After leaving the ward, Ye Man didn't go straight home. Instead, she took a detour to Song Qing's house. The incident her mother-in-law had caused was widely known in the family compound, and people looked at her with some strangeness, but Ye Man didn't care.
"Xiaoting?"
"Mother!"
Xiaoting couldn't sleep the first night she arrived. Her mother came to see her several times the next day, and with the kitten and An'an playing with her, she felt much better.
Ye Man picked her up, took out a box of cookies from her pocket and handed it to An'an and Sui Sui, "Thank you for playing with Xiaoting."
An'an took the biscuit and smiled immediately, but she was still puzzled. "Aunt Ye, you're so kind."
"Yes, it's not that we're playing with Xiaoting, it's that Xiaoting is playing with us."
Xiaoting is a little older than An'an, and their clothes are similar. They've started swapping clothes these past few days, like a new game they've discovered, and the two children are incredibly excited about it.
Ye Man: "Auntie was wrong. Are you still going to the back mountain later?"
"Yes, we're going to pick leaves for the goslings."
...
She talked with her daughter for a while before going home. On the way, she had already made up her mind to do what she had said in the ward. If she didn't like staying in the hospital, then she would stay there. She would also clear out the house so that Xiaoting could come back and live there.
At least for now, she still has a share in that house, so why should she give it to someone else?
When He Zhangcheng returned home, he found no one there and didn't know where she had gone. He could only sit in the living room and wait. Ye Man pushed open the door and saw the man sitting in the sunlight streaming through the window, his hands on his knees and his gaze fixed on her.
More than two days have passed since the incident, and the two have barely spoken a few words in the past two days. Besides Ye Man intentionally or unintentionally avoiding him, she was also afraid that talking to him would make Liu He more agitated.
The two looked at each other from a distance. Ye Man took a breath before closing the door. She had already spoken and intended to do it anyway; if He Zhangcheng disagreed—
Thinking back to the consensus the two of them had just reached that night, Ye Man felt a little regretful.
"...Your mother said she wasn't feeling well, so I wanted her to stay in the hospital to recover before going home. If you don't agree—"
He Zhangcheng looked away. "I didn't say I disagreed. Mom is in the hospital now, so staying a few more days won't make a difference."
The living room returned to silence. The man still had his hands on his knees and hadn't changed his posture. Ye Man stood at the door and for some reason felt that his posture made it seem like he was interrogating a criminal.
My hand rested on the cabinet by the door, and my fingernails unconsciously scratched it lightly.
How is Xiaoting?
"Are you blaming me?"
After a long silence, the two suddenly spoke at the same time. Ye Man did not avoid his gaze, "Xiaoting is fine. She is having a lot of fun with An'an."
He Zhangcheng sat on the sofa with her hands on her knees. She didn't blame Ye Man. That night, it was her mother who said some unpleasant things to Xiaoting first, which is why Ye Man deliberately angered her.
"If you think what I did was wrong, or if you want me to apologize to your mother, then in the future..."
Ye Man could go to the ward herself and tell her mother-in-law that she shouldn't have done that. She didn't think it was bowing down to Liu He or apologizing to her, because in Liu He's eyes, her behavior was even considered provocative. But if He Zhangcheng felt that he had done something wrong and hoped that she could sincerely apologize to his mother, then sorry, even if it was a pity, Ye Man could just take Xiaoting back.
“I didn’t,” He Zhangcheng stood up from the sofa, “because I couldn’t get Mom to apologize to Xiaoting, you—”
He didn't know what to say. He only knew that he had never thought of asking Ye Man to apologize to his mother, because she hadn't done anything wrong.
He actually wanted to ask if what he had said that day still counted, and whether she would go back on her word because her mother had deliberately made things difficult for her these past two days.
He Zhangcheng's heart was not at ease. Ye Man had already said she wanted a divorce, and all he could do was make a promise. In fact, the promise seemed somewhat ridiculous at this moment. He was afraid that she would take their daughter back home.
"oh"
If you're not criticizing her, then what are you doing standing here?
He pulled the light switch and went into the room where Ma Mingyue and the other woman were staying. "Shall I pack my things and take them over?"
Without waiting for He Zhangcheng's reply, he pulled out the package and stuffed their things inside, as if he wanted to empty the room.
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