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Chapter 385: Chapter 385: You have to be more cautious....
Knowing that Wang Xia meant well, Tong Yao nodded and said in a low voice, "Sister Axia, don’t worry! When Ahchen comes back, I’ll explain everything to him."
Seeing Tong Yao was understanding, Wang Xia continued, "Don’t take this the wrong way, but you can’t rush having a child. There are plenty of people who only have kids a few years after they get married. Besides, our men are doctors - we should trust in medicine, and not believe all those absurd things. If those things were really effective, then what’s the point of doctors?"
Before Tong Yao could reply, she added, "I always assumed that you guys were preoccupied with your careers and not in a hurry to have a kid. After all, you are both still young. If there really are physiological issues preventing you from having a child, there’s no need to worry, our hospital can help with that. Just go and have a check-up, and they’ll know where to start treatment."
Seeing that Wang Xia was genuinely concerned about her, Tong Yao responded sincerely, "Ahchen is at a critical stage in his career, and the two of us haven’t been in a rush to have a baby. So, we haven’t focused much on this issue, believing that when the time is right, it will happen naturally. It’s our families that are worried."
Tong Yao knew that Lin Fengying had always been very anxious about this issue. She thought that after the incident with the mailed medicine, she would calm down for a while. She didn’t expect Lin Fengying to stir up such a big fuss so soon.
However, Tong Yao wasn’t in a hurry to argue with Lin Fengying.
Tomorrow, Zhang Lijuan would be here. With Zhang Lijuan alone, Lin Fengying would have her hands full. She wondered whether Lin Fengying would learn her lesson from this incident.
"Your mother-in-law may seem weak and unassuming, but in reality, she’s quite cunning. You can tell from this incident. She doesn’t understand the gravity of the situation. You need to be extra careful ..."
Just as she was in the middle of speaking, Lin Fengying suddenly appeared from indoors with a garbage bag in hand. Seeing the two of them at the front door, she looked a little embarrassed.
"There are some soiled diapers in here. They stink, so I’m going out to dispose of them."
Wang Xia didn’t know how much of their conversation Lin Fengying had heard. She also felt a bit awkward and quickly tapped Tong Yao with her eye, saying, "Yaoyao, don’t bother seeing me out, hurry back inside to look after the child. I should go."
Tong Yao went back into the house and checked the child’s forehead. Thankfully, the baby didn’t have a fever - he had eaten and drunk enough and was now fast asleep with a smell of sour milk and feces in the room. She gently opened a crack in the window to allow some fresh air in. Suddenly, the kitten jumped in from outside and meowed twice.
Tong Yao motioned to it to be quiet and pointed at the bed. The kitten then noticed the baby on the bed.
[Who’s baby is this?]
The kitten thought it was because Tong Yao couldn’t have a child, so she adopted one elsewhere.
Once Tong Yao saw the look in its eyes, she knew what it was thinking. She whispered, "This is Ahchen’s nephew. Go back to your nest and lie down, don’t wake the baby."
She had no experience with babies. If the baby woke up and started crying, she wouldn’t know how to soothe him.
The kitten seemed mindful of this. It tiptoed back to its nest purring quietly. After Lin Fengying disposed of the garbage and returned, she immediately noticed the kitten upon entering the room. Looking displeased, she entered the living room and asked, "Yaoyao, it is your cat in the living room?"
"What’s wrong?" Tong Yao raised an eyebrow. Was she even obstructing Lin Fengying by keeping a cat?
"How can you keep a cat when you and Ahchen don’t have a child yet? Cats are so dirty! Keeping a cat isn’t good for babies. You should throw the cat out right away. Or else, you could leave it at your parents’place. You certainly cannot keep one around here. They can affect the child when you get pregnant."
Lin Fengying didn’t quite understand these things. All she knew was that she heard folks say that keeping a cat was not ideal for pregnant women. She took these superstitions to heart. After all, a cat was just a pet; if keeping it was harmful for them, then why not just get rid of it?
Tong Yao sneered, "If you’ve got something to say, talk to Ahchen once he gets back!"
Only a fool would argue with Lin Fengying. She would rather stay out of it and let the mother and son handle their own affairs.
"Aren’t I discussing it with you first?" Glimpsing Tong Yao’s indifferent attitude, Lin Fengying felt a sense of bitterness, "Yaoyao, I know you blame me for interfering with the affairs of you young ones. To tell the truth, I don’t want to butt in. But Ahchen is my son, I can’t just watch him succeed in life but not have a child of his own, can I? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have the nerve to meet his father after I’m gone."
Upon hearing her mother-in-law bring up her father-in-law, Tong Yao couldn’t help but find it amusing, "Whether you feel ashamed to meet someone --that’s your business, none of mine. However, my belly is my own, and when to have a baby is my decision. You really should stop meddling."
She had a child with her younger brother-in-law, causing the death of her father-in-law and she still had the audacity to think about meeting her father-in-law after her death! She really had no shame.
Lin Fengying was somewhat indignant, "Even so, I am still Ahchen’s mother and your mother-in-law, your elder. How could you talk to me like this?"
During her time back in the village, the neighbors admired her, saying that her children had made the family proud by being successful in big cities like Kyoto. They believed that she would live comfortably from here on out.
Now Chen Jinlan, upon meeting her, was as polite as ever, a complete turnaround from before. Lin Fengying knew that this was because of the success of her two sons. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
In other words, regardless of which son got divorced, he would still have no trouble finding a suitable wife because of their achievements.
Having successful sons gave her the confidence and leverage.
Moreover, since Tong Yao still hadn’t conceived, Lin Fengying wanted to suppress Tong Yao’s arrogance a bit. However, given her usually timid nature, she didn’t know how to execute this, so she stuck to critiquing Tong Yao’s manners.
"So how do you think I should talk to you?" Sensing Lin Fengying was looking for a fight, Tong Yao frowned and said, "Are you expecting me to place you on a pedestal and worship you or something?"
"You..." Lin Fengying gagged, shaking with anger, "You’re only disrespecting me now because I lost my husband at a young age, and I don’t have anyone to stand up for me. But don’t forget, it was because of saving your father that Ahchen’s father got injured in the first place. That’s why our lives turned so sour."
As she spoke, Lin Fengying began to cry. Since her son was not around, she guessed that he probably hadn’t told Tong Yao about their family’s affairs, so she used the past events to manipulate Tong Yao.
In Lin Fengying’s subconscious, she did blame Tong Yaohui. If it wasn’t for saving him back in those days, Ahchen’s father wouldn’t have been hurt and she and Si Weimin would not have moved here, and Ahchen’s father wouldn’t have discovered anything.
In the end, all this was set off by Tong Yaohui. Now, even though her son was leading a successful life, he was still very good to Tong Yaohui’s daughter, who lorded it over her. Why should she allow this?
