Chapter 75: Revealed

After walking a short distance, Fu Mingxue spotted Qin Wenhuo.

“I thought you said you were going home? Why are you still here?”

Qin Wenhuo looked at her. “I was waiting for you!”

Fu Mingxue rolled her eyes at him.

She hadn’t forgotten how quickly he’d slipped away just now!

Seeing her expression, Qin Wenhuo knew she was annoyed, so he explained, “She’s a woman, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to get into an argument with her in the middle of the street. You saw it yourself—she’s pretty thick-skinned.”

Fu Mingxue couldn’t help but laugh at his words.

She hadn’t expected him to say that.

“You’re right, she really is shameless. She was just kneeling there, begging me to take her away!”

She guessed that Fu Mingya had set her sights on Qin Wenhuo.

Heh, that’s just how shameless the Fu family is.

Not interested in talking about those people any longer, she said, “Let’s go home. By the way, did you get the train tickets for tomorrow?”

Qin Wenhuo nodded. “Yeah. Three sleeper tickets, train leaves at eight tomorrow.”

Fu Mingxue thought sleeper tickets were a good idea.

Otherwise, three days on the train would be exhausting.

They didn’t mention Fu Mingya again and headed home.

Mother Fu wasn’t back yet.

But the story of Fu Mingya kneeling in public to beg Fu Mingxue had already spread all over the small town.

Naturally, Mother Fu had heard about it while she was out.

She came home looking furious.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong? I knew Fu Mingya was no good. When she knelt in front of you, you should’ve just slapped her a few times.”

Fu Mingxue gave an awkward laugh. “––My hands would get dirty. No need.”

Mother Fu shot her a look.

Still, her daughter’s way of handling things was pretty clever.

“I really don’t know what she was thinking, coming up with such a rotten idea. Did she think that kneeling in public would force you to take her with you?”

Fu Mingxue: …

She’s actually after your son-in-law.

She was planning to go after your son-in-law.

It was only because I stepped in that she ended up kneeling to me.

The next morning, Fu Mingxue was still asleep when Mother Fu woke her up. “Mingxue, get up! We have to catch the train today.”

Fu Mingxue glanced at her watch. It was only 5:30.

Still, she got up.

After all, she was pretty excited herself.

She quickly got dressed and packed up everything that needed to be organized.

When she came out, Mother Fu had already finished packing the rest.

“Hurry up and eat breakfast. Check if you’ve forgotten anything, so we can get to the train station early.”

Then she seemed to remember something, pulled Fu Mingxue aside, and lowered her voice, “When we get to the capital, are we going to stay at your husband’s place first?”

“Mom, no need. I already asked a friend to buy a siheyuan (courtyard house) for us over there.”

The house she’d been rewarded was right there—it would be a shame not to live in it.

Besides, she didn’t want her mom to feel uncomfortable.

She wanted her mom to feel at home in the capital too.

Mother Fu was shocked. “What did you say? You bought a house in the capital? How did you buy it? And where did you get the money?”

Their family was dirt poor—where did she get the money to buy a house?

“Mom, I asked a friend from the newspaper to buy it for me a while back. The money came from the articles I submitted to the paper. I never told you about it—I wanted to surprise you.”

Mother Fu: …?

Is this a surprise? It’s more like a shock!

She smacked Fu Mingxue hard on the shoulder. “What’s wrong with you, child? Buying a house is such a big deal and you didn’t even discuss it with me.”

“Tell me, how much did that house cost?”"