Chapter 1028: Everyone Discusses Their Feelings
"Can I get a glass of water?"
Fu Zhaoning looked up at him helplessly.
Xiao Lanyuan then let go of his hand and took off the mask.
Seeing her walk to the Eight Immortals Table, Xiao Lanyuan followed her.
"Even if you want to teach me a lesson or argue with me, you have to wait until I catch my breath."
Fu Zhaoning sat down, picked up the teapot and cup on the table, poured a glass of water, and drank it slowly.
"Do you think I would dare to teach you a lesson? I wouldn't even dare to have an argument with you."
Xiao Lanyuan pulled the chair next to her closer and sat down, then looked at her intently with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.
"You're such a good talker, I'm not sure I could win an argument with you."
Fu Zhaoning put down the cup, met his gaze and smiled.
"How about giving it a try?"
"Don't make a fuss, don't argue." Xiao Lanyuan's heart skipped a beat. He was really afraid that she would get angry and start arguing with him. "Let's just talk it out."
"You talk, and I listen. Anyway, I've already expressed my thoughts just now. If you still don't understand, then go back and think about it carefully. Anyway, I'm too lazy to say it again."
Fu Zhaoning said to him, "I know you have a good memory. You must have remembered everything I just said."
snort.
If he didn't think she was going too far, would he suddenly do such a thing as carrying her back?
"I really didn't expect you to think this way." Xiao Lanyuan sighed lightly, leaned over, held her face with both hands, and held her still.
"Regarding the matter of the Star Jade Bracelet, I want to apologize to you first. From now on, if I tell you something is for you, even if you don't like it and want to throw it away, I will not give it to anyone else, not anyone else."
When Fu Zhaoning mentioned the matter of the bracelet, Xiao Lanyuan's heart skipped a beat.
He said that he felt something was wrong with her at the time, but he really didn't think too much about it at that time.
Fu Zhaoning smiled, "Don't you think I'm too unreasonable? Don't you think I'm petty and fussy? After all, Madam Cheng wants that bracelet for a purpose, but I have no use for it."
It turned out that Xiao Lanyuan really felt that the bracelet and earrings were just icing on the cake for Fu Zhaoning, dispensable and not very important, but for Aunt Cheng, they were really needed for her body, so it was normal to give them to her.
But now he doesn’t think so. After all, Fu Zhaoning is really angry.
"No, I don't think you are petty and unreasonable."
Xiao Lanyuan added, "But, regarding that incident, could it be that Aunt Cheng was misunderstood? She didn't mean to snatch the Star Jade. I asked her, and she has indeed been looking for the Star Jade, and this time she did come for the Star Jade."
He paused, observing Fu Zhaoning, and when he saw no signs of her getting angry, he continued.
"That's why I gave the Star Jade to her. It was just a coincidence that we arrived at the shop earlier than her. If we were later, she would have bought the Star Jade bracelet."
He still wanted to explain that he really wasn't giving away her things casually.
Fu Zhaoning broke free from his hand and rubbed his face.
"You came here specifically for the Star Jade, but you didn't bring enough silver?" she asked back.
"Isn't it because I'm in the capital? I can lend Aunt Cheng tens of thousands of taels of silver."
No matter what, Aunt Cheng had taken care of him when he was a child.
Fu Zhaoning paused.
There is really nothing to say about this, and he is right to think so.
It seems that in Xiao Lanyuan's opinion, even if Madam Cheng had indeed already decided to ask him for silver notes to buy Star Jade, it was a very normal thing.
If she continued to dwell on this matter, it would be as if she was trying to hold on to his money.
It seemed that they had never been close enough to hand over the housekeeper's property rights. If it weren't for Madam Cheng's arrival and revealing this problem, Fu Zhaoning would not have realized it.
She also had no intention of taking care of Xiao Lanyuan's money.
"I didn't ask you whether you would lend her the money or not." She said helplessly.
I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt a little tired.
"Do you think I'm too nice to Aunt Cheng?"
Xiao Lanyuan was trying to understand her thoughts.
"No." Fu Zhaoning shook his head. "Didn't I just say that? I just can't get along with her, I can't stand her, and I don't want to indulge her and play tricks on her. As for how you treat her, it's your own business."
"Ningning."
Xiao Lanyuan's expression changed slightly, and his tone became deeper.
"What do you mean by my business? Are you distancing yourself from me now because you don't like Aunt Cheng? Didn't we say before that we should talk things out and not hold grudges? Why are you angry again now?"
"I'm not angry."
Fu Zhaoning sighed. What should he say?
"I have said myself that I don't like her, and I don't want to force myself to get along with her, let alone respect her as an elder. This is just my temper."
In the past, some teachers had taught her earnestly that when living in this society, one should not be too straightforward or too aggressive, and that many things should not be said directly to people's faces, as they would embarrass them.
The teacher said that this shows low emotional intelligence and poor communication skills, and that this behavior is likely to make people hate her, and no one knows when others will retaliate against her by stabbing her in the back in secret.
But Fu Zhaoning couldn't change his temper.
"I will never indulge someone I don't like. But she treats you differently. She has taken care of you and may be really good to you. This was before you and I got married, so I can't use my own standards to demand, restrict, or force you."
Fu Zhaoning tried to explain it to him.
"So, we can go our separate ways and talk our own way. You can continue to respect her and be close to her, and I can continue to dislike her. We can just not interfere with each other, isn't that all?"
She felt that it was too much to ask Xiao Lanyuan to hate Madam Cheng as much as she did.
Moreover, this is tantamount to asking him to be heartless and ungrateful, after all, others have really taken care of him.
At first glance, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with her words. But for some reason, Xiao Lanyuan's mood turned bad uncontrollably after hearing them.
He looked at Fu Zhaoning steadily, feeling a little annoyed.
"You think Aunt Cheng is playing tricks on you and doesn't like you. Well, I think your observation is correct, so I'll go back and ask her why, okay?"
He also wanted to know why Aunt Cheng didn't like Zhaoning, who was so nice.
Fu Zhaoning found it a little funny and she actually laughed.
"Xiao Lanyuan, do you think this is necessary? Do I have to keep asking her why she doesn't like me? What's wrong with me? If she really says it, do I have to promise her that I will change?"
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