The atmosphere in Cheng Suâs family was oppressively low, yet when Mother Qi went back to her own place with Qi Fenglian, she cried and babbled the entire way.
"...I think heâs completely bewitched, that unfilial son, he doesnât even want his mom anymore, wuu wuu," scolded Mother Qi.
As Qi Fenglian set down her bag, she couldnât hold back and said, "Mom, itâs no wonder theyâre both angry. If it were me, Iâd be kicking up a huge fuss too. How could you bring yourself to do such a thing? How could you be so muddled?"
To think of such a thing - what on earth was going on in her motherâs mind?
Mother Qi felt somewhat guilty but still retorted stubbornly, "Itâs their fault for not having children. I was only thinking of the Qi familyâs future."
"They didnât say they werenât going to have kids, just that they wanted to wait. Youâve already waited for decades, whatâs waiting a few more years to you?" said Qi Fenglian irritably. "Look at what youâve done now, what kind of situation is this? The daughter-in-law from Taiguo wouldnât have expected to get pregnant because she thought the contraception was foolproof and didnât pay attention to whether she was pregnant or not. But what you did, wasnât that just setting her up for disaster? Now look, just like that, an accident happened!"
"That was just a coincidence, itâs not like I caused her miscarriage. If you want to blame someone, blame that âFox Spirit,â" Mother Qi argued.
"But if you hadnât meddled first, she wouldnât have gotten pregnant just like that, and then there wouldnât have been a miscarriage!" exclaimed Qi Fenglian.
Mother Qi was taken aback and opened her mouth to say, "Thatâs just because sheâs no good herself!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Fenglian shook her head and said, "Mom, look at yourself, youâre just so stubborn, never admitting youâre wrong, never giving in. Thatâs why Taiguo is disappointed and asked you to leave; youâre just turning peopleâs hearts cold!"
"I am his mother!"
"What of it, they still asked you to leave, didnât they? Just you watch, if Cheng Su doesnât recover well, canât get pregnant again, youâll have been the one who shot yourself in the foot," Qi Fenglian snorted coldly.
Mother Qi was stunned, "That couldnât be, could it?"
"Anythingâs possible. She wasnât supposed to get pregnant, but this time she did, didnât she? Isnât that an accident?" said Qi Fenglian, eyeing her.
Mother Qi pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Mom, you were unkind this time. Right now, Taiguo and the others are still livid, so you better not add fuel to the fire. Wait until their anger cools down, then make a proper apology to Taiguoâs wife, and this will all blow over."
Mother Qi glared and said, "What, I, an elder, should apologize to them? What kind of reasoning is that? I wonât do it!"
She was the mother-in-law after all!
Seeing her mother so stubbornly single-minded, Qi Fenglian became exasperated and said, "Youâve made a mistake, whatâs wrong with admitting it? Would you be happy to become estranged from them? Mom, let me tell you, even if you do apologize, Cheng Su might not even accept it. But itâs always better to do something than nothing!"
"She dares not to accept it? She always has an excuse not to have a child; she shouldâve been divorced a long time ago, hmph, she even says whether to give birth is her business, as if thatâs ever the case!" Mother Qi couldnât help getting angry when she thought about what Cheng Su had said.
"If you continue like this, I canât help you, itâs up to you. But just think about it, is divorce that easy? What about Taiguoâs future, does that not matter? If he finds someone else after divorce, would they be better than Cheng Su? Better at earning money than her?" said Qi Fenglian.
Mother Qi paused, falling silent.
Qi Fenglian sighed and said, "Mom, put yourself in her shoes, how would you feel if you were wronged like this? Everyone has their limits! You just stay home and rest, I still need to go to work. Tomorrow, Iâll send you back to your house."
Mother Qi sat down on a small stool with a huff, her lips pursed in sulky silence.