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Chapter 428: The Greatest Fate is Having No Heir

A few days later, Zeng Jiahua returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong with a large number of gifts. These gifts were given to him by Cao Charlie and others, who told him about them after the shipment was checked in. Zeng Jiahua had no choice but to accept them. After getting off the plane, he was delayed for a while to collect these gifts.

When Zeng Jiahua arrived home, the house was empty. There was no one there, except for Xiao Gun, who was jumping and skipping with a half-grown female dog to greet him. This female dog was the wife that Huang Xiaochuan had found for Xiao Gun. She was the same breed as him, a purebred German Shepherd, and had a very lively personality.

Huang Xiaochuan tricked Xiao Gun into finding him a child bride, and Xiao Gun had to raise her himself. Xiao Gun had no way to reason with him!

It was jumping the most excitedly at that moment, running around Zeng Jiahua incessantly.

Ah Liang helped Zeng Jiahua put his luggage into the house.

"Factory manager, I've left everything at your house. If there's nothing else, I'll head back!"

Ah Liang was the only elderly man who came to Shanghai with Zeng Jiahua. He worked at the factory during the week and returned to Suzhou on weekends.

Zeng Jiahua opened a suitcase, took out a pack of cigarettes and a Transformers toy, and handed them to A Liang.

"The toys are for Chengcheng, and the cigarettes are for you!"

"I can't accept this!" Ah Liang chuckled as he took the item from Zeng Jiahua's hand. The two had known each other for many years, so Ah Liang didn't stand on ceremony with Zeng Jiahua.

Zeng Jiahua waved his hand: "You should go back early! You can pick me up on Monday."

"Got it!" Ah Liang got into the car with his things and drove off.

After A Liang left, Zeng Jiahua locked the door and headed towards the tobacco and sundries shop.

"What?"

Auntie was still blaming Zeng Jiahua for having so much fun in Hong Kong that he didn't want to leave. He stayed in Hong Kong for a full nine days before returning. However, when she learned from Zeng Jiahua why he hadn't returned from Hong Kong for so long, she was really shocked.

Grandma listened silently as her son recounted the whole story, but she was very pleased. Older people like to see family harmony and their children and grandchildren getting along well. What Huang Xiaochuan did was exactly what Grandma wanted.

With tears streaming down her face, Zeng Jiahua's aunt scolded him: "Such a big thing happened and you didn't even tell me. You carried everything on your own. Luckily, Xiao Chuan was there, otherwise you would have been taken advantage of."

"What's the point of telling you? Besides scaring you out of your wits, what else will it do?"

Aunt wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand: "Call Xiaochuan now and tell him to bring Yu Xiang back for dinner tonight. I'll close early today and go to the market to buy some good food. You and Xiaochuan can have a drink tonight."

"Then you should buy more. I'll call my two daughters and sons-in-law back. I brought back a lot of things from Hong Kong, so they can take them back after we finish eating."

Upon hearing that Zeng Jiahua had bought a lot of things from Hong Kong, his aunt couldn't help but complain again, "Why are you wasting money again?"

"They were all gifts from others. I didn't buy much for myself. I just bought some supplements for my mother and a necklace for you."

"Who sent it?"

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. They're all Xiao Chuan's men, and they're incredibly polite to me!" Zeng Jiahua said smugly as he lit a cigarette for himself.

His aunt gave him an unpleasant look: "Alright! Stop smoking and go make the call!"

"Look how impatient you are, I'll just fight right here."

At this moment, Huang Xiaochuan frowned as he looked at the examination report, while Yu Xiang sobbed beside him.

Huang Xiaochuan comforted Yu Xiang, "It's not a big deal! Medical technology is getting better and better now, this little problem of yours is nothing at all."

The two had been together for many years and had never used contraception, but Yu Xiang's body had not shown any signs of pregnancy. As a doctor herself, she knew more about some things than Huang Xiaochuan, so she began to suspect that one of them might have a health problem.

In order not to embarrass Huang Xiaochuan, Yu Xiang decided to get a check-up herself first, and then arrange for Huang Xiaochuan to get a check-up if it wasn't her fault. This would be more acceptable to people.

Taking advantage of her shift change, Yu Xiang secretly underwent a check-up at the hospital without Huang Xiaochuan's knowledge. The results came back immediately: the problem was with her – her fallopian tubes were blocked. When Yu Xiang learned that she and her egg could not meet and conceive, it felt like the sky was falling, as if struck by lightning.

