19: Chapter 19 Zhuge Ying

He looked at Zhuge Yue's small face, which could not hide its fatigue despite her joy, and his heart was filled with guilt and pity.

He also finally woke up from that obsessive state of "swearing not to stop until reaching the seventh grade."

He gently stroked Zhuge Yue's abdomen, which was not yet showing, and chuckled foolishly: "Alright, alright, Yueer, from now on let's take it easy and focus on the pregnancy!"

Seeing him like this, Zhuge Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. She snuggled into his arms, feeling the new life growing within her womb, and a peaceful, happy smile appeared on her face.

Zhuge Yue snuggled in Li Guidai's arms, feeling the subtle changes in her womb, her face radiant with maternal glow.

Suddenly remembering something, she raised her small face and asked with a hint of curiosity and anticipation: "Husband, tell me... would it be better if we had a boy or a girl?"

Li Guidai didn't even think about it. He lowered his head and rubbed his chin against the top of her hair, his tone filled with doting affection: "Of course a daughter is better! They say daughters are their parents' little padded jackets, so thoughtful!"

"And it would be best if she could be just like you, looking beautiful and having a cute personality; then my life would be complete!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Yue felt as sweet as if she had been filled with honey. She moved to wrap her arms around his waist, her voice soft and sweet: "Husband, thank you..."

The two embraced quietly for a moment, enjoying this warmth.

After a while, Zhuge Yue seemed to suddenly think of a very practical problem. She frowned slightly, worried, and said: "Husband... I, I am now pregnant, and I cannot... cannot cultivate with you... as usual. Then you... what will you do?"

As she spoke, her voice became quieter, and her cheeks flushed with a crimson hue.

Upon hearing this, Li Guidai laughed heartily and held her tighter, his tone sincere and firm: "Silly Yueer, what are you thinking about!"

"Having you by my side is the greatest happiness and satisfaction."

"Other people's concubines, or the Emperor's three thousand beauties—in my eyes, they don't even compare to a single finger of my Yueer!"

"Just focus on the pregnancy, and don't worry about anything else."

These heartfelt words made Zhuge Yue's eyes turn red with emotion, and her heart felt incredibly warm.

However, she fell silent for a moment, as if making a difficult decision. Finally, appearing to have made up her mind, she raised her head!

She looked at Li Guidai with serious eyes: "That won't do! I know you are good to me, Husband. But... but I cannot be that selfish."

She paused, then continued: "Husband, actually... I have a younger sister at home named Zhuge Ying."

Li Guidai subconsciously let out a questioning "Hmm?" in his heart and listened quietly.

"My younger sister has a mutated Wind Attribute and a sixth-grade superior spiritual root! Just like Senior Brother Zhuge Ming, she is a recognized genius of our lineage!"

Zhuge Yue's tone held a hint of pride, but it immediately turned into a trace of imperceptible worry: "I... I was thinking of going home to talk to my younger sister... to see if she would be willing... to be with you as well."

Upon hearing this, Li Guidai's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably, and his throat felt a bit dry.

"Sixth-grade superior?"

"And a mutated Wind spiritual root?"

He forcibly steadied his mind, kept his expression calm, and waited for Yueer to continue.

Zhuge Yue carefully observed his reaction. Seeing that he didn't immediately object, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Actually... there is something I haven't dared to tell you, fearing you might mind. My second brother... he plotted against you at the beginning."

"Plotted against me?" Li Guidai raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes," Zhuge Yue nodded, "People of our Zhuge Family are naturally sensitive to divination and deduction."

"And my second brother, Senior Brother Zhuge Ming, is the best among them, especially proficient in the art of the Eight Trigrams."

"Although he is only at the second level of Foundation Establishment, many elders at the Golden Core stage cannot compare to him in terms of talent for divination!"

"It's just that Second Brother has a low-key personality and never shows it easily."

She paused, her gaze complex as she looked at Li Guidai: "That day on the flying boat, he actually quietly cast a divination for you."

"The result was... your fate is very strange, shrouded in a chaotic black mist, sometimes good and sometimes bad, with no way to see your origins or future at all."

"In comparison, although Ye Fan's fate is also shrouded in mist, Second Brother said he could vaguely calculate some trajectories, indicating he is a person of great luck."

"But you, Husband... are completely impossible to calculate."

Hearing this, a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Li Guidai's back!

"Good heavens!"

"This brother-in-law is actually a master diviner!"

"Fortunately, the system is powerful enough to shield even the secrets of heaven? Otherwise, wouldn't my secret as a transmigrator be exposed?"

Zhuge Yue did not notice his momentary stiffness and continued: "It is precisely because Second Brother calculated your uniqueness, and because I only have an eighth-grade spiritual root and am not outstanding in the family..."

"...that Second Brother felt, rather than being randomly arranged by the family to someone whose background is unknown, it might be a better choice for me to follow you."

Saying this, she suddenly smiled slyly, revealing a cute, slightly smug expression, and paused deliberately!

Then she added slowly: "There is one more thing~ Although my spiritual root isn't great, I have quite a few suitors in the family!"

"And as for my little sister Zhuge Ying... her suitors could line up from Qingling Pass all the way to Lanyun City!"

She blinked her large eyes and said in a tone that was half-reminder and half-tease: "So, Husband, if... I mean if, my little sister really agrees to follow you too... when you go out in the future, you might... you might need to be a little careful about your safety!"

Li Guidai felt a tightness in his heart at first, but then an inexplicable sense of vanity welled up.

He clicked his tongue secretly in his heart: "Good heavens, is this the legendary protagonist treatment?"

He straightened his back, patted his chest, and said with feigned ease: "Hmph! Who does Li Guidai think I am? Would I be afraid of those? They are nothing but small fry!"

Zhuge Yue looked at me—appearing somewhat idle and restless because I couldn't "work hard on cultivation" for the time being—and couldn't help but smile, then said softly: "Husband, I happen to want to go back to my parents' home to see them, and... by the way, chat with my little sister Yingying about you."

I wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but seeing her eyes sparkling with excitement and anticipation, I thought it would be good for her to go back to relax and catch up with her family, so I nodded: "Alright, go ahead. Be careful on the road, and come back soon."