Tao Yu’s fingers trembled at his question, then she tried to remain calm: “How old are you? Just in your thirties, still very young. How can you not wear light colors? Besides, you look so good, you can wear anything.”Daddy! Mother!” Nian Nian, now grown into a young lady, ran out with curved smiling eyes, hooking her arm into Tao Yu’s and walking inside, “Mother, let me tell you, today’s scene was so grand, and there are many delicious things, you’ll definitely like it.”
“You’re so grown up, yet still so noisy,” Tao Yu looked at her helplessly. This child had been indulged by her and Yue Linze, still calling them with the childhood reduplicated terms, sounding quite childish.
Nian Nian was discontented: “I’m only sixteen or seventeen, still a child, of course I’ll be noisy.”
“Other families’ daughters get married and have children at sixteen or seventeen, yet you’re still clinging to home,” the previously ignored Yue Linze said faintly.
Nian Nian glared at him: “I’m still young, I don’t want to get married! Didn’t you only meet Mother when you were twenty?!”
“That’s right, if you don’t meet someone you like, naturally you’ll get married when you do,” Tao Yu also chimed in.
Yue Linze saw neither of them was on his side and said angrily, “I don’t care about you two!” Then he walked ahead with a stern face.
Nian Nian and Tao Yu exchanged a glance, quickly released Tao Yu’s hand and ran to catch up, pulling Yue Linze’s sleeve and acting coquettishly: “Okay, Daddy, we were just talking, why are you angry? Look how quickly you’ve aged these past two years, it must be from being angry too much.”
“Nonsense! I’m not old!” Yue Linze said angrily.
“Yes, yes, my daddy is young, not old at all…”
Tao Yu watched them with a smile as they walked away, meeting several official wives along the way, who either sincerely or flattering, all praised her for looking young. If it were usual, Tao Yu would have been happy hearing such words, but today, she felt somewhat uncomfortable.
