Chapter 381: The Sister-in-law Is Back

"No need," Fu Mingxue said right away. "Xiao Zhao will take me to the train station tomorrow. I’ll just take these with me, so you don’t have to mail them."

"But really, thank you, Mom!"

Mrs. Qin was delighted. She gave her younger daughter-in-law a playful, reproachful look. "We’re family, there’s no need for thanks. Oh, right, take this money too."

She handed over a thick wad of cash she had prepared.

Fu Mingxue didn’t stand on ceremony. "Thank you, Mom!" she said sweetly.

Gao Lan’s eyes widened. ’That’s a thick wad of cash... at least a thousand yuan, right?’

’I thought my sister-in-law would at least try to refuse when Mom offered the money. I can’t believe she just took it.’

"Mom, Dad, I should get going now."

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to stay and chat longer, but she was simply out of time.

She still had to make a trip over to the First Auto Factory.

"Oh, and there’s no need for any of you to see me off tomorrow. I haven’t even checked what time my train leaves! In any case, don’t worry about me. I’ll call you after I arrive."

"Alright. Be safe, then."

Just as Fu Mingxue was about to leave, someone walked in.

"Sis, what happened to you?"

As Fu Mingxue cried out, the attention of the entire Qin Family shifted to the newcomer.

Qin Wenying stood there with her arm in a sling, and her face was also covered in cuts and bruises.

Mrs. Qin gasped. "Wen Ying, what happened to your arm?"

"It’s nothing serious. I just got banged up by some broken trees during a rescue," Qin Wenying said, not seeming too concerned about her injuries.

To her, they really were just minor injuries.

Her gaze fell on Fu Mingxue. "You were about to leave?"

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Yeah, I was just leaving, but now that you’re back, Sis, I’ll stay a little longer. Are you sure you’re okay?"

"It’s not a big deal. It just means I have to take a temporary leave from work."

For Qin Wenying, *that* was the real disaster.

She didn’t want to be on leave at all.

Especially since— Her eyes swept across the room, lingering on Gao Lan’s face for a couple of seconds before moving away to look back at her other sister-in-law, Fu Mingxue.

’I definitely like this one better.’

"You’re heading back tomorrow, right? How about I go with you? I could stay at your place for a few days."

Fu Mingxue was about to agree.

But Mrs. Qin cut her off. "You’re injured. What are you going to Mingxue’s for? Do you expect her parents to wait on you hand and foot?"

Qin Wenying was speechless at her mother’s words.

She lifted her injured arm slightly.

"Ms. Sheng, I have a minor injury, I’m not a cripple. How can you even use a word like ’wait on’?"

If the military hadn’t forced her to take leave, she definitely wouldn’t have come home.

’Looks like I really need to get my own place.’

Mrs. Qin glared at her. "I don’t care. You’re not going. Mingxue’s parents are busy enough with two children. If you show up, injured no less, won’t they have to spend all day thinking about what to cook for you? You’re staying right here at home. You’re not allowed to go anywhere."

Qin Wenying: ...?

’I knew I shouldn’t have come home.’

’Staying in my dorm would have been better than this.’

"Mingxue, do you have a spare room at your place? What if I stay with you?"

Fu Mingxue could tell that her sister-in-law didn’t seem to want to stay at home.

"Yes—"

Mrs. Qin spoke up again. "Mingxue, don’t listen to her. She’s injured, so she has to stay home. Otherwise, who knows when her arm will ever heal."

Then she looked at her daughter’s bruised face. ’These cuts won’t leave scars, will they?’ she worried.

"You’re a pilot. How did you get injured on a rescue mission?"

"Weren’t there heavy rains in H Province? I was delivering supplies! I ended up joining the flood relief efforts there. What’s so strange about rescuing someone?"

Mrs. Qin didn’t buy it for a second.

’She’s a pilot, so how did she end up in flood relief?’

’Doesn’t the plane have to be flown back?’