"Ah, my brother is so hopeless when it comes to emotions. If Saozi hadn’t made the first move back then, my brother would probably still be single now. Saozi, this isn’t the time to talk about that. That woman is asking my brother for money now. I think someone must be behind this. Saozi, you mustn’t have a disagreement with my brother at this time. You should unite and confront that shameless woman together. I heard my brother slapped the woman? If you ask me, just hit her again and see if she still has any shame."

"I?..."

"Oh, Saozi, stop being angry at my brother. Let’s deal with that woman first, and if you’re still mad at him, you can sort my brother out after this is over. Let’s go home now. You haven’t gone back all night, and the family is worried sick, fearing something might happen to you alone."

"Mom and Dad... know about this?"

"They only think you two were having a little tiff and don’t know what’s really happening. My brother didn’t dare tell them because he’s afraid they’d beat him up if they found out."

"Hmph, he deserves a beating." Mu Qing knew her in-laws’ temperament. If they found out about this, Ah Hui would definitely be beaten by his father, and even his mother wouldn’t defend him. Her in-laws had this one good trait: they never allowed their children to make any moral errors.

Especially something as treacherous as betraying the family.

Mu Qing stayed here overnight impulsively. As an adult, she should’ve sat down and listened to Lin Yinghui’s explanation. Yes, she’d been with him for so many years, from college until now, a whole decade. How could she just give up on a ten-year marriage? 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Once Mu Qing figured it out, she went back to the compound with Lin Wan.

Yet she didn’t know the woman had taken one step ahead, ran to the compound, and started crying at their house, saying she was pregnant with Lin Yinghui’s child and wanted him to be responsible.

In the morning, Liang Hongmei was anxious, asked a few familiar neighbors, but no one had seen them. Liang Hongmei didn’t know why those two were arguing. Her son and daughter-in-law, after getting married for years, never had any serious disputes, let alone run away from home like this.

Liang Hongmei asked around outside and returned home, only to find her son missing. She was about to call her son’s workplace when a woman ran into her home, crying that she was pregnant with Ah Hui’s child.

This unexpected situation shocked Liang Hongmei so much she almost stumbled to the ground.

The usually obedient and dependable son, how could he do such a thing? Seeing this, she quickly asked the woman what was going on. It turned out the son had slept with the young girl while drunk and wanted to avoid responsibility, had been hiding it from the family, and had given the girl hush money.

Liang Hongmei grew angrier as she listened. If she could reach her son, she’d want to beat him up immediately. Qingqing suddenly didn’t come home yesterday, something must’ve happened. They thought it was just a minor couple’s quarrel and that her son would coax her back, but didn’t expect it to be such a serious issue.

Liang Hongmei saw this matter escalating, quickly called Lin Guozhi, asking him to come back urgently. Apart from Lin Guozhi, she also called her daughter, but no one answered.

Lin Wan, of course, couldn’t answer since she was driving back home.

Lin Yinghui had almost run through all the inns and hotels in the city without finding any leads. Finally, stopping his search, he went back first, fearing Qingqing or Xiao Wan might return home, while he was still searching outside. So, he decided to go home and check.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he saw that woman in the living room. Immediately frowning, he said, "What are you doing here? What exactly do you want to do?"

Before the woman could speak, Liang Hongmei came out with a broom and started hitting Lin Yinghui.

"Let me teach you a lesson, you unfilial son. Look at what you’ve done."

"Mom...Mom, listen to me. Things aren’t the way she says." Although Lin Yinghui didn’t know what the woman had told his mother, he could guess what she might have said.

"The person has already come to the house, what more excuse do you have?" Liang Hongmei hit Lin Yinghui with the broom, showing no mercy.

Meanwhile, Lin Guozhi had also returned from the military. Seeing his wife chasing their son around while in the living room sat a teary woman, a bad premonition surged in him.