When Su Qingyu heard this, she gave him a sideways glance. This guy was so thick-skinned to ask a child this question in front of his face.

Su Qingliu glanced at him and her eyes darkened. Thinking of Yaya’s father whose life or death was unknown, she feels depressed. She stroked Yaya’s back in her arms and fell silent.

The twins looked at each other and looked at Lu Bocheng intently.

They all said in unison: “If you are good to my sister, you are a good person; if you are not good to my sister, you are a bad person.”

Lu Bocheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: “Then I must be a good person.”

“Hmph, we still don’t know!” Xiao Qingxing wrinkled her nose and huffed at him.

Lu Bocheng’s children with Wu Shi were difficult to handle, displaying peculiar personalities and a lack of warmth towards their elder brother. Seeing the affectionate bond between Su Qingyu and her siblings filled him with envy. Witnessing the twins’ maturity and cuteness, he would scoop up Xiao Qingxing and draw her into his arms, attempting to connect with her.

Xiao Qingxing was a little awkward at first, but slowly relaxed her body and leaned into Lu Bocheng’s arms.

In the Su family, even Father Su and Su Qingsong did not show such affection for the two little things. The whole family was not very good at expressing emotions.

Seeing Lu Bocheng’s exposed emotional expression at this time, Xiao Qingxing’s emotional balance immediately tilted towards him. Her good impression of him immediately rose to several levels.

Meanwhile, the Liu family realized that the situation was irreversible, and since their daughter wasn’t cooperating, they decided to come to the wedding on their own. With the marriage already settled, the Su family was unlikely to cough up any money. Angrily, they found a table with fewer people, pushed others aside, and sat down to eat whatever was available with gusto.

 The guests all looked down upon the Liu family’s behavior. Seeing that the Su family didn’t speak, they just kept their mouths shut and pointed at the Liu family while eating.

While eating, Xiao Qingyang said to her two sisters, “Sisters, you don’t know, there’s no joy at all in marrying off a daughter in the Liu family. They didn’t even set up a banquet at home.”

“Ah, they didn’t set up a single table?” Su Qingliu was astonished. Even the poorest families usually set up one or two tables when their daughter gets married.

Xiao Qingyang shook his head. “No, they didn’t. They didn’t even hang up the ‘double happiness’ character.”

“How stingy.” Xiao Qingxing wrinkled her nose to express her dissatisfaction.

Lu Bocheng touched her head and agreed, “Well, that’s really stingy.”

Seeing that her words were echoed, Xiao Qingxing looked at Lu Bocheng and raised the corners of her mouth. Her favorability towards Lu Bocheng skyrocketed.

Su Qingyu shook her head while eating. It seemed that Liu Caoya was having a hard time at her parents’ house. She wondered if Wang Shi and her èr shěn ^[1]wife of father’s brother would treat her well due to such a commotion in her parents’ family today. Wang Shi was not an easy person to please, she held grudges in her heart for a long.

It was fortunate that Liu Caoya arrived just in time today, so the auspicious moment wasn’t missed. Otherwise, who knows how Wang Shi would have caused trouble.

They didn’t leave their seats until many others had already gotten up. When the Liu family finally left, they went up to Wang Shi and asked her to pack up some food in a basin to take home, saying that those who couldn’t come from their family hadn’t eaten yet.

Su Qingyu saw her grandmother getting angrier by the moment, on the verge of losing her temper. She was worried that they would start arguing again, but fortunately, Second Su and the others intervened in time to prevent it.

Today, all the guests were relatives. It wouldn’t look good if they started quarreling over a meal. Besides, the bride had come on her own. If they didn’t let the Liu family save face, what if they started another scene later and made unreasonable demands?

In the end, the Liu family left after eating and taking some food with them. The farce finally came to an end.

Xiao Qingxing and others who were sent to the new house to deliver meals came out and said that the new sǎozi was crying. Su Qingyu and Su Qingliu looked at each other and sighed together.

