Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Show off
Li Guifen told Shu Niannian the news, but Shu Niannian was not moved at all.
Her current life has completely excluded these two people. Lu Jianjun and Shu Meilan are very far away from her, as distant as people and things from her previous life.
She has successfully turned the trajectory of her life around in this life, and from now on, the best situation would be for them to have no further contact with each other.
She did her own things peacefully, went to college, did business, lived a happy and healthy life with her family, and married the man she loved.
Shu Niannian deliberately avoided them, trying to stay as far away from them as possible.
But sometimes things don't develop as people expect. Shu Niannian tried her best to avoid it, but what was coming still came.
Shu Niannian had just finished school that day. Shu Meilan, with her ramen-like hairdo, wearing a loose sweater and flat shoes, came to the main room with one hand supporting her not-so-obvious belly and the other holding a red gold-stamped invitation. "Cousin, I'm pregnant with Brother Jianjun's child. We're getting married. The wedding is scheduled for the beginning of next month. Will you come to bless us?"
As she spoke, she handed the invitation in her hand to Shu Niannian.
Shu Niannian was a very graceful person. Even if her enemies came to her house to show off with a smile, she would not hit them. What's more, no matter whether Shu Meilan had been removed from the family tree or not, in Shujia Village, she had indeed called her cousin for more than ten years.
No matter what, a gift money should still be given.
Shu Niannian took the invitation from Shu Meilan, returned to the house, wrapped a red envelope on the spot, took it out and handed it to Shu Meilan, "Here, here's the gift money, but I won't go to your wedding. I'm very busy now. The college entrance examination is in two months, and I don't have time to participate in any social activities."
Shu Meilan put her hand on her belly and didn't take the red envelope from Shu Niannian. "Cousin, I gave you the invitation not just to ask for your red envelope. Besides, the Lu family is very wealthy. With my current status as the young lady of the Lu family, I wouldn't be tempted no matter how big the red envelope is. What's more, your red envelope is so thin, how much money can there be in it?"
As she spoke, she shook her wrist. "You see, the old lady of the Lu family still misses you and has always been reluctant to give me the golden bracelet with dragon and phoenix. Brother Jianjun was afraid that I would be sad, so he asked the best craftsman in the gold shop to make this golden bracelet for me. You see the scriptures on the bracelet, they were all engraved word by word by the craftsman. Brother Jianjun said that this represents her love for me and the baby in my belly."
When Shu Meilan said this, she looked at Shu Niannian very proudly, with a strong sense of provocation, "I heard that you are also engaged, and you even rented a few jeeps that day. I think your partner should be a show-off who cares about face but has no money." She covered her mouth and smiled, and then said, "But it's not bad either. After all, it's your blessing to have a man who is willing to be attentive to you."
After Shu Niannian got engaged, many people in the village asked Li Guifen about the background of the new son-in-law. Shu Niannian didn't want people to know Ye Jinhong's true identity, so she asked Li Guifen to tell people that the new son-in-law was just an ordinary family in Haicheng, and the three jeeps they drove were all borrowed, and it was his first time entering the family, and the young man wanted to show off.
After an explanation was given, the matter was settled in the village.
I didn't expect that Shu Meilan, who had been away from the village for a long time, actually knew about this?
It can be seen that the decision to conceal Ye Jinhong's identity was correct.
Shu Niannian laughed angrily. If Shu Meilan married Lu Jianjun, she would have to call her aunt in the future. No matter whether she was willing to acknowledge this nephew's wife or not, her external status would be like this and could not be changed.
Shu Niannian could imagine Shu Meilan's expression after she found out that her partner was Ye Jinhong: shock, anger, and helplessness.
The more Shu Meilan belittles her now, the more embarrassed she will be in the future. Shu Niannian is waiting for Shu Meilan to be slapped in the face.
"Since you have married Lu Jianjun as you wished, why do you still want me to attend your wedding?" Shu Niannian didn't understand Shu Meilan's thoughts. She thought that she had grabbed the gold nugget and should just hold on to it and live a good life. Why was she still restless? "When relatives and friends see me, they will know that your marriage is not legitimate."
Shu Meilan sneered nonchalantly, "So what? I just want them to see that in the end, I am the one marrying Brother Jianjun. Even if you are prettier than me and can read, so what? Marrying well is the real good! I just want all the relatives of the Lu family who don't like me to secretly envy me in their hearts."
