Chapter 225 Severing Relationship
"Since when do you care about this kind of thing?"
Xia Mi saw that Huo Jingchen had been handling his affairs in a businesslike manner without much personal emotion, and he did not show any emotion even when Jiang Ling was scolded.
"Curious." Huo Jingchen tilted his head, thinking back to Gao Zhilei, "How did Jiang Ling fall for this guy?"
After all, she had encountered pirates and remained calm. How could she fall for such a man with no merits? Huo Jingchen didn't understand.
"Who can say for sure about matters of the heart?"
The afterglow poured into the office, shining on the two of them. She turned her head and looked out the window at the setting sun and the sky began to darken.
"It's getting late. Before Captain Jiang arrives, figure out how to send them back so that there won't be another mess."
Huo Jingchen nodded. "I asked Erqiao to take you home. You've been walking back and forth all day at work. Mom knows she'll nag you again. Luckily, she went to the city today."
"Mom hasn't come back yet?" Xia Mi remembered that her mother-in-law said last night that she would go to the city today.
"It should be soon."
Based on his understanding of his mother, she might have bought a lot of things when she went to the city this time. Fortunately, he sent someone to follow her, so she wouldn't be unable to carry anything.
"Then I'll go back first. No need to send me off. I'll walk back slowly by myself."
After a day of excessive exercise, Xia Mi was a little worried that the baby in her belly wouldn't be able to take it.
Xia Mi left the army and was completely dumbfounded when she returned home.
I don't know when a small cradle-style bed appeared in the yard. When I walked into the living room, I saw a lot of fabrics piled on the sofa.
A strange soldier was sitting on the bench, breathing heavily from exhaustion, with an empty cup beside him.
"Sister-in-law is back." The soldier stood up immediately when he saw Xia Mi.
Xia Mi looked at the pile of things and went to pour water for the soldier. "No need to stand, sit down and rest for a while. Did my mother buy these things?"
The soldier nodded, trying to calm his breathing which was disordered due to exhaustion.
"Drink some more water."
"Xiao Mi, you're back. Look at what good things I bought today." Zhao Min's voice came from the door.
Zhao Min excitedly pulled Xia Mi to see the cradle she had bought, the fabric for making diapers, and the child's clothes, from underwear to swaddles, all were arranged.
"Mom, isn't it a little too early to buy these now?"
But when she saw this, Xia Mi still breathed a sigh of relief, because this meant that her mother-in-law would no longer persuade her to go to the imperial capital.
Zhao Min shook her head. "What's too early? You'll need this sooner or later. I'll get it ready for you while I'm here. I'll come over and take care of you after you give birth."
"Mom, you're so nice."
After a moment of surprise, all that was left was emotion.
"Silly boy, this is what I should do." Zhao Min noticed the soldier about to leave after saying this, "Xiao Zhao, don't leave yet."
Zhao Min went back into the house and took out a bag of something wrapped in brown paper. "Thank you for your hard work today. Take this back to the army to eat."
"Auntie, I can't accept this."
Zhao Min's face fell. "Just take it if I give it to you. It's not something valuable. How can a little food be considered a bribe?"
Seeing that the soldier was still hesitating, Zhao Min took a firm attitude and directly stuffed the gift into his hand.
"The army will be having dinner soon, but our house is still empty. If you want to stay home for dinner, you'll have to wait a while."
These words made the soldier's face turn red, so he had no choice but to take the things, thank him and leave.
"Xiao Mi, why did you get home just now? Did you work overtime today?" After everyone left, Zhao Min realized that Xia Mi came back at the wrong time and asked casually.
Xia Mi briefly recounted to Zhao Min what happened that evening.
Zhao Min was visibly stunned for a moment. "Not only are the Gao family evil, but they also lack tact. They are a stupid and evil family."
"They are two families that are not a good match to begin with. Instead of trying to curry favor with each other, they use such stupid methods to force their daughter-in-law to compromise. There is really no hope."
Zhao Min was picking vegetables, and her words showed her disdain for the Gao family.
As soon as she said this, Zhao Min realized that something was wrong. It seemed that Xia Mi and her son were not a good match, so she quickly retracted the first half of her sentence.
"Xiao Mi, don't think too much. I'm just speaking the truth. I'm talking about the Gao family. Don't take what I said just now to heart."
Xia Mi didn't care. Her mother-in-law bought her so many things. If she fusses about such a small matter, wouldn't she really become a member of the Gao family?
"It's just a sentence. Mom has been so good to me. I only remember her kindness in my heart. How can I tolerate such a statement that concerns other people's family affairs?" Xia Mi smiled, not caring at all. "If I get angry because of this, then our relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will be easily sown."
"Girl, why didn't I realize you were so good at talking before?"
Zhao Min was delighted by Xia Mi's words.
This is true. She believes that she has done her job as a mother-in-law with a clear conscience. If a daughter-in-law would fuss over trivial matters, then she would rather not have her.
Considering that Huo Jingchen would be back late in the evening, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made dumplings and paired them with the braised dishes and roast chicken bought by Zhao Min.
Huo Jingchen still hadn't returned until eight o'clock in the evening.
Zhao Min started to cook dumplings. "No need to wait, let's eat first. He won't starve to death anyway."
The situation in the hospital is very serious.
"Gao Zhilei, I'm asking you one last time. Do you really want to abandon our family for this woman?"
Father Gao's eyes were as sharp as a torch, and he wanted to stare a hole through the person in front of him, wanting to see what kind of magic potion his son's son-in-law had drugged him with.
"We'll just reduce our interactions. I won't bring Xiao Ling in front of you anymore, and you shouldn't appear in front of her either. I'll go back to visit you during the holidays."
Gao Zhilei took the trouble to state his decision.
"Okay, very good. When I get back, I'll remove you from the family tree. If you dare to decide not to have your parents today, you will no longer be a member of my Gao family."
Gao's mother was standing beside him, her tears almost dried up and her eyes were red and swollen.
She completely gave up the idea of persuading her son. She turned her eyes away, but before she could open her mouth to beg her daughter-in-law, Jiang Shengmei took the lead and stood in front of Jiang Ling, preventing the two from looking at each other.
"Mother-in-law, Lao Jiang and I didn't agree to this marriage from the beginning. It was because you promised to treat Xiaoling well, Zhilei was sincere, and my silly daughter was really devoted to it that we finally agreed to the marriage."
"Less than half a year after I married into your family, my daughter was forced to have a miscarriage by a seven-year-old kid. The kid is ignorant, and the adults are also ignorant?
You don't help your own daughter-in-law, but you help outsiders to bully her. Don't say you didn't help. You allowed your sister-in-law to make trouble at home. Isn't this helping? "
Jiang Shengmei was no longer afraid as before, and her words were powerful and clear, directly addressing the problem.
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