The Hwangbo Clan’s Beloved Live-In Son-in-Law - Chapter 108
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Chapter 108
“What on earth.”
Xie Baowei muttered as he set down his completely cold teacup.
For the past few days, Xingyaoshengshe had not lived up to its name at all.
No, the entire Hwangbo Family had been like that.
“Oh my, what’s wrong?”
Huangbo Lüli, sitting across from him, smiled gently as she filled his teacup with hot water.
Gone was the tomboy spirit that used to make even her bear and tiger-like brothers unable to move, and now she had quite the demeanor of a proper mistress.
Acting innocent when she knows everything.
Xie Baowei inwardly pouted and pursed his lips as he spoke.
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
“Hoho.”
Lüli laughed and turned her head.
At this, Xie Baowei rubbed his tense neck as if tired.
In the morning, the Household Head would come to drink tea, at lunch Bieliang Dazhu would come in and force food on him, and in the evening Ohaeng Daeju would visit and pounce on him to drink alcohol.
Those weren’t the only guests either.
Sometimes local dignitaries would visit, and sometimes there were occasions to accompany family business matters.
Scholars would suddenly tell him to come visit, and out of nowhere court officials would drop by to chat.
This cold tea too had been brought out when the commander of the Jenam Guard had suddenly visited asking to drink tea.
At this rate, what was the point of moving to Xingyaoshengshe to avoid the hustle and bustle?
“It just means there are many people who recognize Wei Lang’s worth.”
“…This wasn’t what I wanted.”
Sigh.
Xie Baowei let out a quiet sigh.
What he had wanted was simply land to rest this body, a home, and lovely Manola and children.
Things he could simply call family.
Whether it was because he had obtained those things more grandly than expected, or whether it was fortune.
Sometimes he thought that because he had gained something beyond his station, protecting it was not easy.
Suddenly, Lüli, who was everything in his dreams, came into his sight.
If she had been paired with a better person, she wouldn’t have had to go through such chaos.
Thinking that, he reconsidered.
Well. Am I the only one who’s happy?
“You’re happy too, aren’t you?”
When he asked,
“Oh my. How could I express it all in words?”
Lüli smiled broadly as she approached and gently took his hand.
The deep regret, apology, and forgiveness had all been blown away during those many days after their reunion, holding each other, crying, nuzzling, and laughing together.
Time was too precious to waste on the foolish act of cutting away at their own flesh and pushing each other away again.
Therefore, the eyes of the two people, filled with deep trust, grew deeper and deeper.
“Ugh. Isn’t it hot? What are you doing again in broad daylight?”
“…Why are you here again?”
“Where did Yingying go? I’m going out to play now and I want to take Yingying with me.”
“Are you saying you’re still going to play after playing all this time?”
“What do you mean! I just came back from attending lectures!”
It was Dangyeonhwa.
She had stubbornly followed Xie Baowei all the way to the Huangbo Family instead of staying with the Dang Family.
Xie Baowei pressed his temples as if he had a headache.
“Is it okay for you not to return to the Dang Family?”
“Hmph. Don’t you know the atmosphere is ominous these days? This place is probably the safest.”
“Don’t you worry because of that ominous atmosphere?”
Xie Baowei shot back grumpily.
Only about two weeks had passed since returning to the Huangbo Family.
In that time, the atmosphere in the martial arts world had become quite unsettled.
It was because the Wulin Alliance was shaking.
“…Sob. That’s too much.”
“Too much, my foot.”
First, Jiangnan Yilian was jumping around in complete chaos.
Namgung Bin had eventually become a cripple and returned to his family.
On top of that, they had imposed house arrest as punishment, so there would be no chance of seeing him in the martial arts world in the future.
In such a situation, the carp and snakes that were already causing trouble underwater were jumping around trying to rise to power.
Some places shrank back while others extended their arms in all directions and expanded.
The momentum was so fierce that regional affiliated sects were competing to send mediation requests to the Wulin Alliance.
“Stop pretending to cry.”
“Geez. You’re so heartless, uncle.”
The Sichuan Alliance was the same.
The Dang Family was also staggering this way and that.
Since the Crown Prince was staying in Sichuan, their movements were extremely restricted, but some were shouting that they were in big trouble for touching Namgung, while others were shouting that they must take bloody revenge since Namgung Bin had killed a guard (Fan Chong) of the Sichuan Alliance.
Still others were shouting that they should root out and behead all those who didn’t listen to the Household Head, while the opposite side fought back saying it was done out of loyalty.
With nonsense already circulating about attacking Namgung first now that things had come to this, Namgung couldn’t just sit still either, so war clouds were gathering over the land of Jingzhou.
“Yingying is probably at Banggeundang. She’ll be playing with Hee-mi.”
“Oh. Got it, I’m going!”
“Take the older kids with you!”
“What do you think I am, a kid?!”
“Yeah. You’re still a kid!”
“Hmph!”
Meanwhile, Jegal was also weighing and considering between the two sides in their own way.
Some were even saying they should disband the alliance and use this opportunity to expand their territory.
Rather, it was the people of the Sichuan Alliance, including the Dang Family, who strongly wanted the alliance to continue, so Dang Cheongi and some others were struggling hard.
How did I know all of this?
How indeed.
“Lord Xie, you have visitors.”
“…Seokpil. Tell them I’m not in?”
“Well… they say they’ll wait until you return?”
“…Who are they.”
“There are three of them in total, which one should I mention first?”
“Damn it.”
Because there were more than just one or two people looking for him.
Xie Baowei shook his head.
Lüli smiled brightly and shrugged her shoulders.
“Isn’t this all because you’re so outstanding?”
Xie Baowei let out a sigh.
***
Huangbo Lüli had one worry.
