In the villa at Dragon Garden, Yang Cheng sat alone on the sofa in the living room. He watched the pale political news on the TV and yawned lazily.
He reached out and picked up a cup of English afternoon black tea from the coffee table. It had a bright red color, and white steam was rising from it. Before he drank it, the fragrance of the black tea had already hit his nose.
Yang Cheng took a small sip. To be honest, he didn't like drinking like this. However, he wasn't in the mood to drink tea at this moment. His attention was almost entirely focused on the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the four women had been chatting for more than an hour. All kinds of laughter could be heard, and occasionally, there would be some weird laughter. Even Lin Ruoxi, who was usually isolated from smiles, would suddenly laugh a few times. What made Yang Cheng feel inexplicably complicated was that the four women seemed to have completely forgotten about the existence of a man.
Why did they take almost two hours to cook a meal?! Usually, Mother Wang would only need less than an hour!
Moreover, this was the third consecutive day that the mealtime had been delayed. The root cause was Guo Xuehua's arrival!
Guo Xuehua's arrival had suddenly increased the topic of conversation at home. All kinds of conversations became lively. As for the reason, it had to start from three days ago …
Three days ago, when Yang Cheng brought Guo Xuehua home, Lin Ruoxi, Hui Lin, and Mother Wang were all shocked.
Lin Ruoxi knew that Yang Cheng had gone to see Guo Xuehua, but she didn't expect that he would bring her to her home and even stay for a period of time!
Lin Ruoxi blushed and her heart raced. Her fair face was as red as a juicy peach. The female CEO who wasn't nervous in front of thousands of employees didn't know how to face Guo Xuehua — she was basically her mother-in-law in name!
"Guo … Madam Guo, nice to meet you." For the first time in her life, Lin Ruoxi didn't know how to greet someone. She felt that she had to try her best to be welcoming. This was a tough situation for the ice beauty. She didn't even know what to call Guo Xuehua!
Would it be too presumptuous of her to call her 'Mom'? And it was really hard for her to say it. Call her 'Miss Guo'? Although Guo Xuehua was indeed young, she was a junior! Calling her 'Madam Guo' seemed too cold and distant … Lin Ruoxi was having a headache!
Hui Lin didn't have to think too much about it. After all, she knew Guo Xuehua in the past. She could just call her 'Aunt Guo'. Mother Wang was a few years older than Guo Xuehua. Naturally, there wasn't any awkwardness. She just called her 'Madam Guo' to show her respect.
Guo Xuehua asked who Yang Cheng's Mother Wang was. Then, she greeted them in a friendly manner. When it was Lin Ruoxi's turn, she looked at Yang Cheng thoughtfully. Seeing that her son didn't seem to have any thoughts about it, Guo Xuehua thought for a while and said to Lin Ruoxi, "You must be Ruoxi. We've met a few times in the past, but we didn't get to know each other properly. I didn't expect that after going around in circles, we'd become a family."
Lin Ruoxi was instantly embarrassed. Guo Xuehua's words couldn't be clearer. She had already regarded her as her daughter-in-law. In other words, she and Yang Cheng had acknowledged each other, and she also planned to accept this daughter-in-law who appeared out of nowhere.
In fact, Yang Chen was still in a daze. He suddenly 'caught' his mother and brought her home. It was the first time he could remember that she was by his side. It was hard for him to get used to it. When he was driving home, he almost drove the wrong way a few times! Therefore, he didn't have time to care about how Lin Ruoxi and Guo Xuehua got along with each other.
On the way home, Yang Cheng secretly used the Innate Qi of the Restoration Scripture to unblock the meridians in Guo Xuehua's body. Therefore, Guo Xuehua didn't feel that tired anymore.
Everyone led Guo Xuehua to the living room and sat down. After Mother Wang brewed a pot of Tie Guanyin, they started to chat casually. They talked about why Yang Cheng suddenly had a family, and how Guo Xuehua planned to live here.
What surprised the three women was that the first sentence Guo Xuehua said was to Lin Ruoxi with a gentle and nostalgic smile, "Ruoxi, your mother is Xue Zijing, right?"
Lin Ruoxi's delicate body trembled slightly, and her watery eyes widened. Her nervous red face suddenly turned into astonishment, and she regained her usual coldness.
