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"Who's making false accusations? I'm stating the facts!"

Jiang Guo shouted back at Lu Yanting, her voice even louder than Lu Yanting's.

Lu Yanting retorted, "The fact is that what you said is wrong, it's slander!"

Jiang Guo glared fiercely at Lu Yanting, feeling indignant on behalf of her sister:

"My sister was bullied to the point of hospitalization by your family, and you still dare to say I'm slandering you? You have some nerve!"

Jiang Guo was sharp-tongued, and Lu Yanting almost lost her argument under her righteous accusations.

Fortunately, she wasn't someone to be trifled with, and she went straight for the kill, exposing the truth about Jiang Zao's hospitalization.

Lu Yanting: "That was her own doing, she threatened to starve her unborn child to death, threw away all the good food my mother made, and ended up in the hospital because she starved herself. It's not our fault!"

Jiang Guo responded quickly: "Even if my sister is on a hunger strike, there must be a reason. Why is my sister on a hunger strike? Why would she go on a hunger strike when she's perfectly fine? And you're saying it's not because your family is bullying her?!"

"You!" Lu Yanting's face turned pale with anger.

How can there be such a shameless person?

No wonder she's Jiang Zao's sister!

They really are sisters!

Jiang Guo glanced contemptuously at her defeated opponent and snorted with satisfaction.

Lu Yanting was furious.

If there hadn't been adults around, she definitely would have pounced on Jiang Guo and started tearing her hair apart.

Fight to the death.

Lu Yanting gritted her teeth and turned to Su Xiufen and Lu Yanxun for help:

"Mom! Brother! Why aren't you saying a word? Are you just going to let others slander our family like this?!"

Su Xiufen smiled and said gently, "Mother-in-law, it's true that we didn't take good care of Xiaozao this time, but please calm down and let's sit down and talk things out..."

Zhou Meixia interrupted Su Xiufen rudely: "Mother-in-law, please ask your Lu family to go out for a moment. I have something I want to say to Zao'er alone."

Before Su Xiufen could say anything more, Lu Yanxun spoke first: "Mom, let's go out first."

Since her son had already said that, Su Xiufen couldn't say anything more.

He had no choice but to put down the insulated container and leave the ward with his three children.

"Brother, why didn't you say anything just now?" Lu Yanting was so anxious she jumped up and down. "Also, we shouldn't have come out, otherwise those three women would have made a fuss about our family!"

Having witnessed the true colors of Zhou Meixia and Jiang Guo, Lu Yanting was very worried that they would spread rumors about their family.

Su Xiufen didn't have any such worries: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant, so just say whatever makes her happy."

Her only worry was that Jiang Zao would be unhappy.

"She's happy, but what about us?" Lu Yanting's eyes were red with anger. "Does our family deserve to be blamed for this?"

"Your happiness is the most important thing, nothing else matters. Just bear with it," Lu Yanwei said at the right moment.

"How can I stand it!" Lu Yanting said, her temper flaring up in frustration.

"Think about your soon-to-be-born nephew," Lu Yanwei sighed, trying to comfort her.

Lu Yanting fell silent.

She wanted to argue but didn't know what to say.

Okay, she admits that her little nephew is her weakness.

The four members of the Lu family remained silent outside the ward.

In the ward just a door away, Jiang Zao threw herself into Zhou Meixia's arms and cried uncontrollably.

It was as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had accumulated over the past twenty years.

Jiang Zao cried miserably, and Zhou Meixia felt heartbroken.

Although she favored boys over girls, no matter how much she showed favoritism, Jiang Zao was still her biological child.

It was her flesh and blood that fell from her body after ten months of pregnancy.

Zhou Meixia patted Jiang Zao's back tenderly, her voice tinged with anger: "Zao'er, don't cry. Tell Mom how the Lu family bullied you this time, and Mom will go and get justice for you."

"Mom, my sister must have been bullied terribly by them this time."

Seeing how pitifully Jiang Zao was crying, Jiang Guo couldn't help but want to cry too.

She also felt sorry for her sister.

So he said to Zhou Meixia, "Mom, let's bring my sister home to live with us, so she won't be bullied at her in-laws' house."

It's fine for a married daughter to visit her parents' home occasionally, but it's inappropriate for her to stay there permanently.

