Chapter 121
【Raising Cubs Extra】
Li Chu hadn’t actually planned to get pregnant right after marriage. She had researched beforehand and knew that while the chances of conception during a complete marking were high, it wasn’t absolute. The higher the compatibility between the alpha and omega, the higher the conception rate.
Li Chu and Ning Manqing’s pheromone compatibility was one hundred percent. After all, Ning Manqing had differentiated because of Li Chu’s pheromones. Neither of them was surprised by this result.
Perhaps because of this, it only took one time. Oh no, not one time, but seven days and nights of diligent cultivation.
After confirming Li Chu’s pregnancy, Ning Manqing held their long-planned wedding as promised.
Li Chu didn't invite the original owner's family, but invited close friends from the industry like Ming Zhi and Zhao Zhichun. Ning Manqing invited a few close relatives, some business partners, and socialites.
The wedding was extremely extravagant, with enough details to keep reporters busy for three days.
Li Chu wore her wedding dress. At this moment, she didn't care how beautiful she looked or how magnificent the scene was. She only cared about Ning Manqing, and Ning Manqing felt the same.
Fifty Years Rewound was scheduled for release during the Spring Festival after editing and review.
By then, Li Chu was six or seven months pregnant, wasn't participating in any activities, and was resting at home.
She was much rounder than before her pregnancy, with a gentle maternal glow on her cheeks.
She was slowly walking in the garden, watering the flowers, when Ning Manqing returned. This was the lighthearted and comfortable scene that greeted Ning Manqing.
“How are you feeling today?”
“Teacher Ning, you ask me that eighteen times a day. A Yao and Yuanzi are always watching me. I’m fine. Are you here to take me to the movies?”
Li Chu put down the watering can, routinely complaining about her wife's excessive worry, then turned the conversation to their appointment for the day.
“Yes, I've already booked it. Let me help you.”
Ning Manqing nodded, touching Li Chu's round belly and supporting her lower back as they walked.
After becoming pregnant, Li Chu abandoned high heels. Except for necessary events, she wore flats.
She held her belly and got into the car, in a very good mood.
Usually, the lead actors would attend the premiere, but Ning Manqing was dealing with a tricky matter at the time, and Li Chu was at home resting, so neither of them attended.
To avoid any disturbances, Ning Manqing had booked a private screening in advance.
As the movie began, details Li Chu had almost forgotten were recalled one by one. Li Chu watched quietly, her fingers interlaced with Ning Manqing’s.
The first batch of viewers who had finished watching the movie had already started rating it online, and the response was very good.
@IHaveAQingLiTree: Sisters, I'm embarrassed, wuwuwu. I actually cried in the cinema. It's really sweet, the kind of sweet that gives you diabetes. After watching it, I ran eight thousand meters and drank five bottles of insulin. It's really, really warm and touching, especially since the leads are my CP. I don't know if you can understand how I felt, tears streaming down my face!
@QingLi'sBaldy: Aaaaaah, me too! This excitement is no less than when I saw the official announcement! I was melted into a puddle in front of the screen that day. This is a match made in heaven! Thank goodness, my CP is finally sweet in a drama.
@RuoRuoLostATooth: Just a passerby. After watching it, my little O heart exploded. I can't wait to fall in love. This movie really made me feel the beauty and preciousness of love. Some people really can't be missed. Hold on tight, and maybe a lot will change. So I want to ask, are there any As out there?
@MouthUlcerGone: A very successful commercial film. It has plenty of humor and touching moments, and some room for thought and imagination. Very high quality, today's happiness quota has been filled. The ticket price was worth it!
@GodBlessQingLi: Seeing them smile together, and thinking that Sister Ning and Baby Li Li are also loving in real life, makes it even better. I hope they can have a baby soon.
The last comment got a lot of retweets. The Qing Li CP's online community, since the day of the official announcement, had changed from "Has Qing Li officially announced today?" to "Has Qing Li had a baby today?" It could be said that the fans were very concerned.
After watching the movie, Li Chu also saw this comment and couldn't help but laugh.
Neither she nor Ning Manqing had publicized the pregnancy to avoid unnecessary attention and harassment. It wouldn't be too late to announce it after the baby was born.
After leaving the cinema, Li Chu went for her routine prenatal checkup. Ning Manqing would occasionally touch her belly, warning the baby to be good and not to bother her mother. Li Chu found this amusing every time.
Although Ning Manqing was busy, she never missed any of Li Chu's checkups.
In this world, the baby's sex could be checked. Since the first gender couldn't be detected in the womb and could only be determined at eighteen years old during differentiation, there were basically no abortions due to knowing the sex of the baby.
However, Li Chu didn't get it checked. She always believed in going with the flow. Whether it was a boy or a girl, it was her child.
Ning Manqing agreed with her. When Li Chu worriedly asked what they would do about not having time to pick out clothes if they didn't know the sex, CEO and Movie Queen Ning gave her a puzzled look.
“As long as the price is right, I can buy a whole house full in ten minutes.”
Li Chu was silent for a moment, then deeply agreed.
The baby was born in the lush month of June, a girl. Ning Manqing named her Ning Hantao.
The fans cheered again, urging the couple to make a public appearance together. Li Chu and Ning Manqing were actually both busy, but they would shoot a magazine spread or attend a gala together.
