True to his word, Yan Shao had the driver take Zhu Qianying home to sleep, while he himself got off the bus midway and went back to work at Yanhuang.
Driver Chen really wanted to tell his young master, "You and your wife have only been married for a few days. Shouldn't you be taking your wife out for a stroll and trying to please her, instead of going to work every day after the wedding?"
Seeing that neither the young master nor the young mistress seemed to think that such an arrangement was perfectly reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it, they kept quiet and did not dare to say anything more.
Zhu Qianying returned to the Yan family home, took a shower, and climbed into bed, but she couldn't fall asleep, so she took out her phone and called Qi Xiao.
She had wanted to make this call for a long time. However, for the past two days, she had spent the day with the elderly women and the others, and the evenings were mostly spent with Young Master Yan. There were some things she couldn't bring up in front of the elders or Young Master Yan.
"Qi Xiao, do you know why my dad and the others have been so well-behaved lately?"
Not only was she unusually well-behaved at the wedding, but even in the few days since she officially married into the Yan family, her mother, living alone in a rented apartment, had not been harassed or threatened in any way. This peace and tranquility was somewhat unexpected for her.
This peace and tranquility, however, did not reassure her; a vague sense of foreboding lingered. She felt as if some grand conspiracy was brewing and fermenting.
"I've never heard of that before. I guess it's because the Yan and Ji families are too powerful, and your father and brother don't dare to offend them?"
Qi Xiao's side hadn't received any information, so they could only infer from the surface situation.
"I hope so..."
If this is indeed the truth, Zhu Qianying will certainly be happy.
But she feared that behind all this calm and tranquility lay a huge storm.
"I'll go and find out, and I'll talk to you later."
Qi Xiao understood Zhu Qianying's concerns. After chatting with her for a few minutes, he hung up the phone and went to inquire for her.
Zhu Qianying hung up the phone and lay back on the bed, carefully recalling her father's words and actions at the wedding that day, trying to find some clues. But even when the phone on the bedside table rang, she still couldn't figure it out.
As for the phone by the bedside, Yan Shao hadn't mentioned it, so she didn't know if it was his private number or what. And in the past few days, she hadn't heard the phone ring at all. After hesitating for a moment, she finally answered it.
"Ying'er, your mother-in-law is here. Do you want to come down? Or should I let her come up to you?" It was Uncle Hai on the other end of the phone.
"I'm coming down right away!"
In the past few days, Chen Jing has been coming to the Yan family every day to bring everyone some snacks or carefully prepared slow-cooked soup. Yan Bo and his wife have invited her to move in with them several times, but she has refused each time.
"Mom, in this kind of weather, you should stay home and rest more."
In Zhu Qianying's opinion, her mother had finally escaped the Zhu family and enjoyed a few days of peace, so there was no need for her to go back to her old ways and work hard every day to serve her and the Yan family.
“Ying’er, I get bored by myself, so it’s actually quite nice to walk around every day and bring you some food.”
Chen Jing stood up and pulled her daughter to sit down beside her. Her complexion was much better than before, which was obviously due to a change in her state of mind.
"I asked you to move in for a few days, but you refused. Why do you keep running back and forth every day?"
Zhu Qianying didn't dislike her mother visiting her; she simply felt sorry for her mother.
Chen Jing looked around. In the huge living room, apart from the mother and daughter, there was no one else in sight.
"Ying'er, it's not that Mom doesn't want to be with you, it's that she doesn't want to be disliked," Chen Jing said in a low voice.
The bamboo shadows remained silent.
Judging from the current situation, Yan Bo and his wife definitely won't dislike their mother, but it's really hard to say about Yan Shao.
Overall, the fact that he would call his mother "Mom" properly, instead of calling her "Mr. Zhu" in a distant way like he would call his scumbag father, already surprised Zhu Qianying.
"I'm very happy and content now. I can see you every day, and I can go to R City to see Xiaoyu on weekends. I never dared to dream of such a peaceful life before!"
Chen Jing sighed deeply when she recalled the past.
Zhu Qianying originally planned to talk to her mother about the house in another province after getting married, and then make a decision based on her mother's opinion.
It seems that even if she did speak up, her mother would definitely not want to go so far away to live a simple life.
Of course, when she bought the house, she didn't expect that her mother would have a sudden change of heart and leave the Zhu family before her marriage. If she had known earlier, there would have been no need to buy the house.
Now, Mom definitely won't want to leave her and Xiaoyu, so let's just consider the house an investment for now.
"Yes, Mom, as long as you're happy!"
This was the first time the mother and daughter had been alone together since Zhu Qianying's marriage. Chen Jing had been holding back her questions for several days, and seeing that no one was around, she finally asked them.
"Ying'er, are you really pregnant?"
Chen Jing leaned close to her ear and tried to keep the volume as low as possible.
Zhu Qianying stuck out her tongue and made a face, then shook her head, "Don't listen to Young Master Yan's nonsense."
Chen Jing's expression changed slightly, "It's fake? Did he misunderstand or..."
"He did it on purpose!" Zhu Qianying didn't want to lie to her mother about this.
She even considered telling Yanbo and his wife the truth in the next couple of days. The two old people had treated her very well, and she couldn't bear to lie to them.
Chen Jing looked stunned, a hint of worry appearing on her face.
"Intentionally? Why?"
Chen Jing was somewhat apprehensive. Could it be that Young Master Yan was deliberately setting up a smokescreen to harm her daughter?
She knew that most wealthy families cared a lot about their offspring, and the elders of the Yan and Tong families seemed to have the same concern.
These past few days, the elders have been showering their daughter with affection. If they discover that this is just a beautiful lie and then shift the blame onto their daughter, wouldn't she become an unforgivable sinner?
Seeing her mother's worried expression, Zhu Qianying guessed that she had probably misunderstood.
"Mom, you're overthinking it. It's not as complicated as you think. He was just afraid that some of the elders would make things difficult for me, so he made up that excuse."
Even though her daughter said that, Chen Jing couldn't stop worrying. After hesitating for a moment, she started muttering to herself again.
"What if you still don't have a child after a few months? How will you cover that up?"
Zhu Qianying is also worried about this.
But she couldn't let her mother know that she was also worried, so she patted her mother's shoulder to comfort her.
"Mom, we're both so young, having a child shouldn't be difficult. Besides, even if we don't get pregnant right away, someone like Yan Shao, can't he come up with a reason to justify himself?"
Chen Jing sighed deeply when she saw her daughter's indifferent expression.
"I really don't know whether to say you two are being willful and foolish, or to say you're optimistic. Don't you know what you can and can't say?"
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