Mrs. Fu, please be mindful of the appropriate boundaries.

"Now you'll listen to whatever I say, Fu Jingting, how could you be so mean? You're the one who's suffering!" Xu Qingcheng was furious, and every insult in the world could be used to insult him.

She didn't want to argue with him and didn't want to say another word to him. But she couldn't resist him and was pulled into the car by him.

The two sat in the back seat. She sat on one side, keeping a distance from him, tilting her head towards the window, her cold face taut.

Duan Heng drove and asked, "Where to?"

"Star River Bay".

Fu Jingting's phone rang on the way. It was Zhong Wanxiu calling. "Is Qingcheng still busy? Xu Yuan misses her mother. She just cried for a while and has just fallen asleep."

These past few days, Fu Jingting has been staying at his parents' place. Xu Yuan sleeps with him at night, while Zhong Wanxiu watches over him during the day.

She's been staying up very late these past few nights, and Zhao Lan has her father to take care of, so she naturally can't manage on her own and has to leave it to him for now.

Fu Jingting turned to Xu Qingcheng, "Mom said Xu Yuan misses you and is crying and looking for her. Would you like to go see her?"

He didn't hang up his phone and asked Xu Qingcheng directly.

Hearing this on the other end of the phone, Zhong Wanxiu hurriedly asked, "Are you with Qingcheng?"

"Yes, I just came from the hospital."

"Why did you go to the hospital?"

"she……"

Just as Fu Jingting was about to speak, Xu Qingcheng patted him on the shoulder, warning him not to say anything out of turn.

Fu Jingting covered his phone with his hand and asked her, "Shall we go see Xu Yuan?"

Xu Qingcheng pursed her lips, neither speaking nor refusing.

Hearing him stop talking, Zhong Wanxiu asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Is Qingcheng alright?"

"It's nothing, she just fainted from exhaustion. Let's go over there. Mom, she hasn't eaten yet, have Aunt Cheng make her something."

Finally, he added, "Nothing light or strongly flavored."

"No need to prepare, I'm not eating," Xu Qingcheng added after hearing him say that.

Upon hearing Xu Qingcheng's voice, Zhong Wanxiu quickly said, "How can you not eat? Don't work too hard; your health is the most important thing. I'll have Aunt Cheng prepare it; please come over."

I hung up the phone.

Zhong Wanxiu instructed Aunt Cheng, "Go and prepare some food for Qingcheng. Something light and not too strong in flavor. She'll be here in a bit."

Aunt Cheng responded, "Miss Xu, are you feeling unwell? Are you having a poor appetite?"

"The congee with preserved egg and lean pork that I asked you to make last time, she drank it all and threw it up. Jingting just gave me a special instruction..." Zhong Wanxiu's unspoken words were left unsaid.

Aunt Cheng paused for a moment, then, being an elder in the family, she understood and was delighted. "Madam, do you mean Miss Xu might be pregnant? Oh, what wonderful news! Double happiness! The eldest young master's daughter is due in a few months, isn't she? This year has truly been full of joyous occasions for our family."

"I'm just guessing, it's not certain," Zhong Wanxiu sighed. "These two are in such a state right now, it's a headache. I'd be happy if they were really pregnant, but I don't know what Qingcheng would think. And Jingting, he can't even win over a wife, what's the point of having a brain?"

Aunt Cheng couldn't help but chuckle when she heard her complaining. "Don't worry, good things come to those who wait. Now that you've made a wish, it's inevitable that you'll be pregnant again. You're so lucky to have two wonderful and sensible daughters-in-law."

"The eldest sister is really soft, like a cake, she even melts the coldest ice. I initially thought Jingting would find someone with a lively personality, like Sichen, playful, lively and innocent. I never expected him to like someone like Qingcheng."

Zhong Wanxiu smiled. "Si Chen likes her too. He doesn't call her 'Fairy Sister' as much anymore, but a couple of years ago he would call her 'Fairy Sister' whenever he saw her. He liked her terribly. You know, with her looks, she really is like a little fairy. It's one thing for men to like her, but women are all jealous. It's strange that Si Chen likes her so much. But I didn't dislike her when I first met her. I just felt that this girl had a hard life. Just because of her looks, people outside say such nasty things about her."

