Because of her habits, Aunt Liu always buys the freshest ingredients in the morning, so there aren't many ingredients in the refrigerator. Xie Yuan only has a few eggs and sausages, and he doesn't feel like cooking them himself.
In the past, the refrigerator was always full, but recently Mom has been complaining that Tianci's favorite seafood and delicacies are all gone. Xie Yuan finds this strange, since Song Xia used to love restocking, afraid that Lingling wouldn't get any.
"Come out here, I think we need to talk."
Xie Yuan opened the door again. He felt that Song Xia's attitude recently was very strange, and he must have overlooked something.
Song Xia gently closed the door, then frowned: "What do you want to talk about?"
“You weren’t like this before, Xiaxia. What happened? Did I overlook something? You won’t even come into our master bedroom anymore.”
“I just want to spend more time with Lingling. She lacks a sense of security.” Dodging Xie Yuan’s outstretched hand, Song Xia sighed, “I know that Mom and Dad dislike her because she is a girl, so they are still resentful. Although Lingling is young, she is not ignorant.”
"How could you think that?" Xie Yuan was shocked. "Mom and Dad love Lingling the most. After all, Lingling is their only granddaughter."
She's his only granddaughter, but not his only grandchild; he's really good at making excuses.
Song Xia changed the subject: "Is this what you specifically asked me to talk about?"
"No, I just wanted to ask, why are all the food items that were in the fridge before gone recently?"
“Your parents are cooking separately now, and you don’t eat at home often, so we don’t prepare that much food. Aunt Liu buys fresh food every day, which is enough. Why are you suddenly concerned about this?”
Xie Yuan gave an awkward smile: "It's just that we're having guests coming from our hometown soon, and it seems like you haven't made any preparations."
"Aren't they here to visit my parents? They can just go to my parents' place. Besides, my parents often say they're not used to those kinds of food, and I suppose our relatives back home have similar tastes, so I didn't rush to prepare anything."
"We should at least prepare a few main dishes, otherwise it won't look right. Xiaxia, why don't you order some more?"
“Those need to be booked in advance. I haven’t ordered any in almost half a month. I’m afraid I won’t be able to get them anytime soon. Why don’t you go to the imported goods supermarket and buy some yourself?”
"How would I know where to buy these..." He was about to make up the excuse that he was too busy, but he stopped abruptly for fear that Song Xia would say she would take over his work. "Then I'll have my assistant prepare them."
After saying that, he stared at Song Xia, hoping she would say something like that household chores shouldn't be bothered by the staff, but Song Xia remained silent.
"You can decide this yourself. If there's nothing else, I'm going to sleep."
Xie Yuan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. He originally wanted to talk to Song Xia, but in the end they talked about these useless things.
He felt that he was losing control of Song Xia now, because he had no idea what Song Xia was thinking.
"By the way, last time our relatives came, they said staying in a hotel was too unfamiliar, so I didn't book one this time. My parents' place is big enough, so we should be able to squeeze in. I'll ask Aunt Liu to pack a couple more blankets and send them over."
If you say she doesn't care, she's thinking about so many things. But if you say she does care, how can she really let her relatives squeeze into one room?
But he couldn't find anything wrong with it, because his relatives and mother had made the same nitpicking last time.
Song Xia turned around and sneered. Every time relatives came from her hometown, they would always torment her. Did they really think she was easy to bully?
This time, she deliberately refused to take the bait; if she wanted to cause trouble, she wanted to cause trouble for this whole family!
Relatives visiting from their hometown is a regular occurrence every year. Because the Song family is wealthy, and Song Xia is busy taking care of everything, Zhang Yuefen and Xie Chuancai don't need to put in any effort. They especially enjoy the adulation and envy from their poor relatives, who always extend a strong invitation.
The people who came this time were Zhang Yuefen's younger sister and her family, but they were not poor.
Although Zhang Yuefen's younger sister, Zhang Yuefang, didn't live as well as her sister, she was still doing quite well.
She lost her husband early in life, but fortunately, her husband's hometown was expropriated, and her son was handsome enough to marry a master's degree holder. Zhang Yuefang would boast to everyone she met about how outstanding her son was, saying that even though he didn't go to university, he could still marry a master's degree holder.
While Song Xia often regretted her actions, she also felt quite sorry for Yu Ting.
Yu Ting is Zhang Yuefang's daughter-in-law. Marrying Chi Jie was not her original intention; her parents accepted Zhang Yuefang's betrothal gifts first.
Originally, she was determined not to marry, but her mother tried to kill herself, saying that the family had accepted a dowry and that if she didn't marry, her mother would die. She also said that what was the use of her education, since she couldn't help her younger brother at all.
Yu Ting was filial, and Chi Jie was particularly attentive during that time, so she thought marrying him would be a good idea, since he came from a wealthy family, was good-looking, and treated her well.
Who knew that after getting married, Zhang Yuefang would constantly say things like, "So what if I have a master's degree? I still bought it with money."
At these times, Chi Jie would pretend not to hear or tell her to be more patient, since his mother had raised him with great difficulty and the Yu family had indeed not returned any dowry.
Yu Ting felt guilty and, in order to change the situation, she had no choice but to work tirelessly, hoping to improve her status in the family through her earning ability.
But how could Zhang Yuefang allow it? She even colluded with Yu's mother to repeatedly urge Yu Ting to have a child and repeatedly sabotage her work, causing Yu Ting to become increasingly withdrawn and her energy and spirit to be completely worn away.
In fact, Yu Ting had been pregnant before, but she lost the pregnancy due to domestic violence by Chi Jie. If no one had intervened, Yu Ting would have continued to decline day by day and eventually embarked on that path of no return.
If possible, Song Xia hoped that she could save Yu Ting. Of course, it would be best if saving Yu Ting would cause trouble for Xie Yuan's family.
The Zhang Yuefen family of three was picked up by a company driver arranged by Xie Yuan. In the past, this would definitely have been Song Xia's responsibility.
"Xie Yuan's wife is so inconsiderate. She doesn't even show her face. Sister, how can you tolerate this?" Zhang Yuefang started stirring things up while they were still in the car. "How can we have a daughter-in-law like that? We need Yu Ting from our family, who does everything herself."
"Little sister, you really know how to manage your daughter-in-law. Yu Ting is so well-behaved, but Song Xia has such a bad temper. I don't know what to do with her now."
"Little sister, I'm here to back you up, aren't I? This time, we'll make sure Song Xia is completely obedient, just like my Yu Ting. She wouldn't dare to go against my wishes. You guys are just too polite to each other usually."
Zhang Yuefang's smug tone made Yu Ting's eyelids twitch, but in the end, she showed no expression or movement.
Chi Jie sat in the passenger seat, his legs almost touching the window, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, cursing his friends in the game for not cooperating well.
Yu Ting didn't know how her life had turned out this way. Was she going to live like this forever? She was unwilling, but she didn't dare to resist.
Just then, she received a friend request from Song Xia.
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