Ning Shu put the test tube back with a faint smile.

  “If you guys want to have a child, you guys should do it soon. The more time that passes, the lower the sperm activity will be.”


  “I understand.” Ning Shu nodded.

  After she finished dealing with this issue, she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Next, she took a trip to visit Ni Jing’s maternal family.

  The Ni family parents loved Ni Jing a lot. Even after Ni Jing had been married for several years, they still hadn’t given up on finding a matching heart for her.

  After they finally managed to find a heart though, the surgery ended up failing.

  Ning Shu’s visit made the Ni family parents very happy. They had Ni Jing stay for lunch and even called her older brother back for lunch.

  Due to practicing the Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Ning Shu’s facial color was better and her appetite had increased a lot. The Ni family parents were very happy and kept getting more food for Ning Shu.

  “Did the Jing family brat bully you?” asked Father Ni. “If he dared to bully you, I’ll go hunt him down right now!”


  Ning Shu smiled as she said, “No.”


  “Really? I heard that your mother-in-law went and found a surrogate mother.” Mother Ni clearly didn’t believe her. She looked towards her and said, “Tell Mom the truth.”


  Mother Ni was a noblewoman who attended all sorts of banquets so anything that happened among the upper class would reach her ears. She looked towards Ning Shu with heartache. “Jingjing, tell Mom the truth.”


  “We are planning to have a surrogacy. I’ve been married to Jing Shaoze for nearly five years and we haven’t had any children. I do feel a little bad about that.” Ning Shu continued eating as she said, “Jing Shaoze is the only son of the Jing family so he has to have a successor.”


  “Jing Shaoze?” Ni Jing’s older brother, Ni Yan, looked at Ning Shu and said, “Has something happened with Jing Shaoze? You always used to call him Big Brother Shaoze, but now you’re calling him Jing Shaoze.”


  Ning Shu: ……

  “Nothing happened.” They could spot an issue just based on the way she referred to him?

  Ni Yan glanced at Ning Shu and said, “If anything happens, just come back home. The Ni family isn’t afraid of the Jing family, so there’s no need for you to silently endure things.”


  “Thank you, Big Brother,” said Ning Shu. Then she changed the topic and asked, “So, when will you be able to find me a sister-in-law?”


  “Girl, don’t shift the fire to me!” Ni Yan shot Ning Shu a peeved look.

  Ning Shu prepared to head back after lunch. Father Ni took out a bank card and gave it to Ning Shu as he said, “Take this. We’ll use our own money, so you don’t need to be humble in front of the Jing family.”


  The Ni family was worried that Ning Shu would have to suffer grievances due to the matters involving the surrogacy.

  “Thank you, Dad.” Ning Shu accepted the bank card. There was no need to be polite in front of family. Refusing this would just make them worry more.

  “Call us if anything happens. If we can’t handle it, then just call your brother,” exhorted Mother Ni.

  Ning Shu nodded nonstop. The Ni family parents continued exhorting for a good while longer before they were finally willing to let her go.

  Ning Shu went back to the Jing family’s villa. The moment she walked into the living room, she saw Jing Shaoze sitting on a chair by the table and holding Ye Xi’s wrist. Ye Xi was holding a spoon in her hand.

  Jing Shaoze was eating from the spoon, but his gaze was fixated on Ye Xi.

  It looked like Jing Shaoze had grabbed Ye Xi’s hand and asked her to feed him.

  What an ambiguous setup. Ye Xi was blushing. She was obviously extremely embarrassed from being teased by Jing Shaoze like this.

  Ning Shu watched these two in silence.

  “Pretty tasty. Feed me some more.” Jing Shaoze lifted his eyebrows in a demonically charming manner. He grabbed Ye Xi’s wrist and guided it towards the plate.

  “Let go of me,” said Ye Xi while blushing. “It’d be bad if someone saw.”