Zhou Huijie hurried in, picked up Xie Baoer and was about to leave. Xie Baoer struggled a few times but didn’t dare to struggle anymore, for fear that her mother would come back and punish her. She looked at her brother eagerly, hoping that he would have a change of heart and return Sister Shuer to her.

Zhou Huijie walked out holding Xie Baoer. When she reached the door, she paused and coughed: “Hey, Huaiqing, wait for me and come to my yard.”

Huaiqing is Xie Jin’s courtesy name.

Before Xie Jin could answer, the person in his arms froze. Then, the world spun around, and the girl, whose eyebrows were drooping with shame, was already three feet away from him.

Zhao Shu suppressed her embarrassment and bowed to Zhou Huijie: “Aunt.”

Zhou Huijie retracted her foot that had just stepped out of the door, but she still faced the door without turning around.

Xie Baoer was unaware of the commotion among the adults. The moment Zhao Shu appeared, she became agitated and twisted her body to get down to the ground.

Zhou Huijie didn’t force her to go over this time, and put her down. As soon as Xie Baoer’s feet landed on the ground, she rushed into Zhao Shu’s arms, opened her big round eyes, and asked innocently: “Sister Shuer, what are you doing in my brother’s arms?”

Sometimes childish words are always so straightforward and so unexpected.

Zhao Shu pulled the corners of her mouth unnaturally and laughed twice: “Yes, yes, I went into my brother’s arms. What for?”

Xie Baoer didn’t really want to know what Sister Shu was doing in brother’s arms. She just asked casually. Sister Shu was in front of her now, so nothing else mattered. She turned her clever little head and said, “Does brother have any sweet cakes in his arms? Sister Shu is asking brother for some sweet cakes.”

Zhao Shu felt that today’s smile was the most difficult in her life. She stumbled in agreement, “Yes, I, I’m looking for some cakes to eat.”

Zhou Huijie couldn’t bear to listen any longer. She turned around abruptly and looked at her shameless son who had been sitting there without saying a word.

There was a smug look in Xie Jin’s eyes, without any trace of shame.

Zhou Huijie almost gasped when she saw this. She prepared herself mentally and said calmly and expressionlessly, “Huaiqing, come with me to my yard.”

Zhao Shu lowered her head and spoke to Xie Baoer in a lower voice, with her head drooping even lower.

Zhou Huijie turned his head and looked in the direction of Zhao Shu. His expression changed and became very kind, as if he was afraid of scaring Zhao Shu: “Shu’er, you and Bao’er are playing like this now. I’ll ask Huaiqing to go to my yard to help.”

Zhao Shu didn’t dare to doubt and nodded obediently: “Yes.”

“Bao’er, you stay here with your sister and share the cakes that you are reluctant to eat with her, okay?”

Xie Baoer nodded heavily: “I know, I will take good care of my sister!”

Zhao Shu’s smile was a little embarrassed for a moment. These two people were treating her like a child.

Xie Jin was a little reluctant at first and just wanted to stay here with Zhao Shu, but when he saw his mother’s unquestionable look, he knew that she had something to say to him, so he stood up reluctantly.

Before leaving, he looked at Zhao Shu and said softly, “Shu’er, if you don’t want to eat Xie Bao’er’s cakes, don’t eat them. Wait for me here, I’ll be back soon.”

Zhou Huijie really didn’t want to see her son’s shamelessness again, so she turned around and walked out.

Looking at Zhou Huijie’s back, Zhao Shu was so embarrassed that she didn’t know what to say. She could only pretend to concentrate on talking to Xie Baoer.

Xie Jin didn’t care about Zhao Shu’s avoidance of him. He chuckled, turned around and followed his mother.

After the two of them walked away, Zhao Shu raised her head. Xie Baoer looked at her red cheeks and covered them with her hands with concern: “Sister Shuer, what’s wrong with you? Are you sick?”

The heat from her body made the corners of her eyes red, and she shook her head calmly: “No.”

Xie Jin followed his mother all the way to her yard. As soon as he entered the house and sat down, he was yelled at: “Did I tell you to sit down?”

Xie Jin’s eyebrows were indifferent and he stood up as he was told.

Zhou Huijie walked to the table and sat down, frowning and looking up at Xie Jin. Xie Jin didn’t care and let her look at her.

