Your Highness, your wife doesn't want you anymore!

In the bedroom, Jin Si Nian was massaging Nan Zhi's feet on the bed.

"Child, does it feel good to squeeze like this?"

"I've read that pregnancy can cause swelling, especially when you're carrying twins, it's easy for your lower limbs to swell, making it sore and uncomfortable to walk."

"From now on, I will massage your feet every day, and you should try to move around as little as possible."

Nan Zhi sat on the bed, biting into an apple, and said haltingly, "The doctor said... said I need to walk around... otherwise it won't be easy to give birth."

"So I'm going out."

Jin Nian's massaging hands suddenly stopped, and he frowned: "Can't we just stay in our own backyard for a walk?"

"No... I don't want to," Nan Zhi refused outright. She had been looking at the scenery of the back garden for three whole years and was already tired of it.

She casually lifted her loose loungewear, gently placing her hand on her protruding belly, her voice tinged with worry: "They've grown up, and...am I starting to get stretch marks?"

Jin Si Nian took the pregnancy oil from the side, dried his hands, sat down next to her, and gently applied it to her belly: "No, it won't!"

"I've been applying oil to your skin every day, and not a single line has grown back."

Nan Zhi's eyes were deep and unfathomable as she muttered softly, "I... I can still see now."

"Wait...wait until they're older, then...they won't be able to see them anymore!"

When she's eight months pregnant, she should take a look in the mirror.

Jin Si Nian applied the oil to her skin: "After applying the oil, it shouldn't grow back, right?"

"It doesn't grow, it grows on your body."

Jin Si Nian didn't speak, then changed the subject: "How about we have a wedding ceremony after the baby is born? Or do you want to arrange it before the baby is born?"

Nan Zhi took a bite of the apple and shook her head: "No, no, Grandma didn't agree to me marrying you."

Jin Si Nian frowned slightly and tentatively asked, "If Grandma agrees, would you be willing to have a wedding with me?"

Nan Zhi shook her head again: "Then, I won't do it."

Why?

"How can we not have a wedding?" Jin Si Nian didn't understand. She had already married him, but he hadn't even received any wedding gifts, and he hadn't announced his marriage to the world.

How can we not do it!

A sudden unease rose in his heart, and he asked softly, "So, you're not planning to divorce me as long as Grandma keeps disagreeing?"

It seems the marriage certificate needs to be hidden even more carefully.

Nan Zhi lowered her head, her voice very low, and muttered softly, "Well... that's not impossible."

"What did you say?" Jin Si Nian stopped what he was doing instantly, looked up at her, his eyes filled with astonishment and panic.

"You...you haven't said when you plan to bring Grandma over."

Once the pregnancy oil on her belly was completely absorbed, Jin Si Nian helped her straighten her nightgown and softly replied, "I've already sent someone to pick her up; it'll probably take another two days."

"Wait two... two days, how many days is that?" Nan Zhi pouted, her little face slightly pouting in dissatisfaction.

Jin Si Nian didn't know either: "I'll go and urge them now."

He assigned the task of picking up the old man to his assistant, Zhang, who had been away for several days and should have brought him to the villa long ago.

But for some reason, I haven't received any news.

Jin Nian went to the balcony and dialed Zhang's special assistant's number.

A weary voice came from the other end of the receiver: "Sir."

"How's it going? When can my wife's grandmother be delivered?" Kingsman asked bluntly.

Assistant Zhang explained with great difficulty, "Sir, the old lady is reluctant to part with the chickens and ducks she raises in the countryside. We simply said that Madam wants to bring her to the city to enjoy her retirement."

"The old lady was even more resistant, constantly complaining that her granddaughter hadn't returned to the village in three years since she went to the city, saying that big cities were places that devoured people, and she absolutely refused to leave."

"They just didn't want to come, and even kicked us out."

They dared not use force, firstly because she was the lady's elder, and secondly because the old lady was old and forcibly pulling her could easily injure her body.

Jin Si Nian leaned against the balcony railing, the fabric of his pajamas fluttering slightly in the evening breeze, and calmly instructed, "Go again tomorrow and tell the elders that Madam is pregnant and needs an elder to take care of her."

"To add one more thing, the lady misses her every day."

Assistant Zhang agreed, and Jin Si Nian hung up the phone and went back to his bedroom.

Nan Zhi looked up expectantly and asked, "W-how is it?"

Jin Si Nian smiled and gently patted her head: "Grandma will be here by the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Nan Zhi felt a surge of joy, but looking down at her protruding belly, she couldn't help but feel worried.

Grandma had always placed high hopes on her, and probably never imagined that she would get married so early and become pregnant.

Jin Si Nian saw the worry in her eyes and quickly changed the subject: "Is Zhi Zhi hungry? You're carrying two babies, you need to eat more."

"What would you like to eat?"

Nan Zhi blurted out, "Meat, shredded meat noodles."

"You want to eat shredded pork noodles again, how about we change it to something else?" Jin Si Nian coaxed and negotiated.

He can cook a lot of food. Before Aunt Qing came, he was the one who always cooked for Zhizhi.

Why does Zhizhi only order shredded pork noodles now? Could it be that you think his cooking skills have deteriorated and he can only make shredded pork noodles now?

Nan Zhi turned her head away, unusually throwing a tantrum, and said stubbornly, "No, I won't change it!"

"Just...shredded pork noodles"

Jin Nian was helpless and threw a tantrum when he refused to make it for her.

"Okay, I'll cook you some shredded pork noodles, and I'll also stew a bowl of bird's nest for you."

"The bird's nest and fish maw they sent filled a whole cabinet. If you eat one cup every day, you won't be able to finish them all during your entire pregnancy."

His gaze fell on the traditional black sesame and red date pills that Pei Jingzhi had brought, and he said with a hint of caution, "Also, these are high in sugar, so even if they're meant to replenish your qi and blood, you can't overindulge."

He glanced at the already opened packaging, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "How much did you eat today?"

Nan Zhi bit her lower lip, guiltily nudged the trash can next to her with her foot, and mumbled, "No...not much."

Jin Si Nian glanced at the empty individual packaging scattered in the trash can and could tell at a glance that she had eaten at least half of it. He put on a stern face and said, "Tomorrow's portion is canceled. No more eating."

Nan Zhi indifferently curled her lip.

Pshaw, it's gone, it's gone. I was already getting tired of eating so much anyway.

She urged, "Hurry up and make meat noodles."

Jin Si Nian leaned closer to her, his eyes filled with anticipation, and whispered, "Can I go back to bed tonight?"

"I've been lying on the sofa for so many days. Although I sleepwalked back to my original position in the second half of the night, the first half of the night was still very difficult to get through."

There was no blanket, no child, no warm embrace.

It's really hard to be all alone.

He still insists it was sleepwalking?

Nan Zhi said calmly, "Just finish quickly, and that will be enough."

"Yes, sir! Mission accomplished!"