The belly of 130 is marriage

  Jiang's family exaggeratedly publicized that their eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant with triplets, and as expected, the news reached the Lu family by nightfall.

  "She thinks she's a queen or something." At the dinner table that night, Lu Huan shook her head and laughed at Jin Meichen's overly pleased expression.

  "That's right." Mrs. Lu nodded, but it wasn't because she was jealous of Jin Meichen, rather it was because she was worried about the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiang family.

  Not every pregnant woman can carry triplets safely to term, there are too many unstable factors involved.

  Lu Shuai didn't have any opinions on Jin Meichen having several children, because they were all unrelated to their family. He just wanted his daughter Manman to safely give birth to the two kids, and then asked the eldest son who was silently eating at the dinner table: "Is Nainai's check-up result normal?"

  "It's normal now." The lord's cautious tone was reserved.

  "Brother, I'm asking you, do you think that guy who wants to have three kids can safely give birth?" Jin Meichen's tone was so arrogant that Lu Huan thought it necessary to ask for an expert opinion, stretching his neck and craning his head to ask his brother.

  "Triplets are not unheard of, they're just relatively rare." A fleeting thought flashed across her face, but the focus seemed to be on whether Jin Meichen could have a safe delivery.

  Later, he and Yao Ziye personally found Fang Min to ask about this matter.

  Fang Min said it was just introduced by a distant relative, didn't think much of it, and accepted it out of politeness. If she had known about this complicated relationship beforehand, she wouldn't have taken it on. Now, wanting to find an excuse to get rid of Jin Meichen isn't easy. After all, as a doctor, she can't go against medical ethics.

  He and Yao Ziye discussed it, also knowing that they couldn't let Fang Min drive Jin Meichen away. On the contrary, the originally infertile Jin Meichen was able to conceive triplets, which made people suspicious, so it's better to stay and investigate.

  So, Manman went to see Fang Min for treatment. In order not to conflict with Jin Meichen, she could only find a new place for Fang Min to treat her alone.

  "Nannan and Ayan, why didn't you come over for dinner?" Commander Lu asked. He had his wife add more dishes tonight, originally wanting to celebrate for his daughter, but it turned out that neither his daughter nor son-in-law were at home.

  "It's said they're celebrating with a pregnant friend," said Mrs. Lu.

  In Manman's heart, Chuxia ranks second. Chuxia had already wanted to invite her to celebrate the pregnancy together, and now with the good news of twins, no matter what, she asks Manman to follow through on their previous agreement and have a pre-wedding ceremony first.

  Jiang Yan and Manman considered that they hadn't had dinner alone with Du Yu for a long time, so they agreed to this invitation. As for the matter of matching their children in marriage, everyone knew it was just a temporary whim of the parents, not really wanting the kids to get married in the future, but just playing around. It wasn't a serious matter, and treating it as a joke and agreeing to do this thing was no big deal.

  So, on the way to Du Yu's summer banquet, Manman held her husband's hand and entered a gold shop, saying it was to buy gifts for the children as a token of their engagement, but in fact, she wanted to buy a gift for her best friend's future child.

  Thinking of the early summer and Shige helping them with many things, I had long been grateful in my heart. When meeting, gifts cannot be lost. Manman and her husband strolled around Jinpu for a long time before deciding to buy a piece of jade.

  Jade is not only a valuable item, but also wearing jade accessories is beneficial to one's health. Moreover, Chinese people rarely wear gold or silver, and ordinary folks tend to prefer wearing jade, which is considered a traditional custom.

  "Can you take this piece out and let me see it?" Manman pointed to a small jade pendant the size of a fingertip under the glass counter.

  When the waiter took out the jade pendant, under the lamp light, the jade showed a beautiful and smooth luster, feeling cool to the touch, shaped like a grain of rice, not rare but also quite elegant.

  Manman asked her husband's opinion: "A Yan, what do you think?"

  "My wife says it's okay."

