Chapter 98 Chapter 98 End of the text

Chapter 98 Chapter 98 End of the text

Cheng Yiyan had already raised his wine glass, but he saw that the people below were not responding at all.

"What's going on?"

Pei Ji, as the eldest brother-in-law, was the first to stand up and respond. He picked up a cup and bowed to Cheng Yiyan.

"I won't drink tonight. This glass is for my brother-in-law."

Pei Ji picked a glass of fruit wine.

Cheng Yiyan frowned, "With such a beautiful scenery and beautiful weather, wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't drink some wine?"

Pei Ji did not reply, but offered the teacup to

He clinked his glasses and finished with a drink.

He just rushed back to the capital from Mingzhou at midnight yesterday and hasn't seen Cheng Yixin for three days. He must spend some time with her on this Chinese Valentine's Day.

What kind of wine do you want to drink?

Drinking and making mistakes.

Seeing that Pei Ji was not understanding, Cheng Yiyan turned the glass towards his second brother-in-law Meng Ruchuan. Meng Ruchuan was much more honest than Pei Ji. He stood up with the wine in his hand and said, "Brother-in-law, I can't drink tonight either. Qiao Qiao doesn't like the smell of alcohol."

How can I, with the smell of alcohol all over me, hold the sweet and soft Qiao Qiao to sleep?

Cheng Yiqiao: “….” She was so angry that she lightly pinched his waist.

He is just not good at talking.

Meng Ruchuan laughed in pain.

Cheng Yiyan shook his head, drank with him, and looked at Lu Xusheng.

Lu Xusheng said idly, "I can't drink either. Jiusi can't stand the smell of alcohol."

What’s more important is that Cheng Yian doesn’t like to hear it. After all, he is more experienced than his second brother-in-law and cannot say it openly.

Cheng Yiyan didn't let him go, "Jiusi, sleep with me tonight."

"Didn't you drink too?"

Cheng Yiyan looked around, trying to find someone to take over Jiusi. At this moment, someone pulled his arm. Cheng Yiyan turned around and saw the old ancestor looking at him with a smile.

"Jiusi will sleep at my place tonight."

The last time Cheng Yian sent little Jiusi back, the old ancestor placed him in her own green gauze closet. The child was very well-behaved and did not cry or make any noise all night.

Cheng Yiyan smiled, "Grandma is still good to me." Then, he raised his eyebrows at Lu Xusheng, "Well, there is no reason now, right?"

Lu Xusheng gently pinched the fruit wine with his fingertips and stood up, leaning out to touch him, "I wish my brother-in-law a perfect ending in Jiangnan."

Cheng Yiyan: “….”

This means I won't drink at all.

Cheng Yiyan looked towards his father who was sitting to the south.

"Dad, they won't drink unless they are on the right track. Dad, please have a drink with your son. Your son is very happy today."

Today, the three brothers-in-law gathered together, and Cheng Yiyan was in a very good mood. This has been his long-cherished wish.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Mingyu did not have a wine cup in front of him, but only a cup of tea. He picked up the teacup and raised it to his son from a distance, as a response.

Cheng Yiyan couldn't bear it, "Dad, why don't you have a drink at any family banquet?" Besides, Dad couldn't sleep well if he didn't have a drink.

Cheng Mingyu didn't reply to him. I don't have to explain everything to my son.

He has a date tonight.

Cheng Yiyan was frustrated and looked at his wife beside him eagerly. He had already drunk the Lu's fruit wine. "We are both drunk. Who will take care of the child?"

At this time, the old man tugged at his sleeve again.

"Come, grandma will drink with you."

Cheng Yiyan sat down and looked at his grandmother dejectedly, "Are you okay?"

The old ancestor glanced at him and said, "There is nothing in this world that your grandmother can't do. It's just a few sips of wine, and she didn't get drunk after drinking."

Cheng Yiyan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, so he clinked glasses with the old ancestor.

The grandfather and grandson each drank three cups and that was it.

After drinking, Cheng Yiyan invited his brothers-in-law to eat, and the family dinner was very enjoyable.

