"Jinxu…"

"Does it mean…"

"It means what it means!" She cut him with a m.u.f.fled voice.

At this point, a slight knock was heard from the door. Turning around, Chen Linyun saw his own mother come in.

Xue Jinxu panicked. She pushed Chen Linyun away from the bed. The husband did not budge from her actions, but in an understanding, he went down the bed and met his mother halfway from the door.

"Mother!" Xue Jinxu greeted. She tried to sit up, stand up to give a proper bow. It was their first time meeting face-to-face.

"No, don't. You don't have to stand up, child. Just stay there."

"How are you feeling, daughter-in-law? I made some dishes for you. It will aid your quick recovery."

"Oh, mother! Thank you. You shouldn't have! I… uhm…" The lady bashfully threw her gaze on the floor. She was being coy in front of the mother-in-law that gave birth to her husband. The only family he had spent most of his life with while growing up.

Although the two were civil with each other, still, Xue Jinxu would want to be at her mother-in-law's good side.

"When did you arrive, Mother?"

"A few weeks ago. When I heard the news, I closed the shop and immediately went here." She squeezed Xue Jinxu's hands. "I was too worried for the both of you. So young yet you're facing too many trials already."

"We're a power couple, mother. Hehehe." Jinxu retorted playfully, grinning.

"You, child. It was a narrow escape! I haven't even met you yet. You're such a darling, Jinxu." She hugged her daughter-in-law tenderly. Jiang Ying Yue somehow accepted and loved Xue Jinxu like a real daughter even before meeting her in person. They were only able to meet via video chats.

She gingerly wiped the edge of her eyes with her index finger.

"Both of you. You should know your limits too! You have a long way ahead of you so you should better take care of yourselves, of each other!" She clutched her chest near her heart and exhaled deeply. "It was such a scare…"

"Mother, calm down. It's not good for your health, too, to get fl.u.s.tered over something that's done." Chen Linyun wrapped one arm around his mother and rubbed her upper arm with his had rea.s.suringly.

"Yes, yes. Next time you go to a hospital, I would be waiting for some good news." She put both hands together in antic.i.p.ation of what she was implying.

The two knowingly blushed at the mother's statements.

"Mother!" Chen Linyun touched the lower rim of his eyegla.s.ses in an attempt to cover his overly red face.

Xu Jinxu flickered her eyelashes and looked down, her cheeks flushed a lovely pink. "I would love that." She said coyly while glancing up, first at Chen Linyun, then at Mother Chen. Then she withdrew her gaze again towards the floor.

Chen Linyun turned even redder.

"You make a perfect tag team."

Although still blus.h.i.+ng, Xue Jinxu laughed boisterously. Then as if she was encouraged by her husband's words, she grabbed Mother Chen's arms and clung to it like a koala bear. Mother-in-law went closer to Xue Jinxu, surprised with her actions, though pleased with it too.

b.u.t.tering up, Xue Jinxu rested her head on mother-in-law's shoulder and bootlicked some more. "Mother, when I go out, will you teach me how to cook Linyun's favorite dishes? He says your version is the best! We can go to the market to search for the best ingredients! Mhmm? Mhmm? Mother, can we do that please?" She was on full-blast cute mode.

Mother-in-law felt warm from the sweet gesture of her daughter-in-law. She's enjoying every minute of it. Being the kind and gentle person that she was, she was inclined to agree to the daughter-in-law's whims. Having Chen Linyun, being an only child, and a boy at that, mother-in-law welcomed with open arms such requests from a daughter that she never had.

"Sure, sure." She grabbed one of her hands and squeezed it. "When you're well and strong enough, let's go ransack the market for fresh finds."

Xue Jinxu was so lucky.

Chen Linyun who was left gawking at the sight was forgotten. 'Just who's her real child here?' He thought with a smirk.