Chapter 355 Feigning Madness
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin narrowed his eyes, walked over to his wife, and glanced at Chang's mother with disdain.
He said calmly, "Wife, don't talk to scoundrels."
Gu Yihan nodded and shook off Chang's mother's hand.
Chang's mother staggered from the impact, but when she regained her balance and was about to get angry, she looked up and saw Lu Huailin's clothes.
Startled
Four pockets, three-section leather shoes, and a woolen military uniform—this is not an outfit that ordinary soldiers or officers are entitled to wear.
Thinking of this
Her gaze fell on Gu Yihan, her eyes narrowing slightly. This was the wife of the military division commander that Li Yajing had mentioned.
Gu Yihan bent down and pulled up Li Yajing, who was squatting on the ground holding her head and shouting "Don't hit me".
Thinking of how Chang's mother had just hit her so easily, she quickly rolled up her sleeves and looked at the terrifying red marks that were crisscrossed with purplish-blue bruises.
Her nose tingled, and tears instantly filled her eyes. The wound was clearly caused by being pulled with a thin bamboo stick.
She suddenly raised her head, staring coldly at Chang's mother as if she wanted to torture her to death.
Seeing this, Lu Huailin gently tugged at his wife's clothes, telling her to tone it down.
It's perfectly normal for a mother-in-law to beat her daughter-in-law; outsiders can't and shouldn't interfere.
The saying "Even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes" is not as simple as it sounds.
Chang's mother seemed not to have seen the expression on Gu Yihan's face.
He stepped forward enthusiastically, a smile on his face.
She said, "You must be Xiao Han. Ya Jing often talks about you at home."
She said you are her best friend.
After saying that, she sighed, looking earnest, and said, "Xiao Han, since you and Ya Jing are good friends, I won't hide it from you anymore."
"Her mother has relatives overseas, so it's fine if she doesn't hide it."
“They even brazenly displayed the correspondence and remittance slips, which attracted the attention of those with ulterior motives.”
"Now things are really bad; the whole family has been sent to the countryside to farm."
“You mean, with that kind of relationship, instead of quickly publishing a notice in the newspaper to sever ties, she's still spending our Chang family's money and secretly sending them things.”
After saying that, he glared fiercely at Li Yaqing.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan paused for a moment, then looked at Li Yaqing, who was keeping her head down and remaining silent. Her eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.
When Chang's mother saw that Gu Yihan didn't speak, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes. A performance can only go on if someone is there to cooperate.
The woman was like a mute, not saying a word, making it impossible for her to guess what she was thinking.
Lu Huailin glanced at Chang's mother, whose eyes were full of calculation, and then turned to face his wife.
He said softly, "Wife, it's getting late. My older sister will be getting impatient soon."
Upon hearing Lu Huailin's words, Li Yajing instinctively gripped Gu Yihan's clothes tightly, refusing to let go.
Gu Yihan glanced at Chang's mother and patted Li Yajing's hand to comfort her.
Knowing that she wanted to leave with him, he thought about it.
She looked up at Lu Huailin and smiled slightly, then said softly, "Huailin, may I ask Sister Yajing to stay at our house for a few days?"
Lu Huailin was about to refuse when he looked up and met his wife's clear eyes, and sighed helplessly.
He nodded: "Okay."
Gu Yihan felt relieved and turned to face Chang's mother.
She said calmly, "Auntie, I'd like to invite Sister Ya Jing to stay at my house for a few days. I don't think you'll object."
Chang's mother glanced at Li Yaqing indifferently, thinking that she was like a quail and wouldn't cause any trouble.
She pursed her lips and said, "Sure, as long as you don't mind her background."
She didn't believe Gu Yihan would really be indifferent to someone with overseas political connections.
The group returned to the military jeep.
As Lu Huailin drove, Gu Yihan slowly released Li Yajing's hand and turned her head to look at her.
She said softly, "Alright, Sister Ya Jing, you don't need to pretend anymore."
Li Yaqing raised her hand to tidy her hair and clothes, and forced a smile at Gu Yihan: "Thank you, Xiaohan."
"If it weren't for you today, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape."
Whenever Li Yajing thought about how her mother had immediately restricted her personal freedom after her family's recent troubles, she felt a pang of anxiety.
They forbade her from leaving the house and forced her to publish a notice in the newspaper severing ties with them.
She disagreed, so Chang's mother and her sister-in-law tied her up and whipped her.
No matter how hard she tried to fight back, she couldn't defeat the mother and son on her own, so she had no choice but to pretend to be crazy every day.
"Sister Ya Jing, where is Secretary Chang?"
"He just stood by and watched you get beaten by his mother?"
Gu Yihan couldn't understand it at all; Secretary Chang didn't seem like the kind of person who would watch his wife get beaten up.
Upon hearing this, Li Yajing felt a pang of bitterness and said with difficulty, "The Kuncheng Textile Factory said there were problems with the handover at the time, so they sent him back."
"As a result, the day after he left, my family was reported for having overseas connections."
At this point, Li Yaqing paused for a moment and looked up at Gu Yihan.
She choked up as she said, "Our family has no overseas connections at all, so how could we possibly have any correspondence or remittance slips?"
When Gu Yihan heard that Secretary Chang had just gone to Kuncheng and then Li Yajing's family had an accident, her eyes narrowed slightly. This was too much of a coincidence.
On the other side
Sister Lu paced back and forth at the door, constantly looking towards the alley entrance.
He muttered to himself, "It's almost lunchtime, why isn't Huailin here yet?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Yi couldn't help but sneer, "Big sister, it must be that Gu Yihan didn't want to cook, so she deliberately kept her brother-in-law from coming so early."
Since being enlightened by Brother Lu last time, she has never said a bad word about Lu Huailin in front of Sister Lu again.
After thinking for a moment, she added, "Big sister, as you can see, Gu Yihan hasn't come to visit Mom even once since she was discharged from the hospital."
"She doesn't even have a mother in her eyes, nor do she have you, her eldest sister, who is like a mother to her."
Sister Lu also agreed with Fang Yi; Gu Yihan just wanted to slack off and eat a ready-made lunch.
Thinking of this, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes. Since she was so cunning, she wouldn't let Gu Yihan have her way.
Want something ready-made? No way!
"Big sister, look, they're here."
Upon hearing this, Sister Lu looked up and saw Lu Huailin carrying a net bag and walking over with Gu Yihan, one after the other.
When Fang Yi saw Lu Huailin carrying a bag of expensive and valuable items, she quickly went forward to greet him and took the items from his hands.
He laughed and said, "You're here, why did you bring anything?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan frowned slightly and glanced at Fang Yi, who was grinning from ear to ear.
He said coldly, "Sister-in-law, this is for Mom."
Fang Yi waved her hand with a smile and said, "I know, I know. Look how stingy you are. Do you think I would steal Mom's tonic?"
She didn't care what Gu Yihan said at all.
In her opinion, no matter how much she sent, Lu's mother would always let Lu's older brother take it to their room.
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