Grandpa's Secret

  Lu's family has so many people, and Gu Manman, who just returned home, had no idea.

  The Lu family's daughter, who has been away from home for a long time, is said to be returning. The family should have some sort of ceremony to mark the occasion. The low-key Lu family may not want to make a big show of it and put their daughter in danger. Not telling outsiders is fine, but as for close relatives and friends who are deeply connected with the Lu family, this announcement is a courtesy that cannot be omitted.

  To welcome back the daughter of the Lu family, this family banquet had long been decided and was definitely going to be held. On the day when Commander Lu took his son to negotiate with the Wen family after all the appraisal results were out, Old Master Lu gathered some elderly people in the small courtyard of his own home to discuss and decide on a auspicious date for holding the family banquet.

  China's tradition of choosing auspicious days is not feudalistic, but rather a sign of respect and importance attached to the matter.

  It was on this auspicious day that several old men deliberated for three days.

  In the hearts of the elderly, this daughter-in-law is too pitiful. From a young age, she was implicated by her family and drifted out, suffering too much hardship. The older generation all feel that they owe this daughter-in-law too much. Especially Old Master Lu, no matter what, must use this family banquet to give an account to the returning daughter.

  Not to mention why the old man didn't summon his granddaughter on the day she returned, he immediately invited her over for a visit.

  Look, Old Master Lu is secretly taking a car and hiding in the streets and alleys. He has seen it all before, but nobody told anyone else.

  There was no face-to-face conversation with his granddaughter, and the old man had his own considerations.

  As for these things, Manman had already sensed them early on.

  Lu's family is not an ordinary family, it lies in this.

  Ordinary people welcome back their daughters, as long as they are flesh and blood, hand in hand, with tears in their eyes, embracing each other.

  It's not Lu's family.

  At first, Commander Lu secretly invited her for questioning, and later, he secretly arranged for her to have dinner at the Lu's house through her husband.

  Do you think Commander Lu just wants to take a look at her and miss her?

  No, Commander Lu is not just thinking of his daughter and wanting to see her, but also, as a matter of course, evaluating her.

  Considering her, whether she can live up to the reputation of being a daughter of the Lu family.

  Lu's daughter is not someone you can just acknowledge casually, even if she were your own flesh and blood.

  For a Lu family with a red heart, political assessment is even more indispensable after three rounds of six reviews.

  If a daughter were to fall and become bad outside, would the Lu family hold a banquet to welcome this child back? No, absolutely not!

  As a result, Manman's feelings for the Lu family fluctuated back and forth in repeated emotions.

  Because she knew that the Lu family treated her well, not because of her, but more importantly because of her brother and younger brother. Jun Ye was already recognized as the most outstanding among this generation of Lu family members. Lu Huan was a future star, and no one dared to underestimate him.

  Jun Ye valued her, Lu Huan respected her, so that other members of the Lu family did not dare to underestimate her.

  Three siblings walked back on the road to the Lu's house. Lu Huan and she were walking behind them. Jun Ye was listening to a phone call while walking, he was talking to Lu He Dong.

  Younger uncle.

  "Lu Jun, last time when we met at the hospital, I wanted to talk to you about something, but neither you nor Zi Ye had time. Later, I thought it would be better to wait until Cang Cang is with us before saying anything."

  Last time, Lu Hedong came to the hospital and met with them. Before they had said more than ten sentences, Yao Ye was called into the operating room for a final examination. The conversation was interrupted at this point. Lu Hedong originally wanted to discuss two things with them, but only managed to mention one, which was about the situation of the gallery being burned down, in order to report back to the elderly. The second thing was about the family banquet, and he had just brought it up when they were unable to deliberate carefully.

  The burning of Manman's painting gallery indeed made some people in the Lu family a little angry.

  It's obvious that the other side is provoking and intentionally making things difficult.

  But the other party may not have thought that Lu's family did not recognize their daughter in this way, it was not a general person who said recognition and recognition on the same day, publicly everywhere. In short, the purpose of the other party's trap has not been achieved.

  "Lately, there have been a lot of things going on. Today is the first day she's back at her parents' home. My dad hasn't even had a chance to talk to her yet," said Junye.

  Lu Shuai was busy, his daughter's art gallery had been burned down, making him even busier. These days he was almost always on business trips outside and couldn't go home. The only comfort was that his daughter had already called out to her mother "mom" that day.

