TAB Chapter 057.1

Snow was falling outside again, the howling cold wind didn’t affect the temperature in the room.

Shan Qihuan remembered Shen Yuhan’s appearance when he first woke up after taking a nap in his office.

That day, he was discussing some things with his subordinates in the office, no one had ever taken a nap in his rest room before, so he actually kind of forgot about it that day, when Shen Yuhan ran out from inside with tears like pearls blooming in his eyes, he was stunned for a moment, but he still cleared the place as soon as possible.

Shen Yuhan must have had a nightmare that time, and was so frightened that he cried.

Shen Yuhan, who was now throwing himself into his arms for comfort, must have had a not-so-good nightmare as well.

Shan Qihuan wiped away the tears for Shen Yuhan who was squirming: “Did you have another nightmare?”

Shen Yuhan, who had regained his composure, nodded: “Um.”

Shan Qihuan looked at his red eyes, crying twice a day, he wondered if these beautiful eyes would be damaged from crying: “Dreams are all reversed, what’s there to cry about, besides, how could I possibly drive you away just because you can’t gave birth to children, when did I ever care if you can have children or not? This is just how a man’s physiological structure is.”

Shen Yuhan is not crying for no reason, he has always had this issue in his mind.

In their Qi Kingdom, no matter how high-ranking the mistress of the house is, as long as she cannot give birth to a child, the man will want to take a concubine, and the mistress’s natal family cannot say anything about it.

He always thought that Shan Qihuan would also care about the issue of heirs, after all, his eldest brother and second sister both had children of their own, moreover, when he was in the hospital before, the second sister also asked him if he liked children, at that time, he was still wondering if she was implying the matter that he can’t have children.

Shen Yuhan half leaned against Shan Qihuan, who was leaning on the sofa, and asked in a low voice: “But aren’t Husband afraid of being gossiped about because you have no children, do you really not care?”

In their Qi Kingdom, heirs represent a man’s ability, if he doesn’t open branches and leaves for his family, he will be gossiped about. He remembered that when he attended a wedding banquet, they were seated at a table with a woman who was married and became the mistress of the house, because she had not been pregnant for three years, and her husband had not taken a concubine, everyone said in front of her that she and her husband were in love, but behind her back they gossiped about how they couldn’t have children, at that time, he sighed that these people were really two-faced, and he didn’t want to associate with them after that.

Now, it became him, and he could understand the bitterness and hardship that the woman had gone through at that time.

Shan Qihuan said frankly: “I like that men are destined not to have children of their own, if you want me to have a surrogate, I don’t want it either, unless you can give birth to a child, I won’t care about this issue. Besides, you are a man like me, so if you can give birth, I can too.” He thought that his wife loved to cry, afraid of pain, and sensitive, so if a man could give birth to a child, he might as well do it.

“Really? You’re not lying to me?” Shen Yuhan still doesn’t believe it, perhaps in their time, women and gers who couldn’t have children were destined to be rejected by their husbands’ families, which was why he was so concerned about gains and losses.

Shan Qihuan didn’t expect that Shen Yuhan would still consider the issue of children, but he was really thinking about it day by day and dreaming about it at night.

He smiled and said: “Then I swear? I really have never thought about having children, if you want children, we can adopt a few in the future, our family don’t lack the money to adopt children.”

Shen Yuhan held down the hand that was about to swear: “This, this is not necessary, and I don’t really want it either, unless it is with my husband.” He half lowered his head, still feeling great regret that he could not have a child, it would be great if he was still a ger.

He couldn’t help but gently caress the red mole between his collarbones, it really wasn’t a real cinnabar mole, so what’s the point of having it.

“Then why are you still so upset? Didn’t you say you only want me to keep you?” He remembers that when he asked if he wanted to keep a cat in the company, he said no and that it would be good to keep him, “Have you forgotten so soon?”

Shen Yuhan pressed his mouth and said: “I haven’t forgotten, I thought my husband also wanted to have his own heir.”

Shan Qihuan liked to tease him when he saw his aggrieved appearance, he hooked his chin and said: “In ancient times, you were just a caring and considerate madam of the house, if you couldn’t give birth, you would have to help your husband find a concubine every day.”

Shen Yuhan looked at his husband, and said to himself that he had always wanted to be the madam of the house, knowing that his husband was joking, he was inevitably still a little sad, however, he couldn’t let his husband fully understand him, so he could only sit aside and sulk on his own.

“You make fun of me and want to find a concubine.” Shen Yuhan didn’t want to pay attention to his husband anymore.

Shan Qihuan realized that he had said the wrong thing again, this time, no matter how he coaxed him, it was of no use, his wife really didn’t want to pay attention to him, and he went into the kitchen to talk to Auntie Wang without even talking to him.

During dinner, Shan Qihuan pretended to tilt the bowl, which aroused his wife’s sympathy.

“Don’t be angry, okay? I was really just joking, I mainly want to express that Shen Yuhan of our family is virtuous and considerate, there is no other meaning.”

Shen Yuhan stuffed a mouthful of food into his mouth: “Husband, can eating block your mouth?”

“Can’t, why don’t you give me a kiss?” Shan Qihuan teased him again.

“Let you talk nonsense.” Shen Yuhan stuffed him with another big mouthful of rice, which was enough to block his husband’s mouth.

