Chapter 187 Slapped in public
As expected, Fang Shuyu was furious. When had her son ever done such an outrageous thing?
He allowed the other party to flirt with him, picked up food for the other party, and even considerately peeled fish skin for him. It was simply... too outrageous.
She glanced at Ning Shuang, who had a gloomy look in her eyes and could only lower her head to pick up food silently. She looked at Jiang Duo with dissatisfaction and said in a bad tone: "Jiang Duo, does she not have hands?"
Mingzhu raised her hands and smiled with bright eyes: "Auntie, I have hands, isn't that right."
Hou Xiaoqing chuckled. This child, can he be more naughty?
Fang Shuyu slapped Hou Xiaoqing for her lack of vision and said to Mingzhu with a serious face: "You are not ashamed with so many people watching you, just pick up the food for yourself!"
Mingzhu was about to say something with a smile, but Jiang Duo spoke before her, getting extremely angry: "You are too nosy. How we get along as husband and wife is not something that needs others to meddle in."
Fang Shuyu was furious: "You..."
"Oh my God," Hou Xiaoqing exclaimed, disrupting the tense atmosphere at the table.
The sweetness of the eggplant she just put into her mouth instantly spread on the tip of her tongue, penetrating into her heart and spleen, making her feel comfortable. She looked at Mingzhu in surprise and praised: "Zhuzhu, how did you make this dish? It's so delicious."
Mingzhu smiled happily: "Aunt, if you like it, eat more."
"I have to eat more," Hou Xiaoqing looked at the people beside her and said: "You guys should try it. Mingzhu's cooking skills are really great. I have never eaten better dishes than hers."
Fang Shuhuai and Fang Minglang both picked up their chopsticks after hearing this.
The two looked at each other, and Fang Minglang nodded honestly: "Well, it's really delicious."
Fang Shuhuai asked Jiang Duo: "Is this the tofu you asked me to arrange for people to sell before?"
Jiang Duo nodded proudly.
Mingzhu looked at Jiang Duo with a puzzled look: "When did you ask my uncle to arrange someone to sell tofu for me?"
Before Jiang Duo could say anything, Mingzhu suddenly realized: "Brother Liu from the supply and marketing cooperative, did you ask my uncle to arrange someone for me?"
Jiang Duo nodded.
Mingzhu suddenly realized, no wonder, she met Brother Liu when she got off the car, it turned out there was a story behind this.
Mingzhu's original impression of her uncle as a snobbish person was instantly relieved a lot, looking at Fang Shuhuai and smiling heartily: "Thank you, uncle."
Fang Shuhuai rarely smiled, this little girl was so disliked by her sister, but she could still be so cheerful, her personality was really good, no wonder Hou Xiaoqing liked her so much.
Fang Shuyu pushed Fang Shuhuai with her hand, unhappily: "What do you mean, did you use your authority to help her?"
Fang Shuhuai was embarrassed for a moment and cleared his throat: "Such delicious food is not considered a convenience, I should be considered to be benefiting everyone."
"You are confused!"
Jiang Duo glanced at Fang Shuyu indifferently: "I asked my uncle for help."
"For a rural wife, using connections to sell tofu? Jiang Duo, what do you think, you are not ashamed!"
"It's not shameful, I think it's good this way."
Looking at the state where Jiang Duo was going against her everywhere, Fang Shuyu felt that if Jiang Duo continued to be with Mingzhu, he would really be ruined!
This won't do... Jiang Duo can only make progress if he is with Ning Shuang.
Thinking of this, Fang Shuyu said to Jiang Duo in a deep voice: "Jiang Duo, Xiaoshuang learned how to make braised pork in red sauce specially for you, you should try it."
Jiang Duo said calmly: "No, I am only used to the dishes cooked by my wife."
Fang Shuyu frowned. She had just eaten the dishes cooked by the two of them. Ning Shuang's dishes were not bad, but they were just ordinary home-cooked dishes. The taste was indeed not comparable to Mingzhu's.
But Jiang Duo was so disrespectful, what did Ning Shuang think?
She was about to say something, but Ning Shuang interrupted her: "Auntie, I know Jiang Duo, he doesn't like to eat braised pork in red sauce, don't worry about him, let him eat whatever he likes, it doesn't matter."
Mingzhu frowned. She knew Jiang Duo?
Why did this make people so unpleasant to hear?
"Doctor Xiao Ning, you must be mistaken. Jiang Duo likes to eat braised pork. Every time I finish, he will give me an empty plate." She turned to look at Jiang Duo and asked curiously, "Don't you like it?"
"I like it very much."
Ning Shuang's face was embarrassed. She cooked for them with good intentions, and it would be fine if she didn't receive any compliments. Now Jiang Duo is ruining her performance like this. It's like... being slapped in the face in public.
She couldn't sit here any longer.
She put down her chopsticks, stood up and nodded to the three of them: "Aunt, uncle, aunt, I'm done eating. There are still some documents to be filled out at the hospital, so I'll go back first."
Fang Shuyu stood up to stop her, but Hou Xiaoqing had already winked at Fang Minglang: "Minglang, don't let Xiaoshuang go back alone, go and help deal with it."
Fang Minglang agreed, stood up and followed her out.
Fang Shuyu turned around and looked at Mingzhu unhappily, "You're the only one who has a big mouth, right? You flirted with Jiang Duo in public, which is not a good style; you embarrass others everywhere, which is a bad character. How did your parents educate you!"
"Sister!"
"Mom!"
Hou Xiaoqing and Jiang Duo scolded almost in unison.
Jiang Duo threw his chopsticks on the table, pulled Mingzhu up and looked at Fang Shuhuai and Hou Xiaoqing: "Uncle, aunt, we came to the wrong dinner today. In the future, there is no need to invite us husband and wife to such family dinners. We will not participate. Zhuzhu, let's go home."
Hou Xiaoqing stood up to stop him, but Jiang Duo walked away resolutely.
Mingzhu followed Jiang Duo for a few steps, and she felt more and more uncomfortable.
She was not the original owner. From childhood to adulthood, she was always the "child of other people" in everyone's mouth.
She has a good family, her parents and brothers love her very much, and her family will do everything they can to satisfy her whatever she likes and wants;
she is a good student, and she has never been out of the top three in her grade in every exam. She was admitted to the best medical university in the country with excellent grades, and went abroad for further studies in her last two years;
she has a good job, and at a young age, she has already been promoted to a higher position in the hospital with her extraordinary ability, and has published several academic papers.
She has always had a smooth life, but she came to this world inexplicably, but she has experienced rejection that she has never experienced before.
In the past, most of the dislikes were because of others' envy and jealousy of her. She thought it didn't matter. She was good enough, which was why she attracted jealousy.
But what about Fang Shuyu's dislike for her? If it was because of other reasons, it would be fine. But she didn't do anything wrong, just because of her prejudice...
This is unfair!
Why should she endure it? She couldn't bear it!
She pulled Jiang Duo and stopped suddenly.
Jiang Duo turned around and saw Mingzhu pushed his hand away with a serious face, turned back to the dining table, and looked at Fang Shuyu with a cold look...