When Liu Dan saw Yang Yi at Lin Wei's house, he was shocked.
Although she lives next door to Yang Yi, she has to go to work every day, cook when she gets home, and bathe and wash clothes for the children. She finishes her work at 12 o'clock every day.
So even though she and Yang Yi see each other every day, they don't have much time to talk together except on weekends.
Yang Yi is not a person who likes to complain. She would tell Lin Wei that it was because she was too pent up. After the first time, there was a second time, but this was only true when she was with Lin Wei. In front of other people, she was used to maintaining superficial peace. Even if she was sad, she would still force a smile on her face.
Liu Dan thought that she didn't get enough rest at night, so when he left home this morning, he told her to go to bed early and stay up late less.
But just now when Lin Wei went to find Liu Dan, she was sitting alone in the Lin family yard, and couldn't help thinking about those things. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and she couldn't help but redden her eyes.
While Zong Shao was bathing the two children, he came out to drink water and heard Liu Dan crying. However, as a grown man, it was not easy for him to comfort her, otherwise if someone saw her, they would think he was the one who made her cry.
The two children were taking a bath, and it was not easy to call them out, so I just left them alone.
So when Liu Dan walked into Lin Wei's yard, he saw Yang Yi's eyes were red and swollen, and the bottom of her eyes were dark. He immediately thought of what happened just now, and pulled Lin Wei to ask in a low voice: "Did Xiao Yang tell you about her mother-in-law?"
Lin Wei nodded: "I did."
Liu Dan guessed and asked, "So you asked me to come here to persuade Xiao Yang?"
Lin Wei did not hide it and said, "No, she wants you to help find out whether Qi Tao knows about these things."
Liu Dan was a smart man. When he heard what Lin Wei said, he knew that what Yang Yi's mother-in-law did behind her back must have been much more excessive than what he saw. And these things have affected Yang Yi and her husband, or her unilateral feelings towards Qi Tao.
At this moment, Liu Dan began to doubt his previous thoughts.
That's Qi Tao's biological mother. Does Qi Tao really not know that she is secretly torturing her daughter-in-law? If he knew but pretended not to know, then what kind of life has Yang Yi been living all these years?
Just thinking about it, Liu Dan felt a chill down his spine and immediately asked, "What should I do?"
"We'll talk later." Lin Wei said, walked to Yang Yi, took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to her, "Wipe your tears."
Yang Yi thanked him, wiped her tears and said, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself in front of you."
"We are all friends, why are you saying these things?" Liu Dan said angrily. Thinking back to when he saw Yang Yi in the morning, she was still as calm as ever. He couldn't help but say, "You are really something. You usually speak and act so quickly, but why do you become a coward in front of that old witch?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi looked at Lin Wei. Lin Wei coughed and said, "There are so many people here, so be careful with your words."
Liu Dan was just about to say that there was no one there, but when he looked up and saw the empty Zhao family yard next door, he thought of Gao Xiu Lian disrupting Huang Linwei's work, and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
While Yang Yi was adjusting her mood, Zong Shao dressed the two children.
Mingming was fully revived after taking a bath. He put on his shoes and came out skipping. When he saw the three of them, he stopped and called out, "Hello, Aunt Yang and Aunt Liu. Mom, can I go play with Little Stone?"
Lin Wei said: "Okay, but don't get your clothes dirty."
As long as they can go out and play, Mingming agreed to anything. He turned around and called Ruirui: "Brother, hurry up. Mommy allows us to go play with Xiao Shitou!"
Ruirui heard the sound and ran out. After saying hello to Lin Wei and the other two, the two brothers ran out of the old temple hand in hand.
Seeing how anxious they were, Lin Wei shouted, "Don't run too fast," and then turned to ask Yang Yi, "Do you want to talk inside or outside?"
Thinking of Zong Shao being at home, Yang Yi said, "Let's go out."
Lin Wei hummed, and said to Zong Shao, who had just cleaned the bathroom and came out with a bucket of dirty clothes, "I'll go talk to them later."
Zong Shao greeted the two of them, nodded and said, "Come back soon."
…
There were actually quite a lot of people walking on the beach in the evening, but Lin Wei's house was relatively remote, and not many people would come to the beach in front of it, so it was relatively quiet, and there was no need to worry about anyone hearing their conversation.
After leaving home, Lin Wei recounted in detail what Yang Yi had encountered.
It was just a guess before, and Liu Dan was so angry that she cursed her as an old witch. Now that her guess was confirmed, she couldn't stop cursing. She asked angrily, "You are going to endure this old witch treating you like this?"
"I also argued with her at first, but when I talked back, she said she had a headache, and gradually I didn't dare to say anything."
Liu Dan asked angrily: "She gets a headache when you talk back, so why is she so lively when you scold her?"