Seeing Shu Meilan's somewhat paranoid and crazy look, Shu Niannian shook her head and said, "I won't go to your wedding. I'm very busy and need to prepare for the college entrance examination. Here's the gift money. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, that's fine too. I've saved some money."
Shu Meilan looked at the red envelope on the stool and smiled contemptuously, "Okay, then I won't let my cousin spend money. You know I'm going to marry Brother Jianjun and marry into the Lu family. You can keep this red envelope. I won't hesitate to take it."
After saying that, she turned around and walked away in small steps.
Originally, she didn't come here sincerely to invite Shu Niannian to attend the wedding. She just wanted to stimulate Shu Niannian, tell her what was in her heart, and make Shu Niannian envious, jealous and hateful. This was her purpose.
However, Shu Niannian was not stimulated. As she said, she was really too busy.
In order to prepare for the college entrance examination two months later, Shu Niannian suspended all business in Haicheng. She asked Zhang Chunyang to sell the inventory, and then stop business after the sales. She told the outside world that she was researching new products and developing new projects, which also happened to build momentum for the ordinary face cream that was about to be launched on the market.
Shu Niannian got up at dawn and, accompanied by Shu Wenhui, walked for half an hour to go to the No. 1 Middle School in the county town. She left the classroom very late at night and rushed home under the stars with Shu Wenhui.
She has been ranked first in the senior grade group of No. 1 Middle School for three consecutive monthly exams, but Shu Niannian still dares not relax at all.
In order to have a 100% chance of being admitted to her ideal university in Shanghai, she tried her best, fearing even the slightest change.
Just three days before Shu Meilan and Lu Jianjun's wedding, Lu Jianjun stopped Shu Niannian on her way home from school.
Lu Jianjun reeked of alcohol, had an untidy beard and messy hair, completely different from his usual image.
Shu Wenhui was startled. He thought it was a drunk homeless man. He picked up a half-broken wooden stick from the roadside and hit Lu Jianjun with it. The stick hit Lu Jianjun's back hard. Lu Jianjun lay on the ground for a long time without getting up.
Seeing the man being knocked down, Shu Wenhui pulled Shu Niannian up and left. Lu Jianjun called Shu Niannian's name in a hoarse voice.
Shu Niannian paused. After all, they grew up together. Even though Lu Jianjun's voice was hoarse now, Shu Niannian still recognized it. She pulled Shu Wenhui back and asked tentatively, "Lu Jianjun?"
Lu Jianjun turned over and faced upwards. Under the moonlight, Shu Wenhui and Shu Niannian could clearly see the outline of the homeless man. It was indeed Lu Jianjun.
Shu Niannian felt that something was not right. "You will marry Shu Meilan in three days. Now, shouldn't you be in Haicheng preparing for the wedding and waiting to marry Shu Meilan?"
Why are you lying on the path in such a shabby state?
Shu Niannian didn't say this out loud because she felt it was impolite.
Lu Jianjun was so drunk that he was unconscious, but when he heard the words "marry" and "marry Shu Meilan", Lu Jianjun suddenly became excited. He crawled in the direction of Shu Niannian, saying as he crawled, "Save me, save me, I don't want to marry Shu Meilan, she is a monster."
Shu Niannian's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells, "What's going on?"
Lu Jianjun pounded the ground in pain, "She is a monster. She must have used some dirty magic on me. She tricked me into marrying her. She wants to eat me!"
Shu Niannian thought that Shu Meilan had recovered her memories from her previous life, and thus awakened Lu Jianjun. After all, Lu Jianjun doted on Shu Meilan all his life in his previous life.
But looking at Lu Jianjun now, why does it feel like Lu Jianjun doesn't want to marry Shu Meilan at all?
What is going on?
Shu Niannian asked tentatively, "Didn't you marry Shu Meilan voluntarily? In this new society and new era, we fully advocate freedom of marriage. If you don't want to marry Shu Meilan, no one can force you, right?"
Lu Jianjun continued to pound the ground and cry, "No! That's not true! She's a monster!"
Shu Niannian retorted, "After the founding of the country, monsters were not allowed to become spirits. There are no monsters now."
Lu Jianjun looked panicked and said to himself, "I don't want to marry Shu Meilan at all, but every time when Shu Meilan and I are alone, I want to kiss her, treat her well, and give her everything I have. But after I separated from her, I felt that all this was too ridiculous. I don't like her at all. Why should I treat her well and give her everything I have to satisfy her vanity? But as soon as I saw her, I immediately wanted to treat her well and stick to her all the time. I was so miserable. Later, I did an experiment. As long as Shu Meilan and I were separated for more than three days, I could return to normal; I could also return to normal if I was away from Shu Meilan for a certain distance. I was so miserable! Can you imagine that when I was away from her, I hated her very much, but when I was close to her, I loved her more than my own life! I was like a controlled puppet! I could only let her manipulate me around her and could not have my own thoughts!"
