The sun blazed in the sky.
Already a husband, Xu Qing still had no habit of growing a beard, despite Jiang He's several attempts to persuade him to keep one, he had never done so.
He was preparing to become a father, and after initially struggling with it, his mood slowly became one of delight.
A boy?
Or a girl?
The essence of humanity is to enjoy what's inevitable, and since nothing could change it, the only thing to do was adjust his attitude and welcome it.
The electric fan whirred, stirring the air, and the hot summer induced a sense of irritability from within.
Unlike the coolness of the old house on the first floor, the top floor was directly exposed to the sun's scorching rays, and the heat penetrated through the roof. When there was a breeze, it was bearable, but on windless afternoons, only a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and a fan sufficed, or one could hide in the bedroom with the air conditioning on.