Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Chapter 1724: Chapter 1726: Chu Lian’s Unusual Behavior

At this moment, Yang Ming’s mother laughed, "What uncle? You’ve said it wrong, it should be ’Uncle-in-law’."

The others joined in with laughter.

Only Xue Zhiyi understood what Chu Lian was talking about.

Chu Lian said awkwardly, "Haha, yes, it’s ’Uncle-in-law’, come here quickly, Uncle-in-law has something good for you."

As he spoke, he pulled a piece of jade from his waist, that jade was crystal clear and obviously of high quality.

Xiaoxiao had seen it before; Chu Lian always carried it with him, so it must be very important to him.

She quickly spoke up, "Don’t let him play with that, if it breaks, it’ll be a disaster."

"What’s the big deal, it’s just a little trinket." Chu Lian said nonchalantly, but in fact, that jade was the symbol of the Chu Family, almost an heirloom, "Just let him play with it."

As he spoke, he continued to tease Little Liufu, "Little Liufu, do you like it? If you like it, just take it, Uncle-in-law will give this jade to you."

By now, Little Liufu had crawled over and his hand was already on the jade.

This made everyone anxious, scared that Little Liufu would damage the jade.

But Chu Lian had a look of tenderness on his face and even picked up Little Liufu, lifting him high like a loving father.

Xiaoxiao was shocked; was this really Chu Lian?

Why was he acting so unusual today?

No one in the room spoke up, which made Chu Lian realize that his behavior had surprised everyone, so he quickly explained, "Haha, I’m just practicing how to hold a baby, Xiangxiang is about to give birth soon."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ming’s mother chimed in, "Isn’t that right? Xiangxiang and our Xiaoxia are only two months apart, after my Xiaoxia finishes her confinement period, I’ll go to your house to take care of Xiangxiang, it’s just that I don’t know about your parents..."

Yang Ming’s mother trailed off, feeling it might be inappropriate, since the Chu Family was prominent and Xiangxiang wasn’t her biological daughter. It seemed a bit over the line to say such things.

"Mom, how can we let you take care of her? Just accompany Xiangxiang with some conversation. Oh, by the way, Mom, there’s something else, ever since Xiangxiang married into our family, you and my parents haven’t met. My parents think it’s not quite right, since we are in-laws, and they were thinking of inviting your family over for a gathering sometime."

Last time he and Xiangxiang came back from the Yang Family, his parents had been nagging about it, saying that it didn’t feel right and they wanted the two families to meet.

At that time, he was quite busy, and upon learning about the Hundred Days Oblivion ceremony, he hadn’t set a date. Given the situation now, he might as well mention it. If Little Liufu truly turns out to be his sister’s child, his parents would surely be delighted, and during the family meeting, they could see Little Liufu too.

Yang Ming’s mother, unable to decide on such a major matter, said, "Let’s discuss this with your father when he comes back."

"Okay."

Chu Lian agreed and continued to play with Little Liufu.

Little Liufu seemed to know that this was his real uncle, clinging to Chu Lian and not wanting to come down, making Xiaoxiao amused and exasperated.

"Hahaha, looks like we really hit it off today, no worries, let him hang on to me, you go ahead with what you were doing."

And so the big and little one played around in the room.

The more Chu Lian looked at Little Liufu, the more he felt the child resembled his sister, and he increasingly believed this was his nephew.

Everything would be known in a few days because he had not only sent a carrier pigeon to the Imperial Bodyguard but had also sent someone to investigate where Yang Ming had been and what he had done a few months ago.