Chapter 042: Can't Beat or Scold

The quarrel startled the two families who were talking in the living room. When they heard someone fell into the water, several people rushed out. Zhou Yunzhi was unsteady on her way out and almost fell, but Ruan Chengfu raised his hand to hold her up.

"You are old, but you are still young. Take it easy."

Shaking off Ruan Chengfu, Zhou Yunzhi whispered, "It's none of your business." She also hurried to the garden.

When Meng Suqiu heard that it was Wei Mingxi who fell into the lake, she almost fainted. Her sister only had this one daughter in her life, and she was her life connected to her. If something really happened to her, she would probably not survive.

Supported by a surge of energy and with the support of He Qi Zhang, he finally ran to the garden.

When he saw two people struggling in the lake, his legs immediately went weak.

He Qizhan ordered people to rescue people and asked people to call a doctor, while he pinched his wife's Ren Zhong point. After a busy time, he finally lifted Meng Suqiu's spirits.

Tsurugisaki breathed a sigh of relief.

Meng Suqiu was so anxious that she heard her father-in-law Ruan Chengfu say, "Don't worry, mother-in-law, my son is saving people. He can swim, so he should be fine."

"Thank you very much, thank you very much, Master Lao Ling."

Ruan Qingzhou in the lake was almost mad with anger. This woman used her hands and feet to lie on him, making it impossible for him to swim. He could only float and sink in the spot.

But she kept crying, saying she was going to die, and that she had never married or been a mother... I was so annoyed that I couldn't stand it anymore and yelled, "Can you shut up?"

After this roar, Wei Mingxi stopped crying, and the people on the shore were also stunned.

This was the first time Zhou Yunzhi saw his son lose his temper with a girl. He looked a little embarrassed and wondered what was wrong with his son. She was a maid in the mansion before, and he had never scolded her.

The other party is my in-laws' niece, so this is indeed a bit too much.

Zhou Yunzhi explained: "The child may be anxious, mother-in-law, don't take it to heart. My niece has been spoiled since she was a child. This time, let her learn some lessons."

Zhou Yunzhi was grateful for being able to help save people.

Just as one contradiction was resolved, another one arose. Ruan Qingzhou said, "Miss, how can I get ashore if you just ride on me like this?"

Everyone: “…”

After saying that, he retracted his hands into the water and pulled Wei Mingxi's legs apart. But in this way, Wei Mingxi had no support and could only hold Ruan Qingzhou's neck tightly, making him look a little miserable.

Feeling annoyed, Ruan Qingzhou wished he shouldn't have bothered with this matter. He regretted it so much that he wanted to bite his teeth off.

After finally getting ashore and escaping danger, Wei Mingxi burst into tears. His cry was as sad as it could be, and he felt so wronged.

Meng Suqiu thought she was frightened and was about to go forward to comfort her when she saw her pointing at Ruan Qingzhou and saying, "You are a big bad guy, you are a bad person, ah ah ah... Mom, someone almost killed my daughter... wow wow..."

Everyone had just taken a breath when they saw the commotion and looked towards Ruan Qingzhou.

Zhou Yunzhi didn't believe her son would do such a thing, but she had to explain it clearly. She stepped forward and pulled her son over: "What on earth is going on?"

"It's nothing. She insisted on chasing me, so I flew over the pavilion. Who knew she was so stupid and jumped into the river?"

Meng Suqiu: "She's pursuing you?"

"It's not that kind of pursuit, aunt, don't misunderstand me. I had a little friction with her and she insisted on holding on to me."

Zhou Yunzhi pinched her son and asked privately, "We just arrived at the Prime Minister's residence a short while ago, what exactly is going on?"

When Wei Mingxi, who was just crying, heard this, she felt scared and aggrieved. If no one had saved her, wouldn't she have really died?

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt. Wei Mingxi threw himself into Meng Suqiu's arms and said, "Aunt, he, he bullied me."

"Hey... don't talk nonsense, I didn't touch you at all."

"You did. You even broke my leg when we were in the river."

"I did that so I could swim to shore, miss."

"Are you still threatening me?"

The matter became more and more serious. Not only Zhou Yunzhi was worried, but even Ruan Chengfu felt that the matter was a bit serious.

He said patiently, "Girl, my son's behavior is indeed a little off-kilter, but his character is fine. There are some things we can't say carelessly."

After saying that, he patted Ruan Qingzhou on the back of his head and said, "What's going on? Tell me."

"That's it. Anyway, I didn't touch her, except when I was saving people."

“Ahhh…”

Meng Suqiu looked at the young master of the Ruan family and thought he didn't look like a bad person. "Okay, okay, it's a blessing that nothing happened. Go back to your room and change your clothes first, and we'll talk later."

Wei Mingxi cried so hard that the maid didn't even help her up. She kept saying that Ruan Qingzhou was bullying her.

Ruan Qingzhou frowned angrily, and wanted to leave because he didn't want to get involved with her. When he passed by Wei Mingxi, he was pulled back: "I almost drowned because of you. Apologize."

"That's enough. I was the one who asked you to jump." Ruan Qingzhou tried to pull at the hem of her clothes, but Wei Mingxi pulled even tighter and cried even louder.

"I'm right to like my cousin, but you're threatening me. I gave you a banknote, but it's not enough... You're just trying to blackmail me."

Everyone: “…”

This time everyone finally understood something.

Ruan Chengfu breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the bullying the girl was talking about was this bullying. He was scared to death.

Ruan Qingzhou and Wei Mingxi were taken to the backyard to change clothes. The elders of the He and Ruan families returned to the living room. Meng Suqiu said embarrassedly, "Look at how chaotic it is today. My in-laws were also frightened."

As he spoke, he winked at He Qi Zhang, and the two grown men went to the study to play chess.

Meng Suqiu knew that Zhou Yunzhi would be worried, so she explained, "Mingxi is my niece. She has been spoiled since she was young. She speaks and acts as she pleases. She lived in our house for a while when she was young. She was always around He'an. After a long time, they naturally developed some feelings for each other."

"But you and I are both experienced people. Mingxi is younger than Qinghuan. He'an's mother-in-law also knows his personality. The two of them are not suitable. In my opinion, Mingxi may not be clear about her own feelings. I just think that since He'an has Qinghuan by his side, she is naturally jealous."

"Mother-in-law, it's normal for a family like the Prime Minister's to have three wives and four concubines, but Qinghuan just got married, so we have to wait a few years until she gives birth to a child."

"You don't know what I mean. If I can decide for my son whether to marry a wife or a concubine, I don't have to wait until he's in his twenties to become a mother-in-law. As long as Qing Huan can capture his heart and give me a grandchild, I don't want to have too many women in the inner courtyard."

He sincerely held Zhou Yunzhi's hand and said, "We are old now, we have experienced everything. In the end, didn't He An's father only have me as his wife?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I let Qing Huan follow An Er? Isn't it for the good of both of them?"

This touched Zhou Yun's heart: "Qing Huan is so lucky to have such an open-minded mother-in-law like you."

They chatted heart-to-heart in the front yard, but quarreled fiercely in the back yard.

Ruan Qingzhou was changing clothes when the door was suddenly pushed open and he hurriedly put on his coat.

Wei Mingxi walked in sobbingly: "Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're Ruan Qinghuan's brother. Today we have a feud."

Ruan Qingzhou: "Whatever, what do you want?"

Wei Mingxi choked.

This guy couldn't be beaten or scolded, and she seemed to have no way to deal with him.

But when he thought about being bullied by Ruan Qinghuan's brother, he felt uneasy.