"I... this... never mind, you think about it. I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl, I can't even come up with a surname."
"Just follow your surname, because this is the life you brought. Having the surname Lin doesn't mean they'll inherit the faults of the older generation. Look at us, aren't we very different from our parents' generation?"
Lin Ran laughed. "Heh, that's true, we're quite different. We both pretty much wiped out our respective families."
Lin Ran's words made Luo Yao laugh too.
"That's why we're a perfect match. As for the gender... you can pick two names, one for a boy and one for a girl. Use whichever fits when they're born."
Lin Ran thought this was a good idea—one boy, one girl.
"Then I'll pick the girl's name, you think of the boy's name."
Lin Ran directly halved the workload, thinking Luo Yao would probably be just as clueless about names as he was.
Luo Yao thought for a moment. "If it's a boy, call him Lin Luo."
Taking one character from each of their names—a good idea.
"Then for a girl, how about Nian Yao?"
"Nian Yao... I like that name." Luo Yao's eyes grew intense again.
Lin Ran was taken aback. "Yao Yao, hold back."
Ugh!
Luo Yao sighed.
What Lin Luo, what Lin Nianyao, they're all just bad kids getting in the way of me having you...
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for Luo Yao's next prenatal check-up, about a month since the last one.
Early that morning, Lin Ran accompanied Luo Yao to the hospital. They were absolute VIPs, completing all the tests without any waiting.
Getting the results was also very fast.
The baby was now 12 weeks old, and the gender was completely discernible.
For ordinary people, the doctor definitely wouldn't reveal the baby's gender, but for Lin Ran and Luo Yao, it was different.
The one performing Luo Yao's check-up today was Dean Yi's younger sister, Yi Buhuo. After reviewing the report, she asked,
"Director Luo, would you like us to tell you the baby's gender?"
Luo Yao looked at Lin Ran, who shook his head.
Having a baby is like opening a surprise; a little anticipation is nice.
Whether boy or girl, it's their child.
Knowing the baby was perfectly healthy, Lin Ran felt relieved.
Almost three months—the dangerous period was about to pass.
This also meant his wife was soon going to be back at full strength.
And indeed, Luo Yao was already growing impatient to feel enveloped by Lin Ran's love again.
"Yao Yao, Wang Anjian has been out of the isolation ward for over a month. I'd like to visit him, and later go to Old Wu and the others' wedding venue."
Luo Yao nodded. "I'll go with you."
Wang Anjian had his surgery before the New Year, spent a month in the isolation ward, and had now been transferred back to his previous VIP room.
He was recovering very well and seemed even more spirited.
When Lin Ran and Luo Yao entered, Wang Anjian's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wow, what a pretty big sister! You and Brother Lin Ran are a perfect match."
With just one opening line, Wang Anjian solved Luo Yao's aversion to men.
Lin Ran walked up to Wang Anjian and gave him the gifts they brought. Luo Yao also looked at the little boy.
"Big sister, are you the one Brother Lin Ran loves?"
Luo Yao, unusually, showed a faint smile. "Were you the one who wrote the inscription on the photo for him?"
Wang Anjian excitedly raised his little hand. "Me, it was me! Brother Lin Ran really did fall in love with the pretty sister! But I wrote the words, though what they said was from Brother Lin Ran."
Lin Ran was also somewhat surprised that Luo Yao showed no aversion to Wang Anjian.
Wasn't she supposed to dislike men?
Luo Yao didn't usually like children; she just wanted to try and see what interacting with a child felt like.
But facing Wang Anjian, she suddenly felt that children might not be so annoying after all, which is why she managed that slight smile.
Her aversion to men wasn't innate.
Initially, it was because growing up in the remote mountains, the men there forced her to train and kill every day, making her despise them.
Tragically, after she grew up, the men in her family pressured her to become a guardian, deepening her dislike.
Later, as she entered society, she encountered too many men with impure intentions, their eyes full of nothing but desire.
Luo Yao deeply loathed that kind of look, gradually developing into an aversion to men.
But Wang Anjian...
Although he called her pretty, his eyes were as clear as lake water, without a trace of lewdness—it was a gaze of pure innocence.
This also lessened some of Luo Yao's prejudice against men in her heart.
"Oh? And what did your Brother Lin Ran say?"
Wang Anjian immediately spoke up, as if he didn't need to recall at all.
"Brother said he wanted to find his true self. He also said you've always loved him, but he hurt you. So I promised Brother Lin Ran that if I ever saw you, I'd tell you for him: he loves you very much."
"Pretty sister, you won't blame Brother Lin Ran, right?"
Luo Yao glanced at Lin Ran. "Did you really say such things?"
Lin Ran, without any shyness, pulled Luo Yao into an embrace. "Of course. Don't I tell you I love you every day?"
Watching the two hug, Wang Anjian covered his eyes, but the gaps between his fingers betrayed his gossipy heart.
Only after Luo Yao and Lin Ran separated did he lower his hands.
"And also, Brother Lin Ran said I should be the flower boy at your wedding! When are you getting married?"
Lin Ran said with a smile, "Soon. When the autumn breeze blows and you return to school, we'll get married."
Wang Anjian nodded emphatically. "Autumn will definitely come quickly, and you two will definitely be happy together forever."
Lin Ran suddenly felt having a little angel like Wang Anjian was pretty nice.
Before, he was more inclined to want a daughter, but now he felt a boy could be quite lovely too.
"Anjian, big brother and sister have to go attend someone else's wedding now, so we'll leave first. You be good and cooperate with the treatment, okay?"
"Okay, busy, you're all busy. Being busy is good!" Wang Anjian imitated a line from an advertisement, making Lin Ran laugh out loud. Even Luo Yao's lips curled up slightly.
"Brother, sister, I'm just joking. You should go. I'll be good and listen to the nurse sisters." Wang Anjian's smile was bright and healing.
Once outside the hospital, Lin Ran asked,
"Yao Yao, are you coming with me to Old Wu and Shen Jingbing's wedding?"
Luo Yao glanced at Lin Ran. "You make it sound like they're a gay couple too."
Lin Ran: ???
Something seemed off, yet also not quite wrong.
"These two really know how to pick a date. Getting married on Tomb-Sweeping Day... what kind of logic is that?" Lin Ran complained while thinking to himself.
Such a bizarre wedding date was ninety-nine percent likely Shen Jingbing's idea.
Actually, he was quite mistaken. This date was jointly decided by Wu Zhishang and Shen Jingbing.
What's special about this day?
It's the birthday of both Zhang Xinyan and Xiao Xiaole.
Xiao Xiaole is two years younger than Zhang Xinyan, but their solar calendar birthdays both fall on Tomb-Sweeping Day.
Such a coincidence, so why not add another layer of coincidence?
Shen Jingbing and Wu Zhishang's thoughts aligned perfectly.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
