Chapter 789 423: Dilemma

"Dinner's ready, dinner's ready."

"Manning, you two sit here."

In the bedroom, Li Yilan fell into a deep sleep after drinking milk, while the adults finally sat down in the dining room to enjoy this belated lunch.

Initially, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. Li Peifeng's cooking skills had improved greatly, and the delicious dishes delighted everyone's taste buds. Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi showed some concern for everyone's work and life, and they all chatted happily until Xu Manning suddenly asked a question that subtly changed the expressions of everyone at the table.

"Uncle, Auntie, when do you plan to go to Hangzhou after the New Year?"

As she asked this, Miss Xu and Wu Wenyue closely observed the expressions of the elder couple, as well as Zhao Qingge's face.

This might be the main reason they came to the Li family to extend New Year's greetings. They wanted to know Li Peifeng's parents' attitude towards Huang Tianxuan.

Huang Tianxuan was about to give birth, and her marriage to Li Peifeng could no longer be delayed. A meeting between the Li and Huang families was imperative.

Originally, someone from the Li family painted a very pretty picture, promising a wedding for each of them, making them all brides without leaving any regrets.

To complete this successfully, it was essential to get Zhao Qingge's approval, as well as the support and full cooperation of Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi. If anyone was unwilling, it would not be possible. The difficulty of this is imaginable.

However, since Huang Tianxuan was pregnant, it was assumed that for the sake of the baby, the resistance to her wedding with someone from the Li family should be smaller. Whether it was Li Peifeng's parents or Zhao Qingge, they should be more willing to cooperate.

But if even her wedding, as a pregnant woman, couldn't happen, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning doubted their weddings would take place either—it's a matter of mutual impact.

So regarding this matter, Wu and Xu put aside their prejudices, even hoping more than the involved parties that they could smoothly get married!

However, Zhao Qingge was against it, and immediately responded to Xu Manning's probing question with a question of her own: "Why are my parents going to Hangzhou? How come I don't know about this?!"

Li Qiyuan, who was about to speak, swallowed his words at the mention of 'my parents'.

"For travel, of course!"

Xu Manning smiled and said, "Didn't Peifeng tell you? The scenery is quite nice there. After the New Year, Manning and I plan to visit and also check in on Tianxuan. We haven't seen her for a few days… we miss her."

These words, although veiled, had a clear implication.

As 'rivals in love,' we show so much concern for Huang Tianxuan. She's carrying your son's child—how could you, as grandparents, harden your hearts and not visit?

Yu Huizhi was mentally frozen with awkwardness, and Li Qiyuan also didn't know what to say.

"Let's enjoy our meal. We'll discuss after the New Year. No rush now."

Li Peifeng spoke up to ease the awkwardness, but the atmosphere at the table plummeted and couldn't be salvaged.

After the meal, Li Qiyuan found an opportunity to call Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge into the study, speaking with a serious expression: "I need to discuss something with you both."

Old Li didn't want to postpone the Hangzhou trip discussion until after the New Year. He wanted to know Zhao Qingge's attitude now; otherwise, he couldn't enjoy the New Year.

Meanwhile, Yu Huizhi was in the living room chatting with Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, waiting for the outcome of their conversation.

At the same time, Wu and Xu subtly tried to persuade Yu Huizhi that it would be best to go to Hangzhou after the New Year.

Yu Huizhi was also quite helpless, saying that they could go, but there were too many practical issues, then gestured towards the study, "Let's see after they're done discussing."

This discussion would basically determine whether the elder couple's trip to Hangzhou would proceed. If they went to Hangzhou, the marriage between Huang Tianxuan and Li Peifeng would almost certainly happen.

Furthermore, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning could infer from this whether their weddings with Li Peifeng could proceed smoothly.

So this was bound to be an important conversation that concerned everyone involved. Wu Wenyue was very concerned about this but also cared about another seemingly trivial matter…

"Ah… Mom, I just saw the necklace and hairpin Zhao Qingge wore today. They look pretty!"

"…"

"But I've never seen her wear them before, have you?" Wu Wenyue asked leisurely. Seeing Yu Huizhi's stiff expression, she probed further, "It seems Mom, you've seen them?"

Xu Manning frowned and recalled the jewelry Zhao Qingge wore earlier, suddenly realizing!

"I gave them. A New Year gift."

Yu Huizhi sighed, decisively admitting and then took two prepared red envelopes from her bag in the closet: "These are for you, a small token from Mom."

But really, just a small token!

Gifting her a whole set of gold jewelry, while we only get these? Isn't this differential treatment?

Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning exchanged a look, feeling frustrated inside but said nothing.

Observing their expressions, Yu Huizhi suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, I know what you're thinking. Actually, you also have something, here, take a look."

With that, she calmly pulled out her phone, opened the photo album, and jewelry design sketches began to appear one by one.

"What's this?"

Faced with Wu and Xu's puzzled looks, Yu Huizhi explained: "I've designed a set of gold jewelry for each of you. These are my own sketches, just a portion. Your sets aren't finished yet. Since Qingge got married, I rushed hers out first… Rest assured, in one or two months, your sets will definitely be ready. If you have any ideas, feel free to share them, and I'll design according to your thoughts."