Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1412 - 579: The Turmoil of Adoption (Part 3)

Kexin has been terribly worried these days: "Mom, what if Dad doesn’t come back?" Several of Kexin’s friends now have concubines in their homes, and Kexin is worried that if her dad brings a woman home in anger, it would be a disaster.

Yueyao chuckled and said, "This is his home, there’s no reason for him not to come back." An Zhichen was just upset about losing face, but once his temper cools, everything will be fine.

Kexin wasn’t as optimistic as Yueyao. She worried so much that she fell ill. As soon as An Zhichen learned his daughter was sick, he hurried home.

An Zhichen knew his daughter fell ill due to the tension at home and felt a bit guilty. Speaking of it, he was indeed at fault. He touched Kexin’s forehead and said, "Take good care of yourself, stop overthinking." He felt torn between pitying his daughter and thinking she was too sensitive.

Kexin responded obediently.

After Kexin fell asleep, An Zhichen accompanied Yueyao back to the Main Courtyard. Yueyao looked at An Zhichen’s expression and asked, "Still angry?"

An Zhichen said discontentedly, "Don’t interfere when I’m disciplining my sons next time!" He had hit those three rascals, and Yueyao dared to confront him, which made the three sons feel they had a backer, and in the future, they would act even more recklessly.

Yueyao was in a good mood at this moment and said, "Even when I didn’t agree with how you taught the kids before, I didn’t say anything. But this time you went overboard, didn’t you know? Brother Shengsheng and them are still bedridden now!" Just because Brother Xuxu didn’t visit the Second Old Grand Master’s house, he beat his sons severely. Brother Shengsheng and Brother Feifei both suffered just for reasoning. It was too unreasonable.

An Zhichen felt somewhat embarrassed; indeed, he had been overly furious at that time.

Xiang Wei informed Kexin about Yueyao and An Zhichen’s reconciliation, saying, "I told you this would work for sure. See, they’ve made up!" Kexin wasn’t truly sick; Xiang Wei said that if she pretended to be ill, Yueyao and An Zhichen would reconcile.

Kexin felt uneasy: "After all, I deceived Dad and Mom."

Xiang Wei laughed, "This is called a harmless lie."

Despite achieving her goal, Kexin felt guilty for feigning illness and worrying Yueyao and An Zhichen, so she told Yueyao about it the next day.

Yueyao was furious, not at Kexin but at Xiang Wei: "What kind of things are you teaching the child? Huh?"

Xiang Wei, considering Yueyao’s recent fiery temper, was eager not to experience Yueyao’s wrath like An Zhichen did, quickly said, "Just this once, there won’t be a next time."

Even if it’s only this once, there must be punishment. Yueyao’s punishment was gentle; Xiang Wei was to eat only vegetarian food for a month, no meat, no pastries or fruits. Simply put, besides basic meals, Xiang Wei wasn’t allowed to eat anything else. This was quite a torment for Xiang Wei.

Xiang Wei, using the pretext of inspecting the shop, went out once and returned with a gloomy face: "Madam, there are unsavory rumors about you outside. Do you want to know what they are?"

Yueyao could mostly guess: "Is it about the adoption issue?"

Xiang Wei nodded, "Someone’s been spreading the news about you disagreeing with adopting Brother Xu to the Second Old Grand Master, and now there are discussions all around about this." People outside say Yueyao is ignorant and An Zhichen is not a real man for fearing his wife. Others say An Zhichen is ungrateful; they’ve said everything nasty.

Yueyao had been contemplating this matter for days. Her stance was firm; An Zhichen surely wouldn’t go against her wishes, but An Zhichen would have a hard time with the Second Old Grand Master.

Xiang Wei muttered, "There’s no way around it. To really resolve this conflict, unless An Zhizhuo is willing to remarry again."

Yueyao murmured to herself, "Yes, the root issue lies with An Zhizhuo." The problem is with An Zhizhuo; if he’s willing to marry and have children, and the Second Old Grand Master has his own great-grandson, why would he fixate on Brother Xu?

Xiang Wei shook her head, "An Zhizhuo is like a rock in a latrine—stinky and hard. Persuading him is as difficult as climbing the sky."

Yueyao said, "We have to give it a try. So, go investigate An Zhizhuo’s past." We must understand a person like An Zhizhuo first to devise strategies. Otherwise, although she can stop An Zhichen from adopting Brother Xu, An Zhichen would still be in a difficult position.

Xiang Wei’s efficiency was very good; within five days, she found out about An Zhizhuo’s past. Handing the information to Yueyao, she said, "An Zhizhuo is truly a sentimental person." The investigation showed An Zhizhuo hadn’t intended to take that Brothel woman as a concubine; he just didn’t want a woman with similar features to his wife to be in such a place, so he redeemed her and provided for her. However, for a man to arrange for a woman to live in an external house, and buy maids and old nannies to care for her, naturally led people to believe he was keeping the woman as a concubine.