Su Xueli felt a little awkward, but could only say casually, "He went to the street to buy things."
After the mother and son left, Wei Mingshen returned with cooked food. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he immediately went back to bed, acting like a frightened bird.
He walked into the kitchen and said, "I have this feeling that I'm having an affair."
Su Xueli was about to call him a hooligan, but then she realized that he was right. She was also afraid that her parents would find out about him, so she stayed on the courtyard gate even in broad daylight.
She joked, "Eat quickly, or my mother will come before I've eaten."
Wei Mingshen shook his head and said, "I've never been this afraid of anyone in my life. The most terrifying creature in the world is truly the mother-in-law."
"Who's your mother-in-law?" Su Xueli retorted.
"Ex-mother-in-law. The most terrifying thing in the world is an ex-mother-in-law."
Su Xueli then let him off the hook, and the two sat down to eat, chatting about the straw weaving they had made that day.
They looked like a normal young couple.
"Snow Pear!" Liu Fengying's voice rang out from outside.
"Huh?" The two of them were startled at the same time and stared at each other.
"Speak of the devil and he appears," Wei Mingshen said in despair.
Su Xueli urged him, "You'd better hide it quickly."
Then, in a panic, she said, "No, your bicycle is still here. Even if you hide it, my mother will see it."
"Then I'll hide the bicycle too."
"Where are you going to hide such a big bicycle?"
Wei Mingshen looked at the wall and said, "It's late at night, and the yard is pitch black. I'll just stick it to the base of the wall."
Come to think of it, on a moonless night, the areas not illuminated by lamplight are pitch black and you can't see anything.
"Okay, I have to hurry and open the door, otherwise my mother will become suspicious." Su Xueli was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
This affair... no, let's call it an affair, it's the first time I've ever done it in two lifetimes.
Wei Mingshen scurried to the wall, pressed his bicycle against it, and then hid behind a haystack, peeking at the gate.
"Mom, I'm here! I'm eating!" Su Xueli replied, quickly clearing away Wei Mingshen's bowl and chopsticks. Then, after carefully checking to make sure there were no flaws, she came out of the kitchen.
"Why did it take you so long to open the door? I've been calling for ages," Liu Fengying complained to her daughter.
Su Xueli said, "I'm eating, Mom. Why are you here again? I told you not to come here."
Liu Fengying said, "Your father insisted that I come, saying he would stay with you for a few days, but he won't be able to come when he gets busy in the fields."
Su Xueli said with a bitter face, "You really don't need to come. I want to be alone."
But since she's already here, we can't just not let her in; we have no choice but to let her in.
But this time she didn't go to the gate.
"Have you eaten, Mother?" she asked.
Liu Fengying walked inside and said, "I've eaten. I'll eat as soon as I finish cooking and then come over. Let your dad clean up the mess at home. Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you. Yan Yan's fiancé broke off the engagement with her."
“Just now you withdrew!” Su Xueli blurted out.
I've been so preoccupied with my own divorce these past few days that I haven't had a chance to think about Yan Yan.
Upon hearing this, Liu Fengying asked, "What do you mean by 'just broken off'? Did you know her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement with her?"
Su Xueli shook her head: "How would I know? What I mean is, they're getting married soon, why didn't they cancel earlier?"
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