After the meal, everyone sat with the old ancestor in the open hall to drink tea. Little Jiusi was also fed, and the old ancestor asked the wet nurse to hold him over to play with him.

Jiusi was so handsome, just like the child prodigy in the New Year pictures. Cheng Yiqiao quickly stood up and snatched him from the nurse's arms and held him in her arms.

"His eyes are like black gemstones, so beautiful."

Cheng Yiqiao and Meng Ruchuan have been married for nearly a year, and they actually really want to have a child.

I want to hug Jiusi more and share in his joy.

Meng Ruchuan had heard her mention this before he came, and he understood her anxiety, so he whispered to her,

"Why rush? We are still young."

He really enjoys living a shameless life with his wife, so why is he in a hurry to have a child? Meng Ruchuan is still young and has no idea about children.

Cui Er came over curiously to look at her brother, and Xiao Jiusi looked at her with wide, watery eyes.

Cui Er was surprised, "Hey, my brother looks like my grandfather."

Meng Ruchuan sat on one side, overjoyed.

"Silly Cui'er, just think about this in your heart, don't say it out loud."

Everyone knows that this is Lu Xusheng's concern.

Meng Ruchuan's words made everyone laugh.

Cheng Yian still felt sorry for her husband and gently squeezed the back of his hand to comfort him.

Cui'er also wanted to hold the child, but she didn't dare to do so, so she pulled her mother's sleeve. Cheng Yixin could only reach out to take the child.

"Let me hug this little Fuwa too."

Cheng Yiqiao stood up and held the child in her arms. Cheng Yixin was surprised when she put the child down. She looked at Cheng Yian and said,

"Hey, Jiusi looks weak, but he's actually quite heavy."

Cheng Yian smiled and said, "He has a strong body like his father."

Jiusi has long arms and legs, so he can turn over very agilely and has great strength.

Cheng Yixin held the child in her arms and glanced at Pei Ji, asking him to look at Jiusi.

At Pei Ji's age, he undoubtedly hopes to have a child.

But he whispered to Cheng Yixin, "We're not in a hurry."

He said there was no rush and he really wasn't in a hurry. He hadn't had enough of his good days yet.

Cheng Yixin understood what he meant and her cheeks blushed slightly. She turned around and held the child towards Cui'er, letting Cui'er play with Jiusi.

Jiusi looked at the silk flower on Cui'er's hairpin and wanted to grab it. Cui'er pulled one off for him to play with, but Jiusi put it in his mouth without hesitation, which scared Cheng Yixin. She quickly pulled the silk flower out of Jiusi's palm, but she couldn't pull it out at the first try.

"Hey, this kid is really strong."

Cheng Yian smiled again and said, "Looks like his father."

Lu Xusheng was comforted and smiled. He pointed at his youngest son and asked Cheng Yian, "Didn't you say he is shy?"

At this time, Cheng Yiyan took Jiusi in his arms, "Of course he is shy, because he only recognizes people with the surname Cheng."

Lu Xusheng: “…”

If you don't confront him once, you will die.

Cheng Yiqiao laughed so hard that she almost choked. "Second brother, what a mouth you have."

She asked Meng Ruchuan, "Second brother doesn't bully you, does he?"

Meng Ruchuan shook his head. "He only bullies General Lu."

Cheng Yixin didn't believe it and glanced at Pei Ji, "My brother let you go?"

Pei Jiyun said calmly, "I won't argue with him."

Lu Xusheng was depressed.

At this time, Cheng Mingyu went back to his room to change his clothes, and sat down next to the old ancestor. The old ancestor pointed at Xiao Jiusi and said to him,

"That little guy didn't say anything, but his pair of small black eyes looked around, looking at this and that. Even his intelligence was like yours."

Cheng Mingyu was curious and said to Cheng Yiyan, "Bring it here for me to see."

Cheng Yiyan handed the child to Cheng Mingyu.

Cheng Mingyu held little Jiusi in his arms and let him stand on his knees. Little Jiusi looked at his grandfather with his mouth wide open.

Lu Xusheng glanced at Cheng Mingyu, then looked at the little face, one big and one small, as if they were printed from the same mold.

I feel even more depressed.

