The mistress tried to hide behind him even more, but it was too late. The mother-in-law had already pulled out her phone.

“Well then, we’re going to clear this up right now.”

She called her daughter. The wife, standing at the airport near the boarding gate, couldn’t believe it at first. Then she asked for a video call. She saw the mistress, saw the suitcase, saw her mother holding the ladle with the messy living room behind her — and she understood everything without a single word.

Two hours later, the wife was already home.