  She gave a glance, obviously pleased with her husband's careless spending, and had the jade wrapped up. With her mission accomplished, she wouldn't be wandering around aimlessly anymore. The jade cost quite a bit of money. But seeing that this gold shop has an appraiser, Manman suddenly thought, why not have the jade pendant that her brother-in-law gave her appraised to see if it's real or fake?

  Take down that jade pendant and hand it over to the waiter: "Can you help me see if this jade is real or fake?"

  The waitress came back and said, "Miss, this jade is genuine, but it's not very good quality. The price is around a few hundred yuan at most."

  It's indeed the case, otherwise even Director Wang wouldn't have been left unmoved after seeing it.

  Since the fake jade pendant was only a few hundred yuan, how much would that authentic six immortal peach be worth? Mengmeng's heart itched with anticipation as she brought out the six immortal peach from her bag today. She didn't directly hand it over to the salesperson but instead asked an appraiser to come and identify it for her, so as not to get cheated by someone switching it with a fake one along the way.

  Jiang Yan watched from the side, also quite interested. The treasure that the Lu family had been treasuring, was actually worth how much? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be less than ten thousand taels of silver, otherwise it wouldn't be worthy of the Lu family's reverence for this jade pendant.

  The appraiser took out a magnifying glass and carefully enlarged the jade pendant on Mianmian's palm to examine it. Although this piece of jade had a similar shape to that one, its quality was clearly not comparable. The surface of the jade was not only smooth and shiny, but also had a layer of icy coolness like frost in summer, and under the refraction of light, it seemed to be wrapped in a thin mist, hazy and indistinct, as if it were an immortal mist. It could be known that this object was a rare spiritual object in the world.

  The magnifying glass moved away from the jade pendant and was placed on the palm of the girl holding the jade, her skin was smooth and white, her smile was captivating, with a few subtle expressions that didn't seem like those of an ordinary family's daughter. The man beside her was also a handsome talent, not to be underestimated.

  "In the end, he sighed: 'I think it should be a family heirloom. The value of this thing is really hard to say, you can go ask national experts for appraisal.'"

  "Can't you give a rough estimate?" Manman was naturally dissatisfied with the other party's ambiguous answer.

  "It's priceless." The appraiser shook his head.

  Does this represent the value of Liancheng?

  As soon as he heard it, he suddenly felt that the thing in his palm was very hot, and he quickly put it into his pocket before others in the store noticed, smiling awkwardly: "Thank you, Master."

  Then she took out the new jade pendant and rushed out of the door with her husband.

  The couple sat in the Beetle, still shaken.

  Is the treasure of Value Linked City worth it? Jiang Yan's forehead was sweating, and he didn't think this was a good thing at all. He had thought that tens or hundreds of millions were already his limit, but now it had become a priceless treasure. His wife, who was in charge of keeping this treasure safe, wasn't worried every day, fearing being targeted by all sorts of people.

  Manman and her husband have the same thoughts, feeling like carrying this jade is like carrying a big mountain.

  "I want to return the jade." This thought had been in her mind for a long time, anyway, the treasure of the Lu family was not hers, and Manman took advantage of today's opportunity to bravely speak out her mind.

  "That was given to you by your parents." Jiang Yan took a deep breath, things that elders give to their juniors, can the juniors say they want to return them to the elders? It's not right in terms of etiquette and moral principles.

  "It's hard to say whether it was given by my parents or not." Manman always felt that this jade was strange. You'd think that after she returned to the Lu family for so long, except for that day when her brother gave her a fake one at the family banquet, no one had ever mentioned what was going on with this piece of jade.

  Now carrying it is like carrying a time bomb all the time, thinking about it, she who likes stability doesn't like to be greedy for too much wealth, so forget it.

  His wife insisted, and Jiang Yan had nothing to say. He stretched out his hand to rub her furrowed brow: "Ask then ask. If they are willing to say it, they will be willing to say it. If not, you can't get an answer even if you ask, so don't mind. Seniors always have things in their hearts that seniors think about."

