Chapter 45: Even If We Can’t Deal With Them, At Least We Can Make Things Difficult for Xu Zifeng and Her Daughter

Mother Fu was genuinely worried.

After all, her daughter was so pretty and delicate.

If there really were human traffickers on the train, how could she not be a target?

She was already planning ahead, worried she might end up delivering her daughter right into their hands.

But now, with such a good son-in-law going along, she didn’t have to fret about this or that anymore.

Fu Mingxue: …?

Qin Wenhuo said seriously, “Mom, don’t worry, I was thinking the same thing. Ming—Mingxue has never traveled far before, so it’s perfect for me to go with her.”

“That’s wonderful! It’s settled then. You’ll come and spend New Year’s at our place, and you two can leave on the second day.”

“Great!”

Fu Mingxue stared in disbelief as the two of them made the decision.

She was the one involved here—couldn’t they at least ask for her opinion?

Did her thoughts not matter at all?

“Mom, actually, I can—” go by myself.

She had lived a whole lifetime, surely she could handle a few human traffickers?

Did she really look that easy to fool?

Mother Fu cut her off directly:

“Go check the kitchen, see if the chicken I’m stewing is ready. Also, taste it for salt—if it’s not salty enough, add a bit more.”

“Oh right, son-in-law, do you prefer your food more salty or less?”

“Mom, just normal is fine.”

“Alright, Mingxue, did you hear that? Make it normal.”

Fu Mingxue: …?

Wait, Mom, can you let me finish my sentence?

——

The Bai mother and daughter returned home, panting and exhausted.

They felt like their legs weren’t even legs anymore.

It took a while before they finally caught their breath.

Mother Bai cursed bitterly, “Heavens, that wretch Xu Zifeng, may she die a horrible death—”

Bai Siqi was furious too.

If she hadn’t run fast enough just now, she would have been beaten up by Fu Mingxue’s mom.

“Mom, I’m going to find Song Yan first thing tomorrow morning.”

She had to tell Song Yan this important news—that Qin Tuan had married that bitch Fu Mingxue.

Besides, wasn’t Qin Tuan supposed to punish Song Yan because of Fu Mingxue?

Now that Fu Mingxue had married Qin, if he still punished Song Yan, it would be blatant favoritism.

But the most important thing—was to find a way to break up Fu Mingxue’s marriage.

She absolutely could not accept Fu Mingxue marrying into such a good family as Qin Wenhuo’s.

“You’d better hurry. You have to get Song Yan to find a way to get your brother out. He’s really suffering this time. Who knows if he even has anything to eat tonight, and it’s so cold—does he even have a blanket?”

Just thinking about it made Mother Bai’s heart ache.

Her precious son had been ruined by that wretched Xu Zifeng and her daughter!

Bai Siqi didn’t want to hear it. After all, there was nothing she could do to save her brother right now.

Besides, who told Bai Chunsheng to be so stupid and confess so quickly?

If he’d just held out a bit longer, Song Yan might have been able to help.

Now, Song Yan was implicated too, and that wouldn’t do—she was still counting on Song Yan to rise up and give her a good life.

Her eyes darted, and she immediately thought of a way to distract her mom.

“—Mom, Fu Mingxue is married, and her husband is at her house right now. Doesn’t that old woman from the Fu family know? Now that her precious granddaughter is married, shouldn’t the grandparents pay a visit to see their new grandson-in-law?”

Mother Bai’s eyes lit up instantly.

That’s right! Wouldn’t it be best to let those two old geezers from the Fu family deal with Xu Zifeng?

Even if they couldn’t do anything, at least they could make things difficult for Xu Zifeng and her daughter.

“I’m going to the Fu family right now to bring them the good news—”

Her energy was back in full force.

Her legs didn’t ache, and she wasn’t tired anymore.

Bai Siqi watched her mother leave, a cold sneer curling at her lips—Fu Mingxue, don’t think you can just steal everything from me so easily.

Dream on.

In your last life, you lived like a dog.

This life, you’ll still have to live like a dog!"