"Horrible! It's so terrible!"
Lu Jianjun sobbed and tried to grab Shu Niannian. Shu Wenhui immediately stood in front of Shu Niannian and kicked Lu Jianjun aside, "You are drunk!"
"No! I'm not drunk! My body is drunk, but my mind is clear now!" Lu Jianjun was dirty, but he still crawled towards Shu Niannian, "Niannian! Niannian, save me! Before I broke off the engagement with you, I didn't have this symptom now. Now it seems that there are two of me living in my body. One has been controlled by Shu Meilan, and the current me is the real me! Please believe me! That bitch Shu Meilan must have done something to me, so I would be unfaithful to you, please save me! I don't want to break off the engagement with you! Niannian!"
Shu Niannian is now very confused and scared. She actually lived in a novel in her previous life. She was the first cannon fodder in Shu Meilan and Lu Jianjun's marriage. Her existence was to highlight that Lu Jianjun's love for Shu Meilan had surpassed worldly limitations.
In that book, Lu Jianjun said in his wedding vows: His lifelong goal is to make Shu Meilan happy, and the meaning of his life is to be with Shu Meilan forever.
Shu Niannian frowned. What went wrong to cause such a drastic change in a person's state of mind?
Before Shu Niannian had time to think, Shu Meilan came in a hurry. She saw Lu Jianjun lying in front of Shu Niannian crying, and immediately ran over to Shu Niannian and pushed her aside. She hugged Lu Jianjun in her arms. She stared at Shu Niannian angrily and asked loudly, "Why is Brother Jianjun with you? What did you do to him?"
In order to ensure her own safety, Shu Niannian just wanted to stay away from these two people, but when she saw Lu Jianjun crying like this, she still said something extra, "Shouldn't you ask yourself this question? What did you do to Lu Jianjun to make him become like this?"
Shu Meilan's face suddenly changed. "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean I did something to Brother Jianjun? I'm his fiancée, and we're getting married in three days. I can't stop loving him. What can I do to him? Shu Niannian, I warn you, don't make up stories and sow discord, otherwise, I'll make you pay!"
After saying that, she held Lu Jianjun in her arms and stumbled away.
It's strange to say, before Shu Meilan came, Lu Jianjun said Shu Meilan was worthless. After Shu Meilan came, Lu Jianjun really followed Shu Meilan's steps and walked with her, without any complaints or rejections throughout the whole process.
Could it be that things were really as Lu Jianjun said, that he couldn't control his thoughts and body as soon as he saw Shu Meilan?
Shu Niannian didn't say a word along the way. Shu Wenhui thought that Shu Niannian was influenced by Lu Jianjun. He couldn't help but remind Shu Niannian, "Since you are already engaged to Ye Jinhong, what Lu Jianjun does has nothing to do with you. Your own happiness is more important than anyone else's."
Shu Niannian looked at Shu Wenhui in surprise, "Why do you say that?"
"I noticed that you have been unhappy since you met Lu Jianjun."
Shu Niannian quickly waved her hands, "No, no, I'm reciting English words silently."
She knows what's going on. She finally managed to get out of the mess and will never get mixed up in it again.
As for whether Lu Jianjun's life was good or bad, whether he was willing or being controlled, that was his own business and had nothing to do with her.
Her life had just started to pick up, and she didn't want to step back into the mud.
Sun Yingzi has been studying very hard recently. As a result of her hard work, she has gone from being in the top ten in her grade to being the fifth. Sun Yingzi touched her pale face and complained to Shu Niannian, "You don't know how hard I am working now. I get up before dawn to memorize English words and never go to bed before 12 o'clock at night. The kerosene lamp at home needs to be refilled once a night. My mother told me that young people should have my enthusiasm."
Shu Niannian agreed with a smile, "Yes, strive until you are powerless, and work hard until you move yourself!"
All the hard work and sweat will eventually be rewarded to you in another form.
For example, transcripts.
For example, two months later, you receive an admission letter from your favorite university.
Sun Yingzi was full of energy. "You are my guiding light and my role model. I will follow you no matter how hard or tiring it is." Sun Yingzi touched her face and said distressedly, "It's just that I have been staying up too late recently. Look, my face has become sallow and the dark circles under my eyes can compete with those of a panda."
