Aunt Chi's face immediately fell, and she asked in an annoyed tone, "Why did you bring him back?"
"That kid's been squatting right outside our door, saying his parents ran away and left him here. What can I do? He's such a tiny little kid, are we really going to just ignore him?"
Chi Sanhe grabbed his hair in frustration.
What kind of mess is this?
Aunt Chi rolled her eyes in exasperation, urging her sons, "Go find him quickly! Are you really going to keep him around?"
She had no intention of raising Li Mingrong's son!
The brothers immediately ran out to look for it.
They searched for over an hour, turning Pinghe Town upside down, but still couldn't find Li Mingrong and his wife.
The group returned with their stomachs growling with hunger.
"No."
"I heard that someone saw the couple heading towards the city gate. I gave the guard some money and asked around. It turns out that Li Mingrong and his wife left Pinghe Town. As for where they went, I don't know."
The old couple's expressions were... well, let's not even go there.
However, because his daughter-in-law was there, he could only swallow his anger and didn't say anything too harsh.
Sister-in-law Chi watched her nephew wolfing down his food. Her eyes were red, but she didn't shed a tear.
The tenderness I felt for my younger brother and all those conflicting thoughts are gone now.
She was thinking:
Brother, when you abandoned Lehuai, didn't you consider my situation?
Can't you tell what my in-laws' attitude is, what the Chi family's attitude is?
You knew perfectly well that my in-laws didn't want it, yet you stubbornly abandoned the child. What, do you want my in-laws to raise your son for you?
You just left, but what about me?
Have you thought about how I will establish myself in my husband's family, and what I will experience there?
When you left, you saw that I was pregnant and my stomach was hurting. Didn't you ever think that I might not be able to handle it?
hehe.
That's true. In your heart, you can abandon your parents and ignore your grandmother, so what about me?
You can leave now.
It's better that they've left.
From now on, I will pretend I don't have a younger brother like you.
That way, my heart won't be fried in oil, filled with both resentment and longing for you.
That's fine, you've left me with nothing but resentment towards you.
"Honey, if something's wrong, just say it. Don't keep it to yourself. Uncle Li said your mood is very important, it will affect the baby."
Chi Dashan was quite frightened when he saw his wife laughing and crying at the same time.
Has he driven his wife crazy?
"Father and Mother," Sister-in-law Chi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and calmly faced her parents-in-law, "I'm so sorry for causing you trouble."
In any case, her husband's family has no obligation to take care of Lehuai.
Now that she's allowed in, it means that she'll support her nephew out of respect for her.
But on what basis?
The elderly couple from the Chi family exchanged a glance but said nothing else.
Now, the most important thing is for my daughter-in-law to give birth to my grandson safely.
"Oh, it's nothing to apologize for. For your sake, we won't say a word even if you asked us to let Li Mingrong and his wife stay, let alone let Le Huai stay."
Aunt Chi said with a smile.
This drew speechless glares from others.
That's not what we said before, is it?
Mom, when did you learn to be two-faced?
Aunt Chi awkwardly touched her nose.
It wasn't that she was two-faced, but rather that she had realized that her eldest daughter-in-law was more important.
“Father and Mother, I’m glad you think that way. However, Le Huai’s surname is Li, so it doesn’t make sense for the Chi family to raise him. But… I’m worried that Li Mingrong and his wife haven’t gone far, and are waiting for us to send Le Huai to my mother’s place so they can secretly follow us…”
I'm afraid they'll bother my parents' family. So, I want to keep Le Huai at home for now, and after a month or two, once I'm sure they've left, I'll send Le Huai back to my parents.
Back then, my sister-in-law harbored resentment towards Li Mingrong, and considering my father's attitude, I was genuinely worried that if Li Mingrong found out about them, my parents would be constantly arguing and fighting.
Her parents are so old, she really doesn't want them to worry every day.
Then there's Li Mingrong...
It would be better to die outside.
“We understand what you’re saying. No matter what, he’s still our own son. Even if he’s not up to par, we can’t bear to leave him to die. Fine then. Anyway, Lehuai is just a little baby. How much can he eat? You can keep him in your room.”
Aunt Chi was very magnanimous this time.
Because we had no other options.
Just as the eldest daughter-in-law had figured out, what if that bastard Li Mingrong was secretly watching?
That won't do.
"Thank you, Father and Mother."
Sister-in-law Chi was very moved and stood up to bow to her parents-in-law with a simple and honest manner.
"Oh dear, look at what you're doing! Why are you all doing all this nonsense?" Aunt Chi held her daughter-in-law's hand, her smile smoothing out the wrinkles around her eyes. "Right now, all I hope for is that you can give birth to your child safely. Whether it's a grandson or a granddaughter, your safety is the most important thing."
She already has so many grandchildren, but she doesn't really care much for them.
As long as my eldest daughter-in-law is safe and sound and can grow old with Dashan, that's better than anything else!
"Um."
Sister-in-law Chi nodded emphatically, feeling incredibly fortunate to have married into such a family.
The family agreed and prepared to have dinner.
Le Huai was very honest and would do whatever he was told. He was even a little timid and didn't dare to look people in the eye.
Those who saw it were filled with sighs.
The children are the most pitiful.
Sigh, it's all a tragedy.
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