"That's because she caught your eye, or maybe it's just that birds of a feather flock together. I think the second young master and she are a perfect match; they look like a couple just standing together. No one else would do. Look how beautiful Xu Yuan is. The three of them going out together is so enviable." Aunt Cheng went to the kitchen to prepare, "How about I make some porridge and stir-fry a couple of vegetables?"

"Okay," Zhong Wanxiu replied.

Before the food was even ready, Fu Jingting's car pulled up. Zhong Wanxiu hurried out to greet him, but Xu Qingcheng's face remained tense. Even after she greeted Xu Qingcheng as "Auntie," her emotions didn't ease much.

Zhong Wanxiu glanced at her son without changing her expression. "What's wrong? Did you upset Qingcheng?"

Fu Jingting touched his nose and remained silent.

Xu Qingcheng, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed. She composed herself and said, "No. Auntie, where's Xu Yuan?"

"Xu Yuan cried herself to sleep. She must have missed you. She started crying as soon as I tried to put her to sleep. You haven't eaten yet, go eat first. I'll wake her up in a bit. Are you taking her with you today? Or can you stay with me for a few more days until you're done with your work?" Zhong Wanxiu asked as she pulled Qingcheng into the house.

"I'll take her with me. I've been busy for a while now." Xu Qingcheng said a little embarrassed, "Auntie, thank you for your hard work these past few days."

"What are you saying? He's Xu Yuan's father, and I'm Xu Yuan's grandmother. Isn't that just how it is?"

Aunt Cheng brought out the dishes as soon as people came in. Fu Jingting looked at them and asked Aunt Cheng to steam an egg as well. Zhong Wanxiu said, "Let's wait until Xu Yuan wakes up before steaming it, otherwise it will get cold."

"Qingcheng likes to eat," Fu Jingting said naturally.

Xu Qingcheng's face inexplicably turned red. "I don't want to eat this. This is enough."

Zhong Wanxiu suddenly realized what was happening and asked Aunt Cheng to do it. Seeing Fu Jingting also sitting at the table, she asked for another bowl to serve himself rice. "You haven't eaten either?"

"No." Fu Jingting thought for a moment, "Duan Heng doesn't have any either, let him come along."

"Is Duan Heng with you?" Zhong Wanxiu had been so busy greeting Xu Qingcheng that she hadn't noticed who else was in the car.

She turned and went out. Duan Heng had just parked the car and got out. When he saw Zhong Wanxiu, he hurriedly called out, "Madam."

Zhong Wanxiu stopped him. "Were you with them just now?"

Duan Heng nodded.

"What happened?"

Duan Heng hesitated for a moment, "You should ask Young Master Fu about this."

"Why would I ask you when I'm asking him? I saw Qingcheng wasn't giving him a friendly look either. Did they have a fight or something?" Zhong Wanxiu scolded. "Tell me clearly, don't be afraid of him."

"Miss Xu fainted and was taken to the hospital where a checkup revealed she was pregnant, already three months along. She didn't seem to realize she was pregnant, so... she was quite shocked."

Zhong Wanxiu suddenly realized, and clapped her hands with a smile, "I knew it looked like she was pregnant! It's been three months already! How could you not know?"

"Hmm. It seems that Young Master Fu tricked her into taking birth control pills, but actually gave her hangover medicine."

Zhong Wanxiu gasped, "That brat, how could he scheme like that?!"

"I don't think so," Duan Heng scratched his head. "I guessed from what they were saying, it might not be accurate. Madam, you should ask them directly. Miss Xu doesn't want it, and Young Master Fu said he'll listen to her."

"No, you don't want it? Jingting agrees too?" Zhong Wanxiu's joy plummeted to the bottom.

"The doctor said I can't have an abortion this month, I need to have an induced labor, and it's twins..."

"Twins?" Zhong Wanxiu reached out and slapped Duan Heng hard. "Can't you speak without pausing for breath? Can't you just finish the sentence at once?!"

Such important information was only given at the very end.

"Come in and eat."

Zhong Wanxiu turned around, silently processing the information in her mind: twins, three months along, oh my god.

The crucial point is that they're not even ready to have it?!

孽 孽!

When Duan Heng came in, Aunt Cheng had already put a bowl and chopsticks on the table for him.

Fu Jingting didn't even look at him; his gaze remained fixed on Xu Qingcheng's face the entire time. "How are you? Do you feel nauseous? Can you eat?"

