Chapter 130 - 121: Old Xiao, You Have a Grandson

Chapter 130: Chapter 121: Old Xiao, You Have a Grandson

’You have a grandchild now!’

Qiu Yuru said smugly, "Fine, you go on sleeping. I won’t disturb you."

With that, she swayed her hips and turned elegantly, leaving a parting shot, "Oh, my. I’m going to go check on when that water-cooled mat I bought yesterday will arrive. I hear they’re especially comfortable to sleep on in the summer."

She turned and walked toward the bedroom. Just as she entered, she heard her phone ringing.

She picked it up and saw it was her son calling. She quickly answered, "Hello, Xiao Ran."

"Mom, can I ask you something?"

Qiu Yuru crossed her legs and said smugly, "Oh? You have something to ask *me*?"

"Of course! Who are you? You’re the expert. Old pros and hotshots are nothing compared to you." After all, when he needed a favor, Xiao Ran knew when to suck up.

"Alright, enough with the flattery. You want to ask about your dad, right?" She deliberately sat up straighter and raised her voice. "Your father, you see, has been sleeping on the sofa for days now. Just won’t sleep in the bed. I’m thinking of buying him a bigger sofa tomorrow, just to give him a change of pace!"

Xiao Shengrong let out a heavy sigh. He couldn’t help but lament, ’Truly, women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with!’

"So, um, Xici’s Mother already knows. She wants to know what you guys are thinking," Xiao Ran said frankly.

Hearing this, Qiu Yuru was taken aback.

’Damn, that was fast.’

’Are we going to be meeting the in-laws this soon?’

"What are *we* thinking? Do we even get a say? The key is what *they* think!" Qiu Yuru’s thinking was crystal clear.

"As long as her family agrees, your mother will go over and make a formal proposal immediately. After all, this just makes our families even closer! As for the bride price and all that, let’s not even talk about it—we’ll double everything!"

Xiao Ran licked his lips. ’Making our families even closer... can you even interpret it that way?’

’Unbelievable!’

Hearing this, Xiao Shengrong completely lost it. He stormed in, his slippers flapping, shouting, "Qiu Yuru, are you out of your mind?! Is that how you use the phrase ’making our families even closer’?!"

’If I didn’t pay so much attention to my health, she probably would have made me drop dead from anger right here on the sofa!’

Seeing Xiao Shengrong come in, Qiu Yuru’s heart sank.

’The real showdown is about to begin. Time to bring out the big guns!’

’He won’t agree?’

’He can take it up with his grandchild!’

’Every day, Xiao Shengrong just watches the other grandpas in the neighborhood walking their grandchildren. The envy is so real. Does he think I don’t know him?’

’To beat a snake, you strike its weak spot. A grandchild is Xiao Shengrong’s weak spot. Let’s see if he has the guts to reject his own grandchild!’

Qiu Yuru’s expression instantly tensed. She put on a serious act and said excitedly into the phone, "What?! Pregnant? She can’t get an abortion! Absolutely not! You have to talk her out of it!"

Her expression—a mix of tension, shock, and a hint of panic—was so convincing that Xiao Shengrong had no choice but to believe her.

???

Xiao Shengrong, who had been furious just a moment ago, couldn’t process it. He was completely stunned by Qiu Yuru’s performance.

’Huh?’

’Pregnant????’

’Doesn’t that mean I have a grandchild?’

He immediately walked over, looking at Qiu Yuru in shock. "What on earth is going on? She’s pregnant?"

Qiu Yuru was really getting into her role now. She took a deep breath and continued into the phone, "Your dad? Of course your dad and I are on the same page! Do you even need to ask? This is a matter of life and death!"

Hearing those familiar-sounding words, sensing the familiar-sounding scheme, Xiao Ran on the other end of the line was too shocked to speak.

’Could it be,’ he wondered, ’that Mom was the one who fed Yan Xici these ideas?’

