"Mom, I..." Ye Beiping felt a little aggrieved, but he didn't think of arguing back. He helped Su Xinyi to sit down on the sofa in the living room and said, "Wife, where did you go? I was so worried when I came back and didn't see you. I thought you had gone somewhere."
Su Xinyi was pleasantly surprised to see that Ye Beiping did not blame her.
He gently touched the other person's stray hairs and said with a hint of heartache, "They've gotten a bit dark."
Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin watched the two of them being all lovey-dovey and felt like they were being fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), so they could only hide in the kitchen.
Ye Beiping, who was being cared for, smiled brightly and took Su Xinyi's hands and placed them on his face: "You're more handsome and healthier when you're tanned."
"Pfft."
Ye Beiping's words immediately made Su Xinyi laugh.
Just as the two were getting cozy, Ye Xiaoxin came out of the kitchen and said, "Beiping, your house doesn't have a stove, how are you going to make dinner?"
She and her mother went to the kitchen, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find a stove and had no idea how the food was made.
Ye Beiping frowned in dissatisfaction at the disruption to their sweet moment. Su Xinyi rolled her eyes at him, touched his furrowed brows, and then slowly stood up to answer Ye Xiaoxin's question.
“We don’t have the traditional stoves like in the countryside here, so we need to use a furnace.”
"A stove?" Ye Xiaoxin also saw Ye Beiping's expression, but she didn't care. Instead, she was curious about the stove that Su Xinyi mentioned.
Tao Qiuyan originally didn't intend for Ye Xiaoxin to come out and disturb the young couple, but Ye Xiaoxin rushed out regardless.
Seeing that Su Xinyi's belly was already protruding, Ye Beiping could only purse his lips and help Su Xinyi sit back down on the sofa: "Let me do it."
"Okay." Su Xinyi smiled.
It wasn't convenient for her either, but with Ye Beiping's help, she was able to have some peace and quiet.
Ye Beiping walked into the kitchen, took out two honeycomb briquettes from a bag, and started fiddling with the stove. As he lit the stove, he said, "Mom, sister, you've all come to Hangzhou, why are you still cooking at home? We don't usually cook at home."
Tao Qiuyan had heard about this from Su Xinyi, but country folk always feel obligated to help others, so she asked Su Xinyi to take them to buy groceries and cook.
Even when buying groceries, she always complains about how expensive they are.
The vegetables in the market are all grown by the villagers themselves, so why would they need to buy them at such high prices?
"You brat, that's free, isn't it? It's not tiring to cook a couple of meals yourself." Tao Qiuyan looked at Ye Beiping and felt a little sorry for him, but despite her concern, she still reminded him, "You're just lazy. Don't spend money so extravagantly. You need to spend money everywhere in this city, so it's better to be frugal."
Ye Xiaoxin nodded in agreement from the side, and didn't forget to crane her neck to watch Ye Beiping's actions.
Clap clap clap!
After lighting the stove, Ye Beiping clapped his hands with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, I understand."
"I understand." Tao Qiuyan sighed, glanced at Su Xinyi in the living room who wasn't paying attention to them, and said in a low voice, "You've suffered these past few days in Beiping. I've heard about what happened to Xinyi's brother. He's still your brother-in-law, after all. Is there really no way to help him?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Beiping immediately frowned.
Now he understood why his mother and sister had come to Hangzhou.
It seems that his mother-in-law is up to her old tricks again. When she couldn't find him, she went to the countryside to look for his mother and even invited her to Hangzhou as a guest.
My mother-in-law is really good at scheming.
But Ye Beiping still didn't want to get involved in Su Ze's matter, so he could only purse his lips and say, "Mom, I grew up in the village, and you know how many people I know. Besides, the police station is breaking the law, how could I have the ability to save them just like that?"
"But......"
Before Tao Qiuyan could say anything, Ye Xiaoxin nudged her mother with her elbow and said, "Mom, I think Beiping is right. Even if Beiping is capable, why should he go and save that Su Ze? You've heard that Beiping's money was stolen by his brother-in-law when he first came to Hangzhou. I think that kind of person needs to be disciplined. Now that the police are here to discipline him properly, isn't that a good thing?"
Ye Beiping raised an eyebrow at his sister, never expecting Ye Xiaoxin to be so insightful.
Actually, it's not that it can't be saved.
After all, Su Ze wasn't the main culprit. At most, he would have to give back the profits from the things he sold, pay a fine, and get a suspended sentence.
It's just that Ye Beiping doesn't know anyone in this field in Hangzhou yet.
Besides, letting Su Ze stay inside for a while longer can be considered a lesson.
Seeing that Ye Beiping's expression was reluctant, Tao Qiuyan could only sigh and ask, "But what about your mother-in-law?"
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