"You really know you were wrong? What about the child?" Liu Taohua deliberately turned to the side, staring intently at her youngest son.

"Mom, can you keep Yuanyuan? She's really well-behaved, and I wouldn't have thought of bringing her back if I hadn't had no other choice."

"Are you really sure you want to keep this child? You'll have a huge responsibility to shoulder from now on. This is a child, a life, not a kitten or puppy that you can just feed. You have to raise it with your heart. And when your own child is born, can you treat them the same way?" Liu Taohua's barrage of words left Zhang Xueshan speechless.

He silently asked himself if he could treat both children equally.

Obviously, he doesn't know the answer right now, but he's willing to try to keep things balanced.

So he looked at his mother earnestly, "Mom, I can't guarantee 100% fairness, but I will try my best. If I give up on Yuanyuan now, there will always be a scar between Xiaorong and me, I..."

Liu Taohua stared intently at her son, then sighed deeply.

"Xueshan, since you have this intention, then Mom won't say much. I just hope you won't regret it later. Also, since we've raised the child, there's no way we can let others take advantage of it. So you need to make it clear to Lerong that even if her older brother and sister-in-law regret it later, they can't take the child back."

"No, that won't do. It's not like it's anything special. Besides, they have their own children. Why would they want Yuanyuan back?"

Zhang Xueshan didn't think that Le Rong's elder brother and sister-in-law would be reluctant to part with Yuan Yuan; in fact, they wished Yuan Yuan would go as far away as possible.

“What do you know? What if they regret it? Anyway, I’ve made it clear that our Zhang family will not raise children for free. You should also stand firm.”

Although Zhang Xueshan didn't understand his mother's worries, he obediently nodded, "Mom, Yuanyuan's household registration will be directly registered with our family. Even if Brother Rong and Sister-in-law Xiaorong regret it later, there's nothing they can do. Yuanyuan is our child."

"That's fine then. You can go back now. I'll sleep at your third sister's house tonight. I'll go back to your house tomorrow. I'm not giving in to you, it's just that your third sister said Yuanyuan is a pitiful child, so I agreed to let her stay..."

Zhang Xueshan didn't care about the reasons; as long as his mother agreed to let Yuanyuan stay, that was enough for him, and he could finally put his mind at ease.

The conversation then turned to the newly purchased house. "Mom, what do you think I should do with the renovation of my new house? I'm thinking of just making some simple renovations. It's just a single-story house, but it seems quite spacious, so I was thinking..."

"Stop, do you have the money for renovations? Do you want some from me?" Although Liu Taohua was also angry that her son had bought a small, dilapidated house, she still felt sorry for him not having the money for renovations. Anyway, the two of them still had some savings, so they would let him use them first.

"No need, no need. I didn't contribute a single penny to the purchase of the house; I borrowed from my third sister. Xiao Rong and I have enough money. Besides, we're just doing some minor renovations, so it won't cost much."

Zhang Xueshan quickly refused. If it were before, he would have immediately asked for the money, but after being educated by his third sister, he had improved. Although he really wanted it, he held back.

Liu Taohua pretended not to see her youngest son's look of wanting but refusing. "Alright, it's good to have some. I'll keep this money for myself. We're getting old and won't be able to work for many more years. Having some money around will make me feel more at ease."

Hearing his mother say that, Zhang Xueshan felt even more embarrassed to accept the money, wondering if he should give his parents some living expenses every month.

...

In the distance, Sister-in-law Le, supporting her back and showing her barely noticeable belly, said with a smile, "You see, the master was right. As soon as that little girl Yuanyuan left me, my stomach stopped hurting, and she became more energetic. It seems that she is just incompatible with the child in my belly."

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too. Do you think this child would have come long ago if we hadn't adopted Yuanyuan back then?"

Brother Le thought that maybe his own child had been scared by Yuanyuan, which was why he hadn't come for so long; otherwise, he would have been a father long ago.

Sister-in-law Le said matter-of-factly, “It must be. I even dreamt yesterday that a little boy was smiling at me. He said he was afraid of his older sister, and that older sister must be Yuanyuan.”

As her eldest son and his wife's statements became increasingly outrageous, Yue's mother couldn't help but speak up:

"You two are getting more and more outrageous. Yuanyuan is just an ordinary child. How could she possibly bother you? Besides, you two didn't have a child for many years before she was born. Does that mean it was Yuanyuan's fault?"

She didn't want to say it, but these two were really too much. Although she was on her son's side, Yuanyuan had also grown up by her side. People are made of flesh and blood, how could they not have feelings?

Sometimes she thought it was good that Yuanyuan had been taken away by her daughter; maybe she would be doing better over there.

Although Yuanyuan called her eldest son and his parents "Mom and Dad" for the past four years, she, the old woman, was basically the one taking care of the children. So it's no wonder they didn't have any feelings for Yuanyuan and kicked her out without any mercy.

"Mom," Brother Le, who had been speaking happily, suddenly felt embarrassed after being stung by his mother.

"Why are you bringing this up? I didn't say it was all her fault. Do you really want to take that girl in? Don't you want your own grandson?"

"That's right, Mom. I'm carrying your Le family's eldest grandson. Why are you still thinking about that girl? Maybe she's living a good life right now and has already forgotten about her grandma."

Sister-in-law Le sat down on the chair with her hands on her waist, looking up at her mother-in-law with disdain.

The old woman talks too much and doesn't even think about who she should be looking after now. She's a great contributor to the Le family now, and her sisters-in-law all have to serve her.

Thinking of this, her mind started working again. She tugged at her husband beside her, "Hey, don't you think your sisters should give him something? This is their beloved little nephew. Now that I'm getting better nutrition, isn't all of it going towards the baby? And shouldn't the aunts prepare the baby's clothes and stuff?"

Brother Le agreed with his wife's words, saying, "Yes, Mom, we need to ask the children's aunts to buy some nutritional supplements, otherwise their little nephew will be neglected."

The eldest brother in the Le family is followed by three younger sisters. The other two sisters are married and live nearby, and they usually think about their family. They would definitely be willing to buy something for their sister-in-law, but the youngest sister, Le Rong, is different…

Le's mother was unwilling to bring it up. "It's fine if your older and second younger sisters buy it, but as for your younger sister, do you even have the nerve to ask?"

Brother Le was displeased upon hearing this. "How is she shameless? Isn't this her family home? Isn't her sister-in-law pregnant with her nephew? We've done more than enough for her, helping her raise her child for four years. She should be thanking us."