After Song Yongren finished talking about the gifts, he could finally relax. Otherwise, if he had remained confused for a few more days, those things would have been inedible, and he would have received them for nothing.
"Ai'ai, come out quickly, dinner's ready." Zhang Shengtian called out as he saw Wang Daming and Daqing appear at the door.
Ai Ai has been gone for half a day, why hasn't she come back yet?
Inside the room, Fang Yaoqing released Zhang Aiai's hand and threatened fiercely, "If you dare to tell anyone, I won't let you off the hook." Then, he opened the door and went out.
Tears welled in Zhang Aiai's eyes as she stared hatefully at Fang Yaoqing's retreating figure, gritting her teeth. "Fang Yaoqing, do you think no one will know if I don't say anything?"
Judging from her sister-in-law's behavior today, Zhang Aiai was certain that she would tell her older brother, and once she did, he would definitely not ignore it.
Moreover, her second brother came today too. Zhang Aiai didn't want to think about it, but she couldn't help connecting it with what happened today.
Did your sister-in-law make all of this?
Outside, Zhang Qinghua was also questioning Song Lili, using his eyes to convey the question.
Song Lili received the message, but she couldn't say it now. She could only glance at Zhang Shengtian and hope that Zhang Qinghua would understand.
Zhang Qinghua didn't understand; he couldn't possibly know what Song Lili was saying just from a glance.
But he knew that Lili's glance had a specific meaning behind it.
Since we've seen this, it must be related to someone important. So what is it?
Seeing Song Lili waiting for Fang Yaoqing to come out and for everyone to eat, Zhang Qinghua suddenly had a guess, and his face quickly darkened.
Looking at the Qing Kingdom again, it seems even more certain.
Looking at Zhang Shengtian, a hint of worry flashed in his eyes. If Lili had planned this all the way, then things were probably not simple.
Could it be that the test results for sex were bad?
Zhang Qinghua's gaze involuntarily fell on Zhang Aiai, who was coming out of the room.
Zhang Aiai kept her head down, and Zhang Qinghua couldn't see her face clearly, but he knew she must be having a hard time.
Zhang Aiai seemed to sense Zhang Qinghua's gaze. She looked up and saw him looking at her, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken and wronged.
I long to be protected by my brother like before, to be able to complain if I'm wronged, and to have him avenge me.
Zhang Aiai's eyes reddened, and Zhang Qinghua's face darkened even more.
Song Lili glanced at the brother and sister, sighed, and tugged at Zhang Qinghua's sleeve.
Let's eat first. Dad is getting old. If he doesn't eat, he might get angry again and not be able to handle it.
Zhang Qinghua roughly understood and knew what Song Lili meant. Looking at Zhang Qingguo, he also knew what she wanted to do.
This idea made him even more supportive, and he wanted to do it too, so he decided to have a quiet meal first.
With four children here, this isn't the time to settle scores; we'll talk about it later.
Zhang Qinghua tried hard to adjust his facial expression, and it took him a long time to recover. He comforted Zhang Aiai, who had also sat down, with his eyes.
Fang Yaoqing had already sat down and was talking to Zhang Shengtian. He glanced at Song Lili with a smug look in his eyes.
You're so arrogant, but in the end you still have to invite me over for dinner, right? You still have to bow down to me.
Just now, when you asked Zhang Aiai to call me, you lost.
The smug Fang Yaoqing was unaware that Song Lili had called him out so she could better deal with him.
The more smug he is now, the worse he'll be dealt with later.
But Fang Yaoqing was unaware that he had already won.
Overjoyed, he revealed his true self at home, sitting casually like an old man, chopsticks in his mouth, looking completely nonchalant.
Song Lili sneered at his expression. "Laugh all you want," she thought, "the happier you laugh now, the more miserable you'll scream later."
I hope you'll still be in this good mood in a little while.
Under Song Lili's care, everyone started eating. Apart from Fang Yaoqing occasionally saying something unpleasant, everything went smoothly.
Anyway, everyone automatically ignored Fang Yaoqing's words and didn't take them to heart, so overall, it was not bad.
After everyone finished eating, Song Lili winked at Xiao Chen, signaling him to take his younger siblings and leave quickly.
Xiao Chen understood. Sure enough, her feeling was right. Something big was going to happen tonight. Her mother was making preparations in advance.
Without even thinking, Xiao Chen knew it was related to her aunt's family, so she quickly led Xiao Zhe, Xiao Hui, and Xin Yi back to their room.
Finally, Zhang Aiai sent Fang Xiaotao away and had Yang Mei take her back to her room, because it wasn't appropriate for the child to see this.
After the adults were left, Song Lili slowed down. No one placed a cup of tea in front of her. Watching the tea leaves swirling in the hot water, Song Lili lowered her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"Sister-in-law, is something the matter?" Zhang Qingguo asked, otherwise his sister-in-law wouldn't be acting like this.
Zhang Qinghua gave Song Lili a deep look and explained, "I had Lili take Ai'ai and Xiao Tao to the hospital for a check-up during the day."
"What's wrong? Is your sister feeling unwell? What's wrong?"
"Why did you go to the hospital? What happened?" Zhang Qingguo and Zhang Shengtian looked at Zhang Qinghua anxiously.
Zhang Qinghua shook his head. "No, it's because I'm afraid Ai'ai might get beaten and have internal injuries that can't be seen, so I asked Lili to take her for a checkup."
"Ai'ai was beaten? Who beat her? How come I didn't know anything about this?" Zhang Qingguo was shocked. How come he didn't know anything about this? When did this happen?
Not to mention Zhang Qingguo, everyone else was surprised, and Lin Xue was even more shocked, staring at Zhang Aiai in astonishment.
My sister-in-law got beaten up? Who did it?
Lin Xue and her husband were unaware, but Wang Daming and Daqing had already vaguely guessed it; they could easily guess what had happened last night by connecting the dots.
So, was Ai Ai beaten yesterday?
Now, both men were seething with anger. Zhang Ai'ai was Zhang Qinghua's sister, just like their own sister. To think she'd been bullied in the capital! They glared at Fang Yaoqing with murderous intent.
Zhang Shengtian's tension suddenly turned into helplessness. He sighed, slumped down, and suddenly felt much older.
"Little sister. Who hit you? Tell me, and I'll avenge you. You think the Zhang family has no one to back you up? How dare you bully my sister!" Zhang Qingguo was menacing, rolling up his sleeves as if he was about to start a fight.
Seeing Zhang Qingguo like this, Zhang Aiai's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she once again felt the awfulness of her past self.
How could she have had such a foolish idea before? How could her second brother not care about her?
It's quite rare that she was bullied and immediately wanted to get revenge. Isn't that just caring about herself?
Zhang Aiai shook her head and didn't say anything.
"Alright, stop asking Ai'ai, I'll tell you." Zhang Qinghua stopped Zhang Qingguo. Asking Ai'ai would be like reopening her wounds and making her suffer again, and Zhang Qinghua couldn't bear it.
Anyway, things need to be resolved tonight, so the Qing Kingdom needs to know this as well.
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