The old man was comparing the grandfather and grandson, "They are similar only in their eyebrows, but in other places they are similar."

Cheng Yiyan started to laugh again, "There's no other way. This is the only eyebrow on Jiusi's father that's worth his attention, so he picked it."

The old man laughed so hard that he couldn't stop and tapped Cheng Yiyan.

Meng Ruchuan was an honest child, and he could not stand it any longer.

"Brother-in-law, you can't always bully General Lu."

Cheng Yiyan said unhappily, "Who said I bullied him? Didn't you see him bullying me? Hey, second brother-in-law, who are you closer to, me or him? What are you saying for him?"

Meng Ruchuan stroked the back of his head and said, "You are my brother-in-law, so we are naturally related, but General Lu and I are also brothers-in-law."

"What happened to my brother-in-law?"

"Brothers-in-law share the same suffering."

Cheng Yiyan gritted his teeth as he looked at his frustrated second brother-in-law, "What do you mean by sympathizing with each other?"

Meng Ruchuan said, "We both suffer from the disease of being bullied by our brother-in-law!"

Cheng Yiyan: “…”

Seeing Cheng Yiyan's handsome face gradually turn blue, Lu Xusheng happily stroked his hands, arched his sleeves towards Meng Ruchuan, and showed admiration, "Second brother-in-law is second brother-in-law. In the government office district, my eldest brother-in-law is the person who cannot be offended in the government office district. Today, he finally lost to my second brother-in-law. I am so disrespectful."

The most feared person in the entire government district is not the Prime Minister Cheng Mingyu, nor the troublemaker Lu Xusheng, but Cheng Yiyan, who is in charge of the national treasury. No one can expect to get a single cent more from him, and anyone who comes to report the accounts will be skinned alive by him.

Privately, many officials referred to Cheng Yiyan as "the grandfather of the government office area."

This is called low position and authority.

Cheng Yiqiao was afraid that her husband would fall into Lu Xusheng's trap, so she said to Cheng Yian,

"An An, please take care of your third brother-in-law. He is fanning the flames and trying to instigate your second brother-in-law to go against your brother."

Meng Ruchuan showed his straightforward side, "No one can instigate me, I just seek truth from facts."

Lu Xusheng was really impressed by him and bowed again, "Lu respects my second brother-in-law as a man, and I will follow his lead from now on."

Cheng Yian smiled and squeezed his arm, "That's enough for you."

Pei Ji and Cheng Yixin said, "This is called diverting evil water to the east. People who play tactics have dirty hearts."

Poor Meng Ruchuan got on Lu Xusheng's pirate ship.

Cheng Yiyan was so angry that he didn't want to talk. He held his waist and glared at Meng Ruchuan, "Is it because I'm too nice to you and take care of you too much that you don't know your place?"

Meng Ruchuan was fearless, "Don't bully me, I have my father-in-law to protect me."

Cheng Mingyu has always protected honest people.

Cheng Yiyan was really defeated by him.

Every thing has its own nemesis.

Cheng Mingyu was annoyed by their noise and said, "Okay, there will be a fireworks party later, go and digest the food."

The noise here is giving him a headache.

Pei Jixi was silent, and was the first to pull Cheng Yixin up, "Then I'll take my leave."

Cui'er stayed in the ancestor's yard and played with her two brothers.

When Cheng Yiqiao saw her sister leave, she asked Meng Ruchuan,

"Shall we go to the waterfront to build a flower boat? Or go to the center of the lake to pray for blessings later?"

Meng Ruchuan nodded.

Cheng Yiqiao stood up and said to Cheng Yian, "We'll call you over after we're done."

"Okay, I'll coax Jiusi to sleep first and then come over..." After Cheng Yian said this, she found that Lu Xusheng beside her was quietly pulling at the corner of her clothes.

When Cheng Yian was being coquettish with him, she loved to pull at his clothes, and when Lu Xusheng wanted something, he also loved to pull her back.

What could Lu Xusheng ask for?

Cheng Yian ignored the man's sad look and stood up to hug Jiusi.

