Chapter 389 She Simply Won’t Listen_1
Yun Dame and the others had so hoped for Shi Xiaolan to give birth to a boy, yet it turned out to be a girl. The higher their hopes had been at first, the greater their disappointment now—they truly couldn’t find it in them to be happy at all.
But when visitors came to offer congratulations, they still managed to force a smile.
Shi Xiaolan had also very much wished for a son this time, looking at Yun Dame and their unhappy faces and then at her newly born daughter. Shi Xiaolan felt so bitter she wanted to cry.
Because Shi Xiaolan had just given birth, men from outside could not enter to see her, so Xiao Changyi was waiting outside; An Jing, however, had come in. Seeing Shi Xiaolan looking like she could burst into tears at any moment, An Jing suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.
It was supposed to be a joyous occasion...
An Jing first sighed softly to herself. Once everyone in the room had left and only she and Shi Xiaolan were left, she was about to console Shi Xiaolan, but as soon as she opened her mouth and just said the word ’Xiao,’ Shi Xiaolan started to cry profusely.
"An Jing, I... Fu Zi is definitely going to remarry..." By the end, Shi Xiaolan was weeping inconsolably.
An Jing really wanted to shout, was having a son really that important? But she thought that it was just the way things were here; having a son meant the family line would continue, while not having one meant extinction. Moreover, in her own world, many people still held onto such archaic thoughts, so she held back from shouting out loud.
"Why is my womb so weak... Why... Why..." Fearing that the people outside would hear her, Shi Xiaolan covered her mouth and wept bitterly, extremely disappointed in herself.
An Jing really wanted to say that whether a child is male or female is determined by the male, not by the female, but this place was so backward, they had no idea that a woman’s sex chromosomes are two Xs. Even if she were to say it, no one would believe her.