HCB Chapter 1473 Learning to Love
Chapter 1473 Learning to Love
“I can do as you say on other things, but not on this,” Kou Quan said seriously.
Just then, Huo Yan knocked on the door and came in. "Did I disturb you?"
"No, Mom, come in and sit down." Kou Quan quickly stepped aside to greet his mother-in-law.
Huo Yan sat down on the sofa and looked at Seventeen. "Are you throwing a tantrum again?"
Seventeen looked at her mother, "When did I throw a tantrum? Am I such an unreasonable person?"
Huo Yan smiled, and Kou Quan tactfully avoided the question, saying, "Mom, I'll take her change of clothes downstairs and come back in a bit."
"Go ahead," Huo Yan nodded.
After Kou Quan left, Huo Yan called Seventeen to her side. When Seventeen sat down, she grabbed a cushion and hugged it, then slumped onto the sofa, muttering a few words.
"I know what you're going to say, and I don't want to hear it. Mom, please stop pressuring me, okay?"
"Is your mother doing this for your own good, or is she forcing you?" Huo Yan's voice turned serious. Could this be brushed off? Did she know how dangerous this was?
Seventeen heard that her mother's voice was off, sat up, and looked very upset. "Mom, I love this child very much."
"Listen to me, take good care of yourself, you'll have a child sooner or later." Huo Yan held her daughter in her arms and gently comforted her.
Seventeen remained silent, but her mother understood. She felt indebted to Kou Quan; their reconciliation hadn't been easy, requiring them to overcome deep psychological barriers to get back together. If she didn't cherish him, why would she stubbornly want to keep the child?
“I’m not being willful, Mom, I can try,” Seventeen whispered.
"Qiqi, the child is important, but isn't your relationship with Xiaoquan important too? I understand why you want to keep the child—you love the child and want to make up for what you owe Xiaoquan. But what if this child puts you in danger? What will Xiaoquan do then?" Huo Yan said softly.
"You just want to keep the child. Have you considered that Xiao Quan might worry day and night because of your choice? You'll have to bear a lot of unknown pressure. But the people who love you won't be any less worried than you; in fact, they'll be suffering even more. Qi Qi, you're not alone. You're married, you have a husband, children, and family. Don't make choices on your own without considering your family. You know that keeping this child is a risky move. In this process, you don't care at all about the pressure your family is under, do you?"
The child has lived in a castle provided by her parents since childhood, receiving only what they have taught her. Beyond the things they've been taught, she doesn't know how to love. In every choice she makes, she only considers herself, never putting herself in her family. She won't even listen to her husband's advice. As a mother, she's very worried about her child who only enjoys the pampering from others without giving anything in return.
Worried about changes in their daughter's family, blindly accepting without considering the other party's feelings and giving nothing in return—can even the deepest affection last? Besides parents who can give selflessly and without complaint, who would be willing to live like this forever?
"Qiqi, you've grown up, but you're the one your father and I worry about the most. You need to learn to love others, understand?" Huo Yan said softly.
She only understood this principle after becoming a mother: a person who doesn't know how to love is always performing a solo act; no matter how many years you live, you remain an individual. Only those who know how to love truly live.
Seventeen looked at her mother blankly. Huo Yan patted Seventeen's hand and said, "Mom believes you will make the right choice. You and Xiao Quan are husband and wife now. You should discuss everything with him. Don't use his words to hurt him. If he really does everything you want, won't your life be in chaos?"
Seventeen is her daughter, and of course, her own child is the best. But she can't ignore her child's flaws. Seventeen does have personality flaws, and there's room for improvement. Fortunately, Kou Quan is by her side now, someone who can be tolerant and give her time to change gradually.
"Why do you make it sound like I'm being unreasonable?" Seventeen muttered softly.
Huo Yan looked at her helplessly, "You've never been sensible."
Seventeen was grateful to Huo Yan for being her mother. If it weren't for her mother's support, would she have dared to marry so casually twice? Especially in the Zhuang family, if the old man were still alive, being expelled from the family would have been inevitable. In other wealthy families, which daughter enjoyed such freedom?
"Mom..." Seventeen leaned against his mother, "Okay, I agree."
It's not about giving up a favorite piece of clothing, or throwing away a doll you have feelings for, but about her child.
Given how her first child was conceived, she naturally valued this child even more, but she had to give up this precious baby.
*
Seventeen stayed in the hospital for a week before being released. Once out, she returned to her and Kou Quan's old marital home. Now, with her father-in-law and youngest daughter, it was much more lively.
Kou Quan continued to commute between the two cities. His wife's family was in Beijing, and he had grown up there and had a deep affection for the city. Besides, the Beijing hospital was the headquarters, so it was understandable that he chose to stay there. There was a branch hospital in Beijing, and Kou Quan would go there two days a week, spending the rest of his time in Beijing.
When it got cold, Seventeen stayed indoors and didn't want to go out anymore, and besides, she was still recovering. Huo Yan, on the other hand, often went out and made sure to give her daughter all sorts of high-end tonics.
Seventeen lay in the bathtub at night, pinching the flesh on her waist. This was all thanks to her mother. Look, less than half a month after she was discharged from the hospital, this flesh had grown back. If Mu Xiaoniu ate like that, how could she not grow like that?
Without her knowledge, Mu Xiaoniu ate a lot of good food, which was secretly added to her food by the Third Madam to nourish her body. Look how well she's been nourished.
Seventeen got out of the water, wrapped herself in a thick bathrobe, and went outside. She took out all the tonics and supplements her mother had brought and placed them on the table.
"Dad, these things are all expired and spoiled. You should throw them all away tomorrow. Oh, and don't tell Xiao Quan, okay?" Seventeen said with a smile.
Kou Yuancheng came out of the room and looked at the pile of tonics on the table. "These were just sent over by the Third Madam. How come they're expired?"
Why would the bookmaker send expired goods?
"It's expired, let's throw it away tomorrow," Seventeen said nonchalantly. Eating it all would be like Mu Xiaoniu's condition, which she didn't want to do.
"Wait, let me get my glasses to take a look." The words were too small for him to see clearly.
"No need to look, it's expired, just throw it away," Seventeen said. "Oh, by the way, don't tell Brother Quan, okay?"
Kou Yuancheng stood by the table, paused, and said, "Then we won't watch it? It's a shame to throw it away."
"Hmm, but it's expired." Seventeen went straight into the room.