Chapter 363: Not Everyone Wants to Save Face
When there were only Bai Shuyu, Lu Zhenping and Shen Meng in the ward, it was quiet for a while. Without Bai Yan to mediate, the three of them didn't know what to say.
Bai Shuyu looked at Lu Zhenping and then at Shen Meng. After hesitating for a while, she turned her attention back to Shen Meng.
"Xiao Meng, take a look at the gift and see if you like it. I'm not in good health, so I asked Nian Nian to pick it out for you. The red envelope is ten thousand. It's one in ten thousand, it's a good intention."
"That's too much. Zhenping and I have been husband and wife for so many years.
Just give it as a token of your appreciation." "How can that be? This is a token of my...heart. You and Zhenping are going to be married for ten years, so it's my duty to pay for it. Just take it!"
Shen Meng smiled, thinking that she could use the money she had earned to buy a courtyard in Beijing and register it under Lu Mingkai's name, and then consider it as bought for her by her grandmother.
She opened the gift box, and inside was a gold necklace with a peony flower, and the small label said 30 grams. She also opened the red envelope and took a look, but her brows furrowed, and then disappeared in a flash. However, Lu Zhenping had been staring at her, so he still noticed it.
"Why..."
"It looks good, I like it very much, thank you, Zhenping, do you think this necklace is good-looking?"
"Well, as long as you like it, thank you Ms. Bai, but it is too expensive. And this red envelope, Shen Meng and I didn't come to Beijing for this, but just came to see you on behalf of Commander Bai, you should take it back!"
Bai Shuyu's tears fell as soon as Lu Zhenping finished speaking.
Shen Meng: "......."
Lu Zhenping: "......"
She didn't say anything, why did she suddenly cry, the tears flowed too fast, I wasn't prepared!!!
Shen Meng looked at the apples in the fruit basket, she put the gifts and red envelopes in her hand on the table, took a fruit plate and two apples and stood up, after all, they were mother and son, they could say whatever they wanted, she didn't want to get involved.
"You and Zhenping chat for a while, I'll go wash some fruit and come back soon."
Lu Zhenping wanted to take over, but Shen Meng held his shoulders and sat down again.
Just kidding, she didn't want to be in this awkward atmosphere with Bai Shuyu.
After going out, he went straight to the washroom. After washing the apple, he sat directly on the lounge chair at the door. He peeled the apple bit by bit with a knife. After peeling the apple, he cut it into small pieces and put the apple peel in the paper basket at the door.
"You are so thoughtful. Although my mother is old, she is still simple. You have seen the red envelopes and gifts given to you. Are you very happy in your heart? To be honest, I think you are not worthy of my brother Zhenping. He is so outstanding and capable. So many people in the army like him and pursue him, but he has always been dismissive. If Mingyang didn't have several children to adopt, he would not marry a woman casually. What do you have? A country girl. Woman, you have no sense, no dignity, you show up with a bunch of old men every day, you only bring shame to Brother Zhenping, if you hadn't tied him up with those little bastards all these years, Brother Zhenping would have come to Shangjing long ago, and would have had a different world, Shen Meng, if I were you, I would definitely not be so shameless to follow you to Shangjing, it's really too cheap."
Shen Meng: "........"
Did I give you the face to teach me a lesson???
"Don't look at me like that. You are acting like this now, aren't you just trying to please my mother and consolidate your position? What's the point of supporting the economy of a county? What's the point of graduating from university? Aren't they all because of Brother Zhenping's face and the facade he gave you? What a pity. I won't let you succeed as long as I'm here. You, a vixen, don't even think about entering my Yuan family."
"Idiot!"
Shen Meng said, then picked up the cut apples from the plate and stuffed them into her mouth, biting them with a crunchy sound.
Yuan Niannian listened to her words, her eyes widened in disbelief, and then she chuckled.
"As expected, you come from a small place and have no manners...ah!"
"Snap!"
Shen Meng rubbed his wrist, using 100% force this time, without any mercy.
"Hehe, hehe, you are born in the Year of the Rooster. Why do you want to nestle? You keep clucking. Even if you come from a small place, it is still one of the top ten counties in the country. You keep saying such things. What are you questioning? I doubt your ideological awareness and stance. Also, who told you that I want to marry into your Yuan family? What are you kidding? And Lu Zhenping can't just marry someone casually. What's the matter? What do you want to say? Do you think he is too noble to be reached, or that you are not worthy of him? You have waited for so many years. You are an old man now. Who are you showing off to? Take a good look in the mirror when you have time. Even a thick layer of powder can't cover the wrinkles on your face. How can you stand with a natural beauty like me?"
"You!"
"What about me? You begged Lu Zhenping and I to come to Beijing, but we didn't come willingly. If it weren't for Commander Bai, Lu Zhenping and I wouldn't have left our children at home and come to Beijing. And we have to see your face. Haha, you are an adopted daughter, and you show me your face. Are you crazy?"
"Shen Meng, you are simply..."
"Shut up, who allowed you to talk to Nian Nian like that? If you don't want to come, you can leave. No one is begging you to come. If you were not Lu Zhenping's wife and Mingkai's mother, how could you come here? I heard before that you have done a good job in the economy of Ning County, but I didn't expect you to be such a person. Humph, I don't know what you are talking about."
Shen Meng squinted at the tall man behind Yuan Niannian. Judging from his appearance, he guessed that this man should be from the Yuan family. He was so arrogant, as if this place was a very special place.
"Brother, why are you here?"
"Niannian, if brother hadn't come, you would have been bullied. You've been like this since you were a child. You're too soft-tempered. You treat everyone as a good person. You should know that not everyone in this world is reasonable and respectable."
"Brother, it's okay. Comrade Shen is Brother Zhenping's lover. It doesn't matter if he says a few words to me. I don't care. As long as mom and Brother Zhenping can get along well, what's there to be afraid of if I suffer a little grievance."
Shen Meng sneered, turned around and entered the ward, and clicked her watch. This thing has a recording function. There are a lot of them in the small commodity market. Although the craftsmanship is not very good, the copycat ones are durable.
Seeing her come back, Lu Zhenping reached out and took the fruit plate from her hand.
"What took you so long? I just heard a quarrel outside. Was it you?"
"You heard wrongly. It wasn't me. I have cut the fruit. Please try it. Zhenping and I bought it early. It is quite sweet."
"Okay, okay, Xiaomeng, please sit down. Thank you for your hard work."
Shen Meng smiled, but before she could say anything, the door of the ward was pushed open, and a dozen people came in. Some of them looked at Shen Meng unkindly, and Yuan Niannian even shed tears, and there were faint sounds of sobbing.
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