For the next few days, grandma lived in the dormitory.
She was used to getting up early every day to prepare sumptuous meals for Chen Yu and Shen Rongrong. The kitchen was filled with fragrance every day. Grandma cut and cooked vegetables skillfully, and her face was filled with love for the younger generation.
Shen Rongrong was deeply moved as she ate the chicken with tears in her eyes.
"Grandma's cooking is so delicious. I haven't tasted her cooking in a long time."
As she ate, she smiled happily, then looked at the chicken legs/chicken wings/chicken breasts that appeared in her bowl every day... She thought of the chickens that had once been so close to her, lowered her head and felt sad for a while, then continued to stuff her mouth with food.
Chen Yu and Wu Zheng felt extremely relieved when they saw Shen Rongrong's "happy and satisfied" look, and they were smiling foolishly every day.
Zhao Fengchun still didn't stop struggling.
She would appear near the dormitory from time to time, finding various excuses to talk to the Chen family.
Sometimes, she would pretend to pass by and then greet them enthusiastically: "Captain Chen, Sister Rongrong, what a coincidence! Where are you going?"
Chen Yu and Shen Rongrong were annoyed by her behavior, but it was difficult for them to reject her directly. They could only respond perfunctorily and even reduced the number of trips for this.
Wu Zheng was not used to her temper, and whenever he saw her he would call her by her full name and scold her: "Zhao Fengchun, could you please stop hanging around here? They are a good family, why are you interfering?"
But Zhao Fengchun had been criticized so many times that he just smiled and didn't take it seriously, and continued to do as he pleased.
One day, Chen Yu went to training, Wu Zheng took Rongrong to the distant market to buy some things, leaving the grandmother alone in the dormitory. Zhao Fengchun saw through the crack in the door that only the old lady was at home, so she took the opportunity to knock on the door of the dormitory again and shouted loudly inside.
"Grandma, I'm Zhao Fengchun. I brought you some fruit!"
Grandma wanted to ignore her, but seeing that she didn't leave as if she knew she was at home, she kept shouting outside. Finally, she opened the door and saw Zhao Fengchun holding some fruit in his hand. Grandma looked a little puzzled.
"Why are you here again, girl? Didn't I say I don't need your help?"
Zhao Fengchun quickly responded politely: "No, grandma, I just want to care about you. I bought these fruits especially for you, please try them!"
Grandma looked at Zhao Fengchun, hesitated for a moment, and finally took the fruit: "Thank you, girl. But don't spend so much money in the future. Grandma is old and can't eat these sour and sweet fruits anymore."
"Well, if you can't eat it, you can make it into juice and drink it, it's the same." Zhao Fengchun smiled and said, "If you need anything, call me anytime!"
After saying that, Zhao Fengchun turned around and left.
Grandma looked at her figure, her eyes full of confusion.
She didn't know what Zhao Fengchun's purpose was and why he was always so eager to approach them, but as she said, no one would come to see him for no reason, so grandma turned around and put aside the fruits she had brought without touching any of them.
At this time, several women from the next building were gathered together, chattering about family matters.
"Have you heard? Shen Rongrong from the next door is really amazing."
"What's wrong? What's wrong with her?"
"I heard that she had an ambiguous relationship with two men..."
Zhao Fengchun happened to pass by, so he sat down and started talking about Shen Rongrong.
"You don't know yet, do you? Shen Rongrong has a very good relationship with Captain Chen and his friend." Zhao Fengchun deliberately brought up Wu Zheng's joke about "one woman and two husbands": "Last time when I passed by, I mentioned..."
As Zhao Fengchun exaggerated his words, the women immediately became interested.
"Really? This is too outrageous."
"That's right, how can a woman do this with two men?"
"They just have a good relationship." Zhao Fengchun said indifferently: "They are good friends, joking together."
"Are you kidding? The last time I saw them together, they were so close, not like ordinary friends." A woman also described it vividly, as if she had really seen some unbearable scene: "The man always follows the woman..."
Just then, Ge Mei passed by carrying a basket of vegetables. After hearing these words, she slowly stopped.
"Stop gossiping here. Sister Rongrong is not that kind of person!"
Ge Mei was a woman with a loud voice. After she said that, the other women who were gossiping shut up. After all, there was no real evidence. However, Zhao Fengchun refused to give up and refuted her.
"I'm not spreading rumors. I'm telling the truth. We're just saying they have a good relationship, right?"
Several women nearby who were afraid of causing trouble nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
Ge Mei was so angry that she took two steps forward and yelled, "How can you be so evil? They have a good relationship, but you insist on smearing them. Are you jealous?"
"I'm jealous of her?" Zhao Fengchun laughed out loud: "Why should I be jealous? I didn't say anything, did I?"
Ge Mei snorted, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tell the captain's wife that you're gossiping! Rongrong is not only close to Wu Zheng, but also to Sister Hui."
Zhao Fengchun was a little scared when he heard this, but he still said stubbornly: "So what if I tell the captain's wife? What I said is true. Everyone knows that Shen Rongrong said she was a man before. Shen Yueying also heard it. Her own sister didn't say it was false! She can joke about it herself, but can't everyone else?"
Their quarrel became louder and louder, and finally Ge Mei forcibly dragged Zhao Fengchun away to Ma Hui.
The rest of the crowd started talking.
Some people believed what Zhao Fengchun said, while others thought he was talking nonsense.
Until Shen Rongrong, who was out with Wu Zheng, passed by here, she thought at first that someone was talking about something exciting, so she quietly moved closer and listened for a while.
"I never expected that a girl who looked quite honest would do such a thing."
"We can't just listen to one side of the story. There might be some misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? Everyone has seen it. The evidence is almost slapped on someone's face. How could there be any misunderstanding?"
"How shameless! You're still talking about one woman and two husbands. You're a grown-up girl and you're not ashamed of it."
"Tell me, is the baby in her belly her husband's? Why did other men come from far away when she was pregnant? I heard that she bought a lot of fish and shared the leftovers with the neighbors... She's only been pregnant for a few months and doesn't need to produce milk, so why did she buy all those fish?"
Shen Rongrong blinked and listened at the end.
After hearing about one woman and two husbands, she felt something was wrong. After hearing the word "buy fish", she gradually realized that she was the one eating the melon, and turned to look at Wu Zheng.
"Is this... talking about me?"
Wu Zheng put his hands in his pockets and smiled, "Obviously, it's not just you, it's me too."