Chapter 157
Wu Xuemei turned around when she heard the voice, and saw a woman with a forced smile on her face, dressed decently and carrying a lot of bags coming in from the entrance of the alley.
Wu Xuemei was not familiar with this woman, so she naturally did not respond to her unusual look or expression. She just turned her head to glance at her, then turned around and continued to walk towards Courtyard No. 8.
However, just as he reached the gate of Courtyard No. 3, the woman caught up with him.
She chased to Wu Xuemei's side, still smiling and calling out, "Mother-in-law."
Wu Xuemei looked puzzled. She turned to look at her for a while and said, "You must have recognized the wrong person. I don't have any relatives, and I don't know you."
Wu Xuemei had only met Lu Fangying a few times, so she had no idea what she looked like.
Just now she just heard the voice and turned her head subconsciously, and did not think that Lu Fangying was calling her mother-in-law. Now that Lu Fangying had caught up with her, she naturally knew who she was.
But she still felt very confused in her heart - why would the in-laws, who had never given each other face since they met and had never properly acknowledged each other, suddenly come to show their courtesy?
Lu Fangying still smiled and said, "How could I have made a mistake? I definitely wouldn't have made a mistake with you. You are Xiaohan's mother-in-law. It's no wonder you didn't recognize me. We haven't met much in these years."
Mentioning Lin Xiaohan, Lu Fangying's identity becomes more certain.
Wu Xuemei smiled and said, "You called me the wrong name. We do have a son-in-law, but we don't have any relatives. We have never had such relatives."
Having said this, she continued walking forward.
Lu Fangying naturally followed her, smiling as she said, "We were ignorant before, and we did things wrong. I am here to apologize to you."
Wu Xuemei didn't respond to her.
She walked to the door of No. 8 Courtyard Restaurant, and Lu Fangying followed her to the door of No. 8 Courtyard Restaurant.
Tang Haikuan was curious when he saw her following Wu Xuemei, so he asked Wu Xuemei, "Who is it?"
Wu Xuemei didn't answer yet.
Lu Fangying smiled and said, "My dear relatives, we have met before. I am Xiaohan's stepmother."
Tang Haikuan's face was expressionless at first, but when he heard that it was Lin Xiaohan's stepmother, his face instantly turned cold, and he said rudely: "Don't call her that or try to establish a relationship with her."
Lu Fangying didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said warmly and familiarly: "How can this be called nonsense? Our Xiaohan and your Chuxia are married, so no matter where we go, our two families are relatives."
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Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei looked at Lu Fangying's face and couldn't help but wonder at the same time - is there something wrong with her brain, or has she lost her memory?
Tang Haikuan reminded her, "Have you forgotten how you disliked our family at that time? You said that as long as Xiaolin married our Xia Xia, you would not acknowledge him as your son. Later, you did not attend the wedding. You said it, and you did it, right?"
Of course it was true. No matter how hard Lu Fangying tried to force a smile, she could no longer conceal the embarrassment on her face.
Tang Haikuan looked at her and continued to speak mercilessly: "Why? The world has completely changed now. Even government officials are rushing to start businesses. Seeing that our family has become so prosperous, you want to acknowledge us as your relatives and try to establish a relationship with us? Aren't you just slapping yourself in the face? I thought respectable people like you wouldn't do such a thing."
The smile on Lu Fangying's face became stiff and dry.
She forced a smile and said, "You're right. We were indeed ignorant at that time. We were short-sighted and short-sighted. We really slapped ourselves in the face."
Tang Haikuan naturally didn't buy her account.
He added, "Whether you want to slap yourself in the face or not is your own business. We don't expect you to be so humble as to establish a relationship so that we can slap you in the face. If you think that if you come over and apologize and admit your mistakes, we will recognize you as our in-law, then you are totally wrong. When you look down on others, you want to kick them far away, but when you see others become successful, you want to pretend that nothing has happened and call them in-laws directly. How can such a good thing happen in this world? Don't you think so?"