"Madam Guo … How … did you know?"
This was indeed unbelievable to Lin Ruoxi. Even Mother Wang, who was familiar with the Lin Family's past, looked at Guo Xuehua in surprise. She didn't understand how she knew about Lin Ruoxi's mother.
Lin Ruoxi's mother, Xue Zijing, had lived a cold life ever since she married into the Lin Family and married Lin Kun. She didn't have much contact with the outside world. Even Xue Zijing's maiden family, the Xue Family, had migrated overseas and basically didn't have any contact with them.
When Xue Zijing was in Lin Ruoxi's high school, she ended her life in obscurity because of blood cancer. In fact, perhaps it was because her husband Lin Kun was indulging in debauchery outside and didn't care much about the family, Xue Zijing's character was also cold, as if she didn't eat the food of the world.
Lin Ruoxi didn't have much interaction with her mother, but many of her cold and lonely temperaments were greatly influenced by her mother. However, other than these cold things, there seemed to be nothing left for Lin Ruoxi.
For so many years, no one had ever mentioned her mother's name in front of Lin Ruoxi. Even Lin Ruoxi herself, when she thought of the past, would only think of her grandmother, but not her mother, who was the most inconspicuous.
Guo Xuehua smiled faintly and said, "There's nothing strange about this. Actually, from the first time I saw you, I felt that you were very similar to your mother. It's just that I didn't think of it at that time. A while ago, I found out that you were the CEO of Lin's Yu Lei International, and then I confirmed that you were Zijing's daughter. Ruoxi, your mother and I were actually good sisters who grew up together. We went to school together and went to university together. "
Lin Ruoxi was stunned for a moment. In her mind, her mother's cold and blurry figure appeared, and her eyes became slightly moist. "Is that so? My mother … she never mentioned it before."
"When Young Madam was alive, she was very quiet, and indeed, she never mentioned you, Madam Guo." Mother Wang also said regretfully.
Guo Xuehua's face was slightly sad. She sighed and turned to Yang Cheng and said with a smile, "Yang Cheng, actually, I also felt that it was very magical at first. Maybe it was fate. When I was young, I told Zijing that if we had children in the future, if they were male or female, they would be recognized as godparents. If they were different, then they would be married. At first, because we were useless and lost you, I thought that I would never have the chance to fulfill that promise. But unexpectedly, the heavens actually let you two children get married. "
Yang Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Lin Ruoxi, who seemed to have fallen into some kind of past. He said with a sigh, "There's nothing strange about it. In the past, I even thought that I would never get married, and that I would spend the rest of my life alone."
After listening to Yang Cheng's words, Lin Ruoxi came back to her senses. She looked at Yang Cheng with a complicated expression. Lin Ruoxi pursed her lips, but her dimples were beautiful. Obviously, the "fate" thing made her feel a little shy, but also a little sweet.
After listening to Guo Xuehua's words, Hui Lin's expression became a little gloomy. She thought that Big Brother Yang and Big Sister were really fated.
Then, Guo Xuehua continued to reminisce and said, "Twenty years ago, I married into the Yang Family, and Zijing married Ruoxi's father. Because Beijing is far from Zhonghai, and I don't usually have the chance to come here, and with Zijing's temperament, our relationship became a lot more distant. A few years ago, I suddenly heard from my classmates that Zijing passed away due to illness, and I was sad for a long time. "
"Madam Guo, can you tell me about my mother in the past? In my … in my memory, my mother would always sit alone on the balcony, looking at the sky outside for the whole afternoon without saying a word. " Lin Ruoxi stuttered and asked. She was a little embarrassed, and her pitiful appearance made others feel pity for her.
Guo Xuehua smiled strangely and said, "Ruoxi, in terms of closeness, your mother and I are sisters. It's a little stiff for you to call me Madam Guo. In terms of relationship, you and Yang Cheng are husband and wife, so you shouldn't call me 'Madam'. However, if you still can't say it, you can call me that word … You can call me Aunt Guo like Hui Lin. I think that's fine too. At most, you can change the way you address me when you get used to it. "
Mother Wang hurriedly gave Lin Ruoxi a look. Obviously, Mother Wang hoped that Lin Ruoxi and Guo Xuehua's relationship could improve faster, so calling her mother "Mom" was the right thing to do.