  "Only just returned." Lù Hèdòng sighed.

  It has been four or five days since the gallery was burned down until today.

  Mangmang called out to her mom and brother, but Mangmang is now a married woman and can't go back home. Moreover, these past few days have been really eventful. From the art gallery, to Du Yu's surgery, to Chunxia who is still in the hospital on bed rest, the art gallery is dealing with the aftermath, Mangmang was diagnosed as pregnant.

  "Uh-huh, Nainai has something for the kids, and Grandpa had Secretary Liu tell me about it. So, I was asked to bring some things over first."

  Manman followed Lu Huan into the house and saw Lu Hedong. This was her first time meeting her younger uncle-in-law, and she felt quite unfamiliar with him.

  In comparison, Lu He Dong was very affectionate when he saw her. Man Man was his niece, a dear and loving niece, and besides, the Lu family only had one daughter. Lu He Dong only had this one niece, how could he not be affectionate?

  "Oh my, big sister, this child's eyebrows and eyes are like yours, nose is like big brother's, but the lips are actually like Mr. Lu." Lu Hedong said with a smile as he looked up and down at Manman, speaking to his two nephews and Mrs. Lu.

  Lu Huan was unhappy upon hearing this and raised his handsome eyebrows: "What about me?"

  "You, your face looks more like your sister's." How could Lu He Dong possibly scold this little nephew who was favored by his family?

  Lu Huanle, half a child's temper, pulled out a stool and sat down, saying: "Xiao Shu is different from others. My brother, Zi Yegong and I all treat Xiao Shu as an elder brother."

  "Manman, I know you just got back and aren't familiar with the family yet, but Huan'er is right. I'm different from the others in the house, we don't need to be formal when speaking. Anything goes. Here, try this." Lu Hedong said as he warmly placed a cup of freshly brewed hot cocoa in front of her, "This was brought back by your aunt from her trip abroad. She insisted that I bring it to you first so you can taste the freshness. Pregnant women have certain dietary restrictions, but this hot cocoa should be fine."

  This kind of warmth is really a bit overwhelming and makes one feel unaccustomed.

  He picked up the cup of hot cocoa with both hands, under Lu He Dong's smiling and meaningful gaze, took a sip, and said, "Thank you, Uncle and Aunt."

  Seeing Lu He Dong drinking hot cocoa, she smiled with satisfaction, and sat down to drink tea, waving her hand: "No need, no need to be polite, we're family. I'll bring some next time if you like it. Maybe let Lu Jun or Huan Er take you to my place. Your aunt is lonely at home, knowing that you're pregnant makes her want to see you even more. Your cousin, who's also my son, is studying in New York and has already asked his future wife to buy milk powder and children's clothes for you overseas, all packaged and sent by air mail."

  Manman was startled: This pregnancy is less than two months old, buying milk powder and children's clothes, it's a bit too hasty.

  Lu He-dong, who seemed to see through her thoughts, waved his hand: "Just buy it first, it doesn't matter. The shelf life of milk powder is several years. If you buy it, there will definitely be a use for it, and that's the right way to think."

  The Lu family is determined to get what they want, and there's no reason why they can't get it.

  Jun Ye is, and this younger uncle Lu Hedong is also.

  She sipped on some hot cocoa that was a bit too hot for her mouth, while listening to Lu He Dong and her brother discuss the family dinner.

  "Niang niang is here, just listen to the side and have any opinions. By the way, Ah Yan is in the troop school. You listen to it after finishing, call Ah Yan to discuss. Ah Yan met with me last time, slightly mentioned this matter." Lu Hedong is not like Jun Ye and Lu Si Ling, doing things and speaking, smooth and easy to understand, will not offend anyone, so he is the most reliable person to handle such matters for Old Master Lu.

  "Little uncle." Lu Huan was drinking the flower tea made by his mother. Since it was said that his sister would be the protagonist of the family dinner, he interrupted countless times in between, "You've already set a date, why didn't you say so earlier? My sister's clothes haven't even been made yet."

  "Ah - you little scamp, you're speaking the truth. Growing up, you know that women should make clothes and bind shoes." Lu Hedong patted his thigh, praising his young nephew.

  Listening to them chattering away, Manman was standing beside them but couldn't get a word in edgewise.

  It's obviously about her.

