Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Time slips away quietly.

Before we knew it, it was Qingming Festival.

As usual, the Lan family came to pay their respects at the graves, but Lan Yunchen was absent this year. The reason was simple: Yan Na was pregnant, and he had to stay in Lan City to keep her company.

After visiting the grave, Lan Yunxi and Tang Junyao said goodbye and headed straight to the airport to return to Lan City. They didn't stay long; they came and went in a hurry.

Lan Yunxi and Han Yue met in the car.

Regardless of wind or rain, as long as he could still move, Grandpa Ji would visit his wife's grave every year. Every year he would say to her, "Old woman, wait for me a little longer. I should be almost there too. Don't worry."

The old man was the happiest this year. He originally wanted a great-granddaughter, but Yao Yao surprised the Ji family by having two.

Several months later.

With Han Guoguo's due date fast approaching and only a week left, she took maternity leave ahead of schedule under pressure from both the Su and Han families.

The Su family.

After finishing dinner, Han Guoguo leaned back on the sofa, one hand supporting her lower back, which was very sore. She twisted her waist, and Su Yu saw this and reached out to massage it for her. "Is it sore here? Or here?"

Perhaps the pressure hit the mark perfectly. "This, yes, yes, right here, just massage it a little."

"Is this pressure okay?" After rubbing for a few moments, Su Yu didn't dare to use too much force and asked softly.

"Okay, that feels much better."

Mr. Su came out of his study, walked down the stairs, glanced at his loving son and daughter-in-law on the sofa, and instructed, "You can stay home starting tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, it's safer to stay by Guoguo's side these next few days. Guoguo will feel more at ease with you at home. The company is secondary. Our family's top priority right now is to take good care of Guoguo," Su's mother agreed, showing great appreciation for her husband's words. Nothing is more important than her daughter-in-law giving birth.

Besides, there's still a week until my due date, who knows when I'll give birth?

Then Su's mother instructed, "Guoguo, sit for a little longer and then go to sleep. Let Xiaoyu stay with you."

Han Guoguo replied, "Okay, Mom."

"Oh, right." Su's mother's sudden outbursts gave Su's father a headache. Fortunately, his daughter-in-law didn't mind, but she still reminded him, "Can't you speak slowly? Stop making such a fuss. Tune down a bit."

Hearing this, Su's mother wasn't angry. She calmed down and said, "Mom is too excited. I'll call Xiaoxue and ask her to stay at the Su family home for a while. If anything happens tonight, she's a professional and can be of some use."

Han Guoguo: "............." She turned to look at Su Yu and smiled, her eyes suggesting that her mother seemed too nervous.

Su Yu leaned close to Guo Guo's ear and replied, "I agree with having Xiao Xue come over, and I feel at ease with it."

The call connected, and Su's mother sat down on a single sofa, one hand on her hip, and shouted, "At home or out having fun?"

Su Xue, on the other end of the phone, felt like her mother had installed a tracking system on her. "Mom, how did you know I was outside? I'm playing outside with Xiao Nan, Yue Yue, and Xiao Chen."

Xiao Chen is the nickname Su Xue gave her son, for convenience. His formal name is Lu Qingchen.

Inside the mall, Lu Jinnan held the little cotton-padded jacket in his hand, while Su Xue pushed a stroller with their son, who couldn't walk yet, sitting inside. It was a rare occasion for the family of four to go shopping.

It was also because the seasons had changed and their son and daughter's clothes were no longer big enough. The couple, who both love to dress up, decided to go shopping at the mall.

Just as she finished eating and hadn't even started spending money, she received a call from her mother. On the other end of the line, Su's mother glanced at her daughter-in-law on the sofa and immediately gave an order, like an empress: "Come home when you've spent all the money. You'll stay here until your sister-in-law gives birth, just in case of any emergencies."

Seeing that there was no sound on her daughter's phone, Su's mother assumed the signal was bad in the mall and continued to call out, "Can you hear me?"

"I heard you, I heard you. Xiao Nan and I will come over after we finish buying the clothes."

There's one advantage to frequently traveling between my parents' and in-laws' homes: I don't need to bring anything with me wherever I go, and I can sleep there.

After hanging up the phone, Su's mother asked Su Yu to help Guoguo upstairs to rest. Lying in bed was always more comfortable than sitting, and Su's mother, who had given birth to two children, understood the hardship.

Inside the room, Han Guoguo touched her pregnant belly, leaning against the headboard. Su Yu placed a soft pillow under her lower back. "Are your legs sore? Do you want me to massage them?"

Han Guoguo stretched out her thigh without any coquettishness, "Go ahead and massage, honey. I feel like I'm being treated like an empress right now. Xiaoxue is pitiful too. I've been bossed around by my mom for months while I'm pregnant. Xiaoxue has complained many times that she was picked up from a trash can and that I'm the real biological child, hahaha."

While massaging her legs, Su Yu slowly said, "Actually, Mom cares a lot about Xiaoxue. Anyone would feel awkward if they didn't argue for three days. I like this noisy way of getting along. If Mom is very gentle with Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue might think that Mom is abnormal. If Mom is not feeling well today, she can skip work and go straight home. She's all bark and no bite."

"Honey, your analysis is very insightful. I think so too. Do you think it's a boy or a girl in my belly? Let me tell you, Xiaoxue wanted to tell me several times when she did ultrasounds, but I wouldn't let her. I wanted to keep this surprise to myself."

"A son or a daughter is fine, Guoguo. We won't have any more children after this one, whether it's a son or a daughter." Su Yu stayed with her throughout the entire pregnancy, avoiding business trips whenever possible, and Qin Kai usually went in her place.

