"This..." Cui Jingshu was a little embarrassed and subconsciously looked at Xia Xingchen.
Catching Cui Jingshu's gaze, Xia Xingchen stood up and sat next to Ling Mei, saying coquettishly, "Mom, I brought my mom here today just to let her stay."
"As you know, my mom and my stepfather divorced, and now her lease has expired. She really has nowhere else to live, so I brought her in."
"I hope Mom can understand my filial piety."
Ling Mei frowned slightly. Why was Xingchen acting so weird?
She patted Xia Xingchen's hand to reassure her. Then, she stared at Cui Jingshu, her gentle eyes filled with reproach. "I heard that Xingchen didn't enjoy any maternal love from you when she was a child. Now that Xingchen's life is better, Ms. Cui, who knows the current situation, immediately followed."
"I don't know how you managed to please Xingchen and make her forgive you, but as Xingchen's mother-in-law, I won't let her suffer any injustice."
Hearing this, Cui Jingshu's expression was very strange. After about a second, she sobbed softly and played the victim: "I know, it was all my fault before. I was sorry for Xingchen and made her suffer a lot. She suffered a lot of grievances."
"The reason I agreed to let Xingchen live with me was because I wanted to give her more maternal love and make up for what she lacked before."
As she spoke, she began to use the knife of affection, "My dear, you are also a mother, and the child is a piece of flesh that fell from your body. Think about it, how could I not feel distressed?"
"Every time I hear Xingchen talk about her childhood experiences, my heart aches like a needle piercing my chest..."
The more she spoke, the sadder she became.
Xia Xingchen quickly pulled a tissue from the coffee table and handed it to her, "Mom, don't be sad. I don't blame you anymore. I know you had no choice but to leave me in the countryside back then."
"If it weren't for this, how could I be so outstanding now? Speaking of which, I should thank my mother too."
Cui Jingshu wiped her tears with a tissue. She was relieved to hear Xia Xingchen say this. "Xingchen, you are really a good daughter to me. But the more you are like this, the more guilty I feel."
After she finished speaking, she sniffed and said firmly to Ling Mei, "Don't worry, dearest brother-in-law. I swear that I will treat Xingchen well in the future and will not let her suffer even the slightest injustice."
Ling Mei turned her head and glanced at Gong Nan. Seeing Gong Nan nod slightly, she agreed, "I can agree to let you move in, but on the premise that if I find out that you are insincere towards Xingchen, don't blame me for kicking you out."
"Don't worry, my dear, it won't happen." Having achieved her goal, Cui Jingshu stood up excitedly and bowed to Ling Mei.
So Ling Mei immediately ordered the servants to prepare a guest room for Cui Jingshu.
"Thank you, Mom!" Xia Xingchen happily hugged Ling Mei's arm like a little child.
The four of them chatted briefly while the servants cleaned up the guest room.
Xia Xingchen stood up and said to Ling Mei, "Mom, let me take my mom to visit her room first."
Ling Mei nodded, "Go ahead."
Xia Xingchen took Cui Jingshu's arm and walked upstairs.
Ling Mei looked at the figures of the mother and daughter and asked curiously, "Husband, have you noticed that Xingchen is a little strange?"
Even if Cui Jingshu found ways to get Xia Xingchen's forgiveness, Xia Xingchen wouldn't be so kind to her, a heartless mother, right?
This seems... not like the Xia Xingchen she knew before.
Gong Nan nodded and thought, "It's a bit strange."
It seems that when Gong Bingye comes back, I have to ask this brat whether he has provoked Xingchen again.
Soon, it was night. Gong Bingye came back very late, and Gong Nan and Ling Mei rarely waited for him to come back for dinner.
Today is Cui Jingshu's first day staying at the palace. For Xia Xingchen's sake, Ling Mei asked the chef to prepare a large table of dishes.
Choi Jung-sook used to be a socialite, but she hasn't had a decent meal since she fell into poverty.
Now, seeing the table full of dishes, she pretended to be reserved, but in fact she had already started swallowing her saliva out of greed.
Only after the meal started did Choi Jung-sook pick up her chopsticks. The cooking skills of this five-star chef were no exaggeration, and the food tasted really good.
She has been with Li Zhenglin for so many years, but she has never eaten such delicious food.
Perhaps the food tasted so good that Choi Jung-sook didn't realize that her eating habits looked a bit ugly.
A socialite like Cui Jingshu, who came from a humble family, was completely different from Ling Mei.
After eating and drinking, Cui Jingshu and Xia Xingchen, mother and daughter, returned to the bedroom.
Gong Nan and Ling Mei were so disgusted that they had no appetite.
The couple sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting for Gong Bingye to come back.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, the door of the living room was pushed open.
As soon as he entered the room, Gong Bingye saw his parents still watching TV. He asked in confusion, "Huh? My mom, who values beauty sleep the most, is still awake so late today?"
As he spoke, he changed into slippers at the entrance and walked over. Before he got close, he noticed that his parents' expressions were not right. "What's wrong with you two?"
Gong Nan frowned and asked, "I just wanted to ask what happened between you and Xingchen?"
Gong Bingye: "The girl and I...are doing fine, right?"
Gong Nan asked again: "Is it because you were busy with work and neglected Xingchen that made her feel insecure and brought her mother over?"
"What? The girl brought Cui Jingshu over?" Gong Bingye couldn't believe it.
How is this possible?
The girl hates Cui Jingshu so much.
Ling Mei glanced upstairs and said, "Look, it's upstairs now."
Then, she asked gently, "Son, tell me honestly, did you have a fight with Xingchen?"
"Why do I think this child is not in good condition?"
Gong Nan also said: "That's not right, it's like he has become a completely different person."
If they had not interacted with Xia Xingchen before, they would have mistakenly thought that Xia Xingchen was a girl who fawned on the powerful.
She is no different from those girls who covet Gong Bingye's money.
Just like her mother!
Gong Bingye was lost in thought.
He also sensed something was wrong, and he had sensed it since that night.
In order not to worry his parents, he had to lie, "Don't worry, our little conflict will be resolved soon."
Ling Mei angrily accused Gong Bingye, "You should give in to Xingchen. If you miss such a good girl like Xingchen, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
"I understand, Mom." Gong Bingye said perfunctorily, "It's getting late, you should go to bed."
Before Ling Mei left, she suddenly thought of a question and said, "Stinky boy, if I remember correctly, Xingchen's mother was traumatized by the death of her eldest daughter and became unconscious. But just now, we saw that she was normal and spoke clearly. She didn't look unconscious."
After Gong Nan and Ling Mei left, Gong Bingye didn't rush upstairs. He sat on the sofa and pondered for a long time.
Two hours later, he called Ke Junchen.
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