  It wasn't easy to find her so quiet, Lu Hedong hastily said: "Nangnang, if there's something on your mind, you speak up, don't let it be us who always initiate the conversation."

  "Little uncle, you are a senior, it's better for seniors to decide." said Manman.

  It's supposed to be this way. The younger generation can't make decisions, and even if they did, it wouldn't be suitable.

  Lu He Dong looked at her quietly and smiled slightly, glancing at the silent Jun Ye beside him, and fell silent.

  After drinking a pot of tea, Lu Hedong wanted to rush back to work in the afternoon, so he stood up.

  Before leaving, he handed something to Jun Ye and winked mysteriously: "Your grandfather instructed that on the day of the family banquet, put it on Nuan Nuan."

  He carefully opened the wooden box, his sharp eyes peeked through the gap, a flash of strange and deep thought passed through his pupils before he withdrew.

  Lu Hedong intervened halfway, which unexpectedly gave Junye an excuse. He said to Manman: "The family dinner is just a matter of these few days. You come and live here, Mom can also help you and your husband make arrangements. As for your husband's side, I will talk to him."

  Having said that, he immediately gave his brother a look.

  Lu Huan received the order and rushed over with her house key. She hastily packed her luggage alone at home.

  Actually, I think living here is not suitable for me, and there's another main reason.

  You said all these rooms in Lujia Village are fully occupied. Where can she and her husband squeeze in?

  "If your husband comes back, you two can move to the house across the street. But when you're alone, it's not possible for you to live in that house by yourself. You'll stay in my room, and Huan'er's room has a bunk bed, so I'll move into Huan'er's room." Junye had already made all the arrangements and said to Mrs. Lu, "Mom, take her to pack up this afternoon, I'll go back to the unit for a while."

  "What about your things?" Mrs. Lu asked as she chased after him.

  "My important things are all in the computer and briefcase, I can leave with just these. As for clothes, you can pick two pieces to throw away for me at Huan's place. For other things, if she wants to rummage through them or move them around, it doesn't matter."

  That's his own sister. If she had grown up at home since childhood, she would have been like her brother, rummaging through his room all day, what's the big deal.

  You think so, and it doesn't feel inconvenient at all.

  Man man just thought of one thing: you can't just think of her as your sister, you have to think about the difference between men and women.

  Madam Lu wanted to scratch her head: Master Jun treated his sister like a younger brother, and it's not that Master Jun was wrong, the Lu family didn't have a daughter for Master Jun to learn from first.

  "Niang niang, come." At this point, Mrs. Lu could only bring her daughter to take a look at the room first.

  If the daughter is not satisfied, she is willing to give up her and her husband's room, at most, they will move to the house opposite first. Anyway, Manman cannot live alone in a big house, it's not safe.

  "Mom, I'd better go home and live," said Manman, following behind Mrs. Lu.

  "No way, your brother has already said it, for your own good and the child's sake, no way." Mrs. Lu changed her mind immediately after hearing her eldest son's words.

  The crescent moon's eyes blinked dazedly.

  Mrs. Lu opened her eldest son's room earlier.

  Going inside, I saw that it was a small room with only a single bed, a simple desk, a wardrobe and a tall bookshelf standing in the corner of the wall, filled with books.

  The thing the Lu family is least short of is books.

  This is in line with Wanwan's wishes.

  Manman likes books. Unfortunately, the Wen family doesn't have enough money to buy that many books. She can only run to the library to borrow books or rent them from small shops outside.

  She later married her current husband Jiang Yantong. Jiang Dashao and she are both bookworms. Two bookworms together, going out, except for buying daily necessities and electrical appliances, they can't miss visiting bookstores.

  However, her husband is a man of iron and blood after all, with different expertise and interests in reading. For example, he likes to read about weapons and military affairs, while she enjoys reading literature, practicing calligraphy, admiring paintings, reading essays, or looking for recipes.

  As a result, every time I go to a bookstore, this thing becomes fun.

  Her husband picked a few, she picked a few, this young couple sat shoulder to shoulder on the stairs of the bookstore or hid in the corner of the bookshelf, secretly reading free books, sometimes spending an entire morning or afternoon, and they could finish several books.

  Frugal expert Mianmian Xiaoyifu, since childhood was trained by her adoptive father to have the habit of "not borrowing books cannot be read", it is almost impossible for her to buy books.

