Chapter 583 Belated Affection is Cheaper than Grass
It's been over a year since Li San Niang and Wang Erlang Wang Ziheng divorced. Apart from the time when Wang Ziheng, her father, came to the Li family and acted crazy right after the divorce, only to be beaten up by Li's eldest brother and then come to his senses, he hasn't come to the Li family to cause trouble since.
Furthermore, didn't Wang Ziheng's widowed cousin, whom he married later, give birth to a son when he was in the second year of junior high school?
(Chapter 367 plot)
Logically speaking, this child should be Dewdrop's half-brother.
However, when Li San Niang brought Lu Zhu'er to the Wang family for the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, she noticed that her cousin's belly was already quite swollen. Afterwards, when Li San Niang went home, she and her mother speculated that the child in her cousin's belly might not necessarily be Wang Ziheng's child.
(Plot summary of chapters 130-131)
Of course, Li San Niang wouldn't be so eager as to tell Wang Ziheng, "The baby in your second wife's mother's belly is a bit far along in gestation; it might not be your child. You should keep that in mind."
This man is quite stingy when it comes to this kind of thing.
Given that Wang Ziheng was able to cheat on his wife with his cousin during their wedding, why would Li San Niang do something so thankless?
Li San Niang, considering that he was Lu Zhu'er's father, only divorced him and did not retaliate against Wang Ziheng, which already showed Li San Niang's magnanimity.
Furthermore, Li San Niang also said to her mother and the others at the time: "It's possible that she's just a bit older, or it could be due to her individual constitution or something. This is just my guess, but Mother, you should keep it to yourself."
Later, on the second day of the Lunar New Year this year, the Wang family sent red chickens to the Li family. The servant was very smug and said to Li's mother and sister-in-law, "The second young master has a son, which means he has an heir. It's a great thing."
The prince specially sent me to deliver the good news to my in-laws.
At that time, Li San Niang also specially explained this matter to Lu Zhu'er, and told her in detail about how her father had given birth to a younger brother for her.
Dewdrop asked at the time, "Mother, is he a younger brother like Little Fourth Brother?"
Li San Niang explained the differences to Lu Zhu'er. At that time, seeing Lu Zhu'er nod like a little adult, Li San Niang didn't know whether she understood or not.
Dewdrop was still looking at Li Sanniang's belly when she asked, "Will Mother give birth to a younger brother for Dewdrop like Second Aunt did?"
At that time, Li Ersao had already given birth to Xiao Wulang. Luzhu had seen Li Ersao's pregnant belly and knew that the baby in Li Ersao's belly was her younger brother. She had heard Li Sanniang say that Wang Ziheng had given birth to her half-brother, which is why she asked Li Sanniang that question.
Li San Niang hugged her, "My precious darling, I can't give birth to a child by myself. I only need Lu Zhu."
"Dewdrop already has Kogoro and your father's son as her younger brothers, that's enough."
Dewdrop, being a child at heart, asked Li San Niang for her answer and then went off to play, not knowing whether Li San Niang remembered it.
Moreover, last year on New Year's Day, Li San Niang took Lu Zhu'er to the Wang family's gate. Li San Niang remembered the proud look on Wang Ziheng's face at that time, which showed that he had a worthy successor. At that time, Wang Ziheng even acted like a father to Lu Zhu'er.
At that time, Wang Ziheng ignored Lu Zhu'er and acted as if Li San Niang had not taught Lu Zhu'er well.
Li San Niang felt nauseous whenever she thought of Wang Ziheng's arrogant demeanor back then.
Therefore, seeing Wang Ziheng's behavior, Li San Niang made a rough guess in her mind.
"Could it be that there's something wrong with the child born to that cousin on her mother's side?"
Did Wang Ziheng realize something was wrong?
Only then did he turn around and try to befriend Dewdrop, his only remaining bloodline.
Want to experience the sense of accomplishment of fatherhood through Dewdrop?
Dewdrop was good-natured. When Prince Heng asked her questions, she would answer if she knew the answer, and if she didn't, she would just look up at Li San Niang.
However, Wang Ziheng kept wanting to get close to Lu Zhu'er and hug her.
On this point, Lu Zhu'er was quite resistant. The little girl followed closely to Li San Niang's side, holding Li San Niang's hand tightly. She simply lowered her head and refused to look at Wang Ziheng's pretense of trying to connect with his daughter.
The scene was quite awkward. Then Li San Niang picked up Lu Zhu'er and held her tightly in her arms, letting her feel the security of being enveloped by her mother's presence. Turning her head, Li San Niang said to Wang Ziheng with a fake smile, "Lu Zhu'er is still young. How can she be separated from her mother?"
She's just a young girl, so please don't make things difficult for her.
At this moment, everyone arrived at the main hall of the Wang family. Li San Niang, holding Lu Zhu'er, glanced inside and noticed something strange: Wang Ziheng's cousin from his maternal family and their young son were not there. Only Wang Pozi was sitting at the head of the main hall.
Li Erxiong, who had come with them and was walking ahead, exchanging pleasantries with Wang Dalang, looked at the main hall. His expression remained unchanged, but he had quite a few questions in his heart.
You see, even though it's a second marriage, once she's married, she's married and is a proper wife.
Today, at this Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion dinner, the wife did not bring her legitimate son. Putting aside whether this was disrespectful to Li San Niang and Lu Zhu'er, the ex-wife and daughter, the wife should have been present to maintain decorum at this time.
Given her maternal cousin's character, how could she possibly miss such a golden opportunity to flaunt her son in front of Li San Niang?
But right now, only Granny Wang is in the main hall, which means that either her cousin is unwell and unable to come out, or Granny Wang is preventing her from coming out.
Why wouldn't Granny Wang let her out?
Or perhaps Wang Ziheng wouldn't let her out?
Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong exchanged a glance. Li San Niang had a new guess in her mind. Combining this with Wang Ziheng's behavior towards Lu Zhu'er on the way from the door to the main hall, Li San Niang thought, "Could it be that the young man's appearance is unusual, and the Wang family noticed something was wrong?"
That's why Wang Ziheng kept looking at Lu Zhu'er, saying that her nose and mouth looked exactly like his.
Once everyone was seated in the main hall, the usual insincere greetings began. Li San Niang was somewhat annoyed by Wang Ziheng's staring intently at Lu Zhu'er.
After all, no matter how good-natured Dewdrop was, she was still just a three-year-old child.
Let alone a young girl like Lu Zhu'er, even a young man would be scared if he were stared at so intently by an adult man he only sees a few times a year, who was also trying to provoke him into talking and making suggestive gestures.
Li San Niang pulled Lu Zhu'er closer, turning her back to Wang Ziheng so that he couldn't see her face.
"Although you've only visited a few times throughout the year, you are Dewdrop's father, and we agreed on this when we got divorced."
My mother once told me that even though we are divorced, the bond between you and Dewdrop will last a lifetime.
Judging by the days, the little boy should be over seven months old by now. Today, we brought some children's toys as a gift for him.
After all, he is Dewdrop's half-brother; it's only right that the siblings meet and get to know each other.
As soon as Li San Niang finished speaking, everyone in the Wang family, from Granny Wang, Wang Dalang, Wang Dalang's wife to Wang Ziheng, changed their expressions. Only Wang Dalang's expression remained acceptable, while Wang Ziheng's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Third Sister is right. What's past is past. It's a good thing that Dewdrop has a sibling. Let them meet and get to know each other better."
Li Erxiong chimed in with the same statement, but no one from the Wang family echoed him.
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