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Chapter 316: Chapter 316: This is no different from slapping her in the face.
Did my sister-in-law forget her underwear on the bed?
Si Weimin picked up the underwear, took a glance at it, and realized he couldn’t cover up the truth anymore. He quickly said, "Caizhen, calm down and let me explain."
"Explain? How are you going to explain?" Yuan Caizhen was on the verge of a meltdown, "Didn’t you say that your sister-in-law was staying at a hotel? Why is an additional pair of women’s underwear under the pillow? Did you bring a woman home to stay or what?"
But in fact, Yuan Caizhen knew Si Weimin would never bring a woman home. They had been married for many years, and even if she couldn’t fully trust Si Weimin, she believed Si Weimin would never bring a woman into their home.
The underwear must belong to his sister-in-law.
No one in Kyoto would wear such underwear; to put it bluntly, it was just a large pair of granny panties.
Of course, she did not suspect that anything happened between Si Weimin and his sister-in-law last night, after all, Xiaohui and Song Yu were living right across from them. She just felt disgusted.
At this point, Si Weimin could only tell the truth, "Last night, my sister-in-law indeed stayed at our house, I stayed in the living room. I lied to you because I know you like cleanliness, and I was afraid you’d be upset. Initially, my sister-in-law said she would stay at a hotel, but considering it was her first day here, and it was not safe, I thought it would be better if she stayed with us."
"And what about these underwear?" Yuan Caizhen saw that Si Weimin was still carrying his sister-in-law’s underwear, and he didn’t seem to find it dirty. She felt an indescribable irritation. "Even if your sister-in-law stayed here, why is her underwear under the pillow? Is this something a normal person would do?"
Si Weimin originally felt guilty, but when he heard his wife’s words, he reflexively defended, "My sister-in-law probably forgot to take it, it wasn’t intentional. Why are you using such harsh words?"
Seeing his attitude, Yuan Caizhen became even angrier, "She did such a disgusting thing, why can’t I speak harshly?"
In Si Weimin’s eyes, Yuan Caizhen’s behavior was pressuring him. He frowned and said, "My sister-in-law is used to living in the countryside, she doesn’t have these many considerations. She has already moved out, you shouldn’t cling to this minor mistake. Caizhen, in our family, we only have my sister-in-law’s family left. My older brother passed away early, and their mother and child have had a hard time. I hope you can understand me and not look down on them because they are country folks."
After saying so, he threw the underwear into the trash can, glanced at his wife, and walked out.
Yuan Caizhen was both angry and annoyed. The couple had been married for over a decade and their relationship had always been very good. However, she hadn’t expected that ever since Xiaohui arrived, Si Weimin had gradually changed. She had been forbearing considerably and yet they kept pushing boundaries.
Burning with anger, Yuan Caizhen picked up the underwear from the trash can, put it in a bag, then sent her child back to her mother’s house to stay for a few days. Afterward, she took the bag and went to find Lin Fengying.
She figured that for a while, there was unlikely to be any peace at home, so it would be better for the child to live at her mother’s place.
At this moment, Lin Fengying was chatting with Si Weimin. Si Weimin originally wanted to ask if they needed anything so he could buy it for them, but it turned out that Song Yu and Xiaohui had gone shopping and only Lin Fengying was at home.
The two conversed a bit awkwardly, then Si Weimin made an excuse to leave. Just as he was about to step outside, he saw Yuan Caizhen arriving. Fearing Yuan Caizhen would misunderstand, Si Weimin quickly retreated back into Lin Fengying’s room.
Just as Si Weimin hid, Yuan Caizhen entered the yard. Lin Fengying immediately noticed the bag in Yuan Caizhen’s hand and anxiously clutched her clothes, clueless about what to do.
She forced a smile and said, "Caizhen, you’re here!"
Yuan Caizhen glanced around the yard and asked with a stern face, "Sister-in-law, has Weimin been here?"
In the room, Si Weimin heard Yuan Caizhen’s voice and felt guilty. He started to regret hiding.
He had hid in a moment of panic, there was nothing to hide in the first place. But now that he had hidden, it felt like he was only fooling himself. However, coming out now would only deepen the misunderstanding.
"No, no..." Lin Fengying stuttered, "After he...he dropped us off, he left. Didn’t he go home?"
Given the underwear incident, Yuan Caizhen found Lin Fengying displeasing to her eyes, "He did go home. We had a fight, and then he left again. I thought he might have come here."
"You had a fight?" Lin Fengying was surprised. Si Weimin was acting normally when he came over and didn’t mention anything about a fight, "Why did you argue? Was it because Xiaohui and I caused you trouble?"
Yuan Caizhen straightforwardly said, "It’s not really trouble, but we did indeed fight over you. When I got home, I found a pair of underwear under my pillow. I thought Weimin brought some random woman home. After a fight, I found out that it was you who stayed at our house."
Having said that, she shoved the bag she was holding into Lin Fengying’s arms, "Sister-in-law, these are your underwear, right?"
Lin Fengying’s face turned red in a moment. At that time, she had impulsively placed her underwear under the pillow, and regretted it after she left. She hadn’t expected Yuan Caizhen would be so upset as to have a fight with Si Weimin, and then to directly confront her with it.
This was just like a slap in her face.
At this point in the situation, she certainly couldn’t admit that she intentionally placed them there, so she just thick-skinnedly apologized awkwardly, "I’m sorry, Caizhen, I’m used to living in the countryside, and I have bad habits. I just placed them there conveniently and forgot to take them when I left."
Yuan Caizhen kept a straight face and said, "Sister-in-law, I don’t know if you intentionally put them there or forgot to take them, but it’s not okay to put something so personal under someone else’s pillow. I can’t control your habits in the countryside, but in my home, our rules should be observed. I hope that similar incidents won’t happen again."
For some time, she had been tormented by Xiaohui. She had been bearing with it to preserve her husband’s feelings, but now Lin Fengying’s behavior was directly challenging her bottom line.
No matter whether Lin Fengying did it on purpose or not, she had to make this clear, so as not to face such upsetting situations in the future.
For her husband’s sake, she had been tolerant enough already.
Lin Fengying couldn’t hold her head up from being scolded. She felt that this was more humiliating than being stripped naked and thrown onto the street. In a soft voice, she whimpered out an apology, "I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I’m a country bumpkin, uneducated, unelegant, unsanitary, and unrefined. I hope you can forgive me. I guarantee it won’t happen again..."
Listening to Lin Fengying’s words becoming more and more irrelevant, as if Yuan Caizhen was bullying her, it seemed as though it was Yuan Caizhen’s fault and she was being oppressive.
Yuan Caizhen frowned, feeling that Lin Fengying’s behavior was insincere. She was about to say something when the door behind her was pulled open from the inside.
Si Weimin strode out of the room with a stern face, and said to his wife, "Caizhen, isn’t it just about a pair of underwear? This isn’t a big deal. Was it necessary to make such a fuss and embarrass my sister-in-law like this?"
If he hadn’t been in the room, he would never have imagined that such malicious words could come from his wife’s mouth. She was clearly looking down on his sister-in-law.
