"I love both boys and girls, they're both my children!" Zhou Xuan answered Fu Ying's question with a quick and decisive reply, without hesitation, and it was also his true feeling. He loved them equally, whether they were boys or girls.
However, the parents might want a boy, but he already has Xiao Sizhou. As long as Fu Ying herself has no objection, then there is no problem. As for Xiao Sizhou, whether he is born to Wei Xiaoyu or Fu Ying, it makes no difference to the Zhou family. He is Zhou Xuan's son. The only question is whether Fu Ying might have some thoughts about it.
Zhou Xuan was still relatively relieved. Fu Ying was kind-hearted and treated Xiao Sizhou like her own son. When she held him, she would make him call her "Mom." Of course, Xiao Sizhou couldn't call her that yet. Moreover, Zhou Xuan intended for Xiao Sizhou to never know the truth and to make him think that Fu Ying was his biological mother.
When he recalled Fu Ying's words, "I don't have X-ray vision," a thought struck him. He immediately thought of his own superpower. Wasn't this better than ultrasound X-ray vision? Radioactive substances are harmful to the human body, while his superpower of X-ray vision is harmless.
Using his special ability to probe Fu Ying's abdomen, he found it was a girl. She had her little hands holding her face and her legs curled up, making her extremely cute.
Seeing Zhou Xuan smiling and deep in thought, Fu Ying immediately nudged his shoulder and said reproachfully, "What are you doing now?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and put a finger to her lips to "shh," saying softly, "I'm looking at our daughter, she's so cute, don't scare her!"
Fu Ying was taken aback, then her eyebrows furrowed slightly. She was about to be annoyed by Zhou Xuan's nonsense, but then she remembered that Zhou Xuan had special abilities, so it wouldn't be strange if he could really see the child in her belly. She became nervous again, and timidly asked Zhou Xuan, holding his hand, "Zhou Xuan... is it a daughter? What... does she look like? Does she look like you or me?"
Zhou Xuan laughed and said, "Of course she looks like my child's mother, with her delicate little face, tiny arms and legs, everything about her is small, so cute!"
Fu Ying couldn't help but daydream, showing none of the desire for a boy that Zhou Xuan had worried about. In fact, Zhou Xuan didn't know that Fu Ying's thinking was already quite Westernized; she didn't care about gender at all. She was the same way whether it was a boy or a girl.
After thinking for a while, Fu Ying frowned and said, "Tomorrow is my brother's wife's wedding, and I can't help out. Mom won't let me do anything..."
Zhou Xuan chuckled and said, "Yingying, just take good care of yourself. Consider it a huge help. Mom wouldn't let you do this or that, you know that!"
Just as she finished speaking, her mother brought over a plate of sliced apples held on small forks. She took a slice and brought it to Fu Ying's lips, saying, "Yingying, you're tired, have a slice of apple!"
Fu Ying opened her mouth and ate it, saying as she ate, "So sweet, Mom, you have a slice too!" As she spoke, she took a small fork, picked up a slice, and fed it to Jin Xiumei's mouth.
Watching the two of them feed each other a piece of food, Zhou Xuan couldn't help but cry out, "Mom, am I not your son?"
She called out, and then her younger sister Zhou Ying and Li Li came over. The four women were together, looking very happy. Only Li Li forked a piece of food to give to Zhou Xuan, but she was her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law were all present. How could she have the nerve to feed Zhou Xuan?
With a flushed face, Zhou Xuan still put the apple slice into his mouth. He sighed, smiled wryly, and got up to go to the garden to "walk around and get some fresh air."
After lunch, Li Li and Zhou Ying were choosing a photography studio and wedding shop for their bridal makeup the next morning. Zhou Xuan went to the bank alone and opened a bank card for Li Li and Zhou Ying, each with 200 million yuan in cash. He also opened a bank card for his parents, each with 500 million yuan. He was always careless and didn't want his parents to be unaware that they had no money. So he decided to give them more at once. Given his parents' personality, the money in those two cards was more than they could ever spend in a lifetime. But as their son, he knew they would definitely accept it. Zhou Xuan understood perfectly well that even if his parents took the bank cards, they would only keep the money for future emergencies. His parents always had this kind of mindset; everything they did was for their children.
As the eldest son, Zhou Xuan had already done enough for his younger siblings, so Zhou Cangsong and his wife had no worries at all.
Zhou Xuan was actually most pleased with Fu Ying. She never asked how he used his money, nor did she care about money. The money her grandparents and parents gave her when they got married had never been used and was still sitting in her bank account. All her daily expenses were paid for by the card that Zhou Xuan had set up for her.
Late into the night, Jin Xiumei and her daughter Zhou Ying were still talking in the hall. Fu Ying sat next to her, dozing off, but refused to go to sleep first. She wanted to stay with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law because this was Zhou Ying's last night as a member of the Zhou family. Tomorrow, she would belong to someone else's family!
Zhou Xuan couldn't stay awake any longer and went to sleep. Jin Xiumei and Zhou Ying were talking about nothing but trivial matters, none of which were important. Listening to them made her sleepy.
Zhou Xuan fell asleep almost as soon as he got into bed, unlike before when he couldn't fall asleep and needed to read or practice his skills to stay awake. Now, with fewer worries on his mind, he felt much more at ease.
When he got up early the next morning, he found that the rest of the family were up earlier than him. Zhou Cangsong was also wearing an expensive suit with a red ceremonial hat on his chest, and his mother was wearing a cheongsam, looking very elegant.
