Finally, although Qin Yunxi found it displeasing that his future wife's belongings were on Grace, he did not take them back.
After lunch, he found his mother and protested, "Mommy, the things you gave her are too precious."
Grace could not bear the honor of being the Qin family's daughter-in-law.
Zhan Lan said with a stern face, "I don't care. I like her, so you have to chase her."
Qin Yunxi: "—"
[Mom, you've said this more than a hundred times. I'm immune.]
The man muttered inwardly.
Seeing her son's indifference, Zhan Lan warned, "You are not allowed to take back anything I've given away!"
Qin Yunxi: "————"
Mom, don't worry, I wouldn't dare even if you gave me ten times the courage.
There was no helping it. No matter how powerful he was in the outside world, in front of his mother, there was only one word: timid!
Timid for no reason!
"Alas—"
With a deep sigh, Qin Yunxi voiced the doubt in his heart, "Mommy, why her?"
No matter how he played outside, his mother never interfered or bothered him. But suddenly, inexplicably, she designated a wife for him, and Qin Yunxi was very confused.
Zhan Lan looked at her son seriously, "Yunxi, you are thirty years old now. It's time to settle down."
"Settle your heart and leave an heir for the Qin family."
As if thinking of something, Zhan Lan's eyes were filled with sadness and pain. "You're not thinking of having your old mother find someone for surrogacy, are you?"
Although she had not yet reached menopause, her body had been injured after her second miscarriage. Even after trying for a baby with her husband for over a decade, she still could not get pregnant again.
Qin Yunxi and Qin Yunqiao, the dragon and phoenix twins, were the only children of Zhan Lan and her husband.
"Surrogacy?" Qin Yunxi was startled by his mother's words and rushed to hug her tightly.
How could his mother think of such a terrifying word?
Could it be that if he didn't get married and have children, his mother would really force his father to go through unnecessary trouble?
No!
If that happened, it wouldn't just be his father causing chaos, but him too!
Just thinking about it was scary.
Terrifying!
Qin Yunxi hugged his mother, rubbing his chin on her head, and said helplessly, "Surrogacy is illegal."
"And it requires injections and medication."
"Mommy, I can't bear to see you suffer like that."
Zhan Lan patted her son's hand, feeling a little smug inside. "Then are you agreeing to have grandchildren for me?"
Qin Yunxi nodded, "Mm."
Since Mommy was so fixated on "children," as a son, he should fulfill his filial duty and grant the elder's wish.
It's just—
He would find the woman qualified to give birth to the Qin family heir himself.
It might not be Grace.
Zhan Lan was overjoyed and said expectantly, "Preferably a whole football team."
Qin Yunxi was hit by the blow. "Mommy!"
Did his mother want a five-a-side, eight-a-side, or eleven-a-side football team?
Even though the Qin family had a genetic predisposition for twins, having so many would require at least triplets, quadruplets, or sextuplets.
Just thinking about it gave him a headache!
Zhan Lan did not sense her son's breakdown at all. Her mind was filled with fantasies of a future with many descendants. "It's most suitable for a woman to have three pregnancies, two babies in one year, four in three years, and six in five years."
Yes, just like that, it was perfect!
"Yunxi, discuss it with Grace. Can you give the Qin family six babies in five years?"
Qin Yunxi: o(╯□╰)o
He really couldn't bear to shatter his mother's beautiful fantasy, but this matter was far from certain and truly asking too much.
He said, "Mommy, I only promise to have children, not necessarily get married."
Oh?
Zhan Lan narrowed her eyes, staring at her son, and scrutinized him, "You're not thinking of finding a woman for surrogacy, are you?"
Finding a highly intelligent, emotionally intelligent, and beautiful college student or graduate student for egg donation?
Or finding a beautiful woman for surrogacy?
Emmmm—
If her son had this idea, she would definitely beat his head in!
Isn't normal natural conception wonderful? Why must he mess with all sorts of complicated things?
Qin Yunxi sensed the danger in his mother's eyes and said wisely, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I will definitely find a woman for normal conception."
He paused, "And this woman must be satisfactory to Mommy. Only with Mommy's approval will she be qualified to give birth to the Qin family's descendants."
Zhan Lan felt deeply gratified that her son was not too much of a scoundrel. "I think Grace is good. She's beautiful, intelligent, and a kind child. Go chase her quickly."