Chapter 108: Did My Good Intentions Backfire?

After dressing the two children, Fu Mingxue carried them out of the room.

By this time, Mother Fu had already prepared the formula.

One bottle for each child.

“This thing is really nice. It can’t be cheap,” she remarked.

Fu Mingxue: …

Cheap or not, she didn’t know—but she hadn’t spent any money on it anyway.

Besides, her task panel had just refreshed.

Teach the children to walk.

Fixed reward: one thousand. Random rewards: several.

Fu Mingxue: …?

She finally understood what “chicken parenting” meant—there was just no break at all!

But honestly, it was so worth it.

A thousand!

For an ordinary worker earning thirty a month, that would take two or three years to make!

She had to take this task—after all, at a little over one year old, it was about time for the kids to start learning to walk.

With this kind of high income, not only could she support herself, but also her mother and both children with plenty to spare.

“Mom, I need to go out for a bit this afternoon.”

“What for?”

“I need to submit an article to the editorial office.” She wasn’t lying—one of her newly refreshed tasks was to submit a piece to the newspaper.

It would also help solidify the identity she’d made up for herself earlier.

But this time, she was just going to check out the newspaper office.

She needed to buy some newspapers and see what kind of work was getting published these days.

The system rewards were generous, too.

They were based on her manuscript fee.

In other words, if her article earned her one yuan, the system would reward her with another yuan.

She definitely had to take this task.

When Mother Fu heard this, her eyes immediately lit up.

“Perfect! While you’re there, bring some wedding candies for your editor friend.”

She was still thinking about that eight thousand yuan favor.

After all, when someone does you such a big favor, isn’t it only right to give them some sweets?

Fu Mingxue: …?

So the price of telling one lie is having to cover it up with a thousand more?

“…Alright, Mom!”

——

“What’s going on? Is the Qin family really not coming to pick her up?” Mother Lan had thought her son-in-law would at least send someone over in the morning.

But after waiting half the day, there was still no sign of anyone.

No one else from the Qin family showed up, either.

Lan Qingman looked upset.

She felt awful—especially worrying about the two children.

They hadn’t been home last night—had the kids kicked off their blankets?

And this morning—who helped them get dressed?

Did they have a proper breakfast?

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became.

If she’d known, she wouldn’t have impulsively run back to her parents’ house last night.

And what was even more infuriating was her mother-in-law—she’d clearly seen her leaving last night, but didn’t even try to stop her.

If she’d tried to stop her, even a little—would she have left?

Lan family’s eldest daughter-in-law glanced at the mother and daughter.

She could see her sister-in-law’s regretful expression and spoke up: “Mom, I don’t think we should wait for the Qin family to come. Let Qingman just go back herself. It’s not shameful—if she goes back now, no one will know.”

Her words were like a spark to a powder keg in Mother Lan’s heart.

She immediately glared at her daughter-in-law.

“What are you saying? If Qingman goes back like this, what will the Qin family think of her? How will she have any standing there in the future?”

“She’d just be letting that Fu woman get the upper hand!”

Lan Qingman agreed—there was no way she could go back by herself.

Otherwise, what would that make her?

Her face darkened. “I’m not going back.”

“And you—aren’t you supposed to look out for your sister-in-law? If you won’t help her, why are you making things worse?”

The eldest daughter-in-law’s face turned ugly after being scolded by her mother-in-law.

What, her well-intentioned advice had actually made things worse?

Fine, then! Let’s just wait and see if the Qin family comes to fetch her—"