Published: March 8, 2025
"Do I even need to say it?" Yang Ruolan shot him a glance, snorted coldly, but a satisfied smile had already appeared on her face.
Suddenly standing up, Chu Feiling forgot about his embarrassing incident in an instant, excitedly pacing back and forth. "So, I have a grandson now? Our Chu family... has descendants again? Hahaha! This is truly... a double happiness!"
He rubbed his hands together, somewhat impatient. "By the way, my grandson, I haven't had a good look at him yet... this... this... Ruolan, let's go to Junior Sister's place immediately... Uh, wait, can we still call her Junior Sister?"
"Are you perhaps thinking of calling her sister-in-law?" Yang Ruolan teased.
"Uh~~" Chu Feiling's face turned red in embarrassment, and he fumbled helplessly, pleading, "Could you please not bring that up?"
"Hmph!" Yang Ruolan snorted coldly, then frowned and said, "It seems there’s no major problem with you wanting to recognize your son. But if you want to recognize your grandson... there are many difficulties to consider... this matter cannot be rushed."
"Why?" Chu Feiling asked, puzzled.
"Why? Isn't it because of your good son?! Until now, there’s not even any official recognition, and no one even knows if the child is a girl! What has she endured? A dignified supreme king, and yet a young lady has quietly given birth to his child…”
Yang Ruolan sighed, feeling somewhat melancholic. "Moreover, this child’s status is determined from birth! The imperial crown prince, the only heir of Iron Cloud! How can we... "
"But even if he is the crown prince… he must acknowledge his roots, right?" Chu Feiling said, astonished. "My grandson can't just keep the surname Tie forever, can he?"
"The key is... my Junior Sister doesn’t want to recognize this relation!" Yang Ruolan sighed weakly. "She doesn’t want Chu Yang to know at all! She sacrificed her purity and her future, saving your son’s life; gave birth to your son's child, how can you just take her heart's flesh away like that?"
Chu Feiling blurted out, "Just let my son marry her as his wife, wouldn't that solve it?"
"Up to now, your son doesn’t even know she’s a girl! Even if he is willing to marry her, she might not be willing to marry him!" Yang Ruolan looked through it all, sighing. "Furthermore… she is the sole heir of the Iron Cloud Emperor! If she gets married… what will happen to such a vast empire? This is all responsibility, could you bear to abandon it?"
Chu Feiling bowed his head, despairingly saying, "Are we just going to watch my grandson... take the surname Tie?"
Yang Ruolan frowned. "These matters... we must first find your son, step by step, and absolutely cannot be hasty! Otherwise, it will backfire!"
"Mm." Chu Feiling had no choice but to suppress his feelings, both husband and wife were thinking about something.
However, before they could seek out Tie Butian, Tie Butian came to their doorstep herself.
Chu Feiling and Yang Ruolan sat in their chairs, staring blankly at Tie Butian who sat across from them.
"Senior Sister, I hope I’m not intruding," Tie Butian said calmly, taking her seat gracefully, slowly raising her head, and looking at Yang Ruolan with a composed expression, exuding the demeanor of a generation emperor.
The panic and shyness from the previous night, along with the demeanor of a young girl, were completely gone and couldn’t be seen at all.
Yang Ruolan felt her heart sink.
The moment Tie Butian called her "Senior Sister," Yang Ruolan sensed something. Seeing her calm and composed appearance now, almost without Tie Butian needing to open her mouth, Yang Ruolan already knew what she wanted to say.
"Junior Sister... is there something you need?" Yang Ruolan stammered.
"Yes, I specifically came to inform Senior Sister of something." Tie Butian smiled calmly and said, "Tie Yang is my son, I am Tie Yang's mother. This is the first matter!"
"The second matter is, I do not wish for Chu Yang to know about this. Or perhaps Senior Sister does not know yet, Chu Yang not only does not know I am a woman, but in his heart, there is also a woman he is deeply in love with, unwavering as life and death!"