Here, Cheng Yixin and his wife have returned to the yard. The maids are preparing the incense table, fruits and embroidery needed for the Qiqiao Festival. A dozen people are carrying the things and heading towards the back lake of the Cheng family.

There is a large body of water in the backyard of the Cheng family's main house. Cheng Mingyu did not want to ruin the scenery, so he did not build an island in the middle of the lake. Instead, he built a spacious platform in the narrow waterway at the northeast corner. There is also a floating bridge in a half-moon shape connecting the two banks. In the past, the Cheng family would watch the moon and the scenery here, and the fireworks banquet later would also be held here.

The maids went away carrying the things.

Cheng Yixin returned to her room and felt annoyed by the smell on her body, so she went inside to change her clothes. When she came out, she saw Pei Ji practicing calligraphy in the study. Cheng Yixin walked over to look at his calligraphy, which had the four characters "毧靜致遠" written in regular script. Pei Ji was practicing calligraphy with a profound and dignified style.

After writing, he put down the brush and looked at Cheng Yixin. She changed into a striped skirt with a light red gown on the outside. A string of pearls and red southern beads hung around her snow-white neck, which matched her complexion very well. When he raised his eyes, the couple's eyes met. After being married for half a year, Cheng Yixin knew what Pei Ji wanted to do with just one look.

In just half a year, he made up for all the missed moments of the past six years. Now, Cheng Yixin feels a little scared when she looks at him.

"My second sister is making a flower boat, waiting for us to come over."

Pei Ji said nothing. He put the scroll on the long table under the window to dry. He found a small painting hanging there. He knew it was Cui'er's work. "Cui'er has made progress again. When was this painted?"

Pei Ji just asked casually.

Cheng Yixin leaned against the table where he had just practiced calligraphy and casually replied, "Her father taught her to draw yesterday."

After divorcing He Qingyun, Cheng Yixin was in pain for a while. Cui'er often asked her for her father, and she felt sorry for the child. It was not until she founded the art academy and He Qingyun begged her that Cheng Yixin agreed to let He Qingyun come to teach the children to paint often, and she felt relieved.

Cui'er still has feelings for her father, and she doesn't feel that she is mistreating her child.

Pei Ji's expression froze when he heard that, and he walked towards her, "You went there too?"

This is obviously jealous.

Cheng Yixin was also very good at comforting men. She took the initiative to put her hands on his shoulders and smiled at him, "I will hand the child to him and return to Pei Mansion. Why, are you unhappy?"

Pei Ji had no reason to be unhappy, although he was indeed a little jealous.

"Then I won't see him anymore."

There is no need to hurt the relationship between husband and wife because of others.

Her decisiveness made Pei Ji feel petty, but he still accepted the proposal.

"good."

Cheng Yixin pulled his wrist and whispered, "Shall we go to the waterfront now?"

Pei Ji did not respond, but picked her up without hesitation and put her on the table. Cheng Yixin's face flushed, "Daddy asked us to digest the food..."

“This also helps digestion.”

“.......”

With deep black eyes, Pei Ji blocked Cheng Yixin's mouth, kissed her from cheek to ear, and softly bit out a few words, "I'll try to be faster."

His "fast" was not the same as her understanding of fast.

Cheng Yixin smiled bitterly and tried to push him away and coax him, "Don't make a fuss. Wait until night. I'll let you do whatever you want, okay?"

Pei Ji knew how to "convince" Cheng Yixin. He pulled her body to his waist, leaned over, kissed her, and gave it to her all at once.

The ink that had not yet been used up in the inkstone was forced to stir up a wave.

Cheng Yian was the last one to leave. She carried little Jiusi into the ancestor's green gauze cabinet and just sat down beside the small couch, three little heads popped over at the same time. The eldest brother, the second brother and Cui Jie all stood around to watch Jiusi sleeping.

Jiusi grinned slightly and refused to sleep.

Cheng Yian had a headache and stroked his cheek, "It's time for Jiusi to go to bed, Jiusi should sleep."

Xiao Jiusi has a problem. When he is unhappy, he will look at the other person "seriously" without crying or making a fuss to express his dissatisfaction.

Cheng Yian looked at his ancestor in frustration.

