For lunch, I fried steak for Liang Hong and made mushroom cream soup.

　　Seeing that I didn't include cilantro or scallions, he breathed a sigh of relief.

　　I always had a smile on my face.

　　Cilantro and scallions, what are they? Don't worry, there are other good things.

　　I deliberately acted furtively near the position of their camera and took out a package from my pocket.

　　Nervously, I sprinkled the powder from the paper into the soup and stirred it evenly with a spoon.

　　I didn't immediately serve lunch, but leisurely tidied up the kitchen.

　　I needed to give them some time.

　　Otherwise, this play wouldn't be interesting.

　　When I felt that enough time had passed, I served lunch and Liang Hong looked at me with an gloomy expression.

　　I gently smiled and said, "Let's eat." Liang Hong only ate the steak and didn't touch the soup.

　　"Why aren't you drinking the soup? It's the mushroom cream soup you like." Liang Hong looked up at me, his eyes filled with hidden anger.

　　I innocently asked, "What's wrong?" Suddenly, Liang Hong smiled and pushed the soup towards me, saying, "You drink it." I pretended to be flustered and said, "That's not appropriate." "I told you to drink it, so drink it.

　　Why, are you afraid to drink it? Did you do something guilty?" My helpless appearance fueled Liang Hong's anger.

　　Just as we were at a standstill, the doorbell rang.

　　"I'll go open the door." I ran toward the door as if escaping, and in that moment with my back facing Liang Hong, a slight smile formed at the corner of my mouth.

　　Finally, everyone was together.

　　I wasn't surprised to see Yang Qing standing with my mother-in-law since it would be difficult to execute my plan if she had come alone.

　　"Mom, why did you come?" "If I didn't come, my son would have been killed by you! Get out of the way!" My mother-in-law pushed me aside forcefully and entered with an imposing manner.

　　Yang Qing had a smug look on her face and said, "You're finished now." As soon as my mother-in-law arrived, Liang Hong's "illness" miraculously improved.

　　"Mom, why did you come? I was just about to eat.

　　Have you eaten?" My mother-in-law pointed trembling fingers at the bowl of soup and said, "Did you drink this?" Liang Hong shook his head, looking puzzled.

　　"No, why? What's wrong, Mom?" My mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank goodness.

　　Son, this soup is poisoned!" Liang Hong exclaimed in shock, "Poisoned? How is that possible? Yan Yu made it for me." "Your wife is a poisonous woman! She put something in the soup!" Yang Qing stood tall with a confident expression and said, "Brother Hong, I have evidence!"

　　"Yang Qing glanced at me with a determined look of 'you're doomed' and walked towards the kitchen with the sound of high heels.

　　She walked directly to the trash can, kicking it open, and quickly came back with 'evidence' in her hand.

　　It was a yellow leather paper.

　　Yang Qing shook the leather paper at me and said, 'This is the packaging paper for your poison.

　　What else can you explain?'

　　'Wicked woman! You actually poisoned your husband!' My mother-in-law pointed at me angrily.

　　'Wife, why...' Liang Hong looked incredulous.

　　'She thinks that big brother Hong is a burden and doesn't want to take care of him, so she wanted to poison him to death! Auntie, this woman is too malicious, you must teach her a lesson!' Yang Qing held my mother-in-law's hand and looked at me with a provoking and triumphant look in her eyes.

　　My mother-in-law's chest rose and fell in anger, and she raised her arm to slap me in the face.

　　I grabbed my mother-in-law's hand and said, 'Mom, let me explain.'

　　'Explain what? We caught you red-handed, daring to poison my son, I'll kill you!' My mother-in-law's other hand swung towards me, but I grabbed it too.

　　With both of her hands caught by me, my mother-in-law became even more furious.

　　'What are you doing? I am your mother-in-law! How dare you treat me like this? You uncultured thing!'

　　Liang Hong angrily pointed at me and said, 'Xiao Yan Yu, what are you doing! Let go of my mom!'

　　I put on a pitiful expression and said, 'Husband, can I at least have a chance to explain?'

　　Liang Hong turned his face away and pursed his lips tightly.

　　Yang Qing contemptuously glanced at me and said, 'Yan Yu, why bother? You look so ugly struggling in the face of death.'

　　I completely ignored Yang Qing and turned to Liang Hong, saying, 'Husband, if you don't let me explain, I won't let go.

　　You know, I'm quite strong.'

　　Liang Hong was shocked, remembering the fear he experienced under my domination.

　　'Oh, so you still want to fight, not even caring about your face?' Yang Qing walked to Liang Hong's side and looked at me with disdain.

　　'Hong ge, don't listen to her.

　　She can't possibly lay a hand on Auntie.' Yang Qing looked confident, but her words didn't have any effect.

　　Liang Hong's body seemed to tense up.

　　I almost burst out laughing.

　　It's true that I wouldn't lay a hand on my mother-in-law, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't on Liang Hong.

　　We are a married couple, spending a lot of time together, and I can come up with any random reason to beat him up.

　　I can think of this, and Liang Hong must be able to as well.

　　He thought he could manipulate me by pretending to have an illness, but he didn't expect to be manipulated by me instead.

