Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I’ve already thought about it. We have to split from the family again. In the future, I’ll live with your second branch. While you can bear hardships, I have the experience. The two of us will do some small business together. It’ll be easier for me to pay you back if we earn some money. As for the debts of Chen Hu, I’ll slowly settle them,” said the mother-in-law in a deep voice.
Her eyes were healed, and so was her heart. However, she was no longer the Li Jinhuan who was devoted to the family.
Chu Wei frowned. What she wanted was not for the medical fees, but for her mother-in-law’s illness to completely recover. Then, her family could go to the capital without worry.
Although it was infuriating that Zhao Jinli wanted to sell the jade pendant, no one could prove that she had stolen it on purpose. Nor could they prove that she had tampered with the railing outside the smelly ditch. Other than God, only Chen Jinli knew.
Now, her mother-in-law was only blind. She had yet to be paralyzed on the bed, but Chen Hu had already treated her like this. What if something happened to her mother-in-law in the future?
Li Jinhuan was diligent, and there was still life in his eyes. When she saw that the kitchen was not cleaned up, she immediately went to work. Chu Wei stood at the side and could not stop her.
“Go, go, go. Go into the house and wait. Don’t disturb my work here. I’m just cleaning up the kitchen. Do you need to take a tour?” Li Jinhuan glanced at her.
Chu Wei said worriedly, “Mom, your eyes have just recovered. Let me do the work. Don’t tire yourself out.”
Li Jinhuan glared at her and said impatiently, “You don’t know. I’ve been blind for half a year, and I’ve been bored to death. I’ve been eating and sleeping all day, like a living corpse. Now that I can see it, no one can stop me from working. Ever since Chen Ji came back, the two of you haven’t talked privately. Don’t you miss each other at all?”
Her mother-in-law’s words made her speechless. Coincidentally, Chen Ji came out of the house and the two of them walked out of the small courtyard together. Since they got married, this was the first time they came out for a walk together.
Chen Ji’s face was dark and the veins on his forehead were throbbing. Chu Wei understood that he was still sulking in anger. She was very surprised that Chen Ji did not cause trouble at the main house today. It seemed that the dream was very accurate. Chen Ji’s personality had completely changed.
Chu Wei didn’t know if it was a good thing that Chen Ji had become like this. Sometimes, a man had to be aggressive and not become a coward. With his past personality, it would have been impossible for him not to tear down the house tonight. However, he kept it to himself and didn’t say a word from the beginning to the end.
Under the setting sun, the couple walked for a while before Chen Ji broke the silence. “Go to the main house and find an excuse to call Chen Liang and Chen Hao out. If you really can’t, bring them out to buy some snacks.”
Chu Wei was confused. “Why are you looking for them?”
“I want to go to the eldest branch to talk to them. I want to save some dignity for them in front of the children,” Chen Ji said in a muffled voice.
Although Old Mrs. Chen said that she wanted to split the household, she might not be able to do it in her heart. Besides, so what if they split the household again? She would never be ruthless towards her eldest son. As her biological son, he understood her very well.
The Old Madam loved to be headstrong all her life and would never ask for a single cent from her eldest son. If the Old Madam were to really make money to pay back the medical fees, wouldn’t she be exhausted to death?
After thinking about it, Chen Ji felt that he had to personally talk to Chen Hu about this matter. He was holding back his temper now because he was wearing a military uniform and had the image of the army on his shoulders. No matter how angry he was, he couldn’t go overboard. At least, he couldn’t be too brazen.
He wanted to have a good talk with Zhao Jinli and give her a warning. Had he been away from home for too long that she had forgotten who the Little Tyrant of Peach Blossom Town was?
Chu Wei nodded and immediately understood what Chen Ji was thinking. “Alright, I’ll buy some hawthorn slices, canned peaches, and prawns later. The two children will definitely come.”
There was nothing special about these snacks in the city, but in Peach Blossom Town, the children would fight to be the first to eat them. As the price was too high and their sister-in-law was stingy, she rarely bought them.
The husband and wife walked side by side. Although neither of them spoke, it was as if they had already said a thousand words to each other. This sense of chemistry was both tacit and wonderful.
When they were young, they already had this feeling between them. Back then, when her mother-in-law wanted to give something to Mrs. Chu, she would always ask Chen Ji to make a trip. There was no need for him to shout or enter the courtyard. Chen Ji only needed to make a few sheep calls outside the courtyard and Chu Wei would know that he was here. Through the fence, she would blush and call him “Little brother”. Then, she would take the things and run into the house as if she was escaping.
There were a few times when the hooligans in the town saw them. They would jeer at them and say that they didn’t know how to behave themselves. They even called them adulterers and said brought shame to the entire town. Each time, Chen Ji would pick a group of them and beat them up..