Chapter 57 It's only possible that Fu Ci doesn't think much of her.

At this moment, the place where the shocking change was brewing.

Li Baohua was pressing his ear against the door, intending to eavesdrop on what his sister-in-law and mother were talking about, but little did he expect to hear such a shocking secret.

Her sister-in-law almost married Fu Ci?

Pay your resignation? !

That's Tang Mingli's husband.

Good heavens, this is absolutely shocking! Cousins ​​almost married the same man – what a melodramatic plot!

But why did Tang Mingli end up getting married?

Li Baohua was incredibly curious, but also secretly glad that she had given up watching the movie and chosen to go home.

She had arranged to go to the park to watch an open-air movie with her friend this evening, and the two had already met up when they saw Tang Mingmei's mother coming over at the alley entrance.

The reason someone would appear here is definitely because they're going to their own home to find their sister-in-law.

Li Baohua was puzzled. It was already this late, what could she possibly want from her sister-in-law?

Thinking back to the two days ago when my mother and sister-in-law had a big fight over the fan, my sister-in-law went back to her parents' house to complain, and her own mother came and made a scene.

The eldest sister-in-law's mother was too fierce in an argument; the whole family was no match for her. Plus, it would have been embarrassing to make a scene, so in the end, they had to back down and admit their mistake.

Did my sister-in-law's mother go back and think it over, but still couldn't swallow her anger and came back to make trouble again?

That won't do; she absolutely cannot leave her mother to deal with this alone.

So Li Baohua didn't hesitate to cancel her appointment with her friend, even though the other person was so angry that they stomped their feet, she still rushed home.

When I got home, I found it quiet. There was no one in the living room, only my sister-in-law's bedroom door was closed.

Could the mother and daughter be hiding in their room plotting some wicked scheme?

In order to find out the truth, Li Baohua had the idea of ​​eavesdropping, but he never expected to hear such a shocking secret.

She held her breath, trying to hear more, but suddenly everyone inside fell silent.

This greatly worried Li Baohua.

What's going on? Tell me quickly, don't stop here.

Just as Li Baohua thought she had been discovered and was about to quietly hide back in her room, there was movement inside again.

Li Hong sighed deeply and said in a sorrowful tone, "If that's how you see me, there's nothing I can do. But I still hope you remember that I'm your mother, and how could I possibly harm you?"

Upon hearing the last sentence, Tang Mingmei immediately became even more agitated, as if someone had touched a raw nerve.

"Don't say that to me again."

In her previous life, it was because she always said, "I am your mother, how could I harm you?" that she married Fu Ci, and that one wrong step led to another, ultimately resulting in such a miserable end. She watched Tang Mingli live a more and more wonderful life, while she herself became the object of comparison between others and Tang Mingli.

Looking at her daughter like this, Li Hong felt utterly hopeless. As she closed her eyes in sorrow, a tear slid down her cheek.

Tang Mingmei became even more annoyed upon seeing this.

She hadn't done anything wrong, but her mother always acted as if she was completely wrong and had let them down, which put a lot of pressure on her.

She'd had enough.

"Go back now, and don't say anything that only makes me angry."

"Are you kicking me out?" Li Hong was heartbroken.

Tang Mingmei no longer wanted to explain.

Li Hong understood, wiped away her tears, and walked towards the door.

Li Baohua was glad she ran fast. When she heard Tang Mingmei tell her mother to leave, she immediately ran back to her room and hid.

Then she heard the door open and cautiously peeked out.

Tang Mingmei saw her mother to the door and softened her tone, telling her to be careful on the way.

With just a simple sentence, Li Hong was almost completely calmed down.

Parents' love for their children is sometimes so humble and easily satisfied.

After seeing her mother off, Tang Mingmei breathed a sigh of relief.

Back in my room, I lay down on the scalding hot bed.

At this moment, Tang Mingmei seemed to have lost all sense of whether it was hot or not.

She stared blankly at the cobweb-covered ceiling, her mind replaying her mother's words. All she could think about was Tang Mingli going on a trip with the Fu family… Tang Mingli was very happy with the Fu family… Tang Mingli…

Thinking about her messy life, she couldn't help but ask herself, does she really not regret it?

Maybe she doesn't regret not marrying Fu Ci, but does she really not regret marrying Li Dazhu at all? Or even earlier, does she really not regret dating Li Dazhu when she went to the countryside?

Tang Mingmei dared not force herself to think about it in detail, for fear that if she thought about it any deeper, the answer she would come to would be regret.

She knows that she shouldn't blame anyone for her current unhappiness, but she still can't help it.

She blamed her parents, blaming them for making her marry Fu Ci in her previous life.

She blamed the Fu family, blaming them for looking down on her from a superior position.