Xiao Shengrong was dying of anxiety. He snatched the phone and said to Xiao Ran, "Yes, yes, yes! Your mother and I are of one mind on this! Our family is absolutely not the irresponsible type!"

His father’s serious tone snapped Xiao Ran back to reality. He was just about to play along with his mother’s script, but he had barely opened his mouth before—

Qiu Yuru snatched the phone back. She continued in a dead-serious tone, "You can’t tell anyone about this, you hear? The girl is only a junior in college. We have to keep it a secret!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Your mother’s right!"

Xiao Shengrong, hovering nearby, nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

Seeing her husband finally getting with the program, Qiu Yuru let out a sigh of relief and said sarcastically, "Hmph. And here I thought you were so stubborn you didn’t even want a grandchild."

Xiao Shengrong looked exasperated. How could he be that kind of person?!

"What are you talking about? Of course not!"

Seeing his dismissive expression, Qiu Yuru sighed to herself. ’Son, this is as far as your mother can help you. I hope you understand!’

TSK. The suddenness of it all made Xiao Shengrong run a hand through his slightly thinning hair. ’I’m going to be a grandfather?’

’I’m actually going to be a grandfather!’

’I can’t believe it. Just a few days ago, I thought having a grandchild was still a long way off. And now, I have one!’

’Happiness came so suddenly. Life is always full of unexpected surprises!’

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. "Oh, no, this won’t do. I need to contact Old Zhang right away and get a free-range hen. And some cordyceps! Oh, and Old Ma mentioned the other day that the bird’s nest he bought for his mother was good. I’ll ask him where he got it. And what’s that other thing... fish maw! Yes, yes, we need it all. She needs proper nourishment!"

’A grandchild is a ray of light, illuminating a grandfather’s heart!’

’What?’

’Expensive?’

’What could possibly be more expensive than my grandchild’s health?’

’Nothing!’

’In a grandfather’s eyes, his grandchild is the most precious thing in the world!’

Listening to his father’s reaction on the other end, Xiao Ran felt his blood pressure spike. He covered the receiver and whispered, "Mom, Mom, isn’t it a bit wrong to lie like this?"

As if she hadn’t heard him, Qiu Yuru continued her serious charade. "What? Oh, you’re coming back next week? That’s great, perfect. Bring Xici back with you and have some fun for a couple of days. Hanshan Temple... Hanshan Temple is a nice place..."

As she spoke, she got up, walked around the ecstatic Xiao Shengrong, and calmly headed for the living room.

Once she was some distance away, she glanced back to make sure Xiao Shengrong was out of earshot. Only then did she cover the phone and whisper, "You can count on your mother. But as for the grandchild part, you need to get a move on. Don’t make things difficult for me!"

Then she went right back to acting. "You two can just stay at home, don’t worry. Your dad won’t say or ask anything he shouldn’t! He’s not stupid. Rest assured, we’ll pretend we don’t know she’s pregnant. The point of having her come back this time is to let her feel the warmth of our family and calm her nerves. That way, she’ll feel you’re someone she can entrust her life to and be willing to have the baby!"

Not only did she have to make Xiao Shengrong believe it, but she also had to make him pretend he didn’t know in front of the girl.

As for why she wanted Yan Xici to come back, there was actually another motive: she mainly wanted Xiao Shengrong to meet her.

She knew what kind of person the girl was. As long as Xiao Shengrong met her, he definitely wouldn’t be able to say no. It was true she was deceiving her husband, but it was also true that she wanted to put his mind at ease.

To be honest, if the in-laws didn’t already know and weren’t waiting for her family to show their stance, she wouldn’t have told such a huge lie.

After all, she was a woman in her fifties. If a lie like this were to be exposed, it would be more than just a little embarrassing.

"Okay, you get back to what you were doing. I’m going to go discuss this with your father," Qiu Yuru said, then decisively hung up the phone.

She took a deep breath, poured a glass of water, and took a few sips to compose herself.