Chapter 195 New Nickname: Little Gourd
The onlookers immediately erupted in a chorus of exclamations.
The old woman who had previously restrained Meng Wanshu from hitting Zhou Mingli walked up to Zhou Mingli with a look of disgust: "What a pair of scoundrels! Let me tell you, Mingli, you're finally living a good life after divorcing this man!"
Zhou Mingli smiled gently: "Yes, Auntie, I know."
"No one knows better than me how well I'm doing right now!"
Another guy picked up the thin wooden board from the ground, dusted it off, and handed it to Song Yanshen with a grin: "Little mute... no, I can't call you little mute anymore, I'll call you... Little Gourd! Hahahaha!"
"Little gourd, you'd better keep this board safe. You can hold it up again next time she comes! Hahahaha!"
"What are you saying! The little gourd can talk now! What are you still holding up the sign for!"
"Yeah! You're so mean! How could you give someone such a nickname? Isn't that right, Little Gourd?"
"You didn't let him off the hook either!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and for a moment the area in front of the stroller was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Zhong Chengren pulled Meng Wanshu out and coaxed her for a long time before she finally stopped arguing with him.
Zhong Chengren finally asked the question that had been bothering him: "Tell me, tell me why you went to see Zhou Mingli for no reason?"
"How long have we been divorced? We haven't even seen each other since. Why are you thinking of going to see her? Aren't you just making yourself miserable?"
Zhong Chengren looked at her speechlessly: "You can't possibly suspect that I'm still having an affair with her after the divorce!"
"You know exactly what I've been doing every day, don't you?"
"Besides, given my mother's temper, if I really had any lingering feelings for Zhou Mingli, she could break my legs and kick Zhou Mingli out of the house!"
Meng Wanshu knew, of course, that Zhong Chengren could not possibly have any lingering ties with Zhou Mingli.
She knew that Zhong Chengren hated Zhou Mingli's timid and submissive personality the most, after all, Zhong Chengren had told her this when the two of them first got together.
She bit her lip before speaking in a muffled voice, "I... I wanted her to know we were married!"
She stomped her foot again: "What? Is that not allowed?"
Zhong Chengren is someone who makes money playing cards, so he's naturally quick-witted.
He quickly realized what was going on.
Meng Wanshu went there to show off her power.
Because Zhong Chengren was snatched away from Zhou Mingli by Meng Wanshu, if the two of them were to get married, wouldn't she have to show off in front of Zhou Mingli?
Although he was shown off like a trophy, Zhong Chengren felt helpless.
"Didn't you ever consider that she might not care at all?"
Thinking about Zhou Mingli's reaction just now, Zhong Chengren also felt a little uncomfortable.
They've been married for two years, and now... does Zhou Mingli have absolutely no feelings for him anymore?
Meng Wanshu didn't pay attention to Zhong Chengren's reaction at this moment; she still felt aggrieved: "How was I supposed to know that bitch would be like this now?"
"Shouldn't she be crying and sobbing? She was the one you divorced!"
"Shouldn't she be heartbroken, devastated, and a laughingstock to everyone after finding out we got married?"
Zhong Chengren was truly amazed by her thought process.
"So that's why you went to see her?" He sighed deeply. "I don't know what to say to you now!"
"You dare to talk back to me?" Upon hearing this, Meng Wanshu's temper flared up again, and her voice involuntarily rose. "Why didn't you help me just now? Even if you didn't hit her, couldn't you at least have helped me scold her a few times?"
Zhong Chengren: "..."
He could only patiently explain, "There are so many people here! I'm a man, and a man who wronged her first..."
"If I were to scold her in front of so many people, what would they think of me?"
"I'm a man, I have my pride too!"
He spread his hands, his tone quite sincere: "Besides, Zhou Mingli is carrying my daughter on her back. Even if I don't like them, how can I hold my head up after I scolded her in front of so many people?"
Hearing that Zhong Chengren did it for his own sake and not because he couldn't bear to scold Zhou Mingli, that bitch, and Zhong Yuanyuan, that good-for-nothing, Meng Wanshu finally felt a little better.
But she just couldn't shake off the anger she felt today.
If you can't get rid of it, you can only sell it.
She grabbed Zhong Chengren's arm and twisted it hard: "You care about saving face in front of so many people today, then you'll have to get revenge for me in private!"
Zhong Chengren gasped as she pinched him, "It hurts...be gentle..."
"Just tell me how you want to vent your anger... Let go of my arm!"
Meng Wanshu was finally satisfied: "Then you go and stop her when she's packing up her stall today! I'm going to give her a good scolding! You have to help me scold her too!"
Zhong Chengren's face turned somewhat green: "Are you crazy?"
Meng Wanshu's face darkened, and she tightened her grip on him again: "What, you really can't bear to part with her?"
"I think you've really gone mad!" Zhong Chengren slapped her hand away. "Let's go stop her from yelling... I'm fucking afraid my mom will come to my door with a kitchen knife the next day!"
He gritted his teeth: "You have no idea how much my mom cherishes her! She cares about her more than I do!"
Meng Wanshu was even more furious: "Your mother! Your mother! Are you that afraid of your mother?"
"Back when you were working at the grain and oil station, you dared to talk back to your mother for my sake! Why are you so afraid of her now?"
"Zhong Chengren! Are you even a man?"
"Of course I'm a man!" Zhong Chengren's face darkened even more. "At that time, I thought she hit you! I hadn't divorced Zhou Mingli yet!"
"At that time, I was afraid that our relationship would be discovered, and that you would lose your job because of it!"
Zhong Chengren took a deep breath: "Wan Shu, calm down! Now that we're married, let's live our lives peacefully. Stop bothering Zhou Mingli and my mother! Do you really want to make our lives a chaotic mess?"
Meng Wanshu was completely speechless.
But she was still furious, so she turned around and stormed off towards home.
Zhong Chengren quickly followed and tried to coax the person in various ways, finally managing to calm them down by the time they entered the house.
After dinner, Zhong Chengren coaxed Meng Wanshu for a while, dissuading her from seeking revenge. Then, some of his cronies came to invite Zhong Chengren to play cards.
Zhong Chengren said goodbye to Meng Wanshu and left with his cronies.
As soon as he stepped out of the alley, Zhong Chengren thought of Zhou Mingli and Zhong Yuanyuan. After hesitating for a moment, he told his cronies to go first, and he would follow shortly. He then casually turned in a different direction.
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