　　I wonder if he regrets faking 'senile dementia' now?

　　'Alright, I'll give you a chance to explain.' Look at his condescending face, it's really laughable.

　　'I did put medicine in the soup, but it's medicine for treating my husband's illness.' Yang Qing sneered, 'You should come up with a better excuse if you want to find one.'

　　'I went to see Zhang Daxian recently.

　　I heard that someone with a similar illness as my husband had been cured by Zhang Daxian before, so I asked him for that medicine.'

　　My mother-in-law's eyes lit up, 'Zhang Daxian? The highly effective Zhang Daxian?'

　　I nodded, 'Yes, it's the highly effective Zhang Daxian.'

　　My mother-in-law is a very superstitious person.

　　In a previous life, she forced me to drink all sorts of medicine from Zhang Daxian in order to have a baby boy.

　　And charlatans are the easiest to bribe.

　　I dialed Zhang Daxian's phone in front of my mother-in-law."

　　After the phone call was connected, I let my mother-in-law listen.

　　My mother-in-law had seen Zhang Daxian before, so she recognized his voice right away.

　　After the call, my mother-in-law's furrowed brow relaxed, and she said to me with a smile, "Yan Yu, you are a good daughter-in-law of our Liang family.

　　Zhang Daxian said that he wouldn't give the medicine to just anyone.

　　He only gave it to you because he saw your sincerity.

　　Mom misunderstood you, I apologize to you." Liang Hong and Yang Qing were dumbfounded.

　　"Auntie, don't be fooled by her.

　　Who is this Zhang Daxian? It's obvious that he's a fraud! Hey, Sister Yan Yu, you've been to college, why would you believe in such superstitious things? What a ridiculous excuse..." "Shut up!" My mother-in-law angrily shouted at Yang Qing.

　　Yang Qing kept calling Zhang Daxian a fraud and the belief in superstition ridiculous, completely unaware that she was treading on dangerous ground with my mother-in-law, who was once her childhood friend.

　　Yang Qing was frightened, and I couldn't say a word for a long time.

　　"By the way, how did you know that I used the medicine?" I asked with perfect timing.

　　"It was her.

　　She asked me to look at her phone and I saw footage of you putting the medicine in." My mother-in-law pointed at Yang Qing.

　　I pretended to be surprised, "What? You wouldn't have installed surveillance cameras at home, would you? Is it because of last time? No, I'll call the police." Yang Qing stopped me from making the call, "Why call the police? Is it necessary for such a small matter? So what if I installed it? It's just because I'm worried that you might mistreat Hong Ge now that he's sick.

　　Who knows what kind of person you really are! Nowadays, there are all kinds of people!" Yang Qing said with an air of righteousness, as if what she did was completely justified.

　　In response, a loud slap was heard.

　　It wasn't me who hit her, although I was tempted.

　　Someone else was quicker than me.

　　It was my mother-in-law.

　　"Shut up! They are a good couple.

　　Do you need to worry?" "What right do you have to worry?" "You're just a troublemaker!" Yang Qing covered her face, feeling embarrassed and wronged, but didn't dare say a word back.

　　I told her to remove the surveillance cameras, and she actually dared to remove a few.

　　I smiled playfully, "Are you sure there are no more? If I find any missed ones, I'll report you directly to the police." Yang Qing's face showed a hint of guilt, but she stubbornly claimed that she didn't miss any.

　　I said, "Okay, then I'll have someone come later to inspect." Upon hearing this, Yang Qing immediately remembered a few that she had forgotten.

　　"You don't have to call the police, but you have to compensate me for my mental distress, 30,000 yuan." "Are you done? Haven't they all been removed? Don't go too far!" Yang Qing couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily at me, as if she had been greatly wronged.

　　I didn't waste time arguing with her.

　　"Then I'll call the police.

　　Whatever amount they say, you have to pay.

　　Don't come crying then." "You! I will pay!" "Shall I use Alipay or WeChat?" Yang Qing's face turned slightly red, and she pulled Liang Hong's hand, "Hong Ge, can you help me pay first? I'll pay you back later." Oh, she's borrowing money from my husband right in front of me.

　　How interesting.

　　"What are you doing? Let go!" My mother-in-law forcefully pulled Yang Qing's hand away from Liang Hong and scolded sternly, "This is your mess, you should pay for it yourself.

　　Don't even think about borrowing money from my son!" "Auntie, I...

　　I don't have any money left.

　　Can you please consider our lifelong friendship and..." "You can use Huabei (credit limit on Alipay)!" I offered a friendly reminder.

　　Resentment filled Yang Qing's eyes as she looked at me.

　　But in the end, she still borrowed money using Huabei.

　　Apologies from you are also added.

　　30,000 is a large sum of money for her, and it's satisfying to see her suffer such a loss.

　　Although 30,000 is nothing to me, of course, bad actions must come with consequences.

　　And how could I forget Liang Hong, who has been watching the show from the sidelines? With the wind in my ear, my mother-in-law personally picked up the soup and fed it to him.

　　What I gave him was not poison, but a laxative.

　　Not much, just a night of diarrhea.

　　I thought after this incident, they would restrain themselves.

　　But apparently, I was wrong.

　　They played a big move against me.