Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Xia Yingying couldn't help but frowned and glanced at Lu Ziren.

What happened to Lu Ziren? He abandoned his child outside the carriage and didn't even think about going home. He was really an unqualified father.

Xia Yingying then thought about it and thought that maybe he was just stimulated by the kiss just now and was inevitably nervous and forgot about it, so she tried to remind Xia Yingying: "Lu Ziren, have you forgotten about the children?"

"I haven't forgotten. Don't worry. The children are in the carriage at the back." When Lu Ziren came out, he brought two carriages together. The main reason was that Lu Ziren wanted to get along with Xia Yingying so much. Riding in a carriage together was a good time to cultivate their relationship. How could Lu Ziren waste this opportunity in vain?

However, Xia Yingying taught her that Lu Ziren was too unfamiliar and distant. Lu Ziren preferred Xia Yingying to call him husband or aunt.

But if Xia Yingying called him like that now, it would definitely make her feel disgusted. It would be better to wait until their relationship deepened.

"Oh, okay." Xia Yingying felt like a clown. Since the children were all upstairs, Lu Ziren should have told her in advance, otherwise she was startled.

Xia Yingying held Lu Ziren's arm and got into the carriage.

"..."

The two of them felt a little awkward being together in the narrow carriage. Neither of them spoke a word, and they just staggered all the way back home.

Lu Ziren jumped off the carriage first. When Xia Yingying got off the carriage, Lu Ziren naturally stretched out his hand and supported Xia Yingying. It was indeed a little inconvenient for Xia Yingying to move because she was wearing such a complicated dress.

So without making it difficult for herself, she naturally placed her tender but slightly calloused fingers on Lu Ziren's arm.

After Lu Ziren helped Xia Yingying down from the carriage, the carriage following behind also stopped. The children jumped down from the carriage one after another. Song Ruyi held Lu Yurou in her arms. When Lu Yurou saw Lu Ziren, she looked at him with resentment on her face.

Seeing this, Xia Yingying immediately stepped forward and hugged Lu Yurou in her arms.

The family came into the house in a mighty procession, washed their hands and went to the dining room.

The waiters brought the prepared meals one by one. The aroma of the exquisite meals was also very strong, and each one was emitting hot steam and fragrance, which looked very appetizing.

"Wow, there are so many dishes." Song Ruyi couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at the table filled with dishes.

It was the first time that Song Ruyi had experienced such a sumptuous dinner. Even when Song Ruyi went to the countryside for a banquet, she had never encountered such a life.

Xia Yingying also took Song Ruyi out to restaurants a few times. The dishes Xia Yingying ordered were not large in portion, so each time they only managed to finish enough food.

"There are really too many dishes. Will we not be able to finish them?" Song Ruyi asked.

Xia Yingying also thought so.

There were three adults, three children with normal appetites, and a little girl with a very small appetite.

This meal is way too much.

After hearing what Song Ruyi said, Mr. Lin immediately replied:

"Don't worry, old lady. These dishes are made according to the specifications of the General's Mansion. If we can't finish them, we will share them with beggars on the street. It won't be considered a waste."

"Oh I got it."

Song Ru thought that they had to eat so many dishes and give the rest to the beggars on the street, so he didn't feel so bad. He just subconsciously felt that there was no need to cook so many dishes.

"Uncle Lin, please sit down together."

Uncle Lin and a young man were standing nearby. Xia Yingying felt that this way of eating was too stressful and she also didn't like this hierarchical way of eating, so she said to Uncle Lin and the young man next to him.

"Madam, I'd better stand. You guys eat first. The kitchen will leave some food for me." Mr. Lin waved his hands and refused.

Xia Yingying meant well, and Lu Ziren had asked him to sit down and eat together before, but he had refused.

If other people knew that there was no distinction between superiors and subordinates in Lu Ziren's mansion, they would use Lu Ziren's incident as an excuse to attack him, saying that he had no ability to command his subordinates. They would take the opportunity to discredit Lu Ziren and then seize his military power in the barracks. Lu Ziren would lose the big picture for the small one, and Uncle Lin didn't want this to happen to Lu Ziren.

Uncle Lin knew the great plan in Lu Ziren’s mind.

He couldn't hold Lu Ziren back.

Lu Ziren stayed in the mansion for a very short time. He had invited Mr. Lin many times before, but when he saw that Mr. Lin was stubborn and insisted on his opinion, he gave up.

But Lu Ziren asked Uncle Lin to go and eat with Uncle Li and not to serve here, as he was not Lu Ziren's servant.

Of course Mr. Lin obeyed.

If he continues to insist, his relationship with Lu Ziren will probably become very strained.

Today, it was only because Xia Yingying, the children, and Song Ruyi came together. They are the new masters of the mansion. He knows his current public identity. No matter how good his relationship with Lu Ziren is in private, he does not want to leave any handle for outsiders.

That's why he didn't go downstairs to eat, but stood here, waiting, standing there to see if Xia Yingying and the children needed any help, so that he could go forward and lend a hand.

Seeing that Mr. Lin insisted, Xia Yingying thought he was afraid of the rules, so she advised:

"It's okay. There's no hierarchy in our family. Everyone is a human being. Why do you feel inferior for doing a job like this? The problem is the person who put such a rule on top. We just need to be respectful and obedient when we are outside. And there's no one else here right now. It makes me uncomfortable for you to be like this, so you should just sit down and eat with us."

Xia Yingying didn't know Uncle Lin's previous identity, nor did she know his relationship with Lu Ziren. In Xia Yingying's opinion, Uncle Lin always followed rules in dealing with people and things. It seemed that he lived in that fixed rule, like a small fish that only knew how to swim around in a small pond. He seemed to be tamed by the rules and no longer had any freedom.

Xia Yingying's words made Mr. Lin subconsciously want to object, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Xia Yingying said was very correct.

Obviously, he could eat meat and drink wine with Lu Zi** in the military camp before, but now because he was in the capital, a capital that symbolized power and military authority, he had to be cautious in everything, for fear of being gossiped about.

But if you live in a place, you have to adapt to the environment of that place. This is a truth that Mr. Lin has understood clearly after living there for many years.

In this seemingly prosperous capital city, there are actually shackles everywhere.

He walked into this city on his own initiative, so he must pay the price for the city he walked into. This is what Uncle Lin has always believed.

After hearing what Xia Yingying said, Mr. Lin's eyes instantly filled with tears. He didn't know why he was so sad.

At this time, Lu Haojie stood up from his seat, pulled a stool and placed it next to Uncle Lin. He held Uncle Lin's hand with his little hand and dragged him onto the stool. Although Uncle Lin was old, he was still very strong. Lu Haojie could not move Uncle Lin at all with his strength, but Uncle Lin was afraid that Lu Haojie would hurt his arm, so he took the initiative to sit down.

"Grandpa Lin, please sit down. When my mother and I lived in the village, even Uncle Niu and the uncles and aunts who helped our family with work ate with us. You have worked so hard, and now you are hungry, you just need to eat. How can I have the heart to treat you like this?" "Please vote"