Chapter 63: Still Feeling Sorry for His Wife

“I’ll get the door.”

Mother Fu walked over, but didn’t open the door right away. She just asked, “Who is it?”

These days, she felt like a startled bird, terrified that whoever was at the door was coming after her daughter.

After all, it was her daughter who called the police.

Who knew how many of those traffickers hadn’t been caught yet?

If they found out her daughter was the one who reported them, wouldn’t they come after her?

Just yesterday, she’d even gone out of her way to avoid people and run to the police station, begging the officers not to reveal that it was her daughter who called the police.

Even when the officers said there would be a reward.

She didn’t want it.

She only had one daughter, and she didn’t have any big ambitions—she just wanted her daughter to be safe and sound.

Now, whenever someone knocked on the door, her heart would jump with fear.

She was terrified it might be some bad guy.

The knocking paused outside the door. “—Mom, it’s me, Qin Wenhuo.”

The moment Mother Fu heard it was her son-in-law, her face lit up with joy as she hurried to open the door.

When she saw her son-in-law standing there in his military uniform, she couldn’t stop smiling.

“Qin Wenhuo! What brings you here? No, wait, you came at just the right time! Come in, come in!”

Qin Wenhuo’s gaze landed on his mother-in-law’s face, and he felt she was being unusually enthusiastic this time.

He stepped into the courtyard.

“Son-in-law, how did you get here so quickly?”

She’d thought it would be a few more days before he came! At the earliest, she expected him around the New Year.

In fact, Qin Wenhuo had originally planned to come closer to the New Year.

But—he was a little worried, so he decided to come early.

“Is everything okay at home?”

His gaze landed on the person walking out of the main room, and he couldn’t help but pause—this girl’s face was just dazzling.

It had only been a few days since he’d last seen her, but she looked even more beautiful now.

Her features were especially delicate, her skin fair and glowing. Just standing there, she seemed to radiate light.

He didn’t even realize—before, no matter how pretty a girl was, he’d never paid attention to their looks.

Let alone stared at a girl like this.

Wait, she wasn’t “someone else’s”—she was his.

The words “his family’s” popped into Qin Wenhuo’s mind.

Fu Mingxue: …?

Why is he staring at me like that?

Where are your manners?

“Son-in-law, you wouldn’t believe it, but we almost had a real incident—” Mother Fu’s words instantly pulled Qin Wenhuo’s attention away from Fu Mingxue.

His tone carried a tension even he didn’t notice. “What happened?”

Mother Fu explained what Bai Siqi and her mother had done—

As Qin Wenhuo listened, a chill seemed to radiate from him.

His lips pressed into a thin line, his gaze icy cold—the pressure in the room dropped noticeably.

Even Mother Fu could feel it.

She thought he was angry and worried, so she hurried to say, “Luckily, our Mingxue has good fortune and managed to get out of danger. She’s fine now—”

But Qin Wenhuo’s brows didn’t relax at all. In fact, they knitted even tighter.

Until finally, he lost all patience and spoke coldly, “She knew those people had bad intentions, and she still dared to follow them? What if those people had noticed her? Would she have been able to escape?”

At those words, Mother Fu immediately fell silent, her eyes widening—she hadn’t thought of that! What if they had noticed?

Those human traffickers weren’t exactly known for their kindness.

Wouldn’t that have been like delivering her right into their hands?

“You silly girl, you can’t be so reckless in the future, do you hear me?”

Fu Mingxue was dumbfounded—how did this all blow over, and yet she was still getting scolded?

Qin Wenhuo shot her a glance and spoke again, “Mom’s right, it was reckless. But she was clever enough not to keep following them and called the police early on.”

Fu Mingxue: …?

So you get to say both the good and the bad things.

Either way, she still got scolded."