After a while, Zhou Huijie sighed and said leisurely, “Do you know about Shu’er and the Zhao family?”

Xie Jinsong’s calm brows immediately gathered: “What’s the matter?”

Zhou Huijie glanced at her son. Thinking of that incident, she felt sorry for Shu’er: “Shu’er has nothing to do with the Zhao family now.”

Xie Jin frowned: “What do you mean it doesn’t matter anymore?”

“When you were imprisoned, Zhao Shu wanted to save you but didn’t want to implicate the Zhao family, so she took the initiative to leave the ancestral hall and cut off ties with the Zhao family.”

Xie Jin had no other expression except for the frown at the beginning. Zhou Huijie’s eyes showed a hint of doubt: “Huai Qing?”

Xie Jin responded calmly: “Yeah.”

Zhou Huijie wanted to ask him what he was thinking, but seeing that he didn’t want to talk to others, he sighed and gave up.

This matter is difficult to explain, but another thing must be made clear.

Zhou Huijie coughed: “Huaiqing, what are your plans?”

“What’s the plan?”

Zhou Huijie was almost mad at her son: “Shu’er!”

The child who had held her legs when he was young and wanted to be held by his mother now stood in front of her with a clear and bright face, his eyes full of seriousness, and said solemnly: “Mother, I want to marry her!”

What he said was not “want” but “want”. He was informing her as a mother that he would marry Zhao Shu whether she agreed or not, whether she was happy or not.

Zhou Huijie glared at him. His tone made it seem as if she was an unreasonable and vicious mother.

“I know.” Zhou Huijie’s tone was not good.

“Although you will marry Shu’er,” Zhou Huijie looked at Xie Jin with a strange look in his eyes, “but you still have to be careful about what you do.”

“Hey, Huaiqing, you have grown up.”

This irrelevant sentence left the people around confused.

“Ok?”

“Well, you are an adult now. I believe you will be a child with self-control. I also believe you will not do anything bad.” At this point, Zhou Huijie suddenly looked at her son with some uncertainty: “Isn’t it?”

I guess his mother saw how close he was to Shu’er and was worried that he wouldn’t be able to control himself and make a fool of himself before getting married.

Xie Jin felt that his mother’s worries were unnecessary, but he still assured her: “Don’t worry, mother. I have a plan in mind.”

Zhou Huijie nodded: “It’s good as long as it’s successful, it’s good as long as it’s successful.”

On the one hand, Zhou Huijie is satisfied with her son’s sensible attitude, but on the other hand, she has some doubts about his self-control. After all, Shu’er, a pretty girl, is always under her son’s nose. Will her son lose control and become confused?
The more Zhou Huijie thought about it, the more worried she became. She frowned and looked at her son, thinking that they should put their marriage on the agenda as soon as possible. By then, they could do whatever they wanted and she wouldn’t have to worry about it so much.

Xie Jin saw that his mother was silent and was thinking about something with her head down. If it were normal, he wouldn’t mind staying with his mother in a daze, but now he couldn’t do that because Shu’er was still waiting for him in the room.

“Mother, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave now.”

Zhou Huijie was pulled back by her son’s voice. After realizing what he had just said, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes, but she still said with a serious expression, “Well, go ahead.”

Xie Jin took two steps and suddenly turned back: “Mother, remember to ask someone to bring Xie Baoer to you.”

Zhou Huijie waved his hands impatiently: “If you want to call me, call me yourself.” Seeing that he wanted to speak, he immediately spoke first, “If you want to leave, leave quickly. I have a headache!”

Xie Jin’s eyebrows were indifferent, and it was unknown whether he had heard Zhou Huijie’s words or not, and he turned and left.

Zhou Huijie rubbed his forehead and muttered, “Both the big and the small are her enemies.”

When Xie Jin returned to the yard, what he saw was Zhao Shu holding Xie Baoer and feeding her snacks.

Xie Jin didn’t know how long he looked at them like this. When Xie Baoer was begging Zhao Shu for the third piece of dessert, he walked towards them.

There was a faint shadow in front of her, and Zhao Shu looked up.

Xie Jin completely ignored Xie Baoer and looked at her with a smile: “Are you tired?”

Zhao Shu shook her head: “Not tired.”

