Chapter 293: She Looks Down on Me】
After the two finished chatting, the waiter brought the food.
"Hurry up and eat."
Ye Mei called Sheng Zhiwu to eat.
She had eaten at home before she went out, so she was not hungry now. She picked up the chopsticks and was not in a hurry to eat. She picked up some dishes from far away for Sheng Zhiwu.
Ye Mei remembered that when they had the New Year's Eve dinner before, Sheng Zhiwu said that he liked to eat the dishes picked by others the most.
Sheng Zhiwu looked at the extra braised spare ribs in the bowl, and his eyes were sore again.
Maybe Ye Mei didn't know that this was his first meal since he returned to Beijing last night.
After returning to Beijing last night and separating from Daxiong and the others, Sheng Zhiwu went home and planned to make a meal for himself.
But he didn't expect there was nothing in the kitchen.
When he went out to deliver goods a few days ago, he specially bought some rice and flour.
But there is no way his mother can cook.
The reason is self-evident. His mother took things from home to support that man.
Sheng Zhiwu was hungry in the morning. When he wanted to go out to buy some food, his mother asked him for money and delayed him until now.
If Ye Mei hadn't dragged him into the restaurant, he would probably continue to be hungry.
"Thank you..."
Sheng Zhiwu's voice pretended to be calm, but there was an imperceptible tremor hidden in it.
Ye Mei looked at him. He was obviously the same Sheng Zhiwu as usual, but she inexplicably thought of the pitiful look of the male fox during the New Year's dinner that night.
The indescribable feelings surged in her heart again.
Ye Mei thought that the male fox probably aroused her maternal love again, so she continued to pick up food for him and said, "What is there to thank you for? Eat quickly, didn't you say you like the food picked by others the most? Eat more, and you still have the nerve to say that I'm thin, have you become thinner than the last time we met?"
Sheng Zhiwu was always out and about, and although he made a lot of money, he was also more tired. If he didn't eat well, he would lose weight quickly, and he was thin to begin with.
Ye Mei felt that his cheeks seemed to be a little sunken.
This was not good.
His appearance would be reduced.
Thinking of this, Ye Mei picked up food more frequently and urged Sheng Zhiwu to eat more.
Sheng Zhiwu listened to her words and felt a warmth wrapped around his chest. He ate with big mouthfuls, wanting to use the delicious food to dilute the sadness in his heart, so as not to cry in front of Ye Mei, which would be too embarrassing.
Seeing him eating so happily, Ye Mei was relieved, but she felt that this would not work, so she said, "In the future, when we go out to run errands together, I will cook more dishes to go with rice, so that you don't have to eat meat jerky all the time, which will fill your stomach but not make you gain weight."
Sheng Zhiwu kept nodding, responding to what Ye Mei said.
"I'll pay for the food and give you some extra labor costs. I can't let you work for nothing." Sheng Zhiwu said.
Ye Mei waved her hands and said, "Just pay for the food, and the labor costs are waived. Don't be so polite, our relationship doesn't need that."
She didn't know how many good things she had taken from Sheng Zhiwu for free. Although she had given some in return, Sheng Zhiwu gave her more in general.
This man seemed a little silly. If she was a little nice to him, he would always want to pay her back several times. This was one of the reasons why Ye Mei was kind to Sheng Zhiwu.
Facing such a man who was a little silly at heart, Ye Mei couldn't be fierce. Instead, she wanted to treat him better.
The more she thought about it, the more Ye Mei felt that if this wasn't motherly love, then what was it?
Isn't motherly love the most tolerant thing in the world?
The more Ye Mei looked at Sheng Zhiwu, the more she felt pity in her eyes. She said "eat more" but was thinking about her eldest son in her heart.
As Ye Mei kept picking up food, Sheng Zhiwu unknowingly cleared the food on the table. He was so tired that he could hardly walk. The two sat down and talked about future partnership.
"I want to bring someone with me."
Ye Mei talked about Ding Chun. "Xiaochun is quite smart. I plan to train her well. When I start my own business in the future, she will be of great use."
Ding Chun also sent a telegram not long ago, saying that he would move to Beijing in the next few days to do business with Ye Mei.
Sheng Zhiwu believed in Ye Mei's judgment of people and did not reject her bringing someone into the partnership. "It's hard for us to run the goods. It's OK if she can endure the hardship."
The two discussed and talked for a long time. Seeing that it was almost time, Ye Mei went to settle the bill and walked out with Sheng Zhiwu.
Ye Mei said, "Wait for Xiaochun to settle down in Beijing, which will probably be in the next few days, and then I will take her with you to run the goods."
