"How can that be the same? I'm about to talk to my son's girlfriend on the phone."
Who can understand how it feels to be a mother-in-law for the first time?
Oh, right, Sister Liao has two daughters, so she can only be a mother-in-law for life, and she definitely won't understand.
At that moment, a soft female voice came from the other end of the phone. It was probably some distance away, but you could still make out that the other person was asking who was making the call.
The next moment, you could hear the voice of the young man who had just answered the phone:
"Sis, I didn't ask!"
Meimei and Sister Liao kept rubbing their chests, and neither of them made a sound.
On the other end of the phone, the receiver was already picked up, and the woman's voice came through even more clearly than before:
"I am Xia Hong, and you are?"
"Ah...I...I am...Gu Ziling's mother."
Actually, what Meimei wanted to say wasn't those last few words. At that moment, what Meimei wanted to say was: I'm your mother-in-law!
However, at the last moment, he managed to restrain himself.
On the other end of the line, Xia Hong froze upon hearing the self-introduction on the phone, her entire body stiffening from head to toe, unable to utter a sound for a moment.
Thankfully, Meimei spoke up again:
"Xia, don't be nervous, I... I just wanted to ask if you have time later?"
Forehead?
Xia Hong felt as if her brain had suddenly frozen:
Gu Ziling's mother called him?
Do you even have time?
What does this mean?
Is it something you want to talk to me about?
"Um, yes, Auntie, is there anything I can help you with?"
They've even called my workplace; even if I don't have time, I have to squeeze in some.
But the next moment, after hearing Xia Hong's reply that she had time, Mei Mei exclaimed in surprise:
"Yes? That's great!"
Xia Hong didn't say anything; her whole face seemed tense.
"Xia, Auntie knows about you and Xiaoling, but..."
Meimei had only spoken halfway when Xia Hong abruptly cut her off:
"Auntie, you're probably overthinking it. There's really nothing between me and your son!"
What could possibly happen?
Anyway, nothing has been clear since we met. At most, we just won't treat each other like enemies when we meet now.
Xia Hong felt that Gu Ziling's mother had called her workplace, and although she hadn't said everything, it was probably close enough.
This is a newspaper office; we handle countless articles like this every day.
She could almost guess what the other person would say just by hearing them speak, which was very easy for Xia Hong, the editor-in-chief.
cough.
I wonder if Minister Gu would be so angry that he would jump out of his hospital bed if he knew that Xia Hong was saying that the two of them had nothing to do with each other.
It's not just that it should, it's that it definitely will!
On the other end of the phone, there was a loud bang.
"Auntie? Auntie? Are you alright?"
It's impossible not to be worried when there's such a sudden loud noise.
After a while, Meimei's voice finally rang out:
"It's nothing, it's nothing. The phone just fell to the ground. Xia, you... well, I know my son only likes you and isn't interested in any other women. For so many years, his father and I have been hoping he would find a girlfriend and get married, but that kid has managed to fool us for so many years."
"Before, we didn't know about your relationship, so we, the two of us, were quite worried about whether that kid had a problem with his sexual orientation."
Forehead?
Xia Hong almost burst out laughing when she heard Mei Mei's words.
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