"Although it won't be that easy, it shouldn't be a problem with her strength."
Yan Zhenhua just thought that Yan Shuhua was just a mediocre person at best, and he didn't really believe how good her grades were. But now the director and the village chief were all saying good things about her, and he had to believe them.
Could it be that this daughter who was left alone by him is really so capable?
"Wouldn't it be a pity if such a good seedling was wasted?" It was the first time that Director Zhang had seen such a high-ranking official, so he wanted to get close to him and took the initiative to invite him to dinner.
When Yan Zhenhua heard these words, his whole mind was on Yan Shuhua. How could he have the heart to eat? After saying goodbye to them, he went to find Shen Hongmei as quickly as possible.
Shen Hongmei was getting medicine. Many people who came to the pharmacy to get medicine saw for the first time a man wearing a suit and glasses, who looked like a leader. They couldn't help but feel curious.
"Who is this man? Why does he look different from ordinary people?"
"I'm curious, too."
Yan Zhenhua watched Shen Hongmei prepare the herbs. Although Shen Hongmei had little education, she had good handwriting. She was also slowly becoming familiar with the herbs and becoming very proficient. She looked like a boss, and Yan Zhenhua was a little fascinated by her.
After all, Liu Cuiman was still injured, so she was embarrassed to come out casually. Instead, she stayed there to take care of herself. Otherwise, if she saw the way Yan Zhenhua looked at Shen Hongmei, she would probably get into a fight.
When Shen Hongmei was almost done with her work, Yan Zhenhua asked the young man named Fan Zhiqiang to look after the pharmacy and took her for a walk around the neighborhood. Yan Zhenhua bought some women's household items for her as a way of trying to please her, but Shen Hongmei seemed to be indifferent and didn't want to accept them.
"You should have heard what I argued with him about last night, right?" Yan Zhenhua walked with an air of authority and liked to walk with his hands behind his back.
"What does your quarrel with your husband and you have to do with me?" Shen Hongmei was not interested in this topic.
Yan Zhenhua took her to a restaurant and ordered her favorite braised fish. Seeing Shen Hongmei eating the fish, he felt a little happy, and then he had the confidence to speak.
"Actually, Hongmei, I didn't mean to abandon you. I just had a lot of troubles at the time, so I came to the capital. Later, I started dating her and got married. But if I knew you were pregnant with my child, I would never have married her. You didn't tell me and didn't even write a letter to tell me."
The original good appetite was ruined by Yan Zhenhua's words, and he sneered in response: "Then you are now putting all the responsibility on me."
"Hongmei, you clearly know that's not what I meant. I just wanted to find an opportunity to admit my mistake and apologize to you." Yan Zhenhua said anxiously, but she responded coldly, "That's not necessary."
"Hongmei, really..." Yan Zhenhua sighed, "I didn't have the chance to say these words to you in person. You didn't understand the situation at that time, so I abandoned you and your daughter. Now I just want you and your daughter to live a good life, so I bought a house there. No one knows about this house. I even wrote Shuhua as my name."
"So what do you mean by saying these things to me now? Do you want to reconcile with me?"
"Hongmei, I just want to buy a house to make it up to you."
"If you just want to buy a house to make it up to the two of us, then I definitely won't take your house, because I want you to live with this guilt for the rest of your life, and let you remember for the rest of your life that you abandoned such a mother and daughter." When Shen Hongmei said this, she showed a resentful expression towards the unfaithful man, and Yan Zhenhua felt uncomfortable. "Aren't you making me feel bad?"
"Have you ever let me feel good?" Shen Hongmei didn't even want to talk about how hard it was for her to raise her daughter alone. Not only was there no one who could help her financially, but the most hateful thing was that the villagers all came to scold her and laugh at her when they saw her alone. Who discovered these tortures?
Yan Zhenhua knew he was in the wrong, and it took him almost twenty years to say these words: "I know, then tell me how I can make it up to you two."
"I want you two to get divorced, and then let Shuhua and I become your legal wives. Are you willing?" Shen Hongmei expressed her thoughts directly and mercilessly.
Yan Zhenhua really didn't expect her to make such a request. How could he divorce Liu Cuiman? After all, he was a leader, and if there was something wrong with the leadership style, then he would no longer be a leader.
Seeing Yan Zhenhua's conflicted expression, Shen Hongmei almost knew the answer even though she didn't hear his answer.
"So in your heart, your position as a leader is more important, and you don't care about us mother and daughter at all. So now you are saying that you will buy us a house as compensation. How can you be so nice?"
Yan Zhenhua looked at Shen Hongmei, who always spoke in a sarcastic tone, frowned and said, "Hongmei, when I talk to you, can you always deliberately talk to me in this tone and challenge me?" "You should leave with your wife quickly. I really don't want to see you two at all now." Shen Hongmei used to have a little hope and expectation, but now all these are gone. All her expectations are on her daughter.
"I hope that our peaceful life will not be affected by you. Besides, I don't want to care about the things in the capital. I just want to live a good life with my daughter in this rural area. I don't want to get involved in those disputes anymore."
Hearing Shen Hongmei's words that showed she had seen through the world, he felt extremely sad.
He always thinks of the days they used to spend together in the countryside. They would pick corn together, dry rice together, and then walk all the way from the village entrance to their home. Although those days were hard, there was no pressure and no laughing stock. Everything was pretty good.
But now it’s completely different, everything has changed.