Mother Qi entered the room and plopped down, so angry it truly made her liver and heart ache. After all these years, there had never been such a shameful incident in the family.
And yet, now, during the Chinese New Year of all times, tales had spread, painting her eldest sister as overbearing and domineering, and even she, as the mother-in-law, was described as formidable.
She was formidable? It was clearly Cheng Su who had the temper!
Who else would run back to her parents’ home just because the elders scolded her a bit? Look at Wenjing, the daughter-in-law of the eldest sister’s family. When the eldest sister coughed, she wouldn’t even dare to grunt.
It was only Cheng Su who could storm the heavens!
And Taiguo as well, for her sake he had said that they should lessen contact in the future. It’s like gaining a wife and forgetting his mother. Doesn’t he think about who it was that raised him from a baby?
The more Mother Qi thought about it, the more suffocated she felt inside, and the tears welled up in her eyes.
Father Qi entered the room with a cigarette in his mouth, saw her wiping away tears, but didn’t ask anything. He just walked over to the cupboard, grabbed the thermos, and drank some water.
Mother Qi glanced at the coat he was wearing, and thinking about how he had persistently taken Cheng Su’s side, couldn’t help feeling angry and remarked, "Aren’t you grand? Our family can’t even move around outside during the New Year."
"What is it you’re getting worked up about now?" Father Qi turned his head to give her a look.
"What am I doing? It’s all because of your precious daughter-in-law. You go outside and listen, what are people saying? They say my eldest sister is domineering, they say I am formidable, banding together to attack the daughter-in-law, driving her back to her parents’ home! How disgraceful!" Mother Qi shouted.
Father Qi was startled for a moment, then scoffed coldly, "But what they say is the truth, isn’t it? It was indeed the two of you sisters who drove Taiguo’s wife away. They haven’t said anything wrong!"


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