"Oh! What a coincidence. You really are my little brother-we even thought of the same thing!" Chen Juexin hugged Chen Mu again.
"..." Feeling the pressure against his face, Chen Mu smiled without a word, the corner of his mouth twitching.
Knowing full well that Chen Juexin wanted a little sister, he would have needed some nerve to suggest a little brother. There was no reason to invite trouble.
Who would have thought that after dodging the pressure to marry, he would now face pressure to have children...
Even in a fantasy world, there's no escaping these routines?
Chen Mu sighed, keeping the thought to himself.
"Speaking of which, since you're so skilled at alchemy, could you refine a pill that would help someone give birth to a daughter?" Chen Juexin asked eagerly as they walked.
"Sis, you're really making things difficult for me. The pills I refine are meant to improve cultivation, not..."
Before he could finish, the system's damned voice rang out:
[Checking in...] [Check-in successful! Congratulations, host! You have received Daughter-Bearing Essence Pill ×10,000!]
"..." Chen Mu was speechless.
He realized that this system seemed to take great pleasure in "slapping him in the face."
"Why did you suddenly stop talking? Don't tell me you really can do it?" Chen Juexin pressed, fixing her large, limpid eyes on Chen Mu.
"It might be possible, but we'd have to see what Father and Mother think. What if they want a son?" Chen Mu did not particularly care either way.
Competing over the family fortune?
That was the least of Chen Mu's worries.
He would love to have a hardworking little brother who could manage everything for him and volunteer to shoulder all the responsibilities.
That way, both the Chen Family and the Qin Lineage would turn