Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 258 I Only Love My Wife!

At that time, Du Anrao was unaware that he was only one step away from the truth. On the day of Du Desheng's wedding, Du Anrao got up early to personally pick up Du's parents and others who had arrived in B City the day before.

The wedding was held on an auspicious day at the end of the year, which happened to be a weekend, so everyone was free and everyone came.

Upon seeing Du Anrao for the first time, Du's mother almost instinctively blurted out, "You've lost weight."

Then he was met with Du Anrao's round double chin, which had been developed from being fed.

Du Anrao: "..."

Du's mother: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Indeed, there's a kind of thinness that only your mom thinks you've lost weight.

Du's mother: "..."

"Ahem... Let's go pick up Yihan first." At the crucial moment, it was Mr. Du who helped smooth things over.

Du's mother decisively changed the subject, taking the opportunity to back down: "Yes, yes, let's go pick up your third brother first."

After taking a slightly longer route to pick up Du Yihan, the group headed to the wedding venue in a grand procession.

Du Desheng prepared the most traditional Chinese wedding for his lover, complete with a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, and an eight-bearer sedan chair.

The entire wedding was held in the house where Du Desheng and the others were currently staying. Considering Qin Yanqing's health, Du Desheng did not allow her to leave the house, but the wedding procession and parade were still carried out without fail.

At that time, she only needs to go out from the east gate, get into the bridal sedan chair, and the procession will circle around Jingyu Street and the surrounding streets a few times, then circle back from the other side and return to the mansion through the west gate.

This process seems simple, but considering that Jingyu Street is not far from the most popular tourist attraction in City B, with countless tourists coming and going on weekdays, not to mention during holidays.

The troupe, banging drums and gongs, walked around a few times, and the crowd of onlookers almost blocked the road.

Because of what happened before, Qin Yanqing had severed ties with everyone in the Qin family, and no one from the Qin family was invited to this wedding. Du Anrao temporarily took on the role of her family member.

After picking up the bride, he immediately went back to her side, helped her get dressed, put on all the auspicious items, helped her into the bridal sedan chair, stepped over the fire basin, crossed the saddle, ascended the wedding platform, performed the wedding ceremony, and even helped her into the bridal chamber.

With a mix of nervousness and excitement, Du Anrao helped the bride through all the procedures. Finally, he was able to catch his breath and thought about leaving the bridal chamber to find something to eat.

While we're at it, let's see if there are any small, portable items we can bring back to help the bride with her pregnancy.

Unexpectedly, just as he stepped out of the inner courtyard and turned a corner in a long corridor, he saw several elegantly dressed middle-aged women standing outside the archway whispering to each other.

Du Anrao didn't pay much attention at first, only thinking about leaving as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he heard a malicious and sarcastic remark as soon as he got close. "She's so old, her skin must be as rough as an orange peel, right? And she still had someone throw her such a grand wedding. It's really shameful."

Du Anrao paused, and his expression visibly darkened.

The woman in yellow clothes on the left side of the archway trembled upon hearing this and quickly stood up to cover her mouth.

"Oh my god, you can't say things like that. Have you forgotten how Old Master Du's nephew and his family were all driven out of City B and lost their home?"

Du Anrao's eyes flickered slightly. Du's eldest nephew? Her great-uncle's eldest nephew, wasn't that Du Weilu's family? Their family was driven out of City B? When did this happen? She had no idea!
The middle-aged woman who had spoken earlier stiffened for a moment, but quickly regained her composure: "What are you afraid of? There's no one else here. Everyone else is eating at the banquet in front. Are you going to go around gossiping? Besides, I'm not wrong. It's already embarrassing enough. At your age, you're still acting so high-profile. Don't be afraid of what people say."

The woman in the yellow shirt who had reminded her looked around instinctively. Seeing that there were no strangers around, she breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly, "The more I tell you not to talk, the more you talk. You'll ruin yourself with that mouth of yours sooner or later."

The middle-aged woman crossed her arms and snorted coldly, clearly not taking her companion's reminder seriously at all.

On the other side, an aunt wearing a bright red shirt interjected with a faint smile, "I think Mrs. Shen is right."

The woman in the yellow dress immediately widened her eyes in surprise, her face showing a look of panic as if to say, "Are you crazy? She's being immature, so are you being immature too?"

The woman in the red shirt who spoke later seemed oblivious, displaying an air of sobriety as if she were the only one who was truly sober amidst a world of drunks.

"Old Du is a hero, that's an undeniable fact. But even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman, that's also a fact. Putting aside everything else, he definitely made a mistake by driving his nephew's family out of City B."

"Look at how old Old Du is, and how old is his wife? They can't possibly have any more children in this lifetime. His nephew's family is the closest to him by blood, blood is thicker than water! Now he listens to that woman's pillow talk and drives them away. In the future, this huge fortune will definitely fall into the hands of outsiders. When the hero is finished, Old Du's old age will probably be difficult!"

“That’s right, that’s right! These are exactly what I wanted to say, Madam Kou. As the saying goes, a virtuous wife brings fewer troubles to her husband, a virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations, while a wicked wife destroys the foundation. If you don’t marry the right wife, no matter how big your family’s fortune is, it won’t be enough. This old Du has no choice but to marry these vixens who bring chaos to the household, instead of virtuous wives from good families. In my opinion, he’s just getting old and senile. He’ll have a lot of suffering to endure in the future.”

As Du Anrao watched these people talking more and more outrageously, his brows furrowed. He especially noticed the so-called Madam Shen's words, which carried an unsettling undertone of sourness. He couldn't help but pay closer attention to her and discovered a secret that wasn't exactly a secret.

[I knew it! That Mrs. Shen always spoke so sourly and sarcasticly; you could smell it from this far away! Turns out, it's because she's taken a liking to my great-uncle and wants him to be her brother-in-law.]

Du Anrao's anger dissipated, replaced by curiosity and excitement at having discovered some juicy gossip.

[Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. My great-uncle was faithful to his wife, Grandma Qin, and never took a liking to her sister. Mrs. Shen's matchmaking career collapsed halfway through, and now seeing my great-uncle and Grandma Qin finally get married, she's so jealous her eyes are practically red. That's why she came to their wedding to make sarcastic remarks.]

The Du family, along with Du Desheng and Xi Jingyue, waited in the front yard for a long time but Du Anrao did not return, so they came looking for him out of concern.

Little did I expect that I would hear such a bombshell as soon as I turned into the side door.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Du Desheng, as if to say: I never expected you to be such a great-uncle (paternal great-uncle)!

Du Desheng: "..." What does this have to do with me? Didn't you hear what An'an said? I only love my wife!!!

(End of this chapter)