Capítulo 795: Chapter 536: Good News
“Dad, do you really think he’s so clueless?” Zhou Shanping laughed as he looked at his son. “And here I thought you were my biological son.”
“No…” Zhou Huakang replied sheepishly, “I just feel like I’m quite unfilial, Dad hasn’t scolded me once, and I feel really guilty about it.”
“You feel really guilty?” Zhou Shanping sized him up and down, “You’re right, you should feel guilty. For these kinds of things, you should discuss them with your family before deciding, and the way you acted only shows one thing — that you underestimated the awareness of our elders. Just wait, once Grandpa and Grandma know, they’ll surely give you a good talking-to.”
“If Grandpa and Grandma really scold me, I’d feel even more relieved inside.” Zhou Huakang scratched his head as he spoke, “Am I a bit masochistic? Dad’s too nice to me, I can’t believe I feel uncomfortable because of it.”
“I think so, anyway, I’m tired, not going to chat nonsense with you.” Zhou Shanping said goodbye to a few people, yawned, and returned to his room.
“My dad isn’t as energetic as he used to be. No matter how late he got back from work before, he never seemed this tired,” Zhou Huakang sighed and looked at Zhou Mikang, “Third Brother, if something really happens to me, you have to help take care of my dad.”
“Get lost!” Zhou Mikang glared at him angrily, pulling Chuxia to get up, “Let’s not stay here and listen to his nonsense.”
“You have to forgive him, when someone falls for a girl, they become overly sentimental,” Chuxia said laughingly as she turned back to smile at Zhou Huakang, “Am I right?”
“You guys…” Zhou Huakang looked conflicted, “Leaving me here all alone, I haven’t finished talking yet. Third Brother, are you agreeing or not? You know I respect you the most, you can’t do this to me…”
Listening to Zhou Huakang chattering non-stop, Zhou Mikang turned back to glare at him again out of anger, scaring Zhou Huakang into silence, though his face looked extremely aggrieved.
“Put up an act some more!” Zhou Mikang laughed irritably, pointing at him, “If you can squeeze out a few tears for me, I’ll promise you.”
“Haha…” Zhou Huakang rubbed his head and laughed sheepishly, “Third Brother, how are your instincts so sharp? You saw through me right away.”
“I’m not blind.” Zhou Mikang snorted coldly, heading to the room, Chuxia smiled at Zhou Huakang, “Seventh Brother, sleep early, if you like her, just go for it, don’t act so saintly anymore.”
“I…” Zhou Huakang chuckled foolishly, nodded, and returned to his room.
“Hey, do you think Seventh Brother will really go and confess?” Chuxia poked Zhou Mikang excitedly, “Am I going to have another sister-in-law soon?”
Zhou Mikang glanced at her mildly, “Are you very short of friends?”
“Not at all.”
“Then what are you so excited about?”
Chuxia: “…” Does it matter? Are friends and relatives the same?
Someone innocently blinking with big eyes, looking at that made Zhou Mikang’s heart warm, he smiled and pinched her little nose, “I know, you want some company at home regularly, don’t worry, I’ll spend time with you at home during this period.”
Wha…wh…what? The person pinned down was taken aback, already defenseless all over, her face flushed red with anger, “Zhou Mikang!”
“What’s wrong?” He spoke in a low, alluring voice.
“What do you mean, ‘what’s wrong’?” Chuxia pressed both hands against Tongzi’s chest, “I…I was still talking, how did it turn into this?”
“No problem, you can continue talking.”
Can one really continue like this? The person’s brain was muddled by the teasing, and besides surrendering, what else could she do?
Upon waking up in the morning, seeing the pesky face of Tongzi laughing at her, Chuxia angrily bit his arm, “Jerk!”
As soon as she let go, Tongzi offered up his other arm, “Want another bite?”
Chuxia: “…”
…
As Zhou Shanping expected, Old Master Zhou and Old Madam Zhou heard about Zhou Huakang’s plans and immediately started scolding him — scolding him, of course, for not trusting his family.
Zhou Huakang sat there with his neck shrunk, and Chuxia wasn’t sure if it was her imagination but felt Zhou Huakang was actually enjoying it.
The family phone rang urgently, and Lin Yanqiu, being the closest, quickly answered it. After a few sentences, her facial expression turned remarkable.
“What’s wrong?”
“What happened?”
Old Master Zhou and Old Madam Zhou asked one after another, and other people looked at Lin Yanqiu with anxious eyes, seeing her expression, it seemed impossible that nothing happened.
“Third Brother…” Lin Yanqiu smiled at Zhou Shanping, “Guess, what happened?”
Seeing Lin Yanqiu’s expression, everyone relaxed, Old Madam Zhou glared at her, “Why are you teasing us like this, pretending like you’re going to scare someone?”
“Too shocking, too gratifying, so, haha…” Lin Yanqiu looked at Zhou Shanping and continued to ask, “Third Brother, have you guessed it?”
“Did Aiping find out?” Zhou Shanping frowned, looking conflicted. When he thought about it, there didn’t seem to be many pleasant things occurring for him now.
Lin Yanqiu shook her head, “No!”
Old Madam Zhou hesitated a little and asked, “Could it be that Laosan’s wife is pregnant?”
“Mom, you’re really smart!” Lin Yanqiu nodded vigorously, “It truly is Third Sister-in-law, Xiaohong made the call, they had it checked last night and rechecked this morning, definitely true!”
As Lin Yanqiu finished speaking, Zhou Shanping had already darted out the door, Zhou Huakang tugged at his ear, “Dad said yesterday he didn’t mind, well, nonsense! He definitely minds!” He said, looking conflicted towards the others, “Does this mean I’m going to have a sibling that’s over twenty years younger than me?”
“Haha…” Chuxia replied mischievously, “If you hurry up and get married, you can have a son or daughter about the same age as your sibling.”
“Xiaohua has a girl he’s interested in?”
Old Madam Zhou, sharp as ever, immediately got to the root of the issue with just a word.
“Grandma, no, not yet.” Zhou Huakang quickly denied.
At the moment, all attention was on their soon-to-be-born grandchild, and Old Madam Zhou focused on Zhou Huakang no more, turning to Old Master Zhou, “Quick, finish eating, let’s also go to the hospital.”
“Great! Great!” Old Master Zhou rubbed his hands excitedly, never imagined at his age, he’d still get to hold a grandchild again, a joyous event! A huge joyous event!
Old Master Wan sat aside, smiling at everyone, genuinely happy for this family. Once, through hardships, all transformed into blessing returns.
It’s a joy to be friends with such a family.
Chuxia quietly snuck over to Old Master Wan, “Grandpa…”
Old Master Wan chuckled, looking at her, “Silly child, Grandpa’s just happy, it’s all blessings, I didn’t misjudge having you as my granddaughter, didn’t help the wrong people!”
Zhao Yulan’s gaze unconsciously drifted to her daughter’s belly, as one after another good news arrives, her own daughter must bring her good news too! Noticing her mom’s gaze, Chuxia felt completely speechless, is this really something you can compete on? (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at .)