When Xie Baoer saw her brother, she was like a wolf cub protecting its food. She hugged Zhao Shu tightly with her little hands and looked at her brother vigilantly: “Brother, what are you doing here!”

Xie Jin glanced at her lightly, then sneered, as if he was very disdainful of her behavior.

Xie Baoer felt that her brother was like a big-tailed wolf, ready to take Sister Shuer away when she wasn’t paying attention, so she didn’t welcome his arrival. But she was afraid that if she drove her brother away directly, he would be unhappy, so she could only turn her head and say in a roundabout way: “Brother, we are fine.”

Xie Jin raised an eyebrow.

Xie Baoer continued: “So, brother, you can go now.”

Xie Jin chuckled and poked her forehead with his hand: “Little ghost, do you know who you are hugging now?”

Xie Baoer looked at him with disdain: “Sister Shuer.”

Xie Jin shook his head: “Wrong! Soon Shu’er will be my wife, so the one you are holding now is my wife, do you know that?”

Xie Baoer really didn’t like her brother lying, so just in case, Xie Baoer opened her cute big round eyes and cutely asked Sister Shuer for confirmation: “Sister Shuer, is what my brother said true?”

Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed, but still didn’t want to deceive the child, so she nodded.

Xie Baoer was stunned. She never expected that the horrible words her brother had just said were actually true.

Although she didn’t know what a wife was, her mother told her that the prerequisite for becoming a wife was to become a husband and wife with the person you loved, and husband and wife were the closest people in the world.

Sister Shuer has become her brother’s closest person, so what about Baoer?
Xie Jin tapped the stunned Xie Baoer’s head with his hand and proudly announced: “You know, I have the final say on whether you can come to play with Sister Shuer in the future.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the little idiot Xie Baoer immediately burst into tears.

Zhao Shu glared at Xie Jin, then quickly patted her on the back to coax her: “Brother is teasing you, Baoer can come to see sister whenever she wants, don’t pay attention to brother.”

Xie Baoer was crying and hiccuping. She looked at Xie Jin timidly from Zhao Shu’s arms with her big eyes. After a while, she climbed down from Zhao Shu using her hands and feet, walked carefully to Xie Jin’s side, and took Xie Jin’s big hand.

Xie Baoer looked at him and called him obediently, “Brother.”

Xie Jin looked at her leisurely: “What?”

Xie Baoer led him to the table and pointed at the stool: “Brother, sit down.”

Xie Jin raised an eyebrow and sat down as he was told.

Seeing him sit down, Xie Baoer came to the table with her small body, reached out to take the cakes on the table, took a piece, blew it carefully in her palm, and then handed it to Xie Jin obediently: “Brother, this is for you.”

Seeing him take the snack, her chubby little hands unsteadily picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Xie Jin: “Brother, drink.”

Looking at her little appearance, Xie Jin became interested: “Don’t you usually protect these snacks tightly and not let me eat them? Why are you so generous today?”

Xie Baoer quickly looked towards Zhao Shu with a red face, then looked at Xie Jin seriously and said, “Brother, don’t make up rumors about me. Baoer has always been very generous.”

Xie Jin looked at Zhao Shu from the side: “Shu’er, let me tell you something.”

Xie Baoer was afraid that her brother would slander her image in front of Zhao Shu, so she immediately squeezed in between the two of them, facing Xie Jin, and said hurriedly, “Brother!”

Xie Jin looked down at her lazily: “What?”

Xie Baoer swallowed and said, “Brother, all Baoer’s cakes will be given to you from now on!”

She spoke without hesitation about the humiliating treaty.

Xie Jin’s voice was somewhat lazy: “Are you willing to do so?”

Xie Baoer nodded without hesitation and said loudly: “I’m willing to give it up!”

The voice was so loud, as if it would hurt if I said it softly.

Xie Jin accepted it reluctantly: “Okay, if you miss Shu’er in the future, you can come to see her occasionally.”

Xie Baoer had no idea that she had fallen into her brother’s trap. She only knew that she would be able to come and see Sister Shuer again in the future, and she was extremely happy at the moment.

Xie Jin: “Your sister Shu’er and I have something to discuss. You go back first.”

Xie Baoer pouted reluctantly, but still obediently let the servant sister take her away. After all, she was no longer Sister Shuer’s closest person, but her brother was.

Thinking of this, Xie Baoer looked at Zhao Shu with some resentment when she was taken away.