Sheng Zhiwu nodded and said, "Okay, let me know when you have confirmed the time. I have a large batch of goods to ship out in the next few days, so I won't be out for the time being."
After he separated from Ye Mei, he went home to get his things, intending to go out to contact old customers and sell the goods in his hands.
However, just as he was about to go out with his backpack, the door was opened from the outside, and Sheng's mother came in and saw him. Her face, which was not very good to begin with, became even colder.
"Do you know that you have caused me to lose face?"
Mother Sheng took out the dozens of yuan that Sheng Zhiwu had given her in the morning from her pocket, threw it in Sheng Zhiwu's face, and snorted coldly: "With your father's current status, he would not even look down on this small amount of money. I gave it to him, and that bitch saw it. She was weird to me and laughed at me for being poor!"
"That bitch" refers to Father Sheng's wife.
Mother Sheng has always disliked that woman and felt that she had stolen her man.
After all, she was the one who met Father Sheng first and had Sheng Zhiwu.
That woman came later.
If the Sheng family hadn't forced Father Sheng to marry that woman, she wouldn't have been left without a name or status until now!
Sheng Zhiwu was used to his mother's behavior and silently bent down to pick up the money on the ground.
Seeing this, Sheng's mother's face changed and she said angrily: "Why are you picking up things that fell on the ground? I raised you to this age, but I never taught you to do such a mean thing!"
She stepped forward and slapped Sheng Zhiwu on the back several times.
Sheng Zhiwu picked up the money, stood up, grabbed her hand and pushed it aside.
He said expressionlessly: "You didn't teach me to pick up things from the ground, but this is what I earned from running errands. I don't care whether the man's family wants it or not, at least I won't give up my own hard-earned money."
"What do you mean by this? Are you mocking me for not being able to help you and holding you back?"
Sheng's mother's chest heaved. She stared at Sheng Zhiwu and couldn't help but say: "You have never spoken to your mother like this before! Zhiwu, you have changed. Did that woman in the morning teach you? Did she lead you astray?"
Seeing that Sheng's mother pushed the responsibility onto Ye Mei, Sheng Zhiwu frowned and said, "She didn't say anything, don't think too much."
"I think too much? I think you are too protective of that woman!"
Sheng's mother was sure that Ye Mei had said bad things about her in front of Sheng Zhiwu, "I tell you, as long as I'm alive, I will never let a woman like that into the house!"
Sheng Zhiwu looked at her for a while, and suddenly smiled faintly, "Don't worry."
Upon hearing this, Sheng's mother thought her son had given in like before. Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Sheng Zhiwu say again -
"For a man like me, an outstanding woman like her would definitely look down on me."
Sheng's mother breathed a sigh of relief. How could she not hear that her son's heart was leaning towards Ye Mei?
She raised her voice: "You——"
Sheng Zhiwu didn't want to listen anymore, so he interrupted her directly: "I'm serious about what I said this morning. Don't say bad things about my friend anymore, or don't even think about asking me for money to subsidize that man in the future."
These words touched the lifeline of Sheng's mother. Her expression changed several times, and finally she showed a flattering smile, but her tone was matter-of-fact: "You said you were going to ship a large batch of goods next? You must be able to make a lot, right? Then give me one thousand... no, two thousand!"
"Zhiwu, your father is not a heart of stone. We have been so good to him over the years, and he remembers it in his heart. If we can help him a lot this time, he will definitely recognize you back to the Sheng family."
Sheng's mother held Sheng Zhiwu's hand, and the smile on her face became deeper, as if she saw a bright future. "Then you don't have to be an illegitimate child, but the eldest son of the Sheng family, and I can also be the wife of the Sheng family. We will definitely be more glorious than now, and we don't have to look at anyone's face, and you don't have to work so hard..."
"Mom..."
Sheng Zhiwu wanted to say that the man was a heart of stone and just treated you as a tool.
But he said this many times.
Every time, his mother would only speak ill of him, beat him and scold him.
His mother would never wake up, and would only indulge in the dream of being a rich wife.
Sheng Zhiwu felt tired and didn't want to stay here any longer, so he interrupted his mother and said, "I have something to do, so I'm leaving now."
Sheng's mother didn't care, but smiled and sent him out, "Sell the goods as soon as possible and prepare two thousand yuan for me."
Sheng Zhiwu walked out of the tube building without saying a word, and stood on the side of the road in a daze, suddenly thinking of Ye Mei whom he met here this morning.
Speaking of which, why did Ye Mei appear here?
Could it be that she lived nearby?
Where was her home?
Sheng Zhiwu suddenly wanted to...
go see Ye Mei.