713 Eavesdropping Outside the Window
Xia Wen could not bear to see her like this and said patiently, “Don’t take it to heart. Mother didn’t do it on purpose. She’s just more sensitive nowadays. You know my younger brother’s character. He won’t do such a thing. What you said today was indeed too much.”
“I’m too much? Even you say that about me! I’m doing this for your own good! Your sister has a conflict with her in-laws and is clamoring for a divorce, but it’s you, the eldest brother who has to deal with it. You have to deal with your brother’s shady relationship with a woman outside, and you have to handle everything in the family! Will this family die without you!” Tan Jing roared angrily.
Xia Wen remained silent. He was driving now and it was not good for him to be distracted. They would have a good talk when they got home.
On Qiao Mei’s end, as soon as she chased Zhao Liang and Wang Qin out, Wang Qin tried her best to eavesdrop. However, Zhao Liang was so guarded that she could not hear anything clearly.
“Brother Zhao, I’m going to the toilet,” Wang Qin said as she pointed at the toilet.
Zhao Liang looked at Wang Qin suspiciously. He clearly remembered that Wang Qin had just gone to the toilet not long ago. Why did she have to go to the toilet again? Could it be that she had eaten something bad?
“Alright then, hurry up and go,” Zhao Liang said.
Wang Qin hurriedly ran to the toilet. After leaving Zhao Liang’s field of vision, she started to walk along the wall to the window beside Qiao Mei.
Although the window was not open, she could more or less hear what was being said in the room.
After hearing most of it, she realized that someone had gone to Qiao Mei’s in-laws’ place in the capital. Moreover, this person was related to their village. The only people who had left the village recently were the two guests from her house and Qiao Yu.
It seemed that Qiao Yu had really found a good place to go. Could it be that she really had some kind of relationship with Xia Zhe? Otherwise, why would those two people bring her to Xia Zhe’s house?
Without another word, Wang Qin quickly ran home. As long as Qiao Yu was back, she would not have to do chores at home. This morning, Qiao Zhuang had asked her and Qiao Gui to go home and even said that she had to go home every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to do the chores at home.
Qiao Zhuang was even raising a pig at home. Of course, he did not buy this pig, but snatched it from Wang Wu. According to Wang Wu, this pig was no longer as fat as it was at his house. It was so skinny that it did not have any flesh left.
“Father! I know where Qiao Yu went! Father! I know!” Wang Qin rushed into the house excitedly, one of her shoes missing.
“Why are you so flustered!” Qiao Zhuang said disdainfully.
“Father, I know where Qiao Yu went. She went to the capital and is now at Qiao Mei’s in-laws’ house!” Wang Qin said as she sat on the brick bed.
Qiao Zhuang did not believe what Wang Qin said at all. She was simply out of her mind. Qiao Mei hated their family so much, how could she still let Qiao Yu go to her in-laws’ house? Was she not afraid that her in-laws would find trouble with her?
“Don’t spout nonsense here. Quickly go back to work,” Qiao Zhuang said as he waved his hand.
Wang Qin anxiously leaned forward and snatched Qiao Zhuang’s pipe away. “I’m telling the truth! I heard it with my own ears! Qiao Yu is really in the capital! The people in the capital have already called Qiao Mei, how can it be fake!”
Qiao Zhuang was skeptical. Putting aside how Qiao Yu got there, she was illiterate and had never left the house. How could she make her way to Qiao Mei’s in-laws’ house?
“Are you sure that Qiao Yu is in the capital? If this is true, we’ll go and ask Qiao Mei for an explanation! Back then, when Qiao Yu wanted to marry into the Guo family, she was the one who caused trouble. Now that she has let Qiao Yu go, she’s openly going against me! I’m already so old, yet I can still be bullied by a junior!” Qiao Zhuang shouted angrily.
The student had really surpassed the master. Qiao Mei was now exactly the same as the Qiao Qiang who bullied him back then, or maybe even more high-handed.
“Father! Quick, go and ask! If we delay any longer, Qiao Mei and the others will hide Qiao Yu. At that time, even if the immortals come, we won’t be able to find Qiao Yu,” Wang Qin said pitifully.
Those who did not know better would really think that she was the sister-in-law who doted on her sister-in-law.
Qiao Zhuang weighed the issue carefully and asked, “How much does it cost to go to the capital?”
“About 50 dollars. I’m not too sure either,” Wang Qin said after being stunned for a moment. She had never gone out before and had never even taken the train, so how could she know the prices of goods outside? However, she knew that it must not be cheap.