Chapter 24: Confession – Daily Gossip at the Courtyard: Weak Sister-in-Law’s Melon-Eating Chronicles

Chapter 24: Confession - Daily Gossip at the Courtyard: Weak Sister-in-Law's Melon-Eating Chronicles

"Qingqing, my wife, what's wrong? Why are you daydreaming?" Cen Xi followed his wife back to the ward, noticing her distant look, unsure of what she was thinking.

"Ah?" Lin Qing responded blankly.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Qing sighed softly and asked, "Who is the man standing next to Mother Jiang?"

"Who else? He's her son!" Cen Xi answered.

She then pressed further, "Is his name Jiang Yang? The 'Yang' as in the ocean?"

"Probably. His name is Jiang Yang."

Lin Qing's last bit of hope vanished. Seeing her like this, Cen Xi couldn't help but ask what was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Qing looked at him and sighed again, "Ah! You don’t know? That person is the prospective spouse of my niece, Lin Shu. You could say he's the one she's about to marry."

"Ah?" Now it was Cen Xi's turn to be shocked. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

"Is that true?"

"Of course, it's true. I've met him before.

When I heard Mother Li call out Jiang Yang inside, I assumed it might be someone with the same name. But when I took another glance at the ward as we were leaving, I realized it was really him. I didn't expect him to be Mother Jiang's son.

So… wouldn't that make us the same generation as Mother Jiang and the others?" Lin Qing said thoughtfully.

Cen Xi looked at Lin Qing. "Uh..." It seems she's right.

However, Cen Xi was quite curious why Lin Shu would want to marry a divorced man.

Given her family’s good background, it seemed odd that she would choose him.

"Why does she want to marry him?"

"Don't look at me, I have no idea." Lin Qing looked at Cen Xi, wondering if she should tell him that this Jiang Yang was initially a potential marriage partner arranged by her mother.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to tell him, poking his arm, "Actually, Jiang Yang was initially a potential marriage partner my mother found for me."

"What? What did you say?" Cen Xi's expression instantly darkened. He didn't expect things to have started like that.

Although he knew about Lin Qing's past before she met him, it didn't stop him from feeling dissatisfied with Jiang Yang now.

"Don't overthink it. Even though my mother found him, I didn't even go to the meeting!"

Cen Xi breathed a sigh of relief. "So, what exactly happened?"

"At first, my mother wanted me to meet him. You know, because of my health, it's uncertain whether I can have children in the future! Plus, my mother didn’t want me to go to the countryside, so she found this divorced man with decent conditions for me to meet. But before I could say anything, Lin Shu got upset." Lin Qing couldn't help but wrinkle her nose, still dissatisfied with Lin Shu's actions back then.

Cen Xi noticed her small expression and curled his fingers slightly. Today, he felt he understood his wife a little better.

Lin Qing paused and continued, "She even questioned my mother, asking why she couldn't introduce Jiang Yang to her? She liked Jiang Yang too, so why couldn't he be introduced to her? And, she even asked me why I had to steal her potential husband."

Cen Xi furrowed his brow. He hadn't expected Lin Shu to be like that.

"No, why would she think that? Did she know Jiang Yang before? Or was she already in a relationship with him prior to this?"

"I don't know! I also found it strange. But before this, she probably didn't know Jiang Yang. It seems they met through a blind date." Lin Qing recalled.

Cen Xi raised his eyebrows. "So when your mother-in-law introduced him to you, you didn't go and just let her take over?"

"Of course! There's not just one man in the world. If she wanted him, she can have him! Besides, I don't think marrying a divorced man would lead to a good life. I'm really glad now. If I had married him and had to deal with someone like Jiang Yang's mom as my mother-in-law, that would have been a nightmare!" Lin Qing said, patting her chest in relief.

"You did the right thing," Cen Xi said, happy with Lin Qing's reaction.

In truth, what made him even happier was that Lin Qing had never been interested in Jiang Yang from the start.

"Hmph!" Lin Qing snorted proudly, having understood what Cen Xi meant by "doing the right thing."

"Don't worry, I've only ever blind dated with you. Actually, was that even a blind date? You basically recommended yourself, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes. If I hadn't taken the initiative, how could I have married someone like you as my wife?"

"Of course!" Lin Qing said proudly.

"In that case, this hospital could be considered the place where we fell in love."

"What nonsense! Why would anyone consider a hospital as a place to fall in love?"

"What's wrong with that?" Cen Xi didn't see any issue.

"It's just not right. Besides, how is this hospital a place for falling in love? I only met you briefly here. Our next meeting wasn't in the hospital! And it was just a quick meeting; what kind of love could we have established?" Lin Qing firmly refused to consider the hospital as their special place. She had always disliked hospitals the most.

"Alright! Then I'll consider it as the place where I fell in love unilaterally."

"Fine, fine, whatever you say, whatever you say." Lin Qing knew she couldn't convince him, so she just let him have his way.

"Go wash the lunch box now!" Lin Qing suddenly noticed he was still holding it and urged him.

"Oh right, I almost forgot. I'll go do it now." Cen Xi remembered the lunch box hadn't been washed and hurried out.

After Cen Xi left, Lin Qing lay down on the hospital bed.

When Cen Xi came back after washing the lunch box, Lin Qing was already asleep.

Cen Xi hadn't expected her to fall asleep so quickly.

Since it was still early, he felt a bit bored. After thinking for a while, he decided to head home to grab a book to read.

He specifically asked a fellow patient in the same ward to let him know if Lin Qing woke up before he returned.

"No problem, don't worry!" The fellow patient was kind-hearted and more than happy to help with such a small favor.

"Alright, thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

After Cen Xi left, he quickened his pace, planning to go and return quickly.

Cen Xi practically sped all the way and it only took him ten minutes to get back to the compound.

Upon entering the front door, he noticed a kid around ten years old hanging around near his door.

He walked up and patted the kid on the shoulder, "What are you looking at?"

"Ah!" The kid jumped back in surprise, landing on his butt.

"You… what are you doing here?"

Cen Xi pushed up his glasses and leaned down, eyeing him closely, "So, what are you planning to do?"

"I… wasn’t planning anything." The kid stammered and bolted back home.

That’s when Cen Xi realized the kid was from the Su family.

He glanced towards the Su family’s place. Had he not imagined it, there had been a shadow by the window just now, hadn’t there?