However, Han Guoguo, a pediatrician who loves children, disagreed. She tilted her head back and said, "No way. My goal is at least four. We don't have enough people in our family. We need to make enough for at least two mahjong tables."

Su Yu, afraid she'd get too excited, patted her shoulder. Han Guoguo sat up straight and began to analyze, raising her hands and waving them in front of Su Yu's eyes. "Look," she said, "Xiaoxue is married now. If they weren't here, we wouldn't have anyone to play mahjong with. You, me, Mom and Dad would have to make a table, but then the one in my belly wouldn't be able to join us, right? If I had three more kids, we could have a perfect table, right?"

Su Yu: "..............." I've heard of people who love children and want to keep having them, but I've never heard of someone having children just to make up the number of people at a table.

Meeting Han Guoguo's burning gaze, Su Yu relented. The enchanting Guoguo was always beyond Su Yu's control. He said softly, "We'll talk about this after she's born."

Han Guoguo wouldn't listen. Su Yu couldn't resist her teasing. She had already mastered excellent methods and could have as many children as she wanted. It wasn't up to him to decide. What was this about protective measures? They were completely useless.

Two and a half hours later.

A commotion came from downstairs. It was obvious that Su Xue and the others had arrived. Guoguo wanted to go downstairs to see what was going on. She picked up her phone and checked the time. It was still early, only 9:30.

When Su's mother saw her grandson and granddaughter arrive, she hurried over, picked up the little one sitting in the stroller, and held her granddaughter's hand with one hand. Su's father also quickly put down the magazine he was holding and put Little Strawberry on his lap.

"Grandpa, Grandma," Little Strawberry called out sweetly, very obediently.

"Hey, did you go shopping for new clothes with Mom and Dad? Did you buy Yueyue's little princess dress?"

As she spoke, Little Strawberry slid off Su's father's lap, preparing to get clothes to show her grandparents. She rummaged through bags one by one. Lu Jinnan and Su Xue were still outside moving things, so it was clear that their haul was not limited to the living room.

A moment later, the sound of the trunk closing was heard. Lu Jinnan's hands were full of tears, and Su Xue's hands were also full of tears.

When Han Guoguo was helped downstairs by Su Yu, she saw shopping bags all over the living room. This was not shopping; it was a complete sweep.

Han Guoguo: This person's shopping ability is even more amazing than hers.

Su Yu frowned, speechless, as he looked at the shopping bags of different colors and sizes filling the living room.

Seeing Guoguo come down, Su Xue was so tired that she collapsed onto the sofa. Lu Jinnan politely called everyone over, freed his hands, and sat down next to Su Xue to rest.

Exhausted as she was, sharing the spoils of her victory was always in a woman's nature. Pulling Lu Jinnan's arm to sit up straight, she shifted her position slightly, "Guoguo..."

As soon as she uttered those two words, several pairs of eyes stared at her, startling her so much that she quickly changed her words and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, come and see, I bought so many things."

Su's mother was also exasperated. She glared at her daughter and said, "Only Xiao Nan has some savings that you can spend like this. Is the mall about to go bankrupt, or is it a big sale? Why are you buying things like this?"

Lu Jinnan coughed lightly. Actually, he had tried to stop her from buying things, but once Su Xue's desire to buy was unleashed, there was no way to stop her. She was completely out of control. She wanted to buy everything she saw, and buying a little of this and a little of that made it all very complicated. "Cough cough, Mom, it's not just our things, but also things for my sister-in-law and the baby in her belly."

Since her son-in-law put in a good word for her, Su's mother couldn't say anything to her daughter and gave her son-in-law face.

Little Strawberry took out the dress she bought to show everyone, and everyone praised it. Su Xue said, "Yueyue picked these out herself. She doesn't really like the ones Xiaonan and I picked out."

Han Guoguo and Su Yu sat on the sofa on the other side. Su Xue searched through a pile of shopping bags for the things she had bought for Guoguo. After searching for a while, she finally found them. "Here they are. Look at the dress I bought for you. The color is alright, isn't it? Actually, I think you look quite good in dresses. You always wear jeans."

"Right, bro?"

Su Yu: "Hmm, it's fine." It's normal enough, just a simple white dress.

The words had barely crossed his mind when Su Yu was immediately proven wrong. Su Xue took out a monk's robe that looked like a floral bed sheet, adorned with fiery red peonies and emerald green leaves. It was quite vibrant and alluring, though very small.

Su Xue held up the clothes in her hand, showing them to everyone in the air with a smug look on her face, as if waiting for everyone to praise her. "Isn't this beautiful? I think it's especially beautiful. I'm telling you, if they had my son's size, I would have bought it too. Isn't it unique? Doesn't it make you feel like the most handsome kid when you wear it?"

"Hmm..." Su Xue added a trailing tone after saying that.

Han Guoguo looked at the dress meaningfully, unable to find the right words, her face full of indescribable disapproval. It was too flashy. If there were an adult version, Lu Jinnan might be more suitable.

At this moment, Han Guoguo could already picture Lu Jinnan wearing an adult-sized floral bed sheet and a monk's robe in her mind.

Seeing Guoguo smile, Su Yu noticed, but Su Xue, who had been introducing the children, didn't, as she was still waiting for everyone's praise. Lu Jinnan, on the other hand, was looking for the clothes he had bought for his mother-in-law and the others, preparing to win their favor.

No one noticed Guoguo's laughter. Su Yu leaned closer and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Han Guoguo pulled Su Yu's neck down and leaned close, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear, and recounted the scene she had just imagined.

After speaking, Su Yu also smiled inexplicably, supporting his upturned lips with one hand and glancing at Lu Jinnan opposite him with a complicated look. Lu Jinnan, who was rummaging through things, was puzzled by that look.

I was very puzzled. What kind of look was that? It was so strange.