"Oh, it’s like this..."

Just as Li Yang started to speak, Xue Ning shouted loudly, "Don’t say it! If you say it, I’ll die right in front of you all now!"

In an instant, the atmosphere froze, and that suffocating feeling suddenly appeared.

No one expected Xue Ning to say something so resolute.

At this moment, Xue Ning, her eyes blurred with tears, pleaded with Wang Cuiping, "Mom, please, just take it as my plea, don’t ask anymore, okay?"

Li Likun, without showing any emotions, moved beside Li Yang, nudged his arm, and then signaled Li Yang to go out.

The meaning was for Li Yang to go out and speak with him alone.

But doing so would probably only increase Xue Ning’s psychological pressure.

Seeing this, Li Yang directly said, "Actually, it’s about my sister’s boyfriend being a jerk who deceived her! When she found out, that bastard had already run off. Then my sister discovered she was pregnant and felt too ashamed to come home to see you, so she stayed in Jiangbei..."

He spoke quickly, so fast that Xue Ning didn’t even react, her expression still fixed on the gesture of trying to stop him.

Hearing this, Li Likun was filled with rage.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Who is that bastard? How do his parents educate their children? I’m going to settle accounts with them now!"

Li Yang explained, "Dad, the guy was lying from the start, how could he give you detailed information? Even I was deceived by him; I even invited him for a meal during the New Year."

Li Likun didn’t believe it, "With your current status, someone still dares to deceive you? Go investigate him, I don’t believe we can’t find out! When you find out, tell me, I’ll break his legs!"

Although Xue Ning was his goddaughter, over the past two years, how could there be no feelings? He absolutely couldn’t let his daughter suffer such injustice.

Wang Cuiping, on the side, asked Xue Ning, "Ningning, why would you keep his child, such a guy?"

For Wang Cuiping, pregnancy was a terrifying thing, it could ruin Xue Ning’s whole life.

Even if not married, having a child in the future would make others see her as a second marriage.

Perhaps even worse than those who are remarried without children.

"I..." Xue Ning hesitated.

Li Yang quickly chimed in, "Mom, initially we thought about aborting it, but after a doctor’s examination, they said that my sister’s body is quite delicate and the uterine lining is quite thin. If she aborts it, she might not be able to conceive for the rest of her life, so she gritted her teeth and kept it."

"?????"

"????"

To Wang Cuiping, this explanation was evidently convincing.

First of all, Xue Ning always looked very thin and unhealthy.

And compared to never having a child, she’d rather accept the current situation.

Pff! She was unwilling to accept it! But wasn’t there no other way now?

By now, the pregnancy was so far along that aborting would be unrealistic; doing so would only be more dangerous, and there’s a chance Xue Ning might lose her life. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Then, Wang Cuiping looked at Li Yang, "You knew about this early on, why didn’t you tell us? At the very least, I could have come to take care of your sister, instead of letting her suffer so much unfairly."

Li Yang hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake, "It’s my fault, next time when my sister gets pregnant, I’ll tell you guys right away."

"Say that again!"

Wang Cuiping’s face was stern; such a thing happening once was already distressing enough, can there be a next time?

Xue Ning immediately said, "Mom, I told Yangyang not to say anything, please don’t be angry. If you want to scold someone, scold me."

Wang Cuiping sighed, "How could I bear to scold you, I’m already too late in feeling sorry for you. Since things are already like this, let’s have the baby properly, our family can certainly afford to raise one child, I’ll help you take care of it in the future."

If later on, others were to despise Xue Ning for having a child, they would hand the child over to the old couple, certainly, there wouldn’t be a shortage in feeding a child at home.

Just then, the doorbell rang again.

Li Yang went over, opened the door, and received a food box.

Li Likun asked, "What’s this?"

"It’s takeout, it’s mealtime, we can’t possibly expect my sister to cook herself, right?"

It’s a well-known fact that Xue Ning couldn’t cook.

Wang Cuiping hurriedly got up, complaining, "She’s already pregnant, how can she eat takeout every day? Is there a kitchen here? Wait, I’ll go downstairs to buy some groceries, it’ll be ready soon."

"Mom, there are no dishes, rice, oil, or anything here."

Li Yang said, thinking about making do for lunch.

He also had it specially delivered by the hotel; the ingredients must be hygienic and safe, and they taste pretty good too.

But Wang Cuiping didn’t agree, "What’s the big deal, just buy them all together. Likun, you come with me, and later help me carry some things. Yangyang, you stay at home and look after your sister, understand?"

Li Yang: "...Got it, understood! There’s a supermarket at the entrance of the neighborhood, don’t go too far..."

"No need to tell me, I saw it when we came."

After saying that, Wang Cuiping pulled Li Likun out.

When the door was locked, Xue Ning finally let out a sigh of relief.

Li Yang directly moved to Xue Ning’s side and reached out to help wipe her tears.

Xue Ning quickly said, "Don’t move, we don’t know when mom and dad might come back."

"What are you afraid of, without an access card, they can’t get up the elevator."

"Ah? I forgot to give them the access card."

"Hehe, so until they call before coming up, it’ll be fine! Xue...give me a kiss."

Seeing how Xue Ning had looked so aggrieved, Li Yang certainly felt heartache as well.

In truth, he really did have the intention of coming clean, bringing his parents along meant he was already prepared.

At the last moment, he changed his mind, partly realizing Xue Ning was too emotionally agitated, and partly fearing his parents wouldn’t be able to accept it.