180: Want One’s Own Child

Wang Cheng didn't know if he should sympathize with Yuan Xia, or feel sympathy for himself as well, for they both suffered from the same illness. The two people's troubles were actually similar. Strictly speaking, Yuan Xia was actually quite well off. His resistance only consisted of Mother Jiang. However, for himself, in one month, he added the two behemoths, the Zheng family and the Zhou family to his own resistance. He now began to regret why he ever wanted to return to the Zheng family to recognize his ancestors.

"What did Jiang Xuan say?"

"He said that we are still young, no need to rush to adopt a child." Yuan Xia said helplessly. He didn't want to adopt a child for only himself.

"So he doesn't actually oppose adopting a child; you shouldn't worry too much." Wang Cheng only had the impression of Jiang Xuan in the bar that night. Although he didn't say many words, he could see that Jiang Xuan was a type of courageous person. Since he could get Mother Jiang to agree with him and Yuan Xia, he must not be the kind of person who would be easily swayed by Mother Jiang.

"You don't understand." Yuan Xia shook his head. "Jiang Xuan's relationship with his mother is deeper than an ordinary mother-child relationship. Jiang Xuan's father passed away early, so he was brought up by Mother Jiang."

"So, are you worried that Jiang Xuan will dissolve this promise because of his mother?"

"I don't know. Jiang Xuan is working hard for us to be together, I don't want to give him trouble. However, I can't help thinking about this." In that moment, the elder who hoped for them to break up was in his thoughts. Moreover, this elder was not the same as the person who usually only engages in conspiracies and framed others; she was only silent. Yuan Xia’s heart grew heavier and heavier. He felt that he must find an opportunity to change this dilemma, but he just couldn’t figure out what to do.

Yuan Xia was a person with a relatively gentle personality. The only thing he could think of was to treat Mother Jiang as his own mother, to respect her and treat her well. However, this was obviously not enough.

Wang Cheng felt that since the post incident occurred, Yuan Xia's mentality had also changed. He seemed to be more insecure than before. If this continued, it was difficult to ensure that his thoughts would not really come to life in the future.

"Don't worry, believe in Jiang Xuan. You have both come this far. If you give up because of these things, it wouldn’t be worth it. Hadn’t you told me before, it's not easy to find a lover. Even though the storm has come, I believe you will see a rainbow."

Yuan Xia's laughter came over. "I know I've been thinking too much lately, and it worries you. In fact, I just wanted to talk to someone. I don’t plan to give up. I didn't expect that what I told you before is now being returned back to me by you."

"Everyone has times when they shouldn’t think so much. If you feel too much psychological pressure, you might as well go on a trip and relax."

"Well, I will consider it."

It wasn't until the call was hung up that Yuan Xia remembered: their topic seemed to be crooked. What did Wang Cheng call him for?

Wang Cheng went downstairs and asked Chu Yifeng for Jiang Xuan's phone number.

"Why are you suddenly asking for his phone?" Chu Yifeng looked up from the data pile.

Wang Cheng truthfully said: "I just talked with Yuan Xia. I feel that his situation is a bit off, so I wanted to give Jiang Xuan a wake-up call." Chu Yifeng looked for Jiang Xuan’s number on his phone.

Wang Cheng entered the string of numbers and immediately called it. Jiang Xuan didn't answer it immediately because it was an unfamiliar number. He connected after almost three beeps.

"Who is it?"

"Is this Jiang Xuan? I am Wang Cheng. I want to tell you something about Yuan Xia." Wang Cheng didn’t beat around the bush.

Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then made a silencing gesture to his subordinates who were reporting the market survey results to him, and asked, "What happened to Yuan Xia?"

"Did you know that Yuan Xia’s psychological situation is a bit bad recently? As a lover, I think you should pay more attention to him. The incident of Shanhai University still has a great impact on him. I think you should take good care of him. Have a good talk and let him feel at ease."

"I see, thank you." Putting down his phone, Jiang Xuan frowned. He was not unaware of the changes of Yuan Xia, and Yuan Xia habitually concealed him in front of him. He had been entangled by too many things recently. The Jiang family still felt that Jiang Shuang's affair was related to him, and had been digging in his corner secretly. He wanted to take some time to resolve this matter. However, the fact that Yuan Xia told this to Wang Cheng showed that this seemed to be hard on him.

