Chapter 164: Routine
"Principal Wu, I'm sorry."
"I might not be very free tonight."
"I have an appointment." Tu Ran added.
Principal Wu is a smart man. When he heard Tu Ran refused, he didn't make things difficult for him.
"It's okay, you go ahead and do your work."
Principal Wu hung up the phone and sighed.
In fact, it was really my own intention to make this call, not Gu Xixing's idea.
Because one very important thing is that Principal Wu knew very clearly that Tu Ran was the daughter-in-law of the Xie family.
Since she is a married woman, she certainly cannot deliberately try to match her up with others. This is not in line with Principal Wu's character.
He just saw that the students were in trouble and he really wanted to help.
Although he did not participate in the research and development of new products of Chengtian Pharmaceutical, he knew that it was very difficult.
Now the base is on fire and the formula is destroyed.
There needs to be alternative medicinal materials.
But now, not only Chengtian Pharmaceutical, but many big names in the traditional Chinese medicine circle have taken action, but none of them have come up with a suitable solution. Tu Ran, on the other hand, has been studying medicine since childhood.
Having grown up in Phoenix Ridge and seen too many herbs, Principal Wu sincerely hoped that Tu Ran could help solve the problem, but Tu Ran directly refused, which was not wrong.
"You dare to refuse Principal Wu's invitation?"
"You are really arrogant." Wei Ming couldn't hear clearly from the side.
But I also heard Tu Ran say the three words "Principal Wu".
Who doesn’t know the most important leader of the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, President Wu?
But even with such a leader, Tu Ran could still refuse outright if asked to have a meal with him.
Wei Ming finally felt a little balanced in his heart. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with being rejected.
"If you feel floating, then that's it." Tu Ran was too lazy to explain.
"Your medicine is ready. 108 yuan. Thank you."
Wei Ming took out his mobile phone and scanned the code to pay.
Before leaving, he said, "I'll come see you tomorrow when I'm free."
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm working."
"No, I just wanted to see you."
After saying this, Wei Ming turned around, picked up the medicine and left without listening to what Tu Ran said.
Tu Ran didn't care about Wei Ming at all.
I do feel a little ashamed for rejecting Principal Wu.
Even though she knew that it was Chengtian Pharmaceutical that needed help, she still refused.
After get off work in the evening, Tu Ran took the subway back to Mu Wanjun's house as usual.
I was just about to wash the vegetables and cook when Xie Nancheng sent me a video.
Tu Ran subconsciously pressed the reject button.
A big guy over there started to make trouble.
Xie Nancheng: You just promised today that you won’t ignore me anymore?
Tu Ran: Is there something that cannot be explained in words and must be explained through video?
Xie Nancheng: You think I miss you? It was Tongtong who cried and said she missed you.
Tu Ran remained silent...
The boss seized the opportunity and sent another video about a minute later.
This time, Tu Ran accepted it.
As soon as the video was connected, it was indeed Xie Jiatong's thin little face.
Xie Jiatong: Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, where are you?
Tu Ran: I... am outside.
Xie Jiatong: Sister-in-law, I miss you so much. Can you please come back? I'm so bored when you're not home. There's no one to tell me stories.
Xie Nancheng interrupted: Nonsense, didn’t I tell you?
Xie Jiatong: What you're saying is so scary, all about war and artillery shells. I'm afraid I don't like hearing that. I just want to hear my sister-in-law tell me the Thousand and One Nights.
Xie Nancheng: You like to listen to such childish stories? What's your taste?
Tu Ran: She's still a child. Why wouldn't she listen to childish things? Is she trying to learn business from you?
The boss was speechless after being confronted.
Xie Jiatong: Sister-in-law, can you come back?
Tu Ran: Tongtong, my sister-in-law has to go to work during the holidays, so it’s not convenient for her to go home. Her workplace is very far away from our old house, so she has to live outside temporarily.
