Li Man decided to stay with An Xin tonight. Chen XiaoHui had just gotten pregnant and it was not good for her to stay up late.
Tan XiYuan was comforting Chen XiaoHui when her phone suddenly rang. She took it out and saw it was her mother-in-law calling.
Whenever she saw her mother-in-law's call, she would get annoyed. Every time her mother-in-law called, it was to ask about having a child.
She wanted to have a child too, the problem was she couldn't get pregnant, so what could she do?
When they first got married, she and Lu Feng wanted to enjoy their time as a couple, so they always used contraceptives and had a fun three years. By the time they wanted to have a child, she couldn't get pregnant.
Seeing all her good friends having children, the couple became anxious and went to the hospital for testing, only to find the problem was with Tan XiYuan.
When Tan XiYuan first started treatment, it was incredibly difficult. She went to the hospital every day, took medicine like food, her arms were full of needle marks, people who didn't know thought she was doing drugs.
Even after three years of Western medicine without results, she turned to Chinese medicine.
She used to hate drinking Chinese medicine the most, seeing the black soupy concoctions made her nauseous, but in order to have a child, she forced herself to drink it for years.
She drank the Chinese medicine, got acupuncture, but there was still no movement in her belly.
Left without a choice, the couple could only try IVF.
But after several failed attempts at IVF, they were still unsuccessful.
Over the years, Tan XiYuan went through so much pain trying to have a child.
But her mother-in-law didn't care about the process, only the result. Seeing she couldn't get pregnant, her mother-in-law constantly gave her attitude and spoke to her passive-aggressively.
"Mom."
Even though she was annoyed by her mother-in-law, when she picked up the call, Tan XiYuan still addressed her respectfully.
"Where are you?" Her mother-in-law's displeased voice rang out from the phone.
"I'm at the hospital with a friend, what's wrong?"
"Come back first, I need to discuss something with you."
"Mom, when did you come back? Why didn't you let me know in advance?"
Her mother-in-law lived in her hometown, not with them.
"Do I need to inform you every time I go home?"
The old lady never saw herself as an outsider.
Tan XiYuan rolled her eyes at the phone and said, "I know, I'll head back now."
Her mother-in-law's attitude toward her was getting worse.
"What's going on? Did your mother-in-law come?"
Li Man heard the voice from the phone loud and clear beside her.
"Yeah." Tan XiYuan replied. She looked at Chen XiaoHui apologetically, "XiaoHui, I'm really sorry, my mother-in-law came so I have to head back."
"It's fine, hurry back. If she scolds you, just pretend she's farting." Chen XiaoHui said as she wiped her tears.
Everyone knew Tan XiYuan's mother-in-law had a bad temper and was hard to please.
But the root cause was still Tan XiYuan's inability to get pregnant, which was why her mother-in-law treated her so terribly.
And because she couldn't give birth, Tan XiYuan didn't even dare to raise her voice, enduring mistreatment from her mother-in-law over the years.
Tan XiYuan smiled helplessly, "I know, don't be upset anymore. An Xin is still young, explain it to her slowly, she'll understand."
"Okay, I know. Hurry and go." Chen XiaoHui replied with a sniffle.
...
When Tan XiYuan returned home and opened the door, the three people sitting in the living room all looked over at her.
Seeing this situation, Tan XiYuan suddenly felt uneasy. She hurriedly greeted them, "Dad, Mom, you're here."
The old lady nodded and lifted her chin slightly, putting on an empress dowager posture, "Sit down, I need to discuss something with you."