Qiao Yunnan panicked instantly and quickly hugged Grandma Qiao's shoulders to comfort her.
"How can that be possible, mother? We are mother and son, and our relationship will never be alienated. Don't worry."
"Okay then. I'm relieved now that you said that. Then let me take care of Biyun."
Qiao Yunnan was stunned and frowned, finally understanding the purpose of Grandma Qiao's conversation with him today.
"Mother, how does this relate to Biyun? Your health is not good to begin with. It's fine that I don't take care of you on weekdays, but how can I let you serve Biyun?"
Granny Qiao knew that Qiao Yunnan would not agree, and she became even angrier when she heard what he said.
If she can't take care of it, can he?
"Nan'er, tell me, you are Biyun's elder brother, and she is your younger sister-in-law! What's the point of you taking care of her? This... this is too inconvenient, let me do it!"
"Mom, you...you know how I feel about Biyun, I..."
"I want to stop you because I know what you think of her. If this dubious relationship between you gets out, how can the Qiao family save face? How can I save face? Aren't you going to make the whole village laugh at our Qiao family?"
Granny Qiao's voice became louder and louder, and she even stood up excitedly. In the final analysis, she still did not agree with the relationship between the two. One was her eldest son, and the other was her second daughter-in-law. If these two were together, what would it look like if it got out?
"Mom, I just want to take care of Biyun and Popo for the rest of my life. I just like Biyun. I did something wrong and let her down before. Now I finally have this opportunity to make amends. I want to be good to her. Isn't this okay?"
Grandma Qiao angrily scolded, "Why don't you listen to advice, kid? Tell me, how many people in the village don't know about what happened between you? If you don't care about your reputation, then you have to think about Biyun's reputation. She has become a widow and now marries her eldest brother. What's going on? Where can we put our Qiao family's face?"
Qiao Yunnan was a little confused and his face darkened. His mother had disliked Biyun's poor family background and did not allow them to get married. Later, for the sake of filial piety, he listened to his mother and married Qiao's eldest sister-in-law. But he did not expect that Biyun would marry the second son. He felt upset and left the country.
Now that the second brother is gone, Biyun and Popo are left alone with their widowed mother and orphans, and his wife also lost her life because of her own fault. He originally just wanted to take care of Biyun in the name of the eldest brother, but...
When he saw Biyun fainted in the cave, he felt as if his whole heart was broken. He also thought a lot during the days when he took care of Biyun. He could ignore everyone's eyes and opinions. As long as Biyun was willing, he would spend the rest of his life to compensate her.
But...why doesn’t his mother understand his heart?
"Mom, why should we care about what others think? In the past, I listened to you and gave up the relationship between me and Biyun. Now you don't even give me a chance to make amends? And I believe Biyun doesn't care about other people's opinions. We don't care, so why should you care about those false reputations? Isn't it enough for our family to live a good life?"
"I care! You don't care, but I do. I just can't stand other people's pointing fingers at me. I just hate other people looking at you differently in the future. I do all this for your own good. There are so many good girls in this world to choose from. Why do you choose her? Why don't you understand my mother's painstaking efforts?"
Qiao Yunnan finally realized that no matter what he said, his mother would not agree with his relationship with Qiao, so he could only sigh.
"Mom, you should go to bed early."
After saying that, Qiao Yunnan just waved his hand and left.
Looking at the stubborn Qiao Yunnan, Grandma Qiao covered her chest angrily. This was the good son she raised, but now he didn't even listen to her as a mother!
The mother and son parted ways unhappily because of this incident.
As usual, Jiang Xueying rushed to the Qiao family to visit Mrs. Qiao after finishing her work. She saw that Mrs. Qiao was still lying weakly in bed, and Mrs. Qiao and Brother Qiao were both looking at each other in silence in the room.
"Brother Qiao, haven't you gone out today?"
After Granny Qiao greeted Jiang Xueying, she couldn't help but snorted when she heard this. She said with a sullen face, "Yeah, he doesn't even care about me as his mother, and comes to take care of other people's daughters-in-law. I'm afraid he doesn't want to go out every day."
Hearing the strangeness in Grandma Qiao's words and seeing the weird atmosphere between Qiao Yunnan and Grandma Qiao, Jiang Xueying instantly understood that the two were having a conflict.
She changed her mind and thought that Grandma Qiao must be angry because of the relationship between Qiao and Qiao Yunnan, so she tried to comfort Grandma Qiao, hoping that she could accept their relationship.
In fact, from another perspective, Mrs. Qiao is a widow with a child. If she wants to remarry, Grandma Qiao will definitely not agree. She is also reluctant to give up Popo, so it is better for her to be with Qiao Yunnan, which is a good thing for everyone.
"Aunt, Brother Qiao is very filial to you. He would never ignore you. Sister Qiao is the same. Please don't bother with them!"
Upon hearing Jiang Xueying's words, Grandma Qiao shrugged down her lips unhappily.
"Yingying, even you are helping them to make fun of an old woman like me, right?"
Jiang Xueying hurriedly smiled and said, "How can that be possible, Auntie? Of course I am on your side, but Sister Qiao is in a coma and we don't know when she will wake up. It's a good thing to have Brother Qiao take care of Sister Qiao. Besides, this is something that both of you are willing to do, so we can't break up the couple, right?"
"What do you mean by breaking up a couple? Look at what you are saying. They... Hey, I do everything for their own good! Okay, stop talking. I'm going to prepare breakfast and we'll have breakfast here in a while."
Hearing Grandma Qiao's tone, Jiang Xueying couldn't help but sigh. She knew that she couldn't persuade her. After all, some deep-rooted ideas could not be resolved in a short period of time, so she could only give up.
On the third day, under Qiao Yunnan's meticulous care, Qiao finally woke up, and everyone was very happy.
When Qiao Yunnan negotiated with Qiao, he insisted on taking care of Qiao despite the objection of Qiao's mother-in-law.
"Brother Qiao, I...I'm fine now. You don't have to take care of me."
Seeing that the mother and son were about to quarrel again, Qiao hurriedly spoke up to mediate.
The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Qiao Yunnan, who was taking good care of her. She was surprised and happy at the same time, but she suddenly remembered the warnings from Grandma Qiao that the Qiao family must not overstep the line.
"How can that be possible, Biyun? Your body hasn't recovered yet. I have to take care of you."
"Brother Qiao, really, no need, I don't need any care!"
Qiao had no choice but to find excuses to avoid Qiao Yunnan, especially after he recovered a little and was able to get out of bed, he refused to meet Qiao Yunnan.
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