Zhou Lanping pursed his lips slightly. Although his expression changed a little, he still sat there without saying a word.
"Did you understand everything?"
Mrs. Lu asked Zhou Lanping. She didn't like Zhou Lanping's character of not talking for a long time. She really looked down on such a woman. But since her son liked her, she was determined to hang herself on this tree. Her son was almost thirty years old. She was afraid that if she delayed any longer, it would be even more difficult for him to get married in the future.
Otherwise, Zhou Lanping, who was married for the second time and had no background, was not worthy of carrying shoes for her son.
Zhou Lan clenched her hands tighter on her knees.
"I heard everything, Auntie. I'm listening to whatever else you say."
Zhou Lanping was still smiling on the surface, but the light in her eyes was much more distant.
"That's all for now. I'll tell you when I think of something."
Mrs. Lu stood up, picked up her bag and walked outside. The glass of water on the table shook slightly, and then crushed the shadows of some people in the glass.
Disperse, fall back, and finally disappear.
Zhou Lanping sent Mrs. Lu out the door, then she suddenly thought of something and hurried to Liu Liang's door. She put her hand on the door handle, afraid that Liu Liang would hear something.
But when she opened the door a little, she found Liu Jing taking a nap. After breathing a sigh of relief, she closed the door again.
But she didn't know that the moment the door closed, Liu Jing opened her eyes, and then she let out a faint sigh.
At this moment, Liu Liang once again experienced what it means to be a burden.
A burden? Liu Liang felt deeply guilty.
She was a disaster to Zhou Lanping in her previous life, and a burden in this life.
Should she jump into a river and put an end to it all? But if she dies, her mother will be the only one left in the world. If she is bullied in the future, who will support her mother?
Liu Jing touched her thin arms. They were still too small and too weak, but it was really too late for her to grow up.
Liu Liang did not tell Zhou Lanping about Mrs. Lu's visit, and Zhou Lanping thought that Liu Liang did not know about it, so she did not mention it either. She was very calm, as if nothing had ever happened.
It was still the same routine of going to get off work and coming home, helping Liu Liang make cloth flowers, and selling them together on weekends. Every time she came out of the bank, she would have a bright smile on her face because she was making money again. She earned nearly ten months' salary in a week, so how could she not be happy?
And she seemed to have completely forgotten Mrs. Lu, and all the words and requests she had made.
"Lan Ping!"
Lu Jian called Zhou Lanping's name and walked over quickly. It had been several days since they had met properly. Moreover, he could feel that Zhou Lanping seemed to be avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally, so that he had not seen her for a week.
"Why are you here? Are you going home?"
Zhou Lanping still smiled at him as usual, but Lu Jian felt that Zhou Lanping was a little different from before.
"Lan Ping, I want to ask something."
Lu Jian couldn't help but lick the corners of his chapped lips. There were dark circles under his eyes. He wondered what he had been up all night and what he was thinking about.
"What do you want to ask?"
Zhou Lanping raised her wrist to check the time. She had to go back to make cloth flowers soon, so she really didn't have much time.
"that……"
Lu Jian seemed to be having trouble speaking, his face was a little red, but he managed to force out these words.
"Lan Ping, have you been to the hospital?"
Hospital? Zhou Lanping was completely bewildered by this inexplicable question.
Why did she go to the hospital when she was not sick?
"Have you been to the hospital for a check-up? My mother is still waiting for news..." Lu Jian spoke very quickly, but he reacted in an instant and softened his tone.
"Actually, I'm not rushing you, it's just that my mom..."
Zhou Lanping finally remembered what Lu Jian meant.
She didn't know whether it was funny or sad. It seemed that she had never said that she wanted to go that far with Lu Jian. In fact, she had discovered very early on that she and Lu Jian were not suitable.
Not to mention their families, even their personalities are incompatible.
After all, he was born into a wealthy family. Although he had already shown himself to be approachable, he was still aloof. He went to her house for dinner several times. Although he didn't say anything, the disdain in his eyes could not be hidden.
She, Zhou Lanping, was just an ordinary woman who could not enter a wealthy family.
In particular, they didn't allow her to bring Liu Liang with her.
Everyone knows that Liu Liang is her lifeblood and the motivation for her to live. Are they going to destroy half of her life, or do they want to make her lose hope?
"Lv Jian, what about my Liangliang?"
Zhou Lanping asked Lu Jian very calmly. He was not angry, not upset, nothing at all. It was just quiet, so quiet that even the light reflected in his eyes seemed to fade away.
Zhou Lanping had no other intention in asking this question. She just wanted to know what kind of decision this man who always said he would be good to her daughter Jingjing would make when faced with the most realistic situation?
"Jingjing..."
Lu Jian opened his mouth, but perhaps even he himself felt unable to speak. Was it out of shame or embarrassment? Only he knew.
"Lan Ping, you know my family's situation, so it's really not appropriate for us to bring Liu Jing over. But don't worry, Liu Jing is a grown-up now and can take care of herself. We can give her money and let her live on campus. Living on campus is pretty good now. There are many classmates and it's lively."
Zhou Lanping felt indescribably disappointed. But there was also money to be given. Was her family short of money now?
However, she had known this would be the result, so although she was disappointed, she was not sad.
To put it bluntly, she was not actually attracted to Lu Jian. She might have had a little bit of thoughts about him before, but now, there was nothing left.
"Don't look for me again in the future."
Zhou Lanping smiled with relief, "I will raise my own daughter myself. She is my child, and I will support her for the rest of her life."
"Zhou Lanping, what do you mean?"
Lu Jian's expression suddenly changed. "Didn't we already agree on this? Do you want to threaten me?"
"Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly?"
Zhou Lanping was about to leave, but then he turned around.
"We are just friends. We haven't reached the stage of talking about marriage yet. Besides, I have never said that I want to be with you."
It was precisely for this reason that Mrs. Lu came to her and told her so many things that she could not accept, but she did not get angry. Why should she take to heart something that she had never thought about before?
After saying that, she didn't wait here to see how Lu Jian's expression changed.
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