Xian Fangfang's smile froze and she just stood in front of Shen Yu in a daze.

Shen Yu asked: "Anything else? You are blocking my door, please move aside."

"I……"

Xian Fangfang suddenly forgot what she was going to say when she ran over. She rolled her eyes and coquettishly called to Shen Yu, "Brother Shen Yu, I came here to ask you something."

"Please go ahead."

"Well, are you free tomorrow? I'd like to ask you to go with me..."

“No time.”

"Brother Shen Yu, my uncle said he couldn't get a car, you have a car..."

"Even if there is one, it won't work."

"Brother Shen Yu!" Xian Fangfang stomped her feet and started crying.

Shen Yu looked at her seriously: "Comrade Xian Fangfang, I have told you twice before that three times is the limit. I will remind you again: I have no intention of being someone else's brother. Please call me 'Comrade Shen Yu' from now on."

Xian Fangfang really cried now: "Brother Shen Yu! How could you do this to me? Are you blaming me in your heart? Blaming me for not waiting for you and marrying someone else? Brother Shen Yu, can you forgive me? I was too young and ignorant, I was wrong, I really regret it..."

Meng Zhehan, who was standing next to them, suddenly lowered his head and started coughing. He took out a blue plaid handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, then walked around Xian Fangfang and into the yard. Shen Yu saw his shoulders shaking and knew that he was laughing, and he wanted to kick him.

Zhang Guoqing really disliked Tian Zhigao and didn't want to chat with this fellow villager. Seeing his teacher leaving, he left Tian Zhigao behind and followed his teacher.

Both of them went around Xian Fangfang to enter the door. Shen Yu stood still. This was his door. How could he let others block the way and just walk by? What nonsense.

His face was cold and his sharp eyes swept towards Tian Zhigao. Tian Zhigao hurriedly stepped forward to support Xian Fangfang and took her aside: "Fangfang, what's wrong? Why are you crying again? Don't cry, the doctor said it's not good for your body and the baby."

Xian Fangfang shook off his hand: "Who cares? This body is mine, I can do whatever I want with it!"

After saying that, Xian Fangfang turned around and found that Shen Yu had already entered the yard. He closed the door and bolted it without even looking at Xian Fangfang.

Xian Fangfang covered her face and cried.

Tian Zhigao could only coax her patiently: "Fangfang, don't cry. You have to be obedient."

"Go away, it's all your fault! You've ruined me!"

Xian Fangfang pushed him hard, crying and complaining: "I didn't want to get married so soon, I have Brother Shen Yu in my heart... If you hadn't lied to me with sweet words and made me pregnant, I wouldn't have gotten married at all!

What did I do wrong in my previous life? Why did I meet you? I thought you were capable and you promised that you would not let me down, but now, look at your slovenly appearance. How can you be worthy of me? You work in the workshop every day, doing the hardest and lowest-paid jobs in three shifts. Not only do you have no time to take care of the family and do housework, but your salary is so little that it is not enough to make ends meet. How can you support your family and children?

You're still dragging me down! I said I didn't want to go to the countryside, but you dragged me along, causing me to get sick and be hospitalized, giving someone else the opportunity to take my job. She's Deputy Director Qiu's niece! She just graduated and is younger than me. Her image is not worse than mine. More importantly, everyone in the factory says her voice is more mellow, sweet and crisp than mine!

Because of that cold, my throat has never recovered. If it keeps like this, I won’t be able to go back to the broadcasting room! I haven’t been assigned a new job yet. If I were to go to the union to run affairs, I would be exhausted! Or I could just go to the workshop… Tian Zhigao, I tell you, I can’t stand that kind of dirty and noisy environment. I will die faster, you know?

"Fangfang, dear, please calm down and listen to me, okay..." Tian Zhigao suppressed his temper and spoke humbly and gently, trying to calm Xian Fangfang who was becoming more and more agitated.

Xian Fangfang didn't appreciate it at all. She lost her former gentleness and kicked and beat Tian Zhigao like a chicken and a dog. "I don't want to listen! Get out! Get out!"

No matter how Xian Fangfang made a fuss, Tian Zhigao just wanted to support her. The two of them pulled each other and finally left the Shen family's door.

Inside the house, Zhang Guoqing went into the kitchen to watch Master Jiang cook. Meng Zhehan stood by the window with a cup of water and drank it slowly, watching the show through the iron fence. When everyone left and there was no more show to watch, he slowly walked back to the sofa and sat down, saying to Shen Yu: "What's that look in your father's eyes? He actually wants to marry that Xian Fangfang to you. Fortunately, you are still sane."

Shen Yu: "If you have nothing to say, just shut up."

"Don't you think that Tian Zhigao is an eyesore?"

"It's an eyesore. The whole family next door is an eyesore."

"You can talk to your dad and clean it up."

"You know my dad."

"Your father...well, my uncle Shen is Mr. Dongguo."

Shen Yu: “…”

"They were able to raise a girl like Xian Fangfang, and Uncle Shen liked her so much that he wanted to hire her as his daughter-in-law. The neighbors next door are not ordinary. Plus, they suddenly want to find a stepmother for you. There is probably something wrong. Uncle Shen has never played any conspiracy in his life. It's not safe."

Shen Yu: "We are still investigating. The neighbor is indeed not a simple person. There is nothing wrong with his work. He has handled the relationships between superiors and subordinates just right. He has made no mistakes and left no evidence. After the New Year, there will always be a way to clean up the mess."

On the cement road outside, Tian Zhigao and Xian Fangfang were still quarreling and arguing. One of them rushed forward without caring about anything and almost fell several times. The other one followed closely behind, reaching out to support him from time to time.

Passersby on the road would stop to take a look, some would offer enthusiastic advice, but most people would just smile and walk away.

To others, this is just a joke between the young couple. Their love is still there and they are just newlyweds, so there is no need to worry.

When walking over a bump in the road, Xian Fangfang almost fell down again. Tian Zhigao hurriedly ran up a few steps and forcibly supported Xian Fangfang to prevent her from rushing forward. She was wearing leather shoes with high heels, and if she accidentally fell, it would be no joke, as she was pregnant.

Looking at the woman who twisted her neck in his arms and refused to face him with disgust on her face, Tian Zhigao could only smile bitterly. He knew in his heart: the beautiful love and deep feelings they once had were disappearing, like the water in a river, flowing away without looking back!

He only realized now that Xian Fangfang was a heartless woman. When she was ruthless, she was even more cruel than him! When did it start? That time when he went to the countryside and returned to the provincial capital.

Tian Zhigao also felt very regretful. He should not have been so confident, thinking that Xian Fangfang loved him so much. Moreover, after they got married, she became his wife and was pregnant with his child, so she would be devoted to him and share every joy and sorrow with him. That was why he dragged Xian Fangfang back to the countryside with him to see his old father off for the last time.

If my father still has a spirit, he would be happy to see his daughter-in-law in the city.

(End of this chapter)