Xie Jiatong: Then I want to find you, sister-in-law.
Tu Ran: ...
Xie Jiatong: I haven’t eaten dinner yet and I want to eat the fried rice made by my sister-in-law.
Tu Ran: Is there no dinner at home tonight? Aunt Ping’s cooking is also delicious, right?
Xie Jiatong: It’s not delicious. I just want to eat what my sister-in-law cooks. Woo woo woo, I’m so hungry and I haven’t eaten yet.
Xie Nancheng: Just starve yourself and lose some weight.
Tu Ran: Xie Nancheng, what’s wrong with you? Tongtong is so thin, and you still want her to lose weight?
Xie Nancheng: What should I do? She's very picky about food now. She kept crying and saying she wanted to see you. Grandma was so annoyed that she went upstairs and left her to me. I don't even know how to make fried rice.
In an instant, both sides fell silent.
The boss is waiting for Tu Ran to express his opinion.
After a few seconds of silence, as expected.
Tu Ran still softened his heart, even though he knew that this might be a deliberate trick by Xie Nancheng.
"Then come find me."
"I'll treat you to something to eat."
After all, it is Mu Wanjun's home, and Tu Ran can't just invite anyone over.
So we decided to take them out to eat.
"Okay, no problem."
As soon as Tu Ran agreed, the boss immediately took Xie Jiatong upstairs to put on thick clothes.
"What are you taking Tongtong for in such a cold day?" Mrs. Xie happened to see them coming downstairs.
"I'm going to find my sister-in-law."
"Brother Nancheng, take me there, oh yeah."
"Nancheng..."
"Mom, come back and talk to me if you have anything to say. I'm going to drive out now."
Xie Nancheng waved his hand and went back to tell his mother what to do.
Mrs. Xie was unhappy, so she went upstairs to complain to the old lady.
At this time, Pinggu was tapping the old lady's back.
The old lady lay in the rocking chair with her eyes closed.
"Mom, Nancheng took Tongtong out. Did he tell you?"
"No."
"He said he was going to look for Tu Ran." Mrs. Xie no longer called her Ran Ran.
"Oh, let's go."
"Mom, I'm not saying anything bad about Tu Ran, but she does have a bad temper. She gets upset over the smallest things. If I move out, what's going to happen in the future?"
"Isn't it normal for a young couple to quarrel?" The old lady opened her eyes and glanced at her daughter-in-law.
"It may be normal in other families, but it's not appropriate in our Xie family."
"What our Xie family needs is a dignified and virtuous daughter-in-law."
"What era is it now? Are you still dignified and virtuous? Go out and ask those young people now, who would look for a girlfriend based on dignified and virtuous character?" The old lady said sharply with a smile.
"So... just let her do what she wants? Do we think our family will indulge her in the future?"
Mrs. Xie's dislike for Tu Ran was clearly written on her face.
Even Pinggu noticed it.
"Madam, are you dissatisfied with the young lady?"
"Can I be satisfied?"
"She is so willful. This is really not the style of our Xie family."
"And I heard that..."
Mrs. Xie paused here and deliberately did not say the rest.
"What did you hear?" The old lady put away her smile and glanced at Mrs. Xie.
"Mom, I heard about it too, but you know, there's always a way out of nothing. If something doesn't exist, people won't talk about it. I heard that Tu Ran had some unusual relationship with another man, but this hasn't been confirmed. I don't know if it's true or not, so I was skeptical when she moved out."
"What's even worse is that I called her to ask about it."
"She said she didn't have time to talk to me because she had to work, and she quickly hung up on me with a very bad attitude."
"Mom, you are also a mother-in-law, and I am also a daughter-in-law."
"To be fair, I have been in the Xie family for many years. How have I treated you?"
"When have I ever done anything so outrageous?"
"Can you blame me for being angry?"
Mrs. Xie said a lot in one breath, and both the old lady and Pinggu were a little surprised.
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