The next day, the mother-in-law came to the house and saw that Dongqing was still in a bad mood, but she didn't say anything. She didn't say a word to Dongqing all afternoon. After lunch, she said goodbye to her daughter and went home.
Even so, it was already quite good. After her mother left, Li Yuzhu said, "Don't blame my mother for not giving you a good look. The things you did in the past really hurt her feelings."
Dongqing said, "I've walked my own path all along. Don't worry, I'll gradually get Mom to accept me."
With tears in her eyes, Li Yuzhu said, "I hope Mom can accept you. The day Mom truly accepts you, I'll believe you've really changed. Please, please don't gamble anymore, okay?"
Dong Qing said, "Don't worry, I'll bet one more time that you won't have to lift a finger; I'll chop my own hand off with a knife."
Li Yuzhu cried and said, "Maybe you've really changed this time. If you change, our family will have hope."
Just after dinner, a friend came over to play cards with him again. Dongqing said, "Erwang, I'm quitting. Don't invite me over to play cards anymore."
Erwang said, "We're one short for mahjong, how about coming to play a game with us tonight?"
Dongqing said, "Erwang, wasn't I clear enough? Go back now, don't let your brother turn against you, okay?"
Hearing this, Erwang shook his head helplessly and left. Only then did Li Yuzhu believe that her husband had truly changed.
After Li Yuzhu gave birth, people would come to her house every night to ask Dongqing to play cards, but Dongqing never went out to play cards with them.
Later, he would run home every few days, but Dongqing would always turn him down. Li Yuzhu had given birth nine days ago, and he would take care of her day and night, never leaving the house. Only at these times did she feel warm inside, as if she had hope for the future.
After dinner, Li Yuzhu said, "Dongqing, it's been nine days since I gave birth. I need to have my stitches removed tomorrow. Please take me to the hospital to have them removed tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll take you to the hospital after breakfast tomorrow."
Just as Dong Qing finished speaking, Er Wang and Er Wa arrived at the house. He said, "Brother, why are you so hard to get a friend to come over for a few rounds of mahjong? We're one short! You absolutely have to come over to my house tonight and play a few rounds!"
Every night they would come to their house to urge Dongqing to go gambling. Li Yuzhu had never said anything, as long as her husband didn't go. But tonight she couldn't hold back any longer. She said, "What exactly do you want? Are you determined to break up our family? Don't come to our house again. If you do, don't blame me for turning against you. If you come to our house again and urge my husband to gamble, I'll start yelling at you."
Erwang didn't expect Li Yuzhu to take a hard line against him, and the two of them left feeling rather bored.
Li Yuzhu said, "Why are they haunting you like this? It's like someone is plotting something behind them, and they all seem to be targeting me. Who was that person playing cards with you?"
Dong Qing said, "Yi Xiaofan!"
Li Yuzhu was surprised to hear Yi Xiaofan's name. At this moment, she was certain of her opinion: Yi Xiaofan had ulterior motives and was trying to trap her.
Dong Qing noticed his wife's unusual expression and asked, "Honey, what's wrong with your expression? Do you know Yi Xiaofan?"
Li Yuzhu didn't want her husband to know about her relationship with Yi Xiaofan for the time being. As long as he didn't come knocking on her door, she would keep it a secret. She said, "I don't know him. Just don't gamble. Go to sleep."
Dong Qing said, "Ignore them. If I don't want to go, can they drag me there?"
When Erwang returned home, Yi Xiaofan was waiting in the living room. He asked, "You two took so long to get back. Is Dongqing still not coming?"
Erwang said dejectedly, "I can't do what you asked me to do. I don't know why, but Dongqing's wife is like a different person after giving birth. We can't get her to come out no matter how we call her. Tonight, she already got angry with me. She said that if we go to her house and ask her husband to gamble again, she'll turn on us and start cursing. Brother, I think we should just let this go. Li Yuzhu is already married. What's the point of you getting her?"
Yi Xiaofan said, "I'm mainly just angry. I hate Li Yuzhu for playing me a year ago. I ruined her husband's life, and this woman has insisted on not getting a divorce for over a year. She wouldn't let Dongqing come, right? I'll go to her house tomorrow and settle things with her! It's time to settle the score between Li Yuzhu and me!"
The next day, after breakfast, Dongqing pulled a cart to take his wife to the hospital to have her stitches removed.
The doctor removed the gauze from her incision, and she said, "The incision is healing very well."
The doctor then removed her stitches, which was a little painful.
After the stitches were removed, Dongqing carried the child and walked out of the surgical room with his wife.
They walked into the yard, Dongqing helped his wife into the car and lay down, put the child in his wife's arms, and then pulled the cart home.
When Dongqing got home, he saw someone he didn't want to see—the very person who had dragged him into gambling.
Dong Qing didn't know him before. Before getting married, he would gamble with a few friends. The winnings and losses weren't much. They would just sit together and play, gambling a little money for a bit of excitement.
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