Chapter 1294: Daughters-in-law are as plentiful as opening a blind box

Little Zhixi blinked her big, dark eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering, and curiously looked at the unfamiliar yet kind grandmother in front of her. She pursed her little mouth and sweetly called out, "Hello, Grandma!"

The soft, sweet voice of "Grandma" filled Shen Cuiping's ears, making her heart melt with joy, and a kind smile immediately appeared on her face.

Before the shock on her face had completely faded, she was overwhelmed by a surge of joy, her voice trembling with tears as she eagerly waved to Lin Lang.

"Son! Quick! Give me a hug for Xi'er!"

Lin Lang smiled and responded, carefully handing over the soft little Zhi Xi from his arms.

Shen Cuiping quickly caught her granddaughter with both hands, afraid that she might accidentally drop her. She kissed Xiao Zhixi's exquisite face repeatedly, clicking her tongue in amazement.

"Oh my! My precious granddaughter!"

"How can you fly? You're amazing! You almost scared Grandma!"

Little Zhixi giggled as she was kissed, her soft little hands rubbing against Shen Cuiping's face, her short legs kicking back and forth in her arms, she was so happy.

Shen Cuiping couldn't help but touch Xiao Zhixi's smooth face and pinch her chubby little arms and legs. She couldn't get enough of looking at her and simply loved her dearly.

"My dear granddaughter, have you seen any pictures of your grandma before?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it!" Little Zhixi tilted her head, her voice as sweet as honey. "Father Emperor showed me a picture of Grandmother, and I've also seen pictures of Father Emperor when he was a child!"

Shen Cuiping felt a warmth in her heart and couldn't help but laugh and tease, "Goodness! Xi'er, your father has become so arrogant! He's practically a local tyrant at home, and he even makes you call him Father Emperor!"

Little Zhixi blinked her big, dark eyes, seemingly understanding but not quite, and replied in her childish voice, "I've called you Father Emperor since I was little!"

After saying that, she tilted her little face up and looked at Shen Cuiping with curiosity, asking in a clear voice, "Grandma, where have you been all these years? This is the first time I've seen you like this."

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuiping felt as if something had tugged at her heartstrings, and her eyes instantly reddened. She hugged Xiao Zhixi tightly, her voice choked with emotion yet full of tenderness.

"Grandma missed out on your growth before, it was Grandma's fault... But from now on, Grandma will love you even more, okay?"

"Okay!" Xiao Zhixi nodded heavily, cupped Shen Cuiping's face and kissed her cheek, making Shen Cuiping laugh through her tears.

"Xi'er, tell Grandma, what's your mother's name?"

"My mother's name is Tong Lei!" Little Zhixi puffed out her little chest and answered in a childish voice, loud and clear.

"Tong Lei?" Shen Cuiping murmured the unfamiliar name, her brows furrowing slightly, her face full of unfamiliarity. She quickly asked, "Where is your mother? Why haven't I seen her?"

Xiao Zhixi shook the magic wand in her hand, tilted her head and said seriously, "Tonight, Mother Consort has an awards ceremony. It seems that the TV series she starred in won an award, so she's not at home."

"So that's how it is!" Shen Cuiping suddenly realized, and quickly turned to look at Lin Lang, her tone full of surprise, "Son, Xi'er's mother is also an actress?"

Lin Lang smiled gently and nodded, replying, "Yes, Tong Lei is also an actress."

"But since giving birth to Xi'er, she has been in a semi-retired state, and she will only take on roles if she comes across a particularly good script."

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuiping exclaimed with delight, "Oh my! What a promising daughter-in-law! Son, quick, quick! Get Xi'er some snacks too!"

Lin Lang reached into his personal space, and in the blink of an eye, a box of snacks landed steadily on the ground: "Xi'er, this is some delicious food that Grandma specially bought for you."

"Thank you, Grandma!" Little Zhixi's eyes curved into crescents as she called out in a clear voice, and she even leaned in to give Shen Cuiping a big kiss on the cheek.

This made Shen Cuiping so happy she was practically beside herself, and her face immediately lit up with a smile.

She carefully placed Xiao Zhixi on the ground, muttering, "Go eat your snacks, Xi'er."

As soon as Xiao Zhixi's feet touched the ground, she pounced on the snack box like a little cannonball, tearing open the tape with a "rip" and seeing the colorful candies and potato chips inside. She immediately cheered, "Wow! So many delicious things!"

Watching Xiao Zhixi squatting on the ground, picking at snacks with her little hands, her eyes crinkling with laughter, Shen Cuiping's smile never faded. Her lips stretched almost to her ears, her eyes full of doting affection.

Seeing this, Zhang Qiaoyun, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but laugh and tease, "Cuiping, you're going to be very busy from now on. You'll have a whole bunch of grandchildren around you every day. I guarantee you won't have a moment to spare."

Shen Cuiping beamed from ear to ear, waving her hands repeatedly: "What's there to be busy about! With so many grandchildren around me, calling me 'Grandma' all day long, my heart is filled with sweetness!"

Hearing this, Guan Tingmei secretly thought to herself: You're getting excited too soon!

When you find out you have a whole kindergarten class of grandchildren, with over thirty little ones chattering and running around you every day, you're guaranteed to have a headache from all the noise!

Just then, the sound of two little girls chattering noisily came from the hallway outside the study.

Su Wanxing was seen holding her twin daughters, Lin Zhixin and Lin Zhiyue, in each arm, preparing to go up to the second floor of the villa to rest in their room.

As she passed by the study door, Xiao Zhixin's big, dark eyes immediately spotted Lin Lang inside, and she called out in her childish voice, "Father!"

