Chapter 257 Heaven is watching what people do.

“Zhang Haijun, I’m your mother. What’s wrong with me saying a few words to her? What’s wrong with that?! You ungrateful wretch who forgets his mother as soon as he gets a wife, have you forgotten who raised you with their love and care? Huh?” Zheng Xiulan shouted.

Zhang Haijun glanced at the mess under the dining table, his brows furrowing deeply.

“I’ve already started looking for a place. We’ll move out after Hongying finishes her postpartum confinement. If you don’t even want to see me, that’s fine too. I’ll go to the hospital to be with Hongying for the next month.”

After saying that, he went back to his room without even having dinner.

Zheng Xiulan was so angry that she trembled all over and felt so frustrated that she wanted to cry.

She felt more distressed than ever before, as if her son wasn't her own, and everyone was stabbing her in the heart with knives!

She had saved up so much money over so many years, and it was all squandered by those ungrateful wretches.

How can she possibly let this go?!

Zhang Haijun kept his word and indeed did not return the next day.

But he didn't stay at the hospital; Su Hongying kicked him out.

He said, "I can't sleep well with you here. If you really can't stay here, why don't you go and get a hotel?"

Zhang Haijun couldn't bear to spend that money; it was almost ten yuan a night.

After thinking it over, he went to his workplace and slept on a makeshift bed on the floor.

Zheng Xiulan was worried when Zhang Haijun didn't come home for several days. She was afraid that her son had been brainwashed by Su Hongying and would no longer be on her side. So she took a day off and went to the hospital to assert her ownership of Su Hongying.

She said, "Our Zhang family doesn't want you anymore. Don't try to seduce my son like a vixen."

Su Hongying laughed when she heard this.

He said, "Okay, I'll relay what you said to him exactly when he gets off work. Is there anything else? If not, get out of here. I need to rest."

Just as Zheng Xiulan was about to lose her temper, a group of doctors and nurses rushed in to make their rounds.

Zheng Xiulan didn't dare to say anything more and went out.

When the doctor asked about Su Hongying's recovery, Su Hongying said, "I still can't walk for too long. I can't even last five minutes. My body is very weak. Talking too much also makes me tired. I need to rest for a long time to recover."

"Yes, this is normal."

The doctor wrote down her feedback on a piece of paper and comforted her, "Your injury is quite serious and requires a recovery process. Don't rush it. One thing to note is... take good care of your body and don't consider having any more children in the next few years. Tell your husband this as well."

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

Su Hongying smiled and thanked her, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Zheng Xiulan hurrying away and gave a mocking smile.

After everyone had gone far away, she got out of bed, went to the nurses' station to borrow a phone, and dialed Zhang Haijun's number. Zhang Haijun was so confused by what his mother had said that he wondered what she was up to.

After leaving the hospital, Zheng Xiulan went to Zhang Haijun's workplace to find him. Zhang Haijun had taken leave and came out. She grabbed him and asked him to come home with her.

"Mom, is there something you can't say here?"

Zhang Haijun didn't want to go back. "I only asked for half an hour off. Tell me what you want to say quickly."

"We can't talk about it here. Come back with me and we'll talk."

She pulled Zhang Haijun towards the door, and Zhang Haijun, not wanting to cause too much trouble at work, had no choice but to follow her back.

As a result, Zheng Xiulan told him, "Su Hongying can't have children anymore, you should get a divorce quickly, and Mom will find you a better one."

Zhang Haijun, "..."

He could no longer contain himself; the veins on his forehead were throbbing. He solemnly called out, "Mom!"

"Do you think I'm stupid? The doctor clearly said it's best not to have any more children in the next few years, not that we can't have children in the future. Hongying and I are still young. Even if we don't have children for eight or ten years, we can still have children when we want to. Can you please stop telling me to divorce Hongying and find someone else?"

He took a deep breath and said coldly, "Does replacing him with someone else guarantee a better outcome? Who can treat a son born to their ex-wife as their own? What are you trying to do with this unpredictable behavior? Are you determined to destroy my little family?!"

"Of course I'm doing this for your own good."

Zheng Xiulan also felt that her son was being unreasonable. "With such a vixen by your side, how can you ever have a peaceful life? She's going to ruin our family. Think about it, aren't all these recent problems caused by her..."

"Mom! That's enough!"

Zhang Haijun was furious. "Don't you know who's behind all this trouble in the family? If you hadn't pushed someone, would this family be in this state? You have so much money, yet you won't even spend five thousand to save Hongying's life, and you're telling me it's all her fault? I've misjudged you!"

After being berated by her eldest son, Zheng Xiulan's face turned pale and then red. Just as she was about to retort, Old Zhang returned. Seeing the tense situation between the mother and son, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's going on?"

"dad!"

Zhang Haijun was furious. "Don't you do anything about Mom? Look at the mess she's made of the whole family! It's really... I wasted my trip back here."

After saying that, he opened the door, slammed it shut, and left.

Old Zhang said, "Ha, the eldest son has really made something of himself, daring to even criticize me. What did you say to anger him like this?"

Zheng Xiulan glanced at him, feeling utterly exhausted.

She said, "This family is going to fall apart because of Su Hongying. She's a troublemaker and a scourge. The eldest son doesn't listen to me, and he'll suffer a great loss sooner or later."

Who are you talking about?

Old Zhang looked at Zheng Xiulan, clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Su Hongying? What's wrong with her? Is it considered sabotage to be married into the family and treated like a cash cow, plucking out a lot of gold leaves? Is it considered sabotage to be treated like a servant, ordered around, scolded, and reprimanded? Or is it considered sabotage to push her down and almost kill her and your precious grandson?"

Zheng Xiulan choked, glared at him, and said, "Why did you have to bring up that sore spot!"

"Alright, Zheng Xiulan, do you think no one can see through your little scheme? We're not stupid. Do you think that just because you're blaming Su Hongying, she really did it?"

Old Zhang pointed to the sky and said, "What people do, Heaven is watching."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and went out again. Zheng Xiulan called to him, "Where are you going? Dinner is about to be made, you..."

"I'm not eating. Let's eat out. I'm going to find someone to chat with. Just seeing your face at home makes me angry. You make the house a mess, who can stand that?"

Zheng Xiulan: "...Go away, and don't come back!"

Old Zhang ignored him completely and went downstairs humming a little tune.

Zheng Xiulan, "..."

Before we knew it, it was the Lantern Festival. The family prepared a delicious meal and, listening to the sounds outside, celebrated the Lantern Festival in the main room.

The two little glutinous rice balls were dressed in bright red cotton-padded jackets and pants, with tiger-head shoes on their feet and tiger-head hats on their heads. The older one was quiet, lying in the cradle and smiling at people, while the younger one was lively, with its eyes rolling around and its little hands grabbing this and that, wanting to put everything it grabbed into its mouth to taste it.

The eldest daughter-in-law hugged her for less than a minute before she grabbed her chopsticks and stuffed them into her mouth. Then she grabbed her mother's hair and shoved it in her mouth. She even tried to eat the chili pepper her third uncle had given her. The eldest daughter-in-law was so busy making her cry out, "Little ancestor, you can't eat this! You can't eat this!"