"Auntie Qiu, don’t worry." Yu Zexiao flashed a bright smile and glanced at Jian Anning. "I love Anning. Even though we’re not married yet, we already decided that as soon as we have a baby, we’ll get married."

Qiu Yixian still wanted to say something, but then she thought about how she’d practically watched Yu Zexiao grow up; there was really no need to question his character. Especially since he’d almost never had any scandals—just that alone made him better than who knows how many people!

But some warnings still had to be given. She looked at Yu Zexiao with a serious face. "Xingxing, can you promise you’ll treat Yiyi well from now on? If you dare bully her, your Uncle Qin and I will definitely not let you off easily!"

Before Yu Zexiao could speak, Shen Lanxiao took over. "She’s my daughter-in-law; how could I possibly just sit by and watch Xingxing bully her? You can relax about that!"

Qiu Yixian looked at her best friend, then at Yu Zexiao at the side, and finally let out a sigh.

What was there left to say? They were already engaged, and they’d been in love for so many years. She didn’t even get a chance to play the stereotypical picky mother-in-law who makes things hard for her son-in-law. After a long while, she sighed again.

But this whole turn of events made Shen Lanxiao laugh and joke. "Speaking of which, these two little ones actually met each other when they were very little!"

"What?" That really did surprise everyone present a bit. Shen Lanxiao personally went to get a photo album. It looked like it had been there for quite some time, with a layer of dust on the cover. She opened it, and there was a photo of the two little kids together!

This was her oversight. When Yu Zexiao was little, they took a lot of photos of him, and quite a few of them had been printed out and put into several different albums. Jian Anning had been to Yu Zexiao’s house before and seen one of the albums, but that one only had solo photos of Yu Zexiao, without any photos of the two of them together.

So back then, when Jian Anning saw the photos, she’d found the backgrounds in Yu Zexiao’s pictures so familiar—because she herself had been there before, of course they felt familiar. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Fate really is incredible. Who would have thought that two little brats running around in split-crotch pants back then would grow up and, after crossing all those mountains and rivers, actually end up together? And on top of that, back when Qiu Yixian had racked her brains trying to matchmake them and failed, the two of them ended up getting together on their own!

Jian Anning basically had no real maternal family, but now that she had Qiu Yixian, Qiu Yixian’s whole family naturally became her "maiden family." Later, when the two families sat and chatted, and Qiu Yixian heard about the days Jian Anning had lived through in the Cheng Family over the years, she felt even more heartache for her.

As for Qin Yishu, because of Ma Xinyu’s death, he felt he’d been too petty. Besides, the Ma Family had only this one orphaned girl, and he and his wife had always wanted a daughter. Now that such a grown-up daughter had literally fallen from the sky into their lives, of course they cherished her from the bottom of their hearts.

So right then and there, he and Qiu Yixian formally acknowledged Jian Anning. Qiu Yixian said, "Yiyi, if Xingxing ever bullies you in the future, remember to call us!"

"Aunt... Aunt Qiu." Jian Anning had rarely felt this kind of motherly love. Even though they hadn’t seen each other for years, she hadn’t expected Qiu Yixian to treat her so well, and she couldn’t help but feel moved.

"What did you just call me?" Qiu Yixian looked at her, her expression very gentle.

"G-godmother." Jian Anning hadn’t called anyone that in years, so the words felt a bit stiff on her tongue. Qiu Yixian just laughed. "You call Lanxiao ’Mom,’ but you only call me ’Godmother.’ I feel like I’m getting the short end of the stick here."