  My husband Jiang Dashao wanted to buy books, but his wife only reads free books. He couldn't buy books and sit with her doing nothing, what to do? As a result, he was trained by his little wife into the habit of "not reading unless borrowed".

  "I say, Manman, why do I feel like we're thieves or something?" Occasionally, Jiang Dashao would touch his chest, feeling guilty as if he had stolen something, because every time they went to the bookstore, they were stared at by the salesclerk's terrifying gaze, as if they wanted to hang them on the city wall.

  The little daughter-in-law was quite thick-skinned at this time: "It's nothing, there are many people who read free books like us."

  "Honestly, if everyone reads free books, the sales won't go up, and authors will starve. Who would still want to publish books?" Jiang Yan said while rubbing his belly.

  His wife read these books, some of which taught his wife to cook delicious food for him to eat, he couldn't let those people down.

  "I'm just joking." said Mengmeng's little wife, her crescent-shaped eyes curved like a crescent moon.

  How can she be so shameless and take advantage of those poor families? Because she herself is a seller of works, she should understand the hardships involved.

  So she and her husband are temperamentally compatible, spiritually connected, even if they read different books, but have a lot of common language.

  Imagine if it was that petty expert Li Zhenwei accompanying her to buy books, he would probably scold her for wasting money and ask for free books. Now, where can you find them? Even libraries and book rental shops are no longer needed, there's a plethora of pirated copies on the internet. Then, Li Zhenwei would boastfully say to her:

  China has nothing else but the most pirated and knockoff products.

  Thinking of these things, mainly thinking of her husband, she feels happy and relieved, even the baby in her belly seems to be smiling along with her.

  Mrs. Lu turned her head, wondering what she was thinking about. Yueyue's eyes sparkled with a smile, thinking that she liked this room, and thought: after all, siblings are siblings, nothing is wrong with that.

  "Ha ha, I'll go change the bedding and bring it over. Then we can move Jun'er to Huan'er's room and you can wait here for me."

  Manman was still in a daze, and she hadn't even answered properly yet. Mrs. Lu had already turned around and left.

  She was the only one left in the room, looking around, except for books, there was a laptop on the desk that Jun Ye said was important to take away. Next to the laptop was an unzipped briefcase.

  Master Jun hastily left for his work unit and didn't pack anything. Generally, family members wouldn't go through his belongings either.

  Manman just wanted to help him tidy up and put away the scattered documents in his drawer.

  He picked up a copy casually, and it was impossible that he hadn't seen anything. At a glance, on the white page of what seemed to be an essay, there were three characters: "Yao Zi Ye".

  What did Grandpa Yao write?

  Curiosity got the better of her, she sneaked a peek when no one was looking and flipped through it. Mainly because she's just like her husband, very curious about the mysteriousness of the two men.

  I flipped through two pages.

  Good heavens, what is Mr. Yao writing?

  It's all in English, without a single Chinese sentence. Looks like it's going to be published in an international journal.

  Mengmeng only passed the CET-4 English proficiency test when she was in college, and it's been so long since then that she has forgotten everything. She can barely recognize a few English words, such as HEART, meaning heart, PRESSURE, meaning pressure, WOMEN, meaning women, BABY, meaning baby.

  My heart is racing: I feel like I'm writing about pregnant women or something. Because the curve drawn on the chart has a cycle of around nine months.

  She saw her whole face almost buried in the paper, and Mrs. Lu, who came in with a quilt, said with a curved eyebrow similar to that of her daughter: "Niang niang, you'd better not touch your brother's things. He'll scold when he comes back. Last time Huan'er just touched it lightly, and was given the cold shoulder for three days."

  "When he left, didn't he say that I can move things around here as I please?" Manman pretended to be nonchalant and put Mr. Yao's thesis back in its original position, without changing a thing, as if no one had touched it.

  "He also handed over, computers and briefcases are not allowed to touch." Mrs. Lu reminded her daughter.

  Cut off

  Did he think she wanted to touch his things? She was just helping him pick up.

  The daughter's face is very similar to her big brother's.

  Mrs. Lu smiled in her heart, pulled out a photo album from her son's drawer and called her daughter to come and see.

  "Want to see your brother's childhood photos?"

  It's enough to prove that Mrs. Lu is also a bad mother, talking about her son's childhood photos and saying bad things about him behind his back.

