Liu Mingzhi had just walked into the courtyard outside Chen Jie's boudoir. Before he reached the door, he started shouting at the top of his voice.
"Jie'er, come out quickly, my husband has a big surprise for you today."
In just a moment, Chen Jie's delicate and confused voice came from the boudoir.
"It's still raining outside, husband, why are you here now? What kind of surprise is this? Are you making such a loud noise?"
Just as Chen Jie finished speaking, Liu Lianniang's light voice filled with surprise sounded again.
"Daddy, daddy."
Although Liu Mingzhi did not see the little girl, he still responded to Liu Lianniang with a smile on his face.
"Hey, dear daughter, do you miss your daddy today?"
"I've thought about it, I've thought about it, Lian Niang misses daddy every day!"
Before Chen Jie's beautiful figure appeared, the little girl Liu Lianniang ran out with a smile on her face.
When she saw her father walking towards him in the courtyard, the little girl jumped over to him without caring about the drizzle falling in the sky.
"Dad, why are you here? Ah, Aunt Yan'er, you are here too. Lian Niang has met Aunt Yan'er. She is fine."
The third princess looked at Liu Lianniang with a pretty face and a silly smile, and gently pinched the little girl's pretty nose with a smile.
"My dear mother, please excuse me from the gift."
"Thank you, auntie."
"Dad, aunt, it's raining in the sky. Let's go into the room quickly. Second aunt and brother Haoran are also in there. Brother Haoran is very good."
Just as Liu Lianniang was about to lead Mr. Liu and his wife towards the room, she caught sight of Li Ye who happened to walk into the courtyard.
The little girl looked curiously at Li Ye, whose face was covered by a bamboo hat and gauze, and then raised her head to look at her father.
"Dad, who is he? Why did he come to our house?"
While Liu Lianniang was curious about Li Ye's identity, Li Ye was also carefully observing the little girl standing next to Young Master Liu through the gauze.
Hearing this little girl call his uncle daddy, Li Ye instantly knew who she was.
His half-sister Liu Lianniang.
Looking at his younger sister Liu Lianniang, whose appearance was 70% similar to that of his mother, Li Ye seemed to know what his mother looked like as a child.
Liu Mingzhi glanced back at Li Ye, who was standing motionless, and gently patted his good daughter's bun.
"Lian Niang, this is your brother."
"Ah? Lian Niang's brother?"
"Yes, your brother."
"Dad, which brother of Lian Niang is he? If he is the brother, why does he cover his appearance so that Lian Niang cannot see it?"
Liu Lianniang tapped her pink lips with her fingers and walked towards Li Ye doubtfully.
Slowly stopping in front of Li Ye, Liu Lianniang poked her head and looked under the gauze that covered Li Ye's face. When she saw Li Ye's face, the little girl's big, lively eyes revealed
A look of doubt.
Which brother is this? Why have I never seen him before?
Li Ye lowered his eyes and looked down at Liu Lianniang who was not timid, and his eyes softened involuntarily.
The clever and eccentric appearance of my younger sister really doesn't look like my mother at all.
"You two, stop looking at each other and let's talk in the room first."
Liu Lianniang immediately turned around and ran towards her father, holding Young Master Liu's hand and walking towards the door.
"Dad, let's go in quickly."
Several people just walked into the room, and Chen Jie happened to come out from behind the screen.
Seeing Liu Dashao and the others who were standing in the room with their umbrellas folded, Chen Jie greeted them with an apologetic face.
"Husband, I and my sister were too busy with sewing work just now, so they didn't come out in time to see the surprise you mentioned. Don't mind."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The surprise will last for a while."
"Sister Yan'er, you're here too, please sit down and have a rest."
"Thank you sister, sister is not tired."
Chen Jie greeted Young Master Liu and the other two, glanced at Li Ye next to her in surprise, and then turned to look at Young Master Liu.
"Husband, is this a guest?"
Li Ye looked at his mother, whom he had not seen for many years, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.
Quietly looking at his mother's familiar voice and smile, Li Ye slowly took off the gauze bamboo hat on his head and knelt down in front of Chen Jie.
"Mother."
Chen Jie's delicate body trembled suddenly, and she quickly turned around and looked in front of her. When she saw Li Ye's familiar appearance, Chen Jie's eyes showed disbelief.
"Ye...Ye'er? Mother, isn't she dreaming?"
"The unfilial son Li Ye pays homage to his mother."
Chen Jie's lips trembled as she looked at her son kneeling in front of her. She couldn't help but wonder if she was dreaming. Her son should be in Yanliu Village in Laizhou, East China Sea, so how could he appear in front of her.
After being stunned for a moment, Chen Jie stretched out her trembling jade hand and touched Li Ye's shoulder. The real feeling in her palm made Chen Jie realize that she was not dreaming, and her son was really back.
"Ye'er, it's really you, it's really you."
"Mother, it's really a child, it's really a child who's back."
After Chen Jie confirmed that her son's return was indeed a fact, two lines of clear tears quietly slipped down her cheeks, she hugged Li Ye in her arms and burst into tears.
"Son, you make me think about my mother so hard!"
Hearing Chen Jie's sad and joyful cries, He Shu hurriedly walked out from behind the screen with a tiger-head boot in his hand.
When he saw Li Ye, He Shu's pretty face couldn't help but be shocked.
Ye'er? How could it be Ye'er? Wasn't he already... already famous a few years ago?
Liu Lianniang, who didn't understand what was going on, looked at her mother who was crying uncontrollably, and she became tearful and held her father's finger.
"Dad, mother, what happened to her?"
"Lian Niang, it's okay. Your mother is just too happy. She is crying with joy."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. How could dad lie to Lian Niang?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Lian Niang believes in daddy."
Liu Mingzhi comforted his good daughter and coughed twice: "Jie'er, don't cry anymore. Reunion is a happy event, so why make it so sad."
Chen Jie heard Liu Dashao's words and gradually suppressed her tears of joy.
"Child, get up quickly, get up quickly."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Chen Jie took out her handkerchief and wiped the tears on her cheeks a few times, then bowed to Liu Dashaofu with an embarrassed look.
"Husband, I have lost my composure."
Liu Mingzhi sighed softly, reached out and patted the beauty's arm, turned around, walked to the chair next to him, and sat down.
"You all should sit down too, let's sit down and talk."
"Hey, I'm sitting here."
Just as Li Ye was about to sit down, his eyes happened to catch sight of He Shu walking gently into the main hall. The look of astonishment in his eyes flashed away, and Li Ye hurriedly saluted.
"My little boy, Li Ye, pay homage to my aunt, she is well."
He Shu's beautiful eyes looked at Li Ye who was saluting him in disbelief, and subconsciously turned to look at Young Master Liu who was sitting in the front seat.
Liu Mingzhi felt the beauty's shocked gaze and nodded calmly.