Liao Nanxing opened the door.
"Why are you locking the door?" Xu Xiuzhen complained as she squeezed inside.
Liao Nanxing quickly pulled the old lady outside the door.
"She's feeding her child."
"She breastfed the baby?" Xu Xiuzhen exclaimed in surprise.
Liao Nanxing frowned and gestured for the old lady to stop making a fuss.
"Look at you! What's wrong with talking about breastfeeding? If a baby is hungry on the street, are you just going to ignore it? You can't just roll up its clothes and feed it!"
"Alright, Mom! What era are we living in?" With that, Liao Nanxing slammed the door shut.
“Nanxing, you can’t go wrong by listening to your mother, right? Look, back before Liberation, when wealthy families were choosing daughters-in-law, they would just leave a piece of cloth between them and make them take off all their clothes, and if they said they would let people touch them, they would let people touch them.”
This is called a compliance test. Just wait and see, once she's personally handling the child until she's two, she'll look about your age.
Not only is she too busy to take care of herself, but even if she did put on makeup, she wouldn't have to worry about attracting unwanted attention. Besides, with her child keeping her occupied, she wouldn't be able to go out to work.
This cuts off her economic support, leaving her like Zhou Chunhua, completely dependent on your mood. If you suggest going east, she would never dare go west.
Seeing Xu Xiuzhen's smug look, Liao Nanxing nodded in a perfunctory manner.
The old lady was the smartest and most self-righteous person in the whole world, and only Zhou Chunhua fell for her tricks.
If she knew that Su Mu had seen through her little tricks, her heart probably wouldn't be able to take it.
Liao Nanxing glanced worriedly at the ward, hoping that Su Mu could cooperate with him and get through these next few days.
He'll have plenty of ways to deal with the old lady then.
“Mom, since Mumu has given in, please treat her better for the sake of the big, healthy grandson she gave you. Think about it, since she's the one who mainly takes care of the child, if you treat her well, she won't talk badly about you to your grandson. If you continue like before, your grandson might not even want to call you Grandma anymore.”
Seeing Xu Xiuzhen nod, Liao Nanxing took out his phone and transferred six thousand yuan to the old lady.
"Mom, go downstairs and get this money to give Su Mu as a red envelope."
Xu Xiuzhen's face immediately fell.
"Six thousand! Are you crazy?! I was just telling you about obedience, obedience, and you've already forgotten! It's okay to be nice to her, but not to give her money! People, once they have money, they turn bad! You're such a smart person, how come you don't understand these principles?"
If she weren't afraid of hurting her son's self-esteem, she would have directly brought up the issue of their age difference!
The old ox can eat tender grass because the tender grass doesn't run away.
A woman who doesn't run away has only found someone better! Especially someone like Su Mu, who rose to power through a mistress, has a problem with her character.
"Don't worry, you can give it to her later, and I'll keep it for myself, okay? Think more about your grandson."
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Xiuzhen said, "Remember to keep it," before turning and walking towards the elevator.
Liao Nanxing carried a thermos lunchbox into the ward, and Su Mu had already put the child down.
Where is she?
"She said she had to go downstairs for a bit, but she'll be right back. Are you hungry? Mom made you something delicious."
"Ha! When I was pregnant, she couldn't stand seeing me eat anything good. Now that the baby's born, what can she do for me?"
The moment Liao Nanxing looked down and opened the lunchbox, the forced smile froze on her face.
What is that old lady trying to do?!
"Judging from your expression, I must have hit the nail on the head again, right?" Su Mu reached out and pulled the lunchbox over to smell it.
"Zhou Chunhua only gave birth to a daughter and was fed instant noodles for a month. It seems that if I give her a grandson, I will be treated much better, at least I will get plain noodles."
"Mom must have taken the wrong one." Liao Nanxing took the lunchbox back and closed it. "What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you."
Just as Su Mu was starting to feel a little better, he heard Xu Xiuzhen say, "What are you buying? All you do is waste money! This noodle dish has to be eaten while it's hot, otherwise it won't taste good."
Turning her head, Xu Xiuzhen took out another lunchbox from the canvas bag on her shoulder.
"Here, son, have some." She opened it and handed it to Liao Nanxing: "Look at you, you haven't been sleeping or eating well lately, you've gotten so thin. Eat it while it's hot, eat more."
Inside the lunchbox, half a box of tempura was golden and crispy, and the other half of sushi looked tempting.
"Hurry up and eat! What are you standing there for? I had Xiao Liu go across half the city to buy this early this morning. It's from your usual place..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Mu took the lunchbox into his hands.
"Mom, you might not know this, but Anan often goes to that sushi restaurant because I like it. It's not that Anan likes to eat there. Anyway, thank you, Mom."
As he spoke, Su Mu picked up a tempura and started crunching on it.
"you……"
"Eat up, Mom is probably too embarrassed to say she bought it especially for you. Oh, right, Mom has something else for you."
Liao Nanxing winked at Xu Xiuzhen.
Xu Xiuzhen reluctantly took a red envelope out of her bag and placed it on the bedside table.
Su Mu took it with a puzzled look and took out a small stack of money.
I counted them; three thousand yuan.
Su Mu scoffed, "You really are willing to spend that much."
Liao Nanxing looked at his old lady in disbelief. He had clearly taken six thousand, but she had cut it in half.
"It's good that you know I'm willing to part with it. You don't have anywhere to put it, so let Nanxing keep it for you. I'll give it back to you when you're discharged from the hospital." Xu Xiuzhen snatched the money and put it in Liao Nanxing's hand.
Su Mu snorted and rolled his eyes, then continued eating his sushi.
She had no desire to argue with someone so stupid she couldn't even put on a show.
After being discharged from the hospital, she will enjoy life with her child.
As for Xu Xiuzhen, the nursing home was her final resting place.
...
Law firm.
Zhou Chunhua was getting water in the tea room when she heard someone mention her name next door.
"Sister Linlin, don't be angry. Who knows how that old woman got the special assistant position? Those who know, know! How can someone as shameless as her, who uses cooking to exchange for resources, compare to someone like you who earns a living through real skills!"
Zhou Chunhua paused, a pause in her hand… Trading cooking for resources? What does that mean?
She took out her phone and searched for the meaning behind the "stir-fry" meme.
Then I saw that cooking on Douyin (TikTok) has two meanings: one describes a romantic relationship between two women, and the other is a special code between couples, meaning making love. Because the dish is cooked and both the diner and the chef are very happy and satisfied, it's used metaphorically to express this feeling.
So, they're saying she used her body to get a job!
With a bang, Zhou Chunhua slammed her thermos on the table and went straight to the staff break room next door.
"Qin Lu! What nonsense are you talking about?"
Qin Lu gave her a forced smile and rolled her eyes: "Why are you angry, Auntie? I'm just being straightforward, I didn't mean anything by it."
Zhou Chunhua wrapped her arms around her chest.
"You know what, you can really tell, it's straight. It's like the large intestine goes straight into the mouth, you can just pull it out with your mouth!"
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