My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 568 - 192: Glass Shumai

Regarding Miao Miao’s infatuation with Chen Yin, Du Xixi found out about it from Miao Miao that afternoon.

Around three-thirty in the afternoon, Miao Miao was escorted back to Blue Star University by Jia Yi. She didn’t return to study or rest in her dormitory, but instead, she went to Du Xixi’s office, quietly waiting for Du Xixi’s meeting to end.

Miao Miao, holding a teacup in the warm office, was spacing out for a bit when Du Xixi, slightly absent-minded, returned. Seeing Miao Miao sitting upright, Du Xixi exclaimed in surprise, "You’re back? I thought my brother would talk to you until late."

When Miao Miao arrived at the Imperial Palace, it was almost one o’clock, and Du Xixi remembered that Chen Yin had reserved the entire afternoon for Miao Miao. Given Chen Yin’s personality, he would likely keep Miao Miao until the last moment before letting her leave. How come she returned so early?

"Your Majesty was too exhausted, so Lord Rob and I persuaded him to take a rest," Miao Miao put down the teacup. When Du Xixi sat beside her, she leaned into her embrace affectionately, "Today, Your Majesty shed tears in front of me, and I felt a bit moved."

"Hmm?" Du Xixi held the teacup, intending to sip some warm water since she was thirsty from all the talking in the meeting. However, upon hearing Miao Miao’s words, she paused with the teacup just at her lips, feeling she had lost the desire to drink.

Placing the teacup casually on the coffee table, Du Xixi looked down at Miao Miao, who was slightly lowering her gaze, and softly asked, "Are you sure it’s being moved, and not something else?"

"I’ve read quite a bit on human emotions, and I’m very certain." Miao Miao nodded, recalling how Chen Yin cried in front of her, begging for a hug, and later insisted stubbornly that she sit by his bedside as he fell asleep, showing a hint of helplessness, "In front of me, Your Majesty really seemed like a child."

Du Xixi felt a quiet relief in her heart, observing Miao Miao’s calm yet unmistakably bashful expression. She couldn’t help but pinch the side of Miao Miao’s face, finding the feel of her cheeks delightful. Smiling, she said, "Ke Lian is like a child in front of me too."

The two sisters, one married for years and the other just experiencing her first stirrings of love, had endless topics to discuss. Especially as Du Xixi listened to Miao Miao describe Chen Yin’s various behaviors in front of her, Du Xixi felt her brother’s dignity was all but lost with her.

However...

Du Xixi raised an eyebrow. It wasn’t the first time Chen Yin looked foolish in front of her. Back in Blue Star, Chen Yin had stupidly drooled over a plate of white-cut chicken. Even at three years old, Du Xixi knew Chen Yin wasn’t "normal."

A man in love, indeed, acts even more abnormal.

"From what you’re saying, you’re not together yet?" After hearing Miao Miao describe Chen Yin’s emotional outburst, Du Xixi chuckled, "Just knowing you’re moved by him makes my brother this happy?"

"I told Your Majesty that it’s just a slight infatuation, and I haven’t reached the point of liking him yet." Du Xixi adjusted the blanket on Miao Miao, who then cuddled into it, her cat ears twitching in slight embarrassment, "Your Majesty said there’s no rush and that I should let my feelings for him develop slowly."

Du Xixi chuckled, knowing Chen Yin planned to continue warming her like a frog in slowly heated water. Then, remembering something, she asked Miao Miao, "You don’t mind the issue of my brother being unable to have children?"

"Back then, I just said if it’s possible, but if not, there would be regret for sure, yet it wouldn’t be a necessary condition for choosing my partner." Miao Miao spoke calmly, and Du Xixi detected the sincerity beneath her words.

Miao Miao indeed liked children a lot, as Yiyi and Er Er, born to Du Xixi, were sweet and adorable. Once they learned to speak, they would surround Miao Miao, calling her "Auntie." Every time Miao Miao saw them, she felt her heart melt.

But liking them didn’t mean Miao Miao felt she must have children herself. She preferred to have a partner who shared her interests and have a loving marriage like Du Xixi and Ke Lian’s.

If Chen Yin were destined to be her partner, his inability to give her a child wouldn’t trouble Miao Miao. If she wanted kids, she could consider Du Xixi’s children as her own to look after. Besides, Chen Yin decided to raise Yiyi and the others as his future heirs; they counted as Chen Yin’s children anyway.