Hearing Ye Wanwan’s words, Zhouzhou’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at her, and then his gaze shifted to her belly.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, he asked blankly, "Does Mom already have a little sister?"
Ye Wanwan nodded and then shook her head, patiently explaining to Zhouzhou, "There is a baby in Mom’s belly, but we don’t know if it’s a little brother or a little sister yet."
Zhouzhou seemed not to understand why it was . Wasn’t it supposed to be a little sister?
Shen Yi added from the side, "We can only know if the baby is a little brother or a little sister after it’s born, just like Zhouzhou. When Zhouzhou was in Mom’s belly, no one knew if Zhouzhou was a boy or a girl. That was only discovered after Zhouzhou was born."
Zhouzhou seemed to have an epiphany and, after a few seconds, said understandingly, "It doesn’t matter, I will like both a little brother and a little sister."
"Really? But didn’t Zhouzhou want a little sister?" Shen Yi asked with feigned confusion.
Zhouzhou felt a bit shy. After glancing at his parents, he said truthfully, "Little sisters are cute, but I like little brothers too,"
Some of his classmates had little brothers, others had little sisters; in fact, he wanted a little sister more.
Because little sisters are cute. He had seen pictures of Xu Kaiyang’s little sister, who looked like a doll, so he wanted a sister like that too.
But since they had to wait until the baby was born to find out if it was a little brother or a little sister, since it wasn’t something they could choose, he decided he would like both.
"What if it’s a little brother, Zhouzhou won’t be unhappy?" Shen Yi continued to ask.
Zhouzhou furrowed his brow and said seriously, "Dad, we can’t say we don’t like little brothers, otherwise, if the baby in Mom’s belly turns out to be a little brother, he would definitely be very sad."
Hearing Zhouzhou’s words, both Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi felt somewhat incredulous.
They exchanged a glance and then couldn’t help but smile, especially Ye Wanwan, who started to tear up as she laughed, and she couldn’t help but turn her face away so Zhouzhou wouldn’t see her expression.
She had been overthinking. Zhouzhou, such a kind child, how could he possibly be jealous of his own little brother or sister?
So the one with the problem had always been her alone. She was the one who always overthought and assumed that her thinking should naturally be imposed on others.
Ye Wanwan took a deep breath, holding back her tears, and turned to look at Zhouzhou, "Then Zhouzhou just has to wait another nine months. After nine months, Zhouzhou will have a little brother or sister."
Zhouzhou lisetened to his mom’s words and his face lit up with surprise. He stared intently at his mom’s belly and then asked, "Does it mean when Mom’s belly blows up like a balloon, the little brother or sister will be born?"
Zhouzhou didn’t know how long nine months actually were, but he had heard from Xu Kaiyang that a baby would stay in the mom’s belly for a very long time, and when the mom’s belly got big, the baby would be born.
Ye Wanwan burst out laughing and then nodded her head, "That’s right, when Mom’s belly gets big, the baby will be born very soon."
"I’ll give my toys to the little brother to play with when the time comes." Zhouzhou said, and, swearing a solemn oath, he added, "He can play with all of them!"
He had a classmate who didn’t like his little brother because the little brother would take his toys.
But that was no problem for him. He could let his little brother play with all his toys!