The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 478

Chapter 478: Chapter 447, A Sense of Distance_1

“I originally thought your cousin Yan Wentao was already quite outstanding, but I didn’t expect Yan Wenkai to be equally remarkable. Energetic and cheerful, he truly is a rare good child,”

After dinner, on the way back to the guest quarters, Yan Siyu couldn’t help but praise her daughter.

Yang Xiujun was somewhat distracted and responded perfunctorily with a ‘hmm’.

Yan Siyu sensed her daughter was not in the right frame of mind and immediately asked, “What’s the matter, girl?”

Yang Xiujun hesitated for a moment, but still spoke her mind, “Mother, do you think Sister Yiyi doesn’t like me?”

Yan Siyu showed a look of surprise, “Why would you think that?”

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Yang Xiujun: “…On the day we arrived, Grandmother intended for me to stay in Sister Yiyi’s courtyard, yet she deflected the idea. Today, when cousin Wenkai mentioned that girls from other families were coming, she was willing to let them stay in her courtyard.”

“Also, these past few days, although she has been very warm and friendly towards me, I can feel that she’s not doing so because she likes me, but merely out of courtesy as the host.”

Yan Siyu paused, reflected on Daohua’s attitude towards them for the past few days, and didn’t feel anything amiss. On the contrary, her unreserved speech and actions on certain occasions had warmed her heart, making her not feel like an outsider in this family.

Looking at her daughter’s despondent expression, Yan Siyu’s face showed a tinge of self-reproach.

It was all her own fault for being useless. In the previous years at the Yang Family, she hardly had any status, which also led to her daughter suffering countless grievances. Having grown up unsatisfied, her daughter’s mind had inevitably become sensitive, and she might overthink even an unintentional move by someone else.

Yan Siyu took Yang Xiujun’s hand, comforting her, “Don’t be over-sensitive. About the arrangement of the rooms, your aunt explained to me in particular, saying Yiyi is impulsive, and since you enjoy tranquility, she didn’t want you to feel uncomfortable.”

“When we left home, I had reported to your grandmother that we would spend the New Year here before returning to the capital. Such a long time naturally requires arranging an independent courtyard for us, that’s the proper way to treat guests.” _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}

“As for you saying Yiyi doesn’t like you, mother would ask you, you’ve only known Yiyi for a few days, would you be able to bare your heart to her and be close as anything? You couldn’t really say you like her that much now, mother wouldn’t believe it either.”

Yang Xiujun’s expression froze: “Cousin Yiyi is cheerful and straightforward, of course, I like her.” And at the same time, she felt envy, envying her for being loved by the whole family, for living freely and comfortably, for being only a few months older than herself yet already able to manage household affairs under aunt’s guidance.

Yan Siyu patted her daughter’s hand: “Relationships between people are built through interaction, and it is normal to have an appropriate distance with someone you do not know well. If Yiyi had been overly enthusiastic towards you, mother would find it disingenuous.”

Yang Xiujun fell silent for a moment: “Mother, I have overthought it, I will be more careful in the future.”

Yan Siyu smiled and nodded, not continuing on this subject but instead asked, “You met your third and fourth cousins today, what do you think of them?”

Thinking of the tall and robust cousins, Yang Xiujun smiled, “The third cousin is reserved and meticulous, while the fourth cousin is earnest and sincere; they are all very good people.”

Yan Siyu nodded, “Indeed, all good lads.” As she spoke, she smiled and glanced at her daughter, “After your eldest cousin has his marriage arranged, it won’t be long before it’s the turn of your second cousin and the others. Who knows which girl will have the good fortune to marry into the Yan Family.”

Yang Xiujun’s expression stiffened, but she didn’t think much of it, instead feeling envious of the harmonious atmosphere at the Yan family.

The next day, after breakfast, Daohua saw that Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai were sitting there nonchalantly with no intention of leaving and couldn’t help asking, “Third Brother, Fourth Brother, aren’t you returning to the military camp?”

Yan Wenkai smiled at Madam Yan and said, “Grandmother’s birthday is in just a few days, of course, we have to stay at home and accompany Grandmother.”

At these words, Madam Yan’s face burst into a happy smile, “Good, good, good, you two hardly stay at home much throughout the year, this time with your aunt bringing Hongrui and Xiujun back, it’s proper to spend more time together.”

Daohua cast a teasing glance at her two brothers, “I think the two of you just don’t want to go back for drills, right?”

As soon as she spoke, the expressions on Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai’s faces stiffened simultaneously.