  Manman has always been a bit of an unscrupulous sister when it comes to the Eight Trigrams, and her mother is even more so, cheering her on with applause.

  A mother and daughter sat with their knees touching, a photo album propped up between them like a bridge.

  "This is your brother when he was just born."

  In a black-and-white photo, there is a monkey face, dry and hard to imagine that this was the handsome and elegant King's appearance when he was just born.

  "When your brother was just born, he weighed a little more than you, six pounds, can't tell, right?" Mrs. Lu said, talking about her own children when they were young, and like all mothers, she was radiant, saying something unpleasant, children when they are young are both treasures and playthings in their parents' eyes.

  "It can't be seen." Manman nodded.

  "Then, however, within two weeks, your brother got fat and gained a whole two pounds." Mrs. Lu flipped through the photos and recounted her son's growth history, speaking in a tone as if she were a professional commentator on TV explaining how humans evolved from apes, remembering every detail including dates.

  Manman thought to herself: Could it be that in the future, she would become like Mrs. Lu too?

  "You young people nowadays all write pregnancy diaries. In my day, we didn't have that, we could only rely on our brains to remember." Mrs. Lu is keeping up with the times, comparing herself to her daughter who is about to become a mother, and taking the opportunity to educate her daughter on how to be a mother.

  Manman asked Mrs. Lu: "Mom, I heard that newborn babies can't wear new clothes and have to wear other people's old clothes."

  "You must have heard this from people with experience, and it's not wrong. Although some young couples may find it unimaginable, why not wear new clothes? But for us older generation who have had children, it's accumulated from experience, not superstition. Wearing clothes that other children have worn is mainly to prevent skin allergies. Besides, children's clothes are originally worn for a short period of time and can't be worn again after a while, so reusing them is also a good thing." Mrs. Lu flipped through a few more photos of her son and pointed out, "At the time, your brother and Ziyuan were born in the same month, and the two brothers often swapped clothes to wear."

  Who would have thought that here you can see not only Master Jun's childhood mischievous deeds but also Master Yao's mischievous deeds.

  Manman secretly rejoiced in her heart and glanced at the photo pointed by Mrs. Lu: It was two little radish heads, probably going to swim in the river, wearing only a swimsuit. Only when they were young, Mr. Yao's beautiful face fully revealed its attractive qualities that attracted butterflies and bees.

  "Zi Ye had been good-looking since he was a child, and every auntie or sister-in-law who saw him would want to kiss his face. Luckily, he wasn't allergic; if it were any other kid, their face would have broken out in rashes from all the saliva. Mrs. Lu sighed over Master Yao's natural beauty, what a pity he wasn't a girl. His mother loved daughters, so she often dressed him and Bao'er up as girls when they were young - both of them had been very adorable back then."

  Then the photo was turned over, and Mr. Yao's photo with a little girl's sweater tied around his head with two pigtails appeared in front of Manman. Of course, Mr. Yao was treated as a mother like this toy, and Mrs. Lu, who had the same hobby as Mrs. Yao, couldn't help but do it, otherwise there wouldn't be this photo on the Lu's side. As a result, next to Mr. Yao, who became a little girl, stood Junye, also wearing a little girl's dress, with two red balls painted on his face.

  Manman was holding her belly and laughing so hard she was almost crying.

  Mrs. Lu whispered to her daughter: This photo, Huan'er has never seen it before. You mustn't let the secret slip out of your mouth.

  Only Mrs. Lu knows where Master Jun put the photo album.

  It's hard to imagine how this photo of two men kissing could have survived until now?

  "Your brother wanted to tear it up. I didn't let him." Mrs. Lu, this mother, had a thick face and said, "How precious! He may only wear girls' clothes once in his lifetime."

  The door was not closed, someone came in, and both mother and daughter were staring at the two men's photos with their eyes wide open, without hearing.

  When Old Yao's voice appeared at the door, it really startled the mother and daughter who were guilty of theft.

  "Dry mother, what are you talking about? Huan and I are at the door, we can all hear Nangnang's laughter."

  Mr. Yao might have met Lu Huan on the way back and helped carry his luggage, just standing there without any other action, Liu Hai flew over, those beautiful eyebrows and bright eyes could make people's eyes light up.

  The words "trouble" popped up in her mind again. Although she didn't answer the phone calls from the Wen family, she couldn't avoid their trashy text messages. The group of sisters from the Wen family, the two words that they most carelessly mentioned in front of her were - Master Yao.

