Chapter 128
The wooden door creaked open, and warm yellow light poured out. Mu Qingxuan supported Chen Hongxia, who was crying so hard that her legs were weak, into the house.
Yao Jinglan came out of the kitchen upon hearing the sound, still holding a flour-stained apron in her hand, and her cloudy eyes widened instantly.
"Hongxia, what's wrong with you?"
She stepped forward tremblingly, her heart suddenly tightening.
Having been neighbors for decades, Yao Jinglan treated Chen Hongxia as half a daughter-in-law.
She had never seen Chen Hongxia, who was always strong, so distraught.
Mu Qingxuan walked quickly to the eight-immortals table, and the water in the thermos kettle gurgled into the enamel cup, with the rising hot steam floating in the air.
She carefully handed over the warm water, then took out a handkerchief and gently covered the back of Chen Hongxia's trembling hand, allowing her to wipe her tears.
"Aunt Chen, drink some water first."
The moment the cup touched the other person's fingertips, she was surprised to find that Chen Hongxia's body temperature was as cold as ice.
Chen Hongxia's nails dug deeply into the wall of the cup, and her knuckles turned blue and white.
She stared at the white mist rising from the cup. Her throat felt like it was stuffed with a ball of water-soaked cotton, and it took her a long time to squeeze out broken syllables.
"Sun Hongtao...he cheated..."
Before she finished her words, her tears burst into the water like a dam breaking, creating ripples all over.
"What?!"
Mu Qingxuan was shocked.
She squatted down and looked Chen Hongxia in the eye, her eyes swept over her red and swollen wrist, and suddenly remembered the dispute outside the hospital just now.
Mu Qingxuan's breathing suddenly became rapid, and she asked, "Is it with Shi Jingyu?"
Yao Jinglan also gasped. The old man fell into a bamboo chair, his hand on his chest and muttered, "What a sin... Didn't Shi Jingyu say that she was abused by her husband, so she came to your house and stayed for a few days..."
Suddenly all the hairs on her body stood up.
Chen Hongxia suddenly coughed violently and buried her face in her knees, her voice muffled by the cloth: "I saw it with my own eyes... they were in the house..."
With a creak, Huo Changfeng pushed open the half-open wooden door, and the cold wind rushed into the main room carrying a few dead leaves.
As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he heard Chen Hongxia's hoarse and trembling voice: "He just said that Mom did this without telling him."
These words made the air in the room freeze instantly.
Huo Changfeng frowned and looked at Mu Qingxuan subconsciously.
The warm yellow light shone on Mu Qingxuan. She was staring at Chen Hongxia intently, her eyes full of worry and concern, and she didn't notice the look from Huo Changfeng at all.
Mu Qingxuan's face was terribly gloomy. She held Chen Hongxia's cold hand tightly, and her voice trembled slightly with anger.
"Sun Hongtao looks honest, but I didn't expect him to do such a thing. How despicable!"
As she spoke, she gently patted the back of Chen Hongxia's hand, trying to comfort her: "You did such a disgusting thing to clarify, but you still threw dirty water on your elders. What kind of man are you!"
Chen Hongxia's eyes were evasive and she didn't dare to look anyone in the eye.
She bit her pale lips and spoke with difficulty: "He said...his mother wanted to have a grandson, so she asked Shi Jingyu to come home without telling him, and she locked the door..."
At this point, her voice was choked with sobs and she couldn't continue, tears welled up in her eyes again.
"ah?"
Mu Qingxuan's eyes widened, her face full of shock and confusion.
She turned to look at Yao Jinglan beside her, but saw that the old man had a frown on his face and a thoughtful expression on his wrinkled face.
Yao Jinglan sighed softly and hesitated to speak.
Her skinny fingers stroked the edge of her apron, and her cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, as if she remembered something.
She opened her mouth, looked at Chen Hongxia hesitantly, and finally said, "I remember Shi Jingyu...was abused by her husband because she couldn't have children."
The old man sighed, "But in fact... it's not that Shi Jingyu can't give birth, it's that her husband doesn't have the ability."
Mu Qingxuan was stunned, her brows furrowed tightly, and her gaze moved from Chen Hongxia's lowered face to Yao Jinglan.
She asked curiously, "Grandma, how did you know?"
She subconsciously leaned closer to Yao Jinglan.
The kerosene lamp on the eight-immortals table flickered, making the wrinkles on Yao Jinglan's face even deeper.
"well……"
Yao Jinglan sighed and patted Chen Hongxia's back gently with her skinny hands.
"In the first few years after Shi Jingyu and her husband got married, her stomach was still not moving, and the couple had many quarrels. Later, her husband brought Shi Jingyu to see your grandfather, asking for a prescription for treatment."
Yao Jinglan looked at Mu Qingxuan again and explained, "You were only six years old at that time, playing in the mud in the living room, how could you remember these things?"
Mu Qingxuan tilted her head. She really didn't remember.
"Your grandfather took their pulses."
Yao Jinglan's voice suddenly became low. "But the fact is that the man's kidney energy is insufficient and he can't have a baby. But the boy has a bad temper and insists that it's Shi Jingyu's fault."
Yao Jinglan suddenly clenched her fists.
"It's ok that Shi Jingyu's husband didn't admit it, but he almost beat up your grandfather as well."
Having said this, Yao Jinglan's face suddenly turned gloomy, and a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
Chen Hongxia curled up in the rattan chair, her fingertips tightly gripping the rim of the cup.
A broken whimper came from her throat, like a wounded cub.
"Sun Hongtao just told me that my mother thinks I can't have a child, and Shi Jingyu happens to need a child, so she wants Shi Jingyu to help me have one."
Her voice became softer and softer, as if every word she spoke took all her strength.
"It's just that when Sun Hongtao first learned about my plan, he rejected it fiercely. I didn't expect that today I would go all out and directly lock them both in a room, and also..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and the hot tears hit the enamel cup, splashing tiny water droplets.
Chen Hongxia suddenly started coughing violently, and her body trembled with sobs.
Yao Jinglan hurriedly reached out to pat her on the back, but felt the protruding edges of her shoulder blades, which were too thin to touch.
Mu Qingxuan felt her temples throbbing and the knuckles of her fingers that were clutching the handkerchief turned white.
She wiped the tear marks on his cheek with her fingertips and said indignantly: "Even if we are locked in a room, if he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to do it."
Her voice suddenly rose: "After all, he made the mistake himself!"
Huo Changfeng subconsciously looked up and met Mu Qingxuan's angry eyes.
The pair of almond-shaped eyes were wide open, and the eyelashes were stained with tears of indignation for Chen Hongxia.
But it was like a poisoned arrow shooting straight at him.
"I?"
Huo Changfeng looked innocent.
He looked at his fiancée's face which suddenly turned cold, his Adam's apple rolled uneasily twice, feeling a little helpless.
Mu Qingxuan was getting angry when there was another hurried knock on the door.
Huo Changfeng frowned, thinking it was Grandma Sun again, and hurriedly said, "I'll go out and take a look."
Mu Qingxuan watched him leave.
After a while, Huo Changfeng shouted, "Xuanxuan, come and save people! Someone is going to die!"
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