Chapter 783 The Familiar Smell of Rice
The man who came in was tall, with a serious face and deep wrinkles on his brows. He strode in, carrying with him the smell of cigarettes and the heat from outside.
He threw the key on the cabinet at the door, changed his shoes and then noticed the stranger in the living room.
His already deeply furrowed brows were furrowed even more.
Li Yayun, who had been hiding in the house, opened the door and ran out as soon as she heard the noise at the door: "Uncle!"
As if to complain: "They..."
Li Cheng interrupted her and angrily scolded her, "You're already married, why are you still making such a fuss?"
Li Yayun was scolded so harshly that her mouth was so pouty that a soy sauce bottle could be hung on it.
"Okay, there are guests here, husband, please be quiet."
Jiang Ruoliu came forward tenderly and said softly, "Husband, Comrades Ye Rou and Sun Baiqing brought Chang Hua to visit our home."
The man's cold gaze fell on Chang Hua, and his eyes without any emotion made Chang Hua hide in Ye Rou's arms.
Seeing her like this, the man said unhappily: "Why are you so timid?"
"You scared her." Jiang Ruoliu said with a smile, pulling Li Cheng to sit down, and then said to Chang Hua: "Don't be afraid of the child, he is not mean to you."
Chang Hualian buried himself in Ye Rou's arms, not saying a word.
This caused Li Cheng to look at Ye Rou. When he saw Ye Rou's beautiful face that was slightly enchanting, a look of disgust flashed across his eyes.
He was old-fashioned and subconsciously disliked seeing a woman with a seductive look like Ye Rou.
Ye Rou narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling unhappy. She wanted to make things difficult for the two of them, so she deliberately asked, "Mrs. Jiang loves children so much, why doesn't she have one herself? Is she not feeling well?"
This question was too blunt and didn't sound like something Ye Rou would say, which made Sun Baiqing look at her.
Realizing that Ye Rou was deliberately misleading, Sun Baiqing also cooperated and asked, "I think Madam Jiang is still young and can definitely have her own child. After all, adopted children are different from biological children."
Ye Rou stared closely at their reactions.
Li Cheng reacted strongly to her touching the sore spot. His face immediately darkened, and he did not hide the displeasure and rejection in his eyes. He looked like he was about to drive them out.
The reaction was expected, but Jiang Ruoliu's reaction was a little unexpected.
She placed her hands on her stomach, looking exhausted, but Ye Rou did not miss the glint of light that flashed across her eyes.
It doesn't seem like he's touching a sore spot, but rather like he's looking forward to this topic.
Among the people present, only Ye Rou noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Ruoliu.
Jiang Ruoliu placed her hands on her belly, her eyebrows drooping gently, her eyelashes trembling, as if she had mentioned something extremely sad, unable to hide her frustration: "Not having children is the biggest regret of my life."
Li Cheng felt sorry for Jiang Ruoliu. Upon hearing this, he immediately put his arms around Jiang Ruoliu's slender shoulders, held her in his arms and patted her lovingly.
Jiang Ruoliu buried herself in Li Cheng's arms and said dejectedly, "Hubby, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it's not your fault." Li Cheng hurriedly coaxed him.
The two of them hugged each other tightly, and Sun Baiqing pinched his legs hard to hide his disgusted expression.
No wonder she always felt that Mrs. Jiang was familiar.
The case was solved. She and Chi Keke followed the same path.
Chi Keke is the same. She looks weak and speaks softly, but in fact she is very good at manipulating people. She finds every opportunity to play the victim to Ye Rou, making Ye Rou feel sorry for her and afraid of scaring her when she speaks loudly to her.
Among the little fairies surrounding Ye Rou, Sun Baiqing and Chi Keke are the most incompatible.
Thinking about it in this way, Sun Baiqing understood.
Mrs. Jiang clearly wanted to use the adoption to hint to Li Cheng about her sacrifice and make the man feel sorry for her.
It's probably because Li Chengguan was promoted to another level and the temptations outside increased, so Mrs. Jiang came up with this trick.
Adopting a child can build her reputation as kind and virtuous, and when Li Cheng sees the child, he will think of Jiang Ruoliu's pain of not being able to have children, and will love her even more.
Killing two birds with one stone, Chang Hua is just a tool for Jiang Ruoliu to show off.
Sun Baiqing and Ye Rou both understood it, but there were still two confused people present.
In addition to Li Cheng, who kept hugging Madam Jiang and coaxing her, there was also Li Yayun.
Seeing her aunt sad, she, who already had a bad relationship with Ye Rou, naturally attacked Ye Rou: "You are not a reporter, why are you asking all this? You made my aunt unhappy, and you are happy?"
Ye Rou smiled slightly and said calmly: "Sorry, after all, you are going to adopt a child, so it is better to ask these questions clearly."
"Enough!" Li Benben felt sorry for Jiang Ruoliu for not being able to have her own children. When he heard Ye Rou frequently bringing up this topic, he could no longer bear it and immediately wanted to drive the two away.
Jiang Ruoliu quickly pulled him back and whispered in his ear, "Secretary Zhang brought her here today."
Li Cheng understood this just enough to hint at the point. It was a hint that Ye Rou had a good relationship with Mayor Du and should not be offended.
Li Cheng forced himself to swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, his face turning dark red from holding it in.
Jiang Ruoliu was very thoughtful and knew Li Cheng very well. She knew that he was embarrassed and quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Comrade Ye, you are right. After all, we are adopting a child, not a kitten or a puppy. It is right to be cautious."
"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but due to... some reasons, I can't have children. I've tried all these years, but to no avail. I won't have children of my own in the future. After adopting Changhua, she will be my own daughter. I will never treat her harshly. You can rest assured about that."
Li Yayun stared at Chang Hua and asked critically, "If that crazy woman hadn't poisoned my aunt, do you think she would have gotten such a good thing?"
"Crazy woman, poisoning?"
Sun Baiqing was a vengeful person. She still remembered the show of force she had shown them before they even entered the door. Now that she had discovered something, she naturally wouldn't let it go. She immediately asked:
"Mrs. Jiang was poisoned? Who was it? How dare they do that? Why?"
Li Yayun was a fool, so she said immediately, "It happened more than 20 years ago. It was a crazy woman who liked my uncle and was jealous of my aunt. She took advantage of my grandparents not paying attention and put a rat in the water..."
"Bang!" The sound of dishes breaking in the kitchen interrupted her.
This attracted everyone's attention, but the kitchen door was closed and they couldn't see what was going on inside.
Huang Ma, who was standing nearby, reacted the fastest and said immediately, "Madam, I'll go take a look."
After saying that, she quickly walked to the kitchen, opened the door, and the rich aroma of rice wafted out, making people's mouths water at the mere smell.
Ye Rou's expression changed slightly and she stared at the kitchen.
No one noticed her loss of composure at the moment, and Sun Baiqing exclaimed at the right moment, "It smells so good! It smells even better than the food made by the chef I hired for my family!"
Jiang Ruoliu smiled and said, "This is our newly hired auntie. She cooks delicious food. You two must stay and try it."
Ye Rou calmly withdrew her gaze, hiding the surprise in her eyes, and changed the subject: "Mrs. Jiang, Xiaohua and Ah Fu have a good relationship, and the two children don't want to be separated. What do you think about this?"
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