Chapter 251 Grandpa's Love
Without waiting for Jiang Haitang to nod, Lu Liangchen lowered his head and kissed Jiang Haitang on the lips again.
His kiss was filled with fear and dread, as well as a longing that went deep into her bones.
He hugged Jiang Haitang tightly, as if he wanted to embed her into his body.
Jiang Haitang responded gently, soothing his frayed nerves.
She could clearly feel the violent rise and fall of his chest and the slight trembling.
After a long time, Lu Liangchen stepped back slightly, resting his forehead against hers. His breathing was still a little unstable, but the turbulent waves in his eyes subsided a little, replaced by deep affection that could not be dissolved.
"I'm sorry," he said hoarsely, "I scared you."
"No," Jiang Haitang raised her hand and gently wiped the corners of his slightly wet eyes, "I know you are worried. I promise, I won't do that again in the future. For you and Xiao Taozi, I will be fine."
Lu Liangchen took a deep breath and hugged her again, this time with much gentler strength.
"Remember your words, remember them no matter what time!" he said sullenly.
"Promise the Chairman!" Jiang Haitang said mischievously, raising his hand.
Lu Liangchen stroked her soft lips with his thumb and said in a hoarse voice, "You naughty boy, I'll deal with you after we get married."
Jiang Haitang blushed as she straightened her wrinkled collar, complaining in her heart that this man was becoming less and less pretentious. What kind of vicious words were these?
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Little Taozi poked her head in: "Mom and Dad, Grandpa asked me to call you for dinner..."
The two smiled at each other, tidied up their messy hair and clothes, and one of them walked downstairs holding Xiao Taozi's hand.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively.
Little Taozi sat between He Wanyi and Yuan Yinnan, becoming the absolute protagonist, her little mouth as sweet as honey.
She called them "Grandma", "Second Grandma", "Little Aunt", and "Big Aunt" happily, making the elders very happy.
Although Lu Liangchen didn't talk much, his eyes never left Jiang Haitang. He picked up food for her and paid attention to whether she could use her injured left arm conveniently.
The silent consideration and concentration were seen by the elders present and brought joy to their hearts.
Jiang Guozhu, in particular, was extremely happy to see Lu Liangchen being so considerate.
Okay, okay. Although his granddaughter had a hard life in the first half of her life, she will be fine in the future, and he can rest assured.
After dinner, several older brothers who had just finished school surrounded Xiao Taozi and took out glass marbles, tin frogs and other small toys from their schoolbags for Xiao Taozi to play with, as if they were presenting treasures.
The two children in Lu Simin's family were older, and they didn't feel comfortable snatching the peaches from the younger kids, but they kept staring at the peaches.
Little Taozi curiously touched the little toys given to her by her brothers. Suddenly she thought of something and ran over to look for the luggage bag.
When she came back, she was holding a stack of crumpled papers in her hands: "Brother, this is the picture I drew for you, this is the flowers in our yard, this is the bird I saw on the road, this is the delicious food I ate..."
The little girl introduced the paintings in her hands to her brothers in a serious manner. Although it was difficult to tell what was painted on the paintings, Lu Weiguo and the others still cooperated with their sister with great interest and even kept praising her.
The adults couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw the brothers suddenly looking worthless after seeing their sister.
"These little brats, why don't we usually act like this?" Shi Shulan smiled as he watched the interaction between the children.
"It's because our family lacks little girls. Before your aunt got married, she was the treasure of our family." He Wanyi looked at Lu Simin and said with a smile.
Lu Simin laughed heartily, and obviously did not deny that she was once the darling of the Lu family.
Seeing his great-grandson and great-granddaughter having fun, Mr. Lu actually went over with Jiang Guozhu to admire his great-granddaughter's "masterpiece".
Little Peach just took out a piece of paper. On it was a flat sun emitting a few crooked rays of light. There were stick figures standing on the ground, and there seemed to be about ten of them in total.
"Xiao Taozi, what are these you drew?" Mr. Lu asked with interest.
"This is great-grandfather, this is great-grandfather Jiang, this is grandpa, this is grandma..." The little guy introduced them in a serious manner.
Her paintings don't have any artistic flavor, but they are full of warmth. The little girl actually drew all the people she knows at home into one painting.
"This is great-grandfather's five-star!" Little Taozi pointed at a cluster of lines on one of the men's forehead and explained seriously, making everyone at the table laugh.
"Xiao Taozi is so awesome!" Grandpa Lu gave Xiao Taozi a thumbs up.
Little Taozi was very happy: "Grandpa, I will draw lots of pictures for you in the future, lots of beautiful pictures!"
Later, the two little boys of Lu Simin's family couldn't help themselves and went to play with Xiao Taozi.
Jiang Haitang quietly observed Lu Liangchen. The man was eating with his head down, but he couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Eat slowly." She picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his bowl. "I haven't been here these days. Have you not eaten well?"
When Lu Liangchen heard Jiang Haitang say this, he immediately felt aggrieved: "I eat seriously every day, but the food in the cafeteria is not as delicious as what you cook. Not to mention me, even Xiao Taozi doesn't like it!"
