Inside the palace, Ten Thousand Flowers Garden.
"Xin'er!" called out a super gentle voice from behind.
Ivy Shen turned her head, flashed a sweet grin, hopped up, and chirped, "Mother-in-law!"
Who was it? None other than Yvonne Yun, Caleb Miles's adoptive mother. She'd been hanging out here for over half a month already.
"Is Father-in-law back yet?" Whenever he came over, he'd vanish after a few days to deal with official business. If Ivy did the math, he should be due home soon.
"Probably," Yvonne Yun waved her hand like she couldn't care less.
She looked like it was none of her business at all. That attitude nearly made Ivy Shen drop her jaw.
Father-in-law is crazy about you, okay?! Mother-in-law, could you at least pretend to care about him for, like, one second?!
"Is Little Snowball asleep?" Ivy asked, peeking at her. Yvonne Yun had been here for half a month, basically glued to Little Snowball every second. If he wasn't napping, nobody else could even dream of holding him—she'd totally monopolized the kid.
Yvonne Yun beamed and nodded. "Little Snowball is just too cute. I love him so much, I could explode!"
“You’ve totally spoiled him rotten!” Ivy grinned. Little Snowball was only two or three months old, but already sharp as a whip—he definitely got the best genes from all seven of his dads.
“Of course! He’s my grandson, so I get to spoil him however I want!” Yvonne Yun replied, totally unapologetic.
Ivy couldn’t help but laugh. She honestly couldn’t believe Yvonne Yun was so easygoing and blunt—wasn’t an empress dowager supposed to be all dignified and serious? But honestly, she loved having a mother-in-law like this.
“Xin’er, yesterday I saw Lacey sitting by herself at the lotus pond, just spacing out. I think she’s totally lovesick for Xiska Mon.” Ivy had worried Lacey would be bored stuck at the estate, so she’d invited her to stay at the palace for a few days.
But Lacey kept wanting to be left alone, so Ivy hesitated to approach—she didn’t want to upset her.
“Yeah, those two are tangled up in a love knot that’s impossible to untie,” Ivy said, popping another grape into her mouth.
“Xin’er, I can see they both totally like each other—so why all the drama?” Yvonne Yun huffed. “If they’re into each other, just get together already! Why make it so complicated?”
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