Chapter 429: Actually, I’m Quite Ashamed

Sister Wang: ...?

She was about to lose her mind.

She couldn’t believe she had come over with good intentions, only to get an earful like that.

Her face dark, she spun around and left.

Mrs. Fu paid the person outside the door no mind.

’That damn director, or whatever she is, loves sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong, just to show off how capable she is. Hah. Meddling in things that are none of her business, but you never see her managing the things she’s actually supposed to.’

Fu Mingxue didn’t find out about this until the next morning.

Mainly because she had been coming home late, and Mrs. Fu no longer waited up for her.

"You tell me, is there something wrong with her?" Mrs. Fu added after finishing her story.

Fu Mingxue: ...?

That was a tough one to comment on.

"Alright, don’t be angry! Isn’t this perfectly normal? Sister Wen Ying is so beautiful. If people find out she’s still single, the matchmakers will be lining up by the dozen. It just goes to show how outstanding she is."

"If it were your daughter who was still single right now, do you think there’d be any shortage of matchmakers?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Fu’s lips twitched. ’She really knows how to seize any opportunity to pat herself on the back.’

"By the way, Mom, in three days, I have to go to the research base. I’ll have to leave things at home to you."

The moment Mrs. Fu heard this, she asked, "For how long?"

"Three months, I think!" She had a lot to get done in those three months.

She was on the engine development team.

She also had to attend joint meetings with the other R&D teams.

Plus, there was a lot of data she needed to collect.

Three months was a very tight schedule.

Of course, she wasn’t going alone this time. She was taking three people with her, while the deputy team leader would stay here and continue the R&D work with the rest of the group.

"Then take care of yourself. Don’t stay up too late," Mrs. Fu said. She would never interfere with her daughter’s work.

"Mom, don’t worry, I know. It’s just going to be tough on you!"

In truth, Fu Mingxue felt a bit guilty toward her mother.

She had originally been reborn with the intention of enjoying a comfortable life with her mom.

The two of them, mother and daughter, could live happily together.

And now, she was happy, in a way, since she was working in the field she loved most.

But her mother was the one doing all the hard work.

Taking care of two children all by herself.

The two kids were at an age that was especially tiring.

If it weren’t for the fact that the two of them were very well-behaved and sensible, it would have been even harder for her mother to raise them alone than it was to raise her back in the day.

She was always either working, doing overtime, or on business trips, so she could barely lend a hand.

And Qin Wenhao was constantly away on missions. Once he left, he’d be gone for a long time—sometimes with no word at all.

It was as if he had no involvement with the children at all.

Mrs. Fu shot her a look. "Tough on me? What’s so tough? I eat well and sleep well at home! All I do is cook for the two kids and wash a few clothes. Alright, stop with all this sappy talk. It’s giving me goosebumps. It’s disgusting. If you have to go to work, then hurry up and go."

Fu Mingxue: ...?

So much for a touching, sentimental moment. Now there was nothing left of it.

「Three days later.」

Fu Mingxue was picked up, suitcase in hand.

It caused quite a stir, since a special car had come to the family compound just to pick her up.

Everyone was incredibly envious.

’That Fu Mingxue is so capable, she even has a special car come to pick her up.’

Some of them had never even been in a car before!

Sister-in-law Liu was also jealous. ’Hah, what’s so great about it? It’s not like she can have children, anyway.’

’How long have they been married?’

’And she still hasn’t popped out a single kid.’

’Can you even call that a woman?’

’Sure, Qin Wenhao is raising two children, but are they his own flesh and blood?’

’What man doesn’t want his own bloodline?’

’They make it sound so nice—saying they want to have kids later.’

’Hah! The truth is she just can’t have them!’

However, she could only think these things to herself nowadays.

She wouldn’t dare say them out loud.

After all, she had witnessed firsthand how vicious that old battle-ax Mrs. Fu could be with her words.