Chapter 267: What's wrong with you?
Zheng Xiulan was so angry that her heart ached.
She was angry, frustrated, and sad, and no one was willing to talk to her or listen to her.
She wanted to ask Fan Liangyu to prepare the vegetables, but when she caught a glimpse of the second son's attentive manner towards Fan Liangyu, a surge of anger welled up inside her, and she cursed him inwardly as a 'vixen'.
In the end, without shouting, he silently prepared a meal for the whole family, feeling frustrated.
After dinner, Fan Liangyu left in her high heels. Zhang Lao Er saw her off, but soon returned to his room.
Zheng Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, both sons were now home. She could deal with the rest slowly. Her sons were her own; could she always side with an outsider?
The next day at noon, Su Hongying, carrying her child and a basket, trudged to Zheng Xiulan's workplace.
She greets everyone with a smile, and when asked, she says she's brought food to my mother-in-law.
She walked all the way to Zheng Xiulan's office and sweetly called out to Zheng Xiulan, who was putting on airs, "Mom, I've brought you your lunch."
Zheng Xiulan almost spat out her tea.
When I suddenly turned around and saw her, my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Who told you to come? Go home now. You're still holding my grandson; be careful he doesn't fall..." she said irritably.
"mom."
Su Hongying pouted, looking somewhat aggrieved. "I know you're still angry with me. Yesterday... I was being unreasonable, please don't hold it against me. From now on... if you ask me to leave the child behind to cook for you again, I'll definitely do it without hesitation. Yesterday... well, the child was crying from hunger, so I didn't..."
Zheng Xiulan, "..."
What is she saying?
Zheng Xiulan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and stared at Su Hongying. Su Hongying gave her a forced smile and said to the colleagues who had overheard and gathered around to watch the commotion, "...My mom took such good care of me. I recovered very well during my postpartum period. I was disobedient yesterday, so it's not my mom's fault."
Those watching the spectacle, "..."
The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment.
They didn't ask anything.
Someone laughed it off, saying, "Really? Your mother-in-law treats you quite well."
“Yes! My mother-in-law is so good to me.” Su Hongying smiled as well.
The words were all kind, but the atmosphere was a bit strange.
Zheng Xiulan didn't understand what Su Hongying was up to, and since she couldn't confront her in front of others, she could only feign compliance, quickly finish her meal, and send Su Hongying home.
Su Hongying said, "Mom, I'll bring you food again tomorrow."
Zheng Xiulan, "..."
What exactly is Su Hongying up to?!
When Zheng Xiulan got home from get off work, she scolded Su Hongying with a cold face, "If you have nothing to do, stay at home and take care of the children. Don't go to my workplace and make a fool of yourself."
"mom!"
Su Hongying stamped her foot and asked Zhang Haijun with red eyes.
"Brother Navy, I didn't even blame Mom for almost causing my death and my unborn child's. I brought her food for you, trying to build a good relationship with her, so why was she unhappy and even scolded me?"
Zhang Haijun frowned, also puzzled, and called out to Zheng Xiulan, "Mom?"
“She has ulterior motives.” Zheng Xiulan glanced at Su Hongying.
Su Hongying felt wronged and said, "I brought you food while holding the baby, and I made all your favorite dishes. How could that be considered having bad intentions? I was in the hospital for so many days, and you didn't visit me even once. I even told people that you took care of me during my postpartum period. You got all the good things, so how could you have good intentions?"
She clung to Zhang Haijun's clothes, her face full of dependence.
"Navy Bro, you be the judge, what does your mom mean by this? Does she look down on you, me, and us as a couple? Then why is she asking you to move back? Or does she only want you and your son to move back, and doesn't even want me as her daughter-in-law?"
Zhang Haijun glanced at his mother.
He felt that was what his mother meant, but he couldn't say it out loud, no matter how obvious it was.
He coughed lightly, "You're overthinking it, Mom... definitely didn't mean that."
Then, looking at Zheng Xiulan, she advised meaningfully, "Mom, that's enough. You're not just embarrassing Hongying, you're embarrassing me. We're husband and wife, husband and wife are one. You yourself were once a daughter-in-law, why do you keep treating your daughter-in-law like the older generation? Hongying has done enough. Go out and ask around, which mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law like this and still wants her to stay with her son? Hongying is willing because she loves me and is willing to love me because of her. You..."
Zhang Haijun sighed and said, "If you keep doing this, we'll have no choice but to move out so you can avoid seeing us."
He picked up his son, got up, and went back into the house.
Zheng Xiulan opened her mouth but no sound came out. After her son entered the house, she gave Su Hongying a cold glare.
He cursed, "Su Hongying, you're so cunning! Are you happy now that you've sown discord between my son and me?"
Su Hongying smiled at her.
He leaned forward slightly, staring directly at Zheng Xiulan, his eyes cold and indifferent, and sneered, "This is nothing! You old hag, just wait, the real show is yet to come."
Zheng Xiulan, "..."
Her mind went blank for a moment, and she didn't have time to react.
Because I never expected Su Hongying to say something like that.
Realizing what had happened, she was filled with shock, her mouth trembling as she shouted, "Navy, Navy! Su Hongying did it on purpose! She's trying to sow discord between my son and me! She did it on purpose..."
The child was so frightened by her scream that he burst into tears.
Zhang Haijun's forehead throbbed as he opened the door to see Zheng Xiulan.
Frowning, she said, "Mom, are you ever going to stop? You've scared the child to tears. What exactly do you want?"
Zheng Xiulan glanced at her crying grandson and then at her impatient son, feeling a lump in her throat. She pointed at Su Hongying and repeated what she had just said.
Zhang Haijun's face was grim as he looked at her. "Mom, who exactly is trying to sow discord? You say she's trying to drive a wedge between us, but how? Did she cause a scene with you? Did she argue with you? Or did she spread rumors that you pushed her down and almost killed her and her unborn child? No, right? On the contrary, you've been talking badly about her in my ear, causing my husband and me to fight like crazy! If you keep doing this, I'm really taking the kids and moving out. You can wait for our second and third sons to take care of you in your old age!"
After saying that, he called to Su Hongying, "Go back to the room."
“Navy, don’t say that to Mom. After having a son, I think I can understand Mom now. She’s so afraid that I’ll take you away from her. But Mom, Navy will always be your son. I won’t treat him like a son. I have my own son…”
That sounds really awkward.
Zhang Haijun frowned deeply, thinking that Su Hongying was too weak-willed. Even after being bullied like this by her mother-in-law, she was still defending her. She really deserved to be bullied.
"They're gone."
After the couple returned to their room, Su Hongying gave Zheng Xiulan a provocative smile as she closed the door, and silently cursed, "Idiot."
Zheng Xiulan's eyes widened, and she almost couldn't catch her breath. With a "whoosh," she pounced on him.
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