Chapter 289: Letting Go
Xiao Yunji liked the lively atmosphere. Seeing so many people revolving around him, he giggled, like silver bells.
“So cute!” Jia Chunni pinched Xiao Yunji’s cheeks.
“Don’t pinch randomly.” Zhang Pandi said that, but her body was very honest, her hand uncontrollably following along to pinch Xiao Yunji’s cheeks.
“Mom, you’re one to talk. You pinched more than I did.”
“This little guy really loves to laugh! At such a young age, you can already tell he’s a likable boy. In the future, he’ll captivate how many young ladies.” Wang Huanzhi said.
Wang Huanzhi and Zhang Yingdi’s child stood in front of Xiao Yunji and asked, “Little brother, why don’t you have teeth?”
“What did you feed him?” Zhang Yingdi discovered powder in Xiao Yunji’s mouth and was terrified.
“Pastry.”
“My little ancestor, he’s still a nursing baby and can’t eat pastries. Luckily this pastry melts in the mouth, otherwise you would have caused big trouble.”
“It’s my fault.” Jiang Jing said, “I was originally the one watching Xiao Yunji.”
One nursing baby had the Zhang sisters and several children in a flurry, the scene once very lively.
Zhang Zhaodi laughed uncontrollably on the side. She turned back to look at Su Yaoguang and said, “The child didn’t make a fuss with you, right?”
Su Yaoguang shook her head: “Besides being a bit sleepy, everything else is fine. When I just got pregnant, my appetite wasn’t good, but it’s much better these days. Mom, do I look plumper? It’s only four months, when I give birth, won’t I gain dozens of pounds?”
Zhang Zhaodi was only a bit plumper now than before giving birth, but with Jiang Jing regulating her condition now, recovering her previous figure was just a matter of time.
“Plumper what?” Zhang Zhaodi pulled her hand and said, “We’re eating for two now, everything prioritizes the body. If Wangshu dares to dislike you, your dad will be the first to disagree, and then we’ll see how we deal with him.”
Su Yaoguang hugged Zhang Zhaodi’s arm: “It’s so good to have Mom by my side.”
“Yaoguang, there’s something I’ve been hesitating whether to tell you. Later I thought I’d still tell you, just treat it as us mother and daughter chatting a few words.”
“Mom, tell me.”
“That day Xiao Ci was making a big fuss in prison, saying some vulgar words. I was afraid those things he spouted would spread, so I went with your dad to see him. He said many words, those words were extremely absurd. Your dad and I thought he was hysterical and didn’t take it seriously. But that same night, your dad and I both had dreams. In the dream, it seemed to reenact the things Xiao Ci said. What your dad saw was the part concerning him. In the dream, he didn’t recover memory, didn’t reunite with us, and ultimately died depressed and melancholy. What I dreamed was the part concerning you and Xiao Ci. In the dream, we took thorough care of Xiao Ci. But he was an ungrateful person, not only treating you badly, but also sending people to kill me, and finally causing your death too.”
“Daughter, don’t cry…” Zhang Zhaodi wiped the tears on Su Yaoguang’s face. “Alright, alright, I won’t ask, won’t say anymore. This kind of dream is too ominous, saying it out only makes our daughter sad.”
“Mom, sorry, that wasn’t a dream, but what really happened.” Su Yaoguang hugged Zhang Zhaodi, “In my previous life, I chose Xiao Yanci, wholeheartedly liking him, insisting on marrying him, dragging you down to suffer hardship with me. He had some talent, but he always looked down on us mother and daughter. He enjoyed our efforts, yet felt we made him lose face. He secretly hooked up with Jiang Yihuan and even had a child with her outside. The things you dreamed are all true.”
“If everything in the dream is real, then didn’t you suffer a lot?”
“Mom, I dragged you down, how are you only caring about me?”
“You’re my daughter. As long as you can be happy, doing anything for you is what Mom does willingly.” Zhang Zhaodi said, “Mom only hates herself for being too stupid, not protecting you well.”
Su Rende walked over, sat by Su Yaoguang’s side, and said, “Girl, don’t worry about things these days. Hand over the business matters to your second aunt and third aunt. You just take good care of yourself and the child in your belly.”
“Dad, rest assured, I’ll definitely be a hands-off shopkeeper and not manage anything.”
Zhou Wangshu draped the cloak over Su Yaoguang and said to Su Rende and Zhang Zhaodi: “Only Dad and Mom can make her happy. These days she’s always preoccupied, no matter how I try to amuse her, it doesn’t work. Now it seems she missed Dad and Mom but didn’t want you to know, worrying you.”
“Silly child…”
The Prime Minister’s Mansion and the General’s mansion were completed one after another, and they were right across from each other.
One the head of civil officials, one the head of military generals. Logically, the two families’ mansions shouldn’t be built so close.
However, the drawings had already been shown to the Emperor before, and the Emperor tacitly approved. As long as the Emperor said nothing, others had no right to interfere.
A few months later, Su Yaoguang gave birth to twin sons under everyone’s attention.
Zhou Wangshu held her hand and kissed her forehead: “Yaoguang, let’s not have more.”
“You cried?” Su Yaoguang saw the wetness on his cheeks and teased him, “You’re the Prime Minister. If others knew you cried, your dignity would be completely gone.”
“I don’t need dignity, I just need Yaoguang to be well.”
“Mm, I’m very good now, really very good. I’ve never been this happy before.” Su Yaoguang touched his cheek, “Those two boys have really loud voices.”
The entire delivery room echoed with the cries of the two newborns, louder than thunder.
“When Jing’er diagnosed twins before, we still hoped for a daughter. Now we added two boys at once. Look at this commotion, definitely good material for martial arts training, they can follow their maternal grandfather to practice martial arts well.”
“Aaah…” Su Yunji poked the little infant in the cradle.
“Haha… He’s so small and already poking cheeks.” Jia Chunni said, “When we first saw him, we also pinched his cheeks like that.”
“Yaoguang is tired, let’s not disturb her. Let her rest well.” Zhang Pandi said.
Zhou Wangshu had selected the wet nurse a month ago. Now the two little infants were taken down by the wet nurse to be cared for.
The Zhang sisters couldn’t get enough of looking at the two little guys and followed the wet nurse to another room.
Zhou Wangshu stayed in the room to accompany Su Yaoguang.
“Master, Madam is tired and will definitely sleep for a long time. Do you want to rest too?”
“No, I’ll rest with Madam.”
Su Yaoguang woke up and looked at Zhou Wangshu leaning by his side, feeling everything was so wonderful.
“Thank you, Wangshu.”
He made her understand that she too deserved to be truly loved. She too was so good, deserving of the world’s most steadfast love.
She grasped his hand, interlocking their ten fingers, and fell asleep again.
