Meng Tao heard Grandma Xu say: It's a rare occasion that Old Xu is free to come back at noon today, and they will probably talk about family matters at the dinner table, so it would be inappropriate to invite the guests to come and have dinner together, so please ask them to eat in their respective courtyards.

Meng Tao thought this was a good idea, as it would save her from having to look at a few small white flowers of unknown species swaying in front of her, which would affect her appetite.

Pan Lina didn't want to show up in front of everyone at this time. Meng Tao saw clearly that Pan Lina's face was scratched by Wu Hong with three bloody marks. She was so concerned about her appearance that she didn't have time to eat. I'm afraid she was anxious to find a doctor. I don't know if she and Wu Hong have ended the "war" or who won in the end? Meng Tao didn't tell Xu Granny and Wu Danning about the fight. It was a conflict between Wu Hong and Pan Lina. Maybe they wanted to solve it peacefully in private after the fight. She didn't say anything more.

Everyone sat around the table. Grandpa Xu and Uncle Xu asked Meng Tao with concern whether she had had a good rest. Cousin Xu told Meng Tao that he was not very busy these days. If Meng Tao wanted to go out and have fun, and Shen Yu was not free, the cousin could be her driver and guide.

Meng Tao thanked her cousin and said that she would listen to her grandmother and stay at home to have a good rest for two days.

Uncle Xu laughed when he heard this. Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu looked at their well-behaved granddaughter-in-law and smiled with their eyes narrowed.

While serving the soup, Grandpa Xu asked his eldest daughter-in-law, "Why is Lina not here?"

Wu Danning: "Lina is with her friends."

Grandma Xu picked up a chicken wing and put it in Meng Tao's bowl, and said to Grandpa Xu: "Lina is an adult now. She will naturally look for food when she is hungry. Aren't you busy enough? Why are you meddling in so much?"

Grandpa Xu: "If you can't manage it, can't I ask?"

"What can't I do?"

"Lina, I didn't see her at dinner yesterday. You said she went out to play with friends. Go ahead and play, but is it ok for her to stay out at night and not come back? If I hadn't seen the relatives of the Deng family waiting for Yu'er and Taotao with us in the middle of the night, and asked where Lina was, I wouldn't have known about it. I didn't see her at noon today. Is she still staying out tonight? How can a married woman stay at someone else's house every day?"

Grandma Xu: “…”

Can she be blamed for this? She is still angry, who can she blame?

Wu Danning said, "Dad, Lina had a great time playing with her friends outside yesterday. It was too late and she was too lazy to come back, so she called me and told me that she lives in Gu's house with Gu Panpan, the little girl of the Gu family. The two families know each other well, so it's okay."

"That won't do. You should have sent a car to pick her up when she called. The child is naive, and you don't understand either. Hengze's work is important, and he's not at home. As grandmothers and mothers-in-law, you should pay more attention to Lina. After she marries, she's your own child. You should teach her and take care of her. Don't wait until something unexpected happens and then it's too late to regret."

Wu Danning: "I know, Dad. Lina, she came back this morning."

"Why don't you come to lunch?"

Wu Danning: “…”

She didn't know either. It was a big family with a communal dining system. Usually, everyone came by themselves at mealtime. If they didn't come on time, the nanny would call them. If they didn't want to eat at the table, they would tell the nanny. Of course, they would make an excuse that they were not feeling well and could not come, and ask the nanny to take them there. But today, the nanny didn't come to reply.

Grandma Xu said, "Why else? Lina did something wrong. I told them to eat lunch in their own yard and not to come over. I don't have time to scold people now."

Uncle Xu looked at his wife and asked, "Lina, what did you do wrong again?"

Taotao just arrived in the middle of the night and was catching up on sleep. She didn't get a few hours of sleep, so she was not in good spirits and definitely didn't want to talk to anyone. But Lina didn't know how to talk properly, and she was annoying as soon as she opened her mouth. Didn't they start a quarrel? Taotao came to her grandma first because she felt wronged, but Lina was at fault and didn't come. "

Uncle Xu: “…”

Xu Hengkai looked at Meng Tao and saw that she looked calm and was quietly eating chicken wings, so he didn't ask anything and just lowered his head to continue eating.

He already knew what happened in Guangshi. Shen Yu also said that Taotao was born with some strength and had trained with Meng Zhehan. She could handle not only weak women like Pan Lina, but even a few street thugs, so there was no need to worry that Taotao would suffer.

Even though Taotao beat up Pan Lina, Xu Hengkai thought it was quite normal: who wouldn’t be annoyed when being disturbed for no reason during their break?

Grandpa Xu's face darkened, and he said to Grandma Xu: "Look at you, old woman, what are you doing all day? You knew Taotao was coming back on a night flight and was taking compensatory leave, so why couldn't you ask someone to look after her?"

Wu Danning hurriedly said, "Dad, it's not Mom's fault. It's my fault. I went to discuss something with Mom early in the morning and forgot to take care of Taotao."

"You guys are always like this, not knowing what's important and what's not, you're just busy all day long."

"Yes, I will correct it." Wu Daning replied.

Meng Tao: “…”

The discussion at the dinner table started with her, but she didn't know what to say, and it was not appropriate for her to interrupt the adults' conversation.

Seeing that my aunt is already this old, and heard that she holds an important position in the unit, but she is like a primary school student in front of Grandpa Xu, I couldn't help but secretly stick out my tongue: Meng Zhehan is right, it is indeed difficult to be a daughter-in-law in a family like the Xu family, there are a lot of rules.

Fortunately, she moved back to the Shen residence after the wedding.

Then I heard Grandpa Xu say to me, "Taotao, go back and have a good rest after dinner. When Grandpa knows about this, he will ask Lina to apologize to you."

Meng Tao replied: "I'm fine, Grandpa. I was a little annoyed at first, but I'm much better now."

Grandma Xu said to Grandpa Xu, "Let the child eat first. It won't be too late to talk after dinner."

Grandpa Xu nodded, stopped talking, and started eating seriously.

Unexpectedly, before Grandpa Xu finished his meal, Pan Lina came running in and rushed into the restaurant regardless of the staff outside trying to stop her, crying and calling for her grandparents, feeling aggrieved. Behind her followed Gu Panpan, who looked angry and wanted to stand up for someone who was wronged.

Meng Tao couldn't help laughing when she saw Pan Lina's appearance at this time: I don't know which doctor she found, and the bandage was so weird. It may also be that Wu Hong later tried harder and scratched more wounds on Pan Lina's cheeks, so the doctor divided her face into three areas and bandaged her horizontally, including the chin and part of the neck, nose, and forehead, leaving only the mouth and eyes exposed. The entire head was covered with white gauze. If you didn't know, you would think this was a seriously injured person.

(End of this chapter)