It invites gossip and invites criticism behind one's back.

This is bad for both the married daughter and her family.

Moreover, Jiang Zao's marriage into a wealthy family inadvertently struck a nerve with many families in the village who had daughters.

Some of them were just waiting for an opportunity to mock and ridicule.

So although Zhou Meixia felt sorry for Jiang Zao being bullied in her husband's family, she hadn't thought about taking her daughter back to her parents' home.

Just as Zhou Meixia was about to refuse, she noticed that Jiang Zao's crying had stopped abruptly.

"I want to go home."

Jiang Zao spoke in a hoarse voice the first words Zhou Meixia had uttered since entering the room.

"Mom, my sister also said she wants to go home." Jiang Guo was very happy.

Jiang Guo used to share a room with Jiang Zao; the two sisters shared a bed.

They often have endless little chatter at night.

Whenever my sister encountered something interesting at the factory, she would tell her about it when she got home.

She would tell her older sister any gossip she heard at school that she couldn't tell others.

But ever since my older sister got married, every time she goes back to her parents' home, it's just like visiting relatives.

I never stay overnight at home.

The two sisters haven't had a proper conversation in over half a year.

Zhou Meixia's brow twitched, and she tentatively asked Jiang Zao, "Zao'er, when you say you're going home, do you mean you want to go back to your parents' house for a while, or do you not want to be with Lu Yanxun anymore?"

These two things are very different.

Zhou Meixia wanted to support her daughter, but she didn't want to lose such a respectable son-in-law as Lu Yanxun.

Of course, you have to ask clearly first.

If Jiang Zao really doesn't want to continue dating Lu Yanxun, she'll have to try to persuade her.

After all, a man with Lu Yanxun's qualities is hard to find even with a lantern.

"I...I want to go home and stay for a while," Jiang Zao sobbed, "and come back when the baby is...about to be born."

Jiang Zao didn't dare tell the truth.

Her intuition told her that if she told Zhou Meixia now that she didn't want to be with Lu Yanxun anymore, her mother probably wouldn't want to stand up for her today.

After all, Zhou Meixia was the one who orchestrated the affair between the original owner and Lu Yanxun.

Having finally secured such a wealthy son-in-law, Zhou Meixia would certainly not agree to her idea of ​​not being with Lu Yanxun.

Moreover, Jiang Zao still intends to continue living with Lu Yanxun for the time being.

She won't easily bring up divorce unless the time is right.

Of course, one cannot be easily divorced.

Zhou Meixia breathed a sigh of relief and agreed to Jiang Zao's request to stay at her parents' home for a while without much thought.

“Okay, in that case, Mom will talk to your in-laws and ask them to take you back to your parents’ home for a while, and then bring you back when you’re about to give birth.”

Jiang Zao's heart trembled: "Thank you... Mom."

After saying the word "Mom," Jiang Zao broke down in tears again.

For her, "Mom" was such a distant title.

Now, her mother is right in front of her.

within reach.

Jiang Zao held Zhou Meixia's hand tightly.

Feeling her body temperature with my heart, I cried and then laughed.

“Mom…” Jiang Zao called out.

Zhou Meixia was a little frightened by Jiang Zao's crying and laughing, but she quickly felt relieved when she thought about how Jiang Zao was pregnant.

She's been through it herself and knows that emotions can be so unpredictable during pregnancy.

"Mom's here." Zhou Meixia also squeezed Jiang Zao's hand, her tone unusually gentle.

Jiang Guo tenderly wiped away Jiang Zao's tears with her small handkerchief: "Sister, don't cry. Your eyes are all swollen from crying. You'll become ugly if you keep crying. Don't you love being pretty the most?"

A warm feeling washed over Jiang Zao, and her tears stopped.

"Mom, I want to go home with you today," Jiang Zao pleaded, her voice choked with emotion.

After seeing her mother and sister, she wanted to see her father and brother as soon as possible.

"Great! Great!" Jiang Guo exclaimed happily. "Then I can sleep with my sister tonight!"

Zhou Meixia agreed to Jiang Zao without saying a word.

She instructed Jiang Guo, "Guozi, go and call those people from your sister-in-law's family in."

"okay!"

Jiang Guocui readily agreed and ran out cheerfully to call for help.