It’s not that Yang Yi doesn’t know all this, but what can she do? She is the mother-in-law, the elder. If anything bad happens, she will be the one being criticized.
Seeing Yang Yi's bitter face, Liu Dan softened his tone: "You can't say it, won't you shout it out to others? I think your mother-in-law is a person who cares about her reputation. If you shout it out to others, she might be hesitant."
Yang Yi hung her head and said, "No one believed what I said."
Just to save face, her mother-in-law always pretended to be gentle in front of outsiders. Even she didn't think there was anything wrong with her mother-in-law over the years.
So when her mother-in-law changed her attitude for the first time, she thought she had done something wrong. But after it happened many times, she realized that it wasn’t that she had done something wrong, but that her mother-in-law had become a different person.
After discovering this, she complained to others, but the other party was surprised and asked, "Your mother-in-law is so good to you, why are you not satisfied?"
Later, Yang Yi discovered that her mother-in-law only changed her attitude in front of her. When other people were around, her mother-in-law was very affectionate to her, as if she treated her as her own daughter. But as soon as outsiders left, she started to find fault with her.
So when she said that her mother-in-law had been finding fault with her lately and wasn't treating her as well as before, no one around her believed her. Some even thought she was ungrateful and didn't know how to cherish such a good mother-in-law.
Even when she went back to her parents' home and told her mother about this, her mother was skeptical. Later, I couldn't resist her and agreed to go back with her to take a look. The result was obvious. Her mother was fooled and later advised her not to do it.
Yang Yi was speechless and couldn't stand staying at home, so she called Qi Tao and said she wanted to join the army.
When she first learned that Yang Yi was coming to join the army, Old Lady Qi was very unhappy and used the excuse that she couldn't bear to let her go and wanted to keep her at home.
But Qi Tao said that in order to take care of his mother and younger brother, he and his wife have been living apart. If his younger brother has already started a family and a career, it is time for them to reunite. He also said that if the mother couldn't bear to leave her daughter-in-law, she could follow the army, as the house allocated by the army was big and enough for her to live in.
If others heard that their son wanted to take them to join the army, they might happily agree, but Old Mrs. Qi had two sons.
Although the eldest son is more promising, he served in the army when he was young and is not as good at speaking as the younger son, so in Grandma Qi's heart, the younger son is more important.
Therefore, after hearing what her eldest son said, Old Lady Qi no longer mentioned that she was reluctant to part with her eldest daughter-in-law, and Yang Yi was able to join the army smoothly.
Liu Dan thought about it and asked, "So Qi Tao is still on your side. Then why didn't you mention these things to him after you joined the army?"
Yang Yi sighed and said, "I dare not say."
Her own mother prefers her mother-in-law and thinks she is ungrateful, not to mention that Qi Tao is her mother-in-law's biological son. She didn't want this to affect the relationship between husband and wife.
In fact, if Lin Wei hadn't woken her up that day, she probably wouldn't have done anything. Instead, she would have just thought about enduring this period of time and waiting for them to return home.
Liu Dan fell silent. She could understand the choice Yang Yi made. If she had a mother-in-law like her, she might not be able to handle the situation better than Yang Yi.
Perhaps Old Lady Qi grasped Yang Yi's mentality and intensified her verbal suppression.
Liu Dan reached out and patted Yang Yi on the shoulder, and asked, "Have you thought this through?"
She didn't say what it was, but Yang Yi knew what she was asking about, so she nodded and said, "Well, I've thought it through."
"Even if the result is not what you want?"
Yang Yi smiled bitterly: "I have to figure out what kind of person is lying next to me."
"Okay." Liu Dan nodded and asked Lin Wei, "What should I do?"
Lin Wei told Liu Dan about her plan, which was actually not that complicated. She just asked her to let Xing Dong ask Qi Tao what happened, on the pretext that he heard Old Lady Qi scolding Yang Yi, and see his reaction.
Lin Wei said: "If Captain Qi is trying to cover up the truth or doesn't tell Sister Yang anything after returning home, then he probably already knew about these things. If he gets to the bottom of it and supports Sister Yang, then he probably doesn't know about these things."
"What if he questioned Xiao Yang and investigated the matter, but didn't get to the bottom of it?" Liu Dan asked.
"Then he is either a hypocrite or a soft-hearted person. The probability is 50-50." It depends on what she wants to believe.
Lin Wei thought about the last sentence but didn't say it out loud. Liu Dan thought about what she said for a moment and asked, "When should I take action?"
"Maybe in two days." Lin Wei looked at Yang Yi and said, "Something happened when I went to call Sister Liu just now."
Upon hearing this, Liu Dan looked at Lin Wei in surprise, asking with his eyes, "Didn't you promise Qi Tao not to tell Yang Yi about this first?"
