Su Yuexiangâs complexion turns green and white. It takes her a very long time to clench her teeth and tell the small servants, as well as the unconscious steward, to withdraw.
When she turns to face Muyan once more, she already has a gentle and kindly smile hanging on her face.
Itâs as if that vicious fiend just a moment ago, the person yelling murder to Muyan, wasnât her.
âMuyan ah, where have you been all these years? Why didnât you come back home? Aunt Su has been very concerned about you!â
As she speaks, her eyes fall on Xiao Bao at Muyanâs side.
A laugh of ridicule flashes within her eyes, but thereâs concern all over her face as she says: âAh! Muyan, this is back when you and that wild man from who-knows-where... you gave birth? Really, this child! You clearly know that itâs an unmarried pregnancy, why did you give birth to this child instead of getting it aborted? With how young you are, if itâs known that you that have a child without marriage, donât you know just how big that would damage our Shen familyâs reputation?â
Shen Xiaoru sneers: âMa, donât concern yourself about it. Some people ah, really donât have any sense of honor and shame. Even if they give birth out of wedlock or if they completely donât know who the father of the child is â they can still be shameless and fool around with men everywhere. If you think that she can feel embarrassed about it, the youâd be gravely mistaken.â
âDonât talk nonsense and disparage Yanyan!â Shen Jinglin couldnât keep listening any longer.
With red eyes, he bellows: âDonât think that I donât know, at that time when Yanyan was... was... it was all a sinister plot from the two of you!â
Shen Xiaoruâs eyebrows go up, âWhat a joke, it was Jun Muyan herself who was with that wild man, it has nothing to do with us.â
âAlright, alright! Letâs forget about the matters of the past.â Su Yuexiang smiles and comes up to smooth things over, she has kind brows and pleasant eyes as she looks at Muyan, âMuyan, you can rest assured that when all is said and done, youâre still my daughter as well. Even if youâre now carrying a pitcher of oil around*, even if your reputation is ruined, Aunt Su will still certainly think of a way for you to enter a good marriage.â
child(ren) from a previous marriage. Muyan sounds out an âohâ, meaningfully saying: âThen Iâd trouble Aunt Su.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âYanyan, just tell big brother if you need anything, and your brother will go and handle it for you! Clothes, bedding, also...â
Supported by a cane, Shen Jinglin bustles round and round Muyan.
Muyan watches his busy appearance but she does nothing to stop it. Instead, the corners of her mouth turn up, showing a smiling expression.
Thatâs because, when they reunited, Shen Jinglinâs eyes has a look of wishing for death.
But when he busies himself, it almost completely fades away.
After heâs done bustling around, Muyan pulls Xiao Bao and says: âBrother, look, this is my son, Xiao Bao. Heâs named Jun Mochen.â
âXiao Bao, call him uncle.â
Xiao Bao tilts his little head, looking closely and scrutinizing the person in front of him.
Hearing Muyanâs words however, he promptly and obediently calls out: âUncle.â
Even though heâs expressionless, that little face is really like a snow jade, so cute.
Shen Jinglin is happy to go along, and he reaches out to touch Xiao Baoâs face, but he stiffly retracts his hand back, âGreat! Xiao Bao has grown big, my nephew... looks so much like you, Yanyan.â
He reaches into his washed-out clothes and fishes around for quite a while. However, he doesnât scoop out anything.
Thereâs shame on his face, âIâm sorry, Xiao Bao. Uncle canât even come up with a proper introduction gift for you.â
Xiao Bao shakes his head, âXiao Bao doesnât need a present. Niangqin is happy to see uncle, so Xiao Bao is also happy.â