Chapter 178 How to Arrange (Page 1/2)
There's a red light ahead.
Chen Baomei stepped on the brakes and Chen Baolan rushed forward due to inertia.
The sudden change gave her a fright.
Just as she was about to blame Chen Baomei for driving carelessly, she saw Chen Baomei turning her head and asking, "Baolan, if your brother-in-law cheated on you, would you think the same thing? Would you just turn a blind eye and pretend you didn't see it?"
"Sister, what are you talking about? Our Xingye is not that kind of person!"
"You are my sister, how can you curse your brother-in-law to cheat on you!"
She was particularly unhappy with what Chen Baomei said.
Chen Baomei: "It's just a hypothesis, why are you so anxious?"
Chen Baolan snorted, "You can't just make random assumptions. Your tone makes it sound like you're cursing me. Are you really just hoping for the worst for your sister?"
Chen Baomei: "If you can't live together, then divorce. You've been living abroad for so many years, you should be more open-minded than me. Why are you still trying to compromise? Others have wronged me, and I have to swallow my anger and continue living with him? You said I don't wish you well, but why do I feel that you don't wish me well even more?"
If a normal person hears that his or her sister's husband is cheating on him or her, shouldn't he or she join in condemning that bastard?
She, on the other hand, thought that Chen Baomei was making a big deal out of nothing and that it was inappropriate to divorce her over this matter.
If you don’t know, you might think Shen Xingguo is her relative.
Chen Baolan paused. "I was thinking about you. I was worried that you would be alone and pitiful in your old age without anyone to take care of you."
"You know what kind of person Shen Xingguo is. He doesn't even help when the oil bottle at home falls. You expect him to take care of me, but you might as well expect me to make a fortune and hire a hundred nannies to serve me. I find that your thinking is too old-fashioned and backward. What era is this? You still have the idea of the eldest wife teaching you to compromise and accompany you in old age. Isn't it better to live alone and do whatever you want?"
Chen Baolan: “…”
After being repeatedly accused by Chen Baomei of having old-fashioned ideas, Chen Baolan's face also showed emotion.
She felt that she had returned from abroad and had been exposed to advanced foreign thoughts and ideas, but now she was being despised by her own sister, which made her very unhappy.
Tian Qiaoan, who was sitting in the back seat, saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly eased the atmosphere and asked Chen Baomei if there were any fun and delicious things to eat.
Chen Baomei gave her a brief introduction.
Tian Qiaoan smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Auntie to take us around these few days."
Chen Baomei glanced at Chen Baolan, who was still sulking, and said lightly, "We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Because of Chen Baolan's attitude towards her, Chen Baomei didn't want to spend any time to receive them.
The car drove to the hotel and Chen Baomei and Shen Ru saw them off.
After checking in, Chen Baomei and Shen Ru went back first. They made an appointment to be picked up at six in the evening to go out for dinner.
After arriving home, Shen Ru couldn't help but complain to Chen Baomei.
"My aunt's daughter-in-law is really mentally ill. She's obviously Chinese and can speak Chinese, but she deliberately spoke English to me. I couldn't understand her, and she rolled her eyes and looked down on me. Not only did she look down on me, but she also sat in my car and complained that it wasn't high-end, saying that she drove a Mercedes-Benz abroad. If it weren't for my aunt, I really wanted her to get out of my car!"
Chen Baomei: "Really? Your cousin didn't say anything?"
"He did give the other person a few words of scolding, but I just felt uncomfortable."
She went to pick them up with good intentions, but they looked down on her in every way. Anyone would be unhappy if this happened to them.
Chen Baomei thought for a moment and said, "Let's treat them to dinner tonight and let them make their own arrangements afterwards. We won't be involved anymore."
Although we are sisters, we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years.
During this period, Chen Baolan did not even come back to mourn when her biological parents passed away, nor did she contact Chen Baomei.
After Chen Baolan went abroad, Chen Baomei tried to contact them many times, but Chen Baolan never took the initiative to contact her.
Family ties also need to be maintained. Chen Baolan doesn't value her sister and parents at all, so there is no need for her to receive them with all her heart.
"Really?"
Shen Ru asked in surprise.
Shen Ru seemed to have thought of something, and she asked with a smile: "Is it that my aunt is not very good?"
Chen Baomei didn't hide it, "It's not very good."
In the evening, Chen Baomei invited Shen Rui's family, Shen Ru's mother and daughter, Shen Yin and Niuniu to go to Deyilou to have dinner with Chen Baolan's family.
Chen Baomei told the waiter to serve the food, but Chen Baolan asked in surprise, "Sister, where are Xiaoqin and Xiaoming's family? Aren't they coming? Let's wait until they're all here before serving the food. Even though they're late, it's not like we can't wait."
"Just the rest of us, let's serve the food."
Seeing Chen Baomei say they weren't coming, Chen Baolan said, "Huh? I, your aunt, have come all the way from a foreign country back home, and they won't even come to meet me at the welcoming party?"
With just these two sentences, Shen Ru finally understood why her mother said that she didn't need to worry about her aunt's family anymore.
Shen Ru smiled at Chen Baolan and said, "Aunt, Shen Qin has severed ties with my mother. If you want to see him, you can make an appointment with him alone. I'll give you his contact information later. As for Shen Ming, he's in jail. It'll probably take some effort for you to see him."
"What?"
Chen Baolan was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.
These two pieces of news were hard for her to digest for a while, and were even more unbelievable to her than Chen Baomei and Shen Xingguo's divorce.
Chen Baolan didn't know which question to ask Chen Baomei first.
As for the couple Tian Chengzong and Mai Jialin, when they heard that Shen Ming was in jail, contempt and disgust flashed in their eyes.
"Sister, Xiaoru, are you kidding me?"
Chen Baomei: "Is this kind of thing a joke?"
"What did Shen Ming do to get him in jail?"
"Intentional homicide."
Just five words were enough to make Chen Baolan and her family look horrified.
"This...this...this is too unexpected." Chen Baolan couldn't speak clearly.
Shen Ru smiled and said, "Aunt, don't be afraid. Shen Ming killed people because his mistress cheated on him and made him raise someone else's child. You are his aunt. He will be very happy to see you. He won't do anything to you. Go there that day and I will help you contact and apply for a family visit."
"No, no, no, forget it. We have a tight schedule and probably won't be able to stay for many days."
Chen Baolan waved her hands repeatedly to refuse.
Are you kidding? Who wants to be associated with a murderer? It’s too late to stay away from him!
Seeing Chen Baolan's nervous look, Chen Baomei couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, why are you saying these things that spoil the mood? Let's eat first. Your aunt and the others are tired after a day, they need to go back early and have a good rest."
Chen Baolan was so frightened by the news that Shen Ming was a murderer that she forgot to ask why Shen Qin broke off his relationship with Chen Baomei.
Only after finishing the meal did Chen Baolan come back to her senses.
After sending them back to the hotel, Chen Baomei was about to go back, but Chen Baolan quickly stopped her and asked, "Sister, what are our plans for tomorrow?"
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