"The old saying is really true: birds of a feather flock together. Your Jiang Wanqing has really been raised by you to be a troublemaker!"
"What nonsense are you spouting! Don't think I won't lay a hand on you just because you're a woman. Anyone who dares to slander my daughter will be punished severely!"
Jiang Jianguo couldn't stand anyone saying bad things about his daughter, not even members of the Cheng family, and his blood boiled immediately.
"You still want to lay a hand on me! Come on! Try hitting me and see what kind of uncouth people you are, coming from the countryside!"
She felt she had to cause some trouble to feel better today. Remembering what Wang Yan had said, she couldn't shake off her unease. If Jiang Jianguo dared to make a move, she would take the opportunity to bring the child home and raise him, and give Jiang Wanqing a hard time. That way, who would dare to defy her?
Xue He pressed down on her husband's hand and shook her head.
"Don't cause trouble for Wanqing. They're up to no good. We can't let them succeed."
Suppressing his anger, Jiang Jianguo carried the child inside.
“Mother-in-law, please sit down. I’ll go cook. We can talk about anything else when the two children get home from get off work. We are indeed from the countryside, so we’ve always avoided your house. We don’t know where we’ve offended you, but it’s alright. For Wanqing’s sake, we won’t do anything reckless. If you want to resolve this, stay and wait. If you’re looking for trouble, we won’t play along.”
"Hmph, you country bumpkin are getting tough now. Judging from your words, you already knew about Jiang Wanqing working at the research institute!"
Seeing her angry expression, Xue He's eyes flickered. So that's what she came for.
"I know, that was a task her teacher assigned to her. We don't ask about it. We only know that she's been busy at the research institute lately, and that's about it."
"Don't know? I think you just don't want to say! Cheng Ran just transferred to the research institute, and she followed right after him. I bet she's trying to take advantage of my son! Even though they're husband and wife, I still have to say, she can't hold my Cheng Ran back!"
"What you're saying is really interesting. Although my Wanqing's background is not as good as yours, her abilities are no less than anyone else's. She does legitimate work, so why do you say she's chasing after Cheng Ran!"
Xue He's protective instincts also surged. Submitting to others was not a long-term solution, and she couldn't afford to be at a disadvantage without resorting to violence.
"So you two are conspiring to deceive me and my husband! If it weren't for someone from your workplace coming to our house to complain, we wouldn't have known what your daughter was up to at the police station! I don't need to wait for her anymore; I'm here today to see you. As Jiang Wanqing's parents, you should be teaching her to be a good wife and mother, not letting her show off and cause trouble every day! If there's a next time, I'll take Nannan back to the Cheng family. As for the couple, they don't necessarily have to be together forever!"
"What?!"
Xue He felt dizzy after hearing her long speech. Just because some unknown people made a accusation, the mother-in-law wanted to break up a young couple. Was she even human?
"Don't blame me for being ruthless. If you want to live a peaceful life, then live it properly. We can't let her disgrace the Cheng family!"
After saying that, Cheng's mother left without even closing the door. Xue He staggered a couple of steps, sat back down in her chair, and with a thud, the winnowing basket containing the items fell to the ground.
Hearing that there was no more noise outside, Jiang Jianguo came out and picked up the things on the ground.
"She's gone? What happened?"
"What a tragedy! They look down on people so much! Our Wanqing is such a good girl... She does only honest things that she can be proud of, how can she listen to someone else's side of the story and blame them!"
“That old woman is wicked! We’ll tell Wanqing about this when she gets back…”
"Can I say it? Wouldn't that just escalate the conflict..." Xue He was a little worried.
“Keeping it from her will only harm the child. It seems that Grandma Wanqing might do something else later. It’s better to tell her sooner so that the child can be prepared. We can’t help her much, we can only let her know what happened.”
"You're right."
Jiang Wanqing, who was conducting experiments at the research institute, was unaware of what had happened at home; she simply sneezed several times in a row.
They had no choice but to stop what they were doing and hand it over to Hu Yu and Zhao Qing.
"I'm going to the restroom. You can take care of the rest."
She didn't have any cold symptoms, so she must have inhaled dust or something that caused her to sneeze. She went to the bathroom to wash her face and clear her nose.
After washing her hands, she went into a restroom stall. A short while later, someone came in from outside, and footsteps sounded. Jiang Wanqing was about to give up her stall when the person outside started talking.
"The place has been in a mess lately, you know that, right?"
"Who doesn't know that the new Comrade Jiang is not one of our formal researchers, and he is also very young. He hasn't experienced the harsh realities of society yet, which is why he is ready to confront the Wang family head-on."
"Of course, she can do it herself, as long as she doesn't drag us down with her. If she makes everyone uneasy, she might end up being an enemy of all of us!"
“I think that day is not far away. Haven’t you noticed that Director Wang and Wang Yan are not in the station today?”
Jiang Wanqing put her hand down, not in a hurry to leave, and stayed in the cubicle to listen to what they had to say.
These people were somewhat aware of the importance of keeping secrets; they only dared to continue talking after lowering their voices.
Do you know where they went?
Who knows?
"Hmph, just wait and see. Last time, there was a researcher who thought he was a top student and got in, but he offended Director Wang on his very first day, and was subsequently relegated to cleaning toilets!"
"You mean Comrade Jiang will also end up like this?"
"That's not necessarily true. She still has powerful backers, but since she's in the institute, it's easy for her to cause trouble."
I thought they'd come up with something interesting, but it turns out they were just gossiping and arguing.
Jiang Wanqing raised an eyebrow and pushed open the door to go out.
Are you talking about me?
Upon hearing the sound, the women turned around, screamed, and ran away.
She curled her lips into a smile: "Coward, you're scared already? You deserve to be trampled underfoot by Wang Yan."
She washed her hands, shook off the water, and went outside. Those people hadn't gone far; they were watching her, not daring to approach.
"Comrade Wang, we...we're just bored, please...please don't blame us..."
"I'll let you off the hook, but you have to give me something in return."
These people must know some other information; we might as well take this opportunity to force them to reveal it.
"What do you want? Money or tickets?"
"I don't want any of that, I want information." Jiang Wanqing approached them. "I've figured it out, there's a lot of cliques around here, and information doesn't even spread through proper channels. Tell me, has anything important happened recently?"
"This..." The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Not going to tell me? Then I'm leaving. I'll just tell you the truth when Old Lin asks me how things are going here..."
"No, Comrade Jiang, we do have a rumor!"
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