Chapter 159: Marry the One You Love

“What’s a son-in-law?” Jiang Xiaochao didn’t understand.

“Do I have to bring my pillow too?”

“That’s your dowry, you don’t have to bring it.”

“My dowry?” Jiang Xiaochao furrowed his brow, still not quite understanding.

He didn’t dwell on it for long, thinking it wasn’t a big deal, and nodded his little head, indicating he understood.

The hall was noisy, and Hu Yao didn’t know what they had said, nor did she know that Jiang Xiaochao had readily agreed to become a son-in-law.

She had several new dresses that she had bought when she was three or four months pregnant and her belly was slightly showing, but she couldn’t wear them anymore. She planned to give them to Du Ximei.

They had known each other for so long and had become close. Sometimes, when they bought clothes or things, they would give them to each other if they felt they didn’t suit them.

“These clothes are so small, so cute!” Du Ximei looked at the small clothes Hu Yao had prepared for the baby, picking them up and examining them.

“It’s like a puppy could wear them, are they really that small?” Du Ximei was amazed, and couldn’t help but look at her own belly.

Hu Yao smiled, she didn’t know much about newborns, but Jiang Xiaochao still had a few of his baby clothes from when he was an infant. Jiang Han said he was like a kitten, tiny, and she had made clothes for the baby in her belly based on the size of those clothes.

She was due in a month, and she was looking forward to this child.

“Mommy, I’ll give you my drumstick~”

Today was Jiang Xiaochao’s birthday, and he had all the drumsticks. He held one in each hand, offering one to Hu Yao.

He was so happy today, with delicious food and fun things to do, and his father was so obedient to him.

Hu Yao looked at his happy face, her smile widening as she took a bite from his little hand: “Thank you, Chao-chao.”

“I’m four years old! I’m not a three-year-old anymore!” He grabbed a big drumstick and gnawed on it, happily announcing it.

He had said it many times today, but he was only one year older, she didn’t know why he had to emphasize it over and over again.

Jiang Han and Tang Haofei were drinking, the little ones were eating and chattering, the dinner table was lively and noisy.

After eating and drinking their fill, the little ones jumped and played, while Jiang Han and the others continued drinking.

Qiu Yarong was mischievous and secretly took a sip of wine, becoming dizzy after a short while, lying on the floor motionless.

The floor was cool, she pressed her hot face against it, switching sides every few seconds.

“Mommy, I’m so hot!” She mumbled to Qiu Yingwen.

Jiang Xiaochao and Xiaoya didn’t know what she was doing at first, and followed her to lie on the floor, thinking it was a game.

“What are you doing? Get up and go play over there.”

Hu Yao looked at them lying on the floor like little turtles, and couldn’t help but laugh.

She went over and pulled them up.

When she saw Qiu Yarong’s flushed face, she realized something was wrong.

“Pretty Auntie, kiss~” She hugged Hu Yao’s neck, pouting her lips and kissing Hu Yao on the corner of her mouth: “I like you so much!”

Hu Yao was caught off guard by her kiss, seeing her dizzy and dazed look, she couldn’t help but laugh again, not paying much attention to her kiss: “Be good and sit here, Auntie will get you a towel to wipe your face.”

Qiu Yingwen had something to do after dinner and went back first, Qiu Yarong often played with Jiang Xiaochao, leaving her here was completely safe.

But who knew that she had only been gone for a short while, and this little rascal had already sneaked a drink.

“Daddy, Rong-rong has become a drunkard!” Jiang Xiaochao knew Qiu Yarong was acting like this because she had drunk, so he went to pour her a glass of water, and told Jiang Han about it.

“Not only that, she’s also a flirt! Don’t learn from her, I’ll flatten your mouth!” Jiang Han had clearly seen Qiu Yarong kissing Hu Yao, he glanced at Qiu Yarong who was now hugging Xiaoya and kissing her after Hu Yao left, he sighed and looked at Tang Haofei, clicking his tongue.

Tang Haofei was dissatisfied: “Who are you calling a flirt! She’s just a little girl, she doesn’t know anything, don’t go around ruining my daughter’s reputation with your big mouth!”

Only when Qiu Yingwen was not around did he dare to openly say that Qiu Yarong was his daughter.

Looking at Qiu Yarong’s drunken and dazed appearance, his heart almost melted, he quickly went over and picked her up, carefully feeding her water.

“The braid Mommy braided for me is gone!” Qiu Yarong raised her hand, pushing his hand away, grabbed her right braid that had come loose at some point, and pouted her lips.

“Daddy will braid it for you again!” The water in the cup spilled all over him, but Tang Haofei didn’t get angry, he still patiently coaxed her.

Qiu Yarong looked up at him, stared for a long time, as if she finally recognized who he was, furrowed her brows: “You’re not my Daddy! Mommy said you’re not!”

“How could I not be! Your Mom was just angry and trying to trick you.” Tang Haofei smoothed her messy hair, thinking about how to braid her hair.

“But you and Mommy haven’t gotten married, Mommy hasn’t married you, I don’t have a Daddy, they say I’m a wild child, and they scold Mommy.” Qiu Yarong sniffed, her eyes turned red, she looked at him with grievance, suddenly feeling very sad.

“The bad Auntie said I’m not a boy, and told Mommy to throw me away, to marry someone else and not treat me.” She said this, tears couldn’t help but fall.

That was when she was younger, when Qiu Yingwen left her in the hospital during her illness.

She was even younger then, but she remembered those words.

Tang Haofei’s heart ached from her words, his face was stiff, he cautiously wiped her tears.

“It’s my fault, I let you and Mommy suffer, it won’t happen again, will you give me a chance, Sister Rong?” He rubbed her head hoarsely, his eyes similar to hers, a hint of red.

“When Mommy is no longer angry, we will get married.”

Qiu Yarong stared at him blankly, her nose red, she shook her head, her small hand clumsily wiped her snot on him.

She hummed with a crying voice: “Mommy won’t marry you!”

“Little Aunt said, you should marry the person you love, Mommy doesn’t like you!” She suddenly remembered what Du Ximei said when she was teasing her, completely unaware that she was constantly stabbing her own father’s heart.

“Little Aunt likes Uncle, beautiful Auntie likes Brother Han, Mommy doesn’t like you, she won’t marry you…”

She mumbled a lot of things. Except for Tang Haofei, Song Sikai and Jiang Han found it quite pleasant to listen to.

“Sister-in-law, let me! Let me wipe my niece’s face!” Song Sikai had been watching the fun, but now, after hearing Qiu Yarong’s mumbling, he stepped forward and snatched the wet towel from Hu Yao, gentle and patient.

Didn’t his wife marry him because she liked him?

Tang Haofei stiffened his face and pushed him away, grabbing the towel, coldly saying: “Who do you think you are? You think it’s a privilege to wipe her face?”

“I want Uncle to wipe my face!” Qiu Yarong shouted.

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