Meanwhile, He Yanzhi and his wife settled in the guesthouse with their three children.
He Yanzhi used the basin that Guan Wenru took out from her space to wash the faces and feet of her three sons and dried them with a towel.
Guan Wenru sat on the edge of the bed and tucked her three sons, who were wearing only vests and shorts, into the quilt one by one.
As she tucked the blanket around the baby, she smiled and asked, "Weren't you happy to see your grandparents today?"
Da Bao nodded obediently, "I'm so happy! Grandpa even showed me grasshoppers!"
Erbao chimed in, "Grandpa even let me sit on his shoulders! But Grandpa isn't as tall as Dad!"
Guan Wenru smiled and patted Erbao's head, "What about Grandma? Grandma held you too."
The room fell silent for a moment. The three children looked at each other but didn't answer immediately.
He Yanzhi was wringing out towels and hanging them up when she heard this. She looked at the children and asked, "What's wrong? Grandma is very good to you."
Da Bao's expression was conflicted. "Grandma...Grandma hugged me too...but..."
Erbao couldn't explain why, but he just preferred his maternal grandfather, so he chimed in, "Grandpa is more fun!"
Guan Wenru looked at her youngest son, who hadn't said a word and had his face half-buried in the blanket. "Xiaobao, what about you? Grandma held you today and asked if you were hungry. Why didn't you answer Grandma?"
Xiao Bao suddenly raised his head, his little mouth pouting, his voice tinged with grievance, "Grandma doesn't like Xiao Bao!"
Guan Wenru and He Yanzhi were both taken aback.
Guan Wenru patted Xiaobao's head. "Huh? Why do you say that?"
Little Bao blinked his big eyes and said, "Grandma just doesn't like me!"
Guan Wenru pulled him closer, "Xiaobao, you can't talk nonsense. How could Grandma not like you? Tell Mommy, why do you think Grandma doesn't like you?"
Xiao Bao thought hard for a moment, then frowned, seemingly unable to come up with a specific reason. Finally, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know! Anyway... I just don't like it! It's different from Grandpa's!"
Guan Wenru patiently guided her, "What's different? Did Grandma scold you today?"
Xiao Bao shook his head, "It wasn't fierce."
Guan Wenru: "So I hit you?"
Xiao Bao shook his head even more vigorously, "I didn't hit him!"
Guan Wenru: "Didn't Grandma give you anything good to eat?"
"They gave us candy, but..."
He Yanzhi also came over and sat on the edge of the bed. "But what is it?"
Xiao Bao's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found the answer, and he said confidently, "I know! Grandma only likes me occasionally! It must be because Xiao Bao is cute sometimes! When she doesn't look at me, it's because I'm not cute enough!"
Pfft!
Guan Wenru and He Yanzhi couldn't help but burst out laughing at the same time.
He Yanzhi chuckled and ruffled Xiao Bao's hair. "You little rascal, where do you get all these twisted ideas from!"
Guan Wenru couldn't help but laugh, hugged Xiaobao and kissed him, "Yes, yes, our Xiaobao is the cutest, Grandma definitely loves him, but... but Xiaobao is so cute, sometimes Grandma is so mesmerized that she forgets to smile!"
When Xiao Bao was kissed by his mother and heard himself praised for being cute, he immediately became happy and proudly shook his little head, "Yes! That's right! Xiao Bao is the cutest!"
Da Bao and Er Bao joined in the commotion, shouting, "I'm cute too! I'm cute too!"
Guan Wenru smiled and gently pushed the three little ones back into bed. "Alright, alright, you're all so cute! Go to sleep! We're going to visit Grandpa and Grandma tomorrow."
The triplets immediately shrank inside.
Guan Wenru and He Yanzhi exchanged a glance, both with smiles in their eyes.
But beneath Guan Wenru's smile lay a subtle, almost imperceptible worry.
......
The three little ones finally fell asleep in bed, breathing evenly.
He Yanzhi gently walked to Guan Wenru, who was sitting on the edge of the bed lost in thought, sat down next to her, and reached out to pull her into his arms.
He gently rubbed his chin against the top of her head. "What are you thinking about? Your brows are all furrowed."
Guan Wenru leaned against his firm chest and sighed, "I was thinking about my mother."
"Hmm? What are you thinking about, your mother-in-law?"
"I was thinking about her... why she glared at Xiaobao. Although Xiaobao said it was 'occasionally,' children don't feel that way for no reason."
He Yanzhi tightened his grip on her arm. "Maybe it's just that Xiao Bao is more sensitive? Kids are like that. Sometimes, they can feel that an adult is being mean just by looking at them. Look at Da Bao and Er Bao, they haven't said anything bad about their grandma."
Guan Wenru shook her head. "It's different. Da Bao and Er Bao say that their maternal grandfather is good because he played with them. Xiao Bao says that his maternal grandmother doesn't like him... And, Yan Zhi, do you know? Actually, Hong Qi and I were mainly raised by our paternal grandmother when we were little."
He Yanzhi was somewhat surprised, "Oh? Are your parents-in-law very busy with work?"
"Well... I shouldn't be too busy. My parents are both university teachers, so they have plenty of time after class. It's just that my mother doesn't have much patience to take care of the children. Luckily, my grandmother wasn't busy with factory work anymore, so she asked her to take care of me and Hongqi."
In my memory, she rarely had time to play with us or take care of us meticulously like other mothers. Grandma took care of everything, such as dressing us, feeding us, taking us to and from school, and caring for us when we were sick.
I don't really know her very well, and there always seems to be a bit of distance between us. Is it because we're not that close that she doesn't seem to like her three grandchildren?
He Yanzhi paused for a moment, then gently patted her back. "Perhaps, my mother-in-law... just isn't very good at interacting with children? Or perhaps, she's a little unaccustomed to suddenly seeing three boisterous grandchildren today? After all, she's been on the farm for so long."
Guan Wenru's voice was muffled, "Maybe."
Actually, she didn't really want to think about it from another angle.
But she wasn't stupid after all... Her mother was cold towards the triplets, probably because she felt that her grandmother's belongings had been given to her and the triplets.
But honestly, she never thought of taking it for herself. Although her grandmother disagreed, she had already decided that she would definitely share it equally with her older brother and Hongqi!
But her mother's anxiety...it broke her heart!
Seeing that she was still upset, He Yanzhi lowered his head and gently pressed his warm lips to her forehead, soothingly saying, "Don't overthink it. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. Let's see tomorrow, okay?"
Guan Wenru nodded gently in his arms, "Mmm."
The three children were sleeping soundly in their cribs.
He Yanzhi held Guan Wenru close for a moment, and then his warm lips traced her forehead and cheeks before finally resting on her sensitive earlobe.
His breath was hot, his deep, husky voice carrying a long-suppressed desire as he gently nibbled at her earlobe, "Wenru...it's been several days...on the way...I haven't been able to hold you properly..."
Guan Wenru's heart pounded like a drum, her body went limp, and her cheeks burned, all aroused by his hot breath and whispers.
She slightly raised her head, as if to say something, but He Yanzhi's kiss, with irresistible force, precisely sealed her lips.
The kiss was passionate and lingering, instantly igniting their suppressed desires.
He Yanzhi was breathing heavily. He forcefully lifted her up in his arms, "Shh...don't make a sound..."
Guan Wen instinctively hugged his neck tightly and buried her burning face in the crook of his neck.
He Yanzhi carried her and nimbly slipped into the small bathroom in the corner of the room, gently locking the door behind him.
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