  "I understand." Mianmian nodded.

  Having settled this matter, the tortoise beetle went to the agreed place.

  In a familiar big stall opened by an acquaintance, Du Yu and Chu Xia had already let the owner prepare a small private room, waiting for them.

  "Auntie didn't come?" asked Manman as she came in and sat down beside Chunxia.

  "My mom said it's a gathering for young people and she doesn't fit in." Chū Xiāo shrugged, "I told her she's not that old, but she insisted on saying she's old."

  Tan's mother is a very interesting person, she doesn't like to discipline young people, likes to let young people be free and find their own fun, so among parents of her generation, she is truly one of the few extremely open-minded people.

  "What do you want to eat?" Du Yu put his arm around Jiang Dashao's shoulder, looking at the menu in his hand and said, "Let's just forget about our two wives for now. This one can't eat that one can't eat that one... Tonight is mainly about us eating."

  "We can't eat?" Chu Xiaoli immediately gave her husband a fierce stare. "We're giving birth to children for you, do you have the nerve not to give us food?"

  "We didn't say we wouldn't feed you." Du Yu hastily raised his hands in surrender to clarify, "Isn't eating plain rice the safest option for you right now?"

  "About this, the cunning and experienced Mianmian smiled slyly: 'Master brother, what do you want to eat? Don't worry about it, I've already thought of everything for Chuxia. You just need to call a chef over, and I'll tell him what dishes to stir-fry.'"

  "Alright!" At the beginning of summer, taking advantage of the fire to rob, pointing at two men, "As for you two, we eat what, you follow what. Because tonight's protagonist is us, not you. And both of you have to drive, no drinking allowed!"

  "My goodness, all the good things have been taken by two women. What are these two men doing here tonight? Specially serving their wives?"

  Du Yu rubbed his head hard, looking unwilling, but with a smile on his face.

  Who made wife the biggest now?

  Jiang Yan was used to listening to his wife 100%, so he immediately sent someone to find a master chef.

  Du Yu was astonished at Jiang Da Shao's wife being so strict: "I thought I was henpecked enough, but you're even more..."

  Jiang Dashao was called Jiang Dashao, and before he got married, his unruly personality made him a sight to behold. Of course, he is still unruly now, but after becoming someone's husband, he has become more subdued and appears more steady.

  Jiang Yan smiled at Du Yu's words and was about to respond.

  Early summer kicked in, under the table gave her husband a kick: "What's wrong with him? Where is he wrong? Ten major standards for good men. You don't look up to him and say he's wrong, are you out of your mind?"

  Du Yu was beaten with a stick of hazelnuts and didn't dare make another sound, just like Xiao Shunzi serving his wife tea.

  Early summer handed over a tea cup with nothing but dregs.

  Manman took a glance and hurriedly covered the cup, Du Yu was her husband in early summer, but not her husband, rather her senior fellow apprentice. She couldn't order Du Yu around: "Senior brother, I'll do it myself."

  "Manman, what are you talking about? Brother Shi is pouring tea for your mother-to-be, not for you." Du Yu smiled and pushed her hand away.

  Manman couldn't help it and took out the jade pendant she had just bought at Jinpu: "Chuxia, this is a gift from me and Ayan to you and Shigong's baby."

  At the beginning of summer, she said that without looking at what was inside the box she took out, and directly covered her hand: "Why are you wasting money on this? Are you intentionally trying to get me and your brother to waste money buying things for you? You two, I'm one, it's not worth it."

  It's all messed up.

  Originally having twins was an advantage in this matter.

  "Take it back! Otherwise, I'll think you're trying to take advantage of me, you little girl."

  Jiang Yan saw his wife in distress and rushed to rescue her: "Chu Xia, you're wrong. I and Manman are not greedy for both of your children with Brother Du. Since you only have one child, if I want my two daughters to marry your child or marry your child, it can only be one of them."

