"Since she's willing to go to the countryside, let her go. What are you going to do to find her?" Liu Yuzhen was furious when she heard that Xiao Tingshen wanted to ask for leave to go to Tang Wenya. "What good will you do if you go? Will you be able to do the work for her, or will you bring her back? You're not allowed to go!"
"Mom, she's your daughter-in-law, and she's pregnant with your grandson." Xiao Tingshen knew Liu Yuzhen would object. "Even if you don't care about her, please try to bring her back!"
The thought of her suffering in the countryside while pregnant with her child struck me.
His heart was broken.
"Hmph, I have a son, why would I worry about a grandson?" Liu Yuzhen couldn't stand Xiao Tingshen always pleading for Tang Wenya in front of her. "You're a man, you should focus on your studies and work, don't always be so immersed in love and romance. In my opinion, that Tang Wenya is a jinx, always causing trouble. If she marries into the family, who knows what kind of trouble she'll cause!"
"And your mother-in-law is no better. She's always running to our house because of your affair. Everyone in the neighborhood knows about it. She's not ashamed, but I am!"
"Mom, if she doesn't come back, I won't come back either." For Tang Wenya's sake, Xiao Tingshen had no choice but to take drastic measures. "Anyway, I'm going to see her tomorrow. Even if you don't let me go, I'm going anyway."
Many people at his workplace know that he and Tang Wenya are getting married next month.
If Tang Wenya doesn't come back from the countryside, who knows how people will laugh at him!
"Fine, you think you're all grown up now?" Liu Yuzhen was so angry her heart ached. "If you dare to step out of this courtyard tomorrow, don't ever come back."
She hated Tang Wenya intensely.
She stirred up a fight between the mother and son before they were even married; what would happen after they were married?
"If I'm not coming back, I'm not coming back." Xiao Tingshen's attitude was very firm. He got up and went back to his room to pack his luggage. "I'm going to find her."
The mother and son were arguing too loudly.
It was late at night, and it disturbed all the neighbors.
After returning home, Jiang Yumei tearfully told Xu Jianguo about Tang Wenya's trip to the countryside, and complained to him: "Saying that you would treat Wenya like your own daughter is all a lie. You don't care about Wenya at all. You haven't asked about this matter at all these days."
"Am I lying to you, or are you lying to me?" Seeing that Jiang Yumei still wouldn't tell him the truth even at this point, Xu Jianguo sneered, "Not only did you lie to me, but you also kept it from me like I was a fool. I'm asking you, is Wenya pregnant or not?"
"She..." Jiang Yumei didn't know whether she should tell him the truth. If she did, Xu Jianguo would be even angrier. If she only told him after he asked, wouldn't that be admitting that she had been hiding it from him before?
If she doesn't tell him, Xu Jianguo will find out from elsewhere and feel even more that she doesn't respect him.
What's worse, she already made it public today at the educated youth office that Tang Wenya was pregnant, and it couldn't be kept secret any longer.
Xu Jianguo looked at her coldly: "Jiang Yumei, you'd better think it over before you speak, because I'll find out the truth sooner or later."
"Yes, she's pregnant!" Jiang Yumei was enraged by Xu Jianguo's attitude. She wiped away her tears and started throwing a tantrum, shouting, "Are you upset that I kept this from you? Do you think I felt good about it?"
“We’re family. We should talk things out and solve problems together, instead of hiding things from each other.” Xu Jianguo’s face turned green with anger. “You’ve kept such a big thing from me. In your heart, am I still your husband?”
Xu Qingning got pregnant, and he beat and scolded her, even forcing her to have an abortion.
However, Tang Wenya was pregnant, but Jiang Yumei protected her very well and even dragged her to the Xiao family to discuss marriage.
So it turns out that Xiao Tingshen's parents knew about this, but kept it from him, the fool. Yes, he really is a fool.
"Qingning is pregnant. She made it so loud that everyone knows. You've completely lost face because of her. If others find out that Wenya is also pregnant out of wedlock, our family will become a laughing stock. How will we live then?"
Jiang Yumei knew Xu Jianguo would be angry, so she burst into tears, saying between sobs, "If a daughter had such a problem, wouldn't her parents urge her to get married quickly? But Qingning beat us to it, and Wenya's wedding can only be held next month. Do you know how much suffering my daughter and I have endured these past few days?"
