After Being Cheating

Dinner was soon prepared, and as the dishes were placed on the table, Jerry also entered the mansion and joined them.

"Brother!"

"Uncle!"

"Uncle Jerry!"

John, together with the twins, ran up to Jerry and warmly greeted him.

Jerry held up the twins in his arms, and said, "Hello, Melissa and Michelle! John, how are you doing at school lately?"

"I'm doing quite well! Brother-in-law praised me just now!" answered John, with a proud voice.

While he brought the twins into the dining hall, Jerry raised his brows, and said, "John, you're already calling him brother-in-law!"

"Of course! He is indeed my brother-in-law!" said John. He then turned to Daniel, and asked, "Brother-in-law, am I right?"

While gently patting him on the head, Daniel answered, "Yes, you're right!"

John cheerfully looked at Jerry, and said, "You and Janet are not treating me as well as my brother-in-law is. I'll have to betray you and stand by his side from now on!"

Jerry teased him, "Fine! Go ahead! Do you need me to throw you into his arms?" Jerry's careless appearance made John shut his mouth.

Jerry then put the twins on their little safety chairs, and took his own son from Sally's arms. He said, "Didn't I tell you not to hold our son too often?"

Sally was still weak because of the delivery, and she was not supposed to use too much of her strength.

She gently pinched her son's nose and complained to Jerry, "I'm fine. Your son did a poo poo and made my trousers dirty today!" said Sally.

"You're his mother. How can you be afraid of your own son's poo?" asked Jerry. After that, he kissed Sally's forehead to comfort her.

Sally suddenly got shy and pushed him away from her, and in a low voice, said, "Everybody here is looking at us. Go and wash your hands, we're ready to have dinner." Jerry passed his son to the babysitter next to him and went to wash his hands.

At the dinner table, Ella and Samuel were taking care of the twins, while Janet was busy picking food for Daniel and Melody.

Soon enough, Daniel's plate was filled up with all sorts of food.

Daniel picked some pork ribs and put them on her plate, and said, "Stop picking food for me, I can do it by myself."

His left arm was wounded, but he could still pick the food with his right arm.

"Fine!" Janet ate her pork ribs, and then picked up food for Melody again.

The atmosphere around them was very warm. The elders and children all enjoyed themselves together, and they felt satisfied to see each other's smiling faces at the table.

After dinner, the whole family sat in the living room and had their happy chats together. They seemed to have reached an agreement that they wouldn't talk about any unhappy thing. Janet and John kept bickering with each other, and Daniel whispered in her ear, "You're already a mother, with two daughters actually. Why are you still acting like a kid?"

"What? Don't you like me this way?" asked Janet. She looked at him, her eyes gleaming with expectation.

Daniel burst into laughter. Ignoring her refusal, he gripped her hand, and said, "Yes, but how do you know that I love all of your looks?"

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Janet pinched his big palm, and said, "Daniel, you never stop joking with me!"

He tittered, "You know I never told you a lie!"

"... Fine! But coincidently, I am pretty much fond of you!" She grinned a smile, and while she looked at the big palms that were holding her hands, sweet feelings of love filled her heart.

At that moment, Jerry got up, and after he cleared his throat, he said, "Hey, hey! Daniel, Janet, please don't showcase your love in front of me while my wife is still in her recovery after childbirth*!"

(TN*: Recovery after childbirth: In Chinese traditional concept, a woman is supposed to stay at home during the first month of giving birth to a baby. And there are also a lot of restrictions needed attending to. Such as: keep warm, don't use too much strength, no sexual life in this month...)

Daniel plainly replied to him, "You can show off too, I promise I won't say a word about it!"

But Sally instantly raised her hands, and said, "Objection!"

"Objection overruled!" said Jerry.

"Aha... you young people! I really like being around you and listening to your petty bickering. It's really funny!" said Melody. Melody loved to see the family living in harmony.

"Great-grandma, we have two cheeky guys here!" said Janet. She drew her hands back from Daniel's palms, and Daniel looked at her bright flushed face and thought that she was really cute like that. "Jane, you can shut up and go upstairs now!" yelled Jerry. He then put his sleeping son on the baby cradle.

"I won't shut up. Great-grandma, guess who are the cheeky guys in this room?" asked Janet. Her hands were then suddenly gripped by Daniel. She shook them away from him, but he just gripped them again. Melody happily looked at their childish moves, and said, "Let me guess, are they Jane and Sally?"

"Great-grandma!" Janet cried out with an incredible look on her face.

"Great grandma! Why me? I'm innocent!" protested Sally. Sally was upset, because she hadn't stirred up anything.

Daniel tittered, and said, "Great-grandmother, I need to learn more from you. You have a good eye on spotting people, and you also don't back up the childish ones!"

Jerry echoed Daniel, "Right! You're indeed my great-grandmother!" He victoriously looked at the two angry women.

"Great-grandma, I'm getting angry!" said Janet. Janet shook off Daniel's hands, and with her chin resting in her hands, she winked at Melody.

Her cute playful look made Melody laugh again, but John, who was playing with his robot beside them, looked at his sister with contempt, and said, "How old are you? Are you a kid? Janet Shao, have you no shame?"

"It's my pleasure! I like it how I am! It's none of your business!" snapped Janet. She stopped her cute look and took a lichee from the plate, peeled it, and squeezed it into Daniel's mouth.

She had already fed Daniel seven or eight lichees when Ella suddenly stopped her, and said, "Jane, don't feed Daniel so many. Eating too many lichees at one time will easily cause excessive internal heat in his body!"

"Really?" Janet was stunned, and she had no other choice than to put the last peeled lichee into her own mouth instead.

Daniel then came closer to Janet, and while wearing a sly smile, he whispered to her, "I'm not afraid of suffering any excessive internal heat. You know that I have my own way to release heat. Please, continue feeding me lichee."

Instantly, Janet's face flushed red.

Jerry glanced at his sister, and he could easily guess what the shameless man had whispered in her ear. With contempt in his voice, he said, "Look at your shy face! You've already been together with Daniel for such a long time. Why haven't you made any progress?"

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Janet took out a piece of wet tissue and wiped her mouth. She then angrily pointed at Jerry, and scolded, "Jerry Shao, you really have the nerve to put the blame on me? You've betrayed your own sister for blind wealth, and don't forget that I haven't yet gotten even with you about that! How could you possibly do such a thing!"

'Jerry has betrayed Janet for wealth?' wondered Ella.

She asked, "What did you mean with that?" While putting a lichee's flesh into Michelle's mouth, Ella looked at both Jerry and Janet.

Janet answered, "Mom, please ask my brother. Oh, no! He is now Daniel's brother! He always betrays me! I've been sold to Daniel by him. Mom, did you know that? Daniel succeeded in secretly registering our marriage certificate, with none other than your son's help!" Finishing her words, Janet took a lichee and aimed it at Jerry. She was ready to throw it to him at any time.

Daniel cut in, and said, "Your brother has done all of that for your own good!"

Jerry immediately echoed, "That's right! You're ungrateful, and you don't know my careful thoughts about you!"

Daniel was perfect in Jerry's mind. He was wealthy, powerful, well-built, the only perfect man that could be a good match to his own sister!

And of course, the most important fact was that Daniel really loved his sister!

"..." Janet put the lichee back on the table, turned around, and stared at Daniel.

"What's wrong? I'm just speaking the truth!" said Daniel.

"Daniel, who have you married? My brother, or me? Why are you always standing by my brother's side and bully me with him?" asked Janet. She thought to herself, 'If Jerry had been born a woman, Daniel would have married him for sure!'☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