Chapter 190 So That's How It Is
Lin Anyuan frowned.
Good-looking people look good even when they frown.
Jiang Lian'er was somewhat mesmerized.
Lin Anyuan looked at Jiang Lian'er with icy eyes, "I only have my wife. When did you give birth to a daughter for me?"
It wasn't an act; Lin Anyuan genuinely had no recollection of the person in front of him.
Aside from Wanwan, he had never been close to any other woman.
"Sanya, Sanya is my daughter! I know I was wrong back then, I shouldn't have abandoned her, but I had no other choice!"
Jiang Lian'er shrank her neck. Originally, she didn't want to say it, but now she suddenly changed her mind. Perhaps in front of these young noblemen, Lin Anyuan would have no choice but to admit her.
“I know it was wrong of me to leave after giving birth to Sanya, but what was the situation at home? We were starving. If I had been there, the child might have starved to death.”
"Please don't be angry anymore. Let me see Sanya. I've been thinking about her and missing her all these years. Please."
Jiang Lian'er wiped away her tears as she said that she had no choice but to leave that home back then.
Yes, it was out of necessity.
"Brother Lin, is this your first wife?" The eldest son was a little confused after listening for a while.
This woman couldn't bear the poverty and ran away after giving birth to her child?
"Pah! Shameless!"
"What first wife? My dad's first wife is sitting at home!"
Suddenly the door opened, and Er Ya poured a basin of water over Jiang Lian'er's head.
The eldest son, who was nearby, was lucky to dodge quickly, otherwise he would have been in trouble.
Jiang Lian'er was doused with water and immediately started shivering from the cold.
Er Ya stood on the steps with her hands on her hips and cursed, "You gave birth to San Ya and then abandoned her. Now you have the nerve to come looking for her in our family? You want to cling to my father? Dream on!"
Jiang Lian'er's voice was shrill, "Er Ya, I was your mother for a few days, how could you treat me like this?"
She remembered that brat very clearly; when she first arrived, she was treated like a servant.
Now I've grown so tall, and my skin has gotten whiter.
You brat, why don't you just die?!
"Pah! What mother? You think you can be my mother? You don't deserve it! You gave birth to me but didn't raise me, you don't even deserve to be a human being!"
Er Ya spat and called to Lin Anyuan, "Dad, come in quickly! I'll close the gate so this kind of person doesn't dirty my house."
Sanya secretly told her and her older sister last night that someone had come to their door.
Er Ya came over to take a look, but she didn't expect to hear such shameless words, which made her furious.
Lin Anyuan said to the young men, "This is my second daughter, Qingdai."
Er Ya immediately tidied her hair, raised her pinky finger gracefully, and smiled radiantly, "Oh, we have guests! I'm so sorry you had to see us like this, please come in!"
The third young master looked on with amusement, saying, "This little girl is really feisty."
"Gentlemen, please come in quickly, I'm about to close the door," Er Ya urged.
Jiang Lian'er, with water dripping from her head, tried to tug at Lin Anyuan's sleeve, "Lin Anyuan, please, please let me see Sanya, please."
Lin Anyuan dodged it with a quick movement.
Jiang Lian'er was about to pounce again.
Er Ya was so angry that she ran over and shoved Jiang Lian'er, "Get lost, get away from me, or I'll splash you with water!"
How can you be so shameless!
Jiang Lian'er grew anxious and raised her voice, "Sanya, Mother has come to find you, Mother misses you!"
"Sanya, please come out and see your mother! I am your own mother!"
She wanted to call out Sanya.
And it actually brought Sanya out.
Six-year-old Sanya stood on the steps, her chubby little face looking at Jiang Lian'er with a serious expression.
“The child you lost back then died long ago. I was picked up by my father later, so you are not my mother.”
Jiang Lian'er's voice was shrill, "How is this possible? You look so much like your biological father! You are my own child, how could I mistake you!"
Er Ya cursed, "Pah! You're heartless! You abandoned your newborn child and ran away. Without breast milk, how could it survive in the dead of winter? Whoever takes your child is doomed! All three of us sisters have mothers now, so don't get involved with us."
She hates parents who lose their children the most and will never forgive them.
Lin Anyuan looked at Jiang Lian'er with icy eyes, "Listen carefully, my daughter has nothing to do with you. If you show up at my door again, don't blame me for being impolite. Get out."
Then he said to the young men, "Please excuse my poor appearance, please come inside."
The eldest son nodded and walked inside.
The third young master looked on with interest.
The fourth young master glanced at Lin Anyuan and then looked away.
The door closed, blocking Jiang Lian'er's view.
A gust of wind blew, and Jiang Lian'er shivered with cold.
No, her child isn't dead, so what if...
She can always come back tomorrow.
No child misses their mother; no stepmother, no matter how good, can never compare to a biological mother.
"Greetings, gentlemen."
Lin Anyuan introduced the coughing old man, "This is my father-in-law."
The eldest son nodded. "This old man looks like a scholar."
My father-in-law is a schoolteacher.
"Master, Madam has prepared the meal. Please take your seats, gentlemen," said Steward Lin as he approached.
After everyone arrived at the main hall and sat down, servants served tea.
The third young master glanced at the male servant and clicked his tongue. "Brother Lin, why isn't your wife out? Is she really someone you can't show your face to?"
"What do you mean by this, Third Young Master?" Lin Anyuan's expression suddenly turned sour. "I know I am not worthy of your attention, but there is no need to humiliate my wife like this."
The Third Young Master Murong Qiu was just joking, but he didn't expect Lin Anyuan to react so strongly.
The fourth young master smiled and said, "Brother Lin, you're exaggerating. My third brother was just curious and didn't mean to humiliate me."
"If I were to visit the Third Young Master and ask him if his wife is someone he can't be seen in public, would you find that a joke funny?"
Lin Anyuan spoke with a smile, his handsome face captivating, but his words were not pleasant to hear.
The third young master's expression turned cold.
The eldest son spoke up to smooth things over, "Third brother, this is indeed your fault. I have met Brother Lin's wife, and she is just as good as Brother Lin, a perfect match."
"Alright, alright, this is the first time I've sat down to eat with Brother Lin, I must try this tea properly."
Sanya ran in. "Dad, can I sit with you?"
"Dad is talking to the guests. Go out and play with your sister for a while."
The eldest son was curious, so he changed the subject.
"Your three are all adopted daughters?"
That makes sense, Lin Anyuan is so young, my eldest daughter is already thirteen, how could she possibly have a child that big?
"I just don't understand why you would adopt three daughters who are not related to you by blood when you are only twenty years old."
Could it be that he, like his father, prefers adopted sons?
Does Lin Anyuan like to adopt daughters?
Lin Anyuan slowly began, “My mother hoped that I would get married and have a daughter before she passed away. Unfortunately, I had a bad reputation at that time, and no one was willing to marry me, so she adopted a daughter. In a way, I can say that I have an heir, which puts my mother at ease.”
"I see." The eldest son nodded.
That makes sense.
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