Liu Shufen took her daughter back to her room: "Qianqian, tell your mother, did they force you?"
"No, Mother, why would you think that?"
"No?" Liu Shufen didn't believe it. "Before your sister-in-law came, I never heard you mention wanting to be a teacher at the military district primary school. How come you want to be a teacher at the military district primary school as soon as your sister-in-law arrives?"
"Mother, this has nothing to do with my sister-in-law."
"How can you be so naive? I think your sister-in-law is behind this. She said your sister-in-law is incredibly savage. She said her brother wanted to buy her house, so she went to their house and started a massacre. Qianqian, tell me, did she force you to do this?"
"No. Mother, my sister-in-law's older brother doesn't actually want to buy my sister-in-law's house; he wants it for free."
"What do you mean by 'free'? Your sister-in-law said that her older brother originally wanted to find you and Xiaohan better jobs. But your sister-in-law went to their house and made a scene, and your sister-in-law said that her brother had already given those two jobs to other people."
Qianqian thought it was impossible and said, "Mom, that house belongs to my sister-in-law, not to me and Xiaohan."
“She’s Xiaohan’s older sister. If Xiaohan becomes a leader, won’t she benefit from it too? You guys just don’t know how to do the math.”
Qianqian couldn't argue with Liu Shufen: "Mom, let's not talk about this anymore. Mom, things are pretty chaotic outside right now. Why don't you and Dad come with me to the military region? My dad is a professor, he'll definitely be popular there."
Liu Shufen glared at Qianqian: "I'm not going, and you're not allowed to go either. Oh, right, I forgot to ask earlier, is Xiaohan also going to be a teacher in the military region?"
"He's not going."
Liu Shufen's face darkened immediately: "He enjoys himself in Beijing, and then sends you to that godforsaken place to be a primary school teacher. What is he planning to do? And you, you just go wherever someone tells you to go?"
"Mother, Xiaohan is doing this for my own good."
"For your own good? For your own good, you mean sending you to be a teacher in some godforsaken place? Everyone else moves to bustling areas, but you, you're moving from the capital to the desolate countryside?" Liu Shufen tapped Qianqian's forehead: "How can you be so stupid?"
"I... Mother, Xiaohan said the situation is getting worse."
Liu Shufen pursed her lips: "What does he know? Your father's friends all say it's nothing. Your sister-in-law also said that as long as she's there, our family will be fine."
"Mother, Xiaohan said..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Shufen interrupted her: "He's just a country boy, what would he know about these things? Alright, that's enough. In short, your mother won't let you go. If you insist on going, then I won't take care of you anymore."
“Mother,” Qianqian tugged at Liu Shufen’s arm and shook it, “Mother, please don’t abandon me, Mother.”
Liu Shufen looked at her daughter with a doting smile: "If you don't behave, I won't take care of you anymore."
Qianqian shook Liu Shufen's arm again: "Mom, please don't abandon me, Mom."
"Stop shaking him. If you shake him any more, I'll get dizzy. Let me tell you, there's another reason why I don't want you to go. Although Xiaohan comes from the countryside, he's handsome, a college graduate, and has a good job. Aren't you afraid he'll be kidnapped if you leave him here alone?"
Qianqian smiled shyly: "Mother, Xiaohan said that I'm the only one in his heart."
Liu Shufen tapped Qianqian's forehead again: "Silly child, you believe such things? Let me tell you, when a man wants to deceive a woman, he can say anything. I suspect they have ulterior motives for sending you to teach in the military region."
"Mother, you're overthinking it. Xiaohan just thinks it's not safe for me to stay here, so she wants me to go out and hide for a while."
Liu Shufen looked at Qianqian and said, "It's not that I'm overthinking things, it's that you're thinking too simply. I didn't want you to marry him back then, firstly because I felt he wasn't good enough for you, and secondly because I thought he married you to get your father to help him. Now that your father is in trouble, he wants to take you away. I think he might have his eye on someone else."
"No. Xiaohan isn't that kind of person."
"You can know a person's face but not their heart. I've seen this kind of thing too many times. I had a friend who was just like you, and she married a man from the countryside. Her father was afraid she would suffer, so he helped them open a shop. Later, after that man became rich, he divorced my friend. He immediately married someone else after the divorce. That woman wasn't as pretty or as virtuous as my friend, but someone in her family was an official. I suspect that Xiaohan is like that man, feeling that your father can't help him anymore, so she wants to divorce you and then find someone who can help her to marry."
"Mother, Xiaohan is really not that kind of person."
"Then why did he take you away? No, he wanted to take our whole family away. If we left, he could do whatever he wanted."
“Mother, Xiaohan is my father’s student. My father knows Xiaohan’s character very well.”
"Your father has devoted all his energy to his studies. Qianqian, your mother would never harm you. I have seen and know a lot. So, you must listen to your mother."
"Mother, I have already promised Xiaohan."
“Even if I agreed, I can’t go. By the way,” Liu Shufen remembered Qianqian telling her before that she was afraid of Xiaoman, “Aren’t you afraid of your sister-in-law anymore?”
"Afraid."
"Then why did you go to the military region with her?"
"I……"
Liu Shufen looked at Qianqian: "Here, if you need anything, we can help you. But if you go to the military region, you'll only be able to ask your sister-in-law for help. Do you dare ask your sister-in-law for help?"
"This...I..."
As they were talking, Feng Bowen came in: "What are you two whispering about? Xiaohan and I have already played two games of chess and you're still not done talking?"
Qianqian: "Dad, you're back?"
Feng Bowen: "Hmm."
Liu Shufen: "Bowen, your student might be having ulterior motives."
Feng Bowen didn't react immediately: "Which student?"
Liu Shufen: "Who else could it be? Your good son-in-law, of course."
Feng Bowen: "Minor Cold?"
Liu Shufen: "Mm."
Feng Bowen: "Impossible. I know that child. Qianqian, did you and Xiaohan have a fight?"
Qianqian: "No. Xiaohan thinks I'm not safe here, so he wants me to become a teacher at the elementary school in his brother-in-law's military district. I told my mother, and she suspected Xiaohan had ulterior motives." Although Qianqian didn't believe it, her mother's words made her a little uneasy: "Dad, Xiaohan isn't that kind of person, right?"
Feng Bowen: "Yes."
Liu Shufen glared at Feng Bowen: "What do you mean, 'right'? If he didn't have ulterior motives, why would he insist on sending Qianqian away?"
Feng Bowen: "Isn't he worried that it's not safe for Qianqian to stay here?"
Liu Shufen: "What's unsafe? Didn't you ask? Your friends all said it's fine. I also asked my group of old girlfriends, and they said it's fine too."
“This…” Feng Bowen thought for a moment, “Maybe they’re just young people who are timid.”
Liu Shufen disagreed: "Didn't we already tell him it was okay?"
Feng Bowen: "Well... I'll go ask him."
Liu Shufen: "We'll go with you."
Feng Bowen: "Okay."
After Liu Shufen came out, she pulled her daughter to sit opposite Xiaohan. Feng Bowen originally wanted to sit next to Xiaohan, but Liu Shufen called him over to her and Qianqian's side.
Xiao Han glanced at the family of three across from her and thought: Why does this look a bit like a joint trial?
After sitting down, Liu Shufen stared into Xiao Han's eyes and said, "Wang Xiao Han, do you want to take my daughter away because you have someone else in your heart?"
Xiao Han was taken aback for a moment: "Qianqian, is that what you think too?"
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