Chapter 275: Tang Yu’s Request

Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Tang Yu’s Request

"Yes, you raised me with all the hardships, so you can scold me, but don’t scold my wife. She doesn’t owe you anything, you didn’t raise her! You’re just her husband’s mother, not her mother!" Qin Lang looked at Mrs. Qin, speaking seriously.

Everyone looked at Qin Lang with admiration.

No one expected Qin Lang to be such a man, standing against his own mother for his daughter-in-law!

He’s quite a man.

Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Liu Lili, who was crying like a tearful mess, and silently stepped aside. She was no longer needed here; her exclusive knight had arrived.

"You unfilial child! What kind of thing did I give birth to! Not even helping your own mother..." Mrs. Qin cried out, not believing that Qin Lang would side with Liu Lili and not with her, feeling deeply betrayed.

"It’s all you, all your fault. Xiao Lang would never disobey me; it’s because of you. Ever since he married you, he doesn’t even listen to me, his own mother." Mrs. Qin pointed at Liu Lili, accusingly.

"Mom, this is the last time I’ll call you Mom. What you said is really interesting. When your son married me, didn’t you say, ’Having a daughter-in-law who loves my son, I am relieved’? How come now I’ve become the one who led him astray? Obedience means accommodating your every whim, even if you’re wrong?" Liu Lili stepped out from behind Qin Lang, giving Mrs. Qin a cold smile.

"Is it me who changed him, or is your compulsion pushing him to the point where he must rebel? You always say I’ve taken your son away, but what truly alienates him is your attitude of forever treating him as an appendage!" Liu Lili had watched Qin Lang play the obedient son, saw him wronging himself just to be compliant.

She never knew how much Qin Lang suffered until a few days ago, when he followed her moving out, hugged her that night, and poured out his heart.

Only then did she know Qin Lang lived a life of a thousand times more pain than hers.

He was his mother’s pride, and he couldn’t make any mistakes. He had to perfectly meet all of his mother’s demands, or face her repetitive and collapsing doubts and those endlessly indoctrinated thoughts.

She just married into the Qin Family for over ten years, but Qin Lang has endured such a suffocating mother for several decades.

Mrs. Qin always liked to use how she raised Qin Lang to remind him that everything he has today is because of her.

Liu Lili and Qin Ye listened to Qin Lang’s confession and agreed to no longer alienate him, as the three of them vowed to become a family again, inseparable.

Everything was moving toward a better direction, and Liu Lili felt a newfound lightness without Mrs. Qin, the air itself seemed sweeter.

But Mrs. Qin didn’t plan to let her go, today publicly falling out, Liu Lili absolutely would not compromise again.

She had compromised long enough.

"Take care of yourself! Qin Lang is my husband, and besides me, no one has the right to make me divorce him! Not even you!" Liu Lili protectively pulled Qin Lang out.

Everyone immediately made way for her.

Seeing her finally stand up, some even began to clap.

What started as a sparse applause gradually became uniform, even Fu Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but join in.

"Qin Lang, you come back! Qin Lang, if you dare to leave with that vixen, you’ll no longer have me as your mother! Don’t ever come home again!" Mrs. Qin screamed hysterically at Qin Lang’s departing back.

He responded with nothing but his retreating figure, not turning back.

Everyone glanced at Mrs. Qin and dispersed to return home.

Fu Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance with Wu Yingying in the crowd, and they both smiled and walked out together.

Leaving Mrs. Qin alone at the school gate, shouting to no avail.

"Sister Lili was so cool just now! She left that nuisance from the Qin Family with nothing to refute." Wu Yingying couldn’t help but laugh.

Watching that scene just now was truly satisfying.

"Xiao Xiao, I’m not like that to Linlin, am I?" Wu Yingying laughed but then began to worry, wondering if she’s the same kind of mother to Linlin?

That would be too much of a failure.

"You’re not." Fu Xiaoxiao chuckled lightly.

Although Wu Yingying had always seemed depressed, she had always maintained a good motherly image in front of Wu Linlin, which was evident from Wu Linlin’s innocence.

Wu Yingying worked hard to hide her dark and depressed side, never letting Wu Linlin see it.

"That’s good." Wu Yingying smiled and patted her chest.

"Are you Mrs. Lu Tuan?" a female comrade carefully called out.

Wu Yingying and Fu Xiaoxiao stopped and looked at the female comrade.

"Are you looking for me?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at the female comrade, seemingly not recognizing her.

This was their first meeting.

"Yes, it’s like this! I would like to ask if you could also make a school bag like Lu Lin’s for my daughter? My daughter is Bai Shishi, and she’s in the same class as Lu Lin. I’m Tang Yu, and my husband is Bai Zhan, who is in the same rank as your husband." Tang Yu looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, smiling.

"My daughter’s birthday is in a few days, and I want to prepare a birthday gift for her. She really likes Lu Lin’s school bag, so I’m hoping you could make one for me? Just like Lu Lin’s, with my daughter Bai Shishi’s name embroidered on it." Tang Yu’s eyes carried a plea.

"You rest assured, I won’t ask for a free handout, I’m willing to pay a hundred yuan, is that okay?"

"Of course, it’s okay." Seeing Tang Yu being so earnest, Fu Xiaoxiao naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Moreover, it’s for the child’s birthday, and this birthday gift is a mother’s heartfelt intention.

"But it doesn’t need a hundred yuan, just give me the cost of materials." Fu Xiaoxiao smiled at Tang Yu.

"That won’t do, the craftsmanship of that bag is worth the price." Tang Yu shook her head in refusal, knowing how much her daughter loved Lu Lin’s bag, so much that she recognized every detail when viewing it.

She heard that Lu Lin’s school bag wasn’t for sale; it was made by his mother’s own hands. Even wealthy classmates offered a hundred yuan, but Lu Lin didn’t want to sell it.

This kind of sentiment cannot be bought with money.

She could afford a hundred yuan, but there was no craftsman who could produce a finished product like Fu Xiaoxiao’s.

"Just accept it! In this compound, who is short of money!" Seeing Fu Xiaoxiao was about to refuse, Wu Yingying laughed and accepted it on her behalf.

"But that’s too much..." Fu Xiaoxiao hesitated.

"Precious things are hard to buy if she likes them." Wu Yingying’s words left Fu Xiaoxiao speechless to argue.

"Yes, yes, you really shouldn’t feel burdened, this is already a big help to me." Tang Yu naturally understood Wu Yingying’s point and quickly agreed.

"What kind of design do you need on the school bag?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Yu and asked about Bai Shishi’s usual preferences.

"She likes Journey to the West, and also..." Tang Yu’s eyes were full of motherly affection as she talked about her daughter.

She endlessly described her daughter’s likes.