God-given mother: The villain cub is super clingy

Chapter 209: A Good Place to Hide Things

"Ruru, tell me, what did you and Lin Yue say?"

"I……"

Lin Ru cried for a while before she felt relieved of some of the depression in her heart. She told Lang about her conversation with Lin Yue.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lang thought about it carefully and felt that Lin Yue came back this time probably for Mrs. Meng's dowry.

But how could she know where Meng's dowry was? When she married Lin Chong, Lin Chong only gave her the key to the warehouse, but never told her what Meng's dowry was, and she had never seen the dowry list.

However, she did hear a few words from that beautiful girl.

When Meng married Lin Chong, she brought a dowry. Meng was from the Jiangnan Meng family, but no one knew which branch it was from. Fanghua didn't say either. All we knew was that Meng and Lin Chong didn't have a proper marriage. It seemed that they were driven out by their families!

"Mother, is Lin Yue really after her mother's dowry?"

Mrs. Lang nodded. "That's probably true! But your father never told me what her dowry was!"

She was also very upset. Ever since she took charge of the family, she had managed the inner courtyard very well. It was really... wait, that's not right. After Lin Chong gave her the key to the warehouse, she went to check. There was a box of jewelry in it that she loved very much. Until now, she had not been willing to take it out and wear it a few times. Could it be that the things in the box belonged to Meng?

"Mom, what did you remember?"

Lang didn't care about anything else and just wanted to confirm it quickly, so she comforted Lin Ru and asked the servants to take good care of her.

She returned to her own courtyard. She knew that Lin Chong would definitely come over tonight because Lin Yue mentioned Meng's dowry.

Sure enough, Lin Chong arrived not long after.

The two knew it all. Lin Chong had a worried look on his face. "In Meng's dowry, there was a small red sandalwood box. You've seen the jewelry in it, right? That box was hers! And... there were some other things that I sold, and some that I gave away!"

When Lang saw that he was frowning, she immediately understood. She thought that the things he sold must be very valuable, otherwise they would not have such a good life in Mengzhou, and the Lin family would not have the status they have today.

Those gifts must be antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Only those things can better help Lin Chong get promoted.

Those, of course, can't be taken back! Otherwise, wouldn't the Ningyuan Marquisate be completely disgraced? Using a woman's dowry was the most shameful thing for men in ancient times.

"My Lord, I've worn some of those jewels, but I haven't touched some of them. I can return them to her, but will Yue'er get to the bottom of it and try to get those things back?"

Although Lady Lang gritted her teeth in hatred and felt her heart bleed at being asked to give up her favorite thing, for the sake of her children's future, she could not fail to understand the current situation.

Lin Chong sighed, "No! I'll talk to her myself!"

Lang was silent for a moment, then suddenly felt aggrieved. "My Lord, you and I have spent most of our lives together, and you won't reveal a single word to me about Meng's affairs! I... am I still your wife? Do you not trust me?"

Faced with Lang's sudden questioning, Lin Chong seemed to have expected it. He just looked at her quietly for a while, and finally did not say a word.

"Ma'am, it's best not to ask. Some things might be harmful to you if you know them. I'm protecting you. If...if something happens to me one day, you can still save your lives! Do you...do you understand?"

Lin Chong said the last sentence with some difficulty. He did not blame Lang. He said this just because he hoped Lang could be smarter.

He believed that Lang understood!

Sure enough, Lang was stunned for a while, and did not ask any more questions, but her tears flowed even more violently.

"If that day ever comes, I would like to go with you, my Lord."

Lin Chong looked up to the sky and sighed deeply. He wiped Liang Lang's tears very seriously, comforted her silently, and left!

There are some things that he needs to calm down and discuss with his eldest son Lin Ping.

In the Handan Courtyard, four men came running back, and Sanlang told Lin Yue every word of the conversation he had overheard.

They were just playing in the garden not far from the Lang family's courtyard, and Sanlang's extraordinary hearing enabled him to hear their conversation clearly.

"Mother! Is it important to kiss my grandmother's dowry?"

Lin Yue thought about it and nodded. In fact, she was just doing what a normal woman in this era would do. Usually, when she got married, her family would give her her mother's dowry without her asking, but she didn't! So she had to do everything herself!

In fact, she had already thought that her mother might not have much dowry, or it might have been squandered by Lin Chong and Lang Shi long ago. She didn't expect that there was still some left. What surprised her even more was that she had previously thought that there was a secret between Lin Chong and her mother, and it actually related to Lin Chong's life and death!

This must be a big deal! What could be the matter of life and death? Is it related to me?

"By the way, mother, my grandfather has a portrait of my dear grandmother. Do you think the dowry list is also hidden there?"

Dalang suddenly had an idea: if that thing was mysterious and needed to be hidden, would his grandfather put them together?

"Have you seen the portrait?"

The four Langs nodded in unison and told Lin Yue that Lin Chong had taken them to see the portrait.

In this way, the relationship between Lin Chong and his mother seems to be a little different from what Lin Yue imagined.

He seemed to have feelings for his mother, as could be seen from the fact that he still treasured her portrait. It was not just pure liking, but more like a secret, unrequited love.

"Mother, why don't we take it here secretly?"

Erlang was clever and had already thought of stealing. Lin Yue tapped his little nose.

"Okay! You can steal it, but we won't take it away. We'll just look at it once. Shilang, don't you have a super memory? Then mother will test you. If you see that list, do your best to remember it. We can write it down ourselves when we get back, okay?"

Shiro was of course very happy to think that his super memory finally came in handy!

So, the mother and her two daughters took advantage of the dark and windy night to hide in the space and quietly entered Lin Chong's study. Dalang easily found the secret place where the portrait was hidden. It was a very small rectangular niche. In addition to the portrait that Dalang and the others mentioned, there was indeed a small box. After Lin Yue opened it, she found that it was indeed the dowry list. She took a rough look at it herself and then handed it to Silang to memorize.

"Mother, look, this portrait can be opened!"

Dalang and Erlang were looking at the portrait again. Each of them was holding a scroll. The scroll in Erlang's hand moved. He turned it and it actually opened!

The mother and her two children all thought it was very magical and that it was a good place to hide things.