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âYou, girl, I donât know whether to call you smart or foolish. Anyway, since itâs come to this, letâs just get engaged. But remember one thing, if he dares to bully you or look down on you because you slept with him before marriage, you can come back home, and Mom will support you, so you donât have to look at his face!â
âBut didnât you disagree with getting engaged so early before?â
âYou still dare to say that! Stupid girl! If you hadnât been so muddled, why would I have⦠never mind, he doesnât even mind that you canât cook, so I guess he canât treat you badly. I will take a look at his mother tomorrow and see what sheâs like. If sheâs a domineering old lady, I wonât easily agreeâ¦â
Xiao Qian looked at her mother talking nonstop and thought that with her intelligence, she wouldnât stand a chance against Yu Minglangâs mother and would be lucky not to be taken advantage of.
Fortunately, Yu Minglangâs mother was also a very kind old lady. Her arrangement for Yu Minglang and Xiao Qian to get married made Xiao Qian both touched and a little puzzled.
Itâs unusual for a woman from that generation to be so liberal, and most mothers in the world tend to unconditionally side with their own children, just like her mother, Jia Xiufang.
Although she constantly criticized Xiao Qian, she was actually protecting her daughter from being bullied by others.
Surprisingly, Yu Minglangâs mother even hit Yu Minglang directly. This made Xiao Qian a little surprised. In fact, if Mother Yu had some thoughts and thought Xiao Qian was a girl who didnât love herself, Xiao Qian would not be unable to understand. After all, how many open-minded old ladies were there in that generation?
It seems that her luck is not bad.
Xiao Qian later learned that her luck was indeed pretty good; she had met a good family, which would be proven by a series of events later on.
âWith your skills, you could burn down the kitchen by just cooking. Only Yu Minglang wonât mind you. Youâd better get married quickly. If you really get engaged, donât act foolishly and let people find fault with you. No, during this holiday, I have to teach you how to cook and see what youâve done to the kitchen.â
Upon hearing that she would have to cook during her vacation, Xiao Qian suddenly felt like running awayâ¦
Dinner was settled near Xiao Qianâs house, where she had a big meal and made Ni Jianren pay the bill when she was just reborn.
Itâs only been a few months, everything has changed, and sheâs about to get engaged to the man who was her childâs father in her past life.
Jia Xiufang ordered many dishes and was especially enthusiastic about Ming Lang, making every effort to interrogate, oops, question him directly.
Questions about his future plans, when he could get promoted, when he could move into his house, how he would handle the renovation, when he planned to get married, how many children he wanted to have, and if he preferred boys over girlsâ¦
Xiao Qian tried a few times to stop her menopausal mother, but Jia Xiufang simply ignored Xiao Qian and kept asking questions.
Now that they were about to get engaged, she couldnât afford to be as subtle as before.
Yu Minglang acted like the perfect son-in-law, answering Jia Xiufangâs questions perfectly and to Jia Xiufangâs satisfaction, with no room for criticism.
Chen Zilong kept his head down and ate, showing no interest in the gossip his mother was asking about. Bored, he turned on the TV in the private room.
News was being broadcasted, Chen Zilong wanted to change the channel but suddenly put down the remote and casually made a comment.
âKidnapping case solved, four abducted victims were rescued, including two girls from our Qiang City!â
Xiao Qian and Yu Minglang raised their heads simultaneously. The news on TV was reporting the major cross-provincial human trafficking case that had just been cracked.
They said that three traffickers were caught at the scene, and the remaining accomplices were all arrested in the morning. Normally, this kind of news should be delayed.
But due to the recent panic caused by human trafficking, the news was broadcasted immediately to stabilize public sentiment as soon as the suspects were caught.
Xiao Qian raised her head and saw several blurred criminal suspects being taken into a police car on the screen. Although their faces were unclear, she could tell they were the bad guys by their body shapes.
She glanced at Yu Minglang, who gave her a reassuring look. Xiao Qian then continued eating.
âThese bastards should be sentenced to death when theyâre caught. Itâs too much! If their children are kidnapped, itâs so pitiful. Ah, there are also two girls from our cityâ¦â
Jia Xiufang stopped interrogating her son-in-law and talked to herself while watching the screen.
âWhat about the other rescued girl? Isnât she also from Qiang City? Werenât there supposed to be five of them? How come only four were rescued?â Xiao Qian asked Yu Minglang.
She was from Qiang City, and Xiao Yu was from another city. Among the five girls rescued, two had been abducted earlier, and the three girls, including Xiao Qian, were just abducted.
âOf the two who were kidnapped earlier, one of them has already given birth to a child. It is said that⦠for the sake of the child, she doesnât want to return to her own family and has settled down in the mountain valley.â
Yu Minglangâs words made Xiao Qian purse her lips. It was the most helpless situation; the families who bought the daughters-in-law used their children to tie the mother to themselves, taking advantage of maternal love to fulfill their propagation hopes.
âThe seriously injured girl is from Qiang City and might not be too far from your home. Her situation is not good, she has suffered a great shock.â Yu Minglang didnât want to look at that girl.
Because seeing her would remind him of the fear.
If he had been late, would his own Xiao Mei have been like that too? It was a reminder that he hadnât taken care of her well.
âIâll ask a classmate to check on her and see if I can help.â Xiao Qian felt a little guilty about the girl.
The girl was beaten and abused right under her nose. Xiao Qian managed to protect Shi Yu but didnât have the power to protect another girl.
On the one hand, they were unfamiliar, and she didnât know how good the girlâs acting skills were. She didnât have the rapport with Xiao Qian and Shi Yu as roommates or best friends, so communication was easier. Another reason was that the girl didnât have a chance to communicate in the first place; Xiao Qian would be caught if she talked to her.
Under the circumstances, all she could do was protect herself and Shi Yu.
Now that the girl was rescued, Xiao Qian wanted to see if she could use her expertise to help her through this psychological barrier.
âYou donât have to go and see her. If you feel uneasy, Iâll pay for her to see another psychologist, but you donât have to go there.â
âMmm, I know, itâs not appropriate for me to go there, Iâll find someone else.â
Xiao Qian knew in her heart why she said she would find a classmate instead of going herself: so as not to remind the girl of the bad memories and to avoid making her feel unbalanced because Xiao Qian was unharmed while she suffered such a huge shock.
Jia Xiufang didnât notice the strange conversation going on between her daughter and Yu Minglang. She continued watching the news.
While watching, she couldnât help but lament indignantly.
âThese people are too mean! Itâs not easy for anyone to raise a daughter. Just like that, theyâre kidnapped into the mountains. Do their parents not have enough worries? Now, these girls have such weak defenses. How did they get abducted?â
Yu Minglang immediately nodded in agreement, glancing at the guilty Xiao Qian, âRight, some silly girls even dare to take an illegal taxi at night. Itâs no wonder they got sold.â