The younger sister looked even prettier, and Zhou Tao was also dressed neatly. Fu Ying was in charge of buying all the clothes for the family, and she certainly had good taste.
The hall was filled with many people, including Wei Haihong, Fu Yuanshan, and others, a group of close friends. It was rare for ordinary families to have so many people getting married and being married.
Zhou Xuan and his wife Zhou Cangsong were like puppets, being manipulated around. They didn't do anything, but they were completely bewildered. They wondered why Li Li had come and why Zhou Ying had left. The whole family, in a daze, got into the car and went home. Only when they arrived in the living room did they realize that their younger brother had come to get married and their younger sister had left. There were only five people in the living room: Zhou Xuan, Fu Ying, Jin Xiumei, Zhou Cangsong, and Aunt Liu.
Li Wei and Zhou Ying, Zhou Tao and Li Li were all in their respective villas, and things quieted down. However, this quiet didn't last long. Less than half an hour later, Zhou Ying, the younger sister, returned crying. A few seconds later, Li Wei slunk in and stood awkwardly at the back.
Seeing her daughter crying her eyes out, especially on her wedding day, Jin Xiumei felt a pang of heartache and hugged her tightly. She then glared at Li Wei and asked, "Li Wei, what have you done?"
Li Wei stammered, "I...I...I didn't do anything...I didn't do anything. I just told Zhou Ying that we should move back home tomorrow. Grandpa is getting old, and we should...we should stay home and keep him company. But Zhou Ying...she wouldn't have it, so she cried and ran back..."
Zhou Xuan immediately understood what was going on and looked at his mother with a wry smile.
With tears in her eyes, Zhou Ying said angrily, "You asked me to come back to your house to stay, and you were so mean to me. I said I wanted to stay at our house and keep my parents company, so why wouldn't you agree?"
Zhou Xuan was truly at a loss for words, both laughing and crying. Jin Xiumei was relieved to hear that Li Wei hadn't bullied her daughter. She then put on a stern face and said to her daughter, "You... are being unreasonable. Go back with Li Wei. As a young woman, you must abide by the three obediences and four virtues. At home, you must obey your father, and after marriage, you must obey your husband. You must do whatever Li Wei arranges for you!"
Hearing her mother's sudden change of attitude, Zhou Ying wiped away her tears and asked in surprise, "Mom, are you helping me or him?"
Jin Xiumei knew she couldn't be joking around with her daughter now, lest her expression soften and she lose her temper. She immediately snapped, "At home, Mom will help you because we're the head of the family. But today you're getting married, you're part of the Li family now. Haven't you heard? A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. You… hurry back with Li Wei!"
Seeing her mother's heartless words, Zhou Ying burst into tears again, covered her face, and ran out the door. Jin Xiumei gave Li Wei a wink and said, "Why aren't you chasing after her?"
Li Wei suddenly realized what was happening and quickly turned to chase after her. After Li Wei ran out, Jin Xiumei suddenly burst into tears, murmuring, "My daughter, my daughter..."
Zhou Xuan's nose was also a little stuffy. Her beloved younger sister, whom she had always cherished, had now become someone else's family member, and she was not used to it. However, she did not want to stay with her mother and cry with her, so she simply said that she had a headache and went upstairs to her room to rest.
The next morning, just as he was falling asleep, he was pulled awake again. When he opened his eyes, he saw it was Zhou Ying and exclaimed in surprise, "You...you...why are you back again?"
"Brother, do you really think I don't belong to the Zhou family anymore? Why can't I come back? Don't you want me anymore?" Zhou Ying bit her lip, looking unhappy. After a pause, she continued, "Today we're returning to our parents' home as guests. Are you trying to kick me out, this outsider?"
Zhou Xuan then realized his mistake, pinched Zhou Ying's nose, and said sheepishly, "I was wrong, okay? Let's go, I need to get up!"
Zhou Ying said, "I'm not leaving!"
Zhou Xuan gave a wry smile. "Fine, I won't leave then." Without bothering to hide anything in front of his sister, he put on his clothes and then asked, "Where's your sister-in-law?"
Fu Ying didn't even know when she got out of bed. She's been sleeping so much lately that she might not even know if a thief moved her away.
"Down there, your second brother and sister-in-law are waiting for you to go down and serve tea before they go back to their parents' home!"
"Oh dear, I forgot!" Zhou Xuan quickly washed her face and rinsed her mouth haphazardly, then dragged Zhou Ying downstairs with her. As they walked, she noticed Zhou Ying's smiling face and asked curiously, "What are you laughing about?"
Zhou Ying said triumphantly, "I went to Li Wei's house yesterday and made him kneel on the bed all night. When he woke up this morning, he slept on the quilt. He wrote me a guarantee this morning before I made peace with him!"
Zhou Xuan was completely bewildered. He and his brother Zhou Tao were both honest and simple, but their younger sister was quite clever and mischievous. He had thought that after she married Li Wei, she would be under Li Wei's control. Li Wei was a fearless man who dared to do anything, and he was afraid of his grandparents. They couldn't completely control him. However, he never expected that his sister would have him completely under her thumb!
After going downstairs, in the lobby, Li Wei was seen wearing a suit and tie, sitting properly on the sofa. Zhou Tao and Li Li were also behaving properly. Only Zhou Ying, as soon as she came downstairs, giggled and squeezed next to Jin Xiumei.
Seeing Zhou Xuan come down, Li Li quickly got up and picked up the tea tray. She first invited Zhou Xuan to sit down next to Zhou Cangsong and Jin Xiumei, and then handed teacups to the four of them one by one.