She blamed Fu Ci, blaming him for marrying her yet ignoring her as his wife.

She blamed them. If it weren't for her terrible experience in her previous life, even if she went to the countryside, she wouldn't have been with Li Dazhu, let alone had an unmarried relationship with him just to spite him.

Her misfortunes in this life are all due to the terrible experiences in her previous life.

Thinking of all this, Tang Mingmei couldn't help but shed tears.

Why did God have to make her life so bitter?

Li Hong, who came from the Li family, thought the same way.

Walking through the bustling alley, she felt ashamed to cry, but her heart was filled with unbearable pain.

She was heartbroken for her daughter, heartbroken that her daughter was suffering so much, heartbroken that her daughter's life couldn't have even a fraction of the luck her niece had.

Good heavens! One lives in a luxurious mansion, enjoying a life of luxury, sheltered from the cold in winter and the heat in summer, while the other lives in a dilapidated tenement building, having to be mindful of his in-laws' opinions even when using a fan on a sweltering day.

They're cousins ​​with the same surname, so how come their fates are so different?

Li Hong felt increasingly heartbroken and unable to find peace of mind, yet she didn't know what to do.

She didn't even know how she got home. Once there, she couldn't control herself and sat in the living room silently shedding tears for a long time. She didn't even realize the sun had set, let alone think about making dinner.

The same was true for Tang Mingmei on the other side.

Lying in bed, feeling sorrow and compassion, I was completely unaware of the time passing.

When Li Dazhu came home from get off work and saw her lying on the bed, looking half-dead, he felt inexplicably angry.

But thinking that the two of them couldn't always argue, otherwise their sex life would be ruined, he held back and only said to her, "When you're resting at home, you should be more diligent and help your mother with some housework."

Tang Mingmei's mind had already wandered far away, and she couldn't hear what Li Dazhu was saying.

However, this also prevented the two from arguing, because after saying that, Li Dazhu was called away by his younger sister, Li Baohua.

Li Dazhu didn't really have any feelings for this younger sister. After being called into her room, he asked impatiently, "What is it?"

He spent the whole afternoon at the meat processing plant sharpening his butcher knife and was exhausted. All he wanted to do was take a shower and lie down for a while.

Li Baohua was already used to how this older brother treated her, and besides, she had something to tell him, so she ignored it.

"I have something to tell you. My sister-in-law's mother came over this afternoon."

Upon hearing that his mother-in-law had arrived, Li Dazhu's temples throbbed, and he instinctively asked, "Is she here to cause trouble again?"

Li Baohua shook her head, "Let me tell you..."

She lowered her voice and told her older brother everything she had overheard.

Li Dazhu's face turned ashen upon hearing this, and he said in disbelief, "You must have misheard me, how could this be?"

Given the opportunity to marry someone with such good qualities as Fu Ci, would Tang Mingmei not marry him?

Seeing that his elder brother did not believe him, Li Baohua immediately raised his finger and swore: "I swear, not a single word I said is false."

Li Dazhu: "..."

I still can't believe it, but my sister dared to swear to God, so it must be true.

Why? Fu Ci is so good, why wouldn't Tang Mingmei marry him? Has she lost her mind...?

However, it's not impossible that Tang Mingmei might have lost her mind.

Although she is beautiful and has a sharp tongue, she is sometimes not very bright.

Even so, he really couldn't think of any reason why he wouldn't marry someone with Fu Ci's qualities.

Then he thought about the time when Tang Mingli married Fu Ci, and something Tang Mingmei had told him: she said that she chose to go to the countryside because she didn't want to be arranged to marry by her family.

When he heard that, he thought Tang Mingmei was naive and easy to pursue. He tried pursuing her, and she was indeed easy to win over.

If the person she would rather go to the countryside than marry back then was Fu Ci...

Li Dazhu just couldn't understand it no matter what.

If he were a woman, she would marry someone like Fu Ci without hesitation.

Li Baohua told her older brother about this because she suspected that Tang Mingmei and her cousin-in-law had some kind of shady relationship. However, her older brother was completely preoccupied with the question and didn't even consider the possibility of any shady dealings between the two.

She was getting impatient, so she simply asked directly, "Don't you plan to interrogate your sister-in-law properly? What kind of entanglement did she have with Tang Mingli's husband in the past? Why did she almost marry Fu Ci? Could it be that she once liked Fu Ci, but Fu Ci ultimately chose Tang Mingli?"

Li Baohua's words were like a wake-up call.

Li Dazhu suddenly realized.

Yes, that's the only possibility; it's simply that Fu Ci doesn't like her.

Although Tang Mingmei is beautiful, with Fu Ci's conditions, he could have any beautiful woman he wanted.

He had also seen Tang Mingli, and indeed, she surpassed Tang Ming in every aspect. Especially in terms of temperament, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was as gentle as water.

