Over the years, she was almost jealous of Shen Mingzhu's kindness to Shen Chaobei and Du Juan. She wished that the two families would have internal strife and fall out, so that in the future, all the benefits from Shen Mingzhu would go to their second wife.

With such a wishful thinking in mind, she ran to Shen Mingzhu impatiently to stir up trouble.

Seeing that her thoughts were seen through by Shen Mingzhu, she was embarrassed but unwilling to give up halfway.

"It's meddling in other people's business, but I can't help but talk about our own family's business. To be honest, I really feel sorry for you, little sister. You are so good to your sister-in-law, and you are so devoted to her. If it weren't for your support, she would still be digging sweet potatoes in the countryside!"

Shen Mingzhu replied in a neutral tone: "Second sister-in-law, I treat my elder brother and sister-in-law the same as I treat you and my second brother. If you think your elder sister-in-law has no conscience, then you should set an example and keep your own conscience, and don't be an ungrateful person."

Jia Yuemei said angrily, "It's my sister-in-law who is sorry for you, why are you dragging me into this?"