Fortunate Eighties: The Bewitching Female Rival Who Tamed Her Husband with Skill-Chapter 34 - Making a Phone Call

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Making a Phone Call

Chapter 34 -34 Making a Phone Call

Director Wang slammed his hand down on the table, a grim expression on his face. “It’s all over the Family Court that you and your spouse have abandoned Xiao Yu. What’s going on with this?”

Xian Yue frowned and replied coolly, “Xiao Yu is perfectly fine at home, so how did it get around that we abandoned him? Besides, my wife isn’t that sort of person. It was just a momentary inability to accept the situation, but now Xiao Yu is even closer to my wife than he is to me.”

…

Susu glanced back at the crowd gathered at the door, seemingly there for the drama, and something clicked in her mind, but she wasn’t the least bit intimidated.

“Aunt, I don’t know where these crazy rumors came from. Xiao Yu is fine and staying at home. If it weren’t for the fact that I’m busy with the brine goods business and don’t have the time or energy to take care of the little guy, Xiao Yu wouldn’t need to stay with his grandparents for now.”

Director Wang’s wife looked at the people around her, guessing it was probably the idle gossip of the local women that spread the rumor. But considering Su Er Ya’s past behavior, she still harbored some doubts.

Susu had also thought of this, and with slight helplessness, said, “If you don’t believe me, we can take the earliest bus tomorrow to go and see my in-laws.”

Looking into the young girl’s clear and straightforward eyes, Aunt Wang believed most of what she said.

At that moment, Lu Xiaoting happened to walk in the door and saw the two women, immediately greeting, “Aunt.”

“Xiao Lu, you’re back. I’ve just finished talking with your wife. I’ll be heading back now.”

“Ah, Aunt take care, come and visit when you have time.”

Susu escorted her to the door and waited until Aunt Wang’s figure had disappeared before returning to the room.

“Aunt Wang came to ask about Xiao Yu. She said the Family Court was spreading rumors that we’d abandoned him and wanted to have a talk with me about it.”

Lu Xiaoting nodded, “Mm, this afternoon our Director also called me in for a talk.”

Susu blinked, saying nothing, and waited for the man to continue.

County

“Aunt, the small shop’s Aunt Zhang asked me to call you. Your second son phoned and said to bring the child over to wait for a call back in five minutes.”

“Ah, I’m coming.”

The grandmother and grandson were delighted, their first thought being that their daughter-in-law/Aunt had called.

Mrs. Lu, beaming with joy, got to the door before she remembered, “Elder sister-in-law, I’ll be right back, please look after—”

“I know, go on,” her elder sister-in-law waved her off, saying, “Just look at Erya and Xiao Yu, how happy they are.”

“What? Xiao Yu, isn’t Susu by your side?”

Hearing that it was her own son on the line, Mrs. Lu grimaced and picked up the little one.

Xiao Yu clutched the phone, his little face flushed, “Uncle, Xiao Yu really misses you and Auntie.”

Lu Xiaoting raised his eyebrows, soothing the little one, “There’s a grandpa here who wants to talk to you.”

Director Wang glared at the kid, feeling somewhat embarrassed but still bravely asked about whether the little one was being treated well at home and whether he had been bullied.

Since the phone’s sound quality back then was average, Mrs. Lu overheard and frowned with displeasure.

But the little one was serious, nodding his tiny head earnestly.

“Auntie, Uncle, grandpa, grandma, and Aunt are all very, very nice. Xiao Yu is so happy.”

…

After hanging up the phone, Director Wang was glared at coldly by Lu Xiaoting for quite a while before cracking a smile and cursing playfully.

“Alright, alright, I’ve wronged you, kid. My mistake. I’ll have your Aunt sort things out at the Family Court, so stop giving me that look.”

When the others saw Mrs. Lu returning all huffing and cursing after leaving so cheerfully, they were all curious.

“What’s wrong with Erya? Why are you so angry after just taking a call? What happened?”

As Aunt Liu Fen finished speaking, everyone looked over anxiously.

Mrs. Lu, hands on her hips, cursed away.

“My second son called, and someone kept butting in, constantly questioning Xiao Yu, making it seem like we were abusing the child at home.”

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Xiao Yu was also upset, his little brow furrowed into waves.

In their cooing voices, “Grandpa and Grandma, uncles and aunties have all been so kind to me.”

Seeing the little tyke’s chubby cheeks, everyone felt the urge to tease him, and one by one they made the little one’s face turn rosy with laughter.

“What about Aunt Xian Yue? Do you like Aunt Xian Yue?”

“What about your great-aunt, do you like her?”

…

People took turns with their comments, and even Mrs. Lu couldn’t stay mad anymore; she joined in the laughter while she worked.

“You, Erya, tell me, how come you’re so lucky? There’s not one in ten miles who isn’t envious of you.”

“Exactly, whenever people talk about the Lu Family around here, who wouldn’t be jealous?”

“That’s right, that’s right. Your sons are each more impressive than the last, and your daughters-in-law are so filial and capable, just wait until your little girl gets into university.”

“Oh my, stop it, you’re making me green with envy.”

“Hahaha.”

Father Lu pushed his bicycle in, joking with a laugh, “What are you all talking about? I could hear your laughter from far away.”

“Oh, I forgot to mention my brother-in-law.”

The women laughed so hard they were beside themselves, leaving Father Lu confused.

…

Provincial City

“You’d better talk to those people in the Family Court nicely, how can they spread baseless rumors as if they were true?”

Once Director Wang recalled Xiao Lu’s ambiguously smiling eyes, his face flushed hot with embarrassment.

“Do I even need to say it? As soon as I finish speaking with you, I’m going to talk to them.”

Having said that, Aunt Wang stormed out of the door, clearly annoyed.

These women had nothing better to do all day than to gossip.

Look at that, now they’ve caused a real problem, haven’t they?

Susu didn’t seem to mind too much; after seeing off the leader’s wife, she busied herself with cooking.

“Oh my goodness, the Lu Gong’an family really doesn’t skimp, even putting so much oil in their stir-fry.”

“My goodness!”

Susu ignored the nosy onlookers and calmly carried the plate back to her room.

She took extra care to put away the used seasonings, wary of any mischievous children snatching them up.

“You’re back, come wash your hands and let’s eat.”

Seeing the man return, Susu quickly said.

As the two sat down opposite each other, Susu brought up Aunt Wang’s visit earlier that evening.

Her brows furrowed slightly, “I don’t know who started this rumor that we abandoned Xiao Yu. It was because of this that Aunt Wang came to talk to me.”

“Hmm, Director Wang has spoken to me about it too.”

Susu was surprised, “That won’t affect your job, will it? Did you explain clearly to your boss?”

Lu Xiaoting’s gaze met the worried little woman, “No worries, I’ve spoken to Mom over the phone, and Director Wang also asked Xiao Yu directly. Don’t worry about it.”

“That’s a relief, that’s a relief.”

Susu let out a long sigh of relief, and the two did not continue on the subject.

“What? The kid is being raised in Lu Gong’an’s house?”

“And that woman actually didn’t make a fuss, just came back home to live quietly?”

…

Aunt Wang cut off the chattering group of women with a cold face.

“Enough, Comrade Xiao Su was just young and impulsive. From now on, no more blathering about this at the Family Court.”