  I heard that it's a gift for the wedding, at the beginning of summer, her eyes changed, her tone changed, she was thrilled to death, clapping loudly: "Quickly, take out our things."

  Du Yu and Chu Xia said they didn't want to, but in fact, they had already made preparations.

  "It's Mianmian's turn: 'Are you intentionally making me uncomfortable?'"

  "Oh dear, didn't you say I shouldn't mention this?" Chu Xiaojiao said with a pout.

  With her and Du Yu's background, it was indeed a bit of a stretch to climb up to the Jiang family's children, no matter how good their relationship with Man Man and Big Brother Jiang was.

  Two pairs of expectant fathers and mothers took out the items they had prepared for the children and placed them on the table.

  After opening the box, it was a piece of jade.

  Early summer opens the box, and it's a silver chain.

  "What's wrong with what I'm seeing?" Du Yu rubbed his eyes, feeling that something was off about the items these two women had chosen.

  Jiang Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Two things don't seem to be exchanged, but rather stacked together."

  The two daughters-in-law heard this, their cheeks puffed up with anger, and in unison said: "Isn't this just perfect. When the time comes, they'll be together, won't they become husband and wife? At that time, the bride will wear this at her wedding."

  When two wives are angry, their husbands dare not speak out either, no matter how strange they feel.

  "Let's put it this way." Early summer happily pushed her silver necklace in front of Manman, "If the children between you and me can become husband and wife in the future, then use this as proof."

  Manman pushed her jade in front of her sworn sister and promised: "Yes, it's settled then."

  Just as the ceremony was completed, the two of them were overjoyed, and at the beginning of summer, they shouted: "Is there wine?"

  Du Yu hastily stood up and blocked his wife: "Don't!"

  "Hey, what are you thinking? Don't you trust me and Manman?" Chuxia laughed after seeing the two big men shaking their heads in unison, and insisted on calling the waiter to bring wine, "We're not drinking, we're pouring wine for an oath."

  Wine?

  Decisive is the style of a female hero who would sacrifice herself for her children and her own life.

  Du Yu silently obeyed and went to wash two small cups used specifically for holding white wine.

  Jiang Yan took the opportunity to sit beside his wife, using both hands to massage her shoulders: "Tired?"

  "Not tired." Manman shook her head and added some tea to her husband's cup.

  Du Yu took back the cup and put it in front of them, seeing Manman and Jiang Dashao being affectionate on the spot, couldn't help but make a face: "Look at them, like glue and lacquer, aren't they past their honeymoon period?"

  "So you haven't gone on your honeymoon yet?" Chūshun pointed at the two of them.

  Jiang Yan was very helpless about this, he had mentioned it earlier, but his wife said they needed to save money and didn't allow it. His wife's thriftiness had really saved them into having twins, doubling their expenses.

  Manman had already thought of everything and said, "Hmm, next time I want to ask Dr. Fang if it's possible to go to Ah Yan's unit for a trip and meet Ah Yan's friends. This can be considered a honeymoon trip with a different life."

  Pfft! At the beginning of summer, tea water sprayed out directly, and the party members who died in the morning gave a thumbs up: You're strong, saving money to this extent.

  Du Yu haha patted Jiang Dashao's shoulder: "Not bad. First go to the troops to get the child's lucky money."

  Jiang Yan said, "How is that possible?" Then he spoke with Du Yu in a sincere and heartfelt manner: "However, her idea does make some sense. There are some leaders in the troops she needs to see, after all, when I got married back then, no one said anything, many of my mentors in the troops didn't even know, if the child is born and then we talk about it, as a student, I would be very wrong."

  "Has Mengmeng been to the troops?" Chuxia asked casually while teasing her friend's ponytail with her finger.

  Manman thought that last time she went to see her father Jiang who was hospitalized in the barracks, it didn't count as a visit since she hadn't even strolled around the camp.

