Jiang Wanqing and Cheng Ran exchanged a glance and almost burst out laughing. She continued to put chicken into Cheng's father's bowl.
"Dad, you should eat more too. Listen to what Mom is saying. How could she have imagined that I would tamper with the chicken soup? Did she do it before? So you're judging others by your own standards?"
"this……"
Mr. Cheng was speechless, not knowing how to answer her. His old face turned red. He had told Mrs. Cheng not to do that before, not to do that. Now it seemed that he had almost exposed himself.
"How could that be? Your mom just doesn't like chicken soup, so I drank it for her."
He took the bowl from his mother and ate all the soup and meat inside in one go.
"Ah, you can't drink this!" Mother Cheng exclaimed anxiously, about to knock the bowl away.
At this moment, Jiang Wanqing also ate a piece of chicken, deliberately chewing it, and then ladled half a spoonful of soup for herself and took a sip.
"Why can't we drink it? Does that mean I drugged you and got involved myself? If you're going to do something, do it like you did last time, just coaxing others to drink it. Oh no, I was just using an analogy, I didn't mean to say you did anything bad, Mom, don't take it to heart."
Jiang Wanqing's subtle tactics were almost stabbing holes in Cheng's mother, but she wouldn't admit that she knew about the drugging, keeping the other woman hanging on in suspense.
"You...I..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, her tongue got tied in knots. Having done something wrong, Cheng's mother couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal and could only silently endure it.
After a while, she cleared her throat, thinking she had found a pretty good excuse.
“This chicken is for you young people to nourish your bodies. Your father and I are old and can’t eat it. Now that Cheng Ran is healthy, we’re waiting for you to add another member to the Cheng family. We won’t take this chicken soup from you.”
Such a pleasant surprise, adding a new member to the family, is this already prompting them to have a second child?
Jiang Wanqing sneered. It was her business if she wanted to have a child, but she wasn't happy about being pressured by others.
"Mom, you don't need to worry about the second child. Even if it's born, I plan to let the child take the surname Jiang."
"What?!"
Upon hearing his words, Cheng's mother exclaimed in surprise, Jiang Wanqing couldn't help but be shocked and widened her eyes, while Cheng's father became even more agitated.
On the issue of surname rights, Mr. Cheng cared more than anyone else.
"No way! How can a child take its mother's surname? That's betraying our ancestors!"
"Selling out our ancestors? Didn't the child come from Wanqing's womb? Nannan takes our surname, and the second child takes Wanqing's surname. She is the only daughter of the Jiang family. According to your thinking, our family has descendants, so we can't let the Jiang family be without descendants, right? Anyway, the children all have Cheng family blood in their veins. Is the surname more important than bloodline? If that's the case, you grandparents really have no vision at all."
Jiang Wanqing's anger towards the Cheng family elders often only stirred up their emotions, but Cheng Ran's actions challenged their bottom line.
She was genuinely touched that he suddenly brought up the issue of surname rights.
She secretly squeezed Cheng Ran's hand and questioned him with her eyes.
Are you serious?
“It couldn’t be more real!” he replied with a smile.
"Jiang Wanqing, what do you mean! Is this also your idea? Have you ever seen a child who doesn't take the father's surname but takes the mother's surname?"
Why not take the rights that are handed to you? Besides, Cheng Ran was right about one thing: the child was born from her womb, so it's only natural that it takes her surname.
Indeed, the Jiang family is now small in number. Although she had almost never considered having a second child before, now that it has been brought up, she will not stand on ceremony with Cheng Ran. As for the two elders of the Cheng family, she doesn't care about them at all.
"Since we haven't met before, let's meet in the future. I thank you for raising such a good man as Cheng Ran. As for anything else... I really don't know how to express my gratitude."
"This is outrageous! You...you've conspired together to try and drive us two old folks crazy!"
Cheng's mother was heartbroken, and Cheng's father's eyes were filled with anger.
"It's too early to talk about these things now, Cheng Ran. You can make empty promises, but don't hurt me and your mother."
“Dad, I haven’t hurt you. You’ve been hurting me and Wanqing, including yourselves.” Cheng Ran continued, “If you can’t accept our views and ideas, you should go back to Beijing as soon as possible. Out of sight, out of mind.”
When the last sentence was uttered, Cheng's father's eyes flickered. He instinctively felt that Cheng Ran was using reverse psychology to get them to leave. He immediately calmed down and pulled his wife aside.
"Eat first, calm down."
"You descendants of the Cheng family are going to rebel against the Heavenly Gang! How can you expect me to stay calm?!"
Jiang Wanqing slammed down her chopsticks and took Cheng Ran's hand.
"I'm full, let's go for a walk."
"good."
As soon as the young couple left and their figures disappeared from sight, Mr. Cheng solemnly reminded Mrs. Cheng.
"Don't act rashly. I think Cheng Ran and his wife just want to test us today."
"Try us?"
The frustration in her heart was suddenly replaced by doubt. She didn't see any intention to try it out; instead, she felt a sense of reality.
“Listen to me, given Cheng Ran’s condition, how could they possibly have a second child? There are only two reasons for saying this: either our son’s health is showing signs of recovery, or they want to get rid of us.”
“What does this have to do with the child’s surname? What I care about is that the Cheng family’s child can’t have the surname Jiang!” Cheng’s mother sighed. “Our daughter wasn’t close to us to begin with, and now they want their future child to have the surname Jiang. Isn’t this completely severing our relationship with our child?”
“The more things are like this, the less we can leave. We must remain calm. If we really have another grandson or granddaughter, it won’t matter what they say before they are registered. When the time comes, we’ll figure out what their surname will be, won’t we find other ways?”
Cheng's father's words gradually calmed Cheng's mother down. Now that Cheng Ran has returned to work, they are no longer needed here, so they want to get rid of them. Yes, the more they want to do this, the less we should let them have their way!
"I understand what you mean, so you're saying I should just swallow my anger for now?"
"That's the idea. We've come this far over the decades, how could we let two juniors scheme against us? From now on, we should just stay put and not worry about anything."
"Okay, I'll listen to you this time."
The two elders thought they had seen through Cheng Ran and Jiang Wanqing, but little did they know that they had fallen into their son and daughter-in-law's "trap" again. This family could once again enjoy a period of peace.
Indeed, Cheng Ran's parents thought they were biding their time and were very cooperative afterward, which relieved a lot of pressure on the young couple's work and freed up a lot of time.
For example, Jiang Wanqing no longer had to listen to nagging, and she no longer needed to make small talk with Cheng Ran's parents.
Two months later, her first substantial work achievement in the southwest came out. Jiangnan officially notified her that the first refrigerator designed and produced under her guidance had been launched!
That day, Du Heng personally delivered the first sample to Jiang Wanqing's home...
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