Pan Huiyun then realized something was wrong. She stepped forward and grabbed the bag in Li Shiping’s hand, "Li Shiping, where are you going with those things?"
"Let go." Li Shiping had never tugged with someone before. Although she despised Pan Huiyun, she was, after all, an elder. Plus, with Pan Huiyun’s strength from farming work, she couldn’t break free.
Shen Mianmian pushed Pan Huiyun away with one hand. She was strong and pushed the unprepared Pan Huiyun to the ground. "Sister Shiping, let’s go."
Wang, the elder cousin, wanted to stop the two, but his wife held him back and signaled with her eyes not to interfere. It was the aunt’s family matter, and it would blow over soon.
They were outsiders. What if the family made up and turned on them?
"Ah! She’s hitting someone! Everyone, come and see! The daughter-in-law is beating her mother-in-law with an outsider!"
Lying on the ground, Pan Huiyun kicked and screamed intentionally. Unfortunately, this was a high-end residential area in the city, not the countryside. No one came to watch the commotion. After crying for a while with no reaction from the surroundings, she got up and almost died of anger.
"Why didn’t you stop them?"
"Aunt, she is a professor’s daughter, I..." Wang, the elder cousin, stammered. Though he didn’t state it clearly, his point was made; he didn’t dare to offend Li Shiping.
"Useless." Pan Huiyun dusted off her behind and stood up. "This Li Shiping is getting out of hand with Dongcheng gone. When he comes back, I will make sure he teaches her a lesson."
Wang’s elder cousin’s wife, however, felt it was not that simple. With the aunt bullying Li Shiping like that and seeing Li Shiping’s resolve, it seemed as if she was packing to go back to her parents’ house to complain. The brother might come any minute to stand up for his sister. If they were there, wouldn’t they get caught in the crossfire?
They didn’t check the almanac before coming; they couldn’t stay here any longer.
"Aunt, it seems like the cousin and his wife are having a spat. She wouldn’t be packing her things without her child if it weren’t serious. We’re not helping by staying here. We’ll leave now and come back after the couple has settled their issues."
"It’s already dark, and you haven’t eaten dinner. Why the rush to leave?" Pan Huiyun was somewhat displeased upon hearing they wanted to leave. She wanted them to see how her son would come back and defend her.
"No, we’ll come some other time!" Wang’s elder cousin’s wife tugged at her husband’s sleeve, signaling him to leave quickly.
"Aunt, we’ll be heading back." Wang, the elder cousin, also feared things might be blamed on him. He and his wife swiftly said their farewells and left, with Pan Huiyun unable to make them stay.
Back at Shen Mianmian’s place, Li Shiping also felt a bit anxious. "Mianmian, she screamed quite loudly. She didn’t get hurt, did she?"
"Not at all." Shen Mianmian was very certain as she shook her head. "Sister Shiping, don’t worry! Your mother-in-law was just faking. She’s just being a drama queen. There’s no need to bother with her. I’ve seen plenty of that sort in the countryside."
Li Shiping felt somewhat relieved. "Mianmian, I haven’t figured out what to do yet. I might need to impose on you for a while."
"Sister Shiping, consider this your own home. Stay as long as you like." Shen Mianmian took out some money she had prepared earlier. "Sister Shiping, here’s five hundred yuan. Use it for now. When you have money, you can pay me back. Tomorrow, you and Xiaocui can go out and buy some daily necessities for you and the baby."
Li Shiping hesitated for a moment but did not refuse. She knew it was wrong to use Shen Mianmian’s money, but she had none on her, so she had to accept it for the time being.
"Mianmian, I will pay you back soon." Follow current novels on 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