Chapter 42: Explanation – The Daily Gossip of a Sickly Sister-in-law in the Compound

Chapter 42: Explanation - The Daily Gossip of a Sickly Sister-in-law in the Compound

Mother Su hadn’t expected Lin Qing to react like that!

Cen Xi, who was beside Lin Qing, reacted much faster. Almost immediately after realizing Lin Qing's unusual reaction, he quickly followed up, "It’s nice to have another relative in the compound. I’m always worried about Qing Qing’s health. When I'm at work, I can't help but worry about whether she's doing well at home. Now it’s great—we finally have a proper relative in the compound, so I don't have to trouble others anymore!"

"Right, right!" Mother Su didn't expect Cen Xi to think the same way and awkwardly laughed twice.

Hearing this, Mother Su no longer felt that the Jiang family was taking advantage; instead, it seemed they were the ones being taken advantage of. Seems like marrying this daughter-in-law didn’t do much good!

After saying what they wanted, Lin Qing and Cen Xi didn't chat much more with Mother Su and returned to their home.

Back home, they burst out laughing.

Cen Xi directly praised, "Qing Qing, you’re so sharp!" Perhaps he didn't understand why Lin Qing brought up the matter at first, but her exaggerated tone later made him realize her intentions.

"You reacted so quickly too!"

"That's because you're sharp, I was just playing along."

"Hehe, it wasn't my idea, it was my mother who taught me!" Lin Qing said very proudly.

"Your mom’s a genius! You're amazing too. If you hadn't acted so convincingly, they wouldn't have believed what you said!"

"Mm-hmm, that's right. With my mom’s ideas and my moves, we’re unstoppable!" Lin Qing said with a bit of pride.

Cen Xi thought his wife was so cute at that moment!

He smiled, couldn't help but hug Lin Qing, kissed her forehead, and softly praised, "My Qing Qing is the best!"

"Tehe!"

Maybe because of their act earlier, Jiang Yang and Lin Shu didn't come to disturb the couple that night, probably really afraid that Lin Qing would cling to them in the future!

Regardless, Lin Qing and Cen Xi were very satisfied with this!

Lin Qing and Cen Xi happily prepared dinner together, cooking the half pound of beef left from last night.

However, before cooking, they specifically sealed the kitchen doors and windows tightly, really tightly, even more so than yesterday!

So today, not a whiff of meat got out!

However, seeing their tightly sealed doors and windows, Mother Su couldn't help but mutter, "Sealed so tightly, are they cooking meat again?"

Thinking this, she felt the meat she ate today wasn't tasty anymore and couldn't help but curse, "All they do is eat, eat, eat—they’ll eat themselves into an early grave!"

Jiang Da Sao, seeing the tightly sealed doors and windows of the Cen family when she went out, thought of Lin Shu and ran to Mother Jiang to mutter, "Mom, look, your daughter-in-law's sister-in-law and brother-in-law have their doors and windows tightly sealed again. They must be hiding to eat meat again, and they don't even share a bit with our family!"

Hearing this, Mother Jiang's face turned extremely ugly. Although they had just had a feast today and eaten meat, having an extra meal wouldn't hurt. After thinking, she told her to call Lin Shu over.

"Mother-in-law, did you need something?" Lin Shu had been staying in her room. It was her first day after marriage, and she didn't need to help in the kitchen yet, so after staying with Mother Jiang for a while, she returned to her room.

She didn't expect that not long after, her sister-in-law would come to call her.

"Your sister-in-law and brother-in-law must be eating meat today, go ask for some back!" Mother Jiang said matter-of-factly.

Lin Shu didn't expect to hear such a straightforward request upon arriving and was immediately put in a difficult position, "Mother-in-law, didn't you just tell me to have less contact with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law?"

"Uh..." Mother Jiang was directly silenced, as that was indeed what she had just said.

But she also wanted to eat meat—how could she pass up this opportunity?

However, Mother Jiang was afraid that after eating meat once, she would be stuck with them, so she was immediately put in a tough spot, her face kept changing expressions.

Finally, Mother Jiang finished her internal struggle, "Forget it, let's not go."

Jiang Da Sao stood by her side, looking regretful, never expecting her mother-in-law to give up so easily. This was a rare opportunity to embarrass Lin Shu, and now it was gone—what a shame!

Lin Qing probably never expected her earlier words to have such an impact!

Lin Shu watched her mother-in-law pondering over the matter, and to avoid such situations in the future, she clenched her teeth and said, "Mother-in-law, actually, our family doesn’t have a good relationship with my aunt. My grandmother even had our family move out after I got married because of my aunt!"

She had already heard about the issues between Lin Qing and her in-laws from others. She was saying this now to prove her loyalty and distance herself from Lin Qing and her family, so she could stand firm in her husband's family.

It was actually Lin Shu's parents who had upset Lin Qing's parents, which led to them moving out, but with a twist of her words, Lin Shu pinned the blame on Lin Qing.

"Oh, there's such a thing?" Mother Jiang never expected such a situation between the in-laws.

"Yes, yes. My aunt was always sick before! The family's resources were always tight for her, so our relationship was never that good!" Lin Shu continued to distort the facts.

Hearing this, Mother Jiang immediately understood, and she recalled what Lin Qing had said before, about being the youngest daughter in the family, very much doted on by her parents, hence her temper was very volatile and easily provoked. It seems she wasn’t lying!

Even her niece said so, then it must be true. It seems we must keep our distance from her in the future, otherwise, our family's wealth wouldn’t be enough to compensate for a few times!

Mother Jiang silently made a decision in her heart, that their family must stay far away from Lin Qing, this sickly young lady, and must not get stuck or be blackmailed by her.

"All of you must stay away from their family from now on."

Jiang Da Sao and Lin Shu didn’t know what Mother Jiang had associated with, but since she said so, they could only listen.

No matter how unwilling Jiang Da Sao was, she couldn’t defy Mother Jiang's words. Lin Shu, who originally didn’t want to have any dealings with Lin Qing, was very pleased with Mother Jiang's instructions.

In the Cen family's kitchen.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Lin Qing praised the aroma.

Cen Xi, a knowledgeable engineer, had unexpectedly good culinary skills.

"You're so amazing! This is much better than the beef dish I made yesterday."

"Hehe, you have to thank my mother-in-law for this, it's all because her terrible cooking was unbearable, so my brother and I both developed good cooking skills, just to avoid eating her dark cuisine again!"

"Hahaha!" Lin Qing never expected it to be for this reason.

"Yes, yes, I must thank my mother-in-law very much, because of her, I have such a capable you."

"Yes, yes, I'll cook for you whenever I have time, so you can taste my skills properly!"

"Yes, yes." Lin Qing was also looking forward to it immensely.