Fortunate Eighties: The Bewitching Female Rival Who Tamed Her Husband with Skill-Chapter 128 - What If Its a Daughter

Chapter 128: Chapter 128 What If It’s a Daughter?

Chapter 128 -128 What If It’s a Daughter?

Susu was furious, grinding her teeth as the main culprit wasn’t home and still managed to embarrass her in front of her mother-in-law and Little Aunt.

Mrs. Lu and Little Aunt, who had been through such experiences themselves, knew that newlywed couples are usually in their honeymoon phase, hurriedly took the triplets to the yard.

As soon as Lu Xiaoting got home, he was met with his wife’s cold stare, leaving him confused, until his mother pulled him aside to calm him down, after which he quickly went to admit his faults and charm his wife.

Susu, puffing with anger, didn’t even want to look at the main culprit. After all, he had started it, and she was the one left in an awkward position.

—

This day, the third brother came home with some goods to announce joyful news; it turned out his sister-in-law, Bai Xiao, was pregnant.

Mrs. Lu was both shocked and delighted, hastily advising her son on what to be mindful of during pregnancy.

“Mom, later you can take the goods and go see Xiaoxiao with the third brother. Little Aunt and I are here, and you don’t have to worry about the triplets.”

“Alright, I’ll go with the third brother to see his family. It’s their first child, I really can’t help but worry.”

In the afternoon, Mrs. Lu returned home with a smile.

“Mom, it seems that Xiaoxiao is doing well?”

“Yes, very well, she finds everything delicious.”

Mrs. Lu, grinning, hugged her little granddaughter, “On the way there, I was also worrying about who would take care of Pingping and her siblings later. Your elder sister-in-law and you had your postpartum month taken care of by me, and it’s only right I do the same for the third brother’s family.

I was worried on the way there about what will happen when Little Aunt goes back for her postpartum care, and how to manage the triplets with just your father around, which I don’t find reassuring.

Now that the third brother’s family has decided to ask his mother for help, your father and I can’t contribute much physically, but we will provide some money.”

Susu nodded, “That makes sense.”

—

Susu had just returned from the store when she saw Xiao Yu and Xiao Xue, the sisters with red swollen eyes. Her first reaction was fear that the sisters had been bullied.

Anxious, she asked, “Xiao Yu, Xiao Xue, why are you crying? Has someone bullied you? Your elder aunt and uncle will stand up for you, don’t be afraid.”

Mrs. Lu looked up, her eyes also slightly red, “No, we were just on the phone with the elder brother and his wife, and the children were missing their parents.”

Susu breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good. If anyone dares to bully you, you must tell the family. Your elder uncle will handle it.”

The children all giggled, nodding cheerfully.

The triplets, not understanding anything, giggled along with their brother and sister.

…

“Mom, you have no idea, ever since we came here, Huai Ze barely takes care of me anymore. He leaves early in the morning and hardly interacts with me when he gets home.”

Jiang Nan thought of how her husband just went to sleep as soon as he got home, tears welling up from the frustration.

“He must still be angry with you. Coax him nicely, be affectionate for a few days, then cold for a bit, so he doesn’t take you for granted.”

Jiang Nan frowned, “Mom, will this approach really work?”

“Of course, it will. Just listen to your mother, she wouldn’t steer you wrong. Oh, and remember to send me some money, I’m running low, and your nephew has been starving lately.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Jiang Nan ended the call feeling weak, her mind overrun with conflicting thoughts.

One voice argued, why are you making a fuss when your husband is tired after a long day? Let him rest properly.

Another countered, why should he neglect you? Didn’t he promise to keep you happy and treat you well when he married you?

…

Throughout the journey, two opposing voices battled in Jiang Nan’s mind, one urging her to listen to her mother, the other advising against it, leaving her confused and distraught.

Looking at the room with only a bed, a simple table, and a basic stove, the meager surroundings moved Jiang Nan to tears.

After covering the travel expenses to Yangcheng, they had only 50 yuan left, forcing them to rent a tiny flat.

Surrounded mostly by other migrant workers, faced with immediate financial needs and unable to find suitable work, Brother Lu started working as a laborer on a construction site.

Leaving early in the morning and not returning until after dark, exhausted by the heavy physical labor, he arrived home drained.

Gazing at the cold, unused stove, Brother Lu let out an almost imperceptible sigh and, dragging his weary body, he cooked noodles.

“Wife, let’s eat.”

Without a word, Jiang Nan, Brother Lu, looking at his crying wife, felt nothing but a throbbing headache. Silently, he scarfed down the noodles, momentarily easing his gnawing hunger.

Jiang Nan looked at the man who had always doted on her, utterly disappointed, and pushed the bowl away.

“Crash—”

The bowl fell and shattered, the white noodles scattering everywhere.

Jiang Nan was startled; she hadn’t expected the bowl to fall, but still stubbornly refused to be the first to back down.

“Smack—”

Brother Lu slammed his hand on the table, his eyes red with anger as his brow furrowed tightly. “Jiang Nan, that’s enough!”

“What are you getting so angry about? I’m working myself to death to earn money. It’s bad enough I can’t even have a hot meal when I get home, but I also have to endure your inexplicable tantrums.

What are you thinking? Or do you just enjoy arguing every day, without it you can’t function, right?”

Jiang Nan was dumbfounded, shaking with anger, “Why are you yelling? Why are you yelling?”

“You think I want to? I didn’t do it on purpose, why are you yelling at me?”

“Damn it, enough already, always fighting.”

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“If you want to argue, go elsewhere and do it, don’t disturb my rest.”

…

Listening to the cursing from outside, Brother Lu took a deep breath to calm himself.

“Just say what you want to say, don’t always make me guess, I’m exhausted. If you still want to bring the kids over soon…”

Jiang Nan looked at the man soundly asleep, her eyes brimming with tears, without a trace of sleepiness.

She wondered how her life had become like this. Thinking of her two daughters waiting at home with eager eyes, Jiang Nan covered her mouth and quietly began to sob.

…

Susu was overwhelmed by the triplets making noise. Seeing the man come in, she quickly said, “Hurry, hurry, your dad’s back.”

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

The triplets scrambled into their father’s arms, gleefully pulling on his face, each one calling out ‘Daddy.’

“Do you miss daddy?”

“Yes.”

The triplets chimed in unison with their little voices.

“Daddy ride horse.”

“Ride horse.”

Lu Xiaoting pinched his son’s little cheek, apparently they really missed playing ‘horse.’

Susu, smiling, watched the triplets scramble around their father.

“Mommy, ride horse.”

“Mommy, come.”

“Mommy, together.”

“No, no, mommy doesn’t like it, you go ahead.”

Susu declined the triplets’ enthusiastic invitation, mainly because she was afraid she might be squashed by their dad, Lu Gong’an.

After all, she was an adult’s weight.

That day

The Lu family gathered at a restaurant for dinner, loudly celebrating Bai Xiao’s pregnancy.

“Xiaoxiao, eat more, I see you like pig’s feet.”

“Thank you, mother.”

Bai Xiao kicked her man under the table.

The third son felt the pain in his foot and immediately looked at his wife, who was smiling tenderly at his mother.

“Mother, we can only have one child, what if it’s a girl…?”