Chapter 578: Xiang Shan Actually Appeared

Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong at Me, Jiang Muye

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"I gave birth to my daughter, so of course I have to be there on such an important occasion. How could I be absent?" Xiang Shan said matter-of-factly. "I was too extremely confident before, and that's what hurt my daughter. Now I just want to be a good mother. Do you understand?"

Xiang Shan's eyes were profound, carrying both reluctance and a trace of composure. She seemed a bit different from the old her.

Father Leng forced the corners of his mouth into a smile. "As parents, we should still bless our children. After all, the rest of their lives are for them to live. There's nothing we can do to stop it."

"I'm pretty stupid, aren't I? Only now do I understand. Before, I arranged everything for my daughter according to my own preferences. Whatever I liked, she had to like. Whatever I didn't like, she had to dislike as well." Xiang Shan sighed. "But I never considered what she actually didn't like."

"Fortunately, you've come to your senses fairly early." Father Leng's tone carried a bit of forgiveness. "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, we've all grown old, and the children have grown up too. They're starting families, and the time they spend by our side is getting shorter and shorter."

"Tell me about it. I'm actually going to be a grandmother." Xiang Shan gave a dry laugh. "Old."

Xiang Shan went to the living room, and happened to see Jiang Muye peeling loquats for Leng Ruoli.

He peeled them especially carefully, cautiously removing the skin of the loquat to reveal the soft, smooth orange flesh.

Then Jiang Muye began handing the loquat to Leng Ruoli. "Here, eat."

Leng Ruoli was still pushing it back toward Jiang Muye, her little face flushed red. She said to Jiang Muye, "No need, you eat it."

"You're a pregnant woman now. You're the most important, so you eat." Jiang Muye chuckled. "If I want to eat, I'll peel one myself. You eat your fill first."

Leng Ruoli nodded with a smile, leaned over, and bit into the loquat.

She spat out the pit, and Jiang Muye even caught it with the back of his hand.

It could be said that he doted on Leng Ruoli down to the bone. There was none of that macho chauvinism those stinky men had—toward Leng Ruoli, he was completely attentive and considerate.

Jiang Muye gazed at Leng Ruoli with a doting look in his eyes.

A shy smile hung on Leng Ruoli's face.

Xiang Shan could tell that Jiang Muye genuinely cared for her daughter.

"Let's go, it's time to eat." Xiang Shan's eyes softened.

During the meal, Jiang Muye didn't hold back his affection for Leng Ruoli either.

"Here, drink some chicken soup." Jiang Muye served chicken soup for Leng Ruoli, deliberately skimming off the layer of oil on top.

That way, the chicken soup would still be nutritious without being too greasy.

After drinking the chicken soup, Leng Ruoli looked completely content. "Delicious."

"Is that so? Good, then." Jiang Muye nodded with a smile and began picking fish bones out for Leng Ruoli.

Leng Ruoli watched Jiang Muye constantly serving her, and then noticed her in-laws were watching too, which made her especially embarrassed. "Your parents are still watching…"

Her shy whisper made Jiang Muye laugh out loud.

He rubbed Leng Ruoli's hair and said to her, "So what?"

Probably afraid that Leng Ruoli would overthink things, Mother Jiang chuckled. "You can completely pretend us old folks don't exist."

"That's right, my son should be serving you well anyway. Everyone who comes out of the Jiang family respects and dotes on their wife." Father Jiang laughed heartily.

As a result, Mother Jiang shot Father Jiang a sidelong glance. "Is that so? I haven't felt it."

"You must be nearsighted. You didn't feel it with your heart." Father Jiang replied with a chuckle.

Mother Jiang reached out and lightly pinched Father Jiang's arm. "That's not true at all."

On her beautiful face, a look of happiness still stood out, making one quite envious.

Watching this, Leng Ruoli was also filled with joy. She drank her chicken soup, a complete auntie-smile on her face.

The atmosphere of showing affection was everywhere, and the most awkward ones were definitely Xiang Shan and Father Leng.

After all, the two had already divorced, making them the most familiar of strangers.

Now they only met because of the child.

Ever since Xiang Shan lost Father Leng, she naturally felt especially attached to and longing for him.

"Here, have some spare ribs." Xiang Shan began placing spare ribs into Father Leng's bowl. "Look at you, you've gotten so thin. You haven't been eating properly, have you."

"It's alright, just busy with work." Father Leng was rather surprised.

In fact, in the past, if no one put meat in Xiang Shan's bowl, she wouldn't take the initiative to eat it. After all, she was trying to lose weight and disliked all that grease, and she also quite enjoyed the feeling of being doted on.

But now Xiang Shan was taking the initiative to put spare ribs in his bowl, which was completely astonishing and very rare.

In all the years Father Leng and Xiang Shan had been together, he had never seen Xiang Shan take the initiative like this.

A hint of joy appeared at the corners of Father Leng's mouth. Although he didn't talk much with Xiang Shan, he could sense that her view of him had changed quite a bit.

After dinner, it was getting late, and the sky had already darkened.

Father Leng glanced at his watch and said, "It's very late. I need to go."

"Going?" Xiang Shan stood up as well. "Let's go together."

"Are we heading the same way?" Father Leng asked.

"If we're not, can't we still go together?" Xiang Shan said, somewhat awkwardly.

Leng Qihua was being way too dense.

"Alright." Father Leng had no objections.

So Xiang Shan said goodbye to Leng Ruoli. "We'll be going first."

Xiang Shan and Father Leng left.

Mother Jiang softly muttered to Jiang Muye, "Mother-in-Law doesn't seem as hard to deal with as you said. I think she's quite amiable."

Jiang Muye smiled without saying anything.

That was because his mother hadn't seen the old Xiang Shan. She had been extremely hard to deal with.

But Xiang Shan had changed because of the things she had said before.

Or was she selling some other medicine in her heart?

Jiang Muye was still suspicious, but he wasn't afraid. He would just deal with whatever came his way, so what was there to be afraid of.

The pressing matter now was to marry his girlfriend as soon as possible and settle things.

Jiang Muye rubbed Leng Ruoli's shoulder and affectionately said to Father Jiang and Mother Jiang, "Mom, Dad, the rooms are ready for you. You should get some sleep early too."

"I arranged them specially. You two can go take a look." Leng Ruoli felt a bit embarrassed.

Although she knew the Jiang couple didn't have a bad impression of her, she didn't want to neglect them over some trivial matter.

It wouldn't be good if they ended up disliking her.

Leng Ruoli took the initiative to push open the door of the first-floor room and said to Father Jiang and Mother Jiang, "I specially prepared a first-floor room for you. That way you won't have to climb the stairs, and it'll be easier for you. This room has better air, and you can see the greenery outside when you open the window."

Father Jiang looked at the warmly and beautifully decorated room and nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, you're thoughtful."

Mother Jiang began to praise her. "My son has married a smart and virtuous wife."

As a result, Jiang Muye laughed out loud. "Then you haven't eaten the food she makes."

Leng Ruoli's face instantly flushed with embarrassment, and she subconsciously nudged Jiang Muye's arm lightly with her elbow.

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