Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34: Chapter 34: The Meeting Gift_1

Bai Qingyan looked at Mrs. Dong’s joyous face and didn’t want to say she would never marry, fearing it would sadden her. She only said, “I just saw Second Aunt’s eyes were red. She must have cried before coming. Second Aunt loves me because I am her niece, but she won’t necessarily like a daughter-in-law who has difficulty bearing children. Grandmother and Uncle care about me, but one cannot force a cow to drink. In the end, one still has to live under the mother-in-law’s hand in the back courtyard. Mother, isn’t that right?”

Mrs. Dong didn’t speak, considering it carefully.

“Mother, Grandmother and Uncle have been so good to you and me. Are you willing to disturb Grandmother’s peaceful later years by causing discord between her and her daughter-in-law over my marriage? Marriage isn’t the only path in life. This is what you used to comfort me with.”

Mrs. Dong’s words were all to comfort her daughter when she was injured. She didn’t want to let go of this marriage, her lips quivering, “Perhaps, it’s better to meet Brother Yuan first. What if… Brother Yuan is willing?”

Bai Qingyan didn’t argue with Mrs. Dong.

Her mother said that Grandmother had been planning her marriage with Dong Changyuan since she was injured, but she hadn’t heard about it in her past life.

Bai Qingyan closed her eyes and thought about it, quickly figuring it out.

In her previous life, when her grandmother, second uncle, and second aunt came to Dadu for the New Year, they indeed brought the second son, Dong Changyuan, from Dengzhou. However, at that time, Bai Jinxiu had unexpectedly died on her wedding day not long ago. Grandmother probably felt it was inappropriate to mention a marriage proposal, and later, the news of the Bai family men dying in Nanjiang on New Year’s Eve came back…

She knew her grandmother loved her, and she didn’t want to cause a rift between her grandmother and second aunt because of her.

Before the carriage arrived, Madam Dong, with white hair, was already standing at the gate of the Dong Mansion, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Mrs. Song and four grandsons and two granddaughters to welcome her daughter and granddaughter.

Madam Dong wore a gray squirrel fur coat embroidered with gold patterns, and her hands were wrapped around Buddha Beads, constantly looking toward the right side of the long street.

Dong Changyuan stood beside Madam Dong with his hands folded behind his back, dressed in a stone-blue straight gown with a black jade pendant hanging from his waist. The handsome young man showed no emotion on his refined face.

“They’re here, they’re here!” a servant woman shouted, “I see Second Master’s carriage!”

Madam Dong lifted her coat’s hem, held up by Mrs. Song, took a few steps forward.

“Mother, don’t rush, Wan Jun and Kid can’t fly!” Mrs. Dong, playing with Madam Dong.

Dong Tingzhen, Mrs. Dong’s second daughter, also laughed as she held Madam Dong: “Grandmother, don’t hurry. If you fall, Aunt and Big Cousin will worry!”

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the Dong Mansion. Mrs. Dong got off the carriage first and, upon seeing her white-haired mother, immediately burst into tears: “Mother!”

“Wan Jun!” Madam Dong’s eyes moistened as she hurried down the steps.

Chun Tao and Chun Yan, who had been walking alongside the carriage, helped Bai Qingyan down. She bowed and greeted, “Grandmother, Aunt!”

“My Wan Jun, my Kid!” Madam Dong hugged her daughter with one arm and her granddaughter with the other, tears streaming down, making Bai Qingyan’s eyes red as well.