“Rules are rules, but people are flexible. If I had known Tang Wenya was also pregnant, I would definitely have gone to the Xiao family to discuss it and have them marry her as soon as possible!” Xu Jianguo hated women crying the most, but his tone softened when Jiang Yumei cried. “Since you knew she was pregnant, why did you still send her to the countryside? Couldn’t you have taken her to the clinic to get a pregnancy certificate?”
Mentioning this made Jiang Yumei cry even harder: "I was thinking that Xiao Yaodong and Liu Yuzhen are both leaders, and they care about their reputation. It would be best not to let the educated youth office know about Wenya's pregnancy, so I told Lin Wanshuang that she didn't need a gynecological checkup..."
Little did she know that the office for educated youth would be coming to her door today!
If she had known, she would rather not go to work than let Tang Wenya go to the countryside.
"Are you out of your mind!" Xu Jianguo shook his head. "At a time like this, you're still thinking about saving face? What's face worth?"
"If face weren't valuable, would you have forced Qingning to have an abortion?" Jiang Yumei couldn't help but retort. "Blame Xiao Tingshen for not listening to me. I told him to get his marriage certificate with Wenya as soon as possible, but he wasn't in a hurry. Otherwise, things wouldn't have come to this."
"Then why don't you go and discuss it with Xiao Yaodong and Liu Yuzhen?" Xu Jianguo asked incredulously, as so many things had happened in his family in the past two days.
“I’ve spoken to them, but Liu Yuzhen disagrees. She says they are all leading cadres and cannot take the lead in undermining the rural policy.” Jiang Yumei vented her frustrations and then calmed down. “I’ve seen through their family. They are selfish and cold-hearted. For the sake of face, they don’t care about Wenya and the child’s life or death.”
Li Chunhua and Yu Haitao, who were eavesdropping next door, were stunned. Oh my, so that's what happened!
No wonder the couple was arguing!
Despite her complaints, Jiang Yumei was still concerned about Tang Wenya's health. She quickly calmed down and looked at Xu Jianguo with a pitiful expression: "Wenya is pregnant and still has to go to the countryside to do labor. I'm worried that she won't be able to handle it. What should we do?"
Over the years, Tang Wenya has been pampered at home and she can hardly get used to rural life.
Thinking of all this, Jiang Yumei wished she could rush to Nanping Township overnight to bring her daughter back.
“I think we should still go and discuss this with Xiao Tingshen.” Xu Jianguo sighed, accepting the fact. “How about this, I’ll go with you to see Xiao Tingshen tomorrow and see what their attitude is.”
In this way, Zhao Jingyu wasn't so bad after all.
Although he was a bit of a scoundrel, he was responsible and accountable; at least he married Xu Qingning.
"Okay, let's go early tomorrow." Jiang Yumei was extremely anxious.
Xu Jianguo and his wife were suffering because of Tang Wenya's matter. Liang Yufeng was sitting in Xu Qingning's living room drinking tea and chatting happily: "Qingning, it's your uncle's birthday tomorrow. I happen to be off work. Why don't you go out for a meal together and have some fun?"
"Auntie, we definitely will." Zhao Jingyu nodded, readily agreeing, then turned to look at Xu Qingning, his voice gentle, "I've never been to Auntie's house before!"
“Uncle’s birthday is a big event for our family.” Xu Qingning, who was also willing to associate with Liang Yufeng, said with a smile, “Even if you didn’t invite us, we would still go and freeload off him.”
"Then it's settled." After saying that, Liang Yufeng got up and went home. She had just gotten off work and hadn't even gone home before coming over to call Xu Qingning to have dinner. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jingyu was also home.
At night, the candles were blown out.
The room darkened.
Zhao Jingyu lay down next to her and turned to tell Xu Qingning about Tang Wenya's trip to the countryside: "I just heard from the people in the yard that Tang Wenya went to the countryside today. Xiao Tingshen even argued with his mother about it. He wanted to go see her, but his mother wouldn't let him."
He was close to her, his breath almost touching her face.
The man's presence enveloped her in the darkness, making Xu Qingning feel somewhat awkward. She subtly shifted back slightly, asking, "Do you think Xiao Tingshen will listen to his mother?"
She knew very well what kind of person Tang Wenya was.
For the sake of saving face, she refused to reveal that she was pregnant out of wedlock.
But Xiao Tingshen is the male lead, and he will definitely take action for the female lead. As for how much he will do, she doesn't know.
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