She struggled to break free from Su Wanxing's grasp, her short legs stomping as she rushed into the study, calling out in her clear voice, "Father!"

Lin Lang turned his head upon hearing the voice and immediately saw Xiao Zhixin, dressed in a pink ancient costume and looking charming and cute. His heart softened instantly, and he bent down, opened his arms, and said gently, "Xin'er, come here and let your father hug you!"

Little Zhixin nestled softly into Lin Lang's arms, whereupon Lin Lang picked her up and kissed her delicate, pretty face repeatedly, making the little girl giggle.

At the same time, Xiao Zhiyue broke free from Su Wanxing's hand and ran towards Lin Lang with her short legs, her soft voice following closely behind: "Father! Yue'er wants a hug too!"

Lin Lang smiled and bent down, simply taking Xiao Zhiyue into his arms as well. With one little princess in each hand, the two daughters looked exactly alike, their rosy little faces pressed against his cheeks.

Instantly, a surge of intense paternal love welled up in his heart, and the tenderness in Lin Lang's eyes almost overflowed.

He tightened his arms around his two daughters and lowered his head to kiss Xiao Zhiyue on the forehead.

Shen Cuiping was stunned when she saw her son holding two identical granddaughters in his arms. She was taken aback at first, but then realized that they were a pair of adorable twins.

But when her gaze swept over Su Wanxing, who walked in through the door, she exclaimed with a mixture of surprise and delight, "Son! Didn't you say Zhou Mengyao gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl?"

"How did they turn into twin daughters? What... what happened?!"

Standing to the side, Guan Tingmei said with a smile, "This is not Zhou Mengyao."

"Uh..." Shen Cuiping looked puzzled, carefully examining Su Wanxing, thinking: What's going on? This girl hasn't changed much since high school! It's definitely Zhou Mengyao!

Lin Lang, holding his two daughters, looked at Su Wanxing who was slowly walking into the study, a smile playing on his lips, and said to Shen Cuiping, "Mom, you've mistaken me for someone else."

"Your daughter-in-law, who looks exactly like Mengyao, is named Su Wanxing, and she's a famous and beautiful writer."

"Huh?" Shen Cuiping's eyes widened in shock, muttering to herself, "She looks so much like Zhou Mengyao! They're practically identical!"

Su Wanxing was completely stunned, staring at Shen Cuiping in disbelief, her voice trembling slightly: "Husband, this... isn't this the mother-in-law from the portrait? How can she be alive and well here?"

"Wanxing, don't be afraid," Lin Lang explained softly. "I traveled back to the day our mother died in the car accident and brought her from 1996 to the present."

Guan Tingmei stood aside and said with a smile, "Don't just stand there, Wanxing, call her Mom."

Upon hearing this, Su Wanxing's shock and panic subsided almost instantly. She quickly walked to Shen Cuiping, affectionately took her mother-in-law's hand, and sweetly called out, "Mom!"

Shen Cuiping grasped Su Wanxing's fair and soft hand in return, looking at her face, which was almost identical to Zhou Mengyao's, and couldn't stop smiling, repeatedly saying, "Oh my, daughter-in-law, you are so beautiful!"

"How can two people in this world look so alike?"

"You and Zhou Mengyao, Ah Lang's high school classmate, look exactly alike!"

Su Wanxing replied with a smile, "Mom, everyone says that. When I go out, people often mistake me for someone else."

The more Shen Cuiping looked at Su Wanxing, the more pleasing she became. She held Su Wanxing's hand tightly and kept saying with a beaming smile, "Oh, Wanxing!"

"Look at him, Ah Lang just brought me back from 1996, and hasn't even had a chance to mention having such a beautiful daughter-in-law like you! I haven't prepared anything, not even a gift for you. I feel really bad about it!"

Su Wanxing held her mother-in-law's hand and shook it, then said obediently and sensibly, "Mom, what kind of gift should we prepare?"

“The daughters-in-law of our Lin family are all very wealthy and well-off, lacking nothing! As long as you can come back safely, the children can have their grandmother to love them, and the whole family can be happy, that’s enough!”

"Oh my, my good daughter-in-law, you really know how to talk!" Shen Cuiping was flattered and smiled broadly. She couldn't help but pat Su Wanxing's fair and soft hand again, her eyes full of affection as she looked at her.

Lin Lang said with a smile, "Mom, Wanxing grew up in an orphanage and has never even seen what her biological parents look like. From now on, you must treat her like your own daughter and make up for all the maternal love she lacked growing up!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuiping's smile vanished instantly, and her gaze towards Su Wanxing was filled with tenderness.

She gripped Su Wanxing's hand tightly in return, her tone exceptionally clear and resolute: "Daughter-in-law, from today onwards, Mom will treat you like her own daughter. With Mom around, no one will ever let you suffer the slightest grievance!"

"The maternal love you lacked growing up? Mom will make it all up for you!"

"You can rest easy in this family, with Mom backing you up! If anyone dares to bully you, I'll be the first to object!"

Su Wanxing's eyes reddened slightly at Shen Cuiping's words, but she still smiled sweetly and quickly turned to her two daughters, saying softly, "Xin'er, Yue'er, quickly call her Grandma, she's your own grandma!"

The two little ones, held in Lin Lang's arms, blinked their big, dark eyes and looked curiously at Shen Cuiping, then called out in unison, "Grandma!"

Their voices were soft and sweet, melting Shen Cuiping's heart. Her face lit up with a smile, and she quickly said to Lin Lang, "Son, hurry! Get out the snacks we bought at the convenience store for my two precious granddaughters!"