Chapter 545 - 552: Can't Stop

By the time they reached Feng Family Manor, it was already midnight. Mr. and Mrs. Su, hearing that their daughter had returned, were overjoyed and couldn’t contain themselves. They hurried to the entrance to welcome her and, upon seeing their daughter truly standing before them, were so overcome with emotion that they shed tears.

“My good girl, Lady Yue, heaven has eyes. You have finally returned to us alive from the brink of death. If something truly had happened to you, we wouldn’t have known peace for the rest of our lives,” Madam Su sobbed, as she broke down first, while Master Su stood by, his eyes reddening with tears as well.

“Father and Mother, please don’t cry, I am well, and you should be happy instead. Why are you crying? I have been unfilial and caused you to worry,” Su Wenyue said, her own eyes growing moist upon seeing her parents like this.

“That’s right, we should be happy. Our daughter has finally come back, but somehow we just can’t stop these tears,” Madam Su said, trying to laugh while wiping away her tears, looking somewhat comical.

Seeing Madam Su so excited that she had forgotten herself and left her son-in-law aside, Master Su began to attend to his son-in-law: “Son-in-law, it must have been arduous searching for Lady Yue all this way…”

Master Feng, as the head of his household, immediately came over when he received the news, along with Su Hengyi and his wife, and the Marquis Bei’an and his son. They too had come as soon as they heard the news, but due to the distance of their quarters within the courtyard, they arrived slightly later. A crowd gathered at the entrance; the wee hours were unusually bustling.

“The wind is strong outside, Mother, let’s go inside to talk. Younger Sister is frail; we shouldn’t let her catch cold,” Feng Ruolin, who was more attentive, noticed the paleness on Su Wenyue’s face and suggested so.

“I’m alright; it’s just that I feel rather embarrassed for making everyone get up in the middle of the night on my account,” Su Wenyue, no longer the naive young girl she used to be, spoke politely, given that she was at the Feng family’s home and shouldn’t be too casual.

“Miss Yue, that’s cold talk, considering the relationship between our families. You should treat Feng Family Manor as your own home. I’d be upset if you’re formal with me,” Master Feng said heartily, his voice conveying his carefree nature.

“That’s right, Daughter, you don’t need to be formal with your Uncle Feng; we are all family,” Madam Su chimed in, echoing Master Feng–a sign that the relationship between her and her daughter-in-law, Feng Ruolin, had indeed improved, as she spoke such affectionate words. But when she saw her daughter shivering, she quickly added,

“Your Sister-in-law is right; let’s go inside to talk. I’ve been negligent; it’s so dark and cold outside, while it’s warm and bright inside,” Madam Su said, taking her daughter with her to go indoors, followed by the whole group heading towards the same destination.

Once inside, Madam Han finally got a clear look at her daughter, and her face was full of distress: “Look how thin you’ve become. You must have suffered a great deal during this time. We’ll have to nourish you properly to regain the weight you’ve lost.”

“Yes, I’ll listen to you, Mother. I’ll definitely fatten up to become a big chubby girl. But I’m afraid that Han Yu might not want me then,” Su Wenyue jokingly reassured her parents, trying to lift their spirits.

“You silly girl, you’ve just returned and you’re already spouting nonsense. Those words aren’t to be said lightly,” Madam Su scolded, tapping Su Wenyue’s forehead lightly and without real force.

Han Yu quickly agreed: “You just eat more. If you become chubbier, I’d be happier. Chubbiness is good; it’s a sign of good fortune. The chubbier you are, the more I’ll like you.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Did you hear that? Your Brother-in-law has made his stance clear. Mother, make sure my sister gets well-fed. How can my sister, Su Hengyi’s sister, be so skinny she could be blown away by a gust of wind?” Su Hengyi said, frowning at the sight of his sister’s gaunt appearance.

“Mother, what about Brother Xing and the others? Are they asleep? I want to go see the children,” Su Wenyue said eagerly, her heart set on seeing them.

“Yes, Mother, have the servants take us to see the children. Lady Yue has been thinking about them all the way here, and she’s been talking about nothing but them. After so many days, they must have changed quite a bit, I assume?” Although Han Yu did not constantly talk about the children as Su Wenyue did, he missed them just as deeply, for they were his own flesh and blood.

“Children are the apple of their parents’ eyes; your longing for them is only natural. They are all doing well, though they’ve been calling for their father and mother from time to time, which is heart-wrenching. If they knew you were here, they’d be over the moon. Go see them quickly; we won’t disturb your family reunion. After you’ve seen the children, rest early, and we can talk more tomorrow,” Madam Su said.

Madam Su didn’t want to miss more time with her daughter, but she also knew her daughter must be exhausted from the journey and showed understanding by holding back.

“Alright, I understand, Mother. You should rest early too, don’t disrupt your sleep,” Su Wenyue replied.

In their room, the three young children were not asleep as the adults had said; instead, they lay in one bed, whispering to each other.

“Big brother, is what Grandfather and Grandmother said true? Is Mother really alright, and she will come see us soon?” Sister Yu asked uncertainly.

Brother Xing patted his sister’s head soothingly: “Of course, it’s true. Mother is a good person, and heaven’s protection allowed her to survive certain death. We just need to wait patiently, and she will come see us soon; Mother loves us too much to delay,” he reassured.

“But we’ve been waiting for so long. How much longer must we wait? I really miss Mother,” Brother Chen said, having a harder time being convinced than Sister Yu. Mentioning Mother filled his eyes with tears that were on the brink of falling but he held them back. Mother had said that a man should not shed tears lightly, so he must be good and obedient for Mother to come back sooner.

“I don’t know how much longer, but Mother loves us the most and won’t let us wait for too long,” Brother Xing comforted his siblings and himself. At least their mother was alive, and as long as she lived, there would come a day of reunion. They couldn’t rush.

“Big brother, do you hear that noise outside? It’s so noisy,” Sister Yu said.

The three little ones were sharing their thoughts when they heard a commotion outside, seemingly indicative of some event. However, being young, they were not expected to get involved in adult matters.

“I don’t know. It’s none of our concern. We should sleep now, and maybe when we wake up, Mother will be back,” Brother Xing suggested calmly.

“But big brother, it sounds like someone said our parents have come back,” Brother Chen said with sharp ears.

“Are you serious? You didn’t mishear?” Brother Xing, who initially was uninterested, immediately perked up, his eyes shining with excitement.

“I didn’t hear it clearly; it was faint and intermittent. Big brother, let’s go outside and see if our parents have really come back,” Brother Chen proposed.