ST3YC Chapter 132.2

Shrank to a 3-Years-Old Child Chapter 132.2: Roommate Gathering

Yuan Yuanyuan took the water Qingqing poured and gulped it down in one go. Only after the water went down her throat did she feel a little better.

She let out a sigh of relief and said contentedly, “Ah, I’m finally alive.”

“Have you been very tired lately?” Noticing the dark circles under her eyes, Ms Zhang asked with concern.

“Absolutely! With a bunch of little brats at home, there’s never a moment’s peace.” Yuan Yuanyuan had a lot to say about this.

She was one of the first in the dormitory to get married, besides Qingqing. After graduation, she directly registered her marriage with her rich boyfriend and then settled down at home to be a full-time housewife, taking care of her husband and children.

Being a good wife is easy; her husband dotes on her and has almost never argued with her. Unlike other wealthy men, he doesn’t go out and flirt with a bunch of beautiful women.

But raising children… is a real headache.

“I don’t know why I was so fertile back then, like a sow,” Yuan Yuanyuan said without any mercy, criticizing herself.

She has five kids in her family! Five!

It wasn’t that her husband’s family treated her like a baby-making machine, nor was it because she herself particularly liked children.

To be honest, after having so many children, even if you loved them before, those feelings would have been worn away over the years.

In fact, Yuan Yuanyuan gave birth to two children.

What’s amazing is that she gave birth to triplets with her first pregnancy, and twins (a boy and a girl) with her second pregnancy.

After giving birth twice, Yuan Yuanyuan realized that she might be prone to multiple births, which frightened her so much that she immediately stopped having children.

“You’ve been sterilized?”

Qingqing, who hadn’t yet recovered her memory of this, blurted out in surprise, then realized she had let something slip and quickly explained, “Speaking of which, I still don’t know whether you were the woman or the man who had your sterilization done back then.”

Whether she knew it before or not, she certainly doesn’t know it now.

“How could it be me? Of course it was the child’s father who got sterilized.”
Realizing she had spoken too matter-of-factly and risked incurring hatred, Yuan Yuanyuan coughed lightly and explained, “It’s very harmful to a woman’s body to get sterilized, but it’s safer for a man to do it. My health has never been very good, so I had to let my husband do it.”

Changing her tone, she added, “Isn’t it your husband who did it too? Don’t let his cold demeanor fool you, he really loves you.”

Because it involves issues of self-esteem, to be honest, it’s really not easy to get a man to willingly undergo sterilization.

This time, Qingqing was truly shocked and speechless.

She never imagined that Fu Heng had undergone sterilization for her sake.

Perhaps seeing Qingqing’s shocked expression, Yuan Yuanyuan asked hesitantly, “Don’t you know?”

She thought Qingqing already knew about this.

Yuan Yuanyuan knew that Fu Heng had undergone sterilization because her husband’s family was in the medical equipment business. Once, when she accompanied her husband to a hospital to discuss business, she overheard the hospital director mention that the chairman of the Fu Group had undergone sterilization at their hospital.

Yuan Yuanyuan naturally knew who the chairman of the Fu Group was—Qingqing’s husband.

It was also encouraged by him that her husband made up his mind to get sterilized for her sake. So, although she didn’t say it, Yuan Yuanyuan was actually quite grateful to Qingqing and her husband.

So it turns out her roommate had no idea about this at all?

While Yuan Yuanyuan was explaining things to her, Qingqing regained her senses and picked up her jaw from its daze.

She felt she should learn to stay calm and not let her emotions show so easily.

It would be bad if the secret were exposed.

It’s just that Fu Heng is getting sterilized, it’s not like he’s… well, it doesn’t affect their normal married life, so let’s just ignore it.

And regardless of whether Gu Qingqing knew about this before, she knows now anyway.

Then, Qingqing realized that she knew it, and that was that; she didn’t feel much about it.

The main reason is that at eighteen years old, she hasn’t experienced much, so she can’t truly empathize with some things.

Just like letting Qingqing watch a rather profound period art film now.

Some people with rich life experience, or those who have actually lived through this era, may have some insights, but Qingqing would definitely not see anything.

It wasn’t that the movie was bad, but that she couldn’t understand it and couldn’t grasp the profound meaning it conveyed.

Noticing that Qingqing’s expression seemed somewhat heavy, Yuan Yuanyuan immediately and considerately changed the subject, but the topic was a bit…

The scope is too broad.

“My family members are all getting on in years, and they don’t even bring home girlfriends or boyfriends for me to meet. Now, they’ve even caused someone’s death!”

“Human life?” Qingqing’s eyes widened; it was clear she had misunderstood.

“It means the child was pregnant out of wedlock and had an illegitimate child.”

Chen Yan speaks a bit bluntly, but fortunately Yuan Yuanyuan doesn’t mind.

In fact, she was already very upset about what had happened recently.

“That’s fine, if the two children truly love each other, and the girl is already pregnant, I can’t possibly be a wicked mother-in-law. I could happily arrange their wedding, but this isn’t…”

Sighing, Yuan Yuanyuan didn’t know what to say.

