That evening, Xiao Furen rode his bicycle back to the old family home after getting off work.
"Honey, what's up with your mom? Why was she acting so strange today?" Xiao Furen quietly asked his wife after they finished dinner and went back to their room.
Throughout the meal, his mother-in-law had seemed rather listless, yet she was also unusually attentive to him. He wasn't sure if he was just imagining it, but he felt as though she was subtly trying to curry favor with him. The whole thing left him completely bewildered. He couldn't refuse the food his mother-in-law put on his plate, but every bite made him anxious.
When dinner was finally over, he was usually the one to wash the dishes and pots. Today, however, his mother-in-law absolutely refused to let him, taking her eldest grandson to do the washing instead.
He didn't argue. He just quickly pulled his wife into their room, wanting to ask what on earth had happened that afternoon.
