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.

She had no choice, her chest was too swollen, she could only wear something loose.

After greeting everyone, Pei Xiang pulled ZhiXia to her room. "Little auntie, long time no see, you look so beautiful now. If not meeting you at home, I wouldn't even recognize you if I saw you outside!"

"You still have such a sweet mouth." ZhiXia laughed happily from the compliment.

Pei Meng was quite curious about Lingjiang City's side, and asked about Zhi Xian's situation. Anyway her little mouth kept blabbering without stopping, but it wasn't annoying at all.

In the yard, Wang Yue exclaimed, "ZhiXia and XiangXiang's relationship is quite good. Seeing how intimate they are, running into the room as soon as meeting."

Jiang Su rolled her eyes, "We're all family, it's normal to have good relations. This shows XiangXiang likes her little auntie, and little auntie is likable."

Seeing them about to fight again, Pei Sheng quickly pulled his wife over, "Let's go see how sister-in-law Zhang has prepared lunch. We still have work in the afternoon, better eat now or we'll be late."

Ever since People's Daily published the notice on "Abolishing old customs, no Spring Festival holiday", they couldn't even rest on big festivals and still had to work as usual.

At the kitchen door, Jiang Su slapped Pei Sheng's hand away, "Keep being so weak! Must let people shit on our heads right?" Pei Sheng was also helpless, "The family is divided. How often can we still gather in the future? It's rare for little Jing and ZhiXia to come back. It's a joyous day, what will Father think seeing you two fight like this? Let's just swallow this once for their sake? I'll make it up to you when we get back okay?"

Only then did Jiang Su calm down a bit, "Alright alright, I'll give little brother and ZhiXia some face today."

Wang Yue looked at her useless daughter, whispering: "Didn't you see Pei Xiang went over already? Why don't you follow along to take a look?"

"Look at what? I'm not even familiar with her." Pei Shuangshuang curled her lips. No matter how good-looking ZhiXia had become, she still couldn't get rid of her countryside bumpkin status. She didn't even know what Grandpa and little uncle were thinking, letting her become their aunt. Her mom was the same, she actually considered letting An ZhiXia become her sister-in-law before.

The more Pei Shuangshuang thought about it, the more disgusted she felt. In her eyes, An ZhiXia wasn't even good enough to become her sister-in-law, let alone her aunt.

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.