Chu Yunxuan was silent for a moment, and finally made a decision in his heart. He wanted to know who his mother would choose between his two uncles and him.

So Chu Yunxuan looked up at his mother and asked, "If I told you that my two uncles and I could only be ordinary relatives in the future, would you be disappointed?"

Lin Yanran initially thought that Chu Yunxuan's serious demeanor meant something big had happened that he was unaware of!

"Oh, you're making it sound so formal. Is that all? Just think it through yourself."

Lin Yanran didn't ask what had happened; she could understand Chu Yunxuan's feelings. After all, in her previous life, she also had relatives that her parents valued highly, and she didn't want to associate with them at all.

Moreover, Lin Yanran didn't think her eldest son, Chu Yunxuan, was an unreasonable person; something must have happened in his past life.

However, Lin Yanran carefully recalled the plot of the book but couldn't recall anything crucial. After all, the novel revolved around the female protagonist, and Lin Fengyu and the others weren't mentioned much in the later parts of the novel.

Lin Yanran's quick and decisive agreement moved and pleased Chu Yunxuan, but it also puzzled him. "Didn't Mother have a very good relationship with my uncles?"

"I have a good relationship with your two uncles, but that has nothing to do with you younger generation. You can be close to them if you want, or not if you don't. Just like I wouldn't ask your cousins ​​to be close to me."

But you need to think this through. Some relationships, if unspokenly drifted apart, are difficult to return to what they were before.

Lin Yanran's meaning was also clear: she and her son could each discuss their own issues, but she would not change her attitude towards her two older brothers because of her son's attitude.

Lin Yanran could roughly guess what Chu Yunxuan meant by saying that. It was probably because in Chu Yunxuan's previous life, after the death of the Lord of the Vow, his two older brothers did not provide him and his younger brother with proper protection.

But in the original owner's memory, her two older brothers had always treated her very well. Perhaps after the original owner passed away, Lin Fengyu and his brother not only hated Chu Mochen, but they might also have disliked the two children she left behind.

After all, in the minds of people in this era, Chu Yunxuan and Chu Yunheng are of the Chu family bloodline.

Lin Yanran felt that both sides were equally precious, and it was fine to treat each one as an equal.

Chu Yunxuan was shocked by Lin Yanran's open-mindedness. "Mother, I feel like I've never really understood you before."

Lin Yanran tried her best to maintain the original owner's persona, "There's an old saying, 'Love makes people foolish.' If it weren't for your father's inhuman behavior, I would quite like to be a woman who is obsessed with love."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunxuan was afraid that Lin Yanran would forgive his father, who only liked beautiful women, again. "No! No, I think you're fine as you are now."

Lin Yanran, of course, noticed Chu Yunxuan's urgency and deliberately teased him, "Really?"

Chu Yunxuan nodded heavily without hesitation, "It's more real than stone."

"Alright, Mother will listen to Xuan'er." Lin Yanran said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunxuan muttered under his breath, "You're just trying to appease your son!"

Although Chu Yunxuan said that, he still managed to shake off his earlier gloom and a smile appeared on his face.

But Chu Yunxuan's pleasant mood vanished instantly when he saw Chu Mochen standing there with a sullen face as he got off the carriage.

Lin Yanran was quite surprised to see Chu Mochen waiting where the carriage was parked. "Did the Marquis want to see me?"

Chu Mochen was indeed in a bad mood, so his tone was a bit sharp, "Where did you and Xuan'er go today?"

"I'm back at the Princess's residence. What's wrong?" Lin Yanran asked indifferently. As for Chu Mochen's expression, who cared?

When Chu Mochen heard Lin Yanran say that she had returned to the Princess's residence, he was silent for a moment. "You are the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, how can you always go back to your parents' home?"

"If you have something to say, then get lost." Lin Yanran didn't want to deal with this crazy person who could have a fit of madness at any moment.

"Do you know? Yun'er has a fever again today, and she even had convulsions."

Only today did Chu Mochen truly accept the reality that his son was ruined. In the past, he had spoken harshly, but in his heart, he still hoped that Chu Yunyun could recover.

After all, in Chu Mochen's heart, he was the one who personally educated his son, and his son had a talent for studying.

If he succeeds in his studies and has someone paving the way for him, his future will definitely be bright.

But seeing Chu Yunyun convulsing with his own eyes today, Chu Mochen truly grasped the reality that his son was beyond saving. Therefore, he became exceptionally agitated.

Lin Yanran didn't care whether Chu Mochen was in pain or not. "Whether I know or not is not important. I am neither the physician of the manor nor the imperial physician."

"Are you really that indifferent? Yun'er calls you Mother too." Chu Mochen knew he was being unreasonable, but he was still annoyed and furious at Lin Yanran's indifferent attitude.

"Oh, he called me but I didn't answer. I'm not the kind of person who would answer every time a cat or dog calls me."

After Lin Yanran finished speaking, she grabbed her eldest son, who was glaring fiercely at Chu Mochen, and was about to leave. Even if he was going to kill his father, he shouldn't have done the work so sloppily!

This happened in full view of all the servants in the Marquis's mansion.

Chu Mochen directly blocked Lin Yanran's path, "You explain yourself clearly, Yun'er's aunt is my rightful concubine..."

Lin Yanran held down her eldest son's hand with one hand and slapped Chu Mochen across the face with the other. "I told you, get out of here."

Chu Mochen covered his face, his eyes filled with disbelief. "You hit me?"

"I will not only beat you, but I will also beat your beautiful concubine." After saying this, Lin Yanran immediately ordered Wenlan to take people to give Aunt Sun twenty lashes.

"How dare you!" Chu Mochen roared, only to receive another slap on the other side of his face. "Lord Chu, are you even a little bit sober?"

Chu Yunxuan broke free from Lin Yanran's hand and chased after Wen Lan.

Chu Mochen stared blankly for a moment as his eldest son left, "Where did he go to do?"

Lin Yanran said gloatingly, "I bet he went to kill your good Yun'er. Marquis, why don't you take the silver notes and chase after him to see if you can find your Yun'er again?"

"Aren't you afraid?" Chu Mochen was both shocked and angry, and he also found Lin Yanran's attitude strange.

Lin Yanran is now focused on infuriating Chu Mochen. "What am I afraid of? My son will handle the killing, I'll handle the burial. Aren't parents there to clean up after their kids in these kinds of situations?"

"You... a doting mother spoils her son..." Chu Mochen roared, then quickly ordered someone to fetch the silver notes, and he himself chased after them first.

When Chu Mochen caught up with Aunt Sun in her courtyard, Aunt Sun was already being beaten with a board by Wen Lan, who had pinned her down on a stool.

But Chu Mochen couldn't care less about Aunt Sun's wailing and howling at this moment, because his "good son" disregarded his younger brother's health, who was already on the verge of death, and directly pulled him out of bed.

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