Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Facing Xu Shuhua's questioning, Gu Yunji tilted his head and did not answer. The two just looked at each other in silence, and neither of them spoke first.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, but they stopped by the door but did not move for a long time.Xu Shuhua noticed the movement, raised his head and asked, "Who is outside?"

It was Xudong's voice: "It's me. Young Master, Young Madam...the medicine is ready."

Hearing this, the two of them stopped breathing for an instant.

Xudong knew that the two of them must have important things to say at this moment, so it was not appropriate to go in and disturb them.He didn't know what kind of medicine it was, but Gu Yunji took this medicine very seriously before, and Xu Shuhua also told him to do his job well, and now it was time to drink medicine, he dared not bring it without boiling it.

Xu Shuhua glanced at Gu Yunji, then took a deep breath, trying to calm his voice: "Bring it in."

The door creaked open, Xu Dong lowered his head, brought two bowls of medicine and put them on the table, placed them in front of the two of them respectively, bowed to them, and walked out silently.

The house returned to silence.

After a while, Xu Shuhua looked at the steaming medicinal soup on the table, and smiled coolly: "Didn't you say that you have to drink this medicine for half a year? It's only been five months now, and you haven't had enough. Drink it."

Gu Yunji didn't say anything, and remained silent.

"Don't drink? Didn't you have a good time drinking it before, whether it was behind my back or in front of my face? Now that I know the truth, why don't you drink it?" Xu Shuhua's face was sneering, his gaze was like a sword, forcing Gu Yunji not to look at her, "Okay, if you don't drink, I will."

As she said that, Xu Shuhua picked up her bowl of medicine from the table and drank it down in one gulp. Then she kept moving, reaching out to take the medicine in front of Gu Yunji again.

"Shuhua don't want it!"

Gu Yunji was startled, and quickly knocked down the medicine bowl before Xu Shuhua drank it.

With a "snap", the porcelain bowl shattered into pieces, spilling the medicinal soup all over the floor.

Xu Shuhua glanced at the medicinal soup on the ground, then looked up at him, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Didn't you say that this medicine is very cost-effective? Why don't you let me drink it?"

Gu Yunji's throat rolled, and his voice was difficult: "This medicine...is harmful to the body, you can't drink it..."

"You also know it's harmful to your health? Then why did you drink it for yourself?" Xu Shuhua's eyes turned red suddenly, and his tone became agitated, "Yunji, you don't want me to hurt your body, it's for my own good. But as your wife, would I want to see you hurt your body?"

"If I hurt my body, you will feel distressed, and if you hurt my body, won't I feel distressed? You said you want to grow old with me, but you spoil your body like this, without thinking about yourself or our future. Have you ever thought about it? If something happens to you, what will I do? What will Xi'er do?"

Xu Shuhua's words were like thorns, both ends were sharp, while each word pierced Gu Yunji's heart, he also poked himself full of holes. After speaking, he broke down emotionally and sobbed in extreme pain.

Gu Yunji had a headache as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out. He wiped her tears tremblingly, and couldn't stop apologizing: "Shuhua, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Xu Shuhua gradually stopped crying, and asked him with red eyes: "Do you know your mistake?"

Gu Yunji nodded a few times indiscriminately, as if he was afraid that she would leave, held her hand against his face, choked up and said, "I know I was wrong, Shuhua, I really know I was wrong..."

Xu Shuhua held her husband's face and looked at it carefully. Seeing his eyes full of panic and helplessness, he twitched the corners of his lips sadly, and shook his head slightly: "Yunji, I understand you too well, you don't know your mistake at all. You just can't bear to see me sad, and you can't bear to see me cry, so you use this to coax me."

"If you could do it all over again, you would still choose to drink this medicine, wouldn't you?"

Gu Yunji choked, and said bitterly: "...Yes."

After several times of crying bitterly, dizziness hit, Xu Shuhua closed his eyes tiredly, and sighed: "You really are like this."

"But... aren't you the same, Shuhua?"

"You are sad and angry today because you blame me for hiding your body from hurting you. But if you and I are in a different situation, you may not make the same choice as me. Just like I told you many times not to have children, but you still refuse to agree. Don't you think that the one who suffers from childbirth is you, not me?"

"If I were the one who gave birth to a child and lost half of his life, now that we have Xi'er, you wouldn't let me take this risk for the sake of a possible heir, would you?"

Xu Shuhua looked at him well and said, "Yes."

Gu Yunji got an affirmative answer, subconsciously wanted to smile, but just pulled the corners of his lips, but couldn't smile, so he could only keep silent.

Xu Shuhua said: "You have been drinking this medicine for five months, and your body has been damaged. It's a done deal. It's impossible to do it again. You don't want me to get hurt, and I don't want you to get hurt. It's pointless for us to continue this argument. Now that we're talking about heirs, let's have a good chat."

Gu Yunji's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly became flustered, but Xu Shuhua was surprisingly calm: "Looking at it from a traditional perspective, we only have Xi'er as a daughter, and we don't have a son to lead the family. When Xi'er grows up and gets married, I'm afraid your future will be miserable."

"Of course, we can also keep Xi'er at home and invite a son-in-law to come over. But the world says that having more sons means more blessings. You, Gu Yunji, are a young man with endless glory and splendor. The elders in the family—father-in-law, mother-in-law, and cousin, I don't think they will just sit and see that you have few children under your knees. If I don't give birth, they will definitely come over and over again to send off Tong Fangsi's concubine."

"Before, I was able to help you get through the house, but if you and I have not had children for a long time, I have no reason or position to refuse for you. Even if you support me, how long do you think I can withstand the pressure?"

Gu Yunji took a few deep breaths, adjusted his emotions, and said: "I have thought about this. This medicine will damage people's ability to conceive silently. As long as we don't say it, outsiders will not see the clue. In a few years, you and I will have no children. If you ask a doctor to come and see your body, you will know that I can't give birth. At that time, my family will not embarrass you, and they will persuade you in every possible way because of guilt, lest you have a grudge about it."

"You are very considerate and considerate of me everywhere." Xu Shuhua smiled, but his voice was cold, "Have you ever thought about it, if I keep entangled in this, I must have a child?"

"After all, everyone in the world likes to have more children. I am a woman with a normal body. I want to have two more children, be a mother a few more times, give birth to the flesh and blood of my beloved husband, and watch my children and grandchildren wrap around my knees and enjoy the rest of their lives. This is really a very common wish."

"To say something that is taboo for parents, Xi'er is only seven months old now, and she is still not completely settled. What should you and I do if something happens? We will never have another chance..."

Xu Shuhua looked at him fixedly, and asked his heart: "Yunji, if I really want a child in the future, but you can't, what should I do?"