Lu Heng gently stroked his long beard beneath his chin, and leisurely recounted: "Approximately two years later, Young Friend Xu, your obsession with having children grew deeper, to the extent it became a heartache for you."

"During a gathering with old friends, you rarely revealed your true feelings to them."

"This old friend was quite puzzled; since your body was fine, why couldn’t you have children?"

"Seeing you sighing and sulking, this old friend suddenly made a suggestion..."

"The content of this suggestion was quite interesting."

"He said that among the three women you previously married, excluding the second one who couldn’t have children, the remaining two hadn’t borne children."

"So why not find someone who has had children?"

"A woman who has borne children can prove she has no issues and can definitely conceive."

"Moreover, such a woman wouldn’t reject having children like the first and third ex-wife did."

"At that time, you knitted your brows tightly and didn’t immediately agree."

"But after returning home, the more you thought about it, the more sense it made."

"So you told your parents about your thoughts."

"Seeing that you had been single for years and held an obsession with children, they nodded in approval."

"In the following period, the people they introduced to you for dates had all been those who had borne at least one child."

"Approximately half a year later, Young Friend Xu, you embarked on your fourth marriage."

"This time, your spouse was a thirty-one-year-old young wife."

"She had previously given birth to two very lovely daughters with her ex-husband."

"She was gentle and considerate, unlike the previous three ex-wives who often caused various conflicts with you."

"After marriage, you became the stepfather to her two daughters, and for the first time had children, although they weren’t biologically yours."

"You treated these two girls well, like they were your own, while also hoping for the day your fourth wife would have a child with you."

"However, things didn’t go as planned, and this fourth marriage also ended in half a year..."

Lu Heng paused slightly here.

After gently shaking his head, he continued: "The reason for the divorce was that you discovered your fourth wife had been entangled with her ex-husband."

"You realized that every month, she met with her ex-husband several times."

"But when you questioned her, she denied it completely."

"You couldn’t tolerate her deception, so naturally, this fourth marriage also ended in failure."

After hearing Lu Heng’s account, Xu Jie was dumbfounded.

The viewers were also left bewildered.

But soon, a torrent of comments flooded the entire live stream room.

"I get it, Brother Xu is definitely destined to divorce; anyone who marries him will divorce for various reasons."

"Indeed, as the friend said!"

"Why do I feel Old Xu’s choices during divorce are all very right?"

"Definitely right, which is why they ended in divorce."

"Not even a successful person like Brother Xu would want his wife entangled with an ex-husband."

"Who knows if the fourth wife has cheated in those entanglements with her ex-husband."

"What if she has cheated, wouldn’t Brother Xu be raising someone else’s child?"

"He married a divorced woman with two kids, so he’s raising someone else’s children, isn’t he?"

"Isn’t it different?"

"It’s different between knowing before marriage and being deceived after marriage!"

"Wait... I suddenly realize, wouldn’t the eleven children the old Taoist mentioned also be like the daughters brought by the fourth wife?"

"Whoa! Blind man, you discovered a key point!"

"What do you mean? Are none of the eleven children Old Xu’s biological offspring?"

"Turns out all those kids belong to others!"

"So you say, are they not Old Xu’s children?"

"If all are like the fourth wife’s children, then Old Xu is their stepfather, and indeed they are considered Old Xu’s children."

"I thought Old Xu’s wife would have eleven kids herself!"

"Wait, if those eleven kids are all like this, then wouldn’t Brother Xu still not have his own biological child in the end?"

"Yep, you guessed right!"

"Oh dear, isn’t this too tragic?"

"Brother Xu, did you see? Now’s the time to acknowledge me as your godson..."

This time, Xu Jie was truly bewildered.

The comments from the viewers seemed very reasonable.

Could it be that his future eleven children are all such kids brought by marrying young wives?

These kids, in name, were indeed his children.

But... but this was entirely different from what he wanted!

Thinking of this, he could no longer hold back and hurriedly asked: "Old Taoist, wouldn’t the eleven children you mentioned all be stepchildren or stepdaughters like this?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng didn’t directly answer the question.

Instead, he smiled lightly and softly said: "Young Friend Xu, don’t be anxious. Let me continue..."

"After this fourth marriage ended swiftly, you felt dissatisfied and continued your dating journey."

"However, your fifth wife wasn’t someone you met through dating."

"This fifth wife was actually a manager at your company."

"Because her husband was addicted to gambling, she divorced him and raised their pair of twins solo."

"One day during work, her ex suddenly appeared at your company, demanding money to continue gambling."

"This incident happened to be caught by you, and with your help, she finally severed ties with her ex-husband."

"It was this assistance that brought your relationship beyond a superior-subordinate dynamic."

"Soon, you found your feelings for each other hard to contain."

"You’ve never been one to suppress your emotions, so during a date, you actively expressed your love for her."

"She hesitated for a moment but then nodded in agreement to your pursuit."

"A year and a half later, you finally married and became husband and wife."

"And Young Friend Xu, you began your fifth marriage..."

After hearing these, Xu Jie’s expression turned somewhat pained.

Because he already guessed that his fifth marriage was bound to end in failure too.

After all, counting the fourth ex-wife, there were only four kids!

Seven more to go!

So he would repeatedly... no, continuously marry and divorce.

Seeing him like this, Lu Heng felt somewhat amused.

In the future, Xu Jie indeed seemed somewhat obsessed.

He married his fifth wife because he saw she had given birth to a pair of twins, and he wanted to replicate that for himself.

But his fifth wife had no desire to be a tool merely for bearing children.

Therefore, this fifth marriage ended once again...