After her daughter was born, Li Chu was unexpectedly relieved. Her daughter took after her other mother. Apart from crying at birth, she only cried when she was hungry or needed a diaper change. The rest of the time, she was quietly playing or sleeping, like a well-behaved angel, not causing any trouble at all.
Xiao Hantao had fox eyes like Ning Manqing, although now only a rough outline could be seen.
When Xiao Hantao was born, the house was filled with gifts, some from various friends in the industry, and some from Ning Manqing's side. After all, with Ning Manqing's current status, there were only more people trying to curry favor with her, not less.
Among the pile of gifts, Li Chu received a rather special one from Zhong Yue.
It was a protective amulet. Zhong Yue had lived in a temple for over half a year. After hearing the news, she asked for one at the temple, had the abbot bless it, and then had someone deliver it.
Li Chu hung it on the cradle, and Xiao Hantao would occasionally grab it to play with.
About half a year later, Li Chu heard that Zhong Yue had passed away.
She was holding her child when she heard the news. The amulet had already faded and yellowed with time.
Ning Hantao had been a very intelligent and ambitious child since she was young, which could be seen from her behavior at her one-year-old first birthday tradition where a child selects objects to predict their future celebration.
At the celebration, Li Chu and Ning Manqing prepared all sorts of items for their daughter. Guests also added things to the mix for fun. Xiao Hantao, still babbling, picked several items she was interested in and finally gathered them all under her, the meaning very clear: she wanted them all.
She learned to walk and talk quickly, always ranked first in kindergarten, and had a strong obsession with winning.
This always puzzled Li Chu. She had never instilled this kind of thinking in her child, and Ning Manqing's parenting philosophy was "Wife is always right," so it was even more impossible for her to transmit this kind of thinking. Therefore, Li Chu, as a mother, was very confused about the child she had given birth to.
Seven-year-old Ning Hantao seriously corrected her: “Getting first is about getting first, there’s no other reason. Also, Mom, I’m already in first grade.”
Ning Manqing nodded: “Maybe baby is just smarter, like I used to be.”
Li Chu thought about it and didn’t find it strange. Before eighteen, Ning Manqing was a proud genius. After eighteen, she learned to hide her sharp edges and settle herself.
Ning Manqing thought for a moment and then said: “No, it should be because of your good genes, Taotao, that she’s so smart.”
Xiao Ning Hantao, already a primary school student, calmly listened to her mother's sweet talk to her mom, covering her face with a book, judging that they would return to their room within a minute.
Li Chu blushed as Ning Manqing pulled her back to their room. Ning Hantao, in the living room, put down her book and couldn't help but shake her head. This was the wisdom of the little genius Tao.
During her summer vacation at seven and a half years old, Ning Hantao was taken by her mother to a parent-child variety show. This was actually because Ning Hantao saw the message on Li Chu's phone and urged Li Chu to go.
Because she felt her summer vacation was boring, she wanted some colorful activities.
Li Chu, seeing that her daughter wanted to go and have fun, packed up and took her.
It just so happened that because of filming, she couldn't always be with her daughter. If she could work and be with her child at the same time, that would naturally be great.
There were also several other celebrities and singers and their children on the show. With her pretty face, elegant temperament, and excellent logic and eloquence, Ning Hantao quickly became the most popular child on the show.
For other children and parents, Li Chu and Ning Hantao were a rather special pair, because Ning Hantao's self-control was even better than her mother's.
For example, when it was time to sleep, Li Chu still wanted to play another game, and Ning Hantao stood in front of her.
“Mom, if you’re not very sleepy, then let’s do some Olympiad math problems together, okay?”
Li Chu's face stiffened, and she quickly put down her phone. Elementary school Olympiad math was deadly for her!
Li Chu thought sadly, her daughter really was just like her other mother, except Ning Manqing would threaten her in another way that left her unable to get out of bed.
In the last episode of the variety show, the program team planned to play the tear-jerking and heartwarming card, asking the children if they would be sad because their parents' schedules couldn't always accompany them, if they would miss them, and if they had anything they wanted to say.
While asking these questions, the parents were watching the individual interviews in another room.
This segment was truly tear-jerking. Younger children would say they had nightmares and cried because they couldn't find their mothers, or that other children's parents would pick them up and drop them off from school every day and cook delicious food for them, but they could only see their nanny.
Older children would understand their parents' hard work and express their longing and concern for their parents' health. Children with different personalities had different answers.
The last one to be asked was Ning Hantao. Li Chu didn't know what her daughter would say and was already prepared to cry.
“Does your mom usually spend a lot of time with you?”
“Not much. Sometimes she’s very busy and only comes back after a long time, but we can video chat.”
“Do you miss her a lot? Do you want her to always be with you?”
“I miss her, but I don’t want her to always be with me.”
The host smiled and asked: “Because mom will control you?”
Xiao Ning Hantao shook her head and said: “Mom also has her own things to do, things she loves. Mother told me that Mom is first herself, then her wife, and then my mom. I think Mother is right.”
Li Chu controlled her emotions. Ning Manqing had never told her that she had told their child these things.
She laughed, but her eyes couldn't help but redden.
She turned her head and asked: “How much longer until the recording ends? I want to take my child home soon.”
【The End】
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