Chapter 20 The terminally ill mother-in-law who killed her daughter-in-law 4
Xie Yuan had to endure what his mother said. But he was not stupid. When his mother's words didn't work, he turned his attention to Ye's father and mother.
He had long seen that the Ye family was also traditional and would definitely not be happy with their daughter's divorce. Grasping this point, he did not believe that they could just watch Ye Zhiqiu act like a demon and do nothing.
The Ye family only knew that Ye Zhiqiu was pregnant, but they didn't know that she was not feeling well. Originally, Ye's mother wanted to come and take care of her, but she was rejected, saying that she was in good health and did not need care.
Ye's mother thought that she was young and had no discomfort when giving birth. She was still standing at the podium giving a lecture on the day of her birth. It is said that a daughter resembles her mother, so she did not insist on taking care of her.
She was worried that Mr. Ye would be alone at home with no one to cook for him, and she also thought that since Xie Yuan was doing the housework, it would be okay for her not to go.
If she had known that Xie Yuan would ask Xie's mother to come over to take care of her daughter, she would rather have been involved in the young couple's life. She had also come here when she was young, fearing that her daughter would not be able to handle the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law well and further affect the couple's relationship.
Xie Yuan went to the couple to complain, which must mean he had endured it to a certain extent.
Ye's mother called Ye Zhiqiu home and asked, "Your mother-in-law came here without telling us. Are you feeling unwell? Do you need her to take care of you?"
"What can I say? I didn't stop her from coming. I didn't ask her to take care of me. Her son asked her to come. After she came to my house, I didn't ask her to work. I asked Xie Yuan to do the work. She loved her son so much that she rushed to do everything. What can I do?"
Ye's mother really believed that Xie's mother was such a person, and she couldn't say that she wouldn't let her son-in-law work. The child would be named Xie in the future, so it was right for him to do more work, but he shouldn't talk about divorce all the time.
Ye Zhiqiu took a bite of the apple and said vaguely, "Humph! He has no money and doesn't work. Why don't I divorce him and keep him for the New Year? What's wrong with divorce? The child can still take my surname."
The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.
Ye's father has always regretted not having a son, as he could only have one due to work. If his daughter really gets divorced, having a grandson named Ye would be a good choice.
However, for the time being, he only dared to think about it in his heart. If he really wanted to support his daughter's divorce, he was not afraid of Ye's mother settling accounts with him, but he was also afraid of the neighbors' unpleasant words.
"Nonsense, divorce is not good for children. Children without fathers are bullied at school." Ye's mother is not an ignorant old lady.
Young people are ignorant and really think that being a single mother is easy. It is not easy for one person to be both a father and a mother. Their family does not have tens of millions of assets to support their daughter to be a single mother.
"If you don't want to divorce, then don't do it. And don't always speak for Xie Yuan. If he is a good person, he will take care of all the housework, and his mother won't have to work so hard."
Through observation, Ye Zhiqiu has not discovered that Xie's mother has any intention of killing someone. Perhaps she will have to wait until she is confirmed to have a terminal illness before she will come up with such crazy ideas.
She wanted to send him away because Xie's mother moved into the second bedroom and she had to sleep in the same bed with Xie Yuan. In the past, she could use the excuse of working overtime and coming home late to sleep alone.
It was too difficult to endure the discomfort and sleep in the same bed with Xie Yuan every day.
Ye's mother said all sorts of good and bad things, but Ye Zhiqiu was not willing to compromise. She had no choice but to turn around and persuade Xie Yuan, hoping that he would be patient and wait until the baby was born.
If Xie Yuan was willing to endure, he would not have complained, but even Ye's father came out to persuade him, so he could only persuade himself to think more positively. He was not afraid of Ye's father, but the school's second-in-command and Ye's father were classmates. It might not be easy to make things happen, but it would only take a word to make things go wrong.
Ye Zhiqiu doesn't care about the process, as long as the result is satisfactory.
It would be best if Xie Yuan was obedient, but it doesn’t matter if he is not. If she can’t initiate the divorce, can’t she force the other party to file for divorce?
Seeing that Xie Yuan had asked Ye's father and Ye's mother to come forward but failed to convince Ye Zhiqiu, Xie's mother had to put aside other ideas for the time being and decided to wait until the child was born.
Xie Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Xie's mother would continue to make trouble. Now he had no confidence to speak in this family. Ye Zhiqiu had issued an ultimatum, saying that if he didn't listen to her, the mother and son would move out together.
The house was bought by the Ye family. If Ye Zhiqiu really wanted to drive him away, even if he might not succeed, he could not afford to lose face. At work, many colleagues envied him for having everything.
If his colleagues knew that Ye Zhiqiu was getting a divorce, who knows how many people would laugh at him behind his back.
Xie Yuan became obedient, and Xie's mother also stopped finding faults. In addition to doing housework every day, she spent the rest of her time trying to make various nutritious meals for Ye Zhiqiu to eat.
Ye Zhiqiu shook her head when she looked at all the delicious fish and meat. Not to mention that she didn't like greasy food, even if she liked it, she couldn't eat it like this.
If you take too many supplements during the early stages of pregnancy, the baby will grow too big and be difficult to give birth to.
Although there are caesarean section technologies now, a child will not die due to taking too many tonics during childbirth. But Xie's mother is definitely not very kind. Even if she didn't intend to harm others, she must only think about the child.
Ye Zhiqiu refused to eat, and Xie's mother was unhappy and forced her to eat. Of course, she said nice things, not for the good of the child, but because she was worried that her health would deteriorate. After all, one person was eating for two.
"The doctor said there's no need to take supplements, I'll listen to him." Ye Zhiqiu passed the braised pork in the bowl to Xie Yuan and forced him to finish it. It would be best if he became a fat man, so as not to attract female students at school.
Mother Xie could tolerate Ye Zhiqiu eating less and ordering Xie Yuan around, but she couldn't tolerate her wanting to have a daughter. She got angry when she saw all the extra baby products in the house, all pink. Was she going to lose her eldest grandson?
"Go for a prenatal check-up tomorrow and let the doctor check the gender of the baby."
"The hospital has regulations that illegal gender identification is not allowed." Ye Zhiqiu was afraid that Xie's mother would not believe it, so he asked Xie Yuan to say for himself whether the hospital really had such a regulation.
Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment before nodding: "Mom, the hospital has such a rule. Even if the doctor knows the gender of the baby, he won't tell you."
Xie's mother really didn't know that the hospital had such a rule, but if it wasn't allowed in a big hospital, she could go to a small clinic for the check-up as well.
"No, I can't trust small clinics." Ye Zhiqiu has read many news reports about misdiagnosis in small clinics, and she doesn't have to give birth to a boy.
Xie Yuan hesitated for a second, but decided not to help either of them. He was at the bottom of the social ladder in this family, and it would be a shame to speak up for anyone, and he would end up getting scolded.
Since you're going to be scolded anyway, you might as well say nothing.
Xie's mother came up with a new idea: "Then go back to your hometown to check and ask acquaintances for help."
She remembered that the sister-in-law of the youngest son of the family that her eldest cousin from her aunt's side married was a nurse in the hospital, and that the third cousin of the daughter-in-law of her younger brother-in-law from her uncle's side was a doctor.
With so many acquaintances, I can always find someone to help me. At most I can just give them some kickbacks.
Xie's mother had good intentions, but she didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu to not cooperate at all. She refused to go back to her hometown, let alone find someone she knew to check the gender of the baby in her belly.