Chapter 489: Little boy, call me brother-in-law
The sun in the sky gradually set in the west. As dusk fell, a carriage appeared faintly on the official road, rushing towards the city.
Song Liu, the guard on horseback, had sharp eyes and saw Xu Yu and Sang Zhixia from a distance. He immediately whipped his whip and rushed forward. Before the horse's hooves fell from the air, he landed neatly on the ground and said respectfully, "Young Master, the boss."
"Mrs. Xie and the young master are both in the car. They are both safe and sound, but..."
"elder sister!"
“It’s my sister!”
The little kid couldn't help but eagerly lifted the curtain. Seeing Sang Zhixia taking a few steps forward, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Mom, my sister is here to pick us up!"
Aunt Xie, who had been in a state of panic for who knows how long, hastily peeked out. When she saw who was coming, her vision was immediately blurred by tears: "Xia Xia..."
"Is my Xia Xia here?"
Sang Zhixia felt a sudden pain in her heart. Without caring about Xu Yu who was trying to help her, she quickly walked over and said, "Mom!"
"Zhizhi!"
"Boss!"
Xu Yu and Aunt Xie, who were a step slower, suddenly felt their expressions change and they followed without thinking.
Sang Zhixia rushed over and couldn't wait to help the people in the car, so Sang Yanyou, who was rushed to the ground, hugged his legs with his hands and feet.
The little baby really missed her.
She opened her mouth and burst into tears, trying hard to hold back her tears and yelled, "Sister..."
Sang Zhixia's outstretched hand failed to hold the child. She looked down and saw Sang Yanyou's stiff neck and red eyes. Her throat tightened and she gently placed her uncontrollably trembling hand on the little kid's head, her voice hoarse: "Hey."
"Sister is here, why are you crying?"
When Sang Yanyou was at home, he had to pretend to be mature and steady, for fear that he would make mistakes and get into trouble.
Seeing Sang Zhixia at this moment was like a baby bird meeting a long-lost relative. Before he could say anything, tears started to fall down like broken strings.
Xu Yu was afraid that Sang Zhixia would lose control of her emotions and get hurt, so he didn't care what his brother-in-law thought of him. He stepped forward and reluctantly lifted his brother-in-law away from Sang Zhixia.
Xu Yu ignored the shock and disbelief on Sang Yanyou's face and respectfully bowed to Aunt Xie, who had dismounted and stood still, and said, "My son-in-law, Xu Yu, pays homage to my mother-in-law."
"My mother-in-law must have worked hard on the journey here."
Aunt Xie didn't know Xu Yu.
It's funny that her own daughter got married, but she was just a low-status and unfavored concubine. She had only heard of the man her daughter, who was regarded as the apple of her eye, married, but had never seen him in person.
She was terrified all the way here, fearing that her and her youngest son's presence would affect her daughter's life, and that she would cause trouble for her daughter and draw dissatisfaction from her husband's family.
But all these worries, whether expressible or unexpressible, mostly disappeared the moment he saw Xu Yu.
only……
Aunt Xie was stunned for a moment, then she turned aside in fear and tried to hide, muttering repeatedly, "No, no, no."
"How can I, a humble servant, ..."
"mother."
Sang Zhixia held Aunt Xie’s trembling hand and said with a smile, “You are the mother-in-law, and he is the son-in-law.”
"What son-in-law wouldn't bow to his mother-in-law?"
This was because it was inconvenient due to the constant coming and going of people at the city gate. Otherwise, Xu Yu would have just knelt down and kowtowed a few times, as a way of making up for the courtesy he owed during the wedding.
Aunt Xie still felt at a loss as to what to do.
Xu Yu patiently remained polite and didn't stand up. Aunt Xie repeatedly looked at Sang Zhixia, then with difficulty mustered up the courage to say weakly, "No... no need to be so polite."
"My Lord, please get up first."
Xu Yu stood up straight and grabbed Sang Yanyou, who was about to rush forward, and said gently, "That's all in the past. Mother-in-law doesn't need to worry about it anymore."
"If you don't mind me being stupid, you can just call me by my name from now on."
It’s incomparable to the past. He was the crown prince for twenty years.
Aunt Xie had never thought that Xu Yu could be so gentle, and she immediately blurted out a few "no"s.
