Chapter 18: My lord, times have changed! How could it be possible for a woman to get pregnant…

“Mother, does he really look that much like Father? I can no longer remember Father’s appearance. Today, I was afraid Xiaojun would notice, so I didn’t look at him carefully.”

Was the resemblance really that strong? Wen Zhaoyin’s face showed recollection. It wasn’t just a nine-tenths similarity; they were practically identical, provided that Meng Huan wasn’t speaking.

As soon as he opened his mouth or even moved his eyes, the resemblance instantly disappeared. Despite having the same face, they gave completely different impressions.

“Very similar.”

Having received the answer, Wen Shu craned her neck to look in the direction of Qingzhu Yuan and made her request, “Then can I go see him again tomorrow?”

“You may.”

“Can you not punish my nanny? Although he told me these things under Grandfather’s prohibition, he meant well…”

“The rules set by your grandfather naturally mean that he decides the fate of those who violate them.”

“But I won’t let your grandfather know.”

Wen Shu immediately broke into a smile, affectionately rubbing her head and face against Wen Zhaoyin’s. “Mother is the best!”

Wen Zhaoyin also revealed a smile and carried her the whole way.

—

From this day onward, Wen Shu reported to Meng Huan every day. She didn’t say what she wanted to do, only chatting with him and trimming shrubs and such. As their relationship improved, she would occasionally be corrupted by his words.

For example, he would tentatively say, “Girls with gentle and beautiful appearances should naturally speak softly and treat men the same way. Men can also hold up half the sky.”

“Don’t underestimate men. People are equal; there’s no such thing as a subordinate relationship. The female superiority and male inferiority you’ve learned are all wrong…”

Wen Shu felt that these ideas were too absurd. If others heard them, it would definitely embarrass their Wen family. Moreover, she didn’t want to hear such nonsense from someone who looked like her father.

So every time this happened, she would very seriously ‘educate’ him in return, “I don’t know what men can support. I only know that it’s Mother who supports the entire Wen family. Without her, the maids, servants, and other attendants in the household would immediately scatter like birds and beasts.”

“Grandfather would have no one to care for him, Xiaojun, you would have no nice clothes to wear or delicious meat to eat, and I would have no private school to attend.”

Meng Huan stared, “I can also go out and earn money. I can support people just the same. Your mother can stay at home to take care of you and your grandfather.”

These words made her look at him as if he were an idiot. “What can men do besides washing clothes and cooking? No one would hire them to work outside.”

Hearing this, he almost choked on his breath. He always felt that these suffocating words seemed familiar, but he just couldn’t remember where he had heard them before.

Wen Shu shook her head while looking at him. Just now, she had left some leeway in her words. Other men could still wash clothes and cook, but Xiaojun seemed to only know how to eat and play, and sometimes he couldn’t even understand the games. She didn’t say these things.

Like a little adult, she prattled on, roughly explaining the male virtues. Meng Huan couldn’t deal with her the way he dealt with Liu Shu, so he could only avoid listening. Then Wen Shu chased after him, constantly nagging that only by doing so could he gain more of her mother’s affection.

Who wanted to gain her mother’s affection!

He only temporarily felt that the food here was good and hadn’t thought of another place to go. Otherwise, he would have left long ago.

Wen Shu, who was chasing after him, got tired and stood in place, saying, “Xiaojun, your temperament is too strange. Quickly give me a half-sister with Mother. Men always change after they conceive. By then, you will definitely become virtuous!”

Meng Huan stopped, blinking continuously. He seemed to have heard some words that couldn’t appear together.

Men? Conceive?

He felt that he might have misunderstood and quickly said, “No, no, becoming a father only makes one mature. It’s women who become gentler after getting pregnant.”

Women, pregnant.

Wen Shu heard the keywords. She tilted her head, indicating that she was very puzzled, “Xiaojun, how come you’re always thinking about strange things every day? How could women possibly get pregnant? It’s men who give birth to children!”

Thunder rumbled in the sky. The dark clouds had already obscured the sun at some unknown time. The air was stuffy, showing signs that it was about to rain.

She turned her head to look at the door. Her nanny had come to pick her up. She didn’t leave immediately but stretched out her hand to beckon Nanny Xu over to talk.

Meng Huan watched wide-eyed as a big-bellied man walked up to him. He had seen this man before but only regarded him as having a body type that only grew a fat belly. He didn’t pay attention at all. Wasn’t it normal for middle-aged men to have a bit of a beer belly?

Now, after hearing Wen Shu’s theory of men giving birth, Xu’s belly appeared completely different in his eyes, becoming extremely, extremely frightening.

However, Xu even smiled lovingly and rubbed his belly. That smile made Meng Huan feel more terrified than seeing ox-head and horse-face demons.

At this moment, Wen Shu spoke. She pointed at that excessively round belly and said, “Mother is lenient and allows Nanny to accompany me even while pregnant. Look, isn’t he very gentle and loving now? You can also become this good in the future.”

Xu had married the steward of the Wen family. Even if he didn’t accompany Wen Shu, he could still live in a side courtyard of the Wen residence, so Wen Zhaoyin let him stay.

“Boom—”

Several startling thunderbolts struck in the sky. Meng Huan’s eyes moved with difficulty from Xu’s belly. He dazedly raised his head to look at the sky. The next moment, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Oh my god, men giving birth, the world has changed!