Reborn in the 80s and Remarrying an Officer, Let the Ungrateful Cry!

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: You Left Your Good Mother-in-Law Behind

But Mrs. Fu was on guard.

The moment she saw the woman charge, she kicked out without hesitation.

Yan Hongwei was knocked to the ground. She lay there for a long moment, unable to get up, and started wailing, "Xu Zifeng is trying to kill me!"

The piercing shriek made Mrs. Fu’s head ring. She shot the woman a cold glare.

"Yan Hongwei, if you dare to keep screaming at my door, I’ll chop you to pieces. I don’t care if I live or die, but taking you down with me? I’d call that a win."

Yan Hongwei was utterly terrified by her stare.

Finding a sudden burst of strength, she scrambled up from the ground. The pain seemed to vanish from her body as she turned tail and fled.

Watching her flee so quickly, Mrs. Fu’s mouth twitched. She yelled after the retreating figure, "Yan Hongwei, you forgot to take your dear mother-in-law with you!"

Old Mrs. Fu’s expression instantly darkened.

The other onlookers roared with laughter.

Someone even jeered at the fleeing figure, "Yan Hongwei, you left your precious mother-in-law behind! Come back and get her!"

Old Mrs. Fu was so furious her face turned beet red.

She was trembling, the very picture of someone consumed by rage.

Mrs. Fu showed her no courtesy and glared right at her.

"What, you’re still not leaving? Do you want me to see you out?"

"Then you just wait. I’m going inside to get a knife—"

Old Mrs. Fu was terrified. ’What is she going to do with a knife?’

’Is she going to butcher the Fu family?’

At that thought, she couldn’t stay a moment longer. She just ran.

This time, she ran quite nimbly.

Her body seemed fine all of a sudden, and her legs were no longer aching all over.

Mrs. Fu sneered, spat on the ground, and then went back into the courtyard, shutting the gate behind her.

She looked up and met her daughter’s admiring gaze.

"Mom, you’re amazing." Fu Mingxue gave her a thumbs-up.

’How did I never realize Mom was so incredible before?’

Mrs. Fu gave her an exasperated look.

"Go wash your hands. It’s time to eat."

"You got it!"

Fu Mingxue went cheerfully into the kitchen to bring out the food.

But Mrs. Fu swatted her hand away. "Move aside, this bowl is hot. You go get the rice and grab the chopsticks."

’It had been one thing after another today. As her mother, she hadn’t even had time to properly savor the joy of her daughter getting into university.’

’Nor had she had a chance to tell her late husband about their daughter’s success.’

’All these years, she hadn’t remarried, and she’d raised their daughter well!’

For Mrs. Fu, sitting down to eat with her daughter might have felt like something that just happened last night.

But for Fu Mingxue, it felt like two lifetimes ago.

As she ate the familiar food she had dreamed of day and night, tears began to stream uncontrollably down her face.

The sight of her daughter crying while eating gave Mrs. Fu a huge scare.

"—Why are you crying?"

Fu Mingxue’s tears wouldn’t stop.

’She thanked Heaven again for giving her a chance to start over.’

’This time, she could not only start a new life and right the wrongs of her past, but more importantly, she could make up for her regrets and be a proper daughter to her mother.’ freeweɓnøvel.com

Seeing her daughter start crying even harder, Mrs. Fu began to panic.

"What’s wrong? If someone’s wronged you, tell Mom. I’ll go tear them apart—"

Looking at her vibrant, living mother, Fu Mingxue didn’t want to worry her, so she smiled through her tears. "Mom, I’m just sad thinking about how I’ll have to leave you soon."

Hearing this, Mrs. Fu breathed a sigh of relief.

"And here I was thinking it was something serious! What’s there to be sad about? You’re off to university, and I’ll be right here at home. You can come back on your breaks."

Fu Mingxue asked tentatively, "Mom, why don’t you... come with me to Beijing City?"