  "She really hasn't gone before." Jiang Yan replied on behalf of his daughter-in-law, with a sparkling gaze, also having great expectations for this matter.

  In the army, whoever marries a daughter-in-law is a big happy event.

  Four people chatted and laughed, time passed quickly. The dishes on the table, every time a new dish was served, it was swept away in an instant. Who let Mianmian's cooking skills be so good that even if she didn't cook herself, but had the chef follow her recipe, the dishes were still top-notch.

  "Look at the results, it's not bad. While biting on a vegetable leaf, he said with relish in early summer: "Man Man, I think, even if you don't cook, we can still open a restaurant."

  "I thought it was no problem from the start." As for opening a restaurant and how to manage it, Mianmian had already begun to formulate a plan in her mind.

  "Hey, you're quite confident, huh." Chuxia and her husband exchanged a glance, both of them very excited.

  "I originally thought Auntie was coming today, I wanted to ask her about that stall. Last time on the phone, she said she already had a pre-selected place."

  "In the early summer, I admitted: "My mom has found several places. Of course, it was all your brother who asked someone to find them first, and then my mom went to choose. Some were renovated, and some were not. My mom said she wanted to ask for your opinion first, whether to choose a renovated one or not."

  "What does Aunt think?" Manman had her own ideas, but she was cautious and asked the opinions of the older generation first, which wouldn't harm herself.

  "My mom said that if the facade is renovated, it's actually not bad if we don't do anything. Firstly, it saves us time on renovation; secondly, although a renovated one might be more expensive than an unrenovated one, but if we were to renovate ourselves and hire someone to design, the cost would only increase, especially with the rising material costs. Moreover, my mom meant that if done well, buying the facade directly could also have benefits for property acquisition. So, it's better to save this initial investment. For a restaurant, renovation is important, but what matters more is whether the food tastes good or not."

  At the beginning of summer, Chu Xiaozhou retold a few words from Tan Mu, and Manman listened with a nod.

  It's settled then, let's go take a look at some shops that are nicely decorated but the owners are preparing to sell them off.

  A meal turned into a business discussion towards the end.

  Watching his wife speak with that spirited and radiant gaze, the twinkling eyes under her elegant eyebrows would narrow slightly, deeply etched in his memory.

  In the end, Manman didn't forget to remind her best friend: "I want to invite my dad in, let him be the head chef first, and have him take care of buying ingredients. As for accounting, we'll need Auntie's help."

  Wen Shixuan is a down-to-earth person and does his job practically. As a recommender in this aspect, there is no problem.

  Early summer agreed with a single word, but was worried: "Will your dad be too overworked?"

  "This will depend on you, brother. Help my dad find a hardworking young man who can assist him." Manman asked Du Yu again.

  Let Wen Shixuan manage people? Du Yu felt a bit uneasy. Wen Shixuan was too honest, managing people would likely lead to being taken advantage of.

  Jiang Yan's mouth moved slightly, and he interjected: "Otherwise, Auntie will come to help manage the people. If there's anything that needs to be done, Father-in-law can directly tell Auntie to send someone to do it."

  With Tan Mu's ability, managing people is naturally no problem. But can Tan Mu split into so many bodies?

  "Actually—" Xia Xia thought of her mother's opinion at this time, saying, "My mom meant to say, Manman, have you ever thought about managing your own finances? If so, my mom said she would teach you. Anyway, you're just staying at home and getting bored while pregnant."

  "Manman was taken aback: 'Don't you go to school in early summer?'"

  "Stop it, I'm so annoyed. Every day, going over the accounts is making my eyes blurry. If one figure doesn't add up, you can't eat or sleep well."

  At first, the gallery business was managed by herself in early summer. In the end, she only took charge of outgoing and incoming funds, and the problems on the account were directly thrown to the people of the financial company. It can be said that managing accounts is a skill that can drive people crazy, and Xiaxia has learned it, and will never do it again.