The old man waved his hand quickly, "Just leave it to me. Didn't I take good care of it last time I was here?"

"I just can't bear to see you tired. You are old and can't stand the torment of having a child."

"Don't bother," the old man pointed at the wet nurse waiting on the side, "give the child to the wet nurse and let the child play with his brothers and sisters for a while. He will fall asleep naturally when he is tired."

Cheng Yian cruelly abandoned the child.

Lu Xusheng waited outside for her to come out, and then went to Yining Garden together.

Cheng Yian looked back every few steps.

Lu Xusheng pulled her up and said, "Don't look at him. Your son is probably having a great time playing with his brothers and doesn't care about you at all."

"It's true that I don't miss you, but I'm afraid I can't do it. I'm worried that he won't be able to see me when he's sleeping and will cry."

Lu Xusheng remembered that his son was not afraid of strangers at all, and snorted, "Then let him cry."

Cheng Yian glared at him.

Lu Xusheng said unhappily, "Now that you have a son, you're just going to destroy the bridge after crossing it?"

What a good move of "destroying the bridge after crossing it". It's a pity that he could say that.

Cheng Yian felt ashamed for him.

When they arrived at Yining Garden, Nanny Ming also prepared some embroidered flower baskets and sent them to the water platform.

Cheng Yian entered the house, took off his clothes and flowery shoes, and went straight to the bathing pool in the backyard.

"Don't take too long." Lu Xusheng went into the bathroom.

Cheng Yian didn't take his words seriously. He got into the bathtub and soaked in the warm water. He didn't want to get out at all.

Lu Xusheng guessed that she would not get better so quickly, so he put on his undershirt and went into the hot tub, sitting on the recliner next to Cheng Yian. Cheng Yian's black hair was tied up behind her head with a hairpin, revealing an elegant swan neck. Her shoulders were very beautiful, not sloping, but with just the right amount of bones to support the clothes. Her butterfly bones were faintly visible underwater, as white as jade.

The warm bath gave her cheeks a soft pinkish red color, and she didn't look like a woman who had given birth at all.

Cheng Yian saw Lu Xusheng staring at her and covered her chest.

"Don't look at me like that."

"An'an," Lu Xusheng said with dark and deep eyes, "At the banquet today, your brother was beaming with joy, your two brothers-in-law were beaming with joy, and even your father-in-law looked satisfied. Are you willing to let your husband down?"

Seeing that he had even included his father in the plot, Cheng Yian glared at him fiercely.

"Nonsense."

Lu Xusheng reached out his hand to her.

"Be good, take care of me while Jiusi is away."

Lu Xusheng actually never likes to stay overnight outside. The reason why he readily accepted Cheng Yiyan's invitation today was that he had a worry.

He and Cheng Yian had not had sex for a long time, from the late pregnancy until Jiusi was four months old. The imperial physician repeatedly warned them not to have sex. Lu Xusheng did not dare to be careless, and finally waited until Jiusi was four months old. When they had sex for the first time, Cheng Yian felt unbearable pain for some reason and rarely refused him. Lu Xusheng could only endure it.

The second time it went smoothly, but little Jiusi, who was lying beside him, suddenly woke up, raised her little feet and kicked him. The soft and slippery feeling scared Lu Xusheng to death. At that time, what came to his mind were the more than a hundred snakes of his mother-in-law, and he was afraid that those snakes had not gone away completely.

She turned her head and met her son's dark eyes.

Lost again.

He obviously noticed that Cheng Yian valued the child more than him, and Lu Xusheng was jealous of his son. So, he wanted to bring the child to the Cheng family and hand him over to the Cheng family so that he and Cheng Yian could have a good time together.

Cheng Yian looked at the aggrieved man and walked towards him.

"I had a dream last night." She stretched out her hand, and Lu Xusheng pulled her ashore and immediately wrapped a huge long scarf around her. Cheng Yian sat on his knees.

"What dream?" Lu Xusheng asked while wiping her body.

"A dream from a previous life."

Lu Xusheng no longer cares about his past life.

He became interested, so he held her and asked her to turn around and sit over.