Fortunately, she was a doctor, so she was more resilient in her approach to this than the average person. After calming down, she discussed the issue with the head of obstetrics. The head told her that it wasn't impossible for her to get pregnant, but she would need to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF), which means first having fertilization in vitro and then implanting the developed embryo into her body for pregnancy.

However, this technology is not yet mature in the country, and the success rate is relatively low.

However, the doctor said that the technology in this area is more advanced abroad, and if conditions permit, we should try to go abroad for this treatment.

However, the doctor said that the technology in this area is more advanced abroad, and if conditions permit, we should try to go abroad for this treatment.

Yu Xiang returned home in a daze. After a long wait for Huang Xiaochuan to come back, she told him what had happened.

Huang Xiaochuan continued to comfort him, "It's not a big deal if you don't have children. Lots of people don't have children, and they're all doing just fine! Don't overthink it, understand?"

Yu Xiang wiped away her tears, raised her head stubbornly, and said, "No, I just want to have a child for you. We can do IVF."

"Look, there's a solution! Since it can be done, let's do it."

Yu Xiang suddenly seemed hesitant to speak. After thinking for a while, she asked Huang Xiaochuan, "Should we call my mom and your mom about this?"

"Absolutely not! It wasn't a big deal to begin with, but if they find out, who knows how worried they'll be?" Huang Xiaochuan quickly stopped Yu Xiang from having this idea.

Huang Xiaochuan paced back and forth in the room, then suddenly stopped: "Let's not tell them for now. It's not too late to tell them when you get pregnant. Telling them now won't help us, it will only add to their troubles and make the whole family uneasy. Don't tell anyone about this."

Yu Xiang looked at Huang Xiaochuan and nodded: "Mm!"

In fact, Yu Xiang also had her own thoughts. If Huang Xiaochuan were just an ordinary university teacher, she wouldn't have to worry so much. At worst, the two of them could just enjoy their time together, or adopt a child.

However, Huang Xiaochuan is too restless and has created a huge business empire in just a few years. If he has no successor, his family will definitely not agree. Since ancient times, wealthy families in China have been very serious about the issue of offspring, because it involves the continuation of a family. As the saying goes: "Of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is to have no descendants!"

Listen to what they're saying; the issue of not being able to have children has been elevated to such a level.

So when Huang Xiaochuan suggested keeping this matter a secret from both families for the time being, Yu Xiang agreed. She was already under a lot of mental pressure, and if her mother and mother-in-law found out, the pressure would be even greater.

Just as Huang Xiaochuan was about to have a proper discussion with Yu Xiang about in vitro fertilization, his phone rang. He glanced at the number and saw it was from his aunt's tobacco and sundry shop.

Huang Xiaochuan immediately answered the phone. It was his uncle, Zeng Jiahua, calling to tell Huang Xiaochuan that he had returned from Hong Kong and asked him to bring Yu Xiang to his house for dinner that evening.

After thinking about it for a moment, Huang Xiaochuan agreed.

Yu Xiang overheard their conversation, and with red eyes, she said, "Go ahead! I don't want to go!"

Without waiting for a reply, Huang Xiaochuan said, "Let's go together. Why are you suddenly backing out? Are you trying to hide something?"

Yu Xiang nodded and agreed to go with Huang Xiaochuan that evening.

Huang Xiaochuan then continued with the question he had wanted to discuss with Yu Xiang: "Do you know which hospital in the world has the best IVF technology?"

Yu Xiang nodded. She had already inquired about this with the head of the obstetrics department, who had given her many recommendations.

"The best reproductive medicine technology is in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, and then Japan. However, the success rate of HTG Fertility Center in the United States is the highest, with a success rate of up to 70% for women under the age of 35."

"In the UK, the success rate for TFC clinics is 58% for women under 35, while in Japan, which specializes in older women, the relative success rate is around 30% to 40%."

Huang Xiaochuan said decisively, "Then let's go to America!"

As he spoke, he gave Yu Xiang a hug: "Don't be afraid, it's nothing serious, I'm here for you!"

Hearing this, Yu Xiang was very gratified, and tears welled up in her eyes again!

Panicked, Huang Xiaochuan quickly wiped away her tears: "I'm telling you, don't cry all the time, okay? If you go to your uncle's house with red eyes, they'll think I bullied you, and my uncle might even beat me up. How wronged would that be?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiang suppressed her tears and punched Huang Xiaochuan in the chest in embarrassment and anger.