### 565. An Anxious Mother
“Leaving already~”
“So soon… Even if you’re not staying for two days, you could at least have dinner before you go.”
“I have things to do, and Li Han has to work tomorrow.”
Even though they had been noisy and cheerful during their brief reunion, seeing it come to an end left Ning Chu’s face marked with disappointment.
While waiting for the elevator in the corridor, Yan Xinya couldn’t sit still either, bouncing around the stairs and asking Ning Chu, “Remember to come to my wedding next month! You and Lily and Qian Qian can be my bridesmaids, how about that?”
“Bridesmaids usually should be single, right?”
“I don’t mind~”
The elevator opened with a “ding,” and Yan Xinya turned and waved goodbye to Ning Chu, “Bye-bye~”
“Come on, Wen Yang, step it up! Get Ning Chu pregnant faster; then we can have an arranged marriage!”
Wen Yang awkwardly scratched his nose.
He thought he was trying hard enough, but God knows why Ning Chu just couldn’t get pregnant.
Maybe it was just too many times that messed up the quality?
As the elevator doors closed, Ning Chu gave Wen Yang a helpless glance, “Did you hear that? Work harder.”
Wen Yang shrugged, “Should I go to Grandpa’s place and bring back some medicinal wine?”
“Isn’t that almost finished thanks to you and Uncle?”
Especially Uncle, who seemed to be struggling more and more as he aged.
It was as if that succubus really could s*ck the life out of him. Ever since Mother married Uncle, and Black Bean went off to boarding school, Uncle’s days had gotten progressively harder.
Watching Uncle grow more and more gaunt, Mother, in contrast, seemed to glow every day, her skin and figure looking even better, with hardly any wrinkles. A bit of makeup, and when she went out with Ning Chu, people mistook them for sisters.
“Better save some for Uncle~”
Ning Chu spent two seconds delighting in Uncle’s misfortune before turning to head into the bedroom, “Should I cook dinner? You rest well these days, and don’t overwork yourself.”
All for the impending ovulation period! No matter how tempted, she had to hold back for a few days!
“Aren’t you going to cook in the kitchen?”
“Just changing into something comfy; there’s no one else around.”
After switching into her usual home clothes of a shirt and shorts, and shedding the constraints of her underwear, Ning Chu wiggled her tail and dashed into the kitchen to start cooking.
Wen Yang followed nervously, “How about I cook instead? The grease isn’t good for your skin.”
“Just relax~ Don’t mess things up in a few days.”
He gingerly touched his back where phantom pain lingered.
Every time he neglected his wife for a few days, he ended up with a sore back, struggling to feed her.
Ning Chu put on an apron, turned on the range hood, tied her long hair into a high ponytail, washed her hands, and quickly began washing and chopping ingredients.
She chatted about her recent worries and funny happenings, making Wen Yang help her.
“My mom said she wants to book a banquet that costs three thousand per table— isn’t that a bit too expensive? Can you pass me a few eggs?”
“Three thousand is a bit steep.”
“Honey~ Black Bean doesn’t want to continue studying; what can you do with just a secondary vocational diploma… It’s hard enough to find a good boyfriend. Can you talk to her more? At least encourage her to go to college?”
“Sure, I’ll video call her later. That cat is getting more out of hand by the day.”
“……”
In the kitchen, the couple exchanged small talk about daily life, ranging from weddings to Black Bean, from dramas to poking fun at Lily, who still didn’t have a boyfriend.
Maybe it was just seeing Yan Xinya that put Ning Chu in a good mood; she talked a lot, yet still managed to whip up dinner in half an hour.
She brought a large bowl of fried rice to the dining room, taking off her apron and smugly asking, “Try it! It’s definitely delicious, all the colors and flavors are on point!”
“Outside, there’s no way your ingredients can compete; how could it not be good?” Wen Yang set down two bowls, one large and one small. “You should never be in the kitchen to cook.”
“What’s wrong with that! It’s nutritious too! It has meat, eggs, and veggies!”
He picked at the rare strands of carrot in the fried rice, “This is it?”
“Then you can stir-fry a dish yourself! You complain when I cook too!”
“You just wanted to eat fried rice.”
Wen Yang saw right through Ning Chu’s intentions, just as he was about to respond, the doorbell rang.
“Who is it? Coming over at dinner time to mooch? So shameless.” Ning Chu lazily kicked Wen Yang’s calf under the table, “Go open the door.”
Moments later, she heard the sound of the door opening and stood up, peeking into the dining room to see her mother beaming while sitting on the sofa with Black Bean, and Wen Yang awkwardly standing to the side like some court eunuch.
After all this time, Wen Yang was still a bit nervous around his mother-in-law.
Before, he was fidgety because he was poor and had no house or car but had the audacity to marry Ning Chu; now, it was because they had been trying for months to conceive with no results.
“Mom~ Black Bean, have you eaten?”
“Already had, you two go ahead and eat. I just brought Ning Xin over to have a look.”
“What did you eat?” Ning Xin sniffed with her little nose. “It smells so good.”
Black Bean, who had been sent to a secondary vocational school due to poor grades, had grown to about 1.65m, taller than Ning Chu by a little, but her figure was still slim with barely any curves.
“Come in and try some.”
Black Bean immediately trotted into the dining room.
Recently, this cat had broken out in some pimples, and as Ning Chu ate, she empathetically advised, “You should at least use some skincare products; don’t be lazy about using face wash, look at your breakouts.”
“Mm, mm… Sis, this is yummy!”
Seeing Black Bean dodging her advice, Ning Chu exchanged a helpless glance with Wen Yang and sighed quietly.
Teenagers were getting more rebellious and harder to control~ Wondering if their child would be like that during puberty too.
After a simple few bites of food, Ning Chu returned to the living room and sat down beside her mother.
“Here, invitation cards.”
A stack of invitation cards was already laid out on the coffee table. Her mother instructed, “Write down any friends of you and Wen Yang you are close with who are attending; all those who are invited should be on here.”
“Mm, mm. You came all this way just for this?”
“And your belly~ I brought Wen Yang some medicine; it should help with getting you pregnant.”
“That kid looks pretty strong, tough on the outside but weak on the inside, and yet he still hasn’t gotten you pregnant after all this time.”
“Don’t believe all that nonsense~ They’re all scammers,” Ning Chu twitched her mouth, “Wen Yang went to get checked already; everything was fine, it’s just a bad case of pregnancy luck.”
The downside of living near her mother was that the couple’s cozy little life would always be interrupted with unsolicited advice.
But Mother just wouldn’t let it go; she opened her WeChat moments: “Look, they’re all posting about it; just like you, trying for months with no result, but as soon as they took the medicine, bam, pregnant.”
Buying medication through social media for pregnancy? What kind of illness is that?!
Ning Chu desperately tried to explain, “No! The weight-loss pills you bought for my brother didn’t work either, didn’t I say all those selling meds online are frauds?”
“Your brother’s case was…”
“Mom!” She interrupted her mother, quickly changing the subject: “Aren’t you not supposed to be with Wen Yang once you’re pregnant…? What about the succubus? Doesn’t it get uncomfortable every few days?”
Mother paused for a moment: “Oh, this… No relations during pregnancy won’t affect anything; just worry about your psyche not being able to handle it.”
“Yeah, that shouldn’t be a problem.”
Oh no! What succubus can endure that?! Didn’t you back in the day?!