If it were him, he would also choose a woman like that.

Moreover, Tang Mingmei is a competitive person, so even if she is rejected, she will still say that she rejected the other person.

The thought that his wife had once loved someone else completely changed Li Dazhu's feelings.

He stormed back to his room.

After thinking about it, I decided to lock the door from the inside.

"Tang Mingmei, stop lying in bed pretending to be dead."

When Li Dazhu spoke again, it was in that tone that Tang Mingmei hated.

She finally reacted, half-dead, looking at her husband who was inexplicably angry again.

It's strange. If it were any other time, she would have already confronted him. But today she was so tired, so very tired, too tired to argue with him.

Tang Mingmei just stared at him coldly, which made Li Dazhu very uncomfortable, so much so that he didn't know how to react for a moment.

never mind.

Frustrated, he scratched his head and asked directly, "Did you ever think about marrying Fu Ci, but he didn't choose you?"

Tang Mingmei was so angry that she laughed when she heard the inversion of the Heavenly Stems.

"What's wrong with you to ask such a question? If I wanted to marry Fu Ci, you wouldn't be a problem."

"Stop pretending. My sister overheard your conversation with your mom this afternoon."

Tang Mingmei's heart skipped a beat.

In the afternoon, my mother did mention that she hadn't married Fu Ci back then... but then she got angry at Li Baohua.

Oh, they actually eavesdropped on their conversation.

Tang Mingmei stormed out of the room to confront Li Baohua.

The two women, sister-in-law and aunt, started arguing again.

In a back-and-forth exchange, Tang Mingmei revealed that her parents had once considered having her marry Fu Ci, but she ultimately refused and had Tang Mingli marry in her place.

Upon hearing the truth of the matter, Li Baohua stopped arguing and stared at her with wide eyes and an incredulous expression.

"No, I know you're pretty silly, but I didn't expect you to be this silly. You're unwilling to marry into such a good family, and you even let Tang Mingli marry into it."

While shocked, Li Baohua couldn't help but feel a little envious of Tang Mingli's luck.

What incredible luck! To be able to snag such a huge bargain.

Why wasn't she so lucky?

Hearing that she was called foolish for not wanting to marry Fu Ci, Tang Mingmei retorted angrily, "Do you think a high-ranking family like the Fu family is really a good family? High-ranking families are as unfathomable as the sea."

Li Baohua understood: "So you were afraid, that's why you didn't dare to get married."

Li Dazhu understood what he meant.

Tang Mingmei has a very strong personality. If she marries someone who is much better off than her, she definitely won't be able to control him.

How could someone like her tolerate not being able to control her husband and in-laws?

So that's how it is.

The Li siblings, who believed they knew exactly what Tang Mingmei was thinking, looked at her with complicated expressions.

Li Baohua couldn't help but speak first: "But I think Tang Mingli is doing quite well, she doesn't seem to be living in dire straits at all."

Tang Mingli is doing well, Tang Mingli is doing well...

Why are so many people telling her today that Tang Mingli is doing well? Why do they have to compare her to Tang Mingli?

Tang Mingmei was so angry that her head was buzzing and she almost fainted. She gritted her teeth and muttered Tang Mingli's name in her heart.

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Far away in Goose City, Tang Mingli, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly sat up in bed.

Seeing this, Fu's mother, who was sitting on the next bed, quickly asked with concern, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Tang Mingli patted her wildly pounding heart and nodded.

Yes, she had a nightmare.

In her dream, Tang Mingmei's face was contorted with rage, and she kept calling out her name.

Tang Mingli... Tang Mingli...

It's like summoning a spirit.

Fu's mother comforted her, "It's nothing, it's just a dream."

As she spoke, she glanced at the aluminum lunchbox on the TV cabinet and, remembering that she hadn't eaten dinner, asked her if she was hungry.

It would have been better if she hadn't asked; once she did, Tang Mingli realized she was indeed hungry.

"I did bring back some food, but it's been over two hours, so it should be cold by now."

Eating cold food on a hot day is fine; she ate it often in her past life, to the point that it caused her stomach problems. Eating it occasionally in this life is no big deal.

Tang Mingli didn't mind and quickly spotted the lunchbox following her mother-in-law's gaze.

She got out of bed with a smile, picked up the lunchbox, opened the lid, and saw that there were spicy stir-fried edamame, which made her even more hungry.

This is perfect to eat chilled; it's clear my mother-in-law chose it with care.

"Thank you, Mom."

Tang Mingli thanked her mother-in-law and happily began to eat the meal that was hard to tell whether it was dinner or a late-night snack.

Seeing her daughter-in-law enjoying the meal so much, Mrs. Fu was also very satisfied.

Her daughter-in-law is just so easily satisfied.