He Wanyi heard this and immediately glared at Lu Liangchen: "You little bastard, you're so picky even though you have food to eat. Let me tell you, even after getting married, you both have to share the housework. Don't always expect Haitang to serve you!"
Lu Liangchen was suddenly lectured by his mother and didn't understand for a moment.
He didn't seem to say anything, so why was he being lectured?
"Mom, you know I can't cook..."
He Wanyi then remembered that her son could make delicious meat difficult to swallow. If she really asked him to help cook, she really didn't know what he would make...
"Haitang, I didn't teach Liangchen well enough, so he can't even cook. You'll have to work hard in the future. But, as for washing and cutting vegetables and washing dishes, just let him do it. Don't spoil him."
Jiang Haitang smiled sweetly and thanked He Wanyi.
Lu Liangchen was stunned. What was going on? He was just planning to act coquettishly to his future wife, but why was he being scolded by her own mother?
"Mom, are you really my biological mother?"
Yuan Yinan laughed and said, "Oh, Liangchen, your sister-in-law is Haitang's biological mother now. You are just a live-in son-in-law at best."
Lu Liangchen: ...
What happened? He went from being a biological son to a live-in son-in-law?
However, he was very happy that his family liked Haitang.
Lu Liangchen's hand was under the table, quietly holding Jiang Haitang's hand.
Jiang Haitang struggled for a while, but couldn't break free, so she just let him do it.
After dinner, they chatted for a while. Then, according to Mr. Lu’s arrangement, Jiang Haitang took Xiao Taozi and followed Jiang Guozhu to the Jiang family.
Lu Liangchen was very reluctant to let her go. He hadn't seen his wife for more than a month. He finally got to see her, so why was she taken away by Grandpa Jiang?
But Jiang Haitang is Grandpa Jiang’s granddaughter, so it is reasonable to take her away.
"Grandpa Jiang, let me take you there. It's getting late, and I'm worried about you, the old and the young!" Lu Liangchen immediately went forward to please Grandpa Jiang.
Jiang Guozhu watched Lu Liangchen grow up, so he was naturally confident in him. Seeing that he was really good to his granddaughter, there was a little more loving in his eyes when he looked at Lu Liangchen.
"Okay, you take us over there and pick up our little Taozi so she doesn't fall." Jiang Guozhu was supported by the guard and Jiang Haitang on his left and right, and he was in an extremely happy mood.
Lu Liangchen actually wanted to get closer to Jiang Haitang, but Grandpa Jiang had already made such arrangements, so he could only obediently pick up Xiao Taozi and follow Jiang Guozhu.
When they arrived at the Jiang family, Mr. Lu personally took Jiang Haitang to the room. Only then did Jiang Haitang discover that Jiang Guozhu had tidied the room and made it look brand new.
There was a brand new enamel washbasin with the pattern of Double Happiness printed on it, and the bed was covered with a brand new bed sheet with peony patterns on it, on which were neatly stacked two brand new quilts.
Looking more closely, all the items in the room were new, obviously purchased by Jiang Guozhu recently.
"Grandpa..." Jiang Haitang couldn't help but choked up.
"Good boy, grandpa doesn't know what you like, so I arranged it for you like this. If there is anything you don't like, tell grandpa and grandpa will buy you a new one."
"Grandpa, it's fine now. I'm very satisfied. Thank you for taking so much trouble for me."
Jiang Haitang couldn't help but hugged Old Man Jiang gently, sobbing.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You are the only blood relative of my grandpa. Isn't it normal for me to worry about you?" Jiang Guozhu gently patted his granddaughter's back and comforted her carefully.
Lu Liangchen stood aside silently without saying a word.
However, Xiao Taozi was attracted by the old gramophone on the chest of drawers.
"Grandpa, what is this?" Little Taozi asked curiously.
"Oh, Xiao Taozi, you have good taste. This is your great-grandmother's dowry." Although Jiang Guozhu was answering Xiao Taozi, his eyes were looking at Jiang Haitang: "Haitang, this is what your grandmother left behind. I wanted to let your grandmother see you, so I put it in this room. You don't mind, do you?"
Jiang Haitang quickly shook his head: "Grandpa, how could that be! I'm so disappointed."
Old Master Jiang carefully took out the vinyl record, took Xiao Taozi by the hand and said, "Come, Grandpa will play a song for you."
The slow music flowed out from the old record, it was the song "Jasmine Flower".
Lu Liangchen slowly moved to Jiang Haitang's side and lowered his voice and said, "Haitang, I don't want to go back. If I go back, what will I do when I miss you?"
Jiang Haitang quietly pinched his waist and said, "You're useless! Aren't you afraid that Grandpa and Xiao Taozi will hear and laugh at you?"
"I miss my wife, why should I be afraid of being laughed at? Besides, grandpa wishes we could be as close as one person, how could he laugh at me?"
Although Lu Liangchen deliberately lowered his voice, Jiang Guozhu happened to hear what he said, and his hand paused slightly.
Yes, he only wanted his granddaughter to be loved and cared for by someone.
He would only be really worried if Lu Liangchen didn't care about his granddaughter at all.
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