Chapter 49
After the New Year, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yan Yisheng traveled to Country A.
She went to find her professor friend to obtain the surgical data on men giving birth, and also to catch up.
This trip abroad would not take too long, so Yan Mingyao was left behind at the manor.
Fortunately, during the New Year holidays, Yan Mingyao had gradually become familiar with the people at the manor.
Aside from crying for a while when seeing Yan Yisheng off, she didn’t cause much trouble afterwards.
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Yu Li and Yan Shiting stayed at the manor until after the Lantern Festival, then returned to Wanting.
There were too many people at the manor, and the two lovebirds didn’t feel very comfortable being affectionate, only able to be intimate in their room at night.
After returning to Wanting, Yu Li sighed comfortably as he lay on the sofa, acting like a loaf for a while.
Yan Shiting went to the wardrobe to get some home clothes and helped him change.
Even though they had been intimate several times, Yu Li still felt a bit shy when Yan Shiting was helping him change clothes.
He could only bury his reddened face in Yan Shiting’s shoulder, not letting it show.
After putting on the pants, Yu Li looked at the bulge in his stomach and frowned, saying, “Feels a bit tight.”
Yan Shiting paused briefly, lowering his head to also look at the stomach, saying, “It’s growing a bit fast.”
“And,” Yan Shiting looked up at Yu Li’s face, “You’ve also grown a bit taller.”
Yu Li was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly, “Really?”
Yan Shiting nodded.
Yu Li became a bit excited, found a tape measure, and asked Yan Shiting to measure his height.
Yan Shiting held up the tape measure and looked at the numbers, saying, “178.”
“Wow!” Yu Li became excited, “I’ve grown 3 centimeters taller in half a year, so can I grow to 180 cm?”
Seeing the smile on his face, the corners of Yan Shiting’s mouth seemed to lift slightly as well.
He put away the tape measure and said, “Yes.”
That arc only appeared for a moment, but Yu Li caught it.
He hugged Yan Shiting, swinging happily, “Big brother, you look so good when you smile.”
Yan Shiting’s expression became a bit uneasy.
He leaned down and kissed Yu Li, saying, “Spring is coming soon, I’ll have someone make some clothes and pants suitable for you.”
After that, Yan Shiting caressed Yu Li’s face, his gaze deep and focused: “Don’t worry, I’ll take your measurements myself, I won’t let any outsiders come.”
Yu Li wasn’t worried about that.
He knew Yan Shiting always paid attention to such details.
He smiled and said, “Okay, thank you, big brother.”
That night, Yan Shiting took Yu Li’s measurements.
Making the clothes would take time, and during this period the fetus would continue to develop, so Yan Shiting bought some suspender pants for Yu Li to wear that wouldn’t feel too tight on the stomach.
Within a month, the made-to-order clothes were gradually delivered to Wanting.
Yu Li’s clothes now occupied half the space in the wardrobe.
In the wardrobe, half were dark-colored clothes, and the other half were light-colored.
This originally dull wardrobe now had some warm colors.
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After the last batch of spring clothes arrived, Yu Li finished organizing them, but when he turned around, he saw Butler He staring out the window, lost in thought.
“Butler He? Butler He?”
After calling him a few times, Butler He finally snapped out of it.
Yu Li asked, “What’s wrong?”
Butler He’s brows were slightly furrowed with worry, and he pursed his lips, saying, “These past few days, Mingyao has been crying a lot, saying she misses her grandmother, and we don’t know when Lady Yan will be back.”
Mingyao’s situation was different from other children, and even though Butler He had some experience taking care of Yan Sui, he could only do his best to comfort her.
He let Mingyao video call Yan Yisheng every day, but these past two days, Yan Yisheng’s phone suddenly couldn’t be reached, so Mingyao couldn’t see her grandmother, causing her to cry even more.
Butler He was so worried that he even had a few more white hairs.
Yu Li was stunned.
With Butler He’s reminder, he realized something was off.
Before Yan Yisheng left, she said she would be back in about half a month, but now it had been over a month, and there was still no news from Yan Yisheng.
He furrowed his brows and comforted, “Tonight I’ll ask my brother, Butler He, don’t worry too much.”
Butler He nodded.
However, when Yan Shiting returned at night, before Yu Li could even ask, he had already seen the news about Yan Yisheng on the internet.
It was a news article that someone had forwarded in the class group chat, and the first photo in the news was of Yan Yisheng.
Since it involved Yan Yisheng, Yu Li was a bit puzzled, so he continued scrolling down to carefully read the news.
The news said that a wealthy man in Country A was having a divorce dispute with his partner, but neither of them wanted to give up the child, so they spent a huge sum of money to have a professor research artificial wombs, so that the wealthy man could also give birth, and they could each keep one child after the divorce.
That professor happened to be Yan Yisheng’s friend.
He stated that artificial wombs were unlikely to be successful, and even if the research did succeed, the wealthy man would be dead by then.
Hearing this, the wealthy man flew into a rage, had the professor followed, and called to remind him about the artificial womb research every hour. Even his sleep was interrupted by calls every two hours.
Unable to bear the wealthy man’s harassment, the professor had to call the police and seek media help, leading to this news article.
The key point of the news was that the wealthy couple were both men, and the partner had previously been pregnant and given birth, all done by this professor.
For a man to become pregnant and give birth was still somewhat shocking, and combined with the wealthy couple’s bizarre actions, this news had spread to the domestic market, with many people discussing it online.
In the class group chat, messages discussing this news kept popping up:
【Can men really have children? Has pregnancy fiction become reality?】
【This couple is really amusing, wanting to divorce but also wanting children with the other’s bloodline. If they love each other so much, why divorce?】
【Can someone who gets pregnant and gives birth still be called a man? Aren’t they a hermaphrodite?】
【Can’t quite accept it, a man giving birth, it’s too horrifying.】
【I actually think the wealthy man’s idea is pretty good, if artificial womb research succeeds, let more men give birth, isn’t that good?】
The messages in the group were updating rapidly, and as Yu Li read them, his brow gradually furrowed.
Just in this one class group, there were good and bad opinions, let alone online.
Yu Li silently turned off his phone.
After a while, he opened his phone again, this time not looking at the group, but downloading a short video app and Weibo to see the discussions online.
Yan Shiting finished cleaning up the bowls and walked over to Yu Li, immediately noticing the content on the screen.
The discussions online were much more hostile than in the group, with some older people spewing abuse, and some younger people playing vulgar online slang.
Yu Li pressed his lips tightly, rapidly refreshing the screen.
Yan Shiting frowned, stepping forward to block the phone screen with his hand.
“Don’t look anymore.”
He slowly gripped Yu Li’s wrist and noticed that his hand was a bit cold.
Yan Shiting tightened his mouth, took the phone, and turned off the screen.
“Xiao Yu,” Yan Shiting looked into Yu Li’s eyes, speaking in a deep voice, “Don’t look.”
Yu Li took a deep breath and reached out to hug Yan Shiting.
“It’s okay, I’m not upset, I just want to get used to it in advance.”
In the future, there might be many people who know that he and Yan Shiting have a child.
As the child grows up, those people will also realize that the child looks like both him and Yan Shiting.
With the precedent set by the wealthy couple in Country A, those people will assume the child is their biological offspring, and there will surely be a lot of discussion then.
Yu Li wanted to get used to it in advance.
“And after getting used to this, when I tell Mom and my sister, I won’t be as afraid anymore.”
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