"My hair is very oily. My mother said that all the kerosene I used to burn went to my head!"
Sun Yingzi's words were very funny, with her mouth pouting and cheeks puffed out, just like a hamster. Shu Niannian held Sun Yingzi's face and studied it carefully, then said, "Well, it is indeed partly due to staying up late, but the blackheads on your nose and the dark spots on your face are not all caused by staying up late."
Shu Niannian held Sun Yingzi's face in her hands. Sun Yingzi could see Shu Niannian's face very clearly. "We are all senior high school students. We stay up late at night, study the same lessons, and walk the same path. How come your face is so beautiful? Oh, I'm not talking about your facial features. They are given by your parents and cannot be changed. I'm talking about your skin. It's white, translucent, and clean like a freshly peeled egg. If you smell it carefully, there is a faint floral fragrance. Niannian, how did you do it?"
Sun Yingzi lay on Shu Niannian's face and sniffed it, which made Shu Niannian laugh.
Shu Niannian distanced herself from Sun Yingzi, took out a piece of draft paper from the table, wrote and drew on it, and began to explain to Sun Yingzi the structure of the skin, metabolism, and the importance of skin care.
"You are a grown-up girl now. You should start taking care of your skin. This way, you will not only look better and better, but also age slower than your peers. Just imagine, if one day you walk with your neighbor's sister and others mistake you for her sister, will you be very happy?"
Thinking about this scene, Sun Yingzi couldn't help but smile, "That was very happy."
"But my family is not well off. We can only afford clam oil and don't even have a bar of soap. How can we take care of our skin?"
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These things can only be thought about now. It will not be too late to think about them when she starts working and earns money. Sun Yingzi is a filial and sensible girl. She knows that her family is not well off and will never ask for money to buy things that she shouldn't buy.
Shu Niannian naturally saw all of this.
At that moment, she just smiled and said nothing.
The next day at school, Shu Niannian took out a bottle of rose water and a bottle of rose cream from her schoolbag. "Here, my boyfriend gave them to me last time. I kept one set for myself. I'll give you this one."
Sun Yingzi opened her eyes wide and waved her hands quickly, "No, no, I can't have this. It must be very expensive."
Shu Niannian lied, "It's not expensive. He didn't buy it. Someone gave it to him. Anyway, it works well for me. You can try it."
When Sun Yingzi heard that it was not bought, the burden in her heart was instantly gone. She opened the pure dew and smelled the scent. She immediately liked it and couldn't let it go. Sun Yingzi confirmed with Shu Niannian again and again, "You really didn't buy it with money?"
Shu Niannian smiled and said, "I really didn't buy it with any money! Feel free to use it."
Sun Yingzi happily put away the rose hydrosol and rose cream. Shu Niannian explained to Sun Yingzi how to use them, and Sun Yingzi carefully wrote them down in her notebook.
He put it in his pocket like a treasure.
Shu Niannian actually didn't want to lie to her friend, but on the eve of the college entrance examination, it was better to have less trouble than more, and now was not the time to talk about this.
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In order to show off her good marriage, Shu Meilan went to the old house to send an invitation to Shu Chengzu the day before her wedding. Of course, Shu Chengzu refused her as usual and said, "I have removed your name from the Shu family tree. From now on, you have nothing to do with me."
Before Shu Meilan was sure to marry Lu Jianjun, she disguised herself as a weak little white flower to gain sympathy and act pitiful.
Now, she has already stepped into the Lu family with the baby in her belly, so she is too lazy to pretend. Shu Meilan threw the gold-plated invitation card in her hand to the ground, "This is my gift. After all, if you have a good relationship with me, I can consider letting you visit the Lu family when you go to Haicheng next time, and I can also introduce you to business. The fortune teller said that I am pregnant with a boy, and a mother will be honored by the child. Once the child is born, I will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Lu family.
Grandpa, will you really not consider adding my name to the family tree? I am much more useful than Shu Niannian. Her current boyfriend's family doesn't even have a car. For such a big event as proposing marriage, they actually borrowed a few cars to save face. It was really shabby and funny. But I am different. After I got married to Brother Jianjun, if I wanted to take a car, I just had to ask Brother Jianjun to say hello to his uncle. I can take a car anytime and anywhere. From then on, my life will be like a carp jumping over the dragon gate. There will be a whole new world. ”
Shu Chengzu found it funny when he heard Shu Meilan showing off in front of him. What did she mean by saying that if she went out to make a small car, she just had to say hello to Ye Jinhong?
