All the servants behind: "..."

The large estate was so quiet it felt a bit eerie.

After quite a while, Mengmeng weakly spoke up, "Second Young Master, are you... welcoming the Young Madam?"

Fu Qixiu awkwardly scratched his nose and stood up from the ground, "Yes, that’s right! I’m welcoming my sister-in-law."

Su Ran couldn’t help but twitch her lips, "Please don’t, I can’t bear such a grand gesture from the Second Young Master."

"Oh come on~" Fu Qixiu clasped his hands together and nudged Su Ran’s shoulder, "We’re practically family, aren’t we? You’re my real sister-in-law, how could you not accept it?"

Su Ran got goosebumps all over, even her eyelids twitched, but seeing Fu Qixiu’s panda eyes, she couldn’t help but ask, "What’s going on with your eyes? Who hit you?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Qixiu immediately looked like he was about to cry, starting to complain, "Sister-in-law, my brother is not human!"

Su Ran: "..."

Is it really okay to say this right in front of your brother?

"Why is your brother not human?"

Fu Qixiu spoke endlessly, "He bullies me, enslaves me, hits me!"

Su Ran tugged at her mouth, "Isn’t it because you’re asking for it?"

Fu Qixiu widened his eyes, "No way, I’m so clever, obedient, understanding, obediently submissive, am I such a person asking for it?"

"..." Su Ran only smiled at him, not speaking.

Fu Qixiu slightly lowered his head, feeling a bit guilty.

Okay, he is!

But he absolutely wouldn’t admit it.

"I don’t care, he’s just bullying me. If you don’t help me, I’ll... I’ll..." Fu Qixiu got stuck.

"What will you do?" Su Ran looked at him curiously.

"Just won’t be nice to you anymore."

"..."

He held that in for so long only to come out with this harmless threat, Su Ran pursed her lips.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..." Fu Qixiu continued to act spoiled.

Su Ran felt a headache, "What do you want?"

Fu Qixiu’s eyes lit up, "I want a vacation!"

Su Ran: "..."

"If you want a vacation, talk to your brother."

Fu Qixiu weakly glanced at his own brother, looking like a bullied little wife, "I’m afraid."

Su Ran smiled, can she join to hit him?

"Sister-in-law, aren’t I your dear brother-in-law?" Fu Qixiu was astounded, "You can’t possibly have another brother-in-law outside, can you?"

Su Ran: "..."

Is it now perfectly reasonable to hit him?

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..." Fu Qixiu tugged on Su Ran’s sleeve, blinking his innocent big eyes.

Can you imagine a man in his twenties, tugging your sleeve acting cute?

Su Ran was suddenly chilled, finding children quite hard to handle.

Behind them, Qi Yuan had been watching Su Ran, seeing her speechless expression, he walked forward with a stern face, "Let go."

Fu Qixiu stiffened his neck, "No!"

Seeing this, Qi Yuan sighed softly, "I’ll give you a vacation tomorrow."

Fu Qixiu’s eyes shone so brightly that it almost blinded Su Ran, "Really?"

Qi Yuan showed a face full of helplessness, "Yes."

Indeed, children aren’t easy to handle.

Upon hearing this, Fu Qixiu immediately let go of Su Ran’s sleeve, grabbed the jacket on the sofa, and dashed outside.

"Then I won’t disturb your time alone after separation, bye-bye my dear brother and sister-in-law."

"Second Young Master, aren’t you having dinner?" Aunt Sun shouted at Fu Qixiu’s back.

Fu Qixiu didn’t stop, "Not eating, Aunt Sun, my stars and sea are waiting for me."

After speaking, he disappeared from sight.

"..."

"..."

The living room fell silent for a long time again.

Su Ran glanced at the door, then turned to Fu Qiyuan, "Did your brother ever suffer a head injury?"

Fu Qiyuan furrowed his brows in silence, his extraordinarily handsome face for the first time showing a look of distress.

–

The servants took Su Ran’s luggage to the room to arrange it, while Su Ran sat on the sofa in the living room. Mengmeng and the two young girls, Curve, were busy serving tea, pouring water, and cutting fruit, not giving Fu Qiyuan any chance.

Su Ran had just taken a bite of the apple Curve handed over when her phone rang from her bag. She took it out to see it was a call from Tao Wanqing.

"Mom?"

"Xiao Ran, you’re back?"

"Yes, just got home."

"Must have been tiring, right? The broadcast your grandma and I watched. Daughter-in-law, you’re really amazing!"

Su Ran laughed, "Thank you, Mom."

"Thank what? Mom should thank you for being such an excellent daughter-in-law. Qi Yuan marrying you, it’s like smoke rising from the Fu family ancestral grave, but Xiao Ran, what did you see in Qi Yuan originally? He’s not gentle, not considerate, dull and boring, and not understanding. Did you really have something wrong with your eyes?"

Lately, Tao Wanqing often wondered how her beautiful, capable, excellent, and smart daughter-in-law saw her son.

Especially after watching the fashion week broadcast, she couldn’t understand it more.

In Yong City, there might be many girls with better family backgrounds than Xiao Ran, but finding those more excellent than Xiao Ran is probably very hard.

Luckily her son acted fast, otherwise, her daughter-in-law might have become someone else’s.

Hearing Tao Wanqing’s words, Su Ran didn’t speak, just looked meaningfully at Fu Qiyuan beside her.

Fu Qiyuan had a face full of helplessness, not only his brother being difficult, but his mother too!

One just making things for him, another holding him back. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"Mom, Ah Yuan is excellent."

"I know, your eyes must have a problem."

Su Ran: "..."

Has the mother-in-law bond already vanished?

"What do you find excellent about him?" Out of curiosity, Tao Wanqing asked again, being very curious about how her daughter-in-law views her son.

Fu Qiyuan also turned his head to look at Su Ran, and then heard her say, "Mature, stable, clean-living, rich, and most importantly... handsome."

Upon hearing this, Fu Qiyuan let out a faint laugh, the laugh deep and pleasant, he leaned closer to Su Ran, and whispered, "My dear, so I’m that good in your heart."

Su Ran lightly coughed, saying nothing.

"Truly, lovers see their love as a beauty, but daughter-in-law, isn’t it great that Mom gave you such a handsome husband?"

Su Ran nodded, "Yes, it’s great!"

Tao Wanqing instantly beamed with joy, her daughter-in-law indeed is her close-knit little cotton-padded jacket.

The most correct thing Qi Yuan did was marry Xiao Ran.

"Then Mom won’t disturb you, you just got back, you must have many work-related things to handle. Once you’re done, visit the old residence, your grandmother misses you."

"Okay, Mom."

Tao Wanqing smiled and hung up the phone, once again sighing that her son had luck to get her.

The old lady saw her triumphant expression, and snorted lightly, "You’re missing your daughter-in-law, just admit it and stop pushing it on me."

Tao Wanqing put away her phone, sat beside the old lady, and raised an eyebrow at her, "Don’t you miss Xiao Ran? Who is it who nags me all the time about the granddaughter-in-law?"

The old lady shot her a sideways glance and said nothing.