As soon as Xie Baoer left, Zhao Shu immediately punched Xie Jin’s forearm: “Why did you lie to Baoer?”

“I didn’t lie to her. You will indeed be my wife soon.”

Zhao Shu blushed: “I didn’t say that, I said why did you lie to Baoer that she couldn’t come to see me?”

“I don’t want a little brat to compete for my affection every day after I get married. In order to avoid that, I can only take the initiative. After all, my own happiness depends on my own efforts.”

“What if we have a child in the future? Will you be like today?”

“Our child must be the cutest child. She won’t be as ignorant as Xie Baoer!”

“What if she really doesn’t understand? What are you going to do?”

“If that’s the case, if that’s the case, I can understand why you pamper her more than me.”

“you sure?”

“I’m sure. After all, she is our child.”

“Okay, remember what you said today and don’t regret it later.”

“.”

The sun hangs in the sky, and the sunlight shines directly on every inch of land.

Today is the day of Qin Zhi’s execution. All the people are heading to the city gate, fearing that if they arrive too late they will not be able to see the scene that will relieve their hatred.

The official in charge of the execution this time was the Minister of Rites Lin Shuo. Qin Zhi was escorted to the execution platform in a prison cart. The execution ground was surrounded by people. It should have been a bustling scene, but it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The people in the audience looked at the person kneeling on the ground being pressed by the executioner with a look of numbness and silence on their faces.

Qin Zhi looked towards the distant sky with empty eyes. As Lin Shuo gave the execution order, a scene that he had not seen for a long time appeared before his eyes.

His mother held him in her arms while waiting for his father to attend the morning court. He hadn’t seen his father for a long time, so he was looking forward to this meeting. His father arrived as promised, but not only his father came, but also Qin Su. Qin Su was held in his father’s arms, and his legs that were about to run to his father turned into walking. He saluted his father properly, and his father nodded to him and held Qin Su over him.

His mother later told him not to blame his father, because his father loved him. But if his father loved him, why did he never hug him? Since he could remember, whenever his father had time, he would go to the Queen’s bedroom, and the person he hugged was always Qin Su?

He didn’t understand, but his mother told him not to blame his father. He didn’t want to make his mother sad, so he nodded obediently and said that he didn’t blame his father.

Yes, he thought his father loved him, he thought he didn’t blame him.
The knives rose and fell, heads rolled to the ground, and the blood dyed the execution platform red, as well as the eyes of everyone present.

After seeing Qin Zhi’s head fall to the ground, Zhao Shu withdrew from the crowd. The moment she raised her eyes, she was stunned where she was.

Xie Jin walked towards her with his back to the light, held her hand while she was stunned, and said gently: “I’m here to take you home.”

Zhao Shu smiled and responded, “Okay.”

The two of them left together, with the afterglow spreading all over the ground behind them.

The days passed slowly, and all the affairs in the court had been sorted out. Seeing that Xie Jingrong was free, Zhou Huijie immediately caught someone to talk to him about the marriage of their two children.

Xie Jingrong had no objection to this matter, so when Zhou Huijie suggested getting married as soon as possible, he nodded in agreement.

The only concern is: “Shu’er broke off her relationship with Marquis Xuanping for the sake of Huaiqing. Where can we get the horoscopes matched? Where should we send the betrothal gifts?”

Zhou Huijie was also troubled by this matter: “Yes, I was thinking, why not let this child get married in our family, and then let Huaiqing marry her back from our family?”

“Nonsense!” Xie Jingrong glared.

Zhou Huijie originally thought that her method was not feasible, but after Xie Jingrong yelled at her, her unreasonableness became reasonable. She glared and said, “This won’t work. Don’t be so rigid. You need to learn how to adapt.”

Xie Jingrong frowned: “What kind of nonsense is this? How can you marry someone from your family? Isn’t this just a joke to others?”

“What you said, if people want to laugh, then they can laugh. Can we still control their mouths?”

“You, you, you, I can’t make sense to you, so you don’t understand!”

“Hey, Xie Jingrong, you are scolding me in a roundabout way, don’t think I don’t understand!”

“How did I scold you? I was just talking to you about reason!”

“Xie Jingrong, I’m telling you, if you don’t apologize to me today, don’t even think about entering the room tonight!”

