Upon hearing the doctor declare that Wang Xiangxiang was showing signs of pregnancy, Chu Lian was completely dumbfounded. Xiangxiang was pregnant? Did this mean he was going to be a father?
He could hardly believe it; the news was too sudden and too much of a pleasant surprise for him.
Seeing such a surprised expression on Young Master Chu’s face, the old doctor was clearly exasperated. Although he sympathized with the situation of his young bride being pregnant so soon, he could not fabricate a diagnosis, so he repeated, "As I just mentioned, the young mistress is exhibiting signs of pregnancy, less than two months along."
"Thank you, Doctor, thank you," Chu Lian, delighted, repeatedly expressed his gratitude. "Now that my wife is pregnant, what should I be mindful of?"
"..." The doctor was baffled by the response of the Chu family’s eldest young master, but still advised, "For the child’s sake, be cautious with intimate relations and pay more attention to her diet among other things..."
Chu Lian listened very seriously to the old doctor’s instructions, noted everything down, and after seeing off the doctor, instructed the servants to follow the doctor and collect the fetus-preserving medicine.
After the doctor left, only their family remained in the house, with no outsiders present.
Madam Chu could no longer restrain herself; the news was simply too shocking. "Son."
Chu Lian, still elated about becoming a father, responded, "Mother, you’re going to be a grandmother. Aren’t you happy? Haven’t you always looked forward to it?"
"..." Madam Chu felt apprehensive. She had longed to be a grandmother, but was this child truly her son’s?
Now looking back, they had discovered marks on their son’s neck in the past, but...
"Brother, are you saying the child is yours?" Chu Huan interjected, clearly shocked by the news as well.
Hearing his sister’s seemingly doubtful words, Chu Lian frowned. He wouldn’t allow anyone to slander his Xiangxiang. "Nonsense, of course the child is mine."
"Son, it’s not that Mother doesn’t believe you, but I just want to ask you one thing, are you sure?"
Chu Lian felt that if he didn’t clarify the situation, his family would certainly misunderstand Xiangxiang, so while Xiangxiang was still asleep, he explained the whole story to his family, "So the child is definitely mine; I’m the one who compromised her virtue."
"Are you sure she hasn’t been with anyone else since then?"
Upset by his mother’s distrust, Chu Lian almost roared, "Impossible! She even attempted suicide because she lost her virtue; how could she possibly do such a thing again?"
Madam Chu looked at the girl lying on the bed with her eyes tightly shut. The girl was so kind; she surely wouldn’t do anything so disgraceful; perhaps she was really overthinking it. She spoke to calm her son, "Son, don’t be upset, Mother is just too worried about you, I believe you now."
Madam Chu truly believed it now; she was both happy and excited. "My lord, we are going to be grandparents soon."
"Wife, it’s not certain to be a grandson, it might be a granddaughter."
"My son is so capable, it hit the mark on the first try, it must be a grandson."
"Maybe your sister-in-law will have twins, a grandson and a granddaughter."
"It has to be one; if there were two, wouldn’t the doctor have mentioned it?"
"Oh, we should have asked the doctor."
The family continued chatting endlessly in Chu Lian’s bridal chamber, and for a time, the gloom that had enveloped Chu Mansion because of Lingling was dispelled by this new little life. Chu Lian looked at the three people somewhat helplessly. "You all should go out if you want to talk; my wife needs to rest."