Chapter 217 Xuerou
Ji Yan helped Tian Zihui sit down.
Tian Zihui sat on the sofa. She was too thin. Sitting on the mahogany sofa, she looked like a black crow with its wings folded, with a pair of overly protruding eyes that were extremely cold.
She looked at Ye Rou sinisterly, making people feel creepy.
Tian Zihui speaks very slowly and strangely.
Because she spoke word by word, without any connection, like a lagging computer playing a TV series at 0.75x speed.
"Yushan, send her back. I will recognize her as my granddaughter." Tian Zihui turned to Ye Rou with a stern look and said word by word, "Who knows if this child is your biological daughter?"
Liang Anning immediately agreed: "That's right."
"Mom!" Liang Yushan said helplessly, "You should know best whether Lily is pregnant or not. After all, she was pregnant when you and Ji Yan teamed up to drive her away."
"Shut up!" The old lady's shrill voice, accompanied by the dull thud of her cane hitting the ground, alternately high and low, like a stone thrown into a lake, stirring up ripples. "How many times have I told you that Zheng Lili is having an affair! I'll kick her out only if I catch her in the act!"
Ji Yan's eyes were red. She was so emotional that she slapped her chest with her hands, her voice choked with sobs. "Liang Yushan, I've been married to you for almost twenty years. I gave birth to An Ning for you and lost my second child. Even today, you still don't believe me, right?"
Tian Zihui took Ji Yan's hand and patted it gently as if to comfort her.
Liang Yushan seemed to be extremely disgusted with Ji Yan. Without even looking at her, he continued to talk to Tian Zihui, "Old Zheng Pingfan has returned. It was Old Zheng who recommended me to join the army that made our family what it is today. Old Zheng is our family's benefactor. Lily is Old Zheng's daughter and my lover. Xiaorou is my daughter. Mom, whether you agree or not, I must recognize Xiaorou."
Tian Zihui's eyes flickered slightly, "Zheng Zhiyuan has become ordinary?"
Liang Yushan: "Well, he is the chairman of the CPPCC now. Xiaorou lives with him and will not live at home."
Tian Zihui looked at Ye Rou again with a somewhat relaxed gaze. After a while, she sighed deeply, stood up and said, "I'm old. I can't and don't want to take care of your affairs anymore."
After she said that, she walked upstairs alone without caring about Ji Yan's reaction.
"Mom!" Ji Yan caught up with Tian Zihui in surprise. The two of them returned upstairs one after the other. The door was not closed tightly, and their voices could be heard.
Although the sound seemed to be separated by a thin film, it was still clear enough to hear.
Ji Yan was puzzled and asked, "Mom, didn't we agree to kick Ye Rou out and not let her into the house?"
Tian Zihui said in a cold voice, "I tried my best, and you saw Yushan's persistence."
Ji Yan said dissatisfiedly: "What about An Ning and I?"
"It all comes down to your tummy not working. You haven't gotten pregnant in all these years." Tian Zihui accused Ji Yan, "If you had a son, Yushan wouldn't be so indifferent to you."
"Liang Yushan doesn't even sleep in the same room with me, so how could I get pregnant? How could I get pregnant?" Ji Yan's voice gradually rose, like nails scratching on a blackboard, and her voice was particularly harsh. "Could I have an affair with a man like Zheng Lili, and when I got pregnant, I insisted that it was Yushan's child..."
“Bang!”
There was a crisp sound of slap.
Ye Rou's eyes moved slightly.
Ji Yan whispered in disbelief, "Mom?"
After a moment of silence, Tian Zihui said coldly, "Get out."
Afterwards, Ji Yan walked out the door and went straight into another room on the second floor without going downstairs.
Ye Rou withdrew her attention and sorted out her thoughts.
Tian Zihui and Ji Yan must have conspired together to deal with what happened back then.
Seeing Ye Rou lowering her head, Liang Yushan seemed a little sad. He said, "Xiao Rou, come with me to the study."
Upon hearing this, Liang An Ning opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
Her father never let her into the study. Seeing her father's attitude towards Ye Rou with her own eyes, Liang An Ning felt like she had swallowed a whole lemon. Her stomach was sour and knotted and contracted, and acid kept flowing into her throat and rushed into her eyes.
She was afraid that she would spit out the words, so she pursed her lips tightly and watched Ye Rou follow her father into the study.
Why?
They are both my father’s daughters, why is there such a big difference between them!
Ye Rou followed Liang Yushan into the study.
The decor is clean and simple in an antique Chinese style, with only a painting hanging on the wall opposite the table.
Under a plum tree on a snowy day, there was a chubby little girl in a red bellyband sleeping with her legs crossed and her face round. A fat orange cat was curled up beside her.
There is a poem on the painting: Gentle in the snow, bright and beautiful by the water, without the help of spring.
It is Xin Qiji's poem about plum blossoms.
Seeing Ye Rou looking at the painting, Liang Yushan sighed, "This was painted by your mother. She loved this poem. She thought the plum blossom was gorgeous and unique in its charm. It bloomed in the winter without fear of the cold. It was pure and noble, with unparalleled pride. So she wanted to name you Liang Xuerou."
He was a rough man who had never been to school and knew nothing about ancient paintings and poems. Lily often laughed at him, and after laughing, she would snuggle in his arms and explain every word to him.
Lily was very happy when she knew she was pregnant. He was out of town at the time and suddenly received a letter from Lily informing him that he was pregnant. In the letter, Lily said that she had a premonition that she was pregnant with a daughter and she forbade him to favor a son over a daughter.
How could Liang Yushan dare to do that? He was so happy when he received the letter that he almost went crazy. He held the letter and told everyone that his wife was pregnant and he was going to have a daughter.
Thinking of the joy of that day, Liang Yushan was overwhelmed with emotion. He turned his head to look at Ye Rou and asked earnestly, "Xiao Rou, do you want to change your name?"
Seeing that Ye Rou did not answer immediately, Liang Yushan took a step back and said, "You can take your mother's surname, Zheng. Zheng Xueruo also sounds nice."
Ye Rou didn't understand painting, but she could feel Zheng Lili's sincere wishes and good expectations for her daughter from this painting. She didn't immediately reject Liang Yushan's proposal, after all, this was Zheng Lili's wish.
She pointed to the painting on the wall and said, "I want to take this painting back to show grandpa."
There was a hint of reluctance in Liang Yushan's eyes, but after hesitating for a moment he finally agreed.
This was the first request Xiaorou made to him, and he couldn't bear to refuse.
Liang Yushan also told Ye Rou a lot about Zheng Lili.
Ye Rou held the scroll and listened attentively.
When she heard Liang Yushan say that his mother was lonely in the compound, she pretended to be casual and asked, "Aunt Ji said that Aunt Meng and my mother have a good relationship. Aren't they friends?"
"Aunt Meng?" Liang Yushan reacted for a moment before suddenly realizing, "You mean Meng Chunping? She did come to see your mother a few times, but I don't know how close their relationship was. I was rarely home at that time."
Ye Rou brushed her hand across the scroll, then looked up and said with a smile, "Aunt Meng's daughter Keke and I are friends. Her family is celebrating Chi Liu's birthday tonight, and I want to join in the fun."
This was a small matter, so Liang Yushan agreed without any hesitation.
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