler. Before his time travel, he lacked love. After his time travel, Li Zhengxian and his wife treated him very well. However, he knew that he was not the Korean Li Zhixuan, and the chaebol couple were not his biological parents. It wasn't that he was ungrateful, but he really couldn't treat Li Zhengxian and his wife as his own parents.

But these women were different in his heart; they were both his lovers and his family.

Today was the first time he felt wronged, so he couldn't control himself at all.

However, he wasn't a woman; he liked to make others guess why he was angry.

Since they asked, he would answer.

With a snap, Li Zhixuan put down his chopsticks, startling the timid Minami and Zhao Meiyan.

Immediately afterwards, they saw Li Zhixuan wipe away his tears and say with some grievance and anger, "Whenever you had your birthdays before, did I not celebrate your birthdays at midnight every time?"

I waited until 1 a.m. last night, and none of you replied. Wouldn't you feel bad if you were in my shoes? I waited all day today, but still no one replied, not even a birthday greeting.

I feel like nobody loves me! I'm too scared to go home after work! Is this how you guys are? Put yourself in my shoes, wouldn't you cry?

The women were embarrassed, but the most embarrassed was Yoona, because she was the one who planned the whole thing.

After a moment's hesitation, Lin Yoona stood up and bowed to Li Zhixuan, saying apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't think things through and hurt your feelings. This was my plan, it has nothing to do with them, please don't blame them."

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan pulled Lin Yun'er down to sit, then pointed to the dining table and asked, "Was this surprise also your idea?"

"Ah."

Li Zhixuan lacks nothing, and he doesn't have any particular hobbies. They can't give him women, so what kind of surprises can they give him?
After much thought, no one could come up with anything. Finally, Lim Yoona suggested that since they couldn't think of a good surprise, they could cook him a meal. Letting him eat a meal cooked by his women would be a surprise in itself.

Knowing that he liked China and Chinese food, they specially prepared a sumptuous longevity noodle dish for him according to Chinese customs, in addition to the seaweed soup that South Koreans always eat on their birthdays.

Of course, this was also suggested by Lim Yoona.

Originally, Lim Yoona thought Li Zhixuan would be very happy, but she didn't expect it to turn out like this. This... a perfectly good thing was ruined! Sigh!

"Did you make all of these yourself?"

"Mm." The women nodded, all being careful not to upset Li Zhixuan again.

To be honest, the surprise itself really made Li Zhixuan happy.

Each woman prepared a dish for him, and the noodles were all handmade by the women. How delicious these longevity noodles were!

What a pity!

"Sigh." Li Zhixuan sighed helplessly, took Lin Yun'er's hand and said to the women, "You can keep any surprises from me next time, but you can't make me wait this long, making me think that no one cares about me or loves me."

Yoona nodded: "I'm sorry, we understand."

Lin Yoona was the one in the room who was feeling the most down. Seeing this, Li Zhixuan hugged her and then smiled at everyone, saying, "Okay, now that you've said it, I feel much better. Let's eat."

With so many people, there definitely won't be enough seats at the dining table. But at home, there's not much to be particular about; we can just find a place to sit anywhere.

Logically, a birthday party should be quite lively. But Li Zhixuan just cried, and everyone is being very careful. How can the atmosphere possibly be lively?
Seeing this, Li Zhixuan quickly racked his brains and came up with a good idea.

"Hey? Ladies, can I ask you something?"

The women nodded quickly, indicating that they could do so.

Immediately, Li Zhixuan said, "You're all either celebrities or trainees, and each of you is an excellent singer and dancer, but you've never sung or danced for me before. Today is my birthday, could you perform something for me?"

"Sure! We'll go first!"

Kim Tae-yeon was the first to respond to her man's call, and then said to Tiffany and the others, "Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Krystal, you come too!"

"Uh-huh!"

Krystal Jung is not only Jessica Jung's younger sister, but also a junior of Girls' Generation. She is very familiar with Girls' Generation's songs and dances, so performing with Girls' Generation is definitely not a problem for her.

Although Yoona and Jessica Jung are also members of Girls' Generation, they are pregnant and therefore will not participate.

After Girls' Generation finished their performance, it was Tara's turn. Jeon Boram was unavailable, so Kim Sojung took her place.

After the older girls finished their performance, it was the younger girls' turn. They hadn't debuted yet, so they were free to form teams.

As the women performed, the atmosphere in the house began to liven up.

"With flashing police lights, I gritted my teeth, and there were two policemen sitting next to me. I didn't know where they were taking me, and they wouldn't let me make a phone call in the car..."

On a whim, Li Zhixuan also performed a confessional folk song he had heard before his time travel, titled "Xiaoxia from the Foot Massage Shop," which he played the guitar and sang himself.

This funny song made the women laugh out loud, and their previous unhappiness was finally over.

Of course, this does not include Lim Yoona.

Although she smiled quite happily, she really couldn't get over what happened today.

It was embarrassing, but that was secondary. The most important thing was that she genuinely wanted to surprise Li Zhixuan, but instead, she hurt his feelings.

Seeing her man cry in public made her feel incredibly defeated and deeply sorry for him. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. Usually, Li Zhixuan would coax the four pregnant women to sleep every night before bed, but tonight he didn't come to Lin Yun'er's room.

This made Lin Yoona realize that Li Zhixuan was truly heartbroken today.

This……

Am I really suited to be his woman? Or rather, am I really suited to be his wife? I feel like I don't understand him enough. It seems... I'm not right for him?

Today's failure has plunged Lim Yoona into deep self-doubt.