Women who have taken a hot bath are different. Their muscles and bones are soft and supple, and even their eyes are as clear as silk and can draw water.

Lu Xusheng leaned back in the recliner comfortably, watching her fall on his chest, and ordered,

"Come down!"

Cheng Yian was still making his final struggle, with his hands resting on his chest with difficulty, shaking his head at him, "I'm afraid of the pain."

It's really strange. They haven't been apart for so long and she can't adapt to him at all.

Lu Xusheng held her chin and the kiss came quickly. Cheng Yian's hands gradually lost strength and she let him hold and support her. Her mind was dizzy because of him. Lu Xusheng placed his broad hand on her slender waist and pulled her down little by little.

"You...really don't want to listen...?" Cheng Yian spoke intermittently.

Lu Xusheng completely blocked her.

Once was not enough, he kept saying that Cheng Yian owed him too much.

Cheng Yian looked at him tenderly, and saw her own rosy and pretty face in his dark pupils.

She dreamed that in her previous life, Fan Yulin was imprisoned and was caught by the new inspector Su Shi. He dragged several relatives of the Fan family into prison. She went to the prison with a divorce agreement and asked him to sign it, but Fan Yulin refused to sign it. Cheng Yian threatened him and forced him to sign it.

After getting the divorce certificate, she went to the government office to annul the marriage certificate. She sold the house, and the Fan family was forced to be homeless and returned to the small old house. Cheng Yian planned to leave, and gradually sold her property and opened a shop. During this period, the Fan family tried to stop her and deliberately made trouble. Fortunately, the male stewards and guards arranged by her father to be around her were very powerful. They forced her dowry into the car, and finally protected her when she left Yizhou.

After leaving Yizhou City, Cheng Yian was at a loss. Where should she go?

The turmoil in the capital has not yet subsided. Cheng Yian thinks of his mother's hometown, Suzhou, and finally decides to go downstream to Nanjing.

The journey was not smooth. It took almost two months to reach Jiangxia after many bumps and bruises.

Fortunately, in Jiangxia, she actually ran into Cheng Yiyan who came to pick her up.

It is true that Chengjiabao fell, but not all the male members of the Cheng family died. Cheng Mingyu set up a plan at the last minute, hiding food and gold, silver and jewelry in secret. Cheng Yiyan spent all his family wealth to gather troops and contacted all upright officials to help Prince Ning stabilize the situation. Lu Xusheng died, but Qiu Qing gathered his old subordinates to counterattack the capital. In order to avenge Lu Xusheng, he killed all the rebellious families such as the Wang family and the Cui family.

The entire capital city was flooded with blood.

The emperor died on the night of the turmoil. Prince Ning ascended the throne and named Lu Xusheng Prince Jing'an to be buried with the emperor. The second brother Cheng Yiyan took over the central command. After the situation stabilized, Cheng Yiyan finally contacted his sister who was far away in Yizhou and came to take her back to Beijing in person.

"An An, go home with your brother."

Cheng Yian hugged his brother and cried in his dream.

Comparing the dream with the living Lu Xusheng in front of him, there was nothing Cheng Yian could not agree to.

She hugged him back tightly, "I will obey you."

Cheng Yiqiao and Meng Ruchuan waited in the flower boat for a long time but their two brothers-in-law did not show up.

"What are they doing? Why haven't they come yet?"

Cheng Yiqiao pouted and said, "Let's not wait for them. Let's row the boat ourselves."

Meng Ruchuan held the pole and rowed the flower boat to the center of the lake and stopped it at a suitable position. Cheng Yiqiao began to scatter flower petals on the water with a flower basket. The flower boat was filled with the fragrance of flowers. When she entered the black tent, she was filled with the fragrance.

There was a glass lantern and a pot of tea on the table. Meng Ruchuan sat at the small table and stared at her intently.

"Why are you looking at me? Haven't you looked at me enough after a year of marriage?"

Cheng Yiqiao had her hair done up in a bun today, her eyes were full of movement, and she looked indescribably charming and pretty.

Meng Ruchuan suddenly came to his senses, "Guess why my eldest brother-in-law and my third brother-in-law didn't come?"

