Spring River Chasing the Moon

Early the next morning, Chen Ze and Li Muzhi began to arrange the reception for Zhu Yuying.

Li Muzhi was very nervous. She hoped that things would have a good outcome, but at the same time she was afraid. On one side was her son-in-law, and on the other side was her good friend. If something went wrong, she might not even be able to be friends with Zhu Yuying anymore.

Even Chen Ze, who was usually calm, was a little panicked. This was really too big, and now they only had suspicions, and a large part of this suspicion was based on their trust in Luo Youyou.

If they guess wrong, no one knows what will happen next.

Compared to the two elders who were full of worries, Luo Youyou seemed to be extremely expectant.

She woke up almost as soon as she heard the noise outside. She knew that Chen Ze and Li Muzhi had started to prepare.

She also got up and dressed, then carefully took out the jade pendant. Last night she specially found a red rope and hung the jade pendant back on the red rope so that she could wear it today.

Looking at the jade pendant on her neck in the mirror, Luo Youyou stared at it silently for a long time. She held the jade pendant and told herself that she must succeed. Then she stuffed the jade pendant back into her clothes and hid it temporarily. She wanted to wait for Zhu Yuying to come and take it out at an appropriate time.

Not long after lunch, a car stopped at the door.

Zhu Yuying has arrived.

Li Muzhi and Chen Ze were in the yard early in the morning and hurried over to answer it.

"Sister Yuying, you're here."

Li Muzhi stepped forward and took Zhu Yuying's hand with a smile on his face.

Chen Ze also stepped forward and greeted Zhu Yuying.

"Thank you for your help." Zhu Yuying said with a smile.

"What's the trouble? We are all happy that you can come."

Li Muzhi took Zhu Yuying into the gate. Luo Youyou stood quietly at the door, watching Zhu Yuying come in with a sweet smile.

"Good afternoon, Professor Granny."

Zhu Yuying smiled even more happily when she saw Luo Youyou.

"Good afternoon, Xiao Youyou."

"This is a gift for you."

Zhu Yuying took out the gift box she had prepared long ago and handed it to Luo Youyou.

Luo Youyou felt a little embarrassed to accept it and looked up at Li Muzhi.

"Here, thank you, Professor Granny."

Li Muzhi understands Zhu Yuying. She would not give particularly expensive gifts that would put psychological burden on others.

Moreover, Li Muzhi thought to himself, if all this was true, then Zhu Yuying would be Youyou's biological grandmother, so there was no need to be pretentious about it.

After hearing what Li Muzhi said, Luo Youyou reached out and took Zhu Yuying's gift with both hands.

"Thank you, Professor Granny."

Seeing that Luo Youyou was sensible and polite, Zhu Yuying really liked her.

"Sister Yuying, let's go to the study and sit for a while. It's a good opportunity to discuss this."

Li Muzhi and Chen Ze exchanged glances and made a suggestion.

Chen Ze returned to the studio by himself. He discussed it with Li Muzhi. After all, he was not familiar with Zhu Yuying, so it was better for Li Muzhi to speak first.

In the study room.

Li Muzhi poured Zhu Yuying a cup of hot tea.

Then he sat aside, and the room was unusually quiet for a moment.

Zhu Yuying took a sip of tea and found that Li Muzhi was looking at her cautiously, not knowing why.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Zhu Yuying was puzzled.

"No, Sister Yuying..."

Li Muzhi prepared himself mentally for a long time, but he still couldn't speak.

I could only change the subject.

"Sister Yuying, last time you said they took their daughter on a trip. Where did they go?"

Li Muzhi also wanted to take this opportunity to find out more about Nan Younian's itinerary.

"They went on vacation to the beach in the neighboring city."

Thinking of her youngest son, a hint of tenderness appeared on Zhu Yuying's face.

"Then can you get home before the birthday party?"

Li Muzhi hoped that they would return sooner. After all, in order to truly confirm it, Nan Younian and Luo Zhong had to conduct an appraisal with Zhu Yuying and her husband.

"I'll be home the day after tomorrow."

"Can your son-in-law come back for his birthday on leave?"

Zhu Yuying suddenly thought of this question.

"Li Li has already spoken to him on the phone and told him he can't go home that day."

Li Muzhi also felt very sorry. He had originally thought that if Luo Zhong could come, it would be best for the two families to meet together.

But Luo Zhong is in Nancheng anyway. If the situation really requires an appraisal, it won’t be a big deal for him to take a leave.

"That's a shame. I'd like to see him."

"After all, I have such a connection with Younian."

I didn't expect Zhu Yuying to bring up this topic first.

Li Muzhi took the opportunity to continue the conversation.

"Sister Yuying, do you know? This is not just a coincidence."

"It was only when we got home and talked about it that we discovered that not only were Zhong and Younian born on the same day, they were even born in the same hospital, in the same ward, and their birth times should have been around the same."

Li Muzhi finished speaking in one breath and stared carefully at Zhu Yuying's reaction. He saw that although she was surprised, she didn't seem to feel anything was wrong. Li Muzhi also understood that most people would not think of the possibility of the wrong child being taken away. If Luo Zhong's mother didn't look like a mother at all, they themselves would not have suspected it.

"Really? Mu Zhi, our two families are so destined to be together."

Zhu Yuying was really surprised. She felt that it was a coincidence that she and Li Muzhi were her son-in-law and her son, and she had such an opportunity.

Li Muzhi nodded. She agreed with Zhu Yuying. The two families were indeed connected by fate, but what they were talking about was not the same fate.

"Sister Yuying, what I'm going to say next may surprise you, or even seem impossible. But please believe us, we don't have any other ulterior motives. We just have doubts in our hearts, and we don't want this to happen."

Li Muzhi finally said it out.

This was the first time Zhu Yuying saw Li Muzhi like this. She put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Li Muzhi with a focused expression, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Li Muzhi took a deep breath and spoke.

"Sister Yuying, you may not know this, but my son, Ah Zhong, is honest, kind, and filial. He is the third child in his family, with an older sister and an older brother. Logically, the youngest child is always the favored one in the family, but that's not the case in his family."

"His mother is simply inhuman. You could say she favors boys over girls, but she's caring and considerate to her eldest daughter. You could say she favors girls over boys, but she's indulgent towards her other son. But she can't stand Ah Zhong at all."

"All of Ah Zhong's money was taken away to support the family, and even to support his older brother and sister's families. Even that wasn't enough. Look at Youyou, such a sensible child. She used to live with her grandmother, and couldn't even afford the most basic food. That's why we took Youyou in to live with us."

"You don't know, we decided to return to South City this time because Youyou had a heart attack before. But even then, her grandmother was still trying to stop us from returning to South City. To be more precise, she was trying to stop Ah Zhong and Youyou from returning to South City."

"Sister Yuying, why do you think she did this?"