The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 241: Lingering Apprehension

Zheng Long is much more scheming than his father. He lets Zheng Jun take the lead in public, while he keeps a low profile after arriving at the Jiang Family, secretly observing to assess the feasibility of the situation.

Then, he realized that their purpose for coming to the Jiang Family this time might fall through.

Regardless, he didn’t want to become enemies with the Jiang Family, even if only superficially harmonious.

"Uncle, we’ve been here for half a day, we won’t disturb you any longer." Zheng Long decided to retreat and discuss strategies after returning.

"Ah? Why are you leaving already? Stay and have a meal... We can discuss the house situation again. If not, we can buy it back..." Zheng Zhen felt grief-stricken; her husband didn’t give her family any face. Hearing her nephew was about to leave, she felt a sudden sense of loss.

"No, Aunt. We just returned, and there are many matters waiting to be handled..." Zheng Long refused. Since the Jiang Family wasn’t welcoming, they didn’t want to be bothersome. However, he could win over this little aunt, "Once we are settled, we’ll invite Aunt to visit our home, and Aunt should bring Uncle and cousins along..."

"Okay, okay, we’ll definitely come." At this moment, Zheng Zhen was clearly touched, something had hit a chord with her, and she no longer felt the previous grievances and unpleasantness.

Wang Miaomiao listened to their conversation, observing Zheng Long secretly, finding him more capable than his father, appearing steadier, inspiring trust at first glance.

A farewell tinged with sadness, Wang Miaomiao followed Zheng Zhen to see the three to the door, watching them leave.

Looking at Zheng Zhen again, Wang Miaomiao noticed tears glistening in her eyes, her heart becoming heavier.

Actually, regardless of their purpose, it had been ten years since Zheng Zhen saw them, the emotions in her heart should be extremely complex, having endured a lot in these ten years.

"Mom, are you okay? Let’s go inside..." Wang Miaomiao wasn’t very good at comforting people, only able to ask dryly.

Her relationship with Zheng Zhen was precarious, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship could collapse if not handled well.

"Mm..." Zheng Zhen wiped the corner of her eye with her finger, removing excess moisture before it could overflow.

She instantly adjusted her emotions, frowning slightly, her face becoming somewhat gloomy, striding into the house with a proud posture that made Wang Miaomiao feel a pang, like something bad was about to happen.

Sure enough, as she followed inside, she heard Zheng Zhen questioning inside, "Jiang Zhongyi, what do you mean?"

Wang Miaomiao hurriedly shut the door, house secrets shouldn’t be aired publicly, closing the door could at least muffle some of the noise.

"What can I mean." Jiang Zhongyi responded to her outburst somewhat casually, "If I can’t help, I won’t overestimate my capabilities. Is there a problem?"

Zheng Zhen looked at his indifferent demeanor, suddenly feeling chilled. After decades as husband and wife, what was left between them?

"Are you really unable to help? Or are you unwilling?" Zheng Zhen’s voice was light and even as she spoke, but it was precisely this state that made Wang Miaomiao feel such loss and heartbreak.

Silence fell in the living room for a moment, the atmosphere somewhat oppressive.

Wang Miaomiao really disliked this atmosphere, wanting to escape.

She quietly looked at Jiang Yan, seeing him expressionless, seemingly detached from the parental argument.

Wang Miaomiao felt inexplicably uneasy.

Jiang Yan sensed Wang Miaomiao’s emotions, turned to look at her, seeing her face looking unwell, immediately became nervous, came to her side saying, "What’s wrong, are you not feeling well?"

"Mm..." Wang Miaomiao at that moment really couldn’t say it was nothing, "I want to go out for some air."

"Okay." Jiang Yan didn’t hesitate, held her hand and led her away, completely ignoring the two confronting in the living room.

They took the back door, walked past a few houses to the small park in the community.

In June afternoon, the weather was already hot. At this time, the small park was empty, with only the sound of cicadas making the place feel less deserted.

Jiang Yan led her to a large tree by the pond, under it was a round stone table, and four stone stools.

He helped her sit down, although there was shade from the tree blocking the sunlight, and a bit of breeze blowing from the pond, it still felt somewhat hot.

"Sit here and wait a moment, I’ll go back to get some water and a fan..." Jiang Yan frowned, worried she was unwell, wishing he could fly back to get things immediately.

Wang Miaomiao quickly grabbed his hand, looked up at him shaking her head, "You sit down, I’m not hot, no need to trouble yourself."

Seeing she seemed to have something to say, Jiang Yan immediately sat down compliantly, "What’s wrong? If there’s something, just say it, we’re husband and wife, I’m definitely on your side."

He didn’t know what was wrong, but it didn’t hinder him from declaring his stance first.

Seeing his worried expression, Wang Miaomiao felt somewhat relieved. Thinking it over, she felt that problems between husband and wife should be directly communicated, or small issues could grow into irreconcilable big ones.

"Just now the atmosphere in the house felt oppressive, I felt uncomfortable." Wang Miaomiao said earnestly while looking at him, "Do you think there’s a possibility that after a few years, we might become like mom and dad, emotions fading, growing indifferent and ruthless, even hostile?"

"No, we won’t." Jiang Yan was taken aback, immediately denying, he looked into her eyes sincerely, "We won’t become like them, never. Every couple has their own way of getting along, their own emotional journey. They are them, and we are us, there’s no comparison. We can’t interfere with others’ emotional world, but we can devote ourselves, protect and cherish our own..."

"Miaomiao, our story has just begun, how to proceed beautifully is for us to decide. The future is a blank page for us to paint and compose. We must have confidence, for we love each other. No matter the difficulties ahead, we’ll overcome them, staying close and moving forward." Jiang Yan held her hand tightly, "Miaomiao, I have confidence, do you?"

Listening to his analysis opened Wang Miaomiao’s eyes...

Indeed, their future path was completely in their hands. She was unnecessarily worrying about the sky falling and fussing over nothing, which she shouldn’t have.

For whatever reason today, seeing Zheng Zhen’s emotional fluctuations, she had been emotionally affected.

With Jiang Yan’s words, she felt deeply ashamed, "Sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have doubted and been shaken."

"Silly girl, it’s okay." Jiang Yan seeing her admit she was wrong directly, felt both love and pity for her. She was a candid girl, able to voice her doubts immediately, far better than being reticent.