"What does he mean? He's not coming back for the New Year? Does he mean he's not coming back this year, or he'll never come back?"

He Shuyue sat on the sofa, her heart aching with anger at her son. Was he going to sever ties with his own mother because of a woman?

"I carried him for ten months and gave birth to him with great difficulty, and now he's threatening me because of a woman. What have I been doing all these years?"

Lu Weiguo didn't say a word after that. He sat on the sofa with his eyes closed, unwilling to look at the scene in front of him. This house no longer felt like a home.

She was covering her face and crying uncontrollably when Lu Weiguo suddenly stood up and walked out without even looking at her.

"Lu Weiguo, what do you mean? Your son threatened me and said I wouldn't come back, and you don't even care?"

Lu Weiguo slammed the door and left, leaving He Shuyue alone in the room. She sat on the sofa, covered her face, and cried for a long time.

This house no longer feels like a home; no one wants to come back, it's all her fault.

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"Did he get angry with you?"

Lu Yang went out, and Tian Qiaozhu was sitting by her daughter's bedside asking her about what had happened during this time.

She had such a happy day that she completely forgot that her husband was dealing with Xiao Qi. Wasn't he angry?

Song Qing shook his head. Actually, he was indeed angry at first, but after the two talked it out, mainly because he heard about Chen Yuqi and Fang Ru's relationship, he stopped being angry with Chen Yuqi. However, he still occasionally felt a little jealous.

"That's good."

Tian Qiaozhu sighed, feeling a pang of sadness. "That child, Xiao Qi..."

"Your mother-in-law is really out of her mind. I wanted to knock her teeth out yesterday." Tian Qiaozhu still gets angry just thinking about it.

If it weren't for my daughter's injury, my son-in-law going to take care of her, and the fact that they happened to be back these past few days, I don't know how long those nasty rumors would have gone on.

"I've put up with her for so many years, and she really thinks I'm easy to mess with."

However, Tian Qiaozhu still had some concerns.

“Although I reprimanded her yesterday, she is still Xiao Lu’s biological mother. I’m just afraid that Xiao Lu will blame you for this.”

She was happy, but her daughter was caught in the middle and had a difficult time.

"It's okay, Mom. If he really blames me for this, then I need to seriously reconsider our relationship."

Upon hearing this, Tian Qiaozhu immediately slapped her hand, saying, "You child, you talk nonsense every day."

"But how are you going to get along with your mother-in-law in the future? Why don't you just treat each other like strangers, and exchange greetings during holidays?"

If you ask Tian Qiaozhu, just don't see her at all. She's done something like that, and the thought of it still makes me sick.

"Mom just talked to your Aunt Liu when she got off work. What do you think she was thinking, spreading rumors outside that her son was being cheated on? This shows that she doesn't respect you, and she doesn't respect her son either."

We were quite surprised when we heard about her relationship with her biological daughter and adopted daughter. What kind of mother is so clueless? But it turns out she's not just clueless about one thing!

Song Qing smiled. Some people's thoughts are incomprehensible to normal people, and she doesn't try to understand them; she just stays away from them.

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Aunt Lin

Song Qing hadn't seen Lin Yueyu for many years, and her eyes still welled up with tears when she saw her in front of her.

"Xiaoqing, you don't look any different from before."

Lin Yueyu stared at her intently; this child was about the same size as her other daughter.

"Auntie is doing well now, don't be sad."

Knowing that Song Qing already had a daughter, she reached out and handed her a package.

“I’ve only heard your mom say her name is An’an. I made her a dress, and I made it a little bigger than usual. If it doesn’t fit, you can take a look and alter it.”

Thank you, Aunt Lin.

"Silly child"

Lin Yueyu stared at her for a long time before finally wiping her eyes.

"You probably already guessed what Aunt Lin wants to ask. Just tell her what's on your mind, don't hide it from me."

Lin Yueyu had been worried sick about her daughter and son being delayed by accidents several times, and finally came here because she couldn't bear it any longer.

Song Qing knew from the moment she prepared to return that she couldn't escape this ordeal.

"Did something happen to them? Why haven't they been able to set off yet?"

Song Qingqing cleared her throat. "Something happened at the factory where Yuqi used to work. His mentor couldn't handle it all by himself, so he had to stay and help out."

But don't worry, Auntie, she'll definitely be able to walk in a few days.

"real?"

"Really, I originally planned to bring Xiaoshu back with me, but she was afraid of troubling me, so she wanted to wait for her brother to come back by train."

She didn't know how long Chen Yuqi's matter could be kept secret, but whether or not to tell him was his own choice.

"That's good."

Lin Yueyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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"Where did you go? Why are you only coming back now?"

Song Qing was already half asleep when she suddenly heard a noise beside her. She opened her eyes and saw Lu Yang walking in.

He didn't come back so late, Song Qing thought he had gone home.

"sorry"

His voice was low and deep, and he looked at Song Qing with deep regret in his eyes.

She was no longer sleepy at this point, so she opened her eyes, sat up, hugged her knees, and looked at him.

"Did you go back and ask your mother?"

Ever since he heard his sister-in-law say that the gossip outside was spread by his mother, his face had been pale. Later, he left alone, and Song Qing guessed that he probably went back to confront He Shuyue.

Lu Yang was a little nervous because he found that Song Qing wasn't as angry as he had imagined. From the time he heard his sisters-in-law mention it at noon until now, she hadn't gotten angry at him.

His fist, hanging by his side, clenched and unclenched repeatedly.

Song Qing sat there with her knees drawn up to her chest, the moonlight streaming in from the window behind her, and Lu Yang couldn't see the expression on her face.

"Have you been drinking?"

Sitting there, you could smell the alcohol and cigarettes coming from him.

"Um"

After a moment of silence, Song Qing looked up.

"To be honest, I'm not very angry because I've always known what kind of person she is. Lu Yang, I know she's your mother. Blood ties are hard to sever, and I don't want to force you to do anything."

But from now on, she and I will be strangers.

Song Qing thought for a long time. She didn't have any emotional fluctuations because no serious consequences had occurred.

But she will never again play the role of a seemingly peaceful mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with He Shuyue, giving her another chance to smear her. She can only be a stranger.

She thought she would try not to blame Lu Yang because of He Shuyue, but she also wouldn't forgive her because of Lu Yang.

"You might have a hard time being caught in the middle, but we need to make it clear now that I will not call her 'Mom' anymore, and I won't even be under the same roof with her during the Chinese New Year."

If you can't accept it"

Song Qing paused, having thought about it all afternoon but still unable to come up with a compromise.

In this era, everyone's reputation is important. If they hadn't happened to come back, or even if Lu Yang hadn't gone to find her, or if he hadn't trusted her.

Their marriage is definitely over.

It's not just this relationship, but also her job, her parents, and her daughter.