His excessive attentiveness made Xu Qingcheng glare at him, and she whispered a rebuke, "Shut up!"

He was happy to be scolded, at least he got a reaction. Fu Jingting's lips curled up slightly as he picked up a piece of green vegetable and put it in her bowl.

Xu Qingcheng frowned. "I don't want to eat this."

"Eat more vegetables, don't be picky about food." He said, pushing the steamed egg in front of her, "It's what you like to eat."

"You eat your food, can't you just ignore me?" Xu Qingcheng was on the verge of a breakdown, but she didn't dare to yell at him, after all, this was Zhong Wanxiu's territory.

The deliberately lowered voice gave the impression of whispering.

Although the atmosphere between the two was tense, it inexplicably made people feel like they were being fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

In short, Duan Heng, a bachelor, felt like he was in agony sitting here eating, and he deeply felt that he was being a bit of a liability.

He lowered his head and ate his rice, thinking he would finish quickly and leave, when suddenly he felt a hard blow to his leg. He hissed and looked up.

Xu Qingcheng realized she had kicked the wrong person, and her face suddenly turned bright red. "Sorry, um..."

The man reached out to wipe her mouth. Xu Qingcheng couldn't avoid it and tried to kick him, but he dodged it. She couldn't stop herself and kicked Duan Heng's leg.

Duan Heng silently picked up his bowl. "It's okay, I'm full. You guys continue."

That must be the Foshan Shadowless Kick! It really hurts!

You have to practice martial arts even when you're eating?!

Duan Heng took his own bowl and chopsticks and went into the kitchen.

Xu Qingcheng blushed and glared angrily at Fu Jingting, but the corners of the man's mouth were actually slightly upturned. Miss Xu slammed her chopsticks down and refused to eat anymore.

"Finish eating." Fu Jingting saw that she hadn't eaten much and wouldn't allow her to leave.

"I'm full." Xu Qingcheng didn't actually have much of an appetite, probably because she was feeling upset.

She's carrying two children, not an object, something you can just throw away.

She was in so much pain during childbirth that she never wanted to go through it again, let alone have an induced abortion...

The thought of it fills me with dread.

But seeing him act as if nothing had happened, Xu Qingcheng felt particularly angry. In these kinds of situations, it's always the woman who suffers.

Whether to accept or reject him is just a matter of a single sentence.

But it's a different story for women.

She didn't want it, so what's the point of giving birth?! What is this whole entanglement between the two of them?!

But if she doesn't give birth, she'll have to have an abortion, which will be painful, and she'll still have to bear it herself.

Just thinking about it makes me want to collapse. And he's still pretending to be nice to me. I wish I could scratch his face raw.

"Either you eat by yourself, or I'll feed you." Fu Jingting took her spoon and pretended to feed her.

Xu Qingcheng had no choice but to grab the spoon and eat all the steamed egg custard, then remained motionless.

Fu Jingting told Duan Heng to go back first and postpone tonight's dinner party.

Duan Heng understood and asked, "Should I find another designer for the gift for the elderly?" After all, Xu Qingcheng's health condition probably wouldn't allow her to take care of it.

Xu Qingcheng looked up, remembering Lou Xue saying that the customer wanted to order custom jewelry. "Did you go to X Unknown to have my jewelry custom-made?"

"My grandparents' wedding anniversary is in two or three months, and I'd like to order a set of jewelry." Fu Jingting looked at her. "I won't force you. You can consider whether you want to do it."

Xu Qingcheng said "Oh," understanding why he had suddenly appeared in the ward. She neither said yes nor no.

Zhong Wanxiu, however, added, "If you're not feeling well, don't even consider it."

After finishing her meal, Xu Qingcheng went upstairs to check on Xu Yuan. The little one had cried a lot before going to bed, and her eyelids were still swollen.

Fu Jingting was about to follow when Zhong Wanxiu grabbed him, saying, "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

"What?"

"Duan Heng just told me that Qingcheng is three months pregnant with twins, and you're still planning to abort it?" Zhong Wanxiu's eyes widened. "Are you out of your mind? You want her to have an abortion? Do you know how harmful an abortion is to a woman? It's even more harmful than childbirth. Natural childbirth doesn't require a D&C, but an abortion does. Many women who have damaged their uterus can't have children again."

