226 I Just Fancy You 10 (2/2)
”She didn't have a choice? I highly doubt that. She's been enjoying a luxurious life with Ye Xiaotian and completely neglecting you two and your son. Tianze's Father and I have had a discussion. We decided to return to you your household registers. Don't live with us anymore from here on. Although you have served us for years, we've never once mistreated you anyway.”
”Madam… are you chasing us out?” asked a flustered Mrs. Mo.
”What do you mean chase out? Don't make it sound so bad. I'm just afraid our family's reputation is going to be tarnished by your daughter if this goes on. It's already been so long, yet she still chose to return to Ye Xiaotian's side. I have nothing to say to people like you who don't have a backbone,” Mrs. Long said coldly.
”Madam, please don't act like this, we've been here for so many years…”
Before Mrs. Mo could even finish, Mrs. Long interrupted, ”Have you really taken this as your own home just because you've lived here for ages?”
”Of course not…”
Tears welled up in Mo Li's eyes upon realizing that she had implicated her parents and became a burden to them.
She placed the umbrella on the ground and entered before walking towards her parents.
Noticing that Mo Li seemed to have overheard everything, Mrs. Long stared at her awkwardly.
”I was wrong to have caused my parents to be implicated into this matter. My parents have been working conscientiously for the Long family for years. Although their meals and accommodation are provided for, they've toiled and moiled to serve all of you. But since you've decided to chase us out, we won't be so thick-skinned as to insist on staying. No matter what goes on in our lives from now on, we'll be careful not to mention that we've lived with the Long family for years, lest we tarnish your reputation. I'll get Mo Xun to come back and collect the household registers,” said Mo Li as she grabbed her parents' hands and exited the door.
”Wow, she's really got backbone,” said Mrs. Long.
”Mo Li… you heard everything?” asked Mrs. Mo.
”Yes, I'm sorry, Father and Mother,” Mo Li answered softly, staring at the road ahead.
”It's not your fault. Do we go to your place now?” Mrs. Mo comforted her.
”Yes, Xiaotian will allow you all to live with me in his house,” Mo Li said reassuringly, though she was in fact rather unsure since Ye Xiaotian was fickle and unpredictable.
”Alright, we shall start packing now then.”
”Okay, I'll wait for you guys.”
The sky began to turn dark while the rain continued to pour.
Mo Li stood outside the door to wait for her parents to finish packing their belongings.
All of a sudden, her phone began to ring. She picked up immediately after seeing that it was a call from Ye Xiaotian. ”Hello.”
”Where are you? Why aren't you home yet?”
”I'll be back in a bit. Xiaotian… I have something to tell you.”
”What is it?”
”My parents have been chased out by Tianze's parents. Will you allow them to live with me?” Mo Li asked, trembling in fear that he might disagree.
However, he did not.
”Sure, let them move in. You'd be more at ease if they lived together with us, wouldn't you?”
”Yes.”
Mo Li then ended the call, thinking to herself that Tianze must have been kept in the dark about his mother's decision. However, she decided not to tell him about it, lest she sowed discord between them.