“Hey, hey, what are you talking about again? We were discussing our son’s marriage, and you brought it up to me!”

“Xie Jingrong, let me tell you, this is not a matter of our son’s marriage, it’s a matter between us. If this issue is not resolved, you can’t even think about entering my room tonight!”

“You always do this, always do this. Whenever you can’t win an argument, you bring this up. Can’t you try another approach? I’m fed up with you, even if you’re not!”

“Good boy, Xie Jingrong, you finally told the truth today, aren’t you? Are you tired of me? Well, now you don’t have to find a wife for your son first, you should find a wife for yourself first!”

“I, that’s not what I meant!”

“What do you mean by that? You are tired of me, you want to marry a new wife, you want to be a groom again, you are quarreling with me on purpose, you are tired of me! You are so good, Xie Jingrong, I see through you!”

“I, that’s not what I meant!”

“Wuwuwu, Xie Jingrong, you are tired of me. Wuwuwu, this is what you said when you married me. You said that you would only love me and only be good to me in this life. It has only been a short time and you are tired of me. Wuwuwu.”

Xie Jingrong didn’t expect that Zhou Huijie would still cry even though they were both old. He felt embarrassed and anxious for a moment. He turned his head and looked outside: “Don’t cry, that’s not what I meant. And, and, why are you bringing up words from your youth? We are both old, and this will make the servants laugh at you.”

Zhou Huijie cried endlessly: “Xie Jingrong, just tell me if you have changed. You never yelled at me before!”

“You really wronged me,” he turned his head to look outside the door, finally gritted his teeth and leaned close to Zhou Huijie’s ear: “You know I only have you in my heart all along. You are the only one in my mind when I am in court. I won’t go anywhere after court. I just want to come back to accompany you. If you are not in my heart, how can I do this.”

Zhou Huijie stopped crying: “Really?”

Xie Jingrong immediately swore: “I swear, if I lie to you even a word, I will die miserably!”

Zhou Huijie immediately pulled his hand down: “I believe you!”

Xie Jingrong exhaled, and then heard Zhou Huijie say, “Then you can’t yell at me anymore.”

“I didn’t. I definitely won’t yell.”

The two were just getting entangled in love when they heard a servant outside come in to report: “Duke, Madam, the Marquis Xuanping and his wife want to see you.”

Xie Jingrong immediately let go of Zhou Huijie’s hand, coughed, and sat upright in the main seat: “Please bring the person in.”

“Yes!”

Zhou Huijie rolled her eyes at her husband who was too concerned about his reputation.

Just pretending!
The two of them sat down separately, picked up their teacups and took a sip each as if nothing had happened.

After waiting for a while, the servants brought in Marquis Xuanping and his wife. The two sat down on the guest chairs, and the four of them first chatted about some miscellaneous topics. All four of them had something hidden in their hearts, but all of them were masters at hiding their emotions, and there was only peace and smiles on their faces.

Zhao Yao saw that the conversation was almost over, so he spoke up for the purpose of his visit: “I think the two children like each other, so there is no reason for us as parents not to help them. Lan Yin and I came here uninvited this time because of the two children’s affairs.”

Zhao Yao and Zhang Lanyin looked at each other, then said, “Logically speaking, they shouldn’t see each other again before they get married, but we also considered that the two children had just experienced life and death, and they couldn’t help but feel reluctant to part with each other, so we turned a blind eye and let them continue to interact. But since they are about to get married, Shu’er is still living in the house of her future husband, which may cause criticism.”

Zhou Huijie was not someone who could be easily fooled: “After all, the two children are going to get married. They have their own plans for this matter. It is not appropriate for the master and I to interfere too much with them.”

Xie Jingrong nodded in agreement. Even though they had just argued about this matter, they stood on the same stand at the time. If there was anything, they could settle it privately, but they had to be of one mind when facing others.

Zhang Lanyin choked and didn’t know what to say for a moment. She could only look at Zhao Yao for help.

Zhao Yao stroked his wife’s hand and signaled her not to be anxious.
Zhao Yao raised his eyes and looked at the two people sitting in the main seat: “I think the master and the lady know what happened in our family some time ago. Shu’er broke off the relationship with the Zhao family out of helplessness. The situation was unclear at that time, and she was stubborn and wanted to petition the emperor. I didn’t dare to gamble with the lives of all the old and young in the mansion with her. We can’t afford to lose.”