This question was like poking a hole in the window paper.

Cheng Yiqiao glared at him with a red face, "What does it have to do with you?"

Of course, if it concerns him, he cannot fall behind others.

Meng Ruchuan raised his hand and grabbed Cheng Yiqiao and held her in his arms. Cheng Yiqiao was anxious and looked towards the shore from the mouth of the boat, "Don't mess around, this is outside."

Meng Ruchuan was young and full of vigor. When he wanted something, he couldn't suppress it and blew out the light.

Soon, the petals were shaken outwards, creating ripples.

The fireworks feast finally began. Mrs. Lu knew that her two sons liked to have fun, so she planned to go to the ancestral courtyard to bring the children over. Cheng Yiyan set up a tea party on the water platform by himself, but the three scoundrels showed up no matter how long he waited. Cheng Yiyan drank a cup alone and laughed to himself.

Finally, when the fireworks were halfway through, the three brothers-in-law arrived late with their sisters.

Cheng Yian was still very embarrassed at first, but after looking around, he found that both sisters had changed their outfits, and there were obvious traces of wetness on their temples.

Everyone knows it tacitly.

Cheng Yiyan could tease his brother-in-law but not his sister. He said nothing about what had just happened and ordered a banquet to worship the Seven Stars.

Soon, the three children were brought over by Lu, and Cheng Yian asked her, "Sister-in-law, is Jiusi asleep?"

Mrs. Lu replied, "He is sleeping soundly, and grandma is also resting."

Cheng Yian felt relieved.

A huge peony rose into the sky, and the bouquet of flowers fell into the lake like a meteor. The children were spinning around on the water platform excitedly.

Meng Ruchuan was afraid that they would fall into the water, so he was busy looking at this one and chasing that one.

The second brother ran too fast and accidentally stepped on Cui'er's foot. Cui'er cried loudly in pain. Cheng Yiyan immediately called the youngest son to scold him and asked him to apologize to his sister. Pei Ji picked up the aggrieved Cui'er and took her to the side to pick some fruit to eat to coax her.

Cheng Yiqiao and Cheng Yixin stood at the watchtower, pointing at the lanterns on the opposite lake and guessing riddles, talking and laughing.

Cheng Yian stood alone on the steps, looking at the fireworks filling the garden, his emotions surging.

In this life, the Cheng family is intact, Dad is alive, Mom has returned to Beijing, Lu Xusheng is by her side, and there is also a lovely little Jiusi.

All I wish for in my life is to have both my parents around and to live a happy life with my spouse.

Cheng Yian couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't bear to be noticed, so she rubbed her eyes quickly and opened them again. She saw Lu Xusheng handing her a wreath.

"Where did you get it from?"

Lu Xusheng pointed to the flower branches on the side of the water platform and said, "This is the bracelet I made for you with the flower branches I picked just now."

I have to say that Lu Xusheng's craftsmanship is quite good. The flower strips were twisted into strands to form a bracelet. The colorful flowers were clustered into a circle, which was very beautiful. Cheng Yian stretched out her hand and Lu Xusheng put it on her. Its gorgeousness and exquisiteness surpassed that of the string of coral beads.

"This doesn't look like something that can be achieved overnight. When did you learn it?" The man didn't look like someone who would be so meticulous.

Lu Xusheng stood beside her, his tall figure leaning slightly towards her side, "I learned this at the border in my previous life. The soldiers at the border told me that if I made this bracelet, I could marry the girl I loved."

"An An, this wreath is for you." His eyes were calm yet passionate.

Is this his confession?

Cheng Yian pursed her lips and smiled softly, as shy as a girl who was getting married for the first time.

Faintly, he heard a sound of piano music coming through the mountains and across the water. Cheng Yian blinked.

"Could it be that Dad is playing the piano?"

Cheng Yian pinched Lu Xusheng and said, "Husband, when will you play a song for me?"

Lu Xusheng has long fingers with distinct knuckles, which should make him suitable for playing the piano.

Lu Xusheng said seriously, "Apart from playing the piano on you, I won't bother with anything else."

Cheng Yian: “….”

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