"Wanrou, how about... why don't you wait inside for a while? Or, I'll have Huaichuan bring your breakfast in so you can eat it inside?"
He Wanrou was furious inside, but on her face she put on an incredibly sensible and submissive expression, gently shaking her head:
"No, Auntie... I'll just wait here for a while. It's alright, I'm not hungry. You all eat first, don't worry about me. If I eat inside and accidentally make a mess of the room that Qiqi's sister cleaned, I'll feel even worse..."
Upon hearing this, Qin Peilan was deeply moved and repeatedly exclaimed:
"Oh my, you're such a thoughtful child! Always so considerate! Well then, I'll have Huaichuan make sure to save your share! Well... shall we head out now?"
After saying that, the group left the room one after another.
Shen Huaichuan was the last to arrive, and he even turned around carefully and gently closed the door behind him.
The gentle and sensible expression on He Wanrou's face vanished the moment the door closed, replaced by a gloomy coldness and barely suppressed anger.
She stared intently at the closed door, her nails digging deep into her palms.
Outside the door, one could faintly hear Zhou Qiqi calling Zhouzhou out.
The little girl seemed very worried about her grandmother. As soon as she came out, she rushed into Qin Peilan's arms and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go.
This gesture stirred another wave of tenderness and affection in the elderly couple, and they heard soft voices coming from outside.
Amidst a mix of laughter and tears, the chaos gradually subsided, punctuated by the soft clatter of bowls and chopsticks.
This breakfast was eaten exceptionally slowly.
He Wanrou waited in the house, feeling like her stomach was about to burst with hunger, when she finally heard footsteps approaching. Qin Peilan came over and knocked on the door, asking her to come out for dinner.
Although Qin Peilan specially reserved a meal for her, with steamed buns and millet porridge placed on the table.
But compared to the warm and harmonious atmosphere of the family outside the door just now, the current dining table, where only she was left, seemed particularly desolate.
After waiting for a while, the bun dough was hard and cold, and the meat filling inside had congealed into a greasy, cold mass, making it difficult to swallow.
The millet porridge had also lost its temperature, and when I drank it, all I felt was a cold and greasy sensation; it wasn't tasty at all.
It's all that little mute's fault! He's such a nuisance!
If that little mute girl hadn't been so timid, would she have needed to do this?
She thought viciously to herself that the first thing she would do when she became the rightful mistress of the Shen family was to throw this annoying little mute back to the old couple.
They're all elderly, weak, sick, or disabled; it would be so much better if they just stayed quietly in the nursing home...
"Why are you getting in the way outside!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't help but grit her teeth and mutter a curse under her breath.
No sooner had the words left her lips than a soft, small sneeze came from Zhouzhou's room next door—"Achoo!"
He Wanrou thought that someone had overheard what she said, and she was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth and didn't dare to breathe.
After listening intently for a long time to make sure there were no other noises outside, I slowly relaxed.
After the fright, her feverish mind calmed down a bit.
She didn't waste those two hours she spent alone in the cold wind outside the courtyard this morning; she carefully reflected on her mistakes from yesterday.
Yesterday... she was indeed too anxious.
His overly aggressive approach towards Zhou Qiqi from the start, a direct confrontation, backfired and alienated her.
No, this can't go on.
We need to change our strategy! We need to proceed gradually!
Her focus shouldn't be on directly confronting Zhou Qiqi.
That village woman is sharp-tongued and difficult to deal with.
Her main battleground should be the Shen family elders and Shen Huaichuan!
Now, thanks to the two times she saved their lives and this self-inflicted injury, the elderly couple has been almost won over by her, and their hearts have turned back to her.
She needs to work on Shen Huaichuan!
In this family, one must always appear gentle, virtuous, and sensible!
We must outshine Zhou Qiqi!
She observed everything clearly yesterday!
That Zhou Qiqi, relying on her looks and ability to earn some money, is very domineering at home. She doesn't know anything about gentleness and tenderness, and is not a qualified good wife at all!
Compared to someone like He Wanrou, who is a professional at serving people, knows how to read people's expressions, and knows how to coax them, she is far inferior!
Shen Huaichuan had been in the military all his life and never got close to women. He probably had no experience of being gently cared for and adored by a woman! He was a complete blank slate!
Once he tastes the sweetness and experiences her kindness, he will realize just how big the gap is between He Wanrou and that tigress Zhou Qiqi!
Then, she can use a little trickery, wink a few times, act all delicate, and beckon with her hand...
I'm not afraid he won't be moved even if he's drowned in Huaichuan! I'm not afraid he won't compare himself to others! I'm not afraid he won't change his mind!
Thinking this way, He Wanrou seemed to have already seen the dawn of victory, and the day when Zhou Qiqi would be kicked out of the house and she would take over the Shen family in glory!
She finally felt a little better, and even the cold, hard bun in her hand didn't seem so bad anymore...
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