  With the personality of early summer, Tan Mu also knew it was not suitable, so she shifted her attention to Manman. After all, it's a child's business, even if she could help, she could only help for a few years, and at her age, she would eventually have to retire. As for the company's finances, it's best for the boss to be in control themselves, even if they hire someone in the future, it's best for them to have a clear understanding of things. Manman is the main investor, that is, the boss.

  Man Man listened to so many reasons and didn't decline.

  After finishing dinner and having some tea, it was almost eleven o'clock when I got home.

  Tonight was truly a night of eating and drinking to one's heart's content, with plenty of conversation to go around. As they drove along in the Beetle, she sat with the silver necklace clutched in her hand, chuckling to herself as she thought: I wonder what the two kids would think if they knew their mom had sold them out?

  The wife is happy, and Jiang Yan is equally happy.

  "A Yan, were you engaged when you were a child?" Suddenly, Manman thought that with her husband's family background, he might have had an arranged marriage when he was young. Just like her brother and Bai Lu sister, they were also matched by their families.

  "No. My dad was from a poor background, nothing like that." She casually brushed her hair back.

  "Where is Dad from?" Manman became curious about her grandfather's origins after hearing this, "I heard Dongzi say that Dad is from Tianjin."

  "It's Tianjin, but not everyone in the city is rich. On the contrary, those who came from rural areas and got rich are more than my dad. You think about it, my second sister-in-law, who divorced me, her family was poor, but I heard that their village land is going to be requisitioned, and once it's rebuilt, they'll become prosperous. Compared to my dad, what can Tianjin do? No land, just a waste of time." Jiang Yan said these things with a lot of emotion, every family, whether from rural areas or the city, are all struggling to make a living, like his dad, like the now prosperous Lu family, they all started from their own place. So, no matter where you start from, whether it's rural or urban, it's the same, just depends on how well you mix and mingle."

  Lu Lao Tou is a formidable guy who can bring a whole family to this point today.

  The Chiang family is much more humble.

  She turned her head, looking at her husband who was holding the steering wheel, with a spirited and bright gaze, like the brightest star in the night sky. Her crescent-shaped eyes sparkled after a blink: she knew very well that her husband was also an ambitious person.

  The couple went upstairs at around eleven-twelve o'clock.

  The corridor was quiet, and most people should be asleep. Manman and her husband dared not speak loudly, and held a small flashlight to shine on the stairs.

  As soon as I reached the door, I heard the stairway light click on, and I didn't know who had flipped the switch. Mengmeng turned her head to look, and saw that it was her older brother standing at the doorway opposite their home's entrance.

  "Why don't you spend the night outside?" The cold tone was as chilly as the wind at night.

  "We're a bit late."

  "Late? Do you know what time it is now?" He pointed bluntly at the needles on the dial.

  Manman's heart was sweating: curfew? She's already married out, why is her natal family still restricting her comings and goings?

  Of course, she didn't know that after just returning to the Lu family for a short while, in the hearts of her parents and brothers, she was still like an unmarried child who needed to be taken care of and watched over, lest some problem arise again.

  "Big brother." Jiang Yan could somewhat understand his brother-in-law's mood, so he quickly apologized and made a guarantee, lest his wife's family get unhappy and take his wife back home. "We will be more careful in the future."

  His sister-in-law's words reminded him that his sister was already married, and the spark in Jun Ye's eyes slightly subsided. He glanced at his sister's reluctant face: "Now it's you who is here, what would she do if you weren't around?"

  It seems like everything is her fault. Manman gritted her teeth: "Then when are you going back home?"

  "Before eight o'clock."

  "Eight o'clock?! Am I a three-year-old kid?!"

  The argument at the door had already escalated, and Lu Huan hastily replaced her parents to squeeze to the door and said to her sister and brother-in-law: "Dad said, please come in and have a cup of tea."

