After finishing her sentence, Du's mother glared angrily at Du Jianxin.

He warned, "Let me tell you, next time I get into an argument with someone, don't you dare let me down. Even if you can't swear, you can at least take my side, right?"

Mrs. Du looked at him expectantly, "Hmm~"

Du Jianxin didn't understand his wife's expectations and looked at his mother with a puzzled expression.

Du's mother raised her voice in frustration and shouted, "...Why aren't you saying anything? Go ahead and yell at me!"

Because the noise was a bit loud, Du Yueqing and Wang Anzhao, who were playing in the living room, thought something serious had happened and quickly ran over to the kitchen to check.

When Du's mother saw her daughter and grandson, she forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.

He said, "What are you looking at? Nothing's wrong, I'm fine. I was just discussing something with your dad. You two go play for a while, dinner will be ready soon."

Seeing that her parents were alright, Du Yueqing didn't ask them what they were discussing. She took her son's little hand and went off to play again.

Seeing her daughter leave, Du's mother was extremely disappointed and glared at Du Jianxin.

Du Jianxin hesitated for a moment, then said, "...Those people are so rude."

Mrs. Du was speechless. She knew it; she couldn't count on this old man at all.

That's the problem with Lao Du; he always prioritizes harmony and never manages to hit the mark when he's angry.

The Du family's kitchen was incredibly spacious, but today Du Jianxin felt it was still a bit too small.

Otherwise, how could he have sensed Yang Shujuan's feelings when he was so far away from her?

Mrs. Du was in a bad mood this morning, so the meal she prepared was rather disappointing.

It was a simple meal of four dishes and a soup: braised fish, stir-fried beef with celery, garlic bok choy, cucumber salad, and a loofah and shrimp soup.

Looking at the delicious-looking dishes on the table, Yueqing's stomach growled with hunger.

After carrying her son to his special little chair, Du Yueqing happily ran to the cupboard to get bowls and chopsticks to serve rice.

Mr. Du followed behind his daughter, helping to serve the food. Yueqing handed the bowl to her father, then glanced furtively at her mother's seat.

Seeing that her mother was still quite a distance away, Yueqing finally couldn't suppress her curiosity.

She lowered her voice and asked her father, "Did you just make Mom angry? I heard her scolding you!"

Mr. Du glared at his daughter. "Little brat, don't be so gossipy. Your mother wouldn't scold me. Look at my temper, would I make your mother angry?"

Yueqing was skeptical. "Really? You didn't upset my mom?"

"Of course, I feel so sorry for your mother." Du Jianxin patted his chest loudly.

The love is real, but why would it make my wife angry? Probably not. My wife is angry with someone else.

As Du Yueqing watched her mother approach, she suddenly raised her voice.

She said loudly, "Really? Dad, let me tell you, if you argue with Mom, I'll definitely side with her. After all, Mom and I are both girls, so you have to understand our difficulties, right, Mom?"

Du Yueqing looked at her mother behind her father, her face beaming with joy. Holding a bowl in each hand, she waddled towards her mother like a little penguin.

Looking at her daughter's smile, which was brighter than the sun, Du's mother's heart immediately melted.

Du's mother thought to herself, "My daughter is so well-behaved, clever, and understanding, so I have to treat her as well as I can!"

As for those rumors and gossip, she and Lao Du would shield their daughter from them all, making them disappear without a trace from her sight.

Du's mother happily brought the bird's nest porridge she had carefully prepared for her daughter to her, and said with a smile, "Qingqing, quickly drink this bird's nest porridge."

Yueqing looked at the bird's nest porridge in front of her, pouted, and said unhappily, "Mom, I'm tired of this bird's nest porridge. I don't want to eat it. You guys can eat it."

Seeing that her daughter really didn't like it, Du's mother suggested, "If you don't like this bird's nest porridge, then I'll make you something else delicious. Your body was severely weakened when you gave birth to Zhaozhao, so you need to take good care of yourself."

“It’s been almost three years, and she’s recovered enough. We don’t need to go through all that trouble now.” For the past two years, the family’s recipes have all been tailored to her tastes.

Seeing how much her mother cared about her health, Yueqing, though almost tired of these supplements, still obediently listened to her parents.

Du Jianxin, standing nearby, advised his daughter, "Qingqing, be good. You're still young and don't know how important health is. If you don't take good care of yourself now, you'll regret it when you're old."

"Okay, I'll have porridge, but tomorrow I'd like to have cordyceps and fish maw stewed pigeon; that soup is delicious." It has meat, and the soup is rich and flavorful.

Mrs. Du nodded in agreement, "Okay, Zhao Zhao's father sent this as part of the New Year's gifts half a year ago. If you like it, I'll make you a few more meals. It's good for your health too."

Yueqing nodded as she ate her bird's nest porridge. "Stew two more pigeons so you, Dad, and Zhaozhao can eat them too. Don't let me eat alone, or I won't enjoy it."

Mr. Du patted his chest and said, "Then I'll get up early tomorrow and go to the market to bring back two fresh pigeons."

"The pigeons that are brought here by the villagers are the most authentic. The ones sold in large quantities at the market are all home-raised and don't have the same flavor."

Upon hearing what Old Du said, Du's mother immediately instructed, "Then go to the market early tomorrow morning and see if any of our fellow villagers are selling them. If they are, buy a few more. We'll eat them today and we'll need them again tomorrow. If they're not, then we'll just have to go to the market and buy them. There's nothing else we can do."

"Okay, I got it."

Yueqing picked up a piece of bok choy from her son's plate, listening to her parents discussing how to nourish their bodies.

She was so happy, her eyes practically overflowing with joy. Being loved unconditionally by her parents made her incredibly blessed.

Seeing that her mother hadn't noticed her, Wang Anzhao quickly tugged at her clothes and said in a childish voice, "Mommy, meat, Zhaozhao wants to eat meat."

Yueqing picked up a piece of beef for her son and then fed him bird's nest porridge. Zhaozhao didn't like the taste of bird's nest and shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Hmm... Mom, I don't want to eat, Mom eats." This means that it's for Mom to eat, and he doesn't want to eat it.

Seeing that her son really didn't like it, Yueqing didn't force him. Well, she figured she could enjoy her mother's love all by herself.

Yueqing was so engrossed in her own little world of being surrounded by love that she completely forgot about her boyfriend, whom she didn't really care about to begin with.

Yueqing had no idea about Zhao Hesheng's deliberate avoidance of her at school, or his messy thoughts.

Even if she found out, she wouldn't take it to heart.

Zhao Hesheng was indeed to her aesthetic liking, but what good was liking him if he couldn't compare to Du Yueqing's clear-headedness?

Du Yueqing wasn't the kind of person who could endure hardship, much less go out of her way to serve other people's parents.

She hasn't even had a chance to be filial to her own parents yet, so how could she have the time to be filial to others?

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