Chapter 173 Allergies
Upon hearing this, Wenxi glanced at Shang Chen.
She didn't know how to respond to this topic.
Shang Chen shook Wen Xi's hand without changing his expression, and after confirming that it was still warm enough, he didn't say anything.
When he looked up and met Wen Xi's gaze, Shang Chen asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
This clearly shows that they didn't listen to the conversation between the two just now.
Wenxi: "...It's nothing, I was just worried about you."
"Coming to Mom's for tea so late, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."
Shang Chen: "I have an international conference tonight."
Wenxi: "I'm quite busy."
Shang Chen paused for a moment: "After all, I'm a workaholic."
Wenxi: "..."
Shang Chen is now even more vengeful than she was.
Watching the two bicker, Zhou Ruo's expression softened: "Wen Zhou called me yesterday and said he's planning to let Yan Xu join Xichuan Company, starting from the bottom. I agree with that."
Wenxi: "Start from the bottom?"
Zhou Ruo nodded slightly: "Yes, it's just to move goods."
Wen Xi: "...Yan Xu is willing too?"
Zhou Ruo: "Your dad and I were also surprised, but Yan Xu agreed to it himself."
"Your dad and I also visited the place where he was moving goods... and we were quite pleased."
"At least he promised and he actually did it."
Shang Chen, standing to the side, said calmly, "Yan Xu is just too pampered. He'll improve after suffering a bit."
“Your father and I thought so too,” Zhou Ruo said with emotion. “We originally wanted to follow the example of merchants and have Yan Xu go to Jiangnan to farm.”
Wenxi: "Why didn't you go?"
Zhou Ruo: "Your dad thinks Shang Ze goes to Jiangnan every year, and his personality is still a bit impetuous..."
Zhou Ruo realized she had spoken too fast halfway through her sentence.
Shang Chen is still here.
Shang Chen was not embarrassed at all and said calmly, "My second uncle felt sorry for the child. He said that he was punishing Shang Ze by sending him to Jiangnan, but he didn't really make him suffer any hardship."
Zhou Ruo nodded: "That makes sense."
Yan Xu was an outsider, so the merchants were even less likely to discipline him strictly.
Just as Zhou Ruo and Yan Huai'an were worrying, Wen Zhou suddenly appeared.
Both of them were very satisfied with Wen Zhou's way of training Yan Xu.
Zhou Ruo had barely finished speaking when Yan Xu went home.
He was exhausted, his shoulders slumped.
Upon seeing Wen Xi and Shang Chen, he instantly tensed up: "Why are you here?"
Zhou Ruo's smile vanished: "Off work?"
Yan Xu: "...Hmm."
Zhou Ruo asked with a stern face, "How was work today?"
"good."
In fact, Yan Xu was in excruciating pain all over his body, but he was too proud to show his weakness in front of Wen Xi and Shang Chen.
Zhou Ruo: "That's good."
After exchanging a few words with Yan Xu, Zhou Ruo turned to Wen Xi and said, "It's getting late. You've been busy all day. Go back and rest with A Chen as soon as possible."
Wen Xi and Shang Chen stood up: "Okay."
Yan Xu was drinking water in the living room when he noticed that Wen Xi and Shang Chen hadn't looked at him once.
The two of them didn't take him seriously at all.
After they left, Yan Xu noticed the dog in Zhou Ruo's arms.
He asked in surprise, "Mom, whose dog is this?"
"What dog?!" Zhou Ruo glared at Yan Xu with displeasure: "This is my granddaughter."
Yan Xu: "..."
Yan Xu instantly understood.
This dog was given to us by Wenxi; otherwise, his mother wouldn't cherish it so much.
"Mom, you really love your daughter so much that you even treat her dog like your own."
His sister developed a fever after leaving last time and has been sick ever since.
But his mother didn't ask a single question.
Zhou Ruo said calmly, "I've wanted to have a pet for a long time, but I haven't before. Don't you know why?"
Yan Xu remained silent.
Of course he knew.
Yan Zhao is allergic to pet fur.
Now that his sister is no longer a daughter of the Yan family, his mother no longer needs to worry about these things.
Seeing that Yan Xu remained silent, Zhou Ruo could roughly guess what he was thinking.
Zhou Ruo stroked Qianjin's head and said calmly, "You've been blocked by Shang Chen?"
Yan Xu looked up: "What?"
"Shang Chen posted on his WeChat Moments a while ago, saying 'Blessed with the birth of a daughter,' didn't you know?"
Yan Xu was speechless.
Shang Chen had indeed blocked him a long time ago.
Hearing his mother bring it up deliberately made Yan Xu feel very uncomfortable.
Yan Xu has deep feelings for his older sister Yan Zhao, but he also has different feelings for Shang Chen, his 'brother-in-law' whom he has recognized since childhood.
Yan Xu said with dissatisfaction, "Mom, now your son is less than a dog in your eyes?"
Yan Xu carried goods in the warehouse all day today, and his shoulders were rubbed raw and swollen.
But even after he's been home for so long, his mother hasn't asked him a single question.
Yan Xu also felt a little wronged.
Zhou Ruo: "You're in your twenties, how old is your daughter?"
"You have the nerve to compare yourself to a dog?"
Yan Xu: "..."
How come he never knew his mother had such a sharp tongue?
Zhou Ruo suddenly brought up Wenxi's matter: "Have you seen the rumors circulating online lately?"
Yan Xu said in a muffled voice, "I saw it."
"You rarely give interviews or appear on television, how could I not know?"
Actually, Yan Xu was having lunch in the warehouse after carrying the goods when some people around him started urging him to go to the break room to watch TV.
He went along with them.
As a result, after watching the news for more than ten minutes, it just so happened that it was broadcasting a segment where his mother clarified the rumors about Wenxi.
Yan Xu strongly suspected that these coincidences were all arranged by Wen Zhou, but unfortunately he had no evidence.
In just a few days, Yan Xu had fully experienced Wen Zhou's ruthless and vicious nature.
It's hard for him not to assume the worst about the things around him.
Zhou Ruo's gaze was calm: "You know that Xixi has been slandered and insulted, but you haven't said a word."
Yan Xu clenched his fists: "Mom, are you going to say I'm wrong again?"
Zhou Ruo smiled, her eyes calm: "I just want to say something."
"You say I'm heartless, that I don't care about Yan Zhao, the daughter I've raised for over twenty years."
"But you also ignore your sister, who is related to you by blood."
"Anyone with even a shred of empathy would be unable to remain indifferent when they see someone around them being slandered, insulted, or even bullied."
Yan Xu's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but then he felt it was unnecessary.
Anyway, his mother wouldn't believe him even if he told her.
Zhou Ruo: "Yan Xu, I won't force you, and you shouldn't force me or your dad either."
Don't apply double standards.
“Every time you mention that Yan Zhao is the daughter I raised for twenty-seven years, it doesn’t stir up my heartache for her. It just reminds me again and again that I have wasted twenty-seven years of my life on someone else’s child.”
"At the same time, my child suffered a lot of grievances from her parents."
"I do feel guilty, I feel heartache and regret, but not towards Yan Zhao, but towards Xi Xi."
After Zhou Ruo finished speaking, tears suddenly fell without warning.
I guess I had been holding back too many things and emotions, and today I finally said them.
As soon as they stepped out of the Yan family's gate, Shang Chen said with a serious expression, "Xi Xi, you sent my daughter away."
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