  It's not that the Lu family is resentful of them coming home late, but rather that they didn't hold the twins' celebration banquet at the Lu residence and instead gave it to others. Jiang Yan scratched his forehead, this was a matter for after marriage, it wasn't just their own little couple's affair, both families had a share in it.

  What's wrong?

  Helplessly, the couple went back to her parents' home together.

  As soon as they entered the house, it was clear that no one in the Lu family had gone to bed yet. They were all sitting in the living room waiting for them, probably having waited for a whole evening.

  Mr. and Mrs. Lu were still quite polite, asking them to sit down. Then, Mrs. Lu hurriedly brought out the prepared wedding candies and asked the two of them to eat.

  Man Man and Jiang Yan couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt in their hearts.

  Sitting on one side, Jun Ye hummed coldly: You've grown up so big and still don't understand things, yet you dare to tell them not to interfere?

  "Have a drink of water." Mrs. Lu personally handed her daughter a cup, worried that her daughter's mouth was too sweet from eating sugar.

  Man man hastily got up and took over: "Mom." Feeling very guilty.

  "It's okay, I know you young people love to have fun." Mrs. Lu smiled and asked with interest, "Where did you go to play tonight?"

  "Just eat," said Manman.

  "Only eating?" Commander Lu tapped his tea, and with a sharp glance from under his thick eyebrows, he spotted the silver chain that had been played with all the way home and was now half-exposed in his daughter's pocket.

  Manman followed her father's gaze and saw it, wanting to cover it up, but it was too late.

  "Is your brother-in-law sending it tonight?" Lu Huan winked at her.

  "No." Manman didn't have time to think more, frankly.

  "Isn't it?" Lu Huan was shocked, and seemed to have grasped something as she called out to her brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, someone else gave my sister a necklace, and you just let her accept it like that?"

  Jiang Yan is a vinegar jar, how could he let his wife accept things given by other men? He quickly explained: "No, this is something she exchanged with her friend."

  "Want to exchange things?" The Lu family listened with great curiosity, all having the attitude of not giving up until they got a clear answer.

  Manman thought this wasn't something shameful, so she explained clearly: "My friend and I had an agreement a long time ago that when our children are born, they will become relatives through marriage. This is the token of engagement my friend gave me."

  But as soon as she finished speaking, the air in the small living room of the Lu family suddenly froze. A stunned expression could be seen on every member of the Lu family's face.

  Manman and her husband don't know what's going on, did they do something wrong?

  And mentioning the necklace, Manman suddenly remembered the Lu family jade pendant that was appraised as priceless tonight, and hastily wanted to get rid of it, saying: "Dad, Mom, that jade pendant you wore for me when I was young, I think I'm not suitable to wear it, you take it back and give it to someone else to wear."

  His wife's words were too direct, others would think she didn't want to acknowledge her relatives, Jiang Yan couldn't even cover his wife's mouth in time.

  As soon as she finished speaking, dark clouds gathered in the small living room, with thunder and lightning ready to erupt at any moment.

  "Father, mother, Manman didn't mean it that way. Actually, Manman and I went to the gold shop tonight and asked a master to appraise the jade pendant's grade. The result was that it's priceless. Manman thought that wearing it on her body might not be safe, so she thought it would be better for others to keep it."

  It was like this all along.

  Lu Commander let out a long sigh. Lu's wife, who had just turned pale, finally recovered her color. Lu Huan touched his chest, where his heart had almost stopped beating, and looked at his big brother, who had almost lost control.

  It means they understood. But every member of Lu's family had a worried look on their face.

  Manman suggested to her parents: "Dad, why don't you give it to Huan'er instead?"

  "Why give it to me?!" Lu Huan jumped three feet high, unable to dodge.

  Look at how his younger brother has turned out, it's clear that this thing is a source of trouble.

  "Dad, Huan doesn't like it, can you give it to my future sister-in-law instead?"

  His face changed suddenly, turning dark and gloomy, like a stormy weather approaching.