“We severed our relationship in a hurry, and my wife and I were deeply heartbroken. If there was a better way, we would never have used the method of severing the relationship to deal with the problem.”

“Now that the two children are getting married, I want Shu’er to marry out of the Marquis’s Mansion in an upright manner. I don’t want Shu’er’s marriage to become a laughing stock in the future.”

“Master, Madam, you are also parents, so you must understand our feelings.”

Xie Jingrong nodded: “We understand, but this involves the children, and we can’t make decisions for them. Let’s put this matter aside for now. I will get back to you after I ask the children’s opinions.”

Zhang Lanyin was obviously not satisfied with the result and wanted to say something, but before she could speak, Zhao Yao grabbed her, said some words of thanks to the Duke and his wife, and took her away.

After the two of them left the Duke’s Mansion, Zhang Lanyin shook off his hand and said, “Why did you agree to this? Didn’t we agree before we came here to bring Shu’er back today?”

Zhao Yao sighed: “Haven’t you figured it out yet? Jing Rong and the others are obviously on Shu’er’s side. They are feeling sorry for Shu’er.”

“But, Keke Shu’er is our daughter. No matter how big the hatred or resentment between parents and children is, we are still blood relatives after all.”

Zhao Yao quickly comforted her: “I know, I know, they understand in their hearts, otherwise they would have rejected us a long time ago. Now that they are willing to talk to Shu’er, maybe this matter can be handled more easily.”

Zhang Lanyin wanted to say something else, but then she changed her mind and realized that what her husband said was reasonable, so she stopped arguing and they got into the carriage hand in hand and went home.

Zhou Huijie rolled his eyes after the others walked away, and said angrily: “Let me ask you, if Huaiqing and Baoer caused a terrible disaster, would you cut off your relationship with them?”

“No, I will bear the responsibility for them. If I can’t bear it anymore, I will bear it together with them. If they are still alive, I will teach them. If they don’t listen after I teach them, I will beat them until they obey!”

Zhou Huijie nodded in agreement: “Yes, I think so too. If it was Xueying who went to petition the emperor that day, do you think they would have severed their relationship with her? This pair of parents are so biased that they are afraid that others can’t see it!”

“They also want us to go and plead for them. How dare they do that!”

Xie Jingrong: “I don’t want to speak for them, but Shu’er is the party involved in this matter. She has the right to know. Let’s see what happens. If she is willing to go back, we won’t force her. If she doesn’t want to go back, we will definitely arrange her marriage properly!”

Zhou Huijie: “Hey, this child Shu’er”

Xie Jin brought Zhao Shu back. The servant who had been looking out the door immediately went to greet them when he saw them.

“Miss, you are finally back. Madam asked you to go to her yard.”

Although Zhao Shu was already the designated wife of the Crown Prince, the two had not yet been married. The servants could not directly call her Young Madam, and could only use “Young Lady” temporarily.

Xie Jin thought of the carriage he saw when he just came back, his eyes flashed, and he asked, “Did mother say what it was?”

The servant shook his head: “The madam didn’t say anything, she just asked the girl to go to her place when she comes back.”

“Okay, you go down first. The girl and I will go to mother’s place now.”

Hearing this, the servant was a little embarrassed: “Sir, my wife only called the young lady, not you.”

Zhao Shu: “You go down first, I’ll go to my aunt’s place later.”

The servant looked at Xie Jin with some concern. Zhao Shu saw what he was thinking and smiled: “Don’t worry, I’ll go by myself.”

After hearing this, the servant breathed a sigh of relief and left with peace of mind.

Zhao Shu looked at Xie Jin and said, “Go back to the yard first. I’ll come find you later.”

Xie Jin lowered his eyes and looked at her for a while, then nodded: “Okay.”

Zhao Shu didn’t know what her aunt wanted to talk to her about, but she thought it was probably related to marriage.

The servant led her into the yard. As soon as Zhou Huijie saw her, he came forward, took her hand and sat down on the couch.

He first took her hand and looked her up and down with a smile, then sighed: “Shu’er is getting more and more beautiful, but it’s a good thing for Huaiqing.”

Zhao Shu felt a little shy and pursed her lips, not wanting to speak.

