In This Life, I Will Extremely Pamper My Short-Lived Husband-Chapter 128 Now I Have to Hold Myself Back

He Shuying felt somewhat speechless as she glanced over at her sister-in-law from her maternal family. "They’ve just gotten married, what’s the rush?"

"Exactly," chimed in Aunt He. "If you’re really that anxious, sister-in-law, why don’t you go back and properly set up the marriages for my two nephews?"

Aunt He already had a displeased look on her face, and seeing that they weren’t siding with her made it even harder for her to speak up.

After a long silence, Aunt He finally said with a harsh tone, "I was just showing concern for her, after all. It’s not like I said anything unpleasant."

In her heart, He Shuying sneered; did she think Xu Jinzhi was someone she could manipulate so easily?

Even her, as a mother-in-law, never dared to make any demands of her, yet this outsider seemed all too eager.

Not a single inappropriate word had been said, but if there had been, and Xu Jinzhi became angry, she certainly wouldn’t intervene.

In any case, regardless of what was said, the topic of Xu Jinzhi’s still silent womb was now closed.

Aunt He was sitting right beside Xu Jinzhi and began to speak to her in a low voice.

Their voices weren’t loud, and if one didn’t listen carefully, they wouldn’t catch what was being said at all, but soon others joined the conversation, and more and more people got involved.

Liang Shiyu, whom everyone had been fawning over just moments before, suddenly found herself neglected. Watching everyone speak with Xu Jinzhi in friendly tones, Liang Shiyu felt deeply humiliated.

Suddenly, Liang Shiyu felt discomfort in her stomach and couldn’t help frowning, aware that she was probably upset. She placed a hand on her stomach and tried to regulate her breathing.

After several deep breaths, Liang Shiyu felt somewhat relieved. But upon seeing Xu Jinzhi again, she felt incredibly wronged.

He Shuying had noticed Liang Shiyu’s frown and could guess why she was feeling discomfort; it was nothing more than pent-up frustration.

He Shuying couldn’t understand why Liang Shiyu insisted on competing with Xu Jinzhi.

The two were clearly from different worlds, with nothing worth comparing.

This was how Liang Shiyu was, quick to compete and quick to anger, and He Shuying worried Liang Shiyu might make herself sick from it!

It wasn’t until Liang Shiyu’s expression seemed less pained that He Shuying breathed a sigh of relief and pretended as if nothing had happened, shifting her gaze away.

Just when Liang Shiyu was feeling aggrieved, a servant came to tell He Shuying, "Madam, the matronly family of the eldest young madam has arrived."

He Shuying was stunned, and then quickly composed herself, saying warmly, "Please invite them in promptly."

As she spoke, He Shuying was already standing up, obviously preparing to go out and welcome them.

She indeed had grievances against Liang Shiyu, but no matter how much, now that the marriage had taken place, she, as a mother-in-law, would still do what was proper in terms of courtesy.

Liang Shiyu also stood up, but her feelings were complex at the moment, because just a few days earlier, Liang Shiyu’s family issues had led to Xie Linchuan being demoted, and the Xie Family was definitely dissatisfied with them.

Not only that, as far as she knew, Liang Yu hadn’t even managed to sort out the situation yet.

As they were now visiting, Liang Shiyu worried that her parents might make statements asking the Xie Family for help.

With these thoughts, Liang Shiyu couldn’t help feeling a wave of irritation; it was bad enough that they hadn’t provided her a good family background, and now they were coming to drag her down!

However, when Liang Shiyu arrived at the doorway, seeing that her parents were followed by her great uncle’s family, her face turned utterly dark.

Her stomach had only just started to feel a bit better when suddenly it began to tighten again, and Liang Shiyu found herself barely able to stand.

"Be careful." Xie Linchuan hastily supported Liang Shiyu from behind.

Liang Shiyu turned to look at Xie Linchuan, her face full of grievance. Fortunately, at this time, Xie Linchuan understood what was upsetting Liang Shiyu at heart.

Xie Linchuan said in a low voice, "It’s alright."

"I’m sorry," Liang Shiyu said in a muffled voice.

Any trace of displeasure Xie Linchuan felt disappeared in an instant. No matter how angry he was with the Liang Family, he couldn’t be angry with Liang Shiyu.

None of this had anything to do with her, yet she was always being made unhappy by the affairs of the Liang Family.

"Don’t think too much. Whatever the issue is, I will handle it," Xie Linchuan said.

When Mrs. Liang approached, Xie Linchuan had already returned to normal, politely addressing her as father-in-law and mother-in-law, but Liang Shiyu didn’t call out to anyone. It was clear that she was not pleased.

The Liang parents seemed guilty, and because Liang Shiyu didn’t greet them, they didn’t get angry. Instead, they wore conciliatory expressions.

"How have you been recently, Shiyu? You don’t come home, we don’t even know how you’re doing," Mrs. Liang started, but then stopped.

Liang Shiyu really didn’t want to deal with them, and the atmosphere became somewhat stiff.

Just as Xie Linchuan was about to speak, trying to ease the tension, He Shuying beat him to it, "It’s so cold outside, don’t just stand by the door. Let’s all go in."

"Yes, let’s go in," Xie Linchuan echoed.

Liang Shiyu looked up at her mother-in-law. This was the first time she felt grateful towards her mother-in-law, thankful that she hadn’t embarrassed her at this moment.

He Shuying had noticed the gratitude in Liang Shiyu’s eyes, but that didn’t mean she liked Liang Shiyu any more than before.

It was just that Liang Shiyu was currently pregnant. Although she didn’t care about the whole eldest grandson matter, at the end of the day, Xie Linchuan was her child, and the child Liang Shiyu was carrying was Xie Linchuan’s.

She also worried that Liang Shiyu, being petty, would get so upset she could harm herself.

In short, there was a bit of a ’love me, love my dog’ sentiment.

By the time they had returned to the living room, a new round of greetings began.

Xu Jinzhi was sitting there, looking somewhat weary, as this was far more troublesome than the networking she was accustomed to at work.

When it was time to eat, everyone took their seats in the dining room. Because there were more people that day, Xu Jinzhi ended up sitting next to Liang Shiyu.

Xu Jinzhi didn’t really mind, and Liang Shiyu, probably because she had been more upset by other things than Xu Jinzhi today, didn’t have the energy to care too much.

During the meal, everyone chatted intermittently, and the atmosphere was relatively pleasant.

However, in the middle of the meal, Liang Shiyu suddenly started coughing, for reasons unknown. Xie Linchuan gently patted her back to help.

"What’s the matter? Did you choke, or what?" Aunt Liang asked, though she made no move to come over and check.

But her help wasn’t needed; Xie Linchuan was already taking care of her.

Xie Linchuan waited until Liang Shiyu’s coughing wasn’t so severe before offering her a cup of water, "Do you feel better now?"