Time Travel and Love

As soon as they entered the restaurant, Ze Yu smiled and wanted to throw himself into Chu Qingmeng's arms. Chu Qingmeng opened her arms and was about to hug him, but when the child came close, Mo Liujin grabbed him and said, "Yu'er! Don't throw yourself at your grandmother!"

As the child was stopped, Mo Jiangche also shouted, "How dare you! You have no manners!"

Chu Qingmeng looked at Mo Liujin in confusion, only to see him frowning at Zeyu. Li and Xu stood up to greet them. Xu pulled Zeyu back and apologized to Chu Qingmeng. Chu Qingmeng looked at the father and son in silence, "Are you two sick?"

She shook off Mo Liujin's hand and walked to the table to sit down. She waved to Ze Yu, but didn't notice that Chun He had already padded the stool with a thick layer of cushions. "Yu'er, come here."

Mo Liujin almost lost his soul. He was about to be pounced on by Ze Yu... He took two steps to the edge of the table and said to stop him, "Yu'er, don't pounce on your grandmother. Your grandmother is not feeling well and can't catch you, understand?"

"Yes, Grandfather." Though small, the little fellow knew fear. Mo Liujin always had a stern expression, and none of his grandchildren were not afraid of him. Now, he stood obediently beside Chu Qingmeng, no longer daring to lie in her arms. Even so, just as the servants were serving the food, Mo Jiangche yelled, asking Xu to take him back.

Chu Qingmeng glanced at Mo Jiangche, and finally couldn't help but said, "Mo Jiangche, our ancestors' rule is not to scold the son before dinner and not to scold the wife before bed."

Her words stunned the father and his two sons. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xu also looked at her in surprise. After a moment of pause, Mo Liujin lowered his head and asked with a smile, "If you think about it, it makes sense. Is this the family rule of my father-in-law?"

Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized that Dayu Kingdom probably didn't have such a saying, and replied casually, "Yeah. I just said it casually. Let's eat."

"There must be something else, right? Madam, can you tell me?" Mo Liujin picked up some food for Chu Qingmeng, trying to get her to talk more.

"It doesn't apply to you." Chu Qingmeng just lowered his head to eat and didn't want to say more.

Seeing Mo Liujin's thoughts, Mo Jiangche said, "Mother, please tell me, so that your son won't do it again next time."

"..." Chu Qingmeng saw Mo Jiangche was so angry that he laughed, "Your surname is Mo, not Chen. There is no need to listen to the Chen family rules."

As soon as she said this, several people looked at her again. Chu Qingmeng hadn't realized what she had said yet, and she was stared at by several people, feeling confused. Mo Liujin asked doubtfully, "Your last name is Chen? It should be Chu, right? Did you say it wrong?"

Chu Qingmeng paused for a moment, pursed his lips, and then said, "I take my mother's surname, Chu. My father's surname is Chen."

This sentence was like a thunderclap. Li and Xu widened their eyes. The father and his two sons were even more shocked. Even the older Ze Xun Zexiao looked at Chu Qingmeng.

"Take the mother's surname?!" Mo Jiangqing couldn't believe it. "Even if he's a son-in-law, he's only responsible for providing for his parents-in-law. There's no such thing as a child taking the mother's surname!"

"..." Come on, it's even more feudal than our ancient times. In our ancient times, children born to a son-in-law had to take their mother's surname. Chu Qingmeng took a deep breath and said, "Old Chen is not a son-in-law. My mother is his legally married wife. My last name Chu is an accident."

"Old Chen?" Chu Qingmeng's way of addressing her father caught Mo Liujin's attention. Isn't he her biological father?

"What are you looking at? Lao Chen is my biological father, my real father!" Chu Qingmeng was somewhat speechless when she saw Mo Liujin's eyes. "My mother always likes to call my father Lao Chen, so the first word I learned was not 'father', but 'Lao Chen'. My father thought it was funny and never corrected me. On weekdays, I call him Lao Chen and he calls me Xiao Chen. We are very polite to each other."

"..."

"..."

Silence, terrible silence.

After a long moment of silence, Mo Liujin finally laughed out loud, "You're quite polite. I've never seen such politeness between a father and daughter."

He finally understood why Chu Qingmeng always acted recklessly and without rules. It turned out that his father-in-law was not very serious either.

"But, won't people talk about this?" Li couldn't help but interrupt. This is disobedience and unfilial!

"I was only two years old at the time, and I was just at home." Chu Qingmeng replied, then sighed and said, "When I was little, I only called him father when I needed help, and he only called me by my name when I was in danger."

"So, Madam should be called Chen Qingmeng, not Chu Qingmeng." Mo Liujin picked up some dishes for her again.

Chu Qingmeng shook his head and stopped talking halfway through saying the name, "Chen Qian... Chen Chujiu, my nickname is Chujiu."

"Chujiu is really your name?!" Mo Liujin was surprised, and then laughed at himself. "For thirty years, Madam has kept it a secret. I only found out today that Madam has a nickname. I always thought Chen Chujiu was just a fake name Madam made up, but I never thought it was the real name."

"It's not important." Chu Qingmeng took a bite of the food nonchalantly. "It's just a name. It doesn't matter what you call it. Besides, the name Chu Qingmeng is mine. The surname Chen only existed for two years. After I was two years old, I was called Chu Qingmeng. But men usually have an obsession with surnames, so Old Chen only called me Chujiu and swore to never accept my mother asking him to call me Mengmeng."

Of course I have an obsession! This is a man's dignity! The father and his two sons had the same thought in their minds.