"Julina! You did it, didn't you?"
"Me? Would I need a bag to beat you up? You scumbag!" Juliana said rudely and hung up the phone.
Nana returned the phone to her, singing "Today is a good day..." as she walked away.
Zhou Chunhua stared blankly at her phone and her own hand.
The bruises on my knuckles have faded considerably today.
Then, when Gu Yao brought her back, Liao Nanxing was beaten.
In his mind, Gu Yao made a fierce little gesture as he pressed his tongue against his teeth when he saw the injury on her hand...
No, she shook her head. Gu Yao had no reason to do such a thing.
...
Meanwhile, Liao Nanxing was angrily pounding his phone until it rang.
The call connected, and Su Mu's voice came from the other end of the phone. He questioned, "Why didn't you answer the phone just now?"
"Why are you being so fierce? It's just that I didn't answer your call!"
Hearing that Su Mujie didn't offer any explanation, Liao Nanxing, who was already angry, became even angrier.
Just as the resentment was about to be uttered, a pitiful sob came from the other end of the phone.
In the past, he would have been the one to apologize first and then keep coaxing her in this situation.
But today he was in an extremely agitated mood and hung up the phone immediately.
I had just put my phone down, wanting to close my eyes and rest for a bit, when the phone rang again.
"What else do you want? I'm not in the mood to coax you today!"
"Son? What happened?"
Upon recognizing the voice, Liao Nanxing quickly adjusted his tone.
"Mom? Is something wrong?"
"Mom wanted to ask you if you're coming home for dinner?"
"Hiss~" He touched his cracked lip and quickly said, "Mom, I have to go on a business trip for a few days and I won't be able to come back. Take care of yourself."
"Oh? You suddenly went on a business trip, what am I supposed to do?"
Liao Nanxing then realized that after arguing with Zhou Chunhua to this point, there was no one at home to take care of the old lady.
He said softly, feeling guilty, "Mom, how about you order takeout for the next couple of days? I'll find you a nanny as soon as possible, okay?"
“This isn’t about the takeout! I’m worried that Zhou Chunhua will come back when I’m home alone.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a low sobbing sound came from the phone.
He quickly comforted her, "Mom, don't cry! I'll find you a nanny as soon as possible tomorrow, okay? Tonight, you can just lock the door from the inside."
Xu Xiuzhen said in a thick nasal voice, "Changing the locks didn't work, so how could locking it from the inside possibly work?"
Liao Nanxing pinched the space between her eyebrows, her head throbbing with pain.
He had never felt such despair in all these years.
The trivialities of life were like a pair of large hands, choking him and making it hard for him to breathe.
"How about this? I'll call Su Mu and ask her to come over and keep you company, okay?"
He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the old lady say yes.
Before hanging up, the old lady asked him to have Su Mu bring her some food, saying she couldn't eat takeout.
He dialed Su Mu's number, and after one ring, Su Mu hung up on him immediately.
He dialed again, but Su Mu hung up on him again.
He knew she was definitely angry that he had hung up the phone earlier.
Having no other choice, he took a picture and sent it to Su Mu's WeChat.
Su Mu immediately called.
"Anan, what happened to you? Why are you in the hospital?"
He didn't mention what happened today, only that he slipped and fell quite badly.
Su Mu immediately asked him which hospital he was in, saying he wanted to come and keep him company.
He quickly said, "Mumu, I'm fine here. It's just... could you go home and stay with Mom? She was discharged from the hospital before she was fully recovered, and I'm worried about her being home alone."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll take care of Mom. Give me the hospital address later, and I'll go there tomorrow."
Hearing that Su Mu agreed to help, Liao Nanxing felt her headache getting better.
After hanging up the phone, he sent the hospital address.
Su Mu told him to take good care of himself.
Liao Nanxing felt the irritation in her heart instantly relieved.
He put down his phone and closed his eyes wearily.
At this moment, he really wanted to leave with nothing, put an end to all this mess, and start a new, proper life.
...
Su Mu, with a long face, packed the vegetables in the refrigerator and went out.
Since the two residential areas were not too far apart, she did not take a taxi.
But a journey that used to take half an hour took her 50 minutes today, and she was exhausted.
She finally managed to walk to the door, panting heavily.
I knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from inside.
She took out her phone and dialed Xu Xiuzhen's number, but the phone rang.
Su Mu stared wide-eyed in disbelief. What did that mean?
The next second, the door that had been impossible to open before opened.
She suppressed her temper, put on a smile, and went inside.
Xu Xiuzhen looked around the doorway like a thief before finally closing it.
"Mom, Anan asked me to bring you some groceries. Take a look and cook whatever you want."
She put the dishes on the table and then sat down on the sofa, supporting her back.
She doesn't know if it's because she's been busy these past few days, but even the slightest movement makes her back ache and her feet sometimes feel like they don't belong to her and just won't obey her commands.
She put her bag aside and turned to say, "Mom, cook more, I haven't eaten yet."
"What?" Xu Xiuzhen jumped up: "Mumu, don't you know I'm a patient? Where's your usual considerate nature?"
She felt that it must be because she had been too nice to Su Mu that Su Mu took advantage of her and started ordering her around.
You should know that on the first day Zhou Chunhua came to her house, she took care of everything, from buying groceries and cooking to washing dishes.
Su Mu hasn't even stepped inside yet, and he's already thinking about acting like a patriarch!
"Mom, my back hurts terribly, could you please do it for me today?" Su Mu said.
"I can't do it!" Xu Xiuzhen refused without hesitation.
Don't think she doesn't know that if she cooks this meal today, she can forget about ever ordering Su Mu around again.
She's ruined this tactic of testing the other party's bottom line.
The two just stared at each other, neither of them moving.
Finally, Su Mu could no longer tolerate it.
"Mom! I'm pregnant!"
Xu Xiuzhen didn't hold back either.
"So what if you're pregnant? When I was pregnant with Nanxing, I was still going up and down the mountain, chopping firewood and cutting pig feed. The older generation always says that the more you move around, the easier it will be for you to give birth!"
Besides, how can you not feel guilty cooking for you when I, an old patient in my seventies or eighties, am a doctor?
"I'm really not in pain!" Su Mu said angrily, "What do you mean by old-fashioned? If you don't want to cook, I'll order takeout and you can take care of it yourself!"
After saying that, Su Mu sat down and took out his phone to browse.
Xu Xiuzhen was so angry that her teeth were grinding together.
If she weren't afraid of hurting her precious grandson, she would definitely have smashed that phone!
"Alright, alright!" She pointed at Su Mu and said, "You wait! I, I, I... I'll call Nan Xing right now!"
If she can't outdo Su Mu today, will her life still be as easy as before?
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