Chapter 329 Making Trouble Out of Nothing
After seeing Zhang Mei off, Gu Yihan returned home and plopped down on the sofa. Influenced by Zhang Mei's emotions, she felt suffocated.
When Lu Huailin and Hao Hao returned from visiting someone's house, they saw Gu Yihan staring blankly. Curious, they walked up to her and waved in front of her eyes.
Gu Yihan looked up at Lu Huailin with a puzzled expression and said weakly, "You're back."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin frowned, sat down next to his wife, and asked worriedly, "Wife, are you tired?"
Seeing that Gu Yihan looked listless, Hao Hao quickly climbed onto her lap and sat down.
He reached out and touched her cheek. Her little face was just like Lu Huailin's, and her eyes were filled with worry: "Mom."
Gu Yihan looked at the same worried expressions on the faces of Lu Huailin and his son Hao Hao.
Feeling a warmth in her heart, she reached out and stroked Hao Hao's fluffy hair, smiling as she said, "Don't worry, Mommy's fine."
Then, she smiled slightly at Lu Huailin and said, "Let's have stewed quail meatballs for lunch."
"quail?"
Lu Huailin looked at his wife curiously, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He remembered that they hadn't bought any quail.
Gu Yihan stood up with a smile, explaining as she walked, "Aunt Zhang from next door brought it over, saying that Political Commissar Zhao went to the brigade to exchange it."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin narrowed his eyes slightly and told Hao Hao to play with the toy car by himself.
He followed Gu Yihan into the kitchen to help chop cabbage, glancing sideways at his wife as she heated the pan and the oil sizzled.
He whispered, "Honey, did Political Commissar Zhao's wife say something that affected your mood?"
Gu Yihan paused, holding the spatula, sighed, and recounted their conversation.
In particular, Gu Yihan criticized Zhao Xu, saying, "He is disrespectful and a chauvinist."
"You could have just buried those handwritten copies somewhere, but he just burned them like that."
"He didn't leave his aunt any last memory; I strongly suspect he did it on purpose."
Lu Huailin frowned as he watched his wife's chest heaving with anger. He had no interest in other people's family matters.
He only cared about his wife; seeing her so angry, he stepped forward to take over the cooking.
He gently comforted her, "Wife, it's their business, it has nothing to do with us."
There's no need to be angry.
"If you get sick from getting angry, it's me and Hao Hao who will feel the pain."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan looked up at his hard profile and nodded in response.
I took out the soaked glass noodles and cut them into three sections.
While skillfully stir-frying the cabbage, Lu Huailin instructed, "Wife, go out and rest for a while. I'll call you when it's done."
"All right."
Gu Yihan turned and left the living room.
Just as he sat down, Lu's mother limped in, her face full of anger.
Hearing footsteps, Gu Yihan looked up and saw Lu's mother at the door. She paused for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, what brings you here?"
After saying that, he quickly stood up, smiled, and walked towards her.
"Smack!"
With a cold face and tightly pursed lips, Lu's mother raised her arm and slapped Gu Yihan hard across the face.
"You little bitch, I knew you were up to no good."
Gu Yihan was stunned by the sudden slap from Lu's mother and didn't react for a moment.
When Hao Hao saw Gu Yihan being hit, he charged towards Lu's mother like a little cannon.
He started punching and kicking her legs.
"Bad guy, bad guy."
Lu's mother glanced at Hao Hao and said sarcastically, "No wonder I have your son come to my house once a month."
"You and your son are really good at scheming."
"You managed to coax Lao Lu into buying you a freezer worth over 3,000 yuan in less than six months. You guys are really something!"
Upon hearing this, Hao Hao paused in his pounding of Lu's mother's hand, his face instantly turning pale. He felt incredibly guilty, realizing that he was the one who had harmed his mother.
If he hadn't taken Grandpa's freezer, Mom wouldn't have been beaten.
His eyes instantly filled with tears, and he whispered in protest, "That was a gift that Grandpa gave me willingly."
"It wasn't something my mom and I asked for."
Lu's mother ignored Hao Hao; she was convinced that Gu Yihan had done it on purpose.
Who knows what dirty tricks they might have used to swindle money from Lao Lu?
Thinking of this, he harbored even more resentment towards Gu Yihan, his face filled with mockery.
She blurted out, "How shameless! She even seduces her own father-in-law."
"You reek of filth..."
"Smack!"
Gu Yihan raised her hand and slapped Lu's mother hard across the face, interrupting her foul language.
Lu's mother's head was buzzing from the blow, then her eyes filled with hatred and her face turned crazed as she shouted, "You dare hit me?"
Gu Yihan gave her a cold look, pulled Hao Hao, who was wiping away tears, behind her, and slapped Lu's mother again.
"You're asking for it, you're just being a jerk!"
This was the first time in her life she had been humiliated. If it weren't for Lu Huailin's sake, she would have chopped Lu's mother up with a knife.
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother completely broke down.
His face contorted in pain, and he screamed wildly, "You little bastard..."
"Smack!"
With a crisp crack, Lu's mother's head snapped to one side, and five red finger marks instantly appeared on her face, showing just how much force Gu Yihan had used in that slap.
Hearing his mother's shouts, Lu Huailin, who was in the kitchen, rushed out and saw his wife hitting someone.
And then there was the scene where Lu's mother, after realizing what had happened, limped and frantically lunged at her daughter-in-law.
He rushed forward, grabbed Lu's mother's wrist, and pulled her to his side.
The moment he looked up, he saw the handprint on his wife's cheek.
His face immediately turned cold. He turned to Lu's mother and said coldly, "Mom, it's the New Year, why aren't you staying at home peacefully? What are you doing here causing trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother's eyes were filled with disbelief. She stared intently at Lu Huailin, pointing to her own face.
He roared, "Are you blind?! Didn't you see your wife hit me?!"
After yelling, he pointed at Gu Yihan and said, "Look at her, this is the perfect wife I've chosen from among thousands."
"Not only was she vicious, she also beat her mother-in-law."
"Only you would treat a woman like that so attractively, but little do you know, she doesn't care about you at all!"
"With you around, how dare she hit your own mother?!"
Lu's mother stared intently at Gu Yihan, relentlessly accusing her.
She hated that bitch so much she wanted to grind her teeth. 3,000 yuan, Old Lu didn't eat or drink, 20 months of his retirement pension, just like that, gone.
Lu Huailin's head was buzzing from his mother's nagging. He was just about to ask his wife why she hit his mother.
Suddenly, I heard her soft laughter.
Gu Yihan's lips curled into a sarcastic smile as she glanced at Lu Huailin with indifferent eyes.
He sneered inwardly, as long as he dared to say a single word in defense of Lu's mother.
She immediately distanced herself from him and they went their separate ways.
As if sensing something, Lu Huailin felt a surge of unease rush from the bottom of his heart to his brain, and the muscles in his back tensed up.
He instinctively retorted, "Mom, my wife isn't an unreasonable person. She wouldn't hit someone for no reason."
"It must be something you did that crossed her line for her to retaliate!"
He was perfectly clear-headed at that moment; his wife wasn't the type to cause trouble for no reason.
It's impossible for him to provoke Lu's mother on his own initiative.
Moreover, it's the Lunar New Year, and Lu's mother is in the family compound, which is already abnormal. She must have angered Gu Yihan.
That's when she took action.
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