“What’s wrong?” Her mysterious behavior piqued the curiosity of even Ms Zhang, who usually dislikes gossip.

“It seems that my eldest son and youngest son both like that girl.” This is why Yuan Yuanyuan is troubled. This kind of thing not only makes the parties involved feel bad, but it also makes them, the parents, even more upset.

Brothers fighting over one woman, does that sound good to outsiders?

“Is it that exciting?” Qingqing felt her worldview had been completely shattered.

The other two women stopped singing and gathered around Yuan Yuanyuan, waiting for her to reveal more.

Since they had already touched on the most sensational topic, Yuan Yuanyuan didn’t mind going into more detail. Besides, the person in front of her was her best friend, and she trusted their character; she was sure no one would go around spreading rumors.

“That girl used to be my youngest son’s classmate and his ex-girlfriend. Later, because my youngest son was too flirtatious and was caught being intimate with other girls several times, she broke up with him.”

“Scumbag!” Qingqing complained, only to be slapped speechlessly by Yuan Yuanyuan: “He’s still my own son, so if you want to curse him, please do it in your heart, don’t say it out loud.”

Although she had scolded him many times, her husband was devoted to her, so Yuan Yuanyuan really disapproved of her youngest son’s flirtatious behavior.

“Go on,” Chen Yan said, eager to hear what happened next.

“Sigh, later that girl unexpectedly got together with my eldest son, and recently found out she’s pregnant. My eldest son brought her home to see me, and they ran into my youngest son at home…”

“Isn’t this a Shura Field?” Ms Zhang, who often goes on fangirling trips with her daughter, knows a lot of trendy terms.

“Stop interrupting. You can’t even get enough of sharing your own inside scoops.”

“We’ll be quiet, you can continue.” Qingqing gestured with her hand in a zipper shape, indicating that she would no longer interrupt.

“Actually, I quite like that girl; she’s pretty and knowledgeable. She’s well-mannered and knows how to handle things. She’s even pregnant with my grandchild, so she’d be a good match for my eldest son, who’s a bit of a gourd. But my younger son has been making a fuss lately, preventing them from being together. He even threatened to never come back if I agreed to let her into the family.”

“Then let him never come home.”

Qingqing only dared to complain to herself, and didn’t say it directly to her friend.

However, seeing the complicated expressions on her friends’ faces, Yuan Yuanyuan could guess what they were thinking.

Then she casually dropped a bomb.

“I’ve been thinking lately about how much money I should give my youngest son before kicking him out of the house.”

Qingqing: ? ? ?

Ms Zhang: ? ? ?

Chen Yan: ? ? ?

Faced with three bewildered faces, Yuan Yuanyuan couldn’t help but laugh. Her delicate face blossomed slightly, like a bright white flower blooming in the sunlight.

“They say no one knows a child better than their mother, but this is the first time I’ve realized that my youngest son is completely spoiled. He’s like a child who never grows up, spending the family’s money all day long and causing trouble without any regard for the family’s power. If this continues, something bad will happen sooner or later. But now that he’s grown up, I can’t straighten him out. I might as well just throw him out and let society teach him a lesson.”

She had too many children, and even with the help of a nanny, it was difficult to take care of them all.

So the youngest son was mostly taken care of by his mother. It’s also her fault for not being able to take care of each child properly, which led to the child being raised in a bad way.Yuan Yuanyuan understands deeply that if the children bear the main responsibility for this incident, then she and her husband also bear secondary responsibility.

Educating their child is a matter for the couple, and now that the child has gone astray, they are the ones who must personally correct him.

It’s clear that the eldest brother really likes that girl, and he doesn’t want to see the two brothers turn against each other.

“What is your child’s educational background?” Qingqing asked.

“Graduate from a top-tier university.” No matter how much they neglect their children, they still keep a close eye on their studies.

After doing some mental calculations, Qingqing said bluntly, “Then give him ten thousand yuan and let him go out and make a living on his own.”

Thanks to her two unreliable parents, Qingqing learned to manage her own living expenses at a very young age.

With 10,000 yuan, you can rent a decent one-bedroom apartment in the city center, paying one month’s rent as a deposit and one month’s rent in advance. The rest can be used for living expenses, and if you’re frugal, you can make it last for two months.

Don’t think that just because the cost of living is high in big cities, it’s impossible to make a living on a small amount of money. You have hands and feet, an education, and you don’t have to support a family. As long as you are really willing to work hard, you will never starve.

“This…

“…Wouldn’t that be too little?” Yuan Yuanyuan hesitated.

She usually gives her youngest son more than this amount of pocket money, or rather, ten thousand yuan is just a small fraction of it.

“That’s a lot. Back then, I only had 800 yuan a month for living expenses,” Ms Zhang said.

She earned 800 yuan a month in this big city. Not only did she not lose any money, but she even saved up a thousand yuan more. All of this was earned through part-time jobs and work-study programs in her spare time.

“Okay, then I’ll give him ten thousand!”

As her roommate, Yuan Yuanyuan knew exactly what kind of life President Zhang had led back then, so she was convinced almost as soon as she opened her mouth.