Chapter 196 We have no relationship whatsoever for a long time.
After Zhou Mingli finished selling her braised food, she and Song Yanshen pushed their cart home, chatting and laughing. As they passed an intersection, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Zhou Mingli".
Zhou Mingli looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zhong Chengren squatting by the roadside.
If it weren't for the cigarette butt flickering in his hand, Zhou Mingli would never have noticed him, especially late at night.
Zhou Mingli frowned slightly and curled her lips: "What, are you blocking our way now to avenge your new wife?"
Song Yanshen immediately stepped in front of Zhou Mingli, looking at him warily.
Zhong Chengren was stunned for a moment, then stubbed out his cigarette and stood up: "What are you saying..."
He glanced at Song Yanshen standing in front of Zhou Mingli, and his lips twitched: "With a body like yours... what can you do!"
Song Yanshen remained standing in front of Zhou Mingli, motionless, as if he would fight Zhong Chengren to the death if Zhong Chengren did anything.
Zhong Chengren didn't hold it against him, after all, the child had protected his family, which made Zhong Chengren think more highly of him.
But then he looked up at Zhou Mingli and said, "I'm not like what you think..."
His gaze fell on Zhong Yuanyuan on Zhou Mingli's back: "I just wanted to come and see Yuanyuan."
Zhou Mingli: "???"
She was filled with questions: "Zhong Chengren, do you even believe what you're saying?"
"Don't forget, you just told Meng Wanshu that you don't like girls and you're hoping she'll give you a big, healthy son!"
"Now you're saying you're coming to see Yuanyuan? Do you think I'd believe that?"
Zhong Chengren opened his mouth: "I..."
He said somewhat irritably, "You saw what happened just now. If I didn't say that, would Meng Wanshu have let it go?"
Zhou Mingli scoffed, "Come on, when you were at home, you never seemed to care much about Yuanyuan. You always looked down on her because she was a girl, a burden, and wouldn't even give her a second glance?"
Zhong Chengren knew, of course, that he had indeed been like that before, but he really wasn't lying to her today.
"I really came to see the child!" His voice lowered a few decibels. "No matter what, she is my own daughter."
Zhou Mingli looked at him quietly.
Zhong Chengren felt a chill run down his spine from his gaze, and his eyes involuntarily darted away.
Zhou Mingli then casually said, "Do you know? Mom told me before that if Yuanyuan's surname wasn't taken from her grandfather's, she would have changed Yuanyuan's surname to mine."
Zhong Chengren was stunned again.
Zhu Mingli continued, "In my and Mom's opinion, Yuanyuan has long since lost all connection with you."
“I don’t know what you’ve come to Lanzhou for today, or what we’re trying to do, but now that we’re divorced, we have nothing to do with each other anymore.”
Her voice turned cold: "You've remarried, so stop bothering our family."
Zhong Chengren stared at her blankly: "Mingli, you...you seem like a completely different person."
"It's really completely different from before."
"Really?" Zhou Mingli's tone remained indifferent. "It's probably because we're divorced!"
Zhong Chengren felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart; it was truly heartbreaking.
Zhou Mingli looked down at Song Yanshen and said, "Let's go, Xiaoshen, let's go home."
Song Yanshen continued to watch Zhong Chengren warily, his feet never stopping as he strode forward.
Zhong Chengren neither chased after them nor said anything.
He simply stood there, repeatedly pondering Zhou Mingli's words.
She said they went home.
That house used to belong to him.
As the two figures walked further and further away, and the flashlight beam gradually disappeared, Zhong Chengren lowered his head, took out another cigarette, lit it, and then turned around and walked in the opposite direction from them.
After Zhou Mingli got home, she started cooking, with Song Yanshen helping her.
Just as they finished cooking, Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi returned.
As soon as Zhou Mingli saw them, she couldn't wait to tell them what had happened that day.
Zhang Chunxue didn't expect Meng Wanshu to actually come looking for trouble, and couldn't help but frown in disgust.
"I knew that woman had something wrong with her head!" She looked at Zhou Mingli with admiration. "But Nengli, your way of dealing with her today was absolutely brilliant! That's exactly how you deal with her, you just have to make her break down!"
Zhou Mingli's tone was indeed more excited: "None of that matters, what matters is that Xiao Shen can talk now!"
Zhang Chunxue was stunned for a moment: "Xiao Shen can talk? What did he say?"
Zhou Mingli immediately suppressed a laugh: "He said, 'Gourd Gold!'"
Zhang Chunxue: "???"
Song Xingzhi: "???"
Song Yanshen stood to the side, his face flushed, wanting to defend himself, but unable to express himself.
Zhou Mingli then recounted the scene in detail.
Upon learning that Song Yanshen spoke hastily after Meng Wanshu snatched the wooden board, Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi exchanged a glance, both feeling both annoyed and amused.
Zhang Chunxue patted Song Yanshen's head: "So, I have to thank Meng Wanshu, after all, she let Xiaoshen speak."
Zhou Mingli chuckled and said, "I thanked her then, but she seemed even angrier."
Zhang Chunxue imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh.
How could Meng Wanshu not be angry? Even someone who couldn't speak properly had started cursing at her; Meng Wanshu had truly lost face in front of everyone.
Zhou Mingli hesitated for a moment, then mentioned that Zhong Chengren had stopped them on their way back.
Zhang Chunxue's smiling face immediately darkened.
"That bastard didn't do anything else, did he?" Her face was very ugly. "Was he here to stand up for that vixen Meng Wanshu?"
Zhou Mingli shook her head: "He said no... he said he came to see Yuanyuan?"
Zhang Chunxue's expression grew even more disgusted: "He's looking at Yuanyuan? What right does he have to look at Yuanyuan? Does Yuanyuan even want him to come and see her?"
"Tell him to get as far away from me as possible!"
Zhou Mingli nodded vigorously: "Although that's not exactly what I said, it's roughly the same idea..."
"When we were about to leave, he didn't say anything, and we just left."
Zhang Xue snorted again: "He does have some sense! If he dares to keep bothering me, I'll skip business tomorrow and go to his house to make trouble for him!"
She won't even need Song Xingzhi to send anyone; she'll break his legs first!
Damn it, they're already divorced, he's already married another woman, and he's still coming to harass his ex-wife. Isn't that just asking for trouble?
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