As if to seek reassurance, Aunt Xie subconsciously turned her head to look at Sang Zhixia, and then discovered something incredible.
"You...you confused girl!"
"How many months has your belly been like this? Did you just run over here?!"
The man who had been at a loss all this time was now staring at Sang Zhixia's conspicuous belly, his pale face flushed with anger: "You're about to be a mother, how can you be so careless?!"
"Why are you running so fast?"
"If this happens...aren't you going to kill your mother?!"
Sang Zhixia knew she was in the wrong and didn't dare to argue. Aunt Xie was both happy and nervous as she pulled Sang Zhixia and kept scolding her.
When they had almost finished talking, Xu Yu added, "Mother-in-law, you've had a long journey, and I imagine you must be tired now."
"Why don't you go home first and talk about anything when you get home?"
Although there were fewer people at the city gate in the evening, standing here all the time was not a solution.
There are many people waiting at home.
Aunt Xie looked visibly uncomfortable, obviously not used to Xu Yu's respect for her.
After all, in the eyes of the world, a woman who was born a concubine, even if she is Sang Zhixia's biological mother, is definitely not worthy of the title of mother-in-law.
Such a title should belong to the mistress of the Sang family.
Xu Yu was giving her extra respect and face, which was because he was polite and didn't care about it.
If she doesn't realize it and climbs up the pole, won't that cause trouble for Sang Zhixia?
Aunt Xie's body stiffened and she wanted to refuse reflexively. Seeing this, Sang Zhixia immediately said, "Listen to him. Let's go home first and talk about it later."
"Xu Yu."
"Why."
Sang Zhixia pointed at the carriage that brought her here and said, "Go and call the carriage over. My mother and I will take that one."
"Take Yanyou with you on horseback and familiarize yourself with the route."
Sang Yanyou is not yet old enough to be a governor, but he has already shown that his aura is incompatible with Xu Yu.
Sang Zhixia didn't want the two to start arguing on their first meeting, and she was also afraid that Aunt Xie would feel uncomfortable, so she simply sent everyone away to make a quiet place so that Aunt Xie could talk to her boldly.
Xu Yu always listened to Sang Zhixia's words and went to pull the carriage without thinking.
Aunt Xie's eyes widened in disbelief, and the hand holding Sang Zhixia was shaking unconsciously: "My girl...this..."
"Is this appropriate?"
Asking the Xu family's prince to lead their horses, if this were to be known, wouldn't it be...
"Mom, what's inappropriate about this?"
Sang Zhixia deliberately downplayed Aunt Xie's stereotype of Xu Yu, saying only, "As the old saying goes, a son-in-law is worth half a son."
"Just treat her as Yanyou and do whatever you want."
Sang Zhixia said it lightly.
Aunt Xie was terrified when she heard this.
Sang Yanyou was her own son, and the person who went to lead the horse was Xu Yu. How could the two be the same?
Aunt Xie was brought into the car by Sang Zhixia in a daze, and the wheels rolled forward.
As Sang Zhixia said, Sang Yanyou was directly carried onto the horse by Xu Yu.
Little kids all like new things, and Sang Yanyou is no exception.
Sang Yanyou, who was riding a horse for the first time, was both nervous and excited. He grabbed the horse's thick mane with both hands and kept looking around, his big black and white eyes filled with excitement.
Xu Yu noticed that he had slowed down the horse's pace by pulling on the reins. When the horse's hooves stepped through the puddle, Sang Yanyou clapped his hands and cheered, "Uncle, you're awesome!"
Xu Yu: “…”
We met in a hurry and forgot to introduce myself to this little thing.
Xu Yu smiled and said, "No, uncle."
Sang Yanyou said without hesitation: "You are already so old, what else can I call you if not uncle?"
The words seemed to be well-founded, but it was a pity that this little guy was not old enough to hide his thoughts, and the words were full of malice towards Xu Yu.
Xu Yu was now certain.
His intuition at first glance was correct; this little thing was targeting him.
It's obvious that it was intentional.
Xu Yu took a slow breath, raised his hand and tapped Sang Yanyou on the head. As Sang Yanyou stared at him, he said with a half-smile, "Little brat, call me brother-in-law."
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