"Click~"

The sudden sound of the door opening made Lin Yoona's heart skip a beat. She quickly got up and looked, and then saw Li Zhixuan walk in.

"I'm sorry, there were a lot of people today, so I chatted with them for a bit longer. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

As he spoke, Li Zhixuan sat down on the edge of the bed.

Now it was just the two of them. Yoona couldn't control her emotions anymore; her eyes reddened, and she pouted, about to cry, "Oppa, I..."

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan quickly reached out and covered Lin Yun'er's mouth: "Stop! Don't cry."

You think you can just stop crying like that? When emotions come, how can you control them? Covering your mouth doesn't stop the tears from falling.

The tears were falling down in a torrent!
Seeing this, Li Zhixuan took off his shoes, got into bed, and hugged Lin Yoona in his arms, gently coaxing her, "Alright, alright, what's past is past. I'm still quite happy tonight. I just heard from Joo-hyun and the others that you started planning a surprise for me a long time ago, and I'm even happier to hear that."

"But I still made you sad, and I even made you cry. You're usually such a stable person, so for you to cry, it must be because you're really sad."

It's all my fault. I was only thinking about using a praising-before-the-up approach, hoping you'd be even more surprised, and I didn't consider your feelings at all. I'm sorry~

The guilt in her heart made it impossible for Lim Yoon-a to stop crying.

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan was worried about her health, so he said gently to her, "Don't apologize anymore. Let's think about how to celebrate my birthday next year. I really liked this year's birthday party, but we can't use the same idea twice, can we? What surprise are you going to give me next year?"

"next year?"

Im Yoona was stunned for a moment, and forgot about crying.

After thinking it over carefully, Lim Yoona couldn't come up with any good ideas, so she sobbed and said, "I can't think of anything for now, how about... we can talk about it next year?"

"That's right." Li Zhixuan wiped away Lin Yun'er's tears. He said, "We'll talk about next year's problems next year. Let bygones be bygones. I know you love me, so I don't feel wronged. I'm happy now. I believe I'll be even happier on my birthday next year."

"It definitely will!" Lim Yoona nodded vigorously, then, as if remembering something, she touched her belly and said to her man, "Next year, when you celebrate your birthday, you'll have at least five children to celebrate with you."

Speaking of this, Li Zhixuan also sighed: "Yes! I'm so lucky to have a bunch of children at such a young age."

"Happiness? Not necessarily. People say that children come to collect debts. You'll have a whole bunch of creditors in the future. Will you still be happy then?"

Yoona's earlier outburst has passed, and she's started joking around with the jerk.

Lim Yoona was joking, and Li Zhixuan smiled back, but his expression quickly turned serious.

“Actually, what you said is quite an important matter. If these children are not properly taught, they will really become debt collectors when they grow up. I think we should establish some rules.”

"What rules?"

"It's about educating children. For example, what do you do when your child is disobedient? What do you do when your children fight? What do you do when your child is too naughty and too opinionated? What do you do when your child is too honest and easily bullied? What should you, as mothers, do when your children fight? There are too many to list. I'll compile a list and print it out for you to see when I have time."

Upon hearing this, Lim Yoona was taken aback: "You want to write it down?"

Li Zhixuan nodded seriously: "Yes! Absolutely! Our family is different from others; we have many children, and they are not all born to the same mother. This complicated relationship is comparable to the harem of an ancient emperor."

To be honest, in the foreseeable future, as the child grows older, the conflicts between you mothers will likely increase.

Establishing rules beforehand is also about establishing consensus. If you two don't like each other and want to fight, that's fine. But you must fight within the bounds of the rules.

Hearing this, Lim Yoona was stunned, then looked up into Li Zhixuan's eyes and said with some emotion, "Hearing you say that, I suddenly feel old."

"Haha! *kiss*" Li Zhixuan chuckled, affectionately leaning down to kiss Lin Yun'er on the forehead, teasingly saying, "You're already old before you even have a baby?"

Yoona pouted: "The baby hasn't even been born yet, and I can already picture the siblings fighting in my head. Just thinking about it makes me worry. How can I not age?"

"Is it really necessary?" Li Zhixuan laughed. "In your imagination, am I already dead, and are those unfilial children fighting over the inheritance?"

"Haha!" Im Yoona was amused, but she quickly exclaimed, "Ptooey! It's your birthday today, don't use such unpleasant words. Quickly, spit it out!"

"Bah bah bah!"

Following Lin Yoona's lead, Li Zhixuan turned his head and spat a few times before hugging her and continuing, "Our family doesn't practice the 'preference for sons over daughters' mentality, nor does it allow the 'raising sons poorly and daughters richly' mentality."

From now on, whether it's a son or a daughter, those with talent and good character should be nurtured. Those who may not amount to much, we must still guide them to become decent human beings. They can lack talent, but they cannot lack virtue. We must not spoil our children; indulging them is like killing them, understand?

Li Zhixuan was happy that he could say these things to her, because these words were clearly not meant for a lover.

But Yoona was tired, so she lay down with Lee Chi-hsuan in her arms: "Okay, my great educator. These two babies aren't even born yet, can you not put too much pressure on me?"

"Okay, let's go to sleep then."

"Uh-huh."

Turn off the lights, lie down, close your eyes, and go to sleep.

But less than half a minute later, Li Zhixuan opened his eyes and said helplessly, "Lin Yun'er, if you're going to sleep, just sleep properly. Can you stop fiddling with these handheld toys?"

"I miss him, you go to sleep."

"..." (End of this chapter)