"No need."


    Zhan Yinughed. "You won''t even give your husband a chance to be


    considerate."


    Haitong replied, "I''m doing fine. I don''t need you fussing over me. Go out and chat with Grandma." "Alright."


    After watching her enter the bathroom and close the door, Zhan Yin turned and


    left.


    When the olddy saw himing out, she was about to speak, but Zhan Yin spoke first: "Grandma, Tongtong says she doesn''t need me to fuss over her."


    The olddy opened her mouth but said nothing in the end.


    Zhan Yin walked over and sat beside her. He picked up the big goose pillow she was holding and smiled. “Grandma, why are you hugging this thing?"


    "There''s no cat to pet, so I''m hugging a goose pillow instead."


    "Grandma, you can stay at my vi. All the pets are there."


    "But Tongtong likes it here. She says this is the first home we lived in after getting married it feels like home to her."


    So, no pets here.


    The olddy said, "I don''t want to live in a vi. There''s no one to talk to there. In thismunity, I can go downstairs every day, take a walk, and chat with the olddies. I like listening to gossip."


    Most of the aunties and grandmas downstairs are helping their children raise kids or do housework. When they gather, they talk about everything-gossip is part of the routine.


    If anything happens in a household, once one person finds out, it spreads through the wholemunity in no time.


    The olddy loves to listen but never gossips about her own children or grandchildren.


    No one can get any gossip about her family from her.


    "Tongtong could give birth at any time. Even if I lived with you, I''d still worry."


    Zhan Yin leaned back on the sofa and said, "Yes, I''m even more anxious than you. When Tongtong turns over in the middle of the night, I get nervous, afraid she''s about to go intobor."


    Zhan Yin leaned back on the sofa and said, "Yes, I''m more worried than you, Grandma. Whenever Tongtong turns over at night, I get nervous, thinking she might be going intobor."


    "When she gives birth, I''ll be right there with her."


    Zhan Yin had decided to be present during the delivery.


    The olddy tilted her head to look at him and gently reminded him, "Can you handle it? Don''t be like Su Nan, who fainted from fright."


    "Childbirth is incredibly painful for women. Tongtong is having her first child, and firsttime deliveries don''t usually happen quickly. The pain will feel like being cut to pieces."


    "Of course, from a woman''s perspective, Grandma still hopes you''ll be there. Once you witness how painful childbirth is, you''ll cherish your wife even more."


    "If she didn''t love you, she wouldn''t carry your child, endure the difort of pregnancy, lose her figure, go through level-ten pain inbor, breastfeed afterward, stay upte caring for the baby, and consider a full night''s sleep a luxury."


    Mothers tend to wake instantly at the slightest movement from their child.


    If the baby isn''t feeling well, the mother often stays up all night, unable to rest.


    "People like us are fortunate-we


    can afford a nanny or a confinement caregiver. Ordinary families can''t afford that kind of help. They have to do everything themselves, which is exhausting."


    Zhan Yin said, "Grandma, I know. I love Tongtong like I love my own life. She is my life, so of course I love her. In this lifetime, I''ll make sure she''s taken care of."


    "No matter how scary it gets, I''ll face it with her."


    Zhan Yin was firm in his decision to be by Haitong''s side during childbirth.


    He had even discussed it with her in advance.


    Haitong yfully teased him like an olddy, worried he''d faint like Su Nan did.


    He told her that if he had to faint, he''d wait until after the baby was safely born and both mother and child were fine.


    Haitong felt a little flustered-but also deeply touched.