"Forgive you?"
Cheng Shanshan's face was filled with impatience: "You'd better let me go right now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
These words made Old Mrs. Cheng's eyes turn red instantly, filled with a deep pleading look: "Grandmother knows that Shanshan has always been a sensible child. Grandmother was blinded by greed before, which is why you suffered so much. Please give Grandmother another chance to forgive me, okay?"
Cheng Xiulan couldn't bring herself to say such polite words, so she could only nod and agree, "Yes, yes, give us a chance, we'll definitely treat you and your daughter well in the future, so please come back with us."
"Shut up!"
Cheng Shanshan knew the true colors of these two people and knew they must have some ulterior motive.
So, in this situation, he didn't give the two people a friendly look at all and made a move to kick them out.
Before they could even act, Bai cautiously suggested from the side, "Shanshan, why don't we just listen to them and go home?"
"..."
Cheng Shanshan stared wide-eyed.
His face turned ashen, and he gritted his teeth: "Mother, do you know what you're saying?"
"I..." Bai trembled, clearly a little scared: "Um... I know you're angry, but even broken bones are still connected by tendons, we..."
"Stop talking!"
Cheng Shanshan was really angry.
So, his tone turned extremely cold when he spoke to Bai Shi for the first time, and his gaze towards Old Madam Cheng and Cheng Xiulan was even more murderous: "Are you two going to get out on your own, or do you want me to kick you out?"
Now that they're here, they definitely don't want to leave.
Grandma Cheng clenched her fists, then, with a look of utter desperation, said, "Shanshan, I'm begging you!" With that, she knelt down on the ground with a thud.
At the same time, Cheng Xiulan followed suit: "Auntie will kneel down for you too, is that alright?"
Seeing this, Bai, who was standing nearby, hurriedly went to help them up, saying, "Don't do this, don't do this, please get up quickly."
“No, if Shanshan doesn’t forgive us, we’ll just kneel here forever.” As she said this, Old Mrs. Cheng glanced furtively at the door before continuing, “I believe Shanshan will eventually come to her senses.”
Unbeknownst to them, quite a few people had gathered at the entrance.
The most gossipy old women all chimed in, saying, "Oh dear, your grandmother has already apologized like that, isn't that enough?"
"Yes, yes, we're all family now, so it's okay to be upset. They've already given you a way out."
"Shanshan is a good girl, the most sensible and reasonable."
"Are you finished talking?"
Cheng Shanshan's clear eyes blazed with fury. After scanning the crowd, her voice was as cold as ice water: "They kicked my mother and me out of the Cheng family and made us live in this wretched place. Why didn't you all criticize them for being wrong? Now what right do you have to force yourselves on me!"
She knew that Old Madam Cheng and Cheng Xiulan had come for the purpose of getting her back to the Cheng family so that they could help Cheng Wan'er rescue Lin Sheng.
Of course, what they cared about wasn't Lin Sheng, but Cheng Wan'er's pregnancy. As it grew bigger day by day, it couldn't be hidden any longer. She needed Lin Sheng as her father, otherwise Cheng Wan'er would be finished.
Thinking of this, she turned to look at Madam Bai, her eyes filled with disappointment: "Mother, why are you still helping Cheng Wan'er now?"
"Wan'er, she..."
Bai's face flushed red, and she said with some self-reproach, "Shanshan, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do. After all... she's a pitiful person too."
She had been caught in the rain and didn't want others to suffer the same pain.
"I don't need your apology." Cheng Shanshan took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the urge to curse, and silently repeated this to herself.
This mother is my own.
He's her biological son; he's her only family!
But she was really angry, angry at her mother for being so easily swayed.
At this moment, Grandma Cheng hugged Cheng Shanshan's leg: "Shanshan, please forgive your grandmother and come home with her. Your grandmother is old and really doesn't want to be separated from you. If you don't come with me, then I will... I will live here with you."
Cheng Xiulan: "Yes, yes, yes."
"OK!"
Cheng Shanshan responded.
Then, with a mocking smile in his eyes, he said, "If you want to stay, then stay."
"..."
Grandma Cheng was taken aback.
She was just saying it.
This place is drafty from all sides; staying here for one night would probably kill her.
Cheng Xiulan couldn't keep her mouth shut and retorted directly, "How can you be so heartless? We've begged you like this, even your grandmother and I knelt down before you. Is your heart made of iron?"
The old women, having just been choked, could only mutter quietly, "That's right, that's enough."
"We're family after all!"
"Aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan like that?!"
These words made Cheng Shanshan laugh immediately, but the laugh was filled with coldness: "The way you're saying this, can I take it as my so-called grandmother and aunt kneeling before me now, just to shorten my lifespan?"
Grandma Cheng paused for a moment: "No, there isn't."
Cheng Xiulan also explained, "We just wanted to apologize."
The two men, unable to kneel any longer, hurriedly stood up, but instead of letting go of Cheng Shanshan, they each grabbed her arms on either side.
Grandma Cheng said with a smile, "Girl, your mother is willing to go back with us. When we get back, Grandma will make you something delicious to make you feel better, okay?"
Cheng Xiulan nodded: "Yes, yes."
"……OK."
Cheng Shanshan narrowed her eyes slightly: "Since you insist so much, I'll go back with you."
For some reason, Old Mrs. Cheng trembled.
Cheng Xiulan also felt a strange chill.
Suddenly, they had a feeling that they had done something wrong this time.
Cheng Shanshan didn't give them a chance to back out, and waved her hand directly: "Alright, alright, I'm going back now, everyone go home too."
After leaving the dilapidated house, they went straight back to the Cheng family home.
When Cheng Wan'er saw Cheng Shanshan, her face lit up with joy: "Cousin, I've been waiting for you! Come in quickly!" Then she busied herself with preparations.
Before long, a table full of prepared food was brought to the table.
However, she wasn't good at cooking, and the dishes she made didn't look very appetizing. She apologized, saying, "Um... I probably didn't cook well."
Cheng Xiulan immediately chimed in, "It's the thought that counts. You've been preparing since this morning to welcome your cousin."
Grandma Cheng nodded and said, "That's right, that's right, this is really wonderful, our family is finally reunited."
At this moment, Bai cautiously looked at the silent Cheng Shanshan: "Shanshan, say something?"
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