Chapter 469: The Wife's Family

The child was still gargling away, but Pei Ziheng ignored him. He turned away and walked out of the nursery.

The light was still warmly lit in the nursery.

Xia Ling's eyes snapped open as she watched Pei Ziheng leave the room. She crawled over to look at the baby in the rocking bed.

Thankfully, the baby was fine.

Xia Ling carried the little boy, who was still waving his short arms about, into her arms and cooed to him in a soft voice. Many questions were running through her mind. Why did Pei Ziheng suddenly want to see the child? It was so weird.

In fact, Xia Ling had been awake for quite some time.

When he draped the blanket over her and bent over to kiss her, she had already been awoken. She opened her eyes a little and saw Pei Ziheng right in front of her. In her fear, she hurriedly shut her eyes again. When she tried to sneak a look again, she saw Pei Ziheng standing by the rocking bed quietly watching the baby. His gaze was unreadable, and she could not tell what he was thinking.

Xia Ling's heart rate increased, fearing that he would do something to harm the child. Thankfully, all he did was to reach out to touch the child before leaving the room.

Thank God.

Xia Ling hugged the baby closer to her chest as her body trembled.

The little boy opened his puppy-dog eyes and stared at his mother curiously like he was confused and did not know why mummy was feeling so nervous. He looked at her until he felt sleepy again. He shut his eyes and fell asleep peacefully in her arms.

Xia Ling put him back into the rocking bed and switched off the lights.

She returned to the bedroom.

Pei Ziheng had already changed into a navy silk nightrobe and was lying on the luxurious king-sized bed.

He seemed to have fallen asleep already. The moonlight shone onto his handsome side profile through the glass windows, and he looked so handsome with features that many girls would die for.

However, Xia Ling was no longer at the age of his fangirls.

She changed into her pajamas and crawled stealthily into bed so as not to wake him. She lay down as far away from him as possible, and as usual, turned her back to him.

Not long later, she felt his warm body envelop her from behind.

Her body froze and wanted to struggle, but she resisted the urge. These days, Pei Ziheng hugged her to sleep often. He had a strong possessiveness, and for him to stop at hugging her was already tremendous self-control on his part.

However, today it felt like things were a little different.

Xia Ling felt movement on the back of her neck, like something soft was touching her. It felt like his lips. He breathed into her ears. "Give me a child."

Xia Ling's heart was at tenterhooks. Earlier in the nursery, she heard him say the exact same thing. Was he really at the end of his patience?

Xia Ling carefully said, "I'm not fully recovered yet."

Pei Ziheng said, "I've asked the doctor. Half a year is enough. Actually, the doctor said a year, and that six months are a little rushed."

But he could not wait much longer.

Xia Ling said, "It's barely been three months."

The man behind her hugged her more tightly but did not say anything.

Xia Ling felt uneasy. If the doctor had said that she could get pregnant again in six months, then there were only three months left. Three months later, she would be forced to become Pei Ziheng's consummated wife? And to carry his child? That was terrifying.

Xia Ling's eyes remained open as she pondered on how she could delay the inevitable. She stayed awake throughout the night.

Since she was engrossed in her worries, Xia Ling lost her appetite the next day, resulting in a shortage of breastmilk for the child. The baby was naturally quite picky with his food, and he started to cry again. He did not like any of the milk powder products and only wanted to drink Xia Ling's breastmilk.

Xia Ling had no choice but to request for Nanny Zhou to boil some squid soup to add to her nutrition.

In the following days, she drank the soup every day until she was so sick of it she wanted to throw up. However, for the sake of her child, she gritted her teeth and drank it obediently. The helpers worked hard to cook nutritious food for her to regain her health as soon as possible. On the one hand, it was for the baby so that Xia Ling would have sufficient breastmilk to feed him. On the other hand, Pei Ziheng had also instructed them to make sure Madam was strong and healthy.

She needed to have a healthy body to be able to withstand a second pregnancy.

Her pallor became better day by day, and she felt less fatigued.

This day, she carried the baby to the garden for some sun.

Nanny Zhou came to look for her like she had something to say but did not know where to start.

Xia Ling asked, "Nanny Zhou, what's up?"

Nanny Zhou hesitated before replying, "Madam, when I was out buying groceries this morning, I met a woman who claimed that she's from your family. Her name is Liu Zhaodi."

Liu Zhaodi? Auntie Liu?

If Nanny Zhou did not mention her, Xia Ling would have almost forgotten that such a person existed. Wasn't she "Ye Xingling's" stepmother? The woman that had betrayed her time and time again.

"Why did she look for you?" Xia Ling frowned slightly as her instincts told her that nothing good was going to come from this.

As expected, Nanny Zhou said, "She said that even though you've married into the Pei Family, you should still interact frequently with your own family. She said that you haven't contacted them in such a long time. Ever since you announced to the public about your pregnancy, they have been trying to get in touch with you but to no avail. They're very worried about you, saying that you're just a young girl, and could not... "

Nanny Zhou swallowed the rest of her sentence.

"What did they say about me?" Xia Ling was unfazed. She knew that nothing good could come from Auntie Liu's mouth.

"Said... she said that... you got pregnant before marriage..." Nanny Zhou was upset. It was fine for random people on the street to speak badly of Madam, but how could her own family say such things about her? Even though Liu Zhaodi claimed to be Madam's mother, she did not resemble one at all. It was clear that she was not Madam's birth mom!

Xia Ling could not care less. She smiled and said, "That's a fact, isn't it?" This was a blemish that would stay on her reputation. Even if she didn't get taken away by Pei Ziheng, it was probably going to be hard for Li Lei to marry her immediately as well.

She asked calmly. "What else did she say?"

Nanny Zhou was impressed at Madam's composure. "She also said that your father went to look for you at Imperial Entertainment, but was blocked by the guards at the door. The security officer went to look for Chu Chen, and your father was chased away by him. He told them never to try to contact you again."

So that's why.

Xia Ling now understood why Auntie Liu was unable to find her all this while, even though she found out about her pregnancy a long time ago. So they were blocked by Chu Chen.

Chu Chen probably got his instructions from Pei Ziheng.

Why was Pei Ziheng not allowing her to meet her family in this life?

Xia Ling thought about it before coming to a realization. That was because Pei Ziheng knew that she was reincarnated and had no relation whatsoever to her parents in this life. In his eyes, these poor relatives were just trying to take advantage of her and bask in her aura.