  It was Lin Jiajing. Last time I chatted with her via SMS, I asked: What's that person's name? Is he also Brother of Manman sister?

  She hastily hid the album under her pillow and got up nervously to face her godson, saying: "Where's Huan'er?"

  "He went to find Bao'er to get some things, I'll help him bring the luggage over first. Is this Nangnang's stuff?" As Yao Ye stepped into the door, he helped them put the luggage bag on the table, "Huan'er said that he randomly grabbed clothes from your closet, don't know if you like it or not. I'm afraid he forgot to get you underwear, it's better for you to pack yourself when you go back."

  Crazy about lingerie:

  Mrs. Lu was angry on behalf of her daughter, stretched out her hand and slapped her son's back, glaring at him.

  Yao Ye still seemed nonchalant and said: "Niang Niang doesn't mind. We're all brothers, what's there to mind?"

  When Huan'er took her key, Manman thought that Huan'er couldn't help her find anything, at most she could bring over the bag of clothes that Junye had thrown away. Now hearing Yao Ye say this, she suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis. These men from the Lu and Yao families can no longer be judged by conventional standards, now that they're grown up, they can wear pants and clothes just like before.

  Maybe Huan'er is really...

  She hastily unzipped the luggage, and outside, Huan'er returned with several books from Bao'er, first poking her head into their room and calling out to her: "Sister, you've packed all your underwear in some kind of box or tube and hidden it inside. Luckily, my female classmates told me they now use tubes to store their panties, that's how I found out. You packed them so secretly, what if you forgot to pack clothes for a while, how would brother-in-law help you?"

  Meng Meng was startled by her brother's words, her hair stood on end, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, she had goosebumps all over, and immediately wanted to dig a hole to hide in.

  Sorry, Mianmian is a traditional little wife, even her husband doesn't know the secret of her hidden lingerie. But now it's been dug up by her brother.

  "Go!" Seeing her daughter's face turn bright red, Mrs. Lu immediately educated her son instead, pointing to the younger son's forehead, "Can you casually flip through your sister's private things?"

  "Dad sometimes forgets to bring his underwear when he takes a bath. When you're not around, doesn't he ask me or my brother to get it for him?" Lu Huan said nonchalantly.

  "Did I ever ask you to help me carry this thing?"

  "Mom, when you were sick with a fever, wasn't it Dad or Brother who helped change your clothes in the middle of the night?" Lu Huan casually came up with an example from their family to refute Mrs. Lu, and didn't think much of it.

  It's like a failed family education, Mrs. Lu is ashamed in front of her daughter.

  If they had been together since childhood, they might not have felt anything. But now she just came back. Manman immediately zipped up her luggage and left the Lu family's minefield.

  Alas...

  Several people were busy blocking her way.

  "Sister, I won't touch your stuff again, okay?" Even if she didn't say anything, Lu Huan could guess what was going on and said, "I was corrupted by the girls in my class. Sometimes they forget to bring that thing and let their boyfriends buy it for them. So I thought, you're my sister, if you asked me to help you buy that thing, I would go."

  Man Man was so speechless that he couldn't be any more speechless, holding onto his glasses frame, the big boy with a foul mouth was gnashing his teeth, but couldn't refute a single word.

  Just then, Jun Ye rushed back and saw the commotion here. He frowned: "What's going on?"

  "Brother, I bought underwear for sister and she got angry." Lu Huan said straightforwardly.

  His lips were about to utter "What's the big deal?" but upon seeing his sister's bright red face, he softened and changed his tone: "Be more careful next time."

  He then brushed past the crowd and entered his own room, wanting to take away the laptop and briefcase on his desk. He rushed back because he remembered that he had left these things behind and was afraid she would see them. As a result, his sharp eyes scanned and saw Mrs. Lu hiding an album under her pillow, and unexpectedly, one of the photos was completely blacked out: "Mom!"

  Facing her eldest son who had collapsed, Mrs. Lu hastily took out the photo album from under the pillow and handed it back to her son with both hands.

  Something went wrong in between, and before the album reached her son's hands, a photo fell out of it.

  Everyone took a look: it was indeed the photo of the two men wearing girls' clothes.

  Mrs. Lu covered her eyes with both hands and didn't dare look at her eldest son.

