Li Yanhong's heart sank when she saw his reaction: "Don't tell me you really have other intentions."
"I happened to be shopping with your sister and brother-in-law that day. We were originally going to eat at that restaurant, but I didn't expect to see you eating there with a young girl."
She got angry when she thought about it: "You, you are going to piss me off to death!"
"No." Lin Jun explained, "She said she wanted to treat me to a meal that day to thank me for saving her."
"My promotion required her father's approval, but it had nothing to do with me saving her. It was just a coincidence."
Li Yanhong refused to listen: "She invited you to dinner and you went? Couldn't you have taken your wife along to avoid suspicion?"
Lin Jun: "I didn't think about it at the time, and I only treated her as a sister. She also said that she wanted to recognize me as a brother. How could I, a person with a family business, have casual relationships with men and women? Mom, you think too much."
Li Yanhong stared at him for a long time, and found no signs of lying or guilt, so she felt relieved.
He muttered, "Being brother and sister is not okay. If they are not blood relatives, it's not okay. Have you told your wife about this? If your wife agrees, then I have nothing to say. If your wife doesn't agree, forget about recognizing us as sisters. Stay away from that girl!"
"Besides, you don't have any feelings for her. Can you guarantee that she doesn't have any feelings for you?"
Lin Jun felt that he couldn't explain it clearly to his mother: "Her father is the leader of my current department. I don't want to offend him too much."
"Besides, she's young, beautiful, and from a wealthy family. How could she possibly fall for your son? I'm not particularly popular. Mom, please stop saying that. It'll make people laugh if it gets out."
Li Yanhong was too lazy to continue arguing with her stupid son: "Anyway, you can't let your wife down. Think about how your father treated me. You were not young when I divorced your father. You saw everything that happened back then."
"Son, I don't ask you to be very capable in this life, but I ask you not to learn from your father. No matter how young or good at coaxing women outside, we can't let them coax us into losing our conscience."
"Your wife has been with you through thick and thin for so many years. Mom and her always argue, but apart from whether she's been good or bad to me, she's never been bad to you. You can't lose your conscience..."
The conversation between the mother and son in the alley could still be heard intermittently.
Outside the alley, Sun Miao's face was already covered in tears.
My throat felt like it was clogged with cotton and I couldn't utter a single word.
Duan Qinya, who was standing next to her, blushed and felt ashamed for the first time. She still remembered that she had just sworn to her daughter that she had seen many people like Li Yanhong, and that she couldn't bear to see her son and daughter-in-law have happy marriages if her own marriage was unhappy.
She also said that Li Yanhong would definitely speak ill of her daughter to her son-in-law in private, using the fact that her daughter could not have children as an excuse, and urging the couple to divorce as soon as possible.
But after listening for such a long time, from beginning to end, I didn't hear a single bad word. Instead, every word was in favor of her daughter.
Even someone as stubborn as Duan Qinya had to admit at this moment that for so many years... she had misjudged her relative Li Yanhong.
When I turned around to leave, my daughter pulled my clothes from behind.
Sun Miao cried so hard that her face turned red: "Mom, where are you going?"
Duan Qinya felt a little uncomfortable: "I'll go get some more dishes."
This time they invited Li Yanhong's family to dinner, and when ordering dishes, she deliberately ordered cheap ones in order to fool people.
I feel that Li Yanhong is not presentable and does not deserve any good banquet.
But now...
Order! Choose the more expensive ones! Order the harder ones!
"Mother-in-law, have this. I know the chef here and just asked him to make his signature dish. It takes a lot of effort, and he usually doesn't make it."
Li Yanhong didn't expect that after she and her eldest son came back, they would face Duan Qinya's sarcasm and questioning.
On the contrary, Duan Qinya's enthusiasm made her feel uneasy.
Not only did he specially order the restaurant chef's specialty dish for her, he also called her "mother-in-law" all the time... Li Yanhong got goosebumps.
I racked my brains but couldn't figure out what Duan Qinya was planning by doing this.
She didn't even dare to touch the food that was put into her bowl.
She was afraid that Duan Qinya had some tricks up her sleeve.
Before Sun Miao had time to digest the shock from his 'mother-in-law', Duan Qinya was already pushing Sun Miao and winking at him.
Duan Qinya: "Miaomiao, what are you doing standing there? Can't you see that the rice in your mother-in-law's bowl is cold?"
"Why don't you change a bowl for your mother-in-law? How come this kid has no taste at all?"
Li Yanhong: “!!!”
Before she could react, Sun Miao quickly snatched her bowl, stood up without saying a word and went to exchange it for hot food.
Li Yanhong, who was left to realize it later, stretched out her hand in shock towards her eldest daughter-in-law's back.
Duan Qinya: "It's okay, just let her go. She and Xiaojun have been married for so many years and she hasn't said anything about being filial to you as her mother-in-law."
"I've always felt that she shouldn't be like this. This girl is spoiled by me and her father. She's greedy and lazy. Mother-in-law, please don't argue with her. Just think of her as ignorant."
As she was talking, she even changed her seat and sat next to Li Yanhong.
Pulling Li Yanhong, he spoke earnestly, "Before, she was ignorant. I always thought that the child had not grown up yet, and that her father and I would take care of her no matter what. But now that Old Sun and I are getting older, I realize that my previous thoughts are wrong..."
"Oh, that's so wrong!"
Li Yanhong: “……?”
She was so frightened that she didn't dare to answer.
What kind of approach is this?
How could a person who normally has his eyes on top of his head and rolls his eyes if you say one more word to her actually admit that he was wrong in front of her?
No, she must be dreaming, or the food she just ate was poisonous and she had a seizure.
Duan Qinya acted as if she didn't notice how uncomfortable Li Yanhong was. She held her hand and continued to speak, "Mother-in-law, let's be honest, children can't stay ignorant forever, right?"
"As parents, we can't always shield our children from the wind and rain under our umbrellas. Don't you agree?"
Li Yanhong looked at her hand being pulled with horror: "...Yes."
As soon as she said it, she regretted it.
I wonder if Duan Qinya is waiting for her here?
Dig a hole and wait for her to jump into it.
She deliberately led her to continue talking, and then if she said something wrong, Duan Qinya would immediately turn hostile and blame her, saying that it was no wonder she didn't feel sorry for her daughter-in-law since she was not her biological daughter.
Sensing the danger, Li Yanhong immediately changed her tune: "It's good that you have your parents to protect you, little girl. When I was young, I didn't have parents to protect me. Xiaojun knew that I was almost bullied to death by my in-laws."
"So, it doesn't matter whether Miaomiao is sensible or not, as long as she doesn't suffer any injustice, it's fine."
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