Seeing that his wife was picking on their eldest daughter again, Ji Yong's eyelids drooped. He lifted one foot and slowly wiped the water off it with a foot towel.
When speaking, he said slowly and calmly, "You said Xiaoling had a problem. She didn't tell her family about her pregnancy. Who did she tell? Logically, she should have told her mother about this kind of thing, why did she tell her father? Isn't a girl shy? Have you thought about these? You only know how to blame Xiaoling, and don't think about why the child didn't tell you."
"She holds a grudge against me, so she should at least tell me through you or Xiaoke, right? Haven't I done well enough these days? I don't ask her to forgive me, but I have been actively trying to ease the relationship, but she didn't even bat an eyelid. What do you want me to do?"
"She and Xiaoke were not close to begin with, what are you talking about? Come on, it's time to make fun of this. Go to the store tomorrow and call Xiaoling."
"Isn't she in school? Even if she gets a call, it'll be next week."
"Then do it next week. Don't think too much. The child didn't tell us, so we are embarrassed. But we also have to think about how we treated her as parents. We felt that she was redundant when nothing happened, and we felt that she didn't do well enough when something happened. How can there be such a good thing in the world? You can come when you call and go when you wave. Do you like others to treat you like this?"
Xu Fang was speechless after hearing what her husband said.
"It's getting late, go to bed." Ji Yong didn't pick on his daughter.
After their daughter became pregnant, it was obvious how much the Zhu family valued her. She was not the type who liked to trouble others, so she probably didn't want to make a phone call in front of everyone.
Ji Yong's guess was confirmed the next day when he went to the store and called Ji Jianhua.
"Xiaoling was picked up by her mother-in-law for a physical examination. She was taken directly back to the Zhu family and was not allowed to go back to her own home. How could she have the nerve to make a phone call in front of her parents-in-law?" Ji Yong told his wife the news he heard from his son.
"She is embarrassed to call us, so how can she feel comfortable calling Jianhua?" Xu Fang felt that her husband was so gullible, given such a big loophole.
Ji Yong opened his mouth several times. There were some things he knew but he had never told his wife because he thought she was too nosy. But now that he saw that his wife misunderstood their daughter, he decided not to hide it anymore.
"There was someone at Xiaoling's residence. Jianhua called and the person there answered the phone. That's when he found out about the situation."
"Who lives there?"
"It's none of your business who lives there."
Xu Fang also realized something was wrong at this time. She turned over and looked at her husband seriously, "Ji Yong, are you hiding something from me? And it's not a small matter. I am your wife and I live with you wholeheartedly. You are hiding it from me like this. You are treating me as an outsider."
"I don't want to tell you, isn't it because you're always like this, saying that Xiaoling did this wrong or that wrong? So I won't tell you. Since you said so, then fine, I'll tell you, anyway, you and Xiaoling have also said that you will no longer care about her affairs after she gets married." Ji Yong also got angry, "Listen carefully, Wang Sanmei is with Xiaoling. She ran away from home and went to the capital. She was almost sold. After she ran away, she found Xiaoling and didn't want to go home. Xiaoling took her in. I'm telling you about this today, and you don't tell the Wang family about it."
Xu Fangteng stood up immediately, "Ji Yong, you yelled at me? I want to ask what's wrong. As a husband and wife, you are hiding something from me, so I can't tell you? You think you are right, don't you?"
Seeing his wife like this, Ji Yong suddenly felt very tired. "Xu Fang, you were not like this before. Why are you being unreasonable now? In fact, none of this matters. You just don't like Xiaoling, so you are upset and don't like everything, right? And you still want to know about her situation. Don't you think you are torturing yourself? Why do you do this? Isn't it painful?"
Xu Fang's eyes turned red. She glared at her husband hatefully, then turned and left.
Ji Yong shook his head.
In fact, ever since their son sold his job, there has always been a rift between the couple. Although they don't quarrel, their relationship is very quiet and they have almost nothing to say.
He denied it, but in his heart he blamed his wife.
It was his wife who pushed their daughter away, and it was also because he turned a blind eye and always tried to smooth things over, which led to the situation today.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
Xu Fang went to work feeling aggrieved. Xiao Liu and a few other students in her class saw that she looked unhappy and did not dare to ask her more questions. It was not until noon that Xiao Liu asked her secretly.
"Sister Xu, did you have a fight with your brother-in-law?"
Xu Fang was too proud to admit it, and smiled, "No, it's Xiao Ke. She went back to take the joint entrance exam this time and got first in her grade. But today she wanted to go out and play because she didn't want to study. She got upset after I said a few words to her. You know she's a repeater, so what's the point of getting first place now? She needs to take the real college entrance exam to be successful."
"I don't think it's a big deal. You just set too high expectations for your children. But your children are also very hardworking. Your eldest daughter did well in the exam and got married well. Who wouldn't be envious now? The two daughters are competing with each other. It is precisely because Xiao Ke felt that she did not do well in the exam that she repeated the grade. This way, the readers will be more motivated."
Although he was talking about the younger daughter, Xiao Liu mentioned the older daughter more often, and the smile on Xu Fang's face became noticeably colder.
Then he said a few more words to change the topic.
As for Ji Ke, he went to Old Lady Zhu's place at noon.
Mrs. Zhu was in a good mood, thinking that she would be able to hold her great-grandson next year. She was even happier to see Ji Ke, and pulled her to talk, "I heard from Shaozhen that you went to take the exam. How did you do?"
"I got first place in the grade."
"Oh, you did well on the test."
Ji Ke looked into the room cautiously, "Isn't my brother-in-law here?"
"We went back to the construction site early in the morning." Old Mrs. Zhu said with a smile.
Ji Ke uttered an "oh" and looked disappointed.
"What's going on? Do you need help from your brother-in-law?"
Ji Ke shook his head. "It's not a big deal. My brother-in-law came over yesterday and told me that my sister is pregnant. After he left, my parents and mother got upset. They were angry that my sister didn't call home even though she was pregnant. I thought about talking to my brother-in-law and asking him to tell my sister to call home."
Mrs. Zhu nodded. "So that's the case. Maybe your sister doesn't have time. Everyone in the family is around her. Your aunt Kong said that your sister is very sleepy, so she forgot to call home. How about this, when Yaowu comes back, I'll ask him..."
"What do you want me to do?" Zhu Yaowu came in from outside. He glanced at Ji Ke unhappily. "If you want to tell Ji Ling, why don't you just call her? You don't know the phone number there, so why did you come here to ask my brother to call? Are you asking my brother to call, or are you blaming my brother for being too talkative?"
(End of this chapter)
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