Chapter 64 Mrs. Yue's Style
Qi Huaijing went out late, and it was long after dark when he finished his work in the shop. He returned to Wutong Garden in the cold wind.
As soon as I entered the door, the clown cat was jumping happily beside the fireplace, but Chen Tang was not at home.
He called the maid over to question her.
"Where is she?"
"To answer your question, grandma left home this morning and has not returned. She is currently in Yujin Hall talking to Madam."
Qi Huaijing frowned, without even taking off his cloak, he turned around and went towards Yujin Hall.
Yujin Hall.
He hurried all the way to the door of the main room, and without letting the maid pass on the message, he directly lifted the curtain and went in.
The room was warm and fragrant. Madam Yue and Shen Tang sat around a small table next to the stove. Each of them held a pastel-colored white porcelain soup bowl, drinking soup while talking in a soft voice.
What a loving relationship between a loving mother-in-law and a filial daughter-in-law.
Qi Huaijing raised his eyebrows. This was a little beyond his expectations.
Chen Tang had sharp eyes, and as soon as he saw him come in, he immediately stood up with a smile.
"The Third Master is back."
It was rare for her to call him Third Master so obediently.
She saw snow on Qi Huaijing's cloak and was about to help him take it off, but Madam Yue had already hurried over with the maid, and personally brushed off the snow on his body, untied his half-wet cloak, looked at how thick his clothes were, and touched his face to see if he was cold.
"Jing'er, why did you come back so late? It's so cold outside, you'll freeze to death. Mother has long said that those three or two shops are worth going to every day! Just let the subordinates do the work, and don't tire yourself out..."
Qi Huaijing turned a deaf ear to her and pushed away Madam Yue's hand that was pulling him. Seeing that Chen Tang looked normal, he walked to the small table and took a look at the soup on it.
"It's so late, what are you going to eat?"
Chen Tang smiled and said, "Red dates, white fungus and bird's nest soup."
She lowered her voice again: "Don't worry, my wife and I eat the same..."
Mrs. Yue followed over and repeatedly asked Qi Huaijing to sit down and talk.
"Son, are you hungry? You must be exhausted after being busy all day! Sit down first, there's still some food stewing in the small kitchen..."
Clearly the maid had brought a chair, but Qi Huaijing chose to sit in Chen Tang's seat, picked up Chen Tang's white porcelain cup, and drank it all in one gulp.
Mrs. Yue was very enthusiastic just now, but when she saw him drinking the bird's nest soup left over by Chen Tang, she suddenly became a little unhappy.
"Jing'er, didn't you dislike sticky soups since you were a kid?"
Qi Huaijing grabbed Chen Tang's handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"This bowl is okay, not bad."
He didn't like it, but he had to let Madam Yue see that he would eat whatever Chen Tang ate at any time, so she shouldn't quietly give her any messy things.
Mrs. Yue felt slightly relieved when she heard him say it tasted good.
"Of course it's delicious! I drink it every night, it's good for your health! Wait a minute, I'll have someone serve you a bowl..."
"No more food, we have to leave. It's late at night, if you eat too much... you'll get fat."
He pushed the bowl away, stood up, and walked away with Shen Tang.
Unexpectedly, just as the couple arrived at the door, Qi Huaijing made a surprise counterattack while Huaping was helping Chen Tang put on the cloak.
He took two quick steps, leaned over the back of Mrs. Yue's chair with a smile, and asked her in a low voice.
"Mom, you didn't tell her...about the Yue family, right?"
Mrs. Yue turned around and glared at him.
"Nothing! Get lost!"
Qi Huaijing nodded with satisfaction, patted his mother's shoulder, and left.
Mrs. Yue looked at his back and couldn't help plucking a red plum from the vase on the table and throwing it on the ground angrily.
"What a bastard! I spent so much time raising him to this age, but now he's married and forgotten his mother! I've said before that marriage shouldn't be decided by his temper. If he gets married..."
Mrs. Yue cursed for a long time, then looked at the branches full of fiery blooming plum blossoms and couldn't help sighing.
If he had obediently married the cousin of the Yue family, his father would not have beaten him in rage until he was covered in blood.
As soon as Qi Huaijing left Yujintang's courtyard, he began to interrogate Chen Tang again.
"Why did your wife ask you to stay here today? What did you say? What did you do? Why didn't you go home for so long?"
Chen Tang had been sitting with Madam Yue for most of the day, and after listening to him asking questions one after another, he couldn't help but stretch.
"It's a long story. Madam told me a lot of things, starting from when she first married into the Qi family, how she was not used to it, how her father-in-law was upset... Then she was so happy when her eldest brother came! Then she was so sad... Finally, she had you, and she loved you so much."
Chen Tang glanced at him.
"My wife also said that you were so pretty when you were a child, like a girl, and you were so well-behaved and sensible... You were much better than you are now!"
Qi Huaijing was slightly relieved and said with a smile: "You two are just sitting there talking?"
"Not only that. Madam even dug out the little clothes and shoes you wore when you were a child and showed them to me one by one."
“…”
Qi Huaijing felt a chill on his back when he heard this, as if he had stripped off his childhood self.
In front of the one you love.
"She's so... annoying!"
Chen Tang sighed: "My wife loves you wholeheartedly."
"You are redressing her injustice!"
"My dear husband, please have pity on the love of parents in the world."
"Don't I know? But..."
Chen Tang said it for him: "But if love is too much, too dense, and too intense, it will make people feel like they can't breathe."
Qi Huaijing nodded vigorously.
"That's right. It's suffocating and makes me feel suffocated! I have to push her away, drive her away, make her stay away, and make her stop loving me so much, so that I can feel that this life... is a little easier."
Shen Tang sighed softly, smiled and patted his hands.
"You are clearly comparing yourself to a motherless person like me. You are so ungrateful for having such a good life."
Qi Huaijing was startled and immediately lowered his voice.
"I just forgot about it for a moment. It really wasn't intentional."
Shen Tang smiled.
"I don't blame you. Well, I feel a little sorry for you, and a little sorry for your wife. If she can change a little, and you can change a little too, you two don't have to be so black-eyed."
Qi Huaijing smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"You have only been her daughter-in-law for half a year, but I have been her son for many years. If she could change, she would have done it long ago! Why would she have to wait until today?"
Shen Tang found it amusing to himself that he was full of worries.
Mrs. Yue had lost her son many years ago, and now she has a young son again. Her love is so suffocating.
And he had been in love with her for a long time, and now they were husband and wife... It still made him feel creepy sometimes.
Qi Huaijing didn't like Mrs. Yue's behavior, but he completely learned her way of loving others.
...Not bad, after all, Chen Tang lost his mother when he was young, and he just happened to make up for her.
The couple walked on the snow back to Wutong Garden, washed and changed clothes, and before going to bed, Chen Tang thought of something else.
"By the way, my wife told me your nickname today. She said that because you were born in the year of the tiger, your nickname is..."
Qi Huaijing felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Don't shout!"
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