Who do you think you are?
Oh my God! He couldn't bear to see this girl being so stupid, and he regretted having included her in the family tree.
Fortunately, this idiot has been removed from the family tree, otherwise all the ancestors would jump out of their coffins and scold him!
Shu Chengzu lifted his eyelids and glanced at Shu Meilan coldly. Before closing the door, he said, "You don't know what I'm talking about!"
He no longer paid attention to Shu Meilan.
Shu Meilan's face was twisted with anger. She thought that her status was different now and that Shu Niannian and Shu Chengzu would both smile and curry favor with her. Who knew that these grandfather and grandson were each more annoying than the other!
"Okay, there will be a time when you come to me crying and begging me! We will settle the score then!"
Shu Meilan uttered something harsh to the closed door, then turned and left angrily.
Yang Guihua is a loudmouth. Her daughter Shu Meilan has married into a good family. Yang Guihua tells everyone she meets that now in the entire Shujia Village, except for the dog on the roadside that can't understand human language and the baby in her arms, everyone knows that Shu Meilan is going to marry into Haicheng and enjoy a good life!
On the day of Shu Meilan's wedding, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the alley, waiting to share in the good fortune. They all thought that the man would make a grand arrangement to marry Shu Meilan. After all, Yang Guihua boasted to everyone she met that the new son-in-law loved Shu Meilan so much that he bought her a gold ring and a big gold bracelet before they even got married.
As a result, everyone waited for a whole afternoon, but what did they get?
A tattered car arrived with a dent on the front and paint peeling off in patches. It looked like a wall covered with moss, mottled and old, and at first glance, it had a particularly aged feel.
It would be fine if the car was in a tattered state, the neighbors thought, after all, it was a city guy marrying a wife, so the betrothal gift could be a little different, right?
What's the result?
"It's really different!" Aunt Zhang sneered.
Lu Jianjun got out of the car, holding a bunch of wilted roses in his hand and wearing an old suit, and came to marry Shu Meilan.
This treatment is even worse than that of rural people marrying a wife. When rural people marry a wife, on the wedding day, not to mention gold bracelets and gold necklaces, there must be three turns and one bang. Big red firecrackers are lit, the new son-in-law comes in, and candies and cigarettes are scattered. The villagers who take the candies and cigarettes say auspicious words and help to load the bride's dowry into the carriage, and then drive it to the man's house in a festive and grand manner.
But Shu Meilan's place was deserted. There was no betrothal gift, no firecrackers, and Lu Jianjun didn't even buy a bag of candy or a box of cigarettes. Shu Meilan waited happily for a long time, waiting to get married in a grand ceremony under the envious eyes of the people in Shujia Village, but in the end...
"I waited for the whole morning, but in the end, this formal wedding was not as grand as the one when Nian Nian got engaged a while ago. Nian Nian's boyfriend is very honest, and the gifts filled the trunks of three cars. Nian Nian and her boyfriend went back and forth several times before they took all the gift boxes home. The candies that Guifen distributed were all good brands that people in the city eat, and they tasted amazing!"
Aunt Zhang got half a pound of candy, but she couldn't bear to finish it. Now she eats one candy every day, and it is so sweet to her heart.
Shu Meilan's face stank like shit, but she didn't dare to get angry. She could only lower her head and take the bouquet of roses given by Lu Jianjun, and followed Lu Jianjun into the shabby car.
Since Lu Jianjun cried in front of Shu Niannian last time, his consciousness seemed to have returned, but he still seemed to be controlled by some kind of command. Even though he was unwilling in his heart, there was a voice in his head that kept reminding him to marry Shu Meilan. He deliberately dressed like this today to pick up Shu Meilan. As long as Shu Meilan said that she didn't want to marry him, he would be liberated!
Unfortunately, Shu Meilan never said this from beginning to end.
As Ye Jinhong said, he would send packages to Shu Niannian from time to time. The packages contained seasonal clothes, and of course more snacks, all kinds of exquisite cakes and candies, filling Shu Niannian's boxes and cages.
Ye Jinhong wrote to him and told him that he really wanted to send himself along with the package. Shu Niannian replied jokingly, "Sure, if you dare to come, I'll take it."
Unexpectedly, three days later, Ye Jinhong really packed himself up and sent him over, "How is it? I'm here, how do you want to receive it? Put it in your pocket and take it home?"
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