Chapter 1074: Chapter 1046 This Is the Mother-in-Law Chapter 1074: Chapter 1046 This Is the Mother-in-Law “Kiara, you and Edward… you haven’t had a fight, have you?”
“Fight? We’re doing great.”
It wasn’t a holiday, and yet her daughter had suddenly co ho, which made Kiara’s Mother imdiately think of marital strife. Not daring to ask directly for fear of hurting her daughter’s feelings, she paced back and forth with bated breath outside Kiara’s door.
Her daughter had been ho for a day and a night already, but why hadn’t she heard from her son-in-law?
“If there’s nothing wrong, then why would you leave school and co running ho?” Kiara coming ho had left Kiara’s Mother tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night.
Now that her son had gone to work and Giorno had gotten married and moved out, only she and her spouse were left at ho, their days suddenly quiet. When she had nothing else to do, she would think about each of her children one by one, always fearing they might be having a tough ti outside without telling their family.
Her daughter had co ho without a word, intensifying Kiara’s Mother’s nopausal anxiety.
Unfortunately, Robert Johnson, her attentive spouse, had gone to the province for a eting and wasn’t ho, leaving Kiara’s Mother to brood alone, fretting until she was nearly ill with worry.
“I have a bit of a thing—wait, Mum, you’re not worried about my relationship with Camden, are you?”
Kiara almost choked on a chestnut.
She was so adept at solving other people’s relationship issues when outside, but at ho, she was the subject of her nopausal mother’s worries. This feeling… was really beyond description.
“You girl! Can’t I even show concern for you without it being wrong?!” Kiara’s mother playfully tapped Kiara’s head without any force.
“Don’t worry, you’ve seen what kind of a person your son-in-law is. I’m just stepping out for a few days; he’s not so vile as to bring ho a mistress.”
Kiara had absolute trust in Edward, thinking her mum was worried about her not being by Edward’s side, afraid he might stray.
But to Kiara’s surprise, her mother glared and said, “I’m not worried about Edward at all. Edward is such a good kid. I’m worried about you! Emma Clark, what on earth are you doing up late at night, on the computer video chatting? Are you having an online romance? Let tell you, you better not take advantage of Edward’s honesty and ss around with so online love affair while you’re apart. If I find out you did sothing to betray your marriage, I’ll break your legs!”
This, this, what is going on here! A dumbfounded Kiara concluded that this was a classic mother-in-law reaction!
Just last night, Kiara wasn’t video chatting with a friend online; she received a call from her elder brother discussing remote surveillance.
Kiara’s Mother had been lingering at the door, she hadn’t heard anything else but caught the word ‘video’, and instinctively thought of the popular concept of online romances.
Then, under the pretense of bringing fruit, when she entered the room, she saw her daughter hunched over her laptop, engrossed.
Online romance!
Those bold red words jumped around in Kiara’s Mother’s mind.
This cannot be happening!
So today, she was beating around the bush, trying to remind her daughter without upsetting Kiara, wanting to preserve her dignity as much as possible, but most importantly, to ensure Kiara wouldn’t make any serious mistakes.
Kiara didn’t know whether to be touched by her mum’s constant concern for her children or to cry at her mother’s foolishness.
“I’m your biological child, for goodness’ sake. Why aren’t you concerned I’ll be bullied by Edward? You’re always reminding not to bully him!”
Could it be that she looked like she was up to no good?!
“Just because you are my own flesh and blood, that’s why I’m so insistent on telling you, do you understand? I went through labor for two days and a night at ho, almost didn’t make it due to a difficult birth, and you were so weak and sickly as a child that I barely managed to raise you. Now that I’ve finally brought you up, how can I bear to see you forsake the good life and walk towards danger’s edge?”
Kiara’s mother had a failed marriage that fell apart partly due to Sandra, and she feared her daughter would be foolish for a mont, so she took every opportunity to get a few words in.
“Eh, Mum, was I unhealthy as a kid?” Kiara couldn’t rember any of that; she only rembered being a healthy baby, rarely getting sick.
“Wasn’t it? You were sick so often before you turned three. If it weren’t for—” Kiara’s mother, caught up in the mont, was about to elaborate but swiftly caught herself.
So things are better not known by her lodramatic daughter. Kiara would definitely blow her top if she knew what her mother had done in the past to keep her safe, what she had been given to drink.
“If it weren’t for what?” Kiara had never heard such things.
In her past life, she didn’t get along well with her mother and rarely had heart-to-heart monts.
“Never mind, never mind~ These chestnuts are tasty, aren’t they? When you go back, take so for Isaac; I called your mother-in-law the day before yesterday, and she said Isaac isn’t eating well during her pregnancy. Chestnuts nourish the stomach and spleen, so they’re the perfect food for her to eat.”
“These things only taste good when they’re warm, how do you eat them cold? Second Brother will buy her ready-made ones, why would I need to bring them?”
“The chestnuts from our city taste a bit better than those from outside, they have a better texture. It’s fine, if they’re cold, just have her put them in a glass bowl in the microwave oven, high heat for 2 minutes then switch to dium heat; they’ll taste almost like fresh ones. The exact ti depends on the amount of chestnuts; you can adjust the timing accordingly.”
As soon as Kiara heard about cooking advices, her head began to swim; these things were much harder than giving advice on psychological issues or handling marital crises.
“Don’t tell , tell Isaac when you talk to her!” Kiara dialed Isaac’s number and called her.
Kiara’s mother didn’t forget to rib her kitchen-challenged daughter.
“How have you not starved to death? Not knowing how to cook is one thing, but not even knowing how to reheat chestnuts; really, if Edward wasn’t by your side, you’d soday perish, starve to death—— Hello, Isaac? It’s Auntie Grutt. How have you been recently, still vomiting?”
In a split second, the mood switched from teasing to caring mode; Kiara pursed her lips, perhaps she was picked up from a trash bin.
Kiara’s mother discussed the thod of reheating chestnuts with Isaac for a bit and then handed the phone back to Kiara; Isaac seed hesitant to speak.
“Mrs. Kiara, there’s sothing I want to tell you…”
“What’s with everyone today, all hemming and hawing, beating around the bush?”
“I just want to ask, when will you be coming back?”
“? If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll be back tomorrow. Why, do you miss ?”
Zoe started school, and Isaac’s pregnancy had stabilized, so she moved back to the Family Residential Area in Linville from the Yuno Family’s ho. She was supposed to start graduate school, but Second Brother, concerned about her health, had her take a leave of absence to focus on the baby, planning to continue her studies a year later.
“Well, what has Edward been busy with recently?” Isaac’s tone was quite hesitant, and Kiara imdiately sensed this wasn’t Isaac’s usual way of speaking.
Isaac is usually so straightforward, why has she suddenly beco so nagging?
“I asked him on the phone the day before yesterday; he said he’s been very busy with work recently, hasn’t been ho for days and is staying directly at the office. Why are you suddenly asking about him?”
“It’s nothing, just co back early… It’s not good for a couple to be apart for too long.”
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