Lu Fangying had no choice but to nod and say yes.
Moreover, as they stood there talking for a while, the old men and women in the alley had already smelled the lively atmosphere, and many of them came over to watch the fun.
Lu Fangying didn't continue the conversation, and asked with a forced smile, "Can I meet Xiaohan and Chuxia?"
Tang Haikuan raised his hand and said, "Don't call me so affectionately. It makes me feel sick. They are not at home and they don't want to see you. You should go back and don't waste time here."
Lu Fangying had come here with great courage, how could she just go back like that?
She lifted the things in her hands and said, "I'll put the things in the house for you."
Tang Haikuan still didn't show any mercy to her and said, "No need. We have everything at home now. We don't lack any good things, let alone your things. You should take them home and enjoy them yourself."
Lu Fangying couldn't hold the expression on her face anymore, so she stopped.
Her eyes suddenly turned red and wet as she said, "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, I am here today to sincerely admit my mistakes and apologize to you, and also to Xiaohan and Chuxia."
Tang Haikuan didn't buy her trick. He said impatiently, "No need. Go do what you need to do. Don't stay here and make things more fun for others."
After that, he said to those people who were watching the fun: "What's so good about this? Let's all go away."
Others did not leave immediately. After he said this, he and Wu Xuemei went straight into the yard.
People standing by and watching the excitement were standing and muttering and talking -
"Who is this?"
“Nothing like that.”
"It sounded to me like they were relatives, stepmother."
"I heard it too. They said they used to look down on the Tang family, but now that they've become prosperous, they're trying to establish a relationship with them and claim to be their relative."
"I've said it before. When Chu Xia and Xiao Lin got married, they definitely didn't get the consent of the Lin family and cut off their relationship. That's why they stayed here after they got married and never mentioned his family."
"The Lin family is so stupid. Chu Xia was a government official at the time. Not only did they not want a daughter-in-law like her, but they also didn't want their son, who was a government official. What were they thinking?"
"At that time, they must have felt that it was shameful for the Tang family to open a restaurant."
"I'm afraid they must be regretting it now. Over the years, their son's official position has become higher and higher, and their daughter-in-law's business has become bigger and bigger. They can only watch and not get any benefit at all."
"If you are not really regretful, how can you bring yourself to come here?"
"It's me. I can't bring myself to do this."
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Lu Fangying could vaguely hear the discussions of the people around her.
She has always been a respectable person, and of course she doesn't want to stand there and be laughed at.
But she had finally gathered her breath and couldn't just leave without saying anything, so she turned around, went into the restaurant, sat down, and ordered a bowl of noodles with soybean paste.
The restaurant had just opened and there were no other customers eating there, only her.
She sat in the corner, smelling the aroma of noodles with soybean paste, and staring outside.
When it was almost noon, I saw a car stopped outside, and then Lin Xiaohan and Chu Xia got out of the car with a little boy.
After getting off the car, the three people went towards the gate of the yard.
Lu Fangying was stunned for a while before she reacted. She quickly stood up, picked up her things, and went straight into the front yard from the back door of the restaurant. She called out to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan who were just about to enter the second door.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan turned around when they heard the voice.
When they saw Lu Fangying, neither of them looked surprised.
Ever since Lin Bingwei came last time, they had expected that Lu Fangying might come as well.
After all, she has nothing else to do on weekdays, and most of her thoughts, time and energy are spent on her beloved son, always planning for her beloved son.
Her beloved son is in this situation now, she will definitely find ways to help her son.
When Lin Bingwei came over, Lin Xiaohan was happy to see him, listen to what he had to say, laugh at his jokes, go over his past, and prick his heart.
As for Lu Fangying, he didn't want to waste any time on her.
If she had a normal mind, she should know that it would be useless even if her biological father Lin Bingwei came to help her. It would be even more useless even if her stepmother, who had been scheming against him since he was a child, came to help him.
She came here for no other purpose than to humiliate herself.
