Chi Dashan asked Chi Sihai to go buy some things, while he stayed behind to keep his wife company.
"Honey, everything will be alright. Didn't you see Uncle Li and Tangtang say that as long as you take good care of yourself, you'll be fine?"
Chi Dashan felt incredibly sorry for his wife when he saw her with red eyes and tears streaming down her face.
The man sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) with one leg to the side, pulled the vulnerable woman into his arms, and gently comforted her.
Looking at his wife's thick black hair, he could vaguely see two white hairs, and his heart ached.
My wife is only twenty-six years old, and she already has gray hair.
"Waaah, Brother Dashan, what should I do? I'm so scared I won't be able to keep this baby." Sister-in-law Chi cried her heart out in her husband's arms.
She was genuinely worried.
She had different expectations for this child.
"Little sister, you must know that God has been very good to us, giving us two obedient and well-behaved children. Even if this child cannot be saved, as long as you are safe and sound, that is better than anything else."
These are Chi Dashan's true feelings.
He already has two sons, so he doesn't have such a strong obsession with having offspring.
While having more children would certainly be good, he naturally preferred his wife to his children.
"But I want it."
"Then let's take good care of him. Don't worry, we have money, right? We'll use our own money to take good care of him, so you won't feel burdened. Just one thing, don't think about Li Mingrong anymore."
Since you're so concerned about your younger brother, think about it. Li Mingrong already carries the weight of Grandma's life on his shoulders. If it were you... wouldn't his sins be even heavier? He might not be able to atone for it even in his next life.”
As Chi Dashan embraced his wife, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
That damned Li Mingrong!
It's like a persistent ghost.
"Waaah, I don't know if what I did was right. I... I was worried that my parents would blame me if they found out."
Sister-in-law Chi was extremely conflicted.
She has both love and resentment for her younger brother.
There was consideration for their parents, but also a weighing of options.
In short, it's extremely contradictory.
She didn't know if her parents would complain about her actions later.
"Silly wife, have you forgotten? It was your father who said that if he saw Li Mingrong again, he would beat him to death."
"But……"
"Then let me ask you this: if you keep Li Mingrong here and take him to meet your parents, do you really think your father-in-law will be happy? Putting aside everything else, I'm afraid your sister-in-law won't be happy, right? Your parents-in-law live with your brother and sister-in-law now. If you make your sister-in-law unhappy, what will happen to your parents when they get old?"
This is a very real problem.
Since we're counting on Li Mingfan and his wife to support us in our old age, we should consider their perspective.
Especially Li Mingfan's wife's thoughts.
Yes, Li Mingfan's wife isn't that bad.
But a thorn stuck in your heart will only grow deeper and hurt more!
What will we do then?
It will become infected sooner or later.
"well……"
Sister-in-law Chi didn't know what to say.
No matter how you deal with everyday family matters, there will always be drawbacks.
She could only choose the option with fewer drawbacks.
Thinking about it this way, her approach was pretty much the best one.
"How did Li Mingrong turn out like this?... He married the wrong woman..." Sister-in-law Chi murmured.
Just like any other mother-in-law or sister-in-law in the world.
In Chi's sister-in-law's opinion, Li Mingrong's act of stealing money must have been instigated by his daughter-in-law!
At the very least, it must have been his wife who brought it up first!
He only did this because he couldn't resist his wife's insistence.
Even though he thought this way, Li Mingrong was still wrong, but it made him feel a little better.
"Yes, you're right."
Chi Dashan didn't argue with his wife about such a trivial matter.
In his view, Li Mingrong's matter was not a big deal. He just needed to say a few words to his wife to make her feel better.
What else could there be?
"...I wonder what's wrong with Xingxing? Is she adjusting well? Is she hurt? What if she gets homesick?"
She kept rambling on and on, and somehow the conversation drifted to Xingxing.
When talking about her eldest son, Sister-in-law Chi also had concerns, but they were completely different from her concerns about Li Mingrong.
She held her breath, extremely worried: "Xingxing is good in every way, but he's too domineering and straightforward, with a... well, a kind of江湖 (jianghu) mentality? I don't know who he got it from, but I'm really worried that he'll suffer in the future."
The outside world is different from home, where there are people to back him up and people to give in to him.
"Xingxing isn't stupid. He'll definitely restrain himself when he's out. Besides, there's still Chenyi, isn't there? With Chenyi around, our Xingxing won't suffer any losses."
Chi Dashan spent a long time trying to reassure his wife before she finally fell asleep.
Even though he was asleep, his brows were still tightly furrowed, clearly indicating that he was quite uneasy even in his sleep.
"Oh, you, where do you get so many things to worry about? Why do you have to worry about everything?"
Chi Dashan lectured his sleeping wife for a while, covered her with a blanket, and then turned and left.
He went to the main room in the inner courtyard.
The room was packed with people.
Everyone was circling around An'an.
Especially Shiro, who held onto his brother's hand and wouldn't let go.
However, Shiro's eyes were red, as if he had been crying bitterly.
As soon as Chi Dashan entered, he heard An'an say, "No matter what, she is my biological mother. I don't blame her. I want to go and kowtow to her."
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