As soon as Li Guifang stepped into the family compound, she was surrounded by several old ladies who were enjoying the cool air.
"Oh, isn't this Mingyuan's mother?"
Aunt Wang, with her permed hair, ate sunflower seeds and rolled her eyes. "Finally, I see you!"
This Aunt Wang lives just two doors down from Li Mingyuan's house. Li Guifang had met her before when she came to deliver something to Li Mingyuan.
She is also very picky and cunning. Li Guifang is not very happy to deal with her!
Li Guifang's heart skipped a beat, but she put on a smile and said, "Sister Wang, are you so free today?"
"Idle? We are not idle!" Sister Zhang, who was wearing washed-out clothes, slapped her thigh.
"Very busy! Every night I listen to your daughter-in-law sing opera, more punctual than the radio!"
Li Guifang's face froze: "What do you mean?"
"You don't know yet?"
Aunt Wang came over, the scent of cold cream hitting her nose. "A while ago, in the middle of the night, your Yaqin was howling so loudly that the whole building could hear her!"
She counted on her fingers and mimicked, "'I can't live like this anymore!' 'I want to go to the big city!'
Tsk tsk tsk, she's not really going to the big city! It's been a while since I last saw her!
Aunt Zhang quickly chimed in: "Old Li went to knock on the door and asked them to keep their voices down, and guess what?
Your daughter-in-law yelled back at someone to stop barking. How can a teacher be so uncultured and say anything?
Li Guifang's face was burning, but she tried to smooth things over, saying, "The young couple was arguing."
"Arguing?" Aunt Wang interrupted in a shrill voice. "I don't think so. I saw her moving out of this house with a lot of luggage. What's going on? Is your daughter-in-law going to run away with someone?"
Li Guifang was so angry at these people's words that she turned her face black!
If her grandson wasn't still attending school here, she would have wanted to tear these gossips to pieces!
If this happened to those gossipers in Mule Alley, they would lose their tongues!
Just at this moment, Li Guifang caught a glimpse of Li Mingyuan coming back and hurriedly chased after him.
Blocking the entrance, he pinched Li Mingyuan's ear and said, "Li Mingyuan! You useless thing! How many days has your wife not been home?
Do you still want this family? How many days have the children been eating in the cafeteria? And you don't care about it?
I raised you up, and you turned out to be such a coward?"
Li Mingyuan was holding a worn aluminum lunch box containing meals for his two children.
At this moment, being yelled at by his mother, his body trembled, and his face was full of fatigue that could not be hidden. He made a bitter face and said in a flattering tone:
"Mom, Yaqin is busy at school. It just started recently, so there's a lot to do."
"Busy ass!" Li Guifang was furious when she heard this cowardly remark and looked at his listless look. She snatched the lunch box and threw it to the ground.
"I heard today that there is a guy who drives a Mercedes-Benz every day..." When the words came to her lips, she suddenly remembered something and stopped herself abruptly.
He changed his words and said, "I don't care about those nonsense, you go to school now and bring her back to me!
Your child eats in the cafeteria with you every day, but how nutritious can the food there be? If others see you, they'll think your family is broken up. What a lie!
Li Mingyuan rubbed his sweaty hands, his eyes dodging as he stammered, "Well...how about tomorrow? The child will be home soon, and she might still be in a meeting today..."
"Tomorrow is hell!" Li Guifang heard it and slapped Li Mingyuan on the back with a loud "slap".
"Wait until tomorrow, and the flowers will be cold! You have to go now, immediately! Right now! If you can't bring her back, don't come back!"
At the gate of Chunhui Primary School, dusk deepened and the dim street lights lit up one by one.
Li Mingyuan squatted beside the security room with a cigarette in his mouth, the cigarette butt flickering in the darkness.
From time to time, he looked up at the campus, his eyes filled with anxiety and impatience.
At this time, Xu Min came out of the school holding the teaching plan. Li Mingyuan stood up quickly to stop her as if he had seen a savior, and said with a smile:
"Teacher Xu, please tell Yaqin that I'm waiting for her downstairs and ask her to come down quickly."
Xu Min's eyes wandered, not daring to look directly into Li Mingyuan's eyes. An awkward smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stammered:
"Oh... okay... I... I'll go tell her right now." After saying that, he hurried away with the lesson plan.
Li Mingyuan squatted back to his original position and stretched his neck to look at the staff dormitory!
After waiting for two hours, it was already dark and the sound of insects chirping could be heard all around.
The doorman, Lao Zhang, couldn't stand it any longer, so he poked his head out of the security room and shouted:
"Comrade Li, how about I go to the dormitory and call them for you? It's so hot, it's not a good idea for you to keep waiting here."
Old Zhang saw him there and fed mosquitoes for a few hours, but he still couldn't bear to watch him any longer!
As soon as Lao Zhang finished speaking, he heard a sharp brake sound.
A shiny Mercedes-Benz stopped at the school gate with a swish. The door opened and Lin Yaqin got out of the car wearing high heels and twisting her waist.
Following behind him was a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair.
The man was wearing a neat suit and holding a bouquet of beautiful roses in his hand. The two of them were talking and laughing, and were very close.
"Yaqin!" Li Mingyuan stood up from the ground suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot and his voice changed.
When Lin Yaqin heard the shout, her body stiffened and her face turned pale. She frowned and said unhappily, "Why are you here? Who told you to come?"
Seeing this, the middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, put his arm around Lin Yaqin's waist, looked at Li Mingyuan provocatively, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Hey, who is this? Yaqin, why don't you introduce her to me?"
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