The main color of the on-site decoration is festive red. Balloons of various colors are hung everywhere, and standees of various cartoon characters are placed, making the layout full of childlike innocence.
The banquet was hosted by Mrs. Feng and her husband for their hard-earned eldest grandson.
Mrs. Feng and Shen's mother are about the same age, but of the three sons they gave birth to, except for the eldest son, one of the other two sons insisted that he was sexually apathetic and had no interest in love or marriage. He wanted to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, which made his parents very angry at the time. But if his parents pushed him too far, he would do even more ruthless. When things got worst, he almost went to the temple to shave his head and become a monk. Mrs. Feng and her husband were so scared that they had no choice but to let him go.
Another son even came out at his 18th birthday party and brought his boyfriend to introduce him to his parents. The main point was that he acted first and asked for permission later, which made Mrs. Feng faint with anger.
The eldest son was willing to get married, but after five or six years of marriage, his daughter-in-law was still not pregnant. Seeing that her son was almost 35 years old, Mrs. Feng was extremely anxious. Not only did she complain at home, but she also did not hide her dissatisfaction with her daughter-in-law even when facing outsiders. She even ridiculed her in front of many wealthy wives, saying that she was a hen that could not lay eggs and was delaying the continuation of their family line.
Mrs. Feng asked her son and daughter-in-law to divorce and remarry more than once, but the eldest son, who had always been obedient, refused her request without hesitation, saying that he was unwilling to divorce his wife no matter what. Mrs. Feng certainly would not blame her son, so she put the blame on her daughter-in-law, thinking that the reason why her son, who used to obey her, disobeyed her was because of the daughter-in-law's instigation.
As the family conflict intensified, the daughter-in-law's belly finally showed signs of pregnancy.
Shen You has attended children’s birthday parties before, but she remembers relatively few first birthday parties.
At the banquet, she saw many familiar faces, and when their eyes met, they gave her friendly smiles.
Not far away, Mrs. Feng was chatting with someone with a baby in her arms. She was very happy and the smile never disappeared from her face. Somehow, although she didn't turn her head to look at them, she seemed to know they had arrived and suddenly walked over with the child in her arms.
Mother Shen frowned subconsciously, but when Madam Feng approached, the arc of her eyebrows disappeared instantly, the corners of her lips turned up, and she smiled and said, "This child is really good, and looks a lot like Xiaohu when he was a child."
As she spoke, she took out the gift she had prepared in advance - a pair of gold bracelets for children, and handed them to her eldest son Feng Hu who was following his mother.
Compared with his mother's joyful face, Feng Hu seemed to be in a low mood, with the corners of his mouth drooping. Even when receiving gifts, he just smiled reluctantly and quickly returned to his indifferent expression.
However, Mrs. Feng, immersed in joy, obviously had no time to care about her son's mood.
She looked at the loving appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Shen walking together, and a twisted jealousy flashed across her eyes very quickly. The next moment, the smile on her face became brighter: "This is Xiaohu's child, of course he looks like him."
The little baby opened his round eyes and looked at them curiously, without making any noise or making any noise.
The more Mrs. Feng looked at her grandson, the more she liked him. "But when Xiaohu was little, he was very naughty and difficult to raise. Xiaobao is more obedient than his father and is very well behaved. He is just like his good-for-nothing uncle when he was little."
Thinking of her youngest son who ran away from home with his boyfriend after coming out in public, Mrs. Feng's eyes dimmed.
She didn't notice that Feng Hu's expression became a little strange.
Seeing that Shen's mother didn't respond, Mrs. Feng smiled and said, "Oh, I never expected that. I got married before you, and now my son is also married before you, and I even have a grandson before you. Hahaha, I'm always one step ahead of you."
The boasting in her eyes was undisguised. "Come to think of it, the boys in your family are all quite old, right? How come none of them are married? Hey, I heard they haven't even found a partner yet?"
After a pause, she showed false worry on her face, "Hiss, could it be that they are like my two good-for-nothing sons and don't plan to get married and have children?"
The sharpness in Mrs. Feng's words almost poked Shen's mother in the face.
Father Shen said gloomily, "Don't worry about it."
Madam Feng's face froze slightly, and the spark of arrogance was instantly extinguished. She stammered, "You, you...you seem to have not changed at all in all these years."
Father Shen ignored her. Mother Shen smiled and said, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I will not force my children to live according to my will. As long as they are happy, that's enough."
Her words seemed unintentional, but every word slapped Mrs. Feng in the face.