They were lucky to have parents who doted on their children, so they were born under a lucky star.

By Shenshi, all the guests had left, as had Su’s second aunt, Su Chunlan, and her family. The two sisters helped the family clear away the tables, chairs, dishes, and chopsticks. Su Qingyu looked at the sun that was about to set and thought that Su Qingliu lived far away, so she took her to say goodbye.

Father Su and Mother Su held the two sisters with them very reluctantly. The twins clung to the legs of their two sisters without saying a word, pouting and feeling disappointed.

Su Qingyu comforted the two little ones: “After this period of work is over, I will pick you up to play in the town.” 

“Really?” The two little things’ eyes shone.

“Really. How about you go back with your jiěfū ^[2]elder sister’s husband now?” Lu Bocheng tempted them.

The two little things were eager to try and looked at Father Su and Mother Su.

“No. Your jiěfū will be leaving in a few days. You guys are just going to cause trouble for your sister and jiěfū.” Father Su disagreed and shouted with a straight face.

The two little things immediately wilted and lowered their heads.

Lu Bocheng pulled them aside to comfort them. He didn’t know what he said, but the two little guys had smiles on their faces again.

Su Qingyu glanced at his face and felt moved in her heart.

After a while, the two sisters left with the return gifts from Father Su and Mother Su.

Yaya had become familiar with Su Mu and others, and when she left, she waved goodbye. Lu Bocheng was so curious that he hugged her all the way without letting go.

Su Qingyu drove Su Qingliu to the entrance of their village in a carriage, and she refused to let Su Qingnao send her in. Su Qingyu had no choice but to forget it and watched her leave with Yaya in one hand and a rather heavy basket in the other.

Lu Bocheng also watched her leave. Seeing the confused expression on Su Qingyu’s face, he felt a little touched in his heart.

Thinking that in the future when he left, Su Qingyu would be like her sister, waiting at home for her husband who had no news, day after day. She didn’t know whether the other party was alive or dead, she was guarding the child alone, and looking at the faces of her in-laws, he didn’t even dare to invite them into the house even when her family members were seeing her off.

If he died in the future, it would be difficult for Su Qingyu to remarry like her sister with a young child, right?

He had thought of this at the beginning and didn’t want to consummate the marriage with her. But she insisted.

Thinking about his child calling someone else “Father”, being scorned as burdensome, being scolded and beaten, even being criticized for taking an extra bite of food, and having to carefully gauge the other person’s mood at the dinner table before daring to pick up a bowl…

Lü Bocheng shuddered as he thought about it.

No, absolutely not!

How could he, Lu Bocheng’s child, look at other people’s faces!

He kept a straight face and said nothing the whole time. As soon as the car entered the town, Lu Bocheng jumped out of the car like a carp. Without looking back, he just said: “I won’t be back for dinner tonight.” and ran away.

In the blink of an eye, no one was there.

“Where are you going?” Su Qingyu shouted, but there was no response.

She rolled her eyes and had no choice but to let him go.

After arriving home, it was time to have dinner after a while, cooked by Aunt Zhou. It tasted pretty good.

Father Lu went to Pingchuan County to purchase goods, so he was not there. Wu Shi asked a few questions about her natal family, and Su Qingyu also picked up a few nice words to say.

A few people had dinner indifferently and then left the table. Su Qingyu and Aunt Zhou cleared the dining table before returning to her room.

After washing up, she remembered the military strategy she had talked about with Lu Bocheng and wondered how to deal with it.

She wanted to write a copy, but found that there was no pen and ink in the room! She was so angry that she complained about the guy. Even if this guy was a scumbag at reading, how come he didn’t even have any pen and ink? Had he thrown away all the books he had read before?

When Lu Bocheng finally returned to his room, he saw Su Qingyu looking at him with a look of hatred.

Author’s Note ^[3]Today I want to tell you about my pen name. I really like the artistic conception of Basho Night Rain. When I registered, I didn’t expect that someone would be the first to register. Not willing … Continue reading

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