Chapter 2293: Branch’s Words: Brother Ling, Why Don’t You Have Kids in the Future?

Su Yunling’s body went stiff; he silently turned his head to look at Gu Zhiqi.

Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi immediately stood up. "I’ll go check on the kitchen."

With that, she left at the fastest possible speed.

Su Yunling: ?

Su Yunling had no choice but to hold the child, awkwardly trying to soothe him.

Watching Su Yunling’s movements, Gu Yuluo clicked her tongue and said to him, "You can’t even calm a child down. What then? When you two have kids in the future, you’re still expecting Qiqi to do all the soothing?"

Su Yunling: "..."

Su Yunling went quiet for a few seconds; his expression suddenly turned serious. Looking at the Little Bun in his arms, Su Yunling resolved to get him to stop crying.

However...

He couldn’t. He just could not.

He didn’t understand—just a moment ago the kid had been happily playing around with Gu Zhiqi, so how did he turn into such a sobbing mess in the blink of an eye?

In the end, it was Gu Yuluo who took the baby from him, then carried Gu Qinghe off to make formula.

At this moment, Gu Zhiqi, who had gone to "check on the kitchen," was chased out by Mother Gu. She quietly came back to the sofa, then hid behind Su Yunling as she watched Gu Qinghe and Gu Yuluo leave.

Only when the two of them were out of sight did Gu Zhiqi let out a breath of relief. "Children are terrifying."

Little junior sister and Fourth Senior Brother are still way easier to handle.

They never liked crying since they were small, they became sensible early on, and they were super easy to raise.

Hearing Gu Zhiqi’s low muttering, Su Yunling turned his head and looked at her. "You’re that scared?"

Gu Zhiqi nodded like a bobblehead.

After listening, a hint of amusement flickered in Su Yunling’s eyes.

But then, a deeper shade slipped into his gaze as he started thinking about what Gu Yuluo said just now.

Even though the two of them weren’t married yet, and there wouldn’t be kids anytime soon, if one day a child really did arrive, someone would have to take care of it.

He didn’t want her to have to worry, so...

Should he learn how to take care of a baby?

So, starting the next day, Gu Zhiqi noticed that the type of books Su Yunling was reading had changed.

Before, it was all cultivation books. From that day on, Su Yunling started reading books about raising children, and he even followed Mother Gu around to learn how to take care of the baby.

In just a few short days, whenever Gu Qinghe was in his arms and started crying, he could tell exactly why Gu Qinghe was crying.

Gu Zhiqi: "Brother Ling, are you planning to raise Gu Qinghe like he’s your own son?"

Right then, Gu Qinghe was lying asleep in Su Yunling’s arms. Hearing Gu Zhiqi’s question, Su Yunling turned his head, looked at her, and said with a smile, "I’m just practicing. If we have a child in the future, I’ll be the one in charge of taking care of them."

Gu Zhiqi: "...We haven’t even gotten married yet and you’re already thinking about having kids?"

Besides, she definitely did not want to have children.

These little cubs who start bawling like someone pressed their self-destruct button, completely uncontrollable—Gu Zhiqi did not want to own a walking time bomb of the same model.

She liked playing with kids.

But what she liked was the kind she could hand back the moment they started crying.

Listening to her question, Su Yunling raised a brow. "I’ve got nothing better to do. Learning a bit won’t hurt."

Gu Zhiqi went quiet for a beat.

A few seconds later, something suddenly occurred to her; she leaned closer to Su Yunling and asked seriously, "Brother Ling, when you turn into Yun Yi, can you have children?"

Su Yunling: ?

Gu Zhiqi: "How about you be the one to have the kids in the future?"

Honestly, she was a little afraid of marriage and pregnancy.

But if she didn’t have to give birth herself, that fear would probably lessen a lot.

Su Yunling: "...I don’t have that ability."

Hearing that, Gu Zhiqi looked a bit disappointed.

Seeing the disappointment on Gu Zhiqi’s face, Su Yunling: "..."

**

Gu Zhiqi and Su Yunling stayed at the Gu Family home for several days.

During these days, Gu Zhiqi’s daily routine was tending flowers and plants and keeping the elders company, while Su Yunling helped Mother Gu and the nanny take care of Gu Qinghe.