  Lu Huan puckered her lips: Alas, who are these two fake daughters-in-law?

  Old Yao's astonished gaze could swallow a whole cow, and he must have had an identical one at home.

  Manman squatted down to help Mrs. Lu pick it up, and just as her fingers had grasped one edge of the photo, another hand grabbed the other edge.

  After a while, the brother and sister sat face to face, holding that photo.

  Suddenly startled, she hastily let go.

  However, Leng's face was already emitting black smoke, and it was more frantic than ever before. The photo in his palm was crushed instantly and thrown into the trash can, and his icy gaze swept towards his stunned younger brother and sister on one side.

  "I didn't see anything." The younger brother and sister chimed in unison, their voices unusually synchronized.

  "Have you read 'In this place there is no silver three hundred taels'?! Roared and slammed the table."

  What can be done? Everyone has seen it. It's no use saying you haven't seen it, and it's even less useful to say you have seen it.

  "Brother, don't worry, I saw it and won't tell anyone, including Dad." The clever younger brother immediately understood the older brother's meaning and nodded in agreement.

  Your cold face is slightly better.

  Yao Ye didn't mind this photo as much as Jun Ye did, because his mom would take it out from time to time to admire it, and he had already gotten used to it. Besides, which kid doesn't have an embarrassing childhood?

  What he's worried about is the thesis that fell out of Junye's briefcase and onto the table.

  Did she see it?

  She can't understand even if she sees it, let alone professional terms.

  The two men exchanged a look that left onlookers bewildered.

  However, neither of them guessed that she couldn't understand but had a good memory.

  Manman has written down all the English words she saw one by one.

  Mrs. Deng helped her spread the quilt and sheets, and they left together. Manman locked the door behind them. On Junye's bookshelf, there were mostly technical books, and every time she picked one up, it was a professional translation dictionary.

  What language, grammar is all the same, most importantly is the meaning of words.

  Look up the meanings of a few key words in a sentence, and you can grasp its meaning by about 70-80%. In the past, I mixed English like this, and now it still works.

  Look up each word, string them together, and get a feel for what Mr. Yao's paper is about. Isn't it just research on the pressure that pregnant women's hearts have to bear during pregnancy?

  This is what every pregnant woman will experience and it belongs to normal physiological process.

  She didn't take it to heart.

  However, I felt somewhat apologetic towards my enthusiastic second sister Jiang Mei, so I gave her a call to apologize.

  Fortunately, Jiang Mei didn't seem to take it to heart and just told herself to be careful. She can contact her anytime if needed.

  Jiang Mei heard that Lu's family was determined to bring her sister-in-law back to live with them, but she was actually unhappy in her heart. After Meimei married into the Jiang family, she became a member of the Jiang family, and the Lu family shouldn't interfere in everything.

  Moreover, the Jiang family was overjoyed because their eldest daughter-in-law had become pregnant and was now the apple of everyone's eye.

  It's just Father Jiang, now he doesn't dare to scold his eldest daughter-in-law in front of everyone, and instead privately reminds Mother Jiang to take care of the pregnant woman, cook her nourishing soups and delicious food to strengthen her nutrition.

  Anyway, this grandson that the Jiang family had been longing for came too late and caused his grandparents to worry excessively.

  Jiang's mother treated her eldest daughter-in-law like a princess again.

  Jin Meichen arrived at the right time to turn his luck around, and as a matter of course, he was provided for by Jiang Mu. He raised his tail, like a peacock spreading its screen, and towards Little Sister Jiang Mei, he became arrogant again.

  Jiang Fei can't drive a car. Jiang Mei's car naturally became the errand vehicle for Jiang Mu and Jin Meichen.

  Jiang Mei never liked this sister-in-law, and naturally had many complaints in her heart.

  However, Mother Chiang spoke up and she had no choice but to carry it out.

  "A Mei, your sister-in-law's body can't squeeze onto a public bus. Don't you want the Jiang family to have descendants? It's not easy that your sister-in-law has one, and Man Man still doesn't have any news about her belly until now. If you can drive to pick up Man Man, why can't you pick up your sister-in-law?"

  Facing Jiang Mu's accusation, Jiang Mei really wanted to retort: Other people's daughters-in-law are also pregnant.

  For Mengmeng's sake, I'll endure this remark and swallow this tone.

