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Xie Jingzi was struggling internally, fearing on one hand that her parents and older brothers would be angry with her for not formally discussing such an important occasion as her engagent with them in advance.
On the other hand, she also worried that after she got engaged and registered her marriage, her parents might no longer dote on her as they used to.
After all, her second sister’s marriage did not start off well, but no matter what grievances the second sister endured in the beginning, Dad always suppressed her from making a fuss.
This gave her the impression that "a married daughter is like spilled water," because that’s how all the girls in the Qingyun Team were treated.
What she didn’t know was that the Xie Family felt particularly guilty about her for this very reason.
Yan Jinsu also felt apologetic. If it hadn’t been for Xiaojiu and Xiao Ba adding fuel to the fire, little aunt’s big day would not have ended up as an awkward occasion where not a single mber of the Xie Family was present.
It was still the holiday season at that ti, and train tickets were hard to co by. Besides, who should go? No one seed appropriate to attend.
Fortunately, Zhou Zhenghui said that it was just a small ceremony within the Zhou family, and if it was a formal wedding, there certainly would be relatives from the bride’s side present.
However, waiting for Xie Jingzi’s wedding banquet was really a bit tricky. After all, Xie Jingzi was still in college, and the wedding banquet, barring any accidents, would only take place after she graduated.
But Yan Jinsu, seeing the couple’s affectionate deanor, wondered how Zhou Zhenghui would be able to hold back.
Yan Jinsu glanced at her husband sideways, and suddenly, she ca to a realization.
With a husband who loves her deeply and takes good care of her, why should she worry too much?
Xie Jingchen saw his little wife’s black pupils spinning nonstop, unsure what was on her mind, but that didn’t prevent the family from having an enjoyable chat.
Perhaps sensing the lively noise from outside, Little Shier woke up, still dazed and murmuring "Mommy."
Although the bedroom door was still closed, both Yan Jinsu and Xie Jingchen had acute hearing.
As soon as Little Shier called out, Xie Jingchen heard it. He stood up and said to his youngest brother-in-law and his wife, "You guys sit for a bit, I’ll go check on Xiaojiu and Little Shier."
Yan Jinsu had already smiled and nodded at them, slowly getting up, and Xie Jingchen, after finishing speaking, helped his little wife into the inner room.
The sound inside was too soft, Xie Jingzi didn’t hear anything at all, and Zhou Zhenghui, with his attention focused on his woman, also didn’t have the devilish hearing like the Xie couple and didn’t hear it either.
Now seeing the couple leaving together, he just thought that Third Uncle just wanted to give them so private ti.
Wang Chuni, always attentive to the situation in the main house, noticed that both Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law had returned to their room, and hesitated for a mont before reluctantly continuing to help Nanny Chen prepare a big al.
After living together for two months, Wang Chuni really liked the Xie Family. Now seeing her once close sister treating her with such indifferent detachnt, it was truly hard for her to take.
As for Wang Xiuzhen, the dead are to be respected, regardless of what she had done, she would no longer speak ill of the deceased.
Wang Chuni actually never hard Xie Jingzi. If one must point out a fault, it would be that initially Wang Xiuzhen secretly intercepted Xie Jingchen’s family letter and even signed Zhou Xiuhua’s na on it, but she recognized that the handwriting was Wang Xiuzhen’s, did not speak out loudly, and secretly went to Wang Xiuzhen to tip her off.
At that ti, she had her own little sches in mind. On the surface, such behavior seed harmless, but from Xie Jingzi’s perspective, this was Wang Chuni blindly choosing to favor Wang Xiuzhen in the face of a major issue of principle.
Xie Jingzi, aside from other things, always rembered in her heart that incident—how Wang Xiuzhen actually collaborated with her brother in an attempt to ruin her reputation. That was sothing Xie Jingzi could never forget or forgive the Wang Family for, not in her entire lifeti.
As for Wang Chuni’s new identity, Xie Jingzi truly detested it from the bottom of her heart. Simply ignoring Wang Chuni’s existence, Xie Jingzi already felt she was being quite tolerant.
Expect her to speak kindly to Wang Chuni? Anyway, she couldn’t do it.
After more than ten minutes, Xie Jingchen and his wife ca out, having taken care of the children’s hygiene and warmth, and then he carried one on each side. Yan Jinsu, following behind, was all smiles, especially Little Shier, who lay over Dad’s shoulders, continuously reaching out her tiny hands to wave at Mommy behind her.
"Xiaojiu, Xiao Shi, wow, how the babies seem to have grown up all at once!" Then, ca Xie Jingzi’s excited exclamation.
Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi were not yet one year old, and babies change so fast, especially these two. With Yan Jinsu as their biological mother, they always had the best of everything, growing physically much faster than average babies. There was no need to worry about Xie Jingzi fussing over nothing.
"Ah, ah~" Upon hearing Xie Jingzi’s voice, Little Shier got excited and attempted to pounce, even forgetting about Daddy.
"Hey, Little Shier still rembers little aunt~" Xie Jingzi was truly excited. She had not expected that after nearly two months without seeing her, Xiao Shi would still rember her!
Weren’t babies supposed to have the poorest mory?
Xiaojiu, being sowhat older, and upon hearing Xie Jingzi’s self-introduction, imdiately understood what this relative should be called, and joyfully called out, "Little aunt~~" That sweet voice amused even Yan Jinsu enough to glance sideways.
Xie Jingzi truly adored these twin nieces and nephews. After all, she had taken care of them since birth for half a year, and both babies were well-behaved from a young age, making for a deeper emotional bond than with other nieces and nephews.
Zhou Zhenghui saw his little woman acting so maternally and felt an itching in his heart.
If these nephews were already so endearing, his own biological child would surely be even more cherished.
Once Wang Chuni heard Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi’s voices coming from the main room, she imdiately washed her hands clean, drying them as she quickly made her way to the main room. Upon entering, she saw Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi smiling sweetly and toothlessly at Xie Jingzi. Her heart felt a pang, and the words she had been about to say caught in her throat, leaving her bewildered and looking at everyone in the room, "..."
What, what was she going to say again?
"Chun i, co here, what are you dazedly standing out there for?" Yan Jinsu was the first to notice that this little aunt’s behavior was off and beckoned her over as she walked.
She was puzzled as to why she hadn’t seen this girl pop up all morning; turns out she was in the kitchen helping Nanny Chen cook.
Yan Jinsu’s words were undoubtedly a way for Wang Chuni to step down from her predicant. Her face flush with embarrassnt, she approached Yan Jinsu and called out uneasily, "Third Sister-in-law..."
"Stop right there, who’s your Third Sister-in-law?" Xie Jingzi, as if stung by a Jingzhe, loudly objected.
She had been happily playing with Little Shier, but when she heard Wang Chuni call Yan Jinsu ’Third Sister-in-law’ just like her, she imdiately bristled.
Xie Jingzi had heard from her mother, who had taken Wang Chuni as a goddaughter, and because of this, her mother had been privately consoling her about old grievances. This had left Xie Jingzi recently preoccupied and uninspired.
It was because of Wang Chuni’s addition that Xie Jingzi felt like she was about to be replaced by this wicked woman!
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