Chapter 526: Cannot Afford to Offend, Cannot Afford to Avoid

"I have to stall Mom; I can't let her come over," Jian Yixin said.

Both of them knew the logic, but the problem was how to act so she wouldn't come?

The couple discussed it for a long time, but before they could come up with a solution, the residential complex Security Guard called to say that Lady Jian had arrived.

"What do I do? If she discovers Moli, it's over. What do I do?" Jian Yixin paced back and forth in a panic.

She immediately turned on her phone and dialed her mother's number—"Sorry, the subscriber you have dialed is powered off..."

Damn it, now she couldn't even get through.

Seeing her mother was about to arrive, Jian Yixin had a flash of inspiration; she ran out wearing her loungewear to intercept her mother inside the complex.

"Mom, why are you here?" She smiled unnaturally.

When Lady Jian saw her daughter at home, she was stunned at first, then displeased: "Oh, so you are home? Didn't you say the company had an emergency and called you away? You just didn't want to see me, right? I'm just that unwelcome in your hearts..."

Once her mother started complaining, there was no end to it.

Jian Yixin listened patiently.

The mother and daughter stood in the sun, one lecturing endlessly, the other listening obediently.

Lady Jian had been lecturing for half an hour, with no sign of stopping.

But Jian Yixin could not wait any longer.

She was burning with anxiety, afraid that if the child woke up and couldn't find his mother, he would cry.

Shi Moli was only attached to her, especially right after waking up; if he didn't see her, he would cry endlessly and be hard to soothe.

"Mom, are you done lecturing? If you've vented your anger, you should go back. I'll call a taxi for you."

Lady Jian:...

Originally, she had almost finished venting her anger.

But at her daughter's words "call a taxi for you," her temper flared up again, and her voice immediately rose an octave: "What did you say? I came all this way to bring you things, and you won't even let me enter your house?"

"You actually want me to take a taxi home. Jian Yixin, do you have any conscience at all? I am your mother, yet you guard against me as if I were a thief..."

Only then did Jian Yixin notice a box placed beside her mother.

The box was full of gifts she had brought for her daughter and son-in-law from the United States; her son-in-law had just delivered it to her house earlier, and he had run off without even getting out of the car.

She had grumbled, but after thinking about it, she still had to deliver it.

As a result, she saw her daughter come out to meet her before she even entered the gate; she had been quite happy, but she still couldn't help but grumble.

She was going through menopause now, and once she started grumbling, she couldn't stop.

She had been talking until her mouth was dry and was preparing to have a cup of tea at her daughter's place to moisten her throat, but her daughter had suddenly issued an order to leave!

Lady Jian wasn't stupid; she finally realized that Jian Yixin hadn't intended to invite her into the house at all.

"Mom, that's not what I meant. I thought you and Dad were like newlyweds after a short separation; how could I possibly dislike you? Not at all!"

She could still accept an explanation like that.

Although her mother no longer harped on that point, Jian Yixin had no choice but to invite her mother in; there was no other way.

Seeing that his wife hadn't sent his mother-in-law away but had instead invited her in, Sheng Zerong was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked toward the children's room.

The door was closed; that was good.

As long as the child didn't cry, his mother-in-law wouldn't discover there was an extra baby in the house.

"Mom, please sit. I'll go make you some tea."

Sheng Zerong reacted quite quickly; he trotted off to make tea, not letting the domestic helper do it.

Lady Jian was quite satisfied with her son-in-law's performance; he was very eager and clearly valued her.

She took the gifts out of the box one by one.

There were full sets of cosmetics, clothes, bags, and health supplements for her daughter... everything one could want, filling the entire coffee table.

There was also a nail clipper for her son-in-law, sitting lonely in a corner of the coffee table, a stark contrast.

She had bought this nail clipper at the airport duty-free shop; she only remembered it when she was about to board the plane, thinking it wouldn't be right to bring gifts for her husband and daughter but nothing for her son-in-law.

"See if you like them? I bought these after visiting many places; they are all limited editions, good things..." She boasted to her daughter triumphantly.

"I like them, thank you, Mom—"

Although Jian Yixin was talking to her mother, her gaze couldn't help but keep drifting toward the children's room.

She was burning with anxiety.

She was afraid the child would wake up and cry, and she was also afraid the child would wake up and not cry!

In any case, her heart wasn't here; it had already flown into the children's room.

"What are you looking at?"

Her mother noticed her gaze was off.

Afraid of giving herself away, Jian Yixin hurriedly withdrew her gaze and covered up: "I'm not looking at anything; I'm looking at the gifts you bought me. I like them all very much."

At this moment, Sheng Zerong came over with a teacup, but there was no place to put it down.

He signaled for his wife to move the things on the coffee table; Jian Yixin moved the gifts elsewhere, and he placed the teacup in front of her mother, inviting her to drink.

"Mom, have some tea. Dad must have left dinner for you at home, so I won't keep you here for a meal."

Lady Jian:...

"Wah—"

"Wah, wah—"

"Wah, wah, wah—"

The child had woken up.

"Where is that child crying from?" Lady Jian asked in surprise.

Jian Yixin didn't answer her, but instead dashed out in one stride and charged directly into the children's room.

……

"Mom, please have some tea!"

Sheng Zerong handed the teacup to his mother-in-law, attempting to divert her attention.

His mother-in-law did not take it, brushing it aside with a flick of her hand, and the boiling tea nearly scalded Sheng Zerong.

She headed straight for the nursery: "Fine, I was wondering why I smelled something strange as soon as I walked in; so there's an extra child in the house. Let me hold him quickly."

Lady Jian did not fly into a rage as the two of them had expected; on the contrary, she was quite delighted.

She didn't even blame them for not telling her.

"So cute."

"Plump and chubby, oh my, he's just too adorable."

"Let Grandma hold you!"

Jian Yixin did not want to give him up, but seeing that her mother's expression was not feigned, she still passed the child into her mother's arms: "Mom, hold him gently, he's too small."

"I know, listen to you, do you take me for you? Still clumsy when holding a child?"

Her mother glared at her reproachfully, took the child, and held him in her arms, gently coaxing him.

"Giggle—"

The little one smiled at her, a brilliant smile.

Lady Jian did not object to her daughter adopting a child; she was quite happy about it.

She only repeatedly urged them: don't let the child's parents find him, and make sure not to let anything slip in the future; just tell the outside world that the child is her own biological son.

When she left, she did not let her son-in-law see her off; she took a taxi herself.

……

The day of Jian Yining and Jin Wan'er's wedding.

The protagonists of the wedding—the bride and groom—only arrived from the United States the day before the grand wedding!

It was mainly because the two of them were too busy.

Jian Yining was fine; his company was already mature and stable, and his time was his own.

Jin Wan'er's law firm was newly opened and was right in the rising stage of her career, so her daily work was packed full.

Jin Wan'er was actually not willing to hold the wedding in Jiangzhou.

She felt that once they had registered, they were a legal couple, so there was no need to force a large crowd of people to gather together to eat and drink just to call it a witness!

If it were to witness the sanctity of the wedding, they should have been married in a church.

Or it would have been nice to hold a romantic wedding in a place with beautiful scenery.

However, her mother-in-law insisted.

Even if she didn't like it, bringing it up would be ineffective.

The two of them coming to Jiangzhou to hold the wedding was one hundred percent just to satisfy Lady Jian's vanity.

……

Lady Jian racked her brains and went to great lengths for her son's wedding.

The scene was very grand; basically, all the prestigious people in Jiangzhou came, which was very face-saving.