"My lady, I'm afraid you don't know that Mr. Cui here is getting married today, so he has to dress up nicely. Moreover, he will give out red envelopes to us. If you come earlier, you might even be able to pick up a few copper coins."
The woman turned and left. Xu Miaomiao understood what was going on and pulled Gu Yuanniang aside. She looked at him and said, "Sixth Mother, although Cui Yuan took Ling'er away without our consent, he is indeed Ling'er's biological father. Besides, today is the Cui family's wedding banquet. We must not make too much noise and save face for the two families."
When Gu Yuanniang heard this, she nodded and followed Xu Miaomiao into Cui Mansion. Once again, she came to this sad place. Gu Yuanniang had already clenched her fists in her sleeves. She took a deep breath, as if she had mustered up her courage, and then walked in.
At this time, the Cui Mansion was already filled with laughter and joy. Cui Yuan was seen holding a wine glass and pouring wine back and forth in front of everyone. When he saw Gu Yuanniang, he still smelled of alcohol and his eyes were hazy.
Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao stepped forward, clasped his fists and said to Cui Yuan: "Today is Mr. Cui's big day, and I haven't prepared a gift yet. I hope Mr. Cui won't be offended."
"No problem, no problem." Cui Yuan waved his hand, and the wine glass in his hand had not stopped yet. Instead, he looked at Xu Miaomiao and said, "Madam Xu, what's the matter? You are so welcome."
"There is indeed something I need to ask, Mr. Cui, please go with me to a place where there are fewer people."
"If you want me to leave, you have to drink this glass of wine with me."
After Cui Yuan finished speaking, he gave the hotel in his hand to Xu Miaomiao. Gu Yuanniang on the side frowned and took a step forward to argue with Cui Yuan. Xu Miaomiao immediately stopped her and shook her head at her.
"It's just a glass of wine. I'm not going to get drunk with just one glass of wine."
After saying that, Xu Miaomiao picked up the wine glass from Cui Yuan's hand and drank it all.
Seeing Xu Miaomiao was so decisive, Cui Yuan did not hesitate and immediately put down his wine glass and followed Xu Miaomiao to the back garden. When they reached the sparsely populated area, Gu Yuan's mother could no longer control herself and loudly questioned Cui Yuan: "Why do you want to take Ling'er away? That's my child. Return Ling'er to me quickly."
"Your child?" Cui Yuan laughed, his red wedding dress particularly dazzling. He looked at Gu Yuan's mother and continued, "Without me, how could you have a child? I am Ling'er's biological father. I just miss him. What's wrong with bringing him back to live with me for a few days? Why, do I need your consent?"
"You promised me, and we signed a document, that Ling'er would be given to me. But now you want to take him back. What does that mean?"
"When did I take it back?" Cui Yuan said helplessly, "I just took the child back to stay for a few days. I missed him, I missed my own son. Is that not okay? Does a father in this world need other people's consent to see his son? Go and see which article of my Southern Kingdom's law talks about this matter? Even if I make a fuss in front of the government, the government will support me in taking the child away."
"Cui Yuan, you are so shameless. Return Ling'er to me immediately."
At this time, Gu Yuan's eyes were already bloodshot, and he stared at Cui Yuan and spoke angrily.
But Cui Yuan seemed to be in no hurry. He looked at Gu Yuan's mother and said, "Sixth Mother, you lost the child, and now you want to blame me. What kind of logic is this? If you come happily, I will happily treat you to a wedding banquet. If you insist on making trouble, then I, Cui Yuan, will accompany you to the end."
"you!"
When Gu Yuanniang heard this, she was even more angry. She wanted to compete with Cui Yuan for the future, but was immediately stopped by Xu Miaomiao. Xu Miaomiao looked at Cui Yuan and said, "Mr. Cui, I also know that you are doing business. In Bai County, everyone knows your reputation. You are naturally magnanimous and righteous, but I hope you also know that Ling'er grew up with Liu Niang since he was a child. Now you suddenly took Ling'er away. He hasn't seen his mother for so long. Isn't Ling'er really sad and afraid? Besides, he has never seen you as a father. If you really miss him, you come to our Song Mansion openly. How can we let you not see him? But Mr. Cui, what have you done now? You kidnapped Ling'er like this. Do you think he will have a good impression of you in his heart?"
Cui Yuan paused when he heard this, but then he refuted Xu Miaomiao and said, "That's my child. I can do whatever I want. It's not your turn as an outsider to fight for it."
The three of them were arguing fiercely, and Gu Yuanniang was even more annoyed. Now she hadn't seen Ling'er for half a day, and she was extremely worried.
Just as the three were still fighting, a cry suddenly rang out. Gu Yuan's mother felt relieved and recognized it was Ling'er's voice. She immediately hurried towards the source of the voice. Xu Miaomiao and Cui Yuan immediately followed behind her.
Gu Yuanniang found the main room. After all, this was where she had lived for so many years and she was quite familiar with the routes.
As soon as the door was pushed open, a woman in a red wedding dress appeared. She was holding Ling'er's arm. Ling'er's arm had become very red and swollen. It looked like she was burned by something. She kept crying. When she saw Gu Yuan's mother, she cried even harder: "Mother."
Gu Yuan's mother's heart tightened, and she could no longer hold back her tears. She took a step forward and hugged Ling'er tightly in her arms, saying, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I lost you. It's all my fault. Let me see your arm."
Gu Yuanniang carefully padded Ling'er's sleeves. When she saw the redness and swelling on her arms, she felt a pang of pain in her heart: "Why did this happen? What should I do?"
Ling'er was already exhausted at this time, unable to utter a word, but just tightly hugged Gu Yuan's mother's arm. Gu Yuan's mother held him in her arms and looked at the woman in front of her. The woman glanced at him and then said, "Don't blame me, he said he was thirsty, I wanted to pour him some water, and he suddenly rushed over, so he got it on him. Besides, now that Cui Yuan and I are married, and this child is Cui Yuan's child, don't I mean I am half his biological mother? What's wrong with me taking him over to have a look and get familiar with him?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Ling'er only has me as his mother. Neither you nor Liu Juan are his mother!"
Gu Yuanniang seemed to be crazy and kept yelling at the woman in front of her.
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