"She suddenly fainted, so we found a nearby hospital for a check-up. Once she calms down, we'll go to a familiar hospital for another check-up," Fu Jingting said, pressing his temples.

"What kind of tests? How can you get rid of the baby if you're having tests?" Zhong Wanxiu was furious. "Two children, as cute as Xu Yuan, don't you like them?"

"She doesn't want to stay, and I can't force her." Fu Jingting also had a terrible headache. He had to find a way to make her stay, but he couldn't let her reject him.

"You know your situation isn't the right time yet. How old are you? How can you joke about something like this? You actually gave her fake birth control pills! How can you be so malicious!"

Fu Jingting was speechless after being scolded. Zhong Wanxiu said angrily, "If I were Qingcheng, I wouldn't want you either. You're always scheming against people, who would want to live with you?!"

"Alright, that's enough. She's taking Xuyuan away tonight, so you go see her off. She's three months pregnant and has two kids, it's not as easy as you think. You take Xuyuan with you tonight so she can get some rest. Just stay, even if you're shameless. You don't care about saving face anyway. Just make sure you take good care of both the mother and the children, and there can't be any mistakes."

After saying this, Zhong Wanxiu was about to go upstairs when she stopped. "Fu Jingting, let me tell you, if you really let Qingcheng have an abortion, you two will be in for a lot of trouble in the future."

Fu Jingting didn't say anything; he was definitely a hundred times unwilling for Qingcheng to undergo this surgery.

The man touched the bridge of her nose, then turned around and took her to get checked out, wondering if having the doctor say it was more serious would dissuade her from her idea.

Xu Qingcheng woke Xu Yuan up, and the little guy was overjoyed to see his mother. He snuggled into Xu Qingcheng's arms and said, "Mommy, Mommy, Yuan Yuan missed you so much."

"Good girl, has Yuanyuan listened to Grandma these past two days?" Xu Qingcheng kissed Xu Yuan's little forehead and hugged her affectionately.

She also wanted to make a wish, but she was simply too busy; things just happened all at once.

"May you be obedient."

"Really?" Xu Qingcheng tilted her head, deliberately teasing her, and flicked her little nose. "Then who cried?"

"Yuan Yuan didn't." Xu Yuan denied it, rubbing her arms around Xu Qingcheng's neck.

Zhong Wanxiu pushed open the door and came in, smiling, "You're so well-behaved when you don't miss your mom. Your wish is for you."

"Auntie, you've really worked hard these past two days."

"Don't say that, it sounds too formal," Zhong Wanxiu said with a smile. "Mo Sen also said that he was going to invite his classmates to come and play with Xu Yuan tomorrow. You took her away tonight, and Fu Mo Sen will be furious tomorrow."

"Where's your brother? Yuan Yuan wants to play with him too," Xu Yuan interjected.

"My brother is at school, so we can only play together during holidays," Zhong Wanxiu replied.

"Your sister-in-law went for a checkup, and it turns out the second baby is another boy. Fu Mosen is so upset that he insists on taking Xu Yuan to their home to raise." Zhong Wanxiu said with a smile, reaching out to pinch Xu Yuan's cheek. "Our Xu Yuan is just so lovable, isn't she? Your brother Mosen likes you very much."

"Yuanyuan also likes her brother."

"Your auntie has a little brother in her belly. When he grows up, he'll play with you too. Does Yuanyuan like that?"

"Little brother, I like it." Xu Yuan patted her belly, then lifted Xu Qingcheng's clothes and pressed her face against her belly.

This startled Xu Qingcheng. "Make a wish!"

"Tangtang came over yesterday, and the baby in her belly is so naughty, moving around so much! Xuyuan was lying on her aunt's belly listening intently." Zhong Wanxiu smiled as she picked up Xuyuan. She glanced at Xu Qingcheng's expression and deliberately asked Xuyuan, "Yuanyuan, do you also want Mommy to give you a little brother or sister?"

"Yes." Xu Yuan didn't understand much, so she just went along with the adults and said, "Yuan Yuan wants a little sister."

Xu Qingcheng's face turned red and white for a moment, and she was speechless. She lowered her eyes slightly, but she knew in her heart that Zhong Wanxiu probably knew.

"Auntie, I...I don't plan to have it." Xu Qingcheng bit her lip.