Gu Meizhi rolled her eyes and ultimately said nothing more. Instead, she lay down on the bed. Cui Zhanyi sighed and said, "You rest first. I'm going for a walk." Then he walked out.
Du Juan, who was outside the door, had already turned pale with fright. She hurriedly and quietly ran back, only breathing a sigh of relief after entering her room.
"What are you doing? You're acting like a thief!" Cui Peng was tying his tie when he saw his wife's expression and couldn't help but frown. "Didn't you say you were going to the kitchen to cook something?"
"I..." Du Juan hesitated for a moment, "I just heard my parents arguing, and I was afraid they would be embarrassed if they saw us, so I came back."
"Arguing?" Cui Peng's eyes flashed for a moment, then he smiled. "Husbands and wives, how can they not bicker sometimes?"
Du Juan smiled but didn't say anything. Indeed, no couple is immune to bickering. However, the things her in-laws said during their argument were quite shocking. No wonder she always felt that everyone's attitude towards her husband's older sister was strange. It turned out that she was her father-in-law's illegitimate daughter, stolen by her father-in-law and mother-in-law's cousin. Now that her husband's older sister was dead, they were still eyeing her daughter's kidney for the sake of her younger sister's son.
Although she had long known about her husband's family's character, she still felt shocked and chilled.
"What are you staring at?" Cui Peng frowned.
"It's alright, I want to wait until they calm down before going out, otherwise what if I bring bad luck?" Du Juan sat down in front of the dressing table. She had been married for almost twenty years and had wrinkles on her face.
“Okay.” Cui Peng sat down as well. “Let’s just pretend we don’t know anything.”
"Weren't you going out?"
"Why don't you come with me?"
Is this appropriate?
“You are my wife. Today is just a business gathering, and it’s perfect for you to accompany me.”
“Okay.” Du Juan nodded, then went to look for clothes, only to find that there were no suitable clothes for the banquet. “Hehe, apart from when you took me out when we first got married, I still don’t have a banquet dress after all these years.”
"Let's go, we can still make it now." Cui Peng put his arm around his wife's shoulder. "I neglected you before, but don't worry, I won't do it again."
Du Juan didn't say anything and followed him out of the house, but her heart was desolate. If he could have asked her to stay with him, why didn't he say so sooner?
She glanced at the man beside her. Did he already know the truth?
So, is this sudden tenderness towards me a sign that I suspect I know the truth, and is it an attempt to comfort myself?
It's terrifying to think about.
Cui Zhanyi and Gu Meizhi were unaware that their daughter-in-law had overheard their argument. After a moment of silence, they began to discuss it, since their grandson's illness couldn't be delayed any longer.
In the end, they actually came up with a solution.
Le Yao was unaware that her grandparents still missed her. These past few days, she had been doing practice problems and scrolling through Weibo. Strangely, Yan Zimeng's popularity suddenly dropped, but her own popularity soared. Some adorable person had somehow managed to repost the video of her and Qiao Qiao dancing in a bar, and it quickly rose to third place on the trending topics, replacing Yan Zimeng's video on Weibo.
However, due to the distance from which the video was filmed, and the fact that both she and Qiaoqiao were wearing heavy makeup, no one recognized them.
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