Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 825: Chapter 835: She... Has Arrived

An Ran took the food Mu Xingfeng handed her, seeing it was all her favorites, she happily swallowed a piece of cake and said with a smile, ”Sister-in-law said not to call her that, saying Brother hasn’t given her a title yet.”

Gu Haoyu paused, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes. He looked at Lin Ruonan in surprise, yet calmly said, ”My mistake, I’ll hurry it up.”

Lin Ruonan poked her food with her fork absent-mindedly, her face too shy to lift, muttering, ”You’re all bullying me, I won’t talk to you.”

”We wouldn’t dare bully you, if anyone does, it should be Brother,” Mu Xingfeng aptly commented like a sharp remark.

Lin Ruonan instantly puffed up like a pufferfish and handed Mu Xingfeng two naphthalene balls.

The four of them chatted while eating, the atmosphere incredibly relaxed and joyful.

At this moment, a guard walked in, heading directly towards the main table and approached Xia Huiling.

”Madam, there’s a lady at the door wanting to see Old Mr. Mu, she doesn’t have an invitation, but she asked to give this to Madam.”

As he spoke, he handed over a ruby ring.

The ring wasn’t very finely crafted. Although it was adorned with a ruby, the base was gold, appearing to be an old item, with traces of gold embroidery on the base.

Yet, this seemingly worthless item made Xia Huiling suddenly stand up, her eyes slightly reddened, as she asked in a trembling voice, ”Where is the person?”

This table seated the main guests of the Lin, Mu, and Shen Families. Besides the heads of the three families, Old Mr. Lin, Old Mr. Mu, Old Mrs. Mu, and Old Mr. Shen were also present.

Xia Huiling’s uncharacteristic behavior shocked everyone at the table, as Shen Zheng stood up and held his wife’s trembling shoulders, asking, ”Huiling, what’s going on?”

Xia Huiling raised the ring to Shen Zheng’s face, choked up, and said, ”She... has come.”

”Who?” Shen Zheng looked at this somewhat familiar ring but couldn’t recall where he’d seen it before.

”Yuzhu.”

After she spoke, a tear dropped down with a plop.

Upon hearing this name, not only Shen Zheng, but Old Mr. Shen also stood up, gesturing to the guard, ”Quick, invite her in, don’t take her to the back hall.”

Saying that, Old Mr. Shen walked towards the back hall, hands behind his back, having too much to say to the visitor, although the occasion wasn’t appropriate to leave, he couldn’t wait any longer.

Shen Zheng and Xia Huiling exchanged a glance, apologized to the elders of the Lin and Mu Families, and also hurriedly entered the back hall.

Soon after, the guard returned again, followed by a graceful and elegant woman.

The woman wore a burgundy cheongsam, her hair neatly pinned up, with exquisite makeup on her dignified features.

Returning once again to the Imperial City, to the Shen Family, to this place that haunted her dreams, each step Song Yu took felt like it was filled with lead.

That familiar face only magnified the guilt in her heart, and the emotions suppressed for twenty years surged forth.

Thirty-five years ago, she came to the Shen Family with her married sister. At that time, Old Mr. Shen was renowned for his military prestige, and the Shen Family held a significant position in the Imperial City.

Old Mr. Shen did not show the slightest disdain towards them and honored the agreement made with their father, allowing her sister to marry Shen Zheng, while also adopting her as a goddaughter.

She remembered Old Shen saying at that time, how one daughter’s never enough, having an extra daughter is even more comforting, two padded jackets are warmer than one.