"Snow Mountain, are you serious? You're not kidding me?" Le Rong was somewhat incredulous. She hadn't even asked him for anything yet, so why was he offering to adopt Yuan Yuan?

"What do you mean by 'real' or 'fake'? It's just one child, and I, Zhang Xueshan, can afford to raise him. Once Mom arrives, I'll ask my brother-in-law for leave to go to your hometown and bring the child back, so your unreliable mother won't give the child away again."

Now Zhang Xueshan is so angry that he doesn't even call his mother-in-law anymore, and Le Rong doesn't correct her, since she's angry with her own family anyway.

"What if Mom and Dad find out? Will they be able to accept it?"

Le Rong was now worried that her in-laws might force her husband to divorce her if they found out, since such a thing was indeed hard to accept.

"That's definitely unacceptable, but you're carrying our Zhang family's grandson, so they can't do anything to you. It'll be fine after a while."

Besides, we're all staying in Tianshui City now, and we don't live with them. Even if Mom comes to take care of you, it'll only be for a few months. Just bear with it."

Zhang Xueshan knew his parents would be angry. No one would accept raising someone else's child for nothing, but he was different. He was self-aware enough to know that he was ugly, short, and poor. Finding a wife like Xiao Rong, who was both beautiful and intelligent, always required some sacrifice. If the price was helping to raise his previous child, he could accept it.

Le Rong is now filled with gratitude for her husband. She never expected to be so lucky to meet such a good person as Xue Shan. God has truly been kind to Le Rong.

"I'll call Mom again and urge her to come and take care of you as soon as possible, so I can immediately set off to your hometown to bring Yuanyuan over." Zhang Xueshan thought that since he had already agreed to raise this child, he might as well bring the child back as soon as possible.

"Xueshan, why don't you stop urging Mom to come? I'm afraid she'll be unhappy if she sees Yuanyuan. I can manage on my own at home, so you can go without worry!"

Seeing his wife's anxious expression, Zhang Xueshan could only compromise, "Alright, then you have to be careful. I'll ask my second sister to come and check on you more often these next few days, and she can come and sleep with you tonight."

"Okay, thank you, Snow Mountain," Le Rong said softly, her eyes red as she leaned against her husband's chest.

"No need to thank me. Yuanyuan will still have to call me Dad from now on. But you have to promise that you won't hide anything from me anymore. This happened in the past, so I can't blame you, but it can't happen again."

Zhang Xueshan felt that although he had a good heart, he wasn't a fool, and he hoped that his wife could settle down and live a good life with him in the future.

"No, no, don't worry, Snow Mountain, I definitely won't hide anything from you."

Le Rong quickly reached out her hand to assure him that she was not an ungrateful person. She was already very grateful that her husband could tolerate Yuan Yuan. As long as her husband did not drive her away, she would definitely live a good life with him.

...

Zhang Xuemei hadn't even thought about it until her younger brother, Xueshan, came to her door asking for a favor, and she learned that he had already brought Yuanyuan back.

In her previous life, Yuanyuan was only ten years old when Le Rong brought her back to the Zhang family. When she first came back, she was so small that she didn't look like a ten-year-old at all.

Every time they came to her house, she would politely serve them tea and water, and she would rush to do all the housework, such as laundry and cooking. This softened her mother's heart, who had initially been quite critical of her, and after muttering a few words, she stopped caring.

But privately, she still softened and told Xueshan to treat the child well, since the child was now calling him "Dad".

Moreover, it can be considered that Xue Shan did a good deed. Yuan Yuan has some talent in studying, or rather, she is very hardworking. She goes to school early every day, helps with housework when she gets home, and then does her homework until eleven or twelve o'clock. In this way, she got into a good university through her own efforts.

After graduating, he found a good job in a big city and often buys things for Xueshan and Lerong, and takes them out to play whenever he has free time. Everyone says that Xueshan is a lucky guy; even biological children aren't this filial.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuemei became even gentler towards the little Yuanyuan in front of her. She smiled, took her hand, and asked softly, "Your name is Yuanyuan, right? I'm your aunt. I didn't know you were coming today, so I didn't prepare a gift. I'll buy a gift and come to your house to see you tomorrow."

Le Rong was worried that her third sister would give Yuan Yuan a hard time, but she didn't expect her third sister to be so gentle when she first met Yuan Yuan. So she looked at her third sister gratefully and said, "Yuan Yuan, hurry up and thank your aunt."

Little Yuanyuan pursed her lips, glanced at Le Rong, and then looked at Zhang Xuemei, saying, "Thank you, Auntie."

Zhang Xuemei smiled and touched her spiky short hair, thinking that children without mothers are pitiful. She thought that if she returned to Le Rong's side early in this life, she could have a happy childhood.

"Sister, can you help with what I told you? Just tell me how much it costs. I'm thinking of getting my child registered so it'll be easier for him to go to school later." Zhang Xueshan was getting anxious because her third sister hadn't responded yet. She should at least give her an answer.

Zhang Xuemei looked at her silly younger brother speechlessly, "You two don't have Tianshui City household registration, but now you want to register your child in the city? Do you think the household registration office is run by your family? You might as well just register it under your names. Why bother with whether it's a city household registration or not?"

"Hehe, I'm just worried that my parents won't let me go to school. Our household registration is still under my parents' names."

Although Zhang Xueshan had brought his family over, he hadn't figured out how to tell his parents in a way that wouldn't upset them. So he decided not to register the household registration in the village, since there were too many people there, and he didn't want his wife and children to be gossiped about.

"How long do you think you can keep this a secret? Mom will be coming to take care of Xiaorong soon. Do you think she won't know?"

This couple is ridiculous. Where can they hide such a big child? They'll find out sooner or later, so why keep it a secret?

"We know this principle, but we just wanted to keep it a secret for as long as possible, taking it slowly,"

Zhang Xueshan wasn't unaware of this principle, but he hadn't figured out how to tell his parents yet. Besides, Yuanyuan had never been registered in their hometown, so she was currently an unregistered resident. Even if they wanted to send her to kindergarten, they couldn't; they had to register her first.

“Otherwise, there’s another way: you can buy a house and transfer your household registration there. That would make it easier to register your child’s household registration.” Zhang Xuemei thought this was the simplest solution.

"Sis, are you kidding me? Where would we get the money to buy a house? Houses these days cost tens of thousands, I really can't afford it. Why don't you lend me some?"

Zhang Xueshan looked at Zhang Xuemei with a shameless grin, wishing his third sister could come to his rescue in this emergency.