Unexpectedly, Lin Ruoxi acted as if she had been freed from a burden. She smiled and said, "Aunt Guo."
After that, Guo Xuehua talked a lot about the past, about the past of Lin Ruoxi's mother, Xue Zijing. There were many interesting stories, which often made the four women overjoyed. Lin Ruoxi also didn't expect that her mother didn't just live a lonely life.
It had to be said that Guo Xuehua had traveled all over the world and opened so many orphanages. She had excellent social skills, so when she came to the house, there was always a lot of laughter.
Yang Cheng actually felt a little strange. Since his mother and Lin Ruoxi's mother, Xue Zijing, were like sisters, why didn't his mother-in-law come to visit her grave after so many years? Moreover, even if she was very busy, she shouldn't have not seen her for so many years after getting married, right?
However, these questions were secondary. Yang Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to these questions. He just hated that these women talked about the past and turned cooking into a meeting.
Yang Cheng had already watched the afternoon news from the morning news. If this continued, he would have to watch the morning news again.
"Hey, are you done? I'm hungry! "Yang Cheng finally couldn't help shouting.
In the kitchen, Mother Wang's voice came, "Don't worry, son-in-law. It's done. We'll bring it out now."
After a while, the four women came out of the kitchen with bowls and chopsticks. After Guo Xuehua put down a plate of braised fish, she frowned and said to Yang Cheng with a smile, "Yang Cheng, you are the only man in the house. Even if you don't eat, you can at least hold a plate, right? Why do you let Mother Wang and Ruoxi do all the housework?"
This was a mother teaching her son. Guo Xuehua also experienced a tortuous life, so she had a clear view. Although she was full of guilt for Yang Cheng and wanted to make up for the responsibility of a mother as much as possible, at the same time, she wouldn't think that everything should be obedient to Yang Cheng. No matter what Yang Cheng did, she would regard it as right.
She hoped that she could make up for the responsibility of a mother and at the same time make Yang Cheng more competent to be the head of the family.
At least, from the three days that she had been in this house, she could see some problems in this family.
For example, the house, the car, everything here was Lin Ruoxi's property. Her poor son was actually a pauper?!
Also, Yang Cheng and Lin Ruoxi were sleeping in separate rooms. Although she couldn't be sure if they were husband and wife, she knew that they weren't the kind of young couple who clung to each other. For them to sleep in separate rooms at such a young age, Guo Xuehua believed that there was definitely something wrong between them.
As for Lin Ruoxi's temperament, Guo Xuehua could easily see that Lin Ruoxi had a lot of dissatisfaction with Yang Cheng. Yang Cheng was mischievous, casual, and occasionally rude, absurd, and frivolous. He was definitely not the kind of person that a girl like Lin Ruoxi would like. Even as a mother, Guo Xuehua couldn't stand it.
Therefore, before she started to work on Lin Ruoxi's side, Guo Xuehua felt that it was necessary for her son to slightly change some of his dishonorable habits. She also hoped that Yang Cheng could really straighten his back in front of Lin Ruoxi.
Although some of these understandings weren't very accurate, as parents, Guo Xuehua always wanted Yang Cheng to live a better life.
After listening to Guo Xuehua's lecture, Yang Cheng touched the back of his head. He really didn't have the habit of doing housework. Since he moved into this house, Mother Wang had handled everything well, so he didn't think of doing housework.
At this moment, when he listened to Guo Xuehua's lecture, he didn't get angry. Instead, he felt a strange warmth in his heart. He blushed, ran into the kitchen with a smile, and came out with the two hottest plates.
Lin Ruoxi didn't expect Yang Cheng to be so obedient to Guo Xuehua. This was what she always wanted Yang Cheng to do, but she didn't expect Yang Cheng to listen to her. She looked at Guo Xuehua, and Guo Xuehua happened to look at her daughter-in-law. The two women exchanged a look, and Guo Xuehua quietly blinked her eyes.
Lin Ruoxi hurriedly lowered her head, as if her thoughts were seen through. She felt embarrassed, but a faint smile hung on the corner of her mouth.
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