After all, everyone in the wealthy circle knew that she had disliked her daughter-in-law for many years, forcing her daughter-in-law to drink all kinds of folk remedies to help her conceive, and forcing her son to get pregnant and remarry.
Shen You finally understood why his mother seemed reluctant when she mentioned yesterday that she was going to attend the Feng family's child's first birthday party.
She suddenly realized -
[It turns out that when Mrs. Feng and my mother were young, they were just fake sisters who pulled each other's hair! ]
Mrs. Feng: “…”
Mother Shen: “…”
Mrs. Feng then noticed Shen You standing next to the couple, and she looked unhappy: "Children should not follow adults when they are talking. Don't you know to find a cool place to stay?"
As soon as the voice fell, the couple's faces darkened. Just as they were about to speak, Shen You took Shen's mother's arm affectionately and looked at Mrs. Feng with a smile: "Hello, Aunt Feng, you don't know, I'm actually a mama's girl, I can't be separated from my mother!"
As he spoke, Shen You leaned his face on Shen's mother's shoulder and rubbed it like a kitten.
Mother Shen smiled dotingly.
Father Shen held his wife's hand on the other side and looked at his wife and daughter with gentle eyes.
The picture of this happy family of three hurt Mrs. Feng's eyes.
Although she didn't want to admit it, Shen You's words really touched Mrs. Feng's heart.
When she was young, she didn't take it seriously and was even proud of having given birth to three sons for the Feng family. She believed that her position in the Feng family was now secure.
But as they grew older, her two sons were not only useless, but also unfilial. They did not take her feelings as a mother into consideration at all. They left without saying goodbye and did whatever they wanted. They never even sent her a greeting or called her during the holidays. It was truly disheartening.
At this moment, an idea suddenly occurred to her -
It would be nice to have a daughter.
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My daughter is caring and filial. Even if she hasn't achieved anything great, it's good to be able to stay with her and talk to her.
Even though Shen You's words accidentally opened the wound in her heart, Madam Feng could only ignore the bleeding and aching wound, snorted with disdain, and said with a curled lip: "What's so good about a daughter? She's just a money-loser! A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. She will be sent to someone else's house to be someone else's daughter-in-law!"
The couple looked stern.
Shen You was not angry. He looked at her helpless and furious appearance with an innocent expression: "Oh my God, Aunt Feng, how can you say that about yourself?"
Mrs. Feng: “…I’m different.”
"Ah?" Shen You showed a puzzled expression, "What's different about Aunt Feng? Could it be that you..."
She looked at her in surprise, as if she had suddenly thought of something unspeakable. "I never thought Aunt Feng could make it so realistic!"
No one reacted at first. It was only after a few seconds that they realized what Shen You meant.
So the implication is that Madam Feng is a demon who changed her sex/body and returned from Country T!
“Puff.”
Not far away, the young man was sitting lazily on a chair. Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Mrs. Feng's face turned pale and blue. She stared at Shen You and spoke word by word, almost gritting her teeth, "I'm not a man."
Shen You pretended to be afraid and hid behind Shen's mother, then poked his head out: "It was Aunt Feng who said she was different. Of course I thought you meant that your gender was different from that of a woman. Otherwise, what else do you want to say?"
Mrs. Feng took a deep breath and forced herself to suppress her rising anger.
"Come to think of it, you guys are really weird." After seeing Shen You's sharp tongue, Mrs. Feng didn't want to continue the conversation with her, lest she lose control of her temper and be gossiped about, blaming her for bullying the younger generation. She looked at Shen's mother and said sharply, "You don't have your own children, why do you continue to raise children who are not related to you by blood?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man who walked over slowly sneered: "Is blood relationship so important? When Madam Feng's biological son came out publicly and ran away with a man, it seems that he didn't care about you as his biological mother, right?"
The whole audience fell silent.
There were many people present at the time. It can be said that this matter was an open secret in the wealthy circle. However, they also knew that this was a pain in Mrs. Feng's heart. Normally, no one would take the initiative to mention it in front of her and make her unhappy. Besides, today was the Feng family's home court and it was her eldest grandson's first birthday party.
Apart from the young master of the Xie family, I'm afraid no one else has the courage to say it directly.
As expected, Mrs. Feng's expression changed immediately.
She didn't know whether she was so angry that she lost her mind or what, but she didn't care about Xie Chenxiao's identity and sneered: "How good are you? Aren't you also a child whose mother doesn't want you?"
The boy paused for a moment with his hands hanging by his side, and looked at her with a half-smile.
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