After transmigrating into the body of the female supporting character's biological mother, she

"Mom, where are Xiaorou and the baby?"

"I went to the supply and marketing cooperative with Dr. Lin."

Chen Hehua looked at her son's face and felt a little strange, as if something had changed.

"You look so different now!"

Li Jiang awkwardly touched his chin. "No, it's just shaving my beard, isn't it?"

"Why shave for no reason?" Chen Hehua clicked her tongue and shook her head. "It makes you look too young, and you don't seem reliable."

Li Jiang's eyes lit up. "You really look younger?"

He didn't need to answer; he ran inside to look in the mirror.

Chen Hehua sighed, wondering what was wrong with his brain this time.

During dinner, Wang Rou glanced at Li Jiang more because of his beard, and Li Jiang even slowed down his chewing.

"What's wrong?" Li Jiang asked.

Wang Rou pursed her lips and shook her head. "Go wash up early today, I have something to tell you."

Li Jiang didn't really want to hear it.

Wang Rou was pretending to be stupid, and so was he.

He could tell that Wang Rou wasn't very satisfied with him or the family.

But since she didn't say anything, Li Jiang pretended not to know.

The Wang family had been kind to the Li family in the past. Wang Rou was the eldest daughter of the Wang family. She was beautiful, cultured, and could also paint.

Li Jiang knew he was not good enough for her.

But when Wang's father proposed that he marry Wang Rou, Li Jiang was tempted.

After marriage, Li Jiang treated Wang Rou as well as possible, and he could feel that she was gradually opening her heart to him.

But then, for some reason, Wang Rou became increasingly unhappy.

Li Jiang didn't know what to do either.

It wasn't until Dr. Lin said that Wang Rou was ill.

Now that she's getting better every day, Li Jiang is worried that Wang Rou might have come to her senses and want to break up with him.

After finishing his meal without any appetite, Li Jiang bathed his son and only returned to his room when he could no longer delay.

Wang Rou had been waiting for a long time. When he came in, she pointed to the chair opposite her and said, "Sit down."

Li Jiang: "Okay."

The two sat facing each other in silence for a long time.

Wang Rou spoke first: "There's something I want to tell you. I want to apologize first, I..."

Li Jiang abruptly stood up. "I won't get a divorce!"

"Huh?" Wang Rou looked up at him, and after a long while, bit her lip and said, "I didn't mean to talk about divorce."

"Um……"

Li Jiang sat back down in his chair; he was willing to accept anything as long as they didn't get a divorce.

"Go on."

Wang Rou picked at the hangnail next to her index fingernail, almost drawing blood. "Li Jiang, before I got married, I had a boyfriend."

Li Jiang hummed in response, wanting to tell her to stop picking at it, as it hurt him just watching it.

"Li Jiang!" Wang Rou felt he wasn't listening to her properly, so she raised her voice, "Did you hear what I said?"

Li Jiang: "I heard you. You said you had a boyfriend before you got married."

"What are your thoughts?" Wang Rou asked, lowering her eyes.

Li Jiang tapped his finger lightly on his knee, no longer feigning nonchalance as before. "Wang Rou, you shouldn't ask me, but rather ask yourself what you think."

Are you still thinking about this person? Is he single or divorced? Does he have a job? Does he have children? How much does he earn each month? Can he support a family...?

He was getting more and more outrageous, so Wang Rou quickly interrupted him, "He went abroad a long time ago, and I'm not thinking about him at all."

While the feelings that blossomed in youth are beautiful, Wang Rou had already lost all hope in this man when he deceived her and fled abroad.

Upon hearing the words "going abroad," Li Jiang frowned slightly. "You told Dr. Lin about this? Does anyone else know? Do you know that if it's discovered you have connections with foreign forces, you'll be in big trouble?"

"are you mad at me!"

Wang Rou was so angry that she threw a pillow at him. She had wanted to have a good talk with Li Jiang, but it was like talking to a brick wall.

The two of them kept talking at cross purposes.

Li Jiang caught the pillow and laughed. "Xiao Rou, rather than you being unhappy, I'd rather you vent your anger on me like you did just now."

So what if you've had a boyfriend? You're so outstanding and good-looking, isn't it normal for people to like you?

Wang Rou's eyes reddened slightly. "But I kept it from you..."

"It doesn't matter," Li Jiang laughed. "Even if I had known back then, I would still have married you. All I ever wanted was the result, as long as I'm the one by your side now."

Wang Rou lowered her head and remained silent.

Suddenly I felt a void in my heart.

It's as if she's been trapping herself all this time.

Li Jiang took her hand, and Wang Rou instinctively pulled back, but he held it firmly.

Li Jiang: "Your nails are too long, let me trim them for you."

"I can cut it myself."

"It's inconvenient to cut your right hand." Li Jiang grabbed her hand with a slightly forceful gesture, carefully trimming her nails with scissors until they were round and neat, and also cleaning the hangnails next to them.

"Xiaorou, I'm serious. You absolutely cannot mention this trashy ex-boyfriend to anyone again."

You should also be a little wary of Dr. Lin.

Wang Rou, who was staring blankly at his buzz cut, immediately pulled her hand away upon hearing this.

She lay down in her own bed without saying a word.

In the past, when Li Jiang knew his wife was angry, his first reaction was to calm her down, afraid that he would say the wrong thing and make her even angrier.

But he has learned it now.

Problems should be solved on the spot; otherwise, with Xiaorou's sensitive and delicate mind, the calmer she is, the more likely she is to get stuck on a problem.

"Xiaorou, did I say something wrong just now? Tell me, and I will reflect deeply on my words."

Could it be that he just said "trashy ex"?

The blanket shifted, and after a while, Wang Rou's muffled voice came through, "You're not allowed to say bad things about my sister..."

Li Jiang: "..."

Did I speak ill of Dr. Lin?

Wang Rou sat up abruptly, glaring at him with the eyes of someone looking at a class enemy. "You told me to be wary of my sister? You're trying to sow discord between us!"

Li Jiang: Compared to my previous encounter with ghosts, it seems that Dr. Lin's threat is greater.

"Xiaorou, you can never be too careful..."

"Get out and sleep here!"

Li Jiang whispered, "Mom will find out."

Before, the two of them hadn't really opened up to each other, but they still slept in the same bed, just with two blankets.

Now that he'd finally managed to pry open his wife's shell a little, how could Li Jiang possibly agree to sleep outside?

Only when you feel guilty will you try to cover it up. Wang Rou had something important on her mind, so she wasn't afraid of her mother-in-law finding out that she and her husband were sleeping in separate beds. She even pushed Li Jiang out.

Late at night, Chen Hehua went out for a drink of water and was startled by her son sleeping on the cool bed in the living room.

"My goodness! What are you doing sleeping here? Did you have a fight with your wife?"

Li Jiang has dark skin, and the flashlight could only illuminate his white teeth.

"We didn't argue, it's cool outside."

Chen Hehua pulled her coat tighter and muttered to herself, "It's only because we're not allowed to believe in feudal superstitions now, otherwise I would definitely have found a master to call your soul back."

……

Next door, both children are asleep.