novelraw Chapter 490 Xiaobai Was Hatched by Si Lisao! 1
Chapter 490 Xiaobai Was Hatched by Si Lisao! 1
Old Madam Hua looked at Lu Jinyi, who had suddenly popped up, and snorted. "I haven’t seen anything! To this day, I still haven’t seen you successfully woo her, so why are you calling me ’mother-in-law’?"
Lu Jinyi, with his dashing charm, stretched out a hand, intending to place it on Hua Jinse’s shoulder. "Did you hear that? Mother-in-law is asking when you’re going to marry me."
Hua Jinse smacked Lu Jinyi’s wandering hand away, raised her foot, stomped hard on his, then turned and walked off.
Hua Jinse was dressed in a tight black business suit that made her look even slimmer. Her graceful and poised figure as she walked formed a stark contrast with her nicknames "Iron Lady" and "Female King Kong," causing Lu Jinyi’s heart to skip a beat.
Lu Jinyi shamelessly said, "Mother-in-law, how about you arrange our marriage?"
He so desperately wanted to marry into her family; what was he to do?
Old Madam Hua doted on her daughter; how could she possibly arrange a marriage for her?
Lu Jinyi suddenly leaned close to Old Madam Hua and whispered, "Mother-in-law, as long as you let me marry into the family, I’ll go find your second son for you."
Although her second son had passed away, Lu Jinyi claimed he could still track where his soul had reincarnated.
Even though the mother-son bond was severed, Old Madam Hua’s longing for her son hadn’t diminished in the slightest. She actually agreed at once, "Alright. If you find my second son for me, I’ll let Jinse marry you into the family."
Lu Jinyi’s face lit up with a radiant smile. He thumped his chest, guaranteeing, "A word once spoken cannot be taken back, not even by a team of four horses!"
Lu Jinyi turned gracefully and went to chase after his beloved.
Meanwhile, Old Madam Hua sat down to chat with Bai Danfeng, and the atmosphere at the table became a little less chilly.
Si Mingjing sat beside them, a quiet listener who chimed in occasionally.
Just then, the phone in her pocket buzzed; Fengjue had sent her a message.
Fengjue: "Crown Princess Consort, the matter you asked me to investigate has yielded results. Se Liunian is indeed the child in the photograph left by the old chairman of Si Group."
Si Mingjing’s maternal grandfather had been widowed early and raised Si Yao by himself. Devoted to his career, he poured all his energy into developing the Si Group and never remarried.
But he had a childhood sweetheart named Se Lan, who had always held a torch for the old chairman of Si Group.
Once, when the old chairman of Si Group returned to Mu Continent to visit relatives, he encountered Se Lan at a banquet, and old sparks reignited between them.
Later, Se Lan became pregnant and gave birth to a boy, who was Se Liunian.
For various reasons, the old chairman of Si Group and Se Lan did not end up together. Later, Se Lan married another man on Mu Continent, and their interactions came to an abrupt halt.
On Mu Continent, it wasn’t considered shameful for a woman to have a child before marriage. She would raise the child herself, and most men who married into their wives’ families dared not utter a word of complaint. Thus, these women could live quite freely after marriage.
Fengjue sent another message: "Qian Sishui’s father is the old chairman of Si Group’s own younger brother."
Si Mingjing’s eyes suddenly darkened. "Are you sure?"
Fengjue replied, "Certain. Se Lan never publicly disclosed who Se Liunian’s biological father was. Therefore, Qian Sishui probably doesn’t know that she and Se Liunian are related within three generations. Se Liunian likely discovered his own background and feigned illness, wanting to dissuade Qian Sishui from marrying him."
Si Mingjing suddenly understood. So that’s how it was. Before, she had thought Se Liunian might have cheated and fallen in love with someone else, feigning illness to break up with Qian Sishui.
She hadn’t expected such a heartbreaking reason behind it all.
A pair of young lovers, who had reached the age to discuss marriage, were on the verge of matrimony. Then, just as they were about to take the final step, they discovered they were related within three generations.
Si Mingjing felt sympathy for this "little uncle."
It seemed she couldn’t earn merit for Little Xiangru through Qian Sishui after all. In fact, merit points would be deducted from Little Xiangru’s record. Si Mingjing felt frustrated!
She sat in her seat, flipping through the app, wanting to take on new tasks to make up for her mistake.
On the app, she saw that Administrator 3 had already accepted two tasks.
Administrator 1 was Lu Jinyi, she was Administrator 2, and Administrator 3 was Mo Yinhe.
Si Mingjing was about to see what tasks Mo Yinhe had taken, hoping he hadn’t been as hasty as she. When she clicked to check, she found that both tasks were already completed.
Um...
The record showed that both tasks were accepted last night and were now completed, earning a considerable amount of merit.
Those merits were enough to offset the demerits Si Mingjing would incur for accepting the wrong task.
Si Mingjing: "..."
She looked at the details and saw that both tasks were business-related; both were from merchants seeking wealth.
Mo Yinhe had directly used his connections to facilitate the business collaborations these merchants sought, demonstrating high efficiency.
Si Mingjing’s mouth twitched slightly. Her husband is rich and has resources; he can afford to be willful!
Si Mingjing sent a message to Mo Yinhe, praising her husband to the skies like a sycophant, and then lamented taking the wrong task.
Mo Yinhe replied via text, "It’s not your fault. Your strength lies in medicine. This task, disguised as a medical one, was actually an ethical case, so it’s normal that you couldn’t handle it. However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as you found your mother’s only brother in this world. That’s truly a happy event."
Mo Yinhe’s comforting words gave her some solace.
Yes, Se Liunian was her mother’s only brother in this world, her grandfather’s only bloodline—perhaps it was all fated.
Mo Yinhe then asked her, "When are you coming back?"
Mo Yinhe hadn’t attended Bai Qingshui’s funeral or the mourning feast.
He didn’t even bother to pretend.
"What did you have for dinner tonight?"
Mo Yinhe replied, "Drinking with Si Lisao."
"???"
She couldn’t believe these two would actually sit down and drink together.
Guessing her surprise, Mo Yinhe responded, "What’s so strange? He wants to marry my sister, so naturally, he needs to make an effort to win over me, his future brother-in-law. Did you think getting married is that easy for men?!"
Si Mingjing couldn’t be bothered to point out that the Crown Prince was *his* brother-in-law too! And marrying a wife had certainly been easy for *him*!
She stayed at the Bai Family residence until the funeral was over. Upon returning to the Royal Palace, she found Mo Yinhe and Si Lisao still in the dining room, drinking. Putting aside their differing political ideologies, they actually got along quite well. It was just that they normally disdained chatting with each other, being the type to find mutual irritation at first sight. However, once they truly set aside their grudges and talked freely, they discovered they had endless topics to discuss.
Si Mingjing greeted them and then went upstairs to take a shower.
After her shower, she went to look for the little dragons.
The little ones were playing in the children’s room, all except Ye Nianbai.
Si Mingjing asked the children, "Where’s Xiaobai?"
Sheng Liangliang said, "We deliberately didn’t play with him. Brother Xiaobai got angry and went back to his room to take a shower by himself."
"Why?" Si Mingjing sat down, wanting to see what the children were up to.
Yun Xiaosu said mysteriously, "Tomorrow is Brother Xiaobai’s birthday, and we’re preparing a birthday present for him. We can’t let him know ahead of time, so we deliberately provoked him until he left."
Si Mingjing was torn between amusement and exasperation. She reached out and gently ruffled the children’s heads.
"How did you manage to provoke him into leaving?"