My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband

Chapter 507: Ye Siyuan Discovers a Big Secret! 2

After saying that, Gu Changbin added, "By the way, this order isn’t based on our current ages, but on our original birthdates. I won’t go into detail about the internal matters of the Dragon Clan with you, brother-in-law. In any case, we’re all Mingjing’s biological brothers!"

Mo Yinhe, holding his wine glass, clinked it with Gu Changbin’s. He got along best with Gu Changbin.

Gu Changbin said, "Brother-in-law, I wish you and my little sister a happy wedding, a blissful marriage, everlasting love, and may you grow old together!"

Indeed, Gu Changbin’s words were always so pleasant. Mo Yinhe said, "Fourth Brother-in-law, after such kind words, I can’t just toast you alone. My wife and I must toast you together."

Si Mingjing liked hearing this too. She stood up with her wine glass, and together with Mo Yinhe, they toasted Gu Changbin.

They didn’t just toast Gu Changbin but also toasted each of the other brothers in turn. However, when it was Sheng Liuyun’s turn...

Sheng Liuyun excitedly picked up his wine glass. He had just heard Si Mingjing call each brother "Brother!" while toasting them.

Sheng Liuyun had always dreamed of hearing Si Mingjing call him "Brother."

Yet, just as he stood up, Mo Yinhe deliberately ignored him. Instead, he turned to Lu Jinyi and said, "Eighth Brother-in-law, Mingjing and I toast you. Thank you for taking care of Xiangru all these years..."

Sheng Liuyun was furious. What about him! Wasn’t he a person too? Hadn’t he been the one to painstakingly raise Liangliang, through all the nitty-gritty of her childhood?

His neck stiff with anger, Sheng Liuyun decided to remain standing and wait until Si Mingjing and Mo Yinhe had toasted everyone else. Then, he looked at Si Mingjing with expectant eyes.

Just then, Si Mingjing put down her wine glass and sat down.

Sheng Liuyun coughed—a loud, deliberate, forceful cough. Seeing Mo Yinhe was also about to sit, he finally erupted, "What do you two mean by this? Can’t you see me standing here? Am I invisible to you? When Liangliang was sick as a child, wasn’t I always the one holding her, feeding her water and medicine?!!!"

This is just bullying!

Si Mingjing, resting her chin in one hand, watched the nearly incandescent Sheng Liuyun and asked, "Who did you say was the man who has always silently supported me from behind?"

"It’s Qu Liushang, of course!"

There’s even a portrait as proof!

Si Mingjing picked up her chopsticks and focused on her food, completely ignoring him as if he were air.

Mo Yinhe also had no desire to engage with Sheng Liuyun; he was busy peeling a crab for Si Mingjing.

"...It’s Mo Yinhe! It’s Mo Yinhe, alright?!"

To hear Si Mingjing call him "Brother," Sheng Liuyun felt he had stooped so low, debasing himself like this, twisting facts!

Si Mingjing was unmoved. "You sound too forced," she said.

Sheng Liuyun: "..."

Deep breath, calm down! Another deep breath, stay calm! He could still try harder, be completely calm!

Then, Sheng Liuyun forced a calm and determined expression onto his face. "That’s right, it’s Mo Yinhe. Can you call me Fifth Brother now?" he said.

"Mingjing, his tone suggests he’s submitting outwardly but not inwardly. He sounds very reluctant," Mo Yinhe observed, narrowing his eyes at Sheng Liuyun.

Sheng Liuyun nearly coughed up blood!

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It’s you!"

Sheng Liuyun had completely capitulated.

Si Mingjing finally smiled. She stood up and raised her glass. "Fifth Brother, thank you for taking care of Liangliang all these years."

Hearing Si Mingjing call him "Fifth Brother," tears welled up in Sheng Liuyun’s eyes.

He jutted out his chin stubbornly. "I’m not crying!"

The others, seeing his pathetic display, all scoffed.

Bo Leng had long since tuned them out, focused on peeling shrimp for his beloved wife.

Seeing sauce on the corner of his wife’s mouth, he pulled a napkin from the table and said, "Turn your face here."

His tone was cold; he was likely a naturally cold person. Someone unfamiliar might have been scared, but Lou Manman seemed accustomed to it.

Far from being frightened, she even tilted her chin up jauntily.

Bo Leng, holding the napkin, wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth. In his cool, captivating voice, he said seriously, "Don’t eat too much; it’s cooling in nature."

"It tastes good," Lou Manman explained.

Bo Leng’s voice grew even colder. "Be good."

Lou Manman put down her chopsticks. The doctor had recently told her not to eat too many foods that were cooling in nature. She touched her stomach and said happily, "Alright, for the baby’s sake."

"Are you pregnant?" Ye Siyuan, sitting beside Lou Manman, guessed, observing her gesture.

An irrepressible smile of happiness spread across Lou Manman’s face. "Over half a month now," she said.

"Wow! Congratulations! But pregnancy is tough. You should especially eat less cooling food. Drink this soup," Ye Siyuan urged. She thought the soup was good, having greedily drunk two small bowls herself.

Of course, that was also because Si Lisao had served her another bowl after she finished the first.

"It’s not tough," Lou Manman said. "Next month, I’ll transfer the embryo to an artificial womb. But before that, I do need to be careful."

Ye Siyuan found a common topic. "Oh, my younger brother Ye Shen grew up in an artificial womb! Back then, my dad couldn’t bear for my mom to suffer through pregnancy. A Country developed artificial wombs to address its aging population, and my parents were among the first to try it."

Over twenty years ago, the government of A Country developed artificial wombs, also known as incubators. These were designed to help women achieve gestation outside the body. The incubators were filled with an amniotic-fluid-like liquid and featured an integrated circulatory system. The fetal umbilical cord connected to an artificial placenta, liberating women.

This groundbreaking technology allowed A Country to solve its aging population crisis in just twenty years.

Many terrestrial nations were promoting this technology, and the Undersea World was no exception. If a woman preferred not to carry the pregnancy herself, the fertilized egg could be removed within a month of conception and placed in an incubator. Ten months later, a baby would be ’born’ from it!

Even the ’birthing’ process from the incubator simulated natural childbirth for women—very nice!

Of course, many women still chose to give birth themselves; it was a matter of personal preference.

However, Ye Siyuan asked, "But shouldn’t you be laying a dragon egg?"

Her own sister-in-law had laid a dragon egg.

Ye Siyuan voiced her doubt. Lou Manman replied, "Why would I lay a dragon egg? I’m not from the Dragon Clan."

"But isn’t he?" Ye Siyuan’s gaze fell on the stoic Bo Leng.

Lou Manman said, "No, we have normal children. I’ve already had three, and not one is a little dragon whelp. Sometimes I even wonder if they’re really his?"

Her tone held a hint of complaint. Actually, she really wanted to ask him: wouldn’t it be fun to have a little dragon whelp? But she’d had three children, and not a single one inherited their father’s genes. It was frustrating!

Astonished, Ye Siyuan exclaimed, "But don’t you already have four children?"