Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband

Lin Wan couldn’t understand why Old Mrs. Mei suddenly started talking to her about these things, but compared to Old Mrs. Mei, her grandmother truly was happier now.

Lin Wan couldn’t say much; she could only go along with Old Mrs. Mei and deliberately keep Little Star and Hua Hua by her side to lighten the mood, avoiding any awkwardness.

Lin Wan tried her best to console Old Mrs. Mei, telling her not to be so negative.

When Liang Qian came out to serve the dishes, she purposely called Lin Wan aside, scoffed, and said to Lin Wan, "Don’t listen to her nonsense. She’s complaining that we’re not taking care of her anymore. Tell me, how are we not taking care of her? We’re by her side day and night. Her limbs are fine now; she doesn’t need her family to treat her like a patient. I think she’s up to something again."

"Hmph, this old lady, the older she gets, the more ungrateful she becomes. My sister-in-law, you usually don’t come around and that’s fine, but she blames you too. As for me, I take care of them with all my heart every day, and yet I still get blamed by her in the end. I think no matter how well you take care of this kind of old lady, she’ll never be satisfied." Xie Lingzhi was really upset listening to this, but she couldn’t say anything in return, so she just gave her godmother a sideways glance and complained.

Xie Lingzhi was probably truly irritated this time, or she wouldn’t be speaking to her godmother, with whom she’s always had disagreements.

Even though Xie Lingzhi’s words made her godmother unhappy, Old Mrs. Mei really had gone too far.

As juniors, any slightly cultivated person wouldn’t confront Old Mrs. Mei directly; they would just complain in private to vent.

Liang Qian didn’t respond to Xie Lingzhi, and Xie Lingzhi didn’t say anything more. It wasn’t until dinner that they called out to the people in the living room. Only then did the men come out of the study.

Over there, Mei Lang Jun and Han Yi took the two children outside to set off firecrackers, while here, Mei Langchi went upstairs to bring Ye Qing down.

That’s when Lin Wan saw that Ye Qing, whom she hadn’t seen for a few days, looked listless, without any vigor.

If we’re to talk about the past few days, Ye Qing did nothing but take medication and sleep; she couldn’t care about anything else. She was just too tired, and even when she wasn’t, she would just sit there in a daze. She thought it was the effect of the medication.

One day, she missed two doses of her medication, and it happened that when Mei Langchi wasn’t paying attention, she went out to the street alone, took things from a store to eat without paying.

Ye Qing only learned about it the next day when Mei Langchi told her. It was hard for Ye Qing to believe because, in her memory, she had been at home the whole time and hadn’t gone anywhere, so how could she have taken things from someone else? And it was just two buns, after all. It’s not like she didn’t have money, so why would she need to steal?

But it was the truth, and just as Mei Langchi was talking to her, the owner of that store from the previous day came over, not to ask for the money for the two buns, but to accuse her of disrupting his business.

The disturbance she caused yesterday resulted in no business for him all afternoon.

This was clearly a shakedown for money, but Ye Qing shook her head, unable to recall when she had done such a thing.

But indeed, the man was pointing directly at her. With no other option, and with her head pounding from his shouting, Ye Qing gave him ten yuan, putting an end to the matter.

Mei Langchi also scolded her for not listening, not taking her medication properly, and now she dared not miss a dose again.

Obediently, she took her medication three times a day, but after each dose, she just wanted to sleep. She really wanted to talk to her son, but she was too tired, lacking the energy.

Even now, although she had come out, she was unbearably tired.

Despite this, she didn’t dare to go back upstairs since today was New Year’s Eve, and she didn’t want to be too disrespectful.

Then there was the issue of the painting and calligraphy; she clearly remembered that she had colluded with Qu Liushou to steal them, but Mei Langchi said that Qu Liushou had set her up, that those things were in fact picked up by her.

He also said that during those days, she wasn’t taking her medication, leading to hallucinations, and the theft was just imagined by her.

Ye Qing really believed it now; she was truly ill. If she hadn’t just imagined these things recently, Mei Langchi would have probably already hit her or divorced her; he wouldn’t be so patient in caring for and placating her now.

Since being punished by Old Mrs. Mei to kneel, she had fallen ill, and Mei Langchi felt guilty, thinking he had been too harsh on her before, so now he wanted to make it up to her and live a good life together.

Ye Qing secretly felt fortunate that she fell ill when their relationship was tense, which softened Mei Langchi’s heart towards her. Otherwise, she didn’t know how things might have turned out; even though she was sick now, it didn’t matter. She believed she would eventually get better, she wanted to get better, live well with Mei Langchi, raise Hua Hua together, and once she felt better, she could secretly have surgery and give Mei Langchi another child.

As for Han Yi and Lin Wan, she’s not interested in them at all right now. She’s done competing; it doesn’t end well anyway.

Lin Wan watched Ye Qing for a long time, seeing her sitting there with her head down, daydreaming, not saying a word, it seemed she was truly coaxed by Mei Langchi. Ye Qing’s current appearance really had no difference from a mental patient.

In Old Mr. Mei and Old Mrs. Mei’s eyes, Mei Langchi still held weight; otherwise, how could he so easily trick the elderly couple into believing Ye Qing was actually ill? He even managed to pin the painting and calligraphy incident on Qu Liushou, leaving Ye Qing blameless.