The more Zhou Huijie looked at Zhao Shu, the more satisfied she became. However, she did not forget the purpose of this trip. However, it was not easy to speak directly, so she could only tentatively say, “When a daughter gets married, parents are both reluctant and happy about it. When I think that Bao’er will also get married in the future, my heart is both sour and sweet. I hope she grows up slowly, but I also want her to grow up quickly, so that she can get married happily while I am still healthy.”

“The human heart is always wavering, always wanting and wanting.”

Zhou Huijie held Zhao Shu’s hand and said meaningfully, “Shu’er, there are almost no people who can be perfect in their lives. People will have more or less shortcomings in their lives. There is not much we can do, but if possible, we can try our best not to leave regrets for ourselves.”

Zhao Shu looked at her obediently without saying anything.

Zhou Huijie: “Shu’er, I saw all the sacrifices you made for Huaiqing. I love you. If I could, I would like you to be my daughter and cherish you day and night. But God is still good to me and let Huaiqing marry you. In this way, I can still cherish you.”

“But my aunt has a problem, which is greed. She always wants you to live a better life. A good girl like you should be loved twice as much.”

“Your parents came to see me today. They said they felt bad the day they severed ties with you, but now that it’s over, they plan to take you back. I should have rejected your request, but I didn’t want you to feel regretful when you’re old, so I didn’t reject them outright. I just said it depends on your opinion. If you agree, we’ll take you back, but if you don’t, then we won’t.”

Zhou Huijie looked at her with pity: “If you don’t want to acknowledge them, your aunt is your mother and your uncle is your father. This is both your in-laws’ home and your natal home. No one dares to bully you!”

Zhao Shu felt warm inside. She knew her aunt had good intentions, and she didn’t want her marriage from her husband’s family to become a stain on her aunt, uncle, and Xie Jin. She said, “Aunt, I am willing.”

As soon as she said this, Zhou Huijie’s expression of distress became even more distressed. She folded Zhao Shu’s hands in hers and said, “You are such a sensible child that it makes me feel distressed.”

When Zhao Shu returned to the yard, she saw Xie Jin lying on the couch with a book in his hand, reading it carefully. Hearing the noise, he raised his cold eyes lazily. After seeing that it was her, he put down the book, stood up and walked towards her.

A clear and crisp smell approached her. Xie Jin put his arm around her waist and led her to sit on the couch. He rubbed her hand from time to time and asked casually, “Why did mother ask you to come over?”

Zhao Shu: “My father and mother came to my house today and planned to take me back.”

“Well, I can probably guess a little about this.”

Zhao Shu was a little confused: “How did you guess it?”

“Today, when I was walking on the street, I saw their carriage heading towards your house.”

“Oh, I agree to their plan.”

Xie Jin raised his head suddenly, carefully studying the expression on her face. After making sure that she was not wronged, he spoke in a deep voice after a while: “You don’t have to force yourself. As long as I can marry you, it doesn’t matter to me whether you marry in the Xie Mansion or the Zhao Mansion.”

The most touching affection is expressed unintentionally.

Zhao Shu looked at him with tears in her eyes: “I don’t feel forced. Even if they don’t say it, I still plan to recognize them.”

Xie Jin: “Well, soon we will be the closest two people in the world, and we will have our own children. When that time comes, my child and I will protect you and love you even more. We will not let you feel sad or upset, and we will never abandon you.”

“Shu’er, I want you to know that I can let go of anyone in this world except you!”

Although these were sweet words of love, Zhao Shu inexplicably wanted to cry.

Xie Jin’s eyes suddenly darkened, and then he stood up and sat two inches away from her.

Zhao Shu looked at him puzzledly: “What’s wrong?”

Xie Jin’s voice was a little hoarse: “Don’t look at me like that.”

Zhao Shu was confused: “How do I see you?”

Xie Jin: “Just look at me like you are now.”

“If you look at me like that, I can’t help but want to do bad things!”

“Ok?”

Xie Jin looked at her deeply and said, “Do something bad that can only be done after marriage.”

If Zhao Shu still didn’t react, then she was stupid. She was awkwardly snapping her fingers, her cheeks flushed and her eyes looking at him helplessly.

After a long while, he said hesitantly, “Then you have to control yourself and don’t do bad things.”

Xie Jin laughed out loud: “Well, I control myself.”

(End of this chapter)