Chu Yu and Zhang Ying came to eat together. Now that Zhang Ying is better off, she's willing to spend more on lunch. Before, Chu Yu and Li Miao would always give her extra food. Now that she has money, she wants to treat her roommates better in return.
Chu Yu and she were thinking the same thing.
She ordered a braised pork belly, a steamed egg, stir-fried Shanghai bok choy, and a mushroom and chicken soup.
The food at Tsinghua University's cafeteria is pretty good; four dishes don't cost much. Chu Yu and Zhang Ying put their dishes together, filling the table to the brim. At first glance, it looked quite lavish.
Zhang Ying said happily, "Here's a chicken leg for you. Your braised pork looks good, I'll try it."
She had just taken a bite when she looked up and saw a ragged beggar. In those days, every family was starving, and there were many beggars. Zhang Ying was filled with kindness and was about to order some dishes for the old man when she was stunned by what she saw.
This beggar looks exactly like Chu Yu's grandmother!
"Chu Yu, this..."
Zhang Ying was dumbfounded. She had a chicken leg in her mouth and chewed for a long time before asking, "Grandpa, do you need to see Chu Yu?"
Jiang Meifeng didn't take Zhang Ying seriously at all. She pushed Zhang Ying away abruptly, looked at Chu Yu with a gleam in her eyes, and said with a half-smile, "Good granddaughter, Grandma has come to see you again."
Chu Yu calmly put down her chopsticks. The last time Jiang Meifeng and Jiang Huilan came to find her, only a small number of people outside the school watched. Most people knew the version that she was targeted by human traffickers because she was too beautiful. The traffickers came to the school and wanted to kidnap her.
Fortunately, Chu Yu was quick-witted and the police were experienced, and in the end, they managed to put the human traffickers in jail.
Jiang Meifeng was unaware that Chu Yu had secretly sabotaged her.
Chu Yu locked Jiang Meifeng and Zhou Huilan up in the police station, ultimately to disrupt Zhou Jian'an and Zhou Fangchun's plans. Now that his goal has been achieved, if Jiang Meifeng obediently returns to her hometown, she might be able to live out her days alone.
Jiang Meifeng actually came to her because she was feeling down.
He even threatened to take action against her and her two sisters.
Chu Yu smiled and slowly raised her head. "I don't understand what you're saying."
"Don't understand? Then let everyone see if you can understand!"
Jiang Meifeng is really ruthless. Perhaps she learned from her previous experience, because she was particularly dedicated to wearing this beggar's outfit. Not only were there patches everywhere, but there was also a big hole in her knee.
The cane was filthy, and it looked like it had been used for many years.
Her hair was cut short and messy, and she had a rosy complexion from the high altitude. She even smeared black mud on the back of her hands.
In short, she was dressed much more "refined" than last time, and at first glance, she really looked like a homeless old woman.
“My eldest granddaughter, I’ve raised you for so many years, and you just say you don’t recognize your grandma anymore? Grandma misses you, feels sorry for you, and wants to come see you.”
The students around Chu Yu were pointing and whispering.
Chu Yu saw a table full of food in front of her, but her own grandmother was so poor that she had to beg for food.
There are quite a few sophisticated egoists these days. Many college students squeeze money from their families so they can live a good life. They date girlfriends at school, pretend to be rich, and live a carefree life, while their families suffer from hunger and poverty.
Clearly, Chu Yu is that kind of person.
Many classmates don't have enough to eat and eat free plain porridge and pickled vegetables all day long. But she, who clearly doesn't have a big appetite, acts like a tycoon and orders so many dishes.
Then look at her grandmother in her hometown. Her hands were withered and cracked, her pants had a big hole in the knee, her eyes were cloudy, her hair was dirty, and her eyes were full of expectation as she stared at her granddaughter. Such a grandmother and granddaughter is touching.
Many students condemned Chu Yu, their faces filled with incomprehension.
"Chu Yu, your grandma is so pitiful. Can't you invite her to sit down and have a meal with you?"
"That's right. Although I don't know what happened between you two, what can't a grandmother and grandson resolve? She's your own grandmother. Without her, there would be no father, and therefore no you. How could you treat her like this!"
"Yes, she dresses so elegantly and eats so luxuriously, but she won't spend a penny on her own grandmother. She's a graduate of a prestigious university, how can she do such a thing!"
Although the whispers were quiet, they still reached Chu Yu's ears.
Zhang Ying frowned and yelled at the classmate who had spoken up for her:
"What do you know? You're not Chu Yu. Do you know how she treated Chu Yu? Chu Yu's mother supported her father's education, but she kicked Chu Yu's mother and her three sisters out of the house just so her son could find another wife. She even wanted to sell Chu Yu to the mountains to have children with an old man. This heartless person is full of evil. She's only here pretending to be pitiful to blackmail Chu Yu for money. Chu Yu's money is all earned by her mother through hard work. Why should she give it to this old vile woman! And you, you're all talking nicely and pretending to be kind. If you're so kind, take this old vile woman home and take good care of her. Let's see if she's really the pitiful person you're talking about."
Zhang Ying has a loud voice and speaks fluently, so the students standing in the crowd who talk without thinking immediately shut up.
However, unlike other schools, most students at National Tsing Hua University have the ability to make their own judgments and were not led by the nose by Chiang Mei-feng.
"What this student said makes sense. Everyone has their own misfortunes, and we shouldn't stand on our own grounds and be generous with other people's money."
"Yes, this old woman is really good to my senior. How could my senior not take care of her?"
"She kicked her own granddaughter out of the house and still had the nerve to come to our door asking for money. If I were her, I would be so ashamed that I wouldn't be able to show my face in public."
"That's right. Evil people aren't dead, they're just old. Many elderly people don't deserve our respect."
Jiang Meifeng thought she would gain an advantage by coming to Chu Yu's school. She wanted to stand on the moral high ground to suppress and threaten Chu Yu. However, the students couldn't distinguish right from wrong and actually said that she had a problem.
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