After work, Jiang Xuan didn't stay to work overtime as usual, but picked up his jacket and left the company. The employees who he passed by thought that the sun was rising from the west. The kindergarten that Yuan Xia worked in is a well-known private kindergarten in Shanhai City. Because the tuition was expensive, it only accepted children from wealthy families. It was just time for school to end, so many private cars were gathered at the door to pick up their children. Yuan Xia sent the last child away. As soon as he turned around, he saw Jiang Xuan standing on the opposite road. His eyes lit up, and he immediately trotted over, "Jiang Xuan, why are you here, don't you have to work overtime tonight?"

"I'll pick you up, let’s go home together." Jiang Xuan stared at his smiling face, yet his eyes were a bit bloodshot, causing him pain.

"Wait for me, I'll get something." Yuan Xia was very happy. This was the first time Jiang Xuan had come to pick him up since working in the kindergarten, although he had been working there for almost half a month.

The two didn't go home directly. They went to the supermarket on the way and bought a bunch of ingredients for dinner before returning. Yuan Xia's cooking was not as good as Wang Cheng's, but it was not bad.

Mother Jiang frowned when she saw the two return together. She asked the same question as Yuan Xia. Jiang Xuan answered that he didn't have to work overtime today, so he picked up Yuan Xia on the way. When Mother Jiang watched the two enter the kitchen, she could not help but sigh. Her husband died prematurely and she was always rejected by relatives at the Jiang house. No one wanted family harmony more than her. She even imagined what kind of woman her son would marry in the future. She would not be like the vicious mother-in-laws on TV towards her daughter-in-law, and didn't care even if she was wronged. However, she never expected that her son would eventually bring a man home. Though she said she accepted it, it was still too difficult for her heart. Xuan Er [T/N: term of endearment] was already busy enough with the company affairs, so she didn't want to trouble him any more.

Mother Jiang had the habit of going to bed at ten o'clock. In order not to disturb her, Jiang Xuan and Yuan Xia went back to their room to sleep early. Yuan Xia changed into his cotton pajamas, and Jiang Xuan hugged his waist as soon as he got into the quilt. The two laid next to each other. Jiang Xuan buried his head in his neck and rubbed it affectionately. Before Yuan Xia could ask him if something happened, Jiang Xuan suddenly kissed him.

Their saliva melted into each other. At the beginning, it had a pity-life feeling. Then, it gradually became a little out of control. The slightly strong and domineering feeling made Yuan Xia unable to resist. His breathing immediately accelerated, and he was forced to withstand Jiang Xuan's aggression with his mouth open. His clothes underneath the quilt were becoming scarce. The fiery desire seemed to cause the temperature in the room to rise, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.

Yuan Xia didn't have Wang Cheng’s openness on the bed. Although Wang Cheng occasionally opposed Chu Yifeng, he was still very open, and very comfortable. Yuan Xia felt embarrassed every time, so he always asked Jiang Xuan to take the initiative.

Throwing away the quilt covering their bodies, he forced Yuan Xia to open his eyes and watch the whole process of their making love. Jiang Xuan liked to see him ashamed and blushing. Yuan Xia blocked his face with his hands, but his hands were pulled away by him until both of them released. He didn't go easy on him.

"What happened to you today?"

Yuan Xia eased his breathing and felt that, today, Jiang Xuan seemed a little different from usual.

Jiang Xuan touched his hair and smiled gently. "It's nothing, I just feel like we haven't been alone in a while."

"Aren’t you busy? There will be opportunities when you are not busy in the future," Yuan Xia thoughtfully said. What he was actually thinking, was that he could also see that Jiang Xuan was busy, so he did not want to worry him about himself.

"About the last time you mentioned adopting a child; I was thinking these days that though you like children, in fact, we don't have to adopt. Now that technology is so developed, there is always a chance to have our own children." Jiang Xuan carefully said, wanting to know where the knot in Yuan Xia’s heart was.

Yuan Xia froze, lifting his upper body to look up at him. "What did you say?"

Jiang Xuan held up his face, his stern face showing a touch of pampering, "Didn’t you want a child of our own?"

"I’ve wanted it, but is it possible?" Yuan Xia's voice was a little hoarse, he felt like he was dreaming.

"Whatever you want is possible."

Yuan Xia stared at him and suddenly hugged him. "Thank you."

Jiang Xuan countered him tightly, "Don’t say that, there shouldn’t be thank yous between us."

As Jiang Xuan said, science and technology were so developed now that it was really not a big problem to have a child that contained their genes. Yuan Xia didn’t know that Jiang Xuan always knew that he liked children. He had been paying attention since a long time ago. This was a vulgar sentence, but it was indeed the truth:

As long as one had money, one could do things that were impossible in the eyes of ordinary people.

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