Chapter 175: Children Hook People

Chapter 175

The night was still quiet. Probably because they had been drinking a mix of formula and breast milk for a long time, stopping it abruptly didn't make the children too uncomfortable.

But ZhiXia was suffering a bit.

Even with little milk, her chest was still swollen and painful through the night, feeling as heavy as if two bricks were hanging on it.

ZhiXia got up a bit later. When she went out, Pei Jing said, "Pei Xiang came by earlier, but heard you were not up yet so she hurried to school, saying she'd come to find you after school, and have lunch here too. Sister-in-law and Second Brother will probably come over too."

ZhiXia responded with a disgusted "um", and asked him, "Did you go next door to check on them? How are the kids?"

After taking care of them for so long, she still worried about them even though it had only been one night.

"Wen Qing was playing with them, nothing really happened, but my daughter cried when she saw me in the morning, kept wanting me to hold her. Mother kicked me out." Pei Jing said helplessly with a laugh. Then he quietly asked her, "How are you? You don't look too good."

In addition, even with the thick clothes, the two bulging lumps on her chest were too conspicuous. He touched them when he got up, they were quite hard, a bit scary.

ZhiXia sighed, "I'm fine, just feel swollen and uncomfortable."

And this situation got even worse by noon, she also started leaking milk.

She had padded two thick cotton pads inside, which made her already big chest even more noticeable. She was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare go out.

Pei Jing was also very worried, but he couldn't help with this kind of thing.

Sure enough, Wang Yue came with her daughter at noon, Pei Sheng came with his wife Jiang Su and Pei Meng. Eldest Brother Pei Yong was still serving in the army and rarely came back once a year and a half.

ZhiXia hurriedly tidied herself up and changed into a slightly fat flower cotton jacket. Although the rather tacky flower pattern made it look a bit vulgar, it didn't look bad on her at all.

And the generation gap between them was so big, she even wanted to marry Zhi Xian brother before?

With their families so close, she definitely wouldn't be bullied if she married over. But now with this rearrangement, she didn't even dare bring it up anymore.

This really pissed her off!

That little rascal Jian Guo didn't even listen to her and kept rejecting her ideas. If he did, with Grandpa An and Granny's guilt towards An ZhiXia, the An family would at least owe them a share in the future.

But now, everything was cheap for little uncle.

Outsiders didn't have her inner twists and turns in mind. And she couldn't voice out these obvious ulterior motives, which led to Wang Yue's mediocre attitude towards ZhiXia. Yet she also feared ZhiXia had gotten some benefits that were all taken by the second branch, so she wanted her own daughter to get close to ZhiXia again.

But Pei Shuangshuang wasn't someone who would listen obediently. Having grown up well-fed, she naturally wouldn't lower herself for imagined benefits and get close to someone she disliked.

At best, not causing trouble for ZhiXia could already be considered very good.

Part of this was also because ZhiXia was now their elder, Pei Shuangshuang could still try to get attention among peers, but couldn't be disrespectful to elders. Otherwise her grandfather, little uncle, and dad who came back only once a year would teach her a lesson.

Pei Xiang originally wanted to take ZhiXia out shopping before New Year's, but ZhiXia's swollen chest was too uncomfortable so she declined with kind words, saying they could go some other time after New Year.

But they both understood clearly, the market would only open on the 5th day of New Year, and by then ZhiXia would be hurrying back already with no time at all.

The two children were like hooks at Grandpa's, once there in the morning they wouldn't budge. Grandpa even squeezed in to freeload lunch without affecting the children's schedule, only waiting until they fell asleep before reluctantly coming home, then soon going over again after a short break.

The three elders were still quite healthy, taking care of two children was no trouble at all. Zhi Xian couldn't even help much. Liu Ling was also free enough to come find ZhiXia.

Also, Wen Qing was reluctant to leave his siblings either and stuck around instead of following her.