Li Guihua brought over the tea, brewed with Longjing, which she had taken from her brother’s house last ti. She deliberately did not serve any to Chen’s mother and Chen’s wife, though she gave it to her nieces and nephews, just not to that old woman.
No way was she going to serve soone who had scolded her.
Chen’s mother opened her mouth, ready to start yelling.
How dare she look down on her mother-in-law; she was still the elder.
Li Guihua dared to embarrass her in front of her own family, so she would embarrass her right back.
Chen Gui’s face was not looking good either; Li Guihua really did not handle things well, not even knowing the basic steps to defuse the situation.
Truly!
He had to smile while pushing his own cup of tea to Chen’s mother, "Mom, look at how considerate Guihua is. She knows my dad and I don’t drink tea, so here, this is your favorite Longjing."
His gaze contained a warning; he couldn’t control his wife now, but surely he could control his own mother?
Chen’s mother had no choice but to keep quiet.
What could she do? He was her own son; she couldn’t harm him, right?
Fuming, she picked up the teacup and took a sip.
She drank too quickly and was almost scalded by the hot water, "Mom, be careful!"
Chen Gui noticed a problem; his mother could explode at any mont, and that would be disastrous.
He placed the child in his mother’s arms, "Mom, the kid is sleepy, you go and lull her to sleep in the inner room!"
The little girl was just over one year old, drowsy at this ti, frightened by the afternoon’s noisy commotion. Now she was sowhat listless.
Chen’s mother had no choice; it was her son, after all.
She picked up the child. Even though she was dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, this was her son’s precious treasure. No matter the dissatisfaction, she had to serve at night, but she always planned to swallow down her grievances, only the problem was she hadn’t even gotten up yet.
Li Guihua snatched the child away, raised her chin with a hum, glanced coldly, left everyone in the room, and went in to lull the child to sleep. Her child was hers; no one could take her place, especially not that old woman.
Chen’s mother was fuming so much her nose was about to skew. If it weren’t for Li Shuanzhu being a formidable presence, she would have started cursing already.
Who did she think she was, acting like so noble person, just because she had a bit of money?
Chen’s mother’s teeth were grinding.
Li Shuanzhu was also helpless; his sister was also soone who couldn’t see the situation clearly, spoiled by him as well.
"Cough, cough!"
A fake cough, and Li Guihua paused.
"Brother, let lull the child to sleep first, we can talk later, you all can have dinner at my place tonight, Shuanwen will co over in the evening too, we’ll have a proper get-together." Li Guihua was anxious; her housing issues were still unresolved.
Li Shuanzhu nodded, "Alright! You go ahead, I’ll have a chat with your brother-in-law."
He took out so cigarettes and handed them to Chen Gui and Chen’s father. The cigarettes were Soft Zhonghua, costing thirty yuan a pack, considered good cigarettes, which Chen’s father usually wouldn’t be willing to smoke. He accepted the cigarettes and even took the whole pack; Li Shuanzhu couldn’t refuse and stayed silent.
Chen Gui pretended not to see, laughed and chatted casually with Li Shuanzhu, "Brother, how are things going these past couple of days? Did you find sister-in-law?"
In fact, he wanted to ask whether the money was recovered. Liu Hong ran off with the money, who didn’t know?
It concerned their family significantly; they felt uneasy not asking, and no one had a good New Year.
Li Shuanzhu’s smile faded a bit, this brother-in-law was too impatient.
"Found her, she went back to her parents’ house!"
A casual answer, but Chen Gui’s eyes obviously lit up a bit, his attitude was much more amicable.
"Good thing you found her, good thing! I guess sister-in-law was just missing her family, won do miss their families, Guihua, even with all of you here, talks about wanting to visit every day."
Li Shuanzhu didn’t like this talk; you don’t know anything!
He held back, wasn’t appropriate to leave now! If his brother ca later, it would be appropriate to et him, his brother was well-educated and knowledgeable, maybe he’d know how to help him. He needed soone to help currently.
He couldn’t not know that Liu Hong had already prepared in advance. He needed to know what chances he still had.
Li Guihua had lulled the child to sleep, ca out! Chen’s father and mother had already left, had to leave, their son was glaring at them fiercely.
He thought they were in the way.
They were busy sucking up to the elder brother-in-law.
Li Guihua went to prepare the al, Chen Gui joined her, Li Guihua was steaming mad! He had been defending his parents earlier, now he knows to help her, his wife huh?
Who knew which devil last few days didn’t even want to enter the kitchen, lounging on the sofa at ho watching TV without getting up, acting like a lord.
Li Guihua ignored Chen Gui with a cold face.
Chen Gui busied himself washing vegetables, smiling and apologizing, "Wife, I was wrong, don’t give that cold face, brother is outside, we can resolve our issues internally, can’t let brother see us as the laughing stock!"
He had already figured out Li Guihua’s thoughts. Though this woman had a big temper, she was wholehearted for him and their child. As long as his attitude softened and he gave her a way out, with tact, everything would be resolved.
Li Guihua still ignored him.
Chen Gui leaned in and planted a kiss on Li Guihua’s cheek, making her blush.
She lightly punched him, "What are you doing? Behave yourself, my brother is still outside, what would it look like if he saw this!"
Their playful exchange sounded like she was flirting, Chen Gui laughed, boldly touched Li Guihua’s waist, which had beco much fuller after she gave birth, an enjoyable feel indeed, Li Guihua stomped his foot, the couple joked teasingly.
"Sister! Happy New Year!"
Shuanwen’s voice sounded, Li Guihua pushed Chen Gui away, tidied her hair, pulled her clothes, and then walked out.
"Shuanwen, you’re here?"
The embarrassnt on her face was hard to conceal, she was a little flustered seeing her brother, who made her need her man, suddenly changing his temperant today.
She knew deep down if her brother hadn’t visited, the couple wouldn’t have restored their intimacy so quickly.
Li Shuanwen helped his wife carefully onto the sofa.
His wife was already nine months pregnant, about to give birth.
Initially didn’t want to bring her over today, but the wife was agitated.
Mainly because she heard that her brother-in-law would visit today, she was understandably worried, good pregnancy nearing childbirth, suddenly even the house was gone.
Short stays at her parents’ house were doable, but a long ti wouldn’t work.
With siblings at ho, her prolonged stay caused unrest.
Frankly, this visit was to get answers from her brother-in-law, hurry and buy a house.
The wife had been quite temperantal lately, saying she was about to give birth and didn’t even have a house.
Couldn’t possibly return to her parents’ house after having the child?
Li Shuanwen was also soone with a soft ear, couldn’t resist his wife’s nagging, could only bring her over.
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