Chapter 525: Idly Loving the Lonely Cloud, Quietly Loving the Monk
Seeing Bai Ming with her head down and silent, Zhang Xiaoying walked to her side and comfortingly wrapped her arm around her shoulder.
“Don’t worry.”
“Your husband will definitely find a way to help you safely deliver this child,” she said softly.
“We don’t need to come up with so many ideas that seem to be for your husband’s benefit. Just being honest and open is enough.”
“Even if we really encounter unsolvable difficulties, we just need to work together to find a solution.”
“Focus on what you need to do and don’t make decisions for your husband. That’s the best choice.”
Bai Ming remained silent for a long time.
Her bitter expression gradually softened along with her bitten lips.
“……Phew.”
She took a deep breath and then deeply bowed.
“I understand now.”
“I’m sorry everyone, it’s my fault for giving in to impulsiveness and causing this difficult situation today.”
“So,” she bit her silver teeth, “I will take responsibility and proactively confess to him.”
“If he gets angry, I will obediently accept the punishment. I absolutely won’t hide anything from him again.”
“I’m also very sorry to you all, especially to Xiaoying…”
Bai Ming turned her head and gazed deeply at Zhang Xiaoying, her beautiful eyes filled with guilt and shame: “I know I’ve done something very wrong. It was your wedding day, and yet I had ill thoughts about your groom, even tarnishing his body and insulting his purity. Taking possession of his body wasn’t enough, I even insisted on planting something within…”
Zhang Xiaoying: “……Didn’t we agree not to use such outrageous descriptions anymore?”
“But putting that aside, I know my actions are a crime, a violation of ethics.”
She bowed her head deeply: “Even if you all refuse to forgive me, it’s fine, but the child is innocent… At least let me give birth to him first—”
Pfft.
Before she could finish her sentence, a suppressed giggle unexpectedly rang out in the quiet room.
Everyone turned to see Si Jingzhu by the door, desperately covering her mouth to hold back laughter, including the bewildered Bai Ming.
“N-no, it’s nothing.”
Si Jingzhu forced herself to pinch her thigh to keep from laughing, struggling hard: “I just… I’ve never seen anyone feel guilty about Sang Zhe before, it’s a little hard to hold it in…”
Bai Ming was still dazed when another voice floated in lightly:
“That’s right. In the past, if I saw more women around my husband, I might have felt a bit jealous.”
Zhang Xiaoying sighed expressionlessly: “I don’t know when it started, but I’ve become numb to it.”
“Exactly. Numb indeed.”
“I’ve long become desensitized.”
Gu Yingmian and Meng Qiyan all nodded in agreement, serious expressions on their faces.
Tang Yubbing even patted Bai Ming’s shoulder sympathetically: “I once felt the same way as you. Borrowed a boyfriend and ended up borrowing him to bed, kind of guilty about it.”
“But later I realized that guy was practically a public Ziwei doll by then, so I didn’t feel much anymore.”
“Just go for it. Don’t shortchange yourself; besides, he probably likes it like this,” Shi Qingyan scoffed.
Yu Xia’s face reddened, a little shy as she said, “The master is a good man. He doesn’t even mind my rough body… He even doesn’t care if I’m together with my daughter…”
“I even feel that when you were still a nameable young lady, he looked at you with lustful eyes,” Hua Jianglian chimed in, “That glasses guy definitely wouldn’t let go of such a charming beauty like you.”
Seeing the other women nodding along, Bai Ming’s mind momentarily short-circuited.
Oh.
So this is how Sang Zhe is at home?
Why does it feel a bit different from the earlier conversation?
Meanwhile, Huo Ningxue, who couldn’t get a word in, could only pout unhappily, murmuring about just forcing herself on him someday.
Yan Rouwan was left both amused and speechless.
…Wait, is it really okay for me to hear all this intimate stuff?
Finally, after being comforted by everyone, Bai Ming gradually calmed down, wiping her teary eyes.
“Alright.”
“Then I’ll wait here for him to come back. I’ll tell him everything in person.”
“Yay!” Long Huan exclaimed excitedly, “I’ll go tidy up your room right away!”
Gu Yingmian then exchanged a glance with Zhang Xiaoying.
Zhang Xiaoying understood and gently leaned over to Aunt Yu and whispered a few sentences.
Yu Xia immediately released her spiritual sense to observe within Bai Ming.
Moments later, her beautiful eyes sparkled with surprise, and her voice rose with excitement.
“Congratulations, my lady!”
“It’s… it’s a little master!”
A brief silence fell over the room.
The next moment, various sharp exclamations from the women almost blew the roof off the Sang residence.
“A boy! Woohoo!”
“Little Ying You is getting a little brother! Now someone can help punish this little demon!”
“Wow, he’ll definitely be a handsome, charming little guy like Sang Zhe in the future.”
“Ugh, it feels a bit jealous when it’s placed on Sang Zhe’s younger brother. But from a mother’s perspective, I wouldn’t mind if the child married fifty or sixty concubines!”
“Sigh, I don’t know how many girls are going to suffer in the future.”
“Bring more, the more the merrier!”
As the ladies started to argue fiercely, Zhang Xiaoying gently held Bai Ming’s hand, smiling in a manner full of encouragement:
“Congratulations, it’s a boy.”
“With that, your husband already has a full set of children.”
“Although the Sang family doesn’t really have the custom of preferring sons over daughters, to be honest, I still need to thank you.”
Bai Ming grew a bit nervous and waved her hands repeatedly.
“By the way, have you thought about a name for the child?” Hua Jianglian suddenly asked.
Long Huan immediately blurted out, “Didn’t I suggest calling him Sang Er Gou before—”
“No way,” Zhang Xiaoying shot her a glare.
“I will grant the name!”
Huo Ningxue chimed in enthusiastically, “How about Sang Da Zhuang?”
“…That sounds worse than Sang Er Gou.”
“Sang De Long? Sang Dong Qiang?” Huo Ningxue counted on her fingers.
“Please don’t give him these weird names!”
As all the women turned the room into a chaotic marketplace again, a faint, barely audible voice seemed to gradually overshadow all the noise.
“Um… how about Gu Xuhan?”
Everyone turned to look at Yan Rouwan, who was quietly sitting to the side holding a cat, observing silently for a long time.
Yan Rouwan also timidly raised her hand, seeming a bit awkward after a while, and then let it drop: “Ah, um, the name was just something I randomly said. It’s normal if it sounds bad—”
“No.” Shi Qingyan looked at her with a strange expression, “Surprisingly… it sounds really nice.”
“I’m telling you, Senior Sister Yan.”
Si Jingzhu even suspiciously gripped her shoulder: “Do you actually have a talent for naming?”
“Sang Gu Xuhan…”
Bai Ming whispered it softly, her beautiful eyes gradually lighting up, seeming to like it more with every repetition.
“Thank you, Yan Rouwan.”
“I really do like this name.”
Yan Rouwan slightly opened her mouth and, after a while, could only smile shyly.
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