  Meng Meng sees that all her big brothers are like this, it can be seen how much of a - calamity this thing is.

  Mrs. Lu said hastily before her daughter could say anything else, "Niangniang, this won't do. This is not something our Lu family should be talking about."

  Isn't the priceless treasure the Lu family's?

  Manman and her husband stared at each other in dismay.

  How did it end up in her hands if it wasn't from the Lu family?

  "It's a long story." Commander Lu said to his daughter and son-in-law while giving his eldest son a signal.

  To say, if Manman really returns this jade pendant, the most heartbroken ones will not be the Lu family, but the Yao family. Originally, the Yao family had already accepted this fact and regarded Manman as their adopted daughter. In this matter, there can't be any more changes. Otherwise, the Lu family would owe the Yao family even more.

  Moreover, the Lu family had even thought of a way to make amends. Manman is now pregnant with twins, and at that time, they would try to negotiate with the Jiang family to change one of the children's surname to Lu and give it to the next generation of the Yao family, making up for the regret that the two families could not fulfill. Who knew that before they had a chance to discuss it, their daughter took matters into her own hands and gave the child to her friend's child instead. If the gender of the born children did not conflict with each other, everything would be fine; but if conflicts arose between all parties involved——

  After some thought, I think these things need to be clarified with my daughter.

  As a father, he couldn't bring himself to say it when his daughter was so enthusiastic.

  You can't think that way. The Yao family has been treating the Lu family like this for so many years, and he's seen it all, especially his brother Yao Ziye. Yao Ziye had retreated back then because of her feelings, without saying a word. If Yao Ziye had really stood up to Jiang Yan at that time, could the Jiang family have competed with the Yao family? It's obvious that it's impossible. Yao Ziye did all this for her sake. Sister, if you go too far again, this brother can't just stand by and watch.

  "Come here, little sister." With a dark face, he stood up, ignoring his parents' gaze, and directly ordered his younger sister who was sitting at the other end.

  Man Man wasn't the first time facing off against Hei Lian Ge, brave and fearless, followed Jun Ye into the study. Leaving behind a group of people in the living room swallowing their saliva.

  "I think, with so many of us here, it's not like we can do anything?" Lu Huan tried his best to squeeze out a smile to comfort everyone including himself. As a result, the sound of the door closing "bang" was so loud that it scared him first.

  In the study, Manman watched as the black-faced Yan Wang walked back and forth in front of her, visibly angry, but she had no idea what he was angry about.

  "Say something." Manman spoke first, worried that the balloon in front of her would burst.

  Taking a deep breath to calm his anger, Master Jun spoke: "Firstly, the jade pendant is yours to keep and cannot be returned. Of course, you must take good care of it because it's meant for your child."

  "But——" Manman hesitated, "Leaving it for you or Huan'er's child wouldn't be the same——"

  "It's different!" The three words were like a raging dragon roaring.

  Manman hastily retreated two steps: Alright, she admitted it. Neither her brother nor her younger brother wanted to take over this hot potato, but instead forced her to take it by violence. Who made her a good person? She curled up her lips in disdain.

  She didn't make a sound when she saw him, and Master Jun's anger gradually subsided. His gaze at her softened: "As for the second thing, one of your future children will be promised to the Yao family."

  "What?" Manman was shocked, she had never heard of such a thing before.

  "So, if there's no conflict, you and your friend can fulfill that promise. If a conflict arises, it must be given to the Yao family." He said this while stopping her from interrupting, "This matter was originally going to be discussed with you, but tonight you didn't greet us and instead agreed with someone else first. The situation being what it is, no matter what, in this matter, you must think of the Yao family first."

  "Why?" Manman didn't understand, indignantly. "Why do I have to think of the Yao family first? Chunxia has been so good to me for so many years, how can I take care of the Yao family and not her?"

  "Early summer is good to you, I know, but what about your uncle and auntie Yao, and big brother Yao? Are you blind?! Can early summer compare to them?"