Chapter 183 Selfishness and Greed
"Are you still in touch now?"
"No, she blocked me. It was like she cut off all ties with me. How clean!" Xiao Fei smiled bitterly, with slightly reddened eyes.
Mother Xiao sighed, "If that's the case, just forget about her completely. You should know that your current wife is Chen Jin and your son is Xiao Bao. You have to treat them well and stop flirting with other people."
Xiao Fei shook his head. "Whenever I see them mother and son, I will think of Chen Jun. It is because of them that I can't be with the woman I love.
Mom, tell me, how can I be nice to them?"
"Then you can't lose your conscience. She followed you, gave birth to your son and took care of your family. Even if Chen Jin blocked your marriage with Zhang Chenjun, you were the one who made the mistake first. Chen Jin was the one who arrived first."
"I know, so I didn't ask her for a divorce. I just don't like her anymore."
"I see that you are greedy. If the girl from the Zhang family is willing to be with you, will you abandon them and their child without looking back?" Xiao's mother ruthlessly exposed Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei's eyes dodged, "How could that be? Chen Jun ignored me!"
Mother Xiao sighed, "Well, we are old now, I can't control your affairs anymore, it's up to you!
But you have to remember that Chen Jin is my daughter-in-law now, and Xiao Bao is my grandson, so even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be a good husband and a good father."
Xiao Fei wanted to say something, but seeing his mother's disappointed look, he finally nodded reluctantly.
After Xiao Fei left, Xiao's father asked Xiao's mother in a low voice, "What do you think about this matter?"
Xiao's mother glared at Xiao's father and said, "What can I say? Xiao Fei is my son, Chen Jin is my daughter-in-law, and Xiao Bao is my grandson!"
Father Xiao rolled his eyes at Mother Xiao and said, "Based on my understanding of you for nearly thirty years, you definitely don't think so."
Mother Xiao sighed guiltily, "Although I don't approve of my son cheating with the Zhang family's daughter, deep down in my heart, I really hope that Zhang Chenjun will become my daughter-in-law.
I heard from Xiao Fei that the girl is pretty, capable, has a good family background and likes Xiao Fei. So why did our son get together with Chen Jin first?
But I can't let my son know this. After all, I am a law-abiding person. Cheating is not a glorious thing. It would have been better if I didn't know. After I knew, I would not be able to treat Chen Jin fairly.
Whenever I see her, I will remember that because of her I missed a perfect daughter-in-law. Our family could have lived a better life, but because of her, we are living a tight life now.
If my son had not been engaged, or if Chen Jin had been engaged but did not live at home, then Chen Jin would not have become pregnant, and my son might have been with Zhang Chenjun.
All in all, Chen Jin became the original sin.
But is Chen Jin really to blame for all this?
No! Not only is Chen Jin not to blame, but she is the most innocent one.
But this is human nature, and I have to admit that I am essentially a selfish and greedy person. I will covet things that almost become mine, and I will hate Chen Jin because I lose the benefits that are within my reach.
But I can’t tell anyone about all this.”
Father Xiao also sighed, "If you hadn't said this, I wouldn't dare to tell you the truth. Just now when Xiao Fei said he wanted to be with Zhang Chenjun, I almost wanted to tell him that he wanted to divorce and marry Zhang's daughter.
Well, I just thought about it, but it does make me feel guilty."
"So, let's not get involved. How they live in the future is their business. Whether they are destined to be together or not, whether their fate is deep or shallow, let them deal with it. We two old men and women can just grow vegetables and take care of our grandchildren."
Father Xiao nodded after hearing this and said, "Let's do it!"
The Xiao family's "war" ended so easily, and everything seemed to be normal, but this incident left a deep mark in everyone's hearts.
Zhang Chenjun didn't know what was happening in the Xiao family. If she knew, she would be very happy. Things were developing in the direction she expected. Xiao Fei and Chen Jin were losing everything they had without realizing it.
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Monday came quickly, and as soon as I entered the office, I heard everyone discussing mosquito repellent spices.
Shi Leyong: "I don't know what the results of the Qinghe Alliance's research are. Are they as good as the ones Shen Yanming gave us?"
Cui Xian: "Oh, why think so much? What Shen Yanming gave us is no better than what we got. The raw materials are controlled by the state. From now on, we can only buy spices produced by the alliance."
Wei Qin: "Actually, no. Isn't it possible to have imitations? That means the Qinghe Alliance hasn't nationalized all the spices. Maybe Xiao Shen's friend is short of some raw materials."
Yu Shui: "But no matter what, I got it yesterday, hahaha!"
Qin Yiren: "You really deserve a beating. Among this group of people, only five of you managed to get it. You didn't keep it to yourself and show off, but you had to tell everyone about it to make them envious and jealous. You really deserve a beating!"
Li Yinhe: "Come on, let's go together!"
So, Yu Shui was pinned down and beaten up by the guys. Of course, they only looked fierce, and actually no one was using any strength.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan did not participate, but just watched everyone making trouble with a smile. When everything was over, the two sat down in their seats and started their day's work.
While having lunch, Bi Qiaoan turned on the news as usual. Qinghe TV was broadcasting live the escort team's delivery of special medicine abroad.
“Through the efforts of the research institute, the Qinghe Alliance Guard has sent a total of 30,000 doses of special medicine abroad. I believe that it won’t be long before all the patients infected with Unknown No. 1 abroad will be able to recover.
Next, we would like to ask the guards who just returned from El Country to introduce the situation there to us."
The female reporter handed the microphone to the guards beside her. After these guards finished telling about what they saw and heard in El Country and the other five countries, the female reporter went to interview the second batch of guards who were going abroad to deliver the special medicine.
Bi Qiaoan discovered that the second group of guards were obviously in poor spirits, their eyes were cloudy, and their speech was a bit incoherent.
The female reporter had to help make amends several times before this awkward interview came to an end.
According to the procedure, the female reporter should go to the training area with her camera and interview the first batch of guards who were going abroad to deliver special medicines. But before she could open her mouth, a guard came running from a distance, holding a writing board to her with an anxious look on his face. There were only four big words on it: "Interview Cancelled".
Because today's procedures had been finalized in advance, the temporary cancellation must have happened something big.
When the female reporter saw "Interview Cancelled", her pupils dilated for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her facial expression, used her excellent professional qualities to calmly change the subject, and then ended the interview.
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