After escaping the chatterbox Ming Xiaofan, Cheng Su and her husband left the restaurant, and just as Qi Taiguo had looked at Cheng Su countless times, Cheng Su finally couldnât help but stop and look at him.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why keep staring at me like that?"
Qi Taiguo scratched his head and said, "Well, itâs nothing much. I just wonder how you seem to know everything?"
What Cheng Su had just been discussing with Ming Xiaofan sounded to him like a fantasy, completely unimaginable, yet when the two of them talked, it seemed as if such things could really happen.
It was one thing for Ming Xiaofan, after all, no one knows what his background is. Seeing his super thick glasses, if he isnât into academia, he must have an extraordinary mind.
But Cheng Su was different. She and he came from neighboring villages. Though as a kid, he never thought much of her, she was still considered a childhood playmate, wasnât she? A playmate he had seen grow up since they were kids, so of course, he knew her through and through.
However, after they got married, he realized his previous thoughts were narrow-minded. The surprises Cheng Su brought him time and again had completely overturned his prior notions. Now, it was the same; he felt he couldnât see through her at all and was even more clueless about what notion of his she might overturn next.
Cheng Su chuckled and said, "I donât know everything. Itâs just about following the clues. Compare the past with the present, and youâll see that isnât it more advanced than before?"
"But what you just said about everyone carrying a mobile phone, how could that be possible?" Qi Taiguo was still hesitant to believe.
"Back in ancient times, the ancients couldnât have imagined that one day humans would be able to fly in the sky!" Cheng Su retorted.
Qi Taiguo was at a loss for words, and had to admit that this was also true.
"So the future has infinite possibilities. Thatâs inevitable," Cheng Su said with a smile.
Qi Taiguo sniffled and muttered, "I think youâre very certain about everything."
Uh...
Feeling a bit guilty, Cheng Su hugged his arm and said, "I just like to speculate. Anyway, how the future will turn out, weâll see when it comes. Weâre not scientists; we canât make inventions. Letâs just live our peaceful little life. As for me, Iâll concentrate on doing business and earning money. And you, just work hard to climb the ranks. Then our future child, once born, will be the typical rich second generation."
Qi Taiguo snorted and pinched her nose, saying, "Your words are so assured now, not knowing who was causing a fuss just the other day."
"Wasnât I just annoyed? Youâre not the one giving birth, of course, you wouldnât understand," Cheng Su countered. "Women are always at a bit of a disadvantage compared to men. No matter the era, if a child canât be born, people only blame the woman. That scene with your mom out of the blue, it annoyed me too, as if I was the only one at fault. Youâre her son, of course, she wouldnât blame you. In the end, Iâm the one who faces embarrassment."
As she spoke, her sense of injustice grew, and she reached out to pinch him, saying with full grievance, "How would you know the embarrassment I felt, laying on that examination table with my legs spread for the doctorâs check-up."
Qi Taiguo, hearing her bring up past grievances again, hastily said, "Yes, yes, itâs all my fault. Women donât have it easy."
Cheng Su gave him a disdainful look and sighed heavily. "Who knows what your mother will say when she goes back, sheâs sure to blame everything on me."
Qi Taiguo laughed sheepishly and said nothing, thinking to himself, I was eager to have a child, but you said no, and you fooled me, of course, Iâll push the blame onto you. But these words he didnât dare utter, for who allowed himself to give in to the temptation at that moment and agreed to her?