Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

On the way home, An Zhiyuan held her hand tightly, never letting it go for a moment. His cautious demeanor was as if he were protecting a precious treasure, making the driver in front, An Zhigao, a bit speechless.

"Second brother, aren't you being a bit too careful with your wife? Xiaobai isn't made of glass, you know. You're acting like she might melt at any moment. Xiaobai, aren't the men in the An Family pretty decent?"

While teasing An Zhiyuan, he didn't forget to boast about his brother in front of his sister-in-law.

He considered himself a good man too.

An Zhiyuan gave his older brother a sidelong glance, a look so deep it was impossible to fathom.

"Don't look at me like that, it's kind of scary!"

An Zhigao turned the steering wheel, his eyes twinkling as he glanced at his brother in the rearview mirror. He wasn't really afraid of An Zhiyuan; he was just playing around, feeling smug.

"Who knows what Wei Shufen will say as pillow talk to the old man once we're gone! Life like this can't go on.

Oh right, don't be stubborn when we get back. Why aren't you two having a child? Saying that your wife can't have children, I don't believe it. If you have some unspeakable issue, don't resolve it this way. Our father's temper is indiscriminate, and by that time, won't it be Xiaobai who's wronged?"

An Zhigao couldn't understand why his brother and sister-in-law hadn't had children all these years. The only guess was that they were too busy with work.

One was a military bodyguard, the other a doctor.

This seemed to be the only reason.

"Brother, Xiaobai is pregnant."

"Even if you're both busy with work, having a child means you can hire a nanny, it's not like… what?" An Zhigao was still chattering when he suddenly reacted to what An Zhiyuan had just said!

He wondered if he had misheard.

"What did you say?"

An Zhiyuan squeezed Bai Xiao's hand, "Bai Xiao is pregnant, the doctor said it's four weeks!"

An Zhigao was so shocked he stopped the car by the roadside.

He waved his hand, indicating, "Give me a moment to process this!"

Then he turned around and stared at the two of them.

Helplessly, he pointed his finger at them, "You two, you really know how to infuriate someone."

"Brother, we didn't do it on purpose either, it's just that we didn't expect it ourselves, and then the child just came, it was beyond our expectations." An Zhiyuan knew his brother thought they were deliberately trying to upset An Cheng, but they really weren't.

This child was unexpected for everyone.

At least he hadn't expected it; since Bai Xiao had said so, he had been prepared for a life without children.

Adoption and the like hadn't crossed his mind, primarily because he worried it would make Bai Xiao feel sad! Not being able to have children and still having to see other people's children running around one's own home would be heart-wrenching.

"Well, this is a happy occasion. Let's go home, and see what the old man has to say this time!"

An Zhigao drove! This time the speed was noticeably slower, making Bai Xiao laugh.

"Brother! It's okay, I'm not a fragile doll that can't be bumped or bruised, it's just pregnancy, no big deal!"

"You think I'm doing this for you, huh? It's for that little rascal in your belly. Look at how you were throwing up today.

Turning the world upside down, scaring everyone. We were worried it was something serious! You have no idea how dumbfounded you made my idiot brother.

Is it really so uncomfortable for women to be pregnant?

I forgot how it was with your sister-in-law.

At that time, I was busy with a big business, not around her all the time."

Saying this, An Zhigao felt a little guilty. His wife married him and had always quietly supported him from behind, yet it seemed he had never really sympathized with her, not being a very competent husband!

"Brother, sister-in-law is a good woman, you should take good care of her."

Bai Xiao couldn't say much more! It's their marital matter, and outsiders shouldn't interfere.

She would just give a hint.

An Zhigao nodded.

For the rest of the journey, everyone fell silent.

Back home, they were surprised to find Ding Min still there.

Sitting openly in the living room, she was chatting with Wei Shufen.

An Cheng also sat to the side.

An Zhixiang and Ke Lan were nowhere to be seen, likely hiding away in their room.

Seeing the three of them come in, An Cheng let out a cold snort.

"Knew to come back, did you? Always causing a scene; if this family makes you so sick, then why come back!"

Having always been high and mighty, An Cheng didn't say soft words.

Besides, An Cheng was a person who would not give in easily.

Moments ago, Wei Shufen had openly advised him against having disagreements with the children, but her words subtly implied that the children didn't care about her as an aunt. An Cheng's temper was still fiery inside.

Especially because Wei Shufen had mentioned that if Bai Xiao couldn't have children and without any descendants from An Zhiyuan's good genes, the family might have no soldiers in the future.

It was as if An Zhiyuan not having children was an enormous offense.

That old-school mentality of An Cheng's was significantly amplified, and he began to look unfavorably at Bai Xiao and even doubted the sustainability of An Zhiyuan and Bai Xiao's marriage.

At least in his heart, he supported An Zhiyuan getting a divorce.

A woman who couldn't have children wasn't considered a complete woman.

He didn't even realize that Wei Shufen couldn't have children either.

If An Zhiyuan and Bai Xiao brought it up, An Cheng would probably argue that it wasn't that Wei Shufen couldn't have children, just that an accident happened during her pregnancy, otherwise Wei Shufen could also have had children.

That accident was a responsibility he, as a man, could not shirk.

It was different for Bai Xiao.

"Dad, I've got some good news to tell you!"

An Zhigao grew impatient with his father being led by the nose by Wei Shufen, breaking the stalemate.

They couldn't let the old man continue with his subtle digs, it wasn't helpful for family unity, and that would just give Wei Shufen the advantage.

"Good news? You're mocking your own father, aren't you? The fact that I haven't been angered to death is already good news."

An Cheng said with resentment.

Seeing that Bai Xiao and An Zhiyuan showed no sign of lowering their heads or admitting fault, An Cheng was even more frustrated.

Who was the father here? Who was the son?

"Dad, Bai Xiao was vomiting so much just now because she's pregnant. You're going to have another grandchild. Aren't you happy?" An Zhigao knew his father all too well. After years of strategies and counter-strategies, he had come up with his own ways of dealing with the old man.

An Cheng was stunned, glancing at Bai Xiao's belly, his face growing even darker.

He believed that An Zhiyuan and Bai Xiao had just done it on purpose earlier.

Clearly pregnant, yet claiming to be unable to have children—they must have done it intentionally.

Just to deliberately provoke him.

"Hmph! What's so great about being pregnant! Weren't you the ones who said you couldn't have children, who didn't want kids? So what's this? Just trying to annoy me, the old man, to death? If that would make you satisfied!"

Wei Shufen hurriedly advised, "Old An, what are you saying! The children wouldn't think that way. They surely didn't do it deliberately. Xiaobai, sit down quickly. You really are something, not taking care of your own health, causing a misunderstanding among everyone."

"Hmph, not getting pregnant sooner, not getting pregnant later, suddenly getting pregnant just as Uncle An is angry, isn't this some kind of deception?" Ding Min didn't forget to expose this, always suspecting that Bai Xiao's earlier words didn't sound false.