The Eldest Daughter-in-Law [Reborn] - Chapter 9

Xie Yunchu took her maid and picked a basket of flowers and went back, and asked Chun Qi to find two sky-blue plum vases to prepare the flowers.

Wang Shuhuai followed the old custom and came to Chunjing Hall for dinner. As soon as he stepped onto the corridor, he saw a group of beautiful women gathered in the usually quiet main room. He frowned. He never liked noise, and Xie was always considerate. Why was the courtyard so messy?

Looking closely, the most eye-catching one was the girl in the red crabapple dress. She was tall and slender, with red lips and white teeth. She wore a peony hairpin inlaid with gems on her bun, and a pink crabapple flower was pinned on the end of her hair, just like a fluttering pink butterfly happily flying among the branches.

She looked so energetic, not like someone in poor health.

Sister Ke slept for two hours in the afternoon. After Xie Yunchu came back, she brought her to the main room. She and the maids were arranging flowers and asked Sister Ke to watch. Sister Ke was plump and fair. She was supported by her wet nurse to stand on a spring stool. She jumped and looked curious about everything she saw. Xia An playfully put a crabapple flower into Xie Yunchu’s hair, making the little girl giggle.

Xie Yunchu looked at her silly daughter with mixed feelings. In her previous life, Sister Ke’s temperament was inherited from someone. She was naughty and active. After she could run, she would break everything in the house. Wang Shuhuai was very strict with rules, and Xie Yunchu was afraid of upsetting him, so she naturally kept a close eye on her. She was afraid that she would become spoiled and her in-laws would dislike her in the future. She was also worried that she would act rashly and cause resentment, and so on. She was full of worries, and as a mother, she was exhausted, so she became more strict with her daughter. Later, after her son was born, she learned her lesson and set rules from the beginning. She raised her two children to be disunited, so that they were coaxed by Xie Yunxiu.

In her previous life, she worried too much and was bound by rules and regulations when raising her children. In this life, she had come to realize that children and grandchildren would have their own blessings, and parents could not decide the fate of their children. No matter what the future held, they needed to just live the present well first.

Xie Yunchu was a new mother and had no experience in raising children. At this time, Sister Ke was fat and could not roll over at six months old. Xie Yunchu ordered the wet nurse to put the child on the Luohan bed and train her. When Sister Ke heard that her mother and other sisters were playing in the room, she was so anxious that she wanted to turn over to see. So she waved her arms and feet on the bed, shouting and drooling. She looked at the lotus-like arms waving and the calves kicking hard, and the whole room was filled with laughter.

At that moment, the porch suddenly became quiet. Xie Yunchu glanced outside and saw Wang Shuhuai walking slowly towards them along the corridor. The little maidservants immediately shut up and stood with their heads down, not daring to say a word. In the past, Xie Yunchu would have immediately and happily gone over to greet him, calling him “husband” affectionately. But not that day. She gestured to Mama Lin, signaling her to go and greet him, while she handed a bottle of crabapple and peony to Qiu Sui, saying, “Give it to Madam.”

Only then did she wash her hands and ask someone to clean the table. Wang Shuhuai walked in at that moment and glanced coldly inside the house. On the north wall hung a picture of snow-capped mountains and green pines, with couplets on the left and right encouraging the younger generations from the ancestors. Below was a long rosewood table with a cloisonné incense burner on it. In this solemn green smoke, there were clusters of flowers and people walking around.

Before Wang Shuhuai frowned, a few clear cries were heard from the corner. He was soon attracted to his daughter on the bed. The little girl was trying very hard to turn over, her little body was already tilted sideways, her chubby face was flushed red, and it looked like she was about to succeed. Xie Yunchu looked at her without moving, and Wang Shuhuai was also waiting leisurely. Sister Ke looked silly, and the little maid wanted to laugh but didn’t dare to.

Xie Yunchu smiled. She glanced at Wang Shuhuai calmly. Wang Shuhuai was wearing a moon-white robe, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at Sister Ke calmly, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes. Looking back now, was she afraid of being criticized by Wang Shuhuai in her previous life, or did she really not like her daughter being naughty? It should be the former. In her previous life, she always took Wang Shuhuai’s preferences as her guiding principle and regarded his principles as the law of nature, thus tying herself up in knots.

Rebirth began with breaking Wang Shuhuai’s rules. Therefore, even though she knew that Wang Shuhuai didn’t like noise, she still brought the child there to play happily. Wang Shuhuai was very perceptive. When he noticed Xie Yunchu’s gaze, he turned his head away. The two people’s eyes met. After what happened last night, the current situation is naturally awkward. Besides feeling embarrassed, Xie Yunchu was still a little dazed. For her, she had to cross an entire lifetime to face this man again. No matter how good her intentions were, when she really looked into his eyes, she couldn’t keep her mind calm. Xie Yunchu tried her best to suppress her turbulent thoughts, knelt down, and bowed to him.

“Second Young Master.”

Wang Shuhuai looked at her quietly and hummed lightly as a greeting. Xie Yunchu didn’t plan to explain what happened last night, and Wang Shuhuai didn’t ask. The two of them weren’t at the point where they could express their feelings directly. Just a glance and the matter was over invisibly. Just at that moment, the chubby Sister Ke turned over on the bed with her back turned, and clapped her hands happily.

Wang Shuhuai also moved his gaze over and smiled slightly. Sister Ke seemed very proud as well. She climbed up by grabbing the fence, then she saw Xie Yunchu and Wang Shuhuai at a glance. Her rolling eyes looked around at her parents and she began to think about who to reward. Those eyes look very much like Wang Shuhuai. Wang Shuhuai always had a gentle expression, but his aura was extremely powerful.

The child didn’t understand the aura, and her mother always looked fierce at her, so Sister Ke smiled and opened her arms towards Wang Shuhuai. The room was silent. Wang Shuhuai had no habit of holding children. There was a saying in the streets that one should hold grandchildren rather than children, let alone a girl, who should be raised by her mother. Wang Shuhuai was not close to the child. In the past, Xie Yunchu would have picked up Sister Ke for him, but she didn’t move that day. She wanted to see what Wang Shuhuai would do.

There was no clue on Wang Shuhuai’s face. He was silent for a moment, then bent down, stretched out his hand, and picked up his daughter. In Sister Ke’s mind, the only concept she had was her mother, and she didn’t have a deep impression of her father, but this didn’t stop her from expressing her love. She hugged Wang Shuhuai and gave him a fierce kiss on the cheek. Wang Shuhuai froze for a moment. Xie Yunchu was also surprised.

For eight years in her previous life, let alone her children, she had never kissed Wang Shuhuai. This man was too handsome, like a green pine on the top of a snowy mountain, making people dare not desecrate him. If Wang Shuhuai did not take the initiative, she would not dare to kiss him. Her daughter and son were well-behaved by her and had never behaved like that. And Wang Shuhuai obviously hadn’t expected that, and a crack appeared on his perfect expression.