Lin Wei just gave her a reassuring look and said to Yang Yi, "But because Captain Qi said he wanted to explain it to you in person tonight, I can't tell you what happened now. Whether he explains it to you tonight or not, I think you can think about it again and decide whether to continue testing. Once you have a clear understanding, we can move forward with the rest of the matter."
Although Yang Yi didn't know what happened, she swallowed her words after hearing what she said and nodded, "I understand."
Liu Dan, on the other hand, lowered his voice and asked Lin Wei before going back, "Why did you just say that Xiao Yang should reconsider this matter?"
Lin Wei also lowered her voice and said, "I was thinking that if Captain Qi was just trying to fool me with words and didn't intend to explain to Sister Yang, then the result of the test would probably not be satisfactory. And if he explained to Sister Yang, Sister Yang's mind might change."
Even if Qi Tao explained it to Yang Yi, it doesn't mean that he really doesn't know those things. After all, so many people saw what happened today. Lin Wei promised not to say it today, but it doesn't mean she won't say it in the future.
But this at least proves that his attitude is sincere, and there is a high possibility that the test will have a good result. Maybe Yang Yi will have more confidence in him. And if Yang Yi is not really determined to find out the truth, there is a high possibility that she will give up further attempts after her trust increases.
After figuring out the key points, Liu Dan said, "You are very thoughtful."
…
When they finished their talk, it was already completely dark. Liu Dan and Yang Yi did not stay at Lin Wei's house for long. They just exchanged words and went back.
Lin Wei went to Deng Xiangyun's house and asked the two children to go home and sleep.
Deng Xiangyun had seen their back and forth for a long time. Although she did not participate, she still asked Lin Wei after seeing this: "What's wrong with Sister Yang?"
"How do you know it's Yang Yi?" Lin Wei asked in surprise.
Deng Xiangyun said: "She came to you first."
Lin Wei suddenly realized, sighed and said, "It's hard to say now, I'll tell you in a few days."
Hearing her say this, Deng Xiangyun guessed that it might be related to Yang Yi's private affairs. She didn't think that the three of them knew about the different treatments they received but kept it from her, so she nodded and said, "Okay." She waved to the two brothers and took Xiao Shitou with her to see them out.
The two brothers heard everything that Lin Wei and Deng Xiangyun said. Ruirui was not that curious, but Mingming was the opposite. As soon as he got home, he asked, "Mom, what happened to Aunt Yang?"
Lin Wei bolted the door and asked, "What happened to Aunt Yang?"
Mingming said: "Little Stone's mother asked, isn't Sister Yang Auntie Yang?"
Lin Wei turned around, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Oh? You know it very well?"
Mingming raised his head and said proudly: "I am very smart!"
Lin Wei laughed: "Yes, you are so smart, go to bed quickly."
Mingming said "oh" and walked upstairs with his brother. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered and turned around to ask, "You still haven't told me what happened to Aunt Yang!"
"Auntie Yang is fine, but you, if you don't go to bed, I will let you taste the taste of bamboo shoots fried with meat."
When he heard that he was going to be beaten, Mingming turned around quickly and went upstairs with his short legs, which were considered long among his peers.
But he had clearly gone upstairs and just came out of the bathroom, but Zong Shao, who had overheard, asked, "What happened to Comrade Yang?"
Lin Wei didn't play it off with Zong Shao like she did with her son. She said, "Didn't her mother-in-law and brother-in-law come over? There was a little conflict."
As for what the conflict was, she didn't ask, and Zong Shao didn't intend to pry. He just recalled and asked, "Has Qi Tao's mother and brother been here for a while?"
"Less than half a month, what happened?"
Zong Shao continued to ask: "Qi Tao's brother doesn't have a job?"
"Yes, he said he worked in their commune's state-owned factory. Why are you asking?"
Zong Shao sat next to Lin Wei and said, "I remember Qi Tao is from Anhui Province. It should take him one to two days longer than us to come here from his hometown. This means a round trip of half a month. They have been on the island for almost half a month and there is no sign of them returning. Which unit can approve such a long leave for them?"
Those soldiers get married and go back home once every two or three years. They piece together their vacation time and can only get less than a month's vacation each time. Brother Qi Tao just came to visit his brother. Can the company grant him such a long vacation?
Lin Wei reacted: "Yes, why can he stay here for so long?" But she changed her mind and waved her hand and said, "But the biggest problem of their family right now is not this."
"So what's the problem?"
Lin Wei wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she decided not to: "Wait a few days, I'll tell you when I have the results."
"It's okay to tell me in a few days, but don't worry too much about it." Zong Shao said, reaching out to press the corner of Lin Wei's mouth and lifting it up.
Lin Wei wanted to sigh, but after he made such a fuss, she couldn't sigh anymore and said angrily, "Childish!"
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