Cheng Su was chatting with Chunhua and the others when Hualing came back, her face alight with excitement as she stared at Cheng Su, "Hey, Cheng Su, you’d better be careful."
Cheng Su had a confused look on her face. What did she need to be careful about?
"You don’t know yet? Military Doctor Chiang’s mother has arrived, and by the looks of it, she might be here to settle scores with you," Hualing said with schadenfreude.
Military Doctor Chiang’s mother had come?
"That’s really funny, what face do they have to trouble Sister-in-law Qi? It’s her daughter who’s shameless, trying to seduce other people’s husbands!" Chunhua, remembering the kindness Cheng Su had shown her when she had just given birth, immediately retorted against Hualing.
Hualing smacked her lips and said sheepishly, "Well, didn’t Cheng Su hit someone first?"
Chunhua sneered, "She deserved to be hit. Who asked her to shamelessly try to lure someone else’s husband? Cheng Su was too gentle, if it were me, I would have scratched her face to shreds!"
Hualing was sprayed by Chunhua’s rapid-fire tirade and immediately felt disgusted.
"And you, Hualing, if some other woman entangled herself with your Chen Shouwang, could you really handle it calmly and talk it out?" Chunhua looked at Hualing with disdain.
Hualing huffed, "I am not a shrew!" Besides, she doubted Chen Shouwang would dare to fool around outside.
Chunhua gave a sarcastic "Oh," "So you mean to say that we all are shrews now? Are you siding with that shameless Fox Spirit?"
Hualing was greatly annoyed, "I didn’t mean that." Stomping her foot, she added, "Besides, I just meant to kindly alert Cheng Su to be cautious. What’s with your insinuations? I haven’t offended you!"
It was enough, Chunhua was protecting Cheng Su like a tigress. What did she mean by that?
"Whether you’re being kind or just want to watch the drama, who knows?" Chunhua scoffed.
"You..."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Cheng Su had to interject, "Enough already, we’re all neighbors, why fight?"
"I won’t argue with you, you’re someone who can’t remember the good done to you. Last year when you were fighting with Chen Shouwang, Cheng Su and Commander Qi were there advising you. Now you’re ready to speak for outsiders, hmph, ungrateful!" Chunhua scoffed disdainfully.
"You... you..." Hualing was furious, "How am I being ungrateful? I was just telling her to be careful."
Cheng Su felt a headache coming on and said, "If you want to quarrel, go ahead, I’m going home!"
She stood up to leave, and that’s when Chunhua and the others finally stopped.
"Aren’t you going to tell us what kind of person she is?" Chunhua jabbed Hualing.
"How should I know? I just heard people downstairs talking about it!" Hualing said irritably.
"You..."
"I just came back from work, how would I know what she looks like? They said she looks very opulent, very elegant, very dignified. Anyway, no good person comes this way; if a person is evil, they will come. She’s the wife of a high-ranking official, it’s always right for you to be a little cautious," Hualing said, glancing at Cheng Su.
Chunhua muttered, "At least you said something sensible!"
Hualing glared back.
Cheng Su said, "Alright, if she comes, she comes. This place isn’t mine anyway. No matter how important she is, I’m not afraid of her, I’m in the right!"
"That’s not the way to look at it. Chiang Qing herself is so unreasonable, as the saying goes, ’A crooked beam makes a crooked rafter.’ Her being that way must be the result of her parents teaching. Who knows if this one might be just as unreasonable? Hualing’s right, it’s better to be careful!" Chunhua was somewhat worried too.
Cheng Su felt a warmth in her heart and nodded.
As the conversation ended, they heard someone outside calling, "Sister-in-law Qi, someone is looking for you!"