As soon as Cheng Su left, Qi Fenglian began to nag, "Mom, why can’t you keep your mouth shut? Always harping on about money, it sounds so unpleasant."
Mother Qi wouldn’t have it, she put down her chopsticks and said, "What’s so unpleasant about it? We’re family, and I, as a mother-in-law, just asked a question—is that a crime now? I’m not asking for her money."
"But you were acting a bit too much. Asking her how much she spent on decorating the house, how much she pays the chef—she knows all that, and Taiguo knows it too. Why upset her unnecessarily!" Qi Fenglian sighed softly.
"Oh, I’m upsetting her? She’s a daughter-in-law, should I, the mother-in-law, be the one to coddle her?" Mother Qi became even more disgruntled.
"I’m not saying you need to coddle her, but Cheng Su runs her own restaurant and has never asked you for anything, so why do you need to interfere? Do you enjoy creating resentments out of nothing? In the end, aren’t you and Dad going to rely on her and Taiguo to take care of you in your old age?" Qi Fenglian shook her head.
"That’s only natural!" Mother Qi was utterly unconvinced.
"Exactly, it’s only natural, but can a daughter-in-law be the same as a daughter? Mom, just look at me. How does Yunyun’s grandma treat me? Do you expect me to open my heart to her like her own daughter would? Put yourself in their shoes. Everyone has feelings!" Qi Fenglian used herself as an example.
Mother Qi was stumped and said, "Fine, fine, fine, you’re always right. I won’t ask anymore, okay?"
"That’s better. If the two of them are living a good life, doesn’t that comfort you? Why interfere?" Qi Fenglian picked up her chopsticks again. "Jisheng and I were fine at the beginning, but it all went downhill when his mother meddled in our affairs. Now, looking at me and Jisheng, does that make you happy? If Taiguo and Cheng Su end up like us, would you be pleased?"
Mother Qi pursed her lips and silently started eating her meal.

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