CHAPTER 466: CHAPTER 466: SHE WANTS TO EAT MEAT

When she got back, Qin Xiangnuan had already woken up. She had washed the clothes and tidied up the house. In fact, she had been awake for quite a while, designing some sketches in the system and making several pieces of clothing; her hands were almost calloused and needed to be properly rested.

Although she had done so much, it took only a few minutes when she came out. She had washed the bed sheets and covers that were changed at home, and just as they were dried, a car noise came from outside, and she knew Jian Zhiqing was back.

The car stopped outside, and Jian Zhiqing came in holding a big food container.

"Come and eat," Jian Zhiqing pointed at the food container in his hand, "Go wash your hands."

"Okay, coming," Qin Xiangnuan washed her hands in the basin nearby. By the time she came over, Jian Zhiqing had already taken out the dumplings and placed them on a plate. The dumplings were freshly boiled and still hot. Jian Zhiqing handed a pair of chopsticks to Qin Xiangnuan, "Eat quickly, they’ll cool down soon."

Qin Xiangnuan took the chopsticks and ate one, and although they were vegetarian, they were still quite tasty, especially for someone who had been hungry all day like her.

The two of them finished a large plate of dumplings and felt hungry again.

"Tomorrow I want to eat meat," Qin Xiangnuan pouted, feeling quite wronged. How miserable she was, not having eaten meat for half a month. Although she was not a carnivore, she still needed nutrition, especially after just recovering from a serious illness. She needed nourishment, to eat meat, and to grow strong.

"Understood," Jian Zhiqing pinched her face, which had clearly slimmed down a lot, really thinning. "Tomorrow we’ll eat meat, eat meat," Jian Zhiqing really had no way with her. Usually, he had a cold expression, but when it came to food, he changed completely, just like a child. In fact, she was just in her twenties, much younger compared to him.

Qin Xiangnuan was finally happy, thinking about being able to eat meat tomorrow. She was already tossing aside the messy matters that had happened just a while ago.

The next day, Jian Zhiqing took Qin Xiangnuan back to the Jians, and Li Qiuhua had prepared a table full of delicious dishes for Qin Xiangnuan, including a lot of meat dishes like braised pork and double-cooked pork. When Qin Xiangnuan saw all these meats, her eyes lit up, making Jian Zhiqing both laugh and cry, fearing that she wouldn’t be able to control herself and might hurt herself by overeating.

After Jian Zhiqing’s excessive care, even if Qin Xiangnuan wanted to eat more, she couldn’t eat that much, but she still satisfied her craving for meat.

Li Qiuhua’s gaze lingered on Qin Xiangnuan’s stomach.

"Any news?"

"Ah?" Qin Xiangnuan was taken aback by the question. She lowered her head and looked at her flat stomach, understanding what Li Qiuhua meant.

She blushed, not knowing what to say.

"Mom, let’s wait for the SARS to pass. If there really is a child now, it would be very dangerous."

"That’s true," Li Qiuhua’s face changed upon hearing the word SARS. The mention of SARS indeed darkens everyone’s mood. Now is not the right time for childbirth; even a fever requires isolation. If there really is a child, what to do? The disease is unavoidable, even adults with strong immunity can hardly resist this virus, let alone others.

Seeing that Li Qiuhua didn’t mention it again, Qin Xiangnuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the mention of a child touched her heart, causing some pain.

In her past life, she never had children. Sometimes, seeing other people’s children made her enviously want to cry, especially since Qin Xiangmei had given birth to twin boy and girl, she couldn’t say she was jealous, just a bit envious.

On the way back, she was thinking about this matter, so her mind was not on anything she did.

"What’s wrong?" Jian Zhiqing was surprised by Qin Xiangnuan’s silence. Was there something she couldn’t figure out? Tell Brother Jian.

Qin Xiangnuan felt sad, her eyes reddening.

Jian Zhibiao was startled and quickly stopped, placing his hand on her shoulder, "Why are you crying? Did mom and dad say something?"

Qin Xiangnuan just shook her head, but tears were falling. She leaned her head on Jian Zhiqing’s shoulder, "Brother Jian, what if I can’t have children? Won’t you then end up without descendants?"

Jian Zhiqing was both amused and exasperated, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could you possibly not be able to have children? Remember, you had a full-body checkup when you were hospitalized. Now is just not the right time, at least wait until SARS is over. And even if you really can’t have children in the future, it doesn’t matter, isn’t there still Jian Zhiqin?"

But Qin Xiangnuan was still worried. Even though she knew from her past life that it was Wang Dali’s issue, she was still afraid that she couldn’t have children and would disappoint Jian Zhiqing.

"Don’t worry, don’t overthink," Jian Zhiqing comforted her and patted her shoulder again, forbidding her to think about these issues. "Moreover, not having children is not your fault. Rest assured, if we can’t have children, then it’s destined that we won’t have children in this life. Let mom and dad blame me."

Qin Xiangnuan took a light breath. If she couldn’t understand Jian Zhiqing’s intention now, then she really didn’t deserve this life. Jian Zhiqing was shouldering everything himself, ensuring that even if they couldn’t have children in the future, no one would blame her.

In this life, she didn’t know where she had stumbled upon such good fortune. Could it be because she suffered so much in her past life that heaven compensated her with such a good man? Her happiness in this life wasn’t because of what she learned or did, but because she had a man by her side who was incredibly good to her.

When Jian Zhiqing went to work, Qin Xiangnuan entered the system.

She opened the transparent panel of the system, which hadn’t changed much over the past year, unlocking only some materials related to the current era.

"System, do you have any medicine here that can help people have children?"

She had been helped by the system for many years and didn’t know if it was omnipotent. If there was such a medicine, that would really be great.

But the system didn’t respond to her for a long time.

She knew it, the system wasn’t omnipotent. She sighed, feeling powerless and slumped over the desk. What if she couldn’t have children? What then?

Just then, she heard a "ding" sound.

"Do you want to have children?"

"Eh," Qin Xiangnuan was surprised. This was the first time the system had asked her in such a humanized tone.

"Yes, getting married and having children is something a woman needs to do. Only when married and having children can a person be considered to have fulfilled their lifetime’s mission. Children are not only an extension of two people’s lives but also their only lasting memory left in this world."