After hesitating for a moment, Qiao Man picked up the phone.
"Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" she asked in a calm tone.
"Manman, are you off work?" Liu Yingying asked in a gentle tone, with a hint of laughter in her voice.
Hearing Liu Yingying's tone, Qiao Man's heart suddenly lifted.
Usually when she talks in this tone, it's definitely up to no good.
"I just got off work, what happened?" Qiao Man asked with a frown.
"You've been married for a while, and no one in your family has been to where you live. Tell me your address, and your brother and mother, I, and I will go and have a look." Liu Yingying said directly without showing off.
"Why are you coming here all of a sudden?" Qiao Man asked strangely, feeling suspicious.
"Mom said she wanted to see how the place where you live is like. It just so happens that we haven't been visitors either. Please send us the address quickly. We are all ready to go out." Liu Yingying couldn't help but urge.
Qiao Man felt even more weird. What was there to see where she lived?
But Liu Yingying mentioned it, and if she didn't agree, she would definitely not let him go.
What's more, she pushed Mother Qiao out to make a raft.
After thinking for a moment, Qiao Man agreed: "I understand, I will send you the address."
She wanted to see what kind of trick Liu Yingying was going to do.
Qiao Man hung up the phone and hurriedly took a taxi home. Fu Shaoting had already said before that he would be a little late picking up Fu Chen from school today.
She had better let her sister-in-law and the others leave before the father and son came back.
Qiao Man didn't want to cause any trouble to Fu Shaoting.
Not long after, Qiao Man received a call from Liu Yingying within five minutes of arriving home: "Qiao Man, we have arrived at the gate of the community. Your security guard is blocking us from entering. You have to come out to pick us up."
Liu Yingying's tone was quite dissatisfied. She didn't expect the security in this community to be quite strong.
The apartment buildings inside look nice too.
"I know." Qiao Man hung up the phone and went out to pick up someone.
When she arrived at the door, she saw Liu Yingying, Qiao's mother, and Qiao Teng coming, but Qiao's father did not come.
Mother Qiao was still carrying vegetables and fruits. Qiao Man was surprised: "Why do you bring so many vegetables?"
"Mom, I want to cook a meal for you. It doesn't cost much anyway. Let's go home first." Mother Qiao said with a smile.
A strange feeling flashed in Qiao Man's heart. Mother Qiao would not say such words on weekdays, let alone spend money to buy her vegetables, meat, and so many fruits...
Sure enough, they suddenly proposed coming here, and their purpose must be extraordinary.
Qiao Man didn't show any flaws on her face and took the Qiao family back to the apartment.
After entering the door, the three of them changed their shoes. Mother Qiao looked at the simple and elegant decoration of the apartment and couldn't help but sigh: "This house is quite big. It's bigger than the house you bought. It actually has three bedrooms and one living room."
Liu Yingying glanced around, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
Unexpectedly, the person named Fu is quite capable. Although the mortgage is still being paid on this house, the conditions for being able to afford a house in Longcheng are indeed pretty good.
But Liu Yingying still looked down upon him. After all, the car and house were all bought with loans, and the person named Fu was worthy of the term "poor man".
Liu Yingying sat generously on the sofa and asked casually, "Manman, which room do you live in?"
Qiao Man didn't think much and pointed to her bedroom.
Liu Yingying nodded thoughtfully and gave Mother Qiao a look without any trace.
Mother Qiao immediately picked up the fruit bag on the ground, smiled and said to Qiao Man, "I'm going to wash some fruits, and you take me to the kitchen."
Qiao Man responded and took Mother Qiao to the kitchen, but she was guessing their purpose.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the kitchen, Liu Yingying stood up immediately, tiptoed to Qiao Man's room, and began to quickly rummage through the boxes and cabinets, searching purposefully.
Qiao Man originally just wanted to wash some strawberries and was about to leave the kitchen, but she was stopped by Qiao's mother: "Wait a minute, I'm cutting some fruit, you stay here with me."
Hearing this, Qiao Man frowned slightly, and just when she was about to say that there was no need to cut, Qiao Man asked with some concern: "How are you living here? Xiao Fu didn't bully you, right?"
Ever since Liu Yingying became pregnant, Qiao Man hadn't heard any concern from her mother for an unknown amount of time.
She couldn't explain what she felt in her heart, and said with complicated eyes: "He was very kind to me and didn't bully me."
Fu Shaoting is really a nice person.
Fu Chen, this cheap son, is now gradually becoming wary of her and slowly begins to accept her as a stepmother.
Generally speaking, after getting married, except for the occasional unpleasantness at work, Qiao Man became more and more accepting of this family, and it became a warm haven for her to escape from the wind.
Being in the same room with Fu Shaoting and his son, she felt free and relaxed to do whatever she wanted.
I don't know how many times more comfortable than when I was at Qiao's house.
Mother Qiao sighed: "That's fine. It seems that Xiaofu is pretty good, but a little poor."
Qiao Man pursed her lips slightly, not liking that Mother Qiao linked everything to money.
"Isn't it enough that he and I live happily?" Qiao Man said a little unhappy, lowering her eyes to wash the apples.
Mother Qiao apologized: "It's my fault, but...if Xiao Fu dares to treat you badly, you just go home. The whole family will support you, you know?"
Mother Qiao's words not only did not make Qiao Man feel at ease, but felt ironic.
Home? Is it still her home? Is there any place for her?
After being disappointed so many times, Qiao Man no longer dared to have any expectations for her mother.
"He won't bully me, mom, don't worry." Qiao Man said firmly.
"Okay, if anything happens, tell mom and I will definitely help you." Qiao Zi said in a serious tone.
"Yes." Qiao Man nodded, put the washed apples into the basin and went out.
As soon as she took a step, she was grabbed by Mother Qiao: "Wait a minute, please talk to Mom more. It feels like I haven't seen you for a long time."
No matter how slow Qiao Man was, she still noticed something was wrong.
Mother Qiao pulled her to talk again and again, seeming to prevent her from leaving the kitchen.
Qiao Man's bad premonition deepened when she thought that after entering the house, she had to drag her over to wash the fruits and cut the fruit plate, as well as Qiao Teng and Liu Yingying sitting in the living room.
She looked back, frowned at Mother Qiao, and asked in a deep voice: "Mom, why did you have to stop me? Are my sister-in-law and my brother doing something shameful behind my back?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? What shameful things can your brother and your sister-in-law do? Didn't I just want to talk to you more after I haven't seen you for a while? Why am I stopping you?"
Mother Qiao slapped her with accusations in her eyes.
But her eyes flickered slightly and she felt guilty, which made Qiao Man's heart hurt, and her guess came true.
She knew that Mother Qiao could not suddenly care about her for no reason. There must be a reason for this.
Qiao Man looked at her deeply, shook off Mother Qiao's hand, and walked towards the kitchen door with a sullen face.
"Stop!" Mother Qiao suddenly became anxious and quickly wanted to stop her, stepping forward to stop her.
