Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander
Chapter 213 - 163: The Fight Between Two People

Chapter 213: Chapter 163: The Fight Between Two People

Before dawn arrived, Nuan really was too diligent~

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Jing Zhe looked at the blossom-like smile on his mother’s face, puzzled, and couldn’t help but ask, "Mom, what’s making you so happy?" He hadn’t seen Lin Chuxia, so he should be feeling down, right?

"We’re pretty happy too, hehe..." Old Master Jing and Old Madam Jing kept grinning at Jing Zhe with their toothless gums on display, which looked as comical as it gets.

Jing Zhe felt awkward because of everyone’s laughter. After a brief reflection, he looked at his mother with suspicion, "You guys didn’t eavesdrop on my phone call, did you?"

"You made a phone call?" Zhu Xinqin looked at him with confusion, "Who did you call? It can’t possibly have been Lin Chuxia, right? Come on, spit it out, and let Mom, Grandpa, and Grandma have a laugh too."

So fake! Jing Zhe rolled his eyes, not bothering to engage with her, and turned to leave, "I’m going back."

Zhu Xinqin waved with a smile, "Go on back, and if there’s anything we can help with, just say the word. I’m in good health, and so is your sister."

"Your grandpa and I are in good health too. When it comes to taking care of people, we definitely have experience." Old Madam Jing wasn’t going to be outdone when it came to such matters.

Jing Zhe touched his forehead, speechless. How could people’s characters change so much? Grandpa and Grandma didn’t use to be so reliable. Now, why had they turned into children?

They say that those who’ve experienced life and death are more likely to come to understand life. It seems that Grandpa and Grandma’s understanding has led them to age in reverse.

"Xiao Zhe, you’re back?" The moment she opened the door, Jing Zhe’s sister Jing Yi bumped into it. Seeing her brother, her eyes were filled with delight.

"You silly girl, why did you just get back? We’ve been waiting for you; the veggies are all cold now!" Before Jing Zhe could speak, his mother had already started scolding.

Jing Yi, dragging her brother along as she walked inside, complained, "Mom, you called me and told me to hurry over. Do you think I have wings?"

"It’s Sunday today, couldn’t Yue Hui have driven you here?" Zhu Xinqin huffed, "Now you see, right? Marrying into someone’s family doesn’t do you any favors. If Yue Hui had been the one who fell for you first, would he dare to do this?"

"Grandpa, Grandma, come here, let me give you a kiss..." Jing Yi moved forward to hug Old Master Jing and Old Madam Jing, kissing each of them on the face, greeted her dad, and then turned to Zhu Xinqin, "Mom, stop nitpicking. Yue Hui had to work overtime today, and my mother-in-law had insomnia and felt unwell last night. I couldn’t just leave her and come, could I?"

"What about your father-in-law?"

"My father-in-law went to visit an old army buddy this morning. Once he got back, I came right over." Jing Yi stepped up to Zhu Xinqin, "Did you have another dispute with Aunt Lin?"

"No."

"Hehe..." Jing Yi looked amused, "Mom, with you looking like you’re about to blow up, who else has the ability to make you so angry other than Aunt Lin?"

Zhu Xinqin glanced sideways at her daughter, "You ungrateful thing, all you think about is your husband’s family now, no longer remembering you have grandparents, parents, and a brother back home."

Jing Yi hugged Zhu Xinqin and patted her, "Mom, just a little bit of complaining is fine, haha. If you keep nitpicking like this, I might just go back."

"I told you so, the daughter who’s married off is like water thrown out. Now you can’t even stand to listen to me ramble for a bit. When I get older, I’ll probably be avoided like the plague."

"Mom..." Jing Yi said with a wry smile, turning to Jing Monian, "Dad, who upset Mom? Mom and Aunt Lin have had disputes before, but she’s never taken advantage of the situation like this."

Jing Monian pointed towards Jing Zhe’s location, "Ask your brother."

"How would I know?" Jing Zhe quickly waved his hand, "Just now, Mom was still smiling like a flower, and as soon as my sister came in, Mom’s face turned sour so fast. Who knows what’s going on with her."

"You ungrateful thing, do you have a conscience?" Zhu Xinqin suddenly sat up straight, glaring at her son, "If it wasn’t to help you, would I need to go through all this? You’re so ungrateful!"

"What’s going on here?" Jing Yi looked from one to the other, "Can you stop playing riddles with me? Mom, you urgently called me to come back, not just to play with me, right?"

"Who has the time to be playing with you?" Zhu Xinqin rolled her eyes and pulled her daughter towards the bedroom, "I’ll talk to you alone about it. That ingrate of a son can stew in his curiosity, hmph!"

Jing Zhe shook his head helplessly, "Mom, then I’m leaving."

"I dare you to try!" Zhu Xinqin turned back to glare at her son, "Your sister hasn’t been home for so long, do you have the nerve to leave without spending some time talking to her?"

As if I wouldn’t talk to her if you weren’t hogging her. Jing Zhe thought this to himself, but he didn’t dare say it out loud. If he really angered his mother, he would be in big trouble.

"If you dare to sneak away, I’ll come to your school to find you!" As soon as Zhu Xinqin closed the door upon entering the room, she suddenly opened it again and viciously warned her son.

"I won’t leave, Mom, don’t worry," Jing Zhe waved his hand in assurance.

The moment the door closed, Jing Zhe swiftly got up, bowed to Old Master Jing and Old Madam Jing, and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, help me out, don’t make a sound, Dad, I’m leaving."

"Xiao Qin, Xiao Zhe isn’t listening to you, he’s running away!" Just as Jing Zhe took a step forward, Old Master Jing and Old Madam Jing started shouting loudly. Jing Zhe paused slightly and then quickened his pace to run outside. Right as his mother opened the door, she caught a glimpse of the moving door panel, "You dead boy, just you wait, you’ll regret this..."

Hearing his mother’s faint roar from behind, Jing Zhe didn’t pause his steps at all. Whether he would regret it or not, he had to evade the problem at hand first. His mother might have a fierce temperament, but when it came to serious matters, she was always clear-cut. Once he was out of the house, he didn’t have much to fear.

In the living room, Old Master Jing and Old Madam Jing spread their hands toward Zhu Xinqin, "We tried to stop him for you, why didn’t you run faster?"

Following them outside, Jing Yi smiled helplessly. With these three elders who loved to play pranks, it was no wonder her little brother decided to flee!

"What are you smiling at?" Zhu Xinqin glared back at her daughter, "You have to worry about your brother’s affairs. Anyway, this year, I must get a daughter-in-law! I absolutely must! There’s no way we’re falling behind Lin Yanqiu!"

"Mom, this isn’t something I can decide. Can’t you be reasonable?" Jing Yi said with a wry smile, "Besides, you should say this to Xiao Zhe rather than me."

"Humph, if talking to him worked, would I need to call you back so anxiously?" Zhu Xinqin suddenly remembered the main reason she called her daughter back home, so she pulled her daughter down to sit and talked for a long time.

"Mom..." After listening to her mother’s talk, Jing Yi stared at her incredulously, "They’re already engaged, what are you up to?

Why won’t you persuade Xiao Zhe a bit, instead of instigating him to continue pursuing Lin Chuxia? Are you trying to love him or hurt him?"

"You damn girl, are you back to help me or to lecture me?" Zhu Xinqin glared at her daughter dissatisfiedly, "I didn’t plan to bring back a nagging mother!"

Jing Yi smiled wryly at Jing Monian, "Dad, won’t you persuade Mom a bit? Just letting her make a fuss like this? This is about my brother’s reputation. How can it be taken so lightly?"

"Do you think I can persuade your mother?" Jing Monian spread his hands, "It’s already good enough that she isn’t forcing me to help Xiao Zhe chase after girls, and you still expect her to listen to me? You’ve been your mother’s daughter for long enough to ask me this kind of question, tsk tsk... It seems your mother is right, a daughter who is married off is really like water that’s been spilled!"

Jing Yi: "..." Great, her dad had thoroughly caught her mom’s bug; he actually reveled in the chaos! What was she to do now? Join them in their madness, or remain the only one sane?

Right, her little brother! He was the key person here. Thinking so, Jing Yi waved her hands as she walked out, "Dad, Mom, I’ve got some things to take care of back home, I’ll be leaving first and will come back to visit you later."

"You dead girl, why is it so hard to use you for something..."

Zhu Xinqin’s angry words were blocked by Jing Yi inside the door. Jing Yi hurriedly stepped out of the yard, got on her bicycle, and headed toward A University.

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After the meal at the Zhou family’s place, Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan took their leave shortly after, with the excuse that they had to return to their hometown the next day and needed to pack their things early to avoid rushing around last minute.

The reason was solid, and the Zhou family members could not insist on their staying, so they all saw them out to the door, with Zhou Mikang responsible for escorting them back to the guesthouse. As Lin Yanqiu held Chuxia’s hand and repeatedly told her to come home for meals when she was off duty,

Only after Chuxia gave her a firm promise did Lin Yanqiu let go of her hand, allowing her to get in the car. As the car drove away, Zhou Xiangping teasingly held onto Lin Yanqiu’s shoulder: "Mom, now would be the perfect time for you to shed a few tears for the scene."

"Go away!" Lin Yanqiu slapped her daughter’s hand away and gave her a look, "Jealous because I have another person to care for?"

"Me, jealous of third sister-in-law?" Zhou Xiangping rolled her eyes and then lowered her voice, "Mom, remember what you said today. Use it to console yourself when you feel jealous later on."

Lin Yanqiu pushed her youngest daughter away with a look of disgust, "Off you go, back to your husband’s family..."

"So I’m to take that as Mom being angry out of embarrassment?" Before Lin Yanqiu could react, Zhou Xiangping was already laughing and running away.

"Dead girl, dare you not to come back!"

Zhou Jiping hooked her arm around Lin Yanqiu’s, chuckling, "Mom, why get angry with her? She’s just like that. But today, you really were quite the strategist, hehe..."

Lin Yanqiu had a look of triumph on her face, "Of course, even her toes knew Zhu Xinqin wouldn’t rest easy, hmph, in this lifetime she has never beaten me. She’s just a big fool, jumping around on her own. So what, my son is still ahead of her son, may it infuriate her to death!"

Zhou Jiping was speechless. Could it be that her mom and Aunt Zhu were what they called "frenemies"?

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