  That day, reluctantly driving, picked up Jiang Mu, Jiang Fei and Jin Meichen, ran to the hospital where Jin Meichen was diagnosed, looking for Dr. Fang.

  Thinking of inquiring about the enemy's military situation, a group of people went in to listen to Dr. Fang speak, and Jiang Mei followed them in, standing in the corner to listen.

  Dr. Fang said: The fetus is doing very well now and is stable. The pregnant woman's condition is also good.

  The Jiang family was delighted when they heard this.

  Jiang Mei would not bear a grudge against her future nephews and nieces. No matter how much she dislikes Jin Meichen, Jin Meichen's children are the children of the Jiang family and she wouldn't dislike them. Like Jiang Mu and Jiang Fu, she too yearns for the Jiang family to have grandchildren.

  Dr. Fang continued: The matter I mentioned last time has been settled.

  What's going on? Jiang Mei had a question mark in her mind.

  Right after that, a young nurse walked in. She was somewhat plump with a white face and almond-shaped eyes, not bad-looking at all. Her nurse uniform had a name tag - Wang Yunyun.

  "Her surname is Wang, a nurse and midwife who has just joined our hospital. She has worked and studied in many hospitals and universities, with rich experience." Dr. Fang introduced, "I think it's just right to let her take care of Mrs. Jiang."

  Wang Yunyun and Kim Meichen stared at each other.

  Jin Meichen merely looked at Wang Yunyun's pair of hands that might have become coarse from often soaking in disinfectant, and didn't think much of it.

  Wang Yunyun looked at Jin Meichen's pampered and wealthy appearance, raised her eyebrows, and it was nothing out of the ordinary.

  Anyway, both sides felt they could get along with each other. This matter was settled from then on.

  Next, the work belonging to Wang Yunyun was handed over.

  Wang Yunyun took out a notebook and pen, inquired about the situation with the pregnant woman and her family members, made a record, and also gave some health promotional pamphlets to Jin Meichen and his family.

  Jiang Mu and others, who originally disliked Wang Yun's youth and incompetence, listened to Wang Yun's words, which were reasonable and logical, with a dignified attitude like an old nurse. Wang Yun himself said that he had been working for several years.

  She was originally an unmarried young woman of advanced age.

  Jin Meichen looked at Wang Yunyun's gaze and added three more points with disdain.

  Jiang Mu and Jiang Mei both looked at Wang Yun in silence.

  Jiang Fei thought Wang Yun had a bit of pitifulness in her.

  This girl doesn't look bad, how come she still can't get married until now?

  Wang Yunyun's impression of this family wasn't great either: the husband was like a fool, the wife was like a peacock, the mother-in-law was like a hen, and the younger sister-in-law was like a sulky wooden stump.

  They exchanged numbers and parted ways. Today was Wang Yunyun's first day of work, and on her way home, she couldn't help but show off a bit.

  Wen Haosheng and others who knew the inside story heard Wang Yunyun mention Jin Meichen and Jiang Mu, and were taken aback: "Yunyun, do you know who they are?"

  "Who? Do you know them?" Wang Yunyun asked curiously back.

  Even the innocent Wen sisters gathered around, each leaning in and stretching their ears to listen.

  "It's Manman Jie's sister-in-law and mother-in-law." Wen Haosheng held up his chopsticks, somewhat smugly revealing the gossip.

  "Pffft." Wen Feng's sister spat out her tea.

  Wen Feng handed a paper towel to her sister, curiously asking: "I've heard you guys say that Mianmian's mother-in-law is not good to Mianmian. And isn't Mianmian's elder sister-in-law also making things difficult for Mianmian?"

  "Yes, it's all because of Meiniang's inability to get pregnant." Wen Haosheng said.

  "Isn't Manman pregnant?" Wen Fengmei's face turned red with indignation, and she slapped the table. "Fine, Yunyun, now that these two witches have fallen into your hands, you must avenge Manman properly."

  Wang Yun furrowed her brow: "Mom, this is work, can't cause loss of life."

  "You're stupid. Of course, we can't cause any deaths. What I mean is, we can have some fun with them. For example, stipulate how much pregnant women should eat every day and make her eat desperately, eating like a pig." Wen Fengmei gave her daughter an idea.

  Wang Yunyun took her mother's joking words as wind, but in her heart she was thinking: Does the Jiang family know about the rumor of Manman's pregnancy? Is Manman really pregnant?