Chapter 18 Distracting Mom-in-Law

Wait a minute—if Ruan Yaoyao’s “illness” wasn’t really sickness but a premonition, then the things she just “said”…

Zhong Wenmei’s pupils instantly dilated, and she stared at her husband.

“You see, I can’t help either. I really don’t know.”

“Are you seeing someone behind my back?”

“That’s impossible!” Yu Xing was shocked. “Our relationship has always been so good. Don’t you know what kind of person I am? How could I ever do such a thing?”

“Then why would our in-law say that?”

“What did she say?”

“She said you were being cheated on,” Zhong Wenmei replied. “Since this ‘cheating’ wasn’t caused by me, it must have been someone else. If it wasn’t that little vixen, then who else? Hurry up and confess!”

“I’m innocent… And how do you know she wasn’t talking about you? Before you were with me, didn’t you have someone you liked?”

“Yu Xing, what do you mean by that? You dare to suspect me?!” Zhong Wenmei was furious. She had managed the household faithfully all these years—was this really how he saw her?

Tears welled up in Zhong Wenmei’s eyes.

Yu Xing immediately realized he’d said the wrong thing and hurriedly apologized.

But unfortunately, Zhong Wenmei was too angry to listen to anything.

Originally, the couple had gone happily to see their daughter, but on the way back they ended up quarreling.

Yu Xiangqiao’s older brother, Yu Yan, called to ask what was going on—why did their parents start arguing for no reason after visiting?

As soon as Yu Xiangqiao picked up, she was a bit annoyed and said, “Can you guess why? It’s because of you and your wife.”

“What’s wrong with me and my wife? Everything’s fine.”

“You dare say everything’s fine? After all these years, your wife seems like a completely different person, and you still say she’s fine? And besides, you ignore your own son but spoil an outsider—how is that fine? Honestly, you’ve got a screw loose…”

Being scolded, Yu Yan was also upset. He thought Yu Xiangqiao had gone a little crazy giving birth, talking to him like this.

She wanted a daughter herself, but he and his wife hadn’t had one yet—couldn’t he spoil a daughter if he had the chance? Didn’t people say daughters should be spoiled?

Yu Xiangqiao, irritated, said, “I don’t feel like explaining now. I’ll talk when I go back to my parents’ house.”

Then she hung up with a “slam.”

Yu Yan called several times, and his wife Gong Minhui looked puzzled. “What’s wrong? What did Xiangqiao do to make you so upset?”

“I asked about our parents. She not only refused to say, but also blamed us, saying it was our fault. Ridiculous! Our parents only acted this way after seeing her, what do we have to do with it?”

Gong Minhui grew concerned. “Could it be that Xiangqiao is going through something and is just in a bad mood?”

“Even if she’s in a bad mood, it doesn’t justify this.”

Gong Minhui reminded him that Xiangqiao had just given birth and needed family care and attention. If things went poorly, she could even develop postpartum depression. His current attitude would only make matters worse.

“Are you saying Xiangqiao has postpartum depression?”

“Other than that, what else could it be?” Gong Minhui asked.

“Then shall we go see her tomorrow?”

“I’ll go with you.”

Meanwhile, Yu Xiangqiao and Xu Lianghan were thinking about how to get the couple to visit.

They didn’t dare go to the Yu household; if there happened to be some kind of “master” there, they’d be delivering themselves right into trouble.

Better to invite them to their own territory—it was safer.

“How about I say you’re sick?” Xu Lianghan suggested.

“If I’m sick, the ones who’d come to see me are my parents,” Yu Xiangqiao disagreed. If she were ill, her sister-in-law might come, but her brother wouldn’t necessarily show up.

Also, they had to time it right—if someone came over and Ruan Yaoyao wasn’t around, it would all be in vain.

“Mom, you won’t be going out much recently, right?”

Early in the morning, Yu Xiangqiao asked her mother this.

“What’s the matter?”

Yu Xiangqiao, embarrassed, said, “Mom, I haven’t been feeling well. If you don’t go out much recently, could you help take care of Lingxuan? Would that be okay?”

She was really using her daughter to keep Ruan Yaoyao occupied and prevent her from going out.

Ruan Yaoyao was naturally delighted at the chance to take care of her precious granddaughter and agreed wholeheartedly.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Lingxuan at all times except for feeding, so you can rest assured.”

“Thank you so much, Mom!”

Yu Xiangqiao made a “handled it” gesture to Xu Lianghan.

Just as they were about to call Yu Yan and his wife, they got a call from them first—they wanted to see Yu Xiangqiao and their niece and were already at the door.

Yu Xiangqiao and Xu Lianghan exchanged a glance. Someone literally brought the pillow just when they were dozing off.

“You greet them downstairs, I’ll go upstairs to have Mom bring our daughter down—they’ll meet immediately.”

Xu Lianghan nodded. “Okay. Later, we’ll find a chance to have your sister-in-law meet my mom.”

“Why?”

“Remember, when you were possessed, it was Mom who saved you. Maybe Mom can save your sister-in-law too.”

As for whether they would hear Ruan Yaoyao’s inner thoughts, Xu Lianghan wasn’t too worried.

When his wife had been possessed before, the other party hadn’t heard either. Although the distinction between who can hear and who cannot was unclear, it seemed that only those close to her could.

When Ruan Yaoyao heard that Yu Xiangqiao’s brother and sister-in-law were coming to see her and the granddaughter, she recalled what she had “seen” yesterday and wasn’t happy.

“They’re coming to see you fine, but why bring Lingxuan down? Lingxuan shouldn’t go.”

【There was a bad person there—what if something happened to her granddaughter?】

The real point was that she wanted her mother-in-law to see her brother and sister-in-law. Yu Xiangqiao could never refuse; they had gone out of their way to come, and it would be ungrateful to ignore them.

Of course, the daughter had to be brought down.

Ruan Yaoyao was unhappy and completely unwilling to hand over her precious granddaughter. She felt this couple was like bad luck incarnate, always dragging her granddaughter down. Were they not satisfied unless they endangered her granddaughter?

Yu Xiangqiao heard her mother-in-law’s inner complaint and felt a bit awkward.

She couldn’t help it—she had always been close to her brother. Knowing that his family was in “danger” and that they had a chance to help, she couldn’t ignore it.

“Mom… I beg you. I’ve never begged you before, just this once…” As for her own parents, she’d ask next time.

Seeing her daughter-in-law so submissive, Ruan Yaoyao felt a bit reluctant to refuse. After all, it was just taking the granddaughter down to see someone on their own turf, with her watching—nothing should go wrong.

At worst, she could just hold the granddaughter and not let go; who could take her granddaughter away?

“Just this once. No repeats!” Ruan Yaoyao said coldly.

“Yes, yes, Mom, you’re the best!” Yu Xiangqiao’s face lit up like fireworks, beaming with happiness.