Chapter 173 - 173 139 Two Moms Competing for Affection

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173: Chapter 139: Two Moms Competing for Affection 173: Chapter 139: Two Moms Competing for Affection The second watch arrived. ———— As they neared the Zhou family’s doorway, Zhou Mikang stopped walking, “Lin Chuxia...” Chuxia looked up, puzzled, “What?” She had just been carried violently, and her anger had not yet completely subsided, making her tone sound very harsh. Zhou Mikang frowned, “What did I ask you to come out for?” “It was all because of you...” Chuxia muttered discontentedly, stretching her hands to rub her cheeks before taking a couple of deep breaths and giving a slight smile, “Is that better now?” “Yes, keep it that way.” After finishing his sentence, Tongzi turned and entered the yard, while Chuxia pursed her lips, rolled her eyes, and quickly prepared herself to soften her expression naturally. Zhou Mikang suddenly turned back and caught all of Chuxia’s expressions, his lips curling into a slight smile as he pinched her cheeks, “Be obedient!” Chuxia’s smile quickly drooped, “If you keep this up, don’t blame me for not cooperating!” “It’s your parents, not a show for me,” he said, although his hand quickly let go of her smooth cheek. The two entered the house one after another, Chuxia reflexively looked for Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan, but before she could get a clear view of the situation inside the room, she felt darkness before her eyes—she was embraced! Who was this? Unsure of the situation, Chuxia didn’t dare push away but gripped her hands tightly, her eyes searching for a savior... “Xiao Chuxia, you are so adorable, gosh, I just love it, totally love it...” Her cheeks were being pinched and rubbed, and Chuxia finally made out that the person who held her was an elegant woman in her forties, unfortunately, she didn’t recognize her! “Let go! This is my daughter-in-law, your liking her is useless.” Lin Yanqiu rushed over and pulled the middle-aged woman away while tenderly rubbing Chuxia’s cheeks, “Did she pinch you hard? Here, let mom rub it for you...” Instantly, Chuxia got goosebumps all over, staring bewilderedly at Lin Yanqiu, wondering just what the heck was going on? “So stingy?” The middle-aged woman pulled Lin Yanqiu away and grabbed Chuxia’s small hand, rubbing it, “Xiao Chuxia, I’m Zhu Xinqin, Teacher Jing’s mother, that’s me. Our Xiao Zhe always praises you, oh my, I asked him to bring you home to show me, but he just wouldn’t listen...” “Let go of our Chuxia...” Lin Yanqiu tugged forcefully at Zhu Xinqin’s arm, while Zhu Xinqin held firmly onto Chuxia and wouldn’t let go... Do you love me or hate me, or love me or hate me... Chuxia’s face contorted in confusion as she tugged at her own arm, which hurt. Why was she so unlucky... “Both of you, let her go!” Zhou Mikang, with a stern face, stood in front of the three. “Hehe...” “Haha...” Almost simultaneously, the two women quickly let go, smiling ingratiatingly at Tongzi. “Little Bee, long time no see, you’ve gotten darker, looking quite old, haha...” Of course, this was said by Zhu Xinqin, while Lin Yanqiu glared at her, “Our MiMi has a healthy tan, not looking old at all, don’t talk nonsense here!” “Compared to our Xiao Zhe, he definitely looks old!” “Hmph, a pale man looks effeminate!” “A tanned man looks like a bandit!” “Effeminate!” “Bandit!” “...” While the two moms were bickering, Chuxia was already escorted back by Zhou Mikang to her parents’ side, settling down comfortably in a moment of relief, feeling great to be by her parents’ side. Tongzi’s effort was completely ignored by her. Seeing the concerned looks on her parents’ faces, Chuxia quickly smiled, “Dad, mom, I’m fine. Zhou Mikang was just talking things over with me, nothing tough.” Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe examined their daughter a few more times and, noticing that her smile didn’t seem forced, finally relaxed completely. “Lin Chuxia...” Following the gentle voice, Chuxia saw Teacher Jing, who looked embarrassed as he watched her. She reflexively stood up to greet him, “Hello, Teacher Jing!” Teacher Jing quickly waved his arms like a beckoning cat, “Hello, Chuxia.” Zhou Mikang stepped forward and grabbed Teacher Jing’s collar, “Take your mom and leave quickly, we have serious matters to discuss, don’t let her interfere.” Teacher Jing’s face twisted into a bitter smile, “Do you think I can take her away?” He then apologetically smiled at Chuxia, “Did my mom hurt you?” Before Chuxia could respond, Zhou Mikang quickly retorted, “What do you think?” Teacher Jing apologized to Chuxia, “Lin Chuxia, I’m sorry!” Chuxia quickly waved her paws: “It’s nothing, it’s...” The rest of her words were frightened back by a sharp glance from Zhou Mikang, so she shrank her neck like an ostrich. “Xiao Chuxia, look at how good our Little Zhe’s temperament is, marry our Little Zhe, alright?” “Zhu Xinqin, do you have no shame? There’s a limit to snatching someone’s daughter-in-law, you know?” “They’re not married yet, whoever snatches her gets to keep her!” “Do you think this is some object? She’s a person, a person, do you understand?” “If you’re so wise, why did you let your son take the initiative to snatch her first? Xiao Chuxia is so young, and you’re already this eager to marry her off, have you considered the feelings of the young girl?” “Zhu Xinqin, do you feel uncomfortable if you’re not competing with me?” “I will snatch her, so what? I have my eyes on Xiao Chuxia, I will snatch her! Just snatch!” “...” This is so enlightening! So