Mu Shengnan immediately slammed her hand on the table, bang!
"He wouldn't dare?! This was something we discussed before we got married!"
Mother Mu shrugged at her: "See? The angrier you are now, the angrier your in-laws are today."
"You're already furious even though this is just a hypothetical situation."
"But what about our in-laws?"
"They were truly deceived. Just imagine how angry and upset they must be."
"Isn't what you and Jianjun are doing exactly the same thing I just assumed?"
Mu Shengnan disagreed with her mother's statement, and she frowned as she retorted, "How can these be the same?"
"Jianjun and I genuinely forgot; it wasn't intentional."
"And when we realized we had made a mistake, we immediately tried to make amends."
"But how could we possibly forget something as important as deciding the child's surname?"
"If one of the children really wasn't given the surname Mu, it must have been intentional. I don't believe they would have forgotten!"
Mother Mu looked at her very seriously: "So, the matter of staying at Jianjun's house isn't important?"
"Do you think your in-laws will believe you if you tell Jianjun that you just forgot?"
Ask yourself, how would you feel if the same thing happened to you?
"Can you believe that someone could actually forget about going home?"
Mu Shengnan was rendered speechless by her mother's words.
She wanted to say she believed it, but after actually putting herself in the other person's shoes, she realized she didn't believe it herself.
She would only think that this was their excuse to brush her off, and a very half-hearted one at that.
Only now does Mu Shengnan realize that her biggest mistake was not forgetting to go back to the Huang family home.
It wasn't an encouragement for Huang Jianjun to move to the Mu family's house.
Rather, it seems that from the time she got married until now, she has never truly regarded Huang Eryuan and Chen Zhaodi as her own parents.
Mu Shengnan felt that she respected them and that she had done a good job.
But in her heart, she only regarded them as relatives.
The respect I felt for them was merely superficial.
If someone simply reaches out and pokes it, they'll find there's nothing inside.
Why had she never considered changing jobs before today?
Is she afraid that no one will trade with her?
Are you afraid that you won't adapt to the new work environment?
Is it because you're afraid of bothering Mu's father and the others to help you find connections?
No, none of those are true.
It's simply because, in her heart, the people she values most are only herself and her parents.
So she only considered whether she and Mu's father would be happy, and whether it would be convenient for them.
Even towards Huang Jianjun, her concern and care were extremely superficial.
Does she like Huang Jianjun?
The answer is yes, if she didn't like him, Mu Shengnan wouldn't marry him.
But do you really like it?
It seems not.
Mu Shengnan simply happened to meet someone she liked when she reached a certain age.
She felt that Huang Jianjun was a good match for her, both as a person and as a family, so she chose to marry him.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. If she really liked Huang Jianjun, why would she bear to let him spend so much time commuting to and from get off work every day?
Even if they don't say they won't move, the Mu family's resources are more than enough to help Huang Jianjun find a job nearby.
But Mu Shengnan didn't. Not only did she not think about it, she never even considered it from beginning to end.
When Mu Shengnan's mother saw that Mu Shengnan had begun to reflect, she took her hand and patted it.
She said earnestly, "Shengnan, I'm telling you this not to say anything to you."
"Instead, I hope you remember that now that you've married Jianjun, his family is your family too."
“I know, because my family has always been well-off, and your life has been smooth sailing.”
"From childhood to adulthood, basically everyone around you has gone along with you."
"So you may not feel deeply about Jianjun and his in-laws' compromise."
"You might even feel that you've bowed down to Jianjun, and that you've done enough, right?"
"But I want to say that this is far from enough. You need to change from the bottom of your heart and treat Jianjun's parents the same way you treat us."
Mu Shengnan listened to what she said and nodded obediently: "Yes, I understand, Mom."
"I will gradually change."
Mother Mu smiled with satisfaction, patted her hand, and continued, "Of course, all ten fingers are different lengths."
"So it's perfectly normal that you're biased towards us."
"Everyone makes mistakes. Making mistakes is not terrible, as long as you are willing to correct them after you make them."
“Daughter, remember this: it’s not that people are afraid of making mistakes, it’s that they are afraid of making the same mistake again and again.”
Just then, Huang Jianjun finished boiling water and came out, so Mu's mother ended the topic.
After he came over, Mother Mu said to Huang Jianjun and Mu Shengnan, "I've already heard about Jianjun's situation from Shengnan. I'll go back with you tomorrow to visit your in-laws."
"We can also help you carry some things back. We were in the wrong, and we need to apologize to our in-laws in person."
"Is this really unnecessary?"
Huang Jianjun felt a little embarrassed because, given how things had come to this point, he felt that both sets of parents were actually victims.
For Chen Zhaodi and the others, he went back on his word and did not go home to stay during his rest period as previously agreed.
The same applies to the Mu family. They had clearly agreed to move in here, but now they've gone back on their word and are saying they want to move out.
Mu's father and the others didn't do anything wrong; he was the one who made the mistake. So he didn't think Mu's father and the others needed to go and apologize to Huang Eryuan and the others.
When Mu's mother heard Huang Jianjun's refusal, she didn't care, because she wasn't discussing it with them, but rather informing them.
"Yes, it's settled then. We'll go back with you tomorrow."
"It's getting late, you should wash up and get some rest."
......
I was quite exhausted yesterday at the Huang family's house.
This caused Huang Qinqin to sleep poorly last night, so she naturally woke up late this morning.
Fortunately, Huang Qinqin's appointment with the photographer was in the afternoon, so her sleeping in a little later didn't affect anything.
When Huang Qinqin woke up and came out, she saw Xu Junhui and Xu Weiguo sitting in the yard, sighing.
She looked at them with some curiosity: "Dad, Junhui, what's wrong with you? You seem like you're about to break down?"
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