Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 182 Staying at My Mother's Home
"The annoying guy is finally gone, and the air feels so fresh."

Watching the oxcart slowly disappear into the distance, Lu Tingting couldn't help but say.

Jiang Moli turned to look at her, "My dear niece, how about I give you a chance to get revenge?"

Lu Tingting stared at her suspiciously: "What kind of terrible idea have you come up with this time?"

"Didn't you suspect that Jiang Qing secretly sent a telegram to your house last time? You can give her a taste of her own medicine and send her in-laws a telegram saying that she was expelled from school and has already returned home."

Lu Tingting's eyes lit up.

……

Li Hongying recently found a job cleaning the streets.

It was not yet seven o'clock in the morning, and she was sweeping the floor with a large broom when she suddenly heard a faint, familiar voice behind her calling "Mom".

She thought it was a passerby and thought to herself that the girl's voice sounded quite like her daughter's.

It wasn't until Jiang Qing called her again that she belatedly turned around.

Looking at Jiang Qing, who was so thin and dark-skinned she looked like a monkey, Li Hongying could hardly recognize her: "Xiao Qing? You, how did you get back? When did you come back?"

Inside the steamed bun shop.

Jiang Qing held a tea egg in her left hand and a large meat bun in her right, wolfing it down.

Li Hongying felt heartbroken and distressed; how long had her daughter been starving?

"Xiao Qing, eat slowly and drink some porridge, don't choke."

Jiang Qing stuffed half a tea egg into her mouth and said while chewing, "Mom, I want another meat bun."

Li Hongying didn't say anything.

I thought it was normal for my daughter to have a big appetite since she was pregnant.

After eating five large meat buns in a row, Jiang Qing finally felt like she had come back to life.

God knows how long it's been since she's eaten meat.

"Xiao Qing, why did you suddenly come back?"

Instead of answering, Jiang Qing asked, "Mom, where are you living now?"

Li Hongying hesitated for a moment, but still told him about her and Jiang Dahai living in the military family compound.

Jiang Qing was furious after hearing this. "Then why did you lie to me and say you were staying at a relative's house?"

Seeing her daughter throwing a tantrum, Li Hongying quickly explained, "I didn't mean to lie to you. Your Uncle Jiang's house had just been taken back by the factory, and he was worried that outsiders would gossip and it would affect Xiao Lu, so he kept it a secret."

Jiang Qing sneered: "Am I an outsider?"

Li Hongying was speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Jiang Qing still had something she didn't understand. "Jiang Dahai told you not to say it, didn't he? What, are you afraid that I, his married stepdaughter, will come back to my parents' home to beg for money?"

"Your Uncle Jiang isn't that kind of person."

Jiang Qing said, "Alright, take me back now. I'm going to stay at my parents' house for a while."

Li Hongying was at a loss. "You...you're not going back to your husband's family?"

"Jiaming's father is blind in one eye, and he hates me so much. If I go back, do you think they'll let me live a good life?"

Knowing that this was her concern, Li Hongying comforted her, "You're pregnant with Jiaming's child now. Go back and apologize to them properly, and they will forgive you..."

Jiang Qing interrupted her impatiently, "I said I don't want to go back, can you please stop nagging?!"

Li Hongying was stunned by her outburst, and after a while she stammered, "The house belongs to Xiao Lu's work unit. It's already against the rules for me and your Uncle Jiang to live here. If you move in, won't that just cause trouble for Xiao Lu?"

"So you don't care whether I live or die? You might as well not have given birth to me!"

Jiang Qing's tears came easily, and she cried bitterly, "My in-laws can't accept me, and even you, my own mother, don't care about me. What's the point of me living? I might as well die and stop getting in your way..."

……

Jiang Dahai returned home after get off work.

Seeing Jiang Qing on the sofa, he casually said to Li Hongying, "A relative from your hometown has come to visit?" Li Hongying was both embarrassed and guilty, "It's Xiao Qing."

Hearing her say that, Jiang Dahai stared at her for a while before finally recognizing her as his stepdaughter.

Not only did she get darker, but she also lost a lot of weight, looking like a refugee who had just returned from a famine.

Seeing that Jiang Dahai wasn't angry, Li Hongying finally felt relieved.

She knew she shouldn't have brought her daughter back, but she couldn't bring herself to abandon her daughter to her fate.

Li Hongying set out dinner and bowls and chopsticks, and the three of them sat down to eat.

Jiang Qing wolfed down her food, as if she hadn't eaten meat in eight lifetimes, constantly picking up pieces of pork with her chopsticks.

Jiang Dahai came from a time of hardship, and just by looking at his stepdaughter's scrambling for food, he knew she hadn't had enough to eat for a long time.

While lamenting Meng Hai's difficult circumstances, he couldn't help but worry about his daughter.

Is my daughter also starving and becoming skin and bones?
"Xiao Qing, why did you come back alone? Why didn't you wait a few more days and come back with Jasmine?"

Jiang Qing did not answer Jiang Dahai's question, but said, "Uncle Jiang, I need to stay here for a while."

It was neither a question nor a plea; rather, it sounded like a formal notice.

Li Hongying's heart was in her throat.

Bringing her daughter back was already inappropriate, and now her daughter wanted to stay; she felt ashamed.

Jiang Dahai looked at Jiang Qing: "Your father-in-law is blind in one eye. Aren't you going back to see him?"

Jiang Qing ate her rice without looking up, saying, "I'll go back when I have time."

Seeing her like this, Jiang Dahai lost his appetite.

He put down his chopsticks and said, "Don't think too much. Eat your meal and get a good rest for the night. I'll take you home tomorrow morning."

Jiang Qing suddenly raised her head.

Jiang Dahai continued, "You're already married, so it's not appropriate for you to still live at your parents' house. Besides, this house belongs to Xiao Lu's work unit, and your mother and I are only staying here temporarily. It's even more inappropriate for you to move in."

It felt like a slap across the face; Jiang Qing's cheek stung.

She didn't expect Jiang Dahai to refuse to let her stay.

Although Jiang Dahai was a hypocrite, he always put on a good show for his stepdaughter.

"Uncle Jiang, I won't stay for too long. I'll move out once I find a job."

"If you want to stay in the city to work, you have to discuss it with your in-laws."

Jiang Dahai's ruthlessness undoubtedly filled Jiang Qing with despair and resentment.

She turned her gaze to Li Hongying, hoping that Li Hongying would say a few good words for her.

Li Hongying was too ashamed to speak, so she could only avoid her gaze by pretending to eat.

Jiang Qing's eyes reddened with anger. "I'm only staying for a few days. Is that such an unreasonable request? Do you want to drive me to my death?!"

"Xiao Qing, what are you saying!" Li Hongying scolded urgently.

It would be a lie for Jiang Dahai to say he wasn't heartbroken.

He believed he had never mistreated his stepdaughter in the slightest, and that he had given her everything she was entitled to when she got married.

He always treated his stepdaughter to good food and drink whenever she came back to her parents' home.

He didn't expect his stepdaughter to be grateful to him as her stepfather, but how could she say such heartless things?

"Xiao Qing, you chose this path yourself. No one is forcing you to marry Zhang Jiaming."

Speaking of this, Jiang Qing became even angrier: "If I hadn't married Zhang Jiaming, would Jiang Moli have been able to marry into Lu Cheng's family? You have a military officer as your son-in-law and live in such a nice house, I deserve half the credit!"

Snapped!
Li Hongying stood up and slapped her daughter across the face. "What nonsense are you spouting! How could you talk about your Uncle Jiang like that! Don't you have any conscience?"

(End of this chapter)