It was a worry about her dreams.
Originally, her dream was to become a great hero of the martial arts world, following in her grandfather’s footsteps.
Her passion for this dream was so great that her childhood consisted of only two things: tormenting her brothers and practicing martial arts.
Fortunately, she had as much talent as passion, so people would say that if Nangong had a qilin, then Shandong had jade, and she grew so remarkably that even her brothers who adored her would sometimes feel jealous.
Although her dreams changed, ran parallel, or transformed due to various events in between, by now they had settled into being both a great hero and a virtuous wife and mother.
“Sister.”
“Yes?”
“I don’t think I can have children.”
The tea tasted bitter today.
No, it had been bitter for months.
No, actually it had been bitter for even longer than that.
Was it a few years ago?
When there was a lecher in Shaanxi and she was struck in the belly while dealing with him, or when there was a blood demon in Shanxi and her back was pierced, or when she injured her danjon while chasing a divine thief in Jiangxi.
Those times when she cried for a long time and then cried again, just in case.
“…Lüli.”
Only now did it pierce her heart.
“…Come here.”
Cheonsuryeon, wife of Bieliang Dazhu Hwangbo Yeontak and head of the provisions department, was someone Huangbo Lüli followed like an older sister.
From childhood, whenever the reckless and wild Huangbo Lüli caused trouble and was about to be scolded by her uncle, father, or Hwangbo Yeonhwi, she would always hide behind her or hold her tight.
So even the night before leaving, she had confided everything to her alone before departing.
This time too, she could embrace her and cry loudly just like in those childhood days.
“I want to have a child that resembles him.”
This was Huangbo Lüli’s dream.
A dream even more desperate than becoming a great hero who sweeps through Gangho.
A dream that had become even more earnest than how much she wanted, desired, and longed for Xie Baowei.
Just as her father and mother had done, just as her brothers and sisters had done,
she wanted to give the love she had received so deeply and abundantly
to a child who resembled herself and Xie Baowei.
“It will happen.”
Cheonsuryeon held the sobbing Huangbo Lüli in her arms and spoke as if making a vow.
She didn’t say things like “it’s okay” or “it will be okay” or “cheer up.”
She just held her tight and murmured as if earnestly wishing.
.
.
.
Xie Baowei was not unaware of Huangbo Lüli’s worries.
He couldn’t not know.
Since they reunited, the two had always been together.
If there was time they were apart, it was the five or six months after returning to the Alliance.
Even among those, the first month he would return early after finishing work, and after meeting in Nanjing they were always together again, so in reality they were apart for only about four months, otherwise they were always together.
“Yingying.”
Though it was an embarrassing story, the two were still young.
In most people’s eyes, they were already of age to form a household and become independent, but by Gangho standards, this was the most mature and vigorous period. That’s why people married at this age.
The saying that Gangho and civilian life were separate came from such things.
So there was no way that passion wouldn’t ignite between two people who had spent long years alone and were still young when they came together.
“Lüli cares for you very much.”
“I know.”
“You should care for her too.”
“Yes.”
Lüli’s monthly cycle was not very regular.
So sometimes there were days when Lüli would toss and turn for days with a flushed face, and then from some day on, she would be gloomy and not eat properly.
When such days repeated, there were things one couldn’t help but know without being told.
Sometimes when women passed by holding children, she couldn’t take her eyes off them, and she would startle countless times at the sound of “Mama.”
Even the most insensitive man couldn’t fail to notice this.
So Xie Baowei wanted to comfort her, but not knowing how, he could only hold her quietly.
The reason he declined numerous affairs and withdrew to his family home was also there.
He had tried vigorously going out and expending his energy, but realized it wasn’t easy.
Though neither of them spoke of it aloud, spending each day alone during such times was truly difficult.
So the two spent each day relying on each other, and made this their happiness.
Then one day came.
About three months had passed since the two people returned to their main house.
The heat of midsummer had also subsided a little, and on a day in the ninth month when the warmth of late summer and the coolness of early autumn intersected – the month when chrysanthemums bloom.
Xie Baowei was still busy.
“Huh. Why are the merchants coming all the way here to cause a commotion?”
“Ahem. That’s what I’m saying.”
Muk Sword Sage of Taesanpa and his disciples had entered the Hwangbo Family as guests.
After Hwangbo Yeonhwi received them, he sought out Xie Baowei.
Xie Baowei clicked his tongue once and nodded his head.
“I’ll meet with them once.”
“Ahem. Would you do that?”
Joy appeared on Hwangbo Yeonhwi’s face.
This meticulous cousin brother still found it difficult to entrust work to Xie Baowei.
Though it was puzzling why someone who usually controlled the family with a single glance still acted this way, Xie Baowei understood it as consideration.
“Lord Xie! Lord Xie!!”
Crash!
A person came running into Xingyaoshengshe.
The man whose face was covered in sweat from running was an elderly servant who rarely showed signs of panic.
“Uncle Yan…?”
“Oh my, what kind of reckless behavior is this in the presence of the Household Head?”
Yan was panting heavily.
That wasn’t what was important right now.
“H-Household Head. Miss H-Hee, Miss Hee-ae. Miss Lüli. Huff.”
“Hee-ae? What about Hee-ae? What! What happened!”
Thud.
Everyone rose from their seats.
Especially in Xie Baowei’s case, it was even more so.
Lüli’s mood had been extremely delicate for the past week.
Yan panted heavily again, looking like he might collapse from the pressure.
It was just before his breath gave out.
“Brother!”
Bang!
The splendid new door that had been installed in Xingyaoshengshe was smashed to pieces.
It was Lüli.
Sob.
Tears flowed like a waterfall.
“…I, I have morning sickness!”
They were tears of joy.
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