Chapter 511 Are you crazy?

Qin Ce glanced at her in surprise, "You know quite a lot."

Qiao Xing took his arm and smiled at him, "That's right, I'm by your side every day, there's a saying, isn't it, something I've picked up from what I see and hear?"

Are you praising me?

"That has to be a compliment."

Qin Ce smiled upon hearing this, put his arm around her shoulder, and pulled her into his arms. "You're very capable too."

"Really?"

"Hmm, when have I ever lied to you?"

Qiao Xing thought about it and it seemed to make sense, apart from the fact that he had concealed his identity.

The woman wasn't caught until she got close. She was with a man in his thirties, and the two of them were taken to the police station after being caught.

When the two were walking home, He Fen and the others had indeed gone back, and the old man was asleep.

She hadn't slept in the new house yet, so she decided to stay there for the night, but Qin Ce wouldn't allow it.

The reason given was that the newly purchased furniture contained formaldehyde.

Qiao Xing couldn't refute him, so she could only obediently follow him back to the old house.

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Xing Jiu escorted Gao Jin home and safely delivered her to her doorstep.

Chenchen was already asleep in her arms. She held the child in one arm and knocked on the door with the other.

She knocked for a long time but no one answered the door. She hadn't brought her keys when she left in the afternoon, and she didn't expect to come back so late.

She knocked for a long time before the door inside finally opened.

The woman who opened the door was her mother-in-law. She was in her forties, with a curly hairstyle and wearing pajamas. Even before the door opened, you could hear her cursing inside.

"What are you doing banging so late at night? You're crazy."

She opened the door and saw Gao Jin. She was taken aback for a moment, then looked somewhat displeased. "Why are you only coming back now?"

Gao Jin was seething with anger all night. She was so late coming home, and not only did her mother not ask her anything, but she also had the nerve to ask her questions.

Because Xingjiu was present, Gao Jin couldn't lose his temper and forced back his anger, saying, "Chenchen ran away this afternoon, and I searched for her all night."

"Lost?" Zhu Feng raised her voice, but then lowered it again when she saw Chenchen in her arms. "You can't even take care of a child properly and lose him? What kind of mother are you?"

"You ask me how I became her? If you really cared about her, you should play less mahjong and take her with you. Would I need to bring her to work?"

Zhu Feng got angry when she heard her rebuttal. "What do you mean? You want me to take care of the child? Then give me money! Other families get three or four thousand a month for taking care of their grandchildren. If you two don't pay, how am I supposed to take care of them?"

"Do you think you can take good care of Chenchen just because I pay you? The mahjong parlor is like your home. Last time I asked you to take care of Chenchen, you didn't even know she caught a cold from sleeping there!"

"You're blaming me? I'm already being kind enough to help you raise the child. You have the nerve to say these things to me when you only have a daughter. You'd be better off having a son."

Gao Jin was so angry she wanted to fight her. Chenchen, who was in her arms, woke up and started crying when she heard the two arguing.

"You scared Chenchen awake!"

"You come home so late and you're blaming me?" Zhu Feng's anger intensified when she saw Xing Jiu behind her. "I hadn't even remembered if you hadn't mentioned it. Isn't today the weekend? What kind of work do you do on the weekend?"

"Don't you know what kind of job I do? I don't get weekends!"

"Of course I know. You're selling houses. This guy behind you isn't the client you mentioned, is he? Well, Gao Jin, my son's not home, and you're starting to bring clients home. What, do you think I'm dead?"

Her words completely ignited Gao Jin's anger. "Are you crazy? I think you're really senile, just spouting nonsense!"

Zhu Feng stared at her wide-eyed in disbelief. "What did you say?"

"I'm telling you, you're sick!"

Zhu Fengqi's chest heaved violently, her finger trembling as she pointed at Gao Jin. "Listen to what you're saying! You unfilial woman, bringing your husband home and then cursing your mother-in-law! You deserve to be struck by lightning!"

Zhu Feng's voice was loud, and her tone sounded like she was crying, but there were no tears in her eyes.

The neighbors all opened their doors to see what was going on. Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public, but Gao Jin had offended Zhu Feng, and the old woman immediately started yelling, wanting the whole neighborhood to know what kind of person her daughter-in-law was.

He wished Gao Jin would be scorned by everyone, to crush her arrogance, so that she would have nowhere to go and would have to obediently come back to apologize and serve him faithfully.

Gao Jin no longer cares about what others think of her. She didn't care when she was in school, and she certainly doesn't care now, especially since she's angry right now.

"You slander me without even knowing the facts. Ask around and see how many mothers-in-law are like you? If you want to make a scene, do it here. Let's see who's the one who loses face."

Seeing that she couldn't control her, Zhu Feng slapped her legs with both hands and howled even louder, "Oh dear, how did I end up with such an unfilial daughter-in-law? She's bullying this old woman while my son is away!"

“It’s one thing to come back in the middle of the night, but to bring a man back with you is another. We used to pretend we didn’t see it when we didn’t know, but now they’re increasingly disregarding us old folks.”

Xing Jiu had never seen anything like this before. After observing for a while, he realized that Gao Jin's mother-in-law had misunderstood him, so he decided to step forward and explain.

"Hello, I just brought her back. We're just friends, not her clients."

Zhu Feng wouldn't listen to any of this. She was convinced that Xing Jiu was Gao Jin's client and that Gao Jin had used underhanded methods to sell the house.

"You call yourself a friend? I've never even met you before! You two are working together to deceive this old woman! I'm going to call my son and tell him to come back and take care of you, you shameless woman!"

Zhu Feng left those words and ran inside to get her phone to call her son.

Gao Jin closed her eyes and sighed wearily.

She had argued with Zhu Feng before, but it had never escalated to this extent. Usually, she would tolerate it, but today she was in a bad mood, and Zhu Feng's words went too far, so she couldn't help but curse at Zhu Feng.

While Zhu Feng went inside to get her phone, Gao Jin looked at Xing Jiu with a guilty expression and said, "I'm sorry, you must have found this amusing."

Xing Jiu shook her head. "Your mother-in-law seems to have misunderstood. You should explain it to her properly."

"I know you've gone to a lot of trouble today, but judging from the situation, I probably won't be able to invite you in for a drink of water."

"No need, I'm leaving right away." He hesitated for a moment, "Are you alright here?"

"It's alright, I can handle it myself. It's so late, you should go home first, I won't see you off."

Xing Jiu paused, still feeling a little guilty, as he felt that his appearance had caused the misunderstanding between them.

But there seemed to be nothing he could do by staying there, so after a moment's hesitation, he turned and left.

Gao Jin carried Chenchen into the house and saw Zhu Feng sitting on the sofa, calling her son to complain and making her sound terrible.