Shan Qihuan had no choice but to eat slowly, saying too much would make too much mistake, it’d better not to speak.

After dinner, Shan Qihuan accompanied Shen Yuhan to watch his favorite poverty alleviation drama, which happened to be the grand finale, and it was a happy ending for everyone¹皆大歡喜 (jiē dà huān xǐ): everybody is happy; to the satisfaction of all; to everyone’s delight and satisfaction; As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare., his wife watched with tears in his eyes, and Shan Qihuan wondered if he was too hard-hearted, looking at the tanned male and female protagonists, why couldn’t he be moved at all? But since his wife was so moved, he still had to pretend to be moved, praising the male and female protagonists for their great contribution²汗馬功勞 (hàn mǎ gōng láo): merit of war; battle achievements; (figuratively) achievement or contribution as a result of hard work; (fig.) heroic contribution; Refers to the establishment of military exploits on the battlefield, now refers to the contribution made by hard work. to the poor village.

Shen Yuhan’s anger subsided, and the two of them at that time, and spent the night without talking.

When he woke up the next morning, Shan Qihuan remembered that Liu Tan was going to send an invitation letter to his wife, he asked Shen Yuhan during breakfast if he wanted to go, Shen Yuhan had no reason to refuse, and nodded, the most important thing was that his husband said that he could earn some pocket money by painting a painting for the director.

Nowadays, what makes Shen Yuhan happy is that there is a place for him to write and paint, and he can earn some pocket money, and the more money he earns, the more at ease he feels.

Shan Qihuan also got to know Shen Yuhan better and better, and knows that he likes to earn small money, so he also lets him be.

Liu Tan came over at noon to send them invitation letter, and was flattered³受寵若驚 (shòu chǒng ruò jīng): overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.); be overwhelmed by unexpected favour/flatter/honour; feel extremely/immensely flattered; be astonished by an unexpected favour. by the food fried by Shen Yuhan himself.

He secretly asked Shan Qihuan: “Why is my sister-in-law suddenly treat me so well.”

Shan Qihuan told him the truth, and said sourly: “Because you gave him pocket money, you are now his ATM machine.”

Liu Tan asked him curiously: “You don’t give him any pocket money?”

“Yes, but we are husband and wife, and what’s mine is his, he may not feel it.” He hadn’t even gotten a smile when he gave pocket money for him before, Liu Tan sent him an invitation letter, and he started cooking with his own hands, although the dish was just a symbolic stir-fry, some condiments, and a plate, he was still sour.

“Then it seems that you don’t give enough, there is no sense of security.” Liu Tan gave him some advice.

“Isn’t it enough?” Shan Qihuan thought to himself, it seemed that what he gave may really be too little, “Then I’ll give some more later.”

After lunch, Shan Qihuan drove Liu Tan away.

That night, he transferred a sum of money more than the previous pocket money to Shen Yuhan via Alipay, Shen Yuhan counted, and found an extra zero, and then nothing more, his husband transferred pocket money and household expenses to him every month, and he has been accustomed to it.

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They lived in peace⁴相安無事 (xiāng ān wú shì): to coexist peacefully; to live together in harmony; be at peace with each other; live together peacefully; live in peace with each other. for a week, during this week, Shen Yuhan tried different ways to feed Shan Qihuan, while Shan Qihuan asked Auntie Wang to give him more food to replenish his vitality, the two of them managed to gain some weight back, but Shen Yuhan still did not gain the weight he had lost, Shan Qihuan was worried about his weight and almost wanted to use the pig-raising method of feeding.

The weather is getting a little warmer today, but it’s still freezing when they go out.

Both of them have to go out today, because today is the day when they go back to Shan’s residence for dinner once a month.

Now, the matter of Shan Tianfeng’s illness did not remain hidden for too long, and the other three houses have already learned about his condition, Shan Qihuan heard from his eldest brother that there had been movements in the second and third houses, and they had started to visit the main house frequently, in fact, they were all inquiring about how Shan Tianfeng is going to distribute the property of the Shan family.

Shan Qihuan looked at the plaster cast on his arm, he’s afraid there will be a tough battle to be fought today, the main house has always been a thorn in the side of the other three houses, but the good thing is that his eldest brother and second sister will be there tonight.

Today is different from the past, Shan Qihuan used to have the mentality of watching a show, but now, each of them are messing with him, so naturally he can’t stay out of it.

The next part will be up soon.

Actually, STF is quite pitiful, he’s ill and all his mistresses thinking about is his inheritance. It’s not like he’ll die right away *facepalm*.

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  皆大歡喜 (jiē dà huān xǐ): everybody is happy; to the satisfaction of all; to everyone’s delight and satisfaction; As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare.
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  汗馬功勞 (hàn mǎ gōng láo): merit of war; battle achievements; (figuratively) achievement or contribution as a result of hard work; (fig.) heroic contribution; Refers to the establishment of military exploits on the battlefield, now refers to the contribution made by hard work.
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  受寵若驚 (shòu chǒng ruò jīng): overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.); be overwhelmed by unexpected favour/flatter/honour; feel extremely/immensely flattered; be astonished by an unexpected favour.
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  相安無事 (xiāng ān wú shì): to coexist peacefully; to live together in harmony; be at peace with each other; live together peacefully; live in peace with each other.