So Lin Xiaohan simply closed the second door and locked Lu Fangying outside.
Seeing Lin Xiaohan's attitude, Lu Fangying hurried to the second door, leaned over to the crack of the door and said in a trembling voice of regret: "Xiaohan, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, I apologize to you and repent for everything I did before... I shouldn't have treated you like that..."
Not wanting Yi Yi to get involved in these messes, Lin Xiaohan carried Yi Yi to the north room.
Chu Xia did not follow them. She stood by the door, took a deep breath, and said to the outside, "Don't be hypocritical here. Do you really have a guilty conscience and feel that you are wrong and feel guilty, or do you just want to ask us to help Lin Haobo reduce his sentence? You know it in your heart, and so do we. With all the things you have done, do you really have the nerve to come to us for help? You are the least qualified person to come here, so don't cry here. Your son has committed crimes and embezzled huge sums of money. He should be punished by law and no one can help him. No matter how much he is helped, he will still be sentenced in the end. We are all innocent people and don't want to have anything to do with criminals. Go away."
Lu Fangying couldn't control her tears again, "I beg you, I beg you to help my Xiao Bo, as long as you promise to help me, you can ask me to do anything."
Chuxia didn't know how she had the nerve to actually ask for it.
She held her breath and said, "Don't you understand what I'm saying? Your son has committed a serious crime, and he will definitely be sentenced to a severe punishment. No matter how hard you try, even if you sacrifice all your belongings and your lives, it will hardly have any impact on the verdict. Instead of wasting time here, you might as well go back and reflect on how you could have raised your son like this. He can do such a thing, and you are also responsible, so you should accept such punishment. If you still have a conscience and a sense of right and wrong, you shouldn't bother anyone with this matter, especially us. There is not only no affection between us and you, but endless hatred."
Lu Fangying lay by the door, crying so hard that she couldn't even lift her head.
If she had someone else to bother, why would she come here?
How could she be willing to be so shameless? Didn't she really have no other choice?
While she was lying on the second door and talking to Chu Xia, people had already gathered in the front yard to watch the fun.
She was lying on the door crying without making any sound, and behind her, people started to talk.
"What does that mean? Is she asking for help because her son has been arrested for a crime?"
"When she looked down on someone, she didn't acknowledge her relatives, not even her own son, for fear of bringing shame to her family. But now she comes to try to establish a relationship with them because of something like this? Other things are understandable, such as if someone in her family had an accident or got sick, but how can she have the nerve to do something like this that's illegal and criminal?"
"Isn't it? If you have any conscience, you should hide away from people when something like this happens at home. How can you have the nerve to trouble others with such a thing? This is a crime!"
"If my son dares to commit a crime, even if the police don't arrest him, I will send him to jail myself. Why are you begging others for help? Isn't this asking for trouble?"
"It is because of this that parents, no matter what their children do, do not think of punishment or discipline first, but try every possible means to protect them. That is why their children become ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and embark on a path of lawlessness."
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Lu Fangying heard these discussions, buzzing into her mind.
Amid the strange looks and discussions from the onlookers behind her, the tears on her face gradually disappeared, and her embarrassment became more and more apparent, until she was about to lower her head to her chest.
No matter what era it is, breaking the law and committing crimes are the most despicable things. In the past, people would be thrown rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them.
Hearing these words, Lu Fangying felt as if she was being criticized and judged by these people. She could no longer stand there. She lowered her head and looked at no one. She turned around and walked quickly towards the door.
She walked out of the gate of Courtyard No. 8, and the people who were watching the fun followed her out.
After hearing such a big thing, the onlookers naturally couldn't stop talking and said everything. When they got outside, they spread the news and pointed fingers at Lu Fangying.
Amid the pointing and talking of the crowd, Lu Fangying fled from the alley as if escaping.
After she walked out of the alley, she still felt strange eyes following her, and her ears were still lingering with words: "Her son is an embezzler..."
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