enlightening! Chuxia, Chuxia’s father, Chuxia’s mother, as well as Chuxia’s uncle and aunt, all stood there, dumbfounded! Actually, when Chuxia and Zhou Mikang entered, Zhu Xinqin and Jing Zhe had just arrived less than two minutes before, so Chuxia’s father, mother, uncle, and aunt hadn’t even figured out what these two were there for. Now, they knew—they were here to snatch the bride! The four elders looked at their own daughter (and niece) with such pride! Whose daughter is this sought after? Being fought over by two men who are hard to find even with a lantern—They overlooked that the snatchers were two mothers, and attributed it directly to the principals... Seeing the two mothers arguing fiercely, making motions as if they were about to snatch Chuxia again, Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe quickly moved forward to stand protectively in front of their daughter. Zhou Mikang’s face had turned dark as the bottom of a pot, and if it hadn’t been for the fact that Zhu Xinqin was an elder, he might have stepped forward to pick her up and throw her out! He and Jing Zhe had grown up together, and their relationship was quite good; they hadn’t fought much. Their mothers also had a good relationship, but whenever they met, they always ended up fighting, invariably drawn to each other. The two mothers also grew up together and reportedly have always been competitive; they would fight, then make up after a big quarrel, but, whenever one liked something, the other would definitely try to snatch it away—fortunately, they were always upfront about the snatching. Perhaps it was because of this way of competing that their relationship had always been so twisted. If one was bullied, the other would definitely rush up to help take revenge, but between the two of them, there was always strife, neither yielding to the other! It was precisely because of this twisted relationship between them that the current situation had arisen; they were making a huge racket, and not a single person in the room stepped forward to separate them. There was no use in intervening; they wouldn’t stop until they had argued to their hearts’ content. Zhou Mikang quietly murmured a few words to Old Master Zhou and Old Dad Zhou, then approached Lin Baohe and the others: “Dad, Mom, Eldest Uncle, Eldest Aunt, let’s move to the side room.” Everyone quickly agreed and stood up. The scene was exciting to watch, but they felt it wasn’t quite proper. Overall, though, seeing this scene, they were quite happy, as it at least indicated that their own child was in demand—yeah, being so sought after, she surely wouldn’t suffer if she married! Perhaps because they were too engrossed in their argument, when the group moved to the side room, the two mothers were still bickering nonstop. When they finally came to their senses, they realized that the room was left with only one audience member—Jing Zhe. “Where are they?” The two mothers said almost simultaneously. Jing Zhe stood up, gave a bitter smile, and nodded at Lin Yanqiu, then pulled Zhu Xinqin to walk outside: “Mom, let’s go home.” “Little Zhe, how can you be so spineless?” Zhu Xinqin gripped the doorframe, glaring at her son, “Why should you let Little Bee have her way? You are the most suitable for Xiao Chuxia, you spineless boy! Since that day I told you to quickly express your feelings to Xiao Chuxia, but you just wouldn’t listen, and now look, Little Bee has sneaked in, hasn’t he?” “Mom, let’s go home.” Jing Zhe exhaled helplessly, “If I had known Chuxia was coming today, I wouldn’t have accompanied you here, Mom. If you keep this up, I’m really going to be angry!” “Son, how can you treat Mom like this? Do you really want to just stand by and watch me lose? Sob... I’m your mother, how can you side with that jerk Lin Yanqiu? If you don’t compete and just let Xiao Chuxia go to Little Bee, then from now on, I won’t consider you my son anymore. Sob, I’ll acknowledge Xiao Chuxia as my daughter...” What kind of talk was this? Jing Zhe held his head in agony: “Mom, don’t make this hard for me, how am I supposed to face Chuxia after this?” “I don’t care, I want a fair competition, fair competition! Otherwise, I won’t let them be at peace!” Zhu Xinqin insisted stubbornly. Lin Yanqiu glanced through a slightly open door and frowned: “Mom, you were the one who called Zhu Xinqin, weren’t you? Since she’s already here, why are you still hiding?” “Yes, I did call Xiao Zhu because I missed her.” Old Madam Zhou came out of the room, confidently saying, “I missed Xiao Zhu and Xiao Zhe, wanted to see them.” Lin Yanqiu eyed her unhappily: “Then why were you hiding in the room all this time?” “You two would keep fighting whenever you meet, how dare I come out?” Old Madam Zhou said as she moved forward to grab Jing Zhe, “Xiao Zhe, Grandma hasn’t seen you for a long time, I’ve really missed you a lot, ah, come, stay and have dinner at Grandma’s today.” Jing Zhe looked troubled: “Grandma Zhou, some other time, please, today... it’s not suitable!” “What’s not suitable? I say it’s suitable, then it’s suitable!” Old Madam Zhou said, looking towards Zhu Xinqin, “Qinzi, are you joining Auntie for dinner?” “Joining, joining, of course, I’ll join!” Zhu Xinqin grabbed Old Madam Zhou’s other hand, defiantly glancing at Lin Yanqiu and then added, “But Auntie, I’ve taken a liking to Xiao Chuxia as a daughter-in-law, you won’t be upset, right?” (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), with your support being my greatest motivation.)

Chapter 173 - 173 139 Two Moms Competing for Affection

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