The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1683: Have You Forgotten Something?

Chapter 1683: Chapter 1683: Have You Forgotten Something?

Thank goodness the medicine Sister Sangsang gave him was enough!

"I understand."

He felt that in this past year, he could have vomited from drinking nothing but blood.

As a person from the Illusion Continent, life was truly hard, so very hard!

...

The Yue Clan’s family dinner, especially the one welcoming back the Yue Family’s eldest son after many years of estrangement, naturally required the attendance of every member of the Yue Family.

The old matriarch of the Yue Family had decreed that even those who had broken their legs outside must crawl back!

Furthermore, the heads of several families who were on good terms with the Yue Clan also came, bringing with them many of their own kin, all there to make connections with Lin Chushui.

So, when Luo Tianying arrived at the front courtyard with Lin Chushui, it was already crowded with people.

And Luo Mianyi, who sat beside Yue Chong, though she was always smiling, any discerning eye could tell that her smile did not reach her eyes, likely indicating her discomfort.

"Brother Chong, Chushui has just returned, and to put on such a grand display, is it really a good idea?"

She casually asked Yue Chong, holding a child in her arms as if by accident.

"What’s not good about it?"

Yue Chong looked at her and asked in return.

Hearing this response, Luo Mianyi found herself at a loss for words.

She could hardly say that she felt it unfair on behalf of her two sons, who had never received such fanfare in the Yue Family.

"There’s nothing bad, just... I’m afraid that Chushui might stick his neck out too much at home, and invite others’ envy."

She said.

"Chushui is my eldest son, who wouldn’t be envious?" Yue Chong stated.

Remembering past events, he furrowed his brow, his gaze towards Luo Mianyi turning slightly hostile.

"I haven’t even mentioned your fault yet. I had important matters to deal with in the front yard and entrusted you to arrange Chushui’s lodgings, yet he was nowhere to be seen. When mother finds out, she will certainly have words about you."

This matter didn’t even need his mother to send someone to remind him, as the Great Clan Elder had already pointed it out to him personally.

It was said that many of the clan’s servants were secretly gossiping, claiming that Yue Chong’s eldest son had returned to the clan but was not being given due attention. As his father, he didn’t personally take his child to settle in, but instead had a minor overseer take him.

Putting it out there, it was his own dignity at stake!

"This... I was just worried about Hao’er, he’s still injured."

Luo Mianyi brought up the child she was holding in her arms as an excuse. Her own son was injured; she couldn’t be expected to neglect him completely in favor of someone else’s child, could she? Even if that child happened to be her own sister’s, he still couldn’t compare to her own flesh and blood.

Yue Chong glanced at Luo Tianhao in Luo Mianyi’s arms, seeing that as a seven-year-old boy, he was still cooing in his mother’s embrace, he grew even more dissatisfied.

Back on the wasteland, Lin Changyi from the Lin Family, when he was of similar age, was already capable of helping with household chores.

Then he looked at his own son...

"You just spoil him, and we’ll see what comes of it!"

He remarked, and without giving any more attention to Luo Mianyi and her son, he raised his head to look outside, to see if his own son had arrived.

...

Outside the Jufeng Hall, Luo Tianying had been waiting with Lin Chushui, but no one had come to meet them.

"Could uncle have forgotten something!"

She ground her teeth, livid inside, and spoke resentfully.

But her voice was still kept low, as if she were in fear of Lin Chushui hearing.

It was this cousin’s first time meeting his family; as his father, how could uncle not come out in person to bring Chushui inside? How could it be like this?

"This..."