Chapter 822

Shu Xia's eyes were still on the television as she answered decisively, "I won't."

Why should she forgive him?

This kind of scumbag abandoned his wife and children without a second thought back then, acting irresponsibly for the sake of so-called true love, and left for over a dozen years; now that the children are all grown up and he wants to come back, where was he all this time?

Does he think his original wife is a trash recycling bin?

What does he take his original wife for?

What does he take his children for?

He gave his best years to his mistress, so why not let the mistress and the mistress's children support him in his old age?

Jiang Ye was not surprised by Shu Xia's answer; she smiled to herself, wondering why she had become so prone to daydreaming as she got older.

The person she saw at the hospital today was definitely not the person she had in mind.

That person would be even less likely to be the kind of irresponsible man on television.

"Mom, what about you? If you were the original wife on the show, would you forgive him?" Shu Xia asked back.

Jiang Ye paused for a moment and said with a laugh, "Need you ask? A man this irresponsible is disgusting to look at; he should just get lost as far as he can."

"Hahaha, Mom is right." Shu Xia nodded repeatedly.

In her eyes, although her adoptive mother was a very kind person, she also had her own edge.

She wasn't so kind that she would let people bully her in her own home.

The mother and daughter watched another episode.

After the drama ended, Shu Xia went to the restroom.

Before she had even come out of the restroom, she heard a knock at the door.

Jiang Ye, who was sitting on the sofa, braced herself with her crutches to stand up, "Who is it?"

This old building had no soundproofing.

If you shouted at the top of your lungs, people outside could hear you.

"It's me, Mom."

The voice sounded a bit unfamiliar at first, but Jiang Ye reacted quickly, "Is... is that my son-in-law?"

"It's me."

Qiao Muting responded again from outside the door.

Jiang Ye immediately braced herself with her crutches to open the door.

Shu Xia came out of the restroom, "Mom, I'll open the door, you just sit."

"Alright." Jiang Ye sat back down and placed her crutches to the side.

After all, it was her first time using these crutches, so she was still a bit unaccustomed to them.

Shu Xia opened the door and saw Qiao Muting.

He was carrying things in both hands, which looked to be health supplements.

She had never imagined she would see a scene of Qiao Muting carrying health supplements.

She inexplicably felt like laughing.

"Why are you here?" Shu Xia asked subconsciously.

Qiao Muting raised an eyebrow; was he not welcome?

Always one to keep his emotions hidden, he replied calmly, "I came to see my mother-in-law."

Shu Xia had just forgotten that Qiao Muting now held the status of son-in-law, and she belatedly reached out to take the supplements from Qiao Muting's hands.

"I'll hold them." Qiao Muting didn't let Shu Xia take them.

These things had no weight to them.

Jiang Ye said to Qiao Muting with a smile, "Mu Ting, come on in; Xia Xia, get Mu Ting some slippers."

Shu Xia immediately fetched the slippers.

When Qiao Muting was changing into the slippers, he cast a deep, lingering look at Shu Xia before walking over to the sofa to sit down.

Shu Xia felt a bit confused by that look of his.

What kind of look was that?

It made one feel as if they had done something wrong and hurt him.

"I'm fine here; the doctor said I'll be better after some rest. Xia Xia is just too worried about me. Why don't you take Xia Xia back with you? I can take care of myself," Jiang Ye said.

Qiao Muting nodded, "It's good that Mom is fine. I'll stay here for these few days as well, and take care of Mom together with Xia Xia."

"What?" Shu Xia was startled.

He was going to stay here?