Chapter 124: What’s So Great About Having a Baby?

Qiao Lan and Tan Mo's life has returned to its usual quietness.

Qiao Lan didn't choose any other club, she attended classes from Monday to Friday, and went out with Tan Mo on weekends, living as comfortably as she could. Since Luo Man had finally given up on Ji Su, no one mentioned Ji Su's name in Qiao Lan's ears, and Ji Su seemed to have disappeared from Qiao Lan and Tan Mo's world.

They continued to go to university and occasionally a boy or a girl would express their love for them, but six months, a year, two years passed and Qiao Lan and Tan Mo were still together.

But Tan Mo became more and more of a god of learning to the students of Peking University.

In his sophomore year, Tan Mo studied computer science again.

In his junior year, Tan Mo made a calculated and accurate calculation on a huge stock, promoting short term arbitrage and frequent trading. He focuses on researching historical market data to find certain statistical correlations, and from this he designs quantitative investment management models for different markets, and then uses computer-led calculations to make thousands of short term trades in various markets to capture fleeting market opportunities. As these are short-term trades, they are closed out in a very short period of time and losses are not significant; after thousands of trades, the overall result is a profit as long as there are more profitable trades than losing trades.

These insignificant momentary profits add up to a staggering gain.

This amount of money would have been astronomical to other people of his age who were still in school.

Then Tan Mo started an investment fund and successfully abducted his roommate Kong Sha to his company. All the students knew Tan Mo as the god of learning, but they did not know that he was already worth over a billion dollars.

Uncle Chan Aunt Chan watched Tan Mo's transformation from a boy to a man, and was filled with pride and joy.

Tan Mo was being pulled by Aunt Chan in a mysterious manner, he looked at Aunt Chan and asked him what was wrong.

Aunt Chan sighed and sighed, "My MoMo is almost 21."

Tan Mo: "Ah, yes."

So.

"So when are you and LanLan going to get married," Aunt Chan asks curiously.

Tan Mo doesn't even have to think about it.

"Right after I graduate."

"Aunt Chan used three "yes" words to express how happy she was, smiling and stroking Tan Mo's head before saying slowly, "Alas, I was out doing exercises with some old friends today. I saw the old Li family's little grandson, he's so cute and chubby."

Tan Mo: ""

What's so cute about being chubby and white?

Aunt Chan didn't notice the difference in Tan Mo's expression and continued, "When you and Lan Lan get married, you'll have a chubby grandson too."

Tan Mo stood up decisively, "Besides, I have things to do, Aunt Chan, I'll leave now."

He didn't want children at all.

He didn't want fat, white children.

Why should there be children, why not just him and Qiao Lan?

Did we have to have a baby?

If he did have a child, Qiao Lan would have to take care of it when he got home, and he might have to sleep with it at night, and then he would become an invisible tool.

Just thinking about it made me feel desperate.

Tan Mo, slightly annoyed, went back to her and Qiao Lan's house on the top floor, trying to find a chance to tell Qiao Lan that having a baby is painful and that she might inherit her illnesses, so that Qiao Lan would be on her side, but when she entered, she found Qiao Lan looking at something with a smile on her face.

Tan Mo got closer and saw that it was a popular parent-child variety show recently.

Tan Mo.

Qiao Lan was laughing at the show, but when she looked up, she saw her boyfriend who was not looking well, so she asked him what was wrong.

Tan Mo stared at Qiao Lan with a strange look in his eyes for a long time, then turned away with a grunt.

Qiao Lan was left in a daze.

What's wrong with this? There are a few days a month when a girl is not in a good mood, why is Tan Mo like this?

She turned off the show and hurried in with her slippers, but Tan Mo didn't say anything, and asked her if she had just watched the show, as if to change the subject.

Qiao Lan said honestly, "It was good, the kids were really cute."

Tan Mo: ""

She didn't want to talk anymore.

Before Tan Mo could slowly instil Qiao Lan with the idea of being a dink, one afternoon Qiao Lan and Tan Mo went shopping together at a supermarket not far away.

They were pushing their shopping carts when a young mother passed by pushing a shopping cart with a little child sitting on it, shouting "Mummy, I want this."

Qiao Lan, who has been watching too many parenting programmes lately, was so impressed by the child's voice that she whispered, "That's so cute."

Tan Mo looked at him expressionlessly and said coldly, "It's not cute."

"Hmm?"

Qiao Lan was stunned and turned his head to look at Tan Mo, suddenly remembering Ji Su's earlier comment that his father didn't like him, he thought about it and asked him, "MoMo, you don't like kids, do you?"

"No," Tan Mo said, shaking his head decisively.

"Why?" Qiao Lan pulled Tan Mo along with him, "What's wrong with kids?"

Tan Mo couldn't figure it out either, "What's good about kids."

"It's good, it better be a little boy", Qiao Lan said, "I haven't seen much of you as a child, if our future baby looks like you, then I can see you as a child."

Qiao Lan's thoughtless reply shows that this is indeed what she was thinking.

Tan Mo, who had never thought of it in this way, was stunned, thinking that having a baby would distract Qiao Lan from her, but not that Qiao Lan wanted a baby because of him.

Tan Mo, as smart as he was, was dumbfounded for a moment, and then, probably because his mind hadn't yet turned, he said stupidly, "What if it looks like you?"

Qiao Lan: ""

Before Qiao Lan could say anything else, Tan Mo's eyes suddenly lit up.

Oh yes!

What if he and Qiao Lan had a daughter later, and a daughter that looked like Qiao Lan?

He had never seen Qiao Lan as a child, and he wanted to see Qiao Lan as a child, too.

Qiao Lan said that children are very cute, and Tan Mo imagined that she would look like Qiao Lan's little girl.

Yes.

Very cute indeed.

Super cute!

Super cute!

A few days later, Aunt Chan was ready to talk to Tan Mo after she found out that Tan Mo didn't seem to want a baby.

"Children? Of course we want kids, we can plan for them once we're married.

Aunt Chan.

Author's Note: Aunt Chan: Tired