Chapter 1373: Chapter 1372: Beloved Little Darling 3
After the banquet started, Xia Siyuan sat next to Lin Hanfeng holding their child. In the eyes of others, she wasn’t officially part of the Lin family yet, just the mother of the Lin family’s legitimate great-granddaughter. But everyone could see that Lin Hanfeng took good care of her. It probably wouldn’t be long before they were drinking wedding wine.
The Lin family had a large population, with several branches.
Actually, people from the other branches of the family were secretly frustrated. They couldn’t produce daughters even when they wanted to, yet Lin Hanfeng hadn’t even married and already had a daughter. Given this trend, the patriarch would definitely leave more of the family fortune to Lin Hanfeng in the future.
When Xia Siyuan went to the restroom during the banquet, she encountered an aunt from the third branch in the corridor.
That Aunt Lin greeted her with a smile, "Miss Xia, you truly are lucky. As the saying goes, those who can give birth are the real winners. As long as the patriarch is still around, your position is very secure. Lin Hanfeng is bound to treat you like a treasure, so he can inherit more of the wealth in the future."
Xia Siyuan smiled, "Aunt Lin is right, I do feel especially fortunate."
Xia Siyuan could tell that this Aunt Lin was trying to sow discord, implying that the reason she was favored now was that Lin Hanfeng wanted to use their child to compete for the inheritance.
She was already well aware of the Lin family situation from her relatives. Now, other branches of the Lin family all envied the main branch.
Aunt Lin thought such words could hurt Xia Siyuan’s self-esteem. What a miscalculation.
She and Lin Hanfeng were just acquaintances in the beginning, brought together solely because of their daughter. Lin Hanfeng naturally treated her differently because of the daughter. Why should she be bothered by that? She’s not a banknote that everyone has to love.
Aunt Lin, at a loss for words and having achieved nothing, returned to the banquet hall.
After using the restroom, Xia Siyuan also returned to the banquet hall and shared the incident as a joke with Ye Xingguang.
Ye Xingguang gave her a thumbs up, "The branches of the Lin family are now all trying to fight for the inheritance. Don’t let what others say get to you. Just focus on taking care of yourself and the little princess. Let those idle tales go in one ear and out the other..."
"Cousin, I know. Because of the little princess, Lin Hanfeng treats me differently and I already feel very lucky. I don’t know if that aunt intentionally spoke those words out of brainlessness; did she think I would expect Lin Hanfeng to treat me well because he’s fallen in love with me? Isn’t that overestimating too much? Am I that charming?
Awkward and self-deprecating as it was, Ye Xingguang found it hard to interject. She always felt her cousin was a bit insecure due to her physical condition.
Hopefully, over time, she could shed that insecurity.
Just then, Lin Hanfeng came over, wanting to introduce Xia Siyuan to a few people, and their conversation ceased.
Beside them sat Ye Junqing, who somehow had already peeled lots of prawns, placing them on a small plate in front of Ye Xingguang.
Little Huahua wanted to eat them, so Ye Xingguang picked them all up and fed them into Little Huahua’s mouth.
Tonight the weather wasn’t very good, with lightning and thunder outside. The thunder was so loud it could be heard even inside the banquet hall.
Ye Xingguang wasn’t usually timid, but she was particularly scared of thunder.
Ye Junqing naturally pulled her into his arms, gently patting her shoulder in a comforting manner, and whispered in her ear, "Don’t be afraid."
Ye Xingguang, feeling scared, shrank directly into Ye Junqing’s embrace, feeling embarrassed herself, and scratched her nose awkwardly with her hand.
Seeing her cute action, Ye Junqing chuckled, placed his long fingers on her head, and ruffled her hair slightly, "It’s not embarrassing."