CHAPTER 535: CHAPTER 530: THE UNRELIABLE MOTHER-IN-LAW

Realizing her own response, Fang Pingying felt a bit irritated and furrowed her brows.

These days, she had been trying to convince herself to forget Luo Zhiyong, to stay so busy that she wouldn’t even have time to think about him. But the moment she saw him, all her efforts seemed in vain.

However, Fang Pingying was determined not to let this unresolved situation with Luo Zhiyong continue. She simply smiled broadly at Luo Zhiyong, then looked away, as though reminding herself or responding to Li Aihua’s words, she firmly said, "I know, I’ll make things clear to him later."

Li Aihua, pleased with Fang Pingying’s decisive response, nodded in approval.

After eating for a while, she started inquiring about Liu Fengsheng, "That young man Liu Fengsheng seems quite decent. You seem to get along well with him. What do his family do?"

Fang Pingying gave Li Aihua a reproachful look and whispered, "Mom, don’t jump to conclusions. Fengsheng and I are just ordinary friends, don’t get any ideas."

Li Aihua blinked and smiled, then walked to the living room, "I’ll ask him myself."

Fang Pingying wanted to stop her but Li Aihua was already heading quickly towards the sofa area, leaving Fang Pingying no choice but to let her go.

Reaching the sofa, Li Aihua was peeling garlic and called out politely, "Mr. Liu."

Upon hearing this, Liu Fengsheng immediately stood up, and with a smile, said to Li Aihua, "Auntie, I am Liu Fengsheng, you can just call me Fengsheng."

"Are you a local?" Li Aihua nodded, signaling Liu Fengsheng to sit, and she sat down as well, and began to inquire, "How did you and our Pingying meet?"

Liu Fengsheng explained how he met Fang Pingying, and Li Aihua burst into hearty laughter, repeatedly praising their fated acquaintance.

Done laughing, Li Aihua excitedly patted Luo Zhiyong, who was sitting next to her, and exclaimed, "They indeed seem fated for each other."

Luo Zhiyong’s mouth twitched; this mother-in-law really is unreliable!

How could he possibly agree that it was fate?

He glanced at Liu Fengsheng and said indifferently, "If that’s considered fate, then at least half of the world’s people are fated."

Li Aihua, not hearing the reply she wanted, completely ignored Luo Zhiyong’s comment and kept grilling Liu Fengsheng about his family, asking in great detail, making Luo Zhiyong, who sat beside her, feel neglected. And Li Aihua, intentionally or not, threw a comment at Luo Zhiyong, "Xiao Luo, Fengsheng has quite good prospects."

Luo Zhiyong knew what Li Aihua meant, she was clearly looking for a potential match for Fang Pingying and even wanted his opinion. He wouldn’t stay seated there much longer, so he casually found an excuse to go check on Haohao and Yaoyao.

At mealtime, Li Aihua arranged the seating, deliberately placing Liu Fengsheng next to Fang Pingying. Fang Pingying glanced at Li Aihua but said nothing.

At the dinner table, both Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying barely spoke; it was only Li Aihua and Liu Fengsheng who seemed to enjoy their conversation. To be precise, Li Aihua was the one talking, while Liu Fengsheng was just politely responding.

In the end, Fang Pingying couldn’t stand it anymore and stuffed a crab into Li Aihua’s mouth, trying to shut her up, "Mom, have some crab."

Li Aihua pretended to misunderstand Fang Pingying’s gesture, gave back the crab to Fang Pingying, and said, "No thanks. My stomach feels a little uncomfortable, and this food is cooling. You should eat less of it."

Fang Pingying stopped engaging with her and promptly busied herself feeding the two little ones.

The meal ended amid Li Aihua’s loud chatter.

In fact, due to Li Aihua’s obvious intent, it wasn’t just Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong who felt the awkwardness; Liu Fengsheng was also rather embarrassed.

After all, his relationship with Fang Pingying had not even begun, and Fang Pingying didn’t have any feelings for him yet. He always felt like Li Aihua was just using him as cannon fodder, provoking Luo Zhiyong.

So, after dinner, he took Tingting and left.

Leaving Li Aihua in the living room, looking at Luo Zhiyong, who was figuring out what was happening, she also began to hurry people away, "Xiao Luo, it’s getting late, when are you heading back?"

Luo Zhiyong didn’t move, but said to Fang Pingying, "I want to speak a few words with Pingying, then I’ll leave immediately."

"You..."

Fang Pingying also felt the need to have a proper talk with Luo Zhiyong, so she stopped Li Aihua mid-sentence and pointed to the room, "Let’s talk inside."

After Luo Zhiyong entered the room, he handed Fang Pingying US$ 100, "This is this month’s living expense. You and the two children should spend this money, and save what you earn."

Since they had agreed on this before, Fang Pingying didn’t refuse and took the money, then said with a light smile, "Use it for your children, I can take care of myself."

Her implication was clear, she wouldn’t spend his money now, nor did she have the right to.

Luo Zhiyong realized what Fang Pingying meant, and his heart ached fiercely. He missed the times when they were together, the scene where he would hand his monthly salary to Fang Pingying, and she would manage the household expenses with his money.

Unfortunately, now they were truly leading separate lives.

Luo Zhiyong looked at Fang Pingying, almost spilling his intentions, but when the words reached his lips, he couldn’t say them.

He didn’t want to put more pressure on Fang Pingying’s life. He hoped that when he really had resolved all the family matters, and was able to provide Fang Pingying and the children a peaceful life, then he could stand beside Fang Pingying with integrity.

Thus, he just nodded his head and said no more.

However, thinking of Liu Fengsheng, he couldn’t help but warn her, "Pingying, even though we’re separated, if you decide to find someone, you must be clear about their character. If they are of bad character, it will affect Ruirui and Yaoyao."

Fang Pingying didn’t know why Luo Zhiyong was saying these things, but she felt somewhat displeased. As for the reason, she was too lazy to analyze and simply said, "There’s nothing serious between me and Liu Fengsheng at the moment, you don’t need to worry about someone mistreating your children."

"I..."

Luo Zhiyong was about to speak when suddenly the door was pushed open, and Luo Honglan rushed in, anxiously shouting, "Sister-in-law, it’s not good! Aunt Li said she feels unwell in her stomach, don’t know if it’s because of the crabs we ate just now."

Hearing this, Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong immediately ran to the living room.

They saw Li Aihua sitting on the sofa, truly in so much pain that her face had turned pale, and she kept retching, which was quite frightening.

Fang Pingying went over and asked, "Mom, what’s wrong?"

Li Aihua, covering her stomach, said with a ghastly pale face, "I don’t know, just feeling really uncomfortable in the stomach."

Fang Pingying had never seen such a situation, and it was in the middle of the night, she was frantically unsettled, "What should we do, should we go to the hospital?"

Seeing Li Aihua’s condition, Luo Zhiyong made a quick decision, and said to Fang Pingying, "We must go to the hospital, this can’t be good."

Upon hearing this, Fang Pingying, as if finding her backbone, immediately said, "Yes, yes, to the hospital."