Chapter 421: What Are You Doing Sneaking Around?

Sister in law Liu, who lived just across the way, was just as confused.

She had also happened to overhear what Mrs. Fu said.

She couldn’t help but scoff inwardly.

’Oh, sure, "it’s good not to get married." Then why did your daughter get hitched?’

’She even married a man who’s raising someone else’s two kids, becoming a stepmother no less.’

’It’s easy for her to say.’

’She’d always said this mother-daughter duo was sly and crafty.’

’Just look at the nonsense that old woman is spouting.’

’The way she saw it, that mother and daughter surnamed Fu probably didn’t want their own sister-in-law to have a good life.’

’After all, what woman in this world doesn’t get married?’

’If a woman doesn’t get married, she’ll be drowned in gossip and scorn.’

The more she thought about it, the more she couldn’t stand it.

She couldn’t stop herself from immediately retorting with a sneer, "Auntie, that’s not right. Since ancient times, men marry women to carry on the family line. It’s the same even in this new era! We can’t just decide that because it’s a new era, women don’t have to get married and have kids, can we?"

"If that’s what you really think, why’d you let your own daughter get married?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Fu’s eyes narrowed.

"My daughter got married because she and her husband are deeply in love! It was their destiny. As for what I just said—did you grow eyes but no brain? Or maybe you don’t have ears? I said marriage isn’t a woman’s only path. It means women can hold up their own sky. If a woman doesn’t meet someone her heart desires, then not getting married is perfectly fine. So? What exactly did I say that got such a huge reaction out of you?"

"You—" Sister in law Liu’s face flushed crimson.

Mrs. Fu couldn’t be bothered with her.

She simply shut the door and went back inside to eat.

Wang Xiang, who was left standing there, felt quite awkward.

After all, she was the one who had started the conversation.

’But really, that Sister in law Liu... why did she have to say something like that and ask for trouble?’

She quickly went back inside as well to avoid having Sister in law Liu complain to her.

Standing in her own doorway, Sister in law Liu was absolutely fuming.

But unfortunately, all she could do was fume in impotent rage.

When it came to a war of words, she was simply no match for Mrs. Fu.

...

Qin Wenying soon arrived at the factory gate.

When the security guards saw it was her again, they thought it was strange. Hadn’t she just left a short while ago?

"Are you here to see Group Leader Fu?"

Qin Wenying pointed to a cloth bag hanging from her bicycle’s handlebars.

"I’m here to bring her a meal."

The security guards: ...?

’Did the cafeteria run out of food? Group Leader Fu has nothing to eat?’

"Alright, please sign in."

Anyone entering or leaving had to be registered, no exceptions.

Qin Wenying didn’t mind.

She knew it was their job.

She complied, signed the register, and rode her bicycle into the compound.

At that moment, Fu Mingxue was with her group.

Li Zhao had just come looking for her, so she’d brought him along to see Chang Qingze.

The three of them were in a discussion.

Meanwhile, Qin Wenying knocked on Fu Mingxue’s office door. When there was no answer, she knew she wasn’t in.

Just as she was wondering where to find her, Xu Ming happened to walk by.

He saw a woman acting suspiciously outside Fu Mingxue’s office and immediately barked, "What are you doing?"

Qin Wenying turned toward the voice and saw a man with an angry expression rushing toward her.

In the blink of an eye, the man was right in front of her.

"What are you doing skulking around here?"

Qin Wenying was completely baffled by his accusation.

"Who are you calling a skulker?" In her entire life, the words she was most used to hearing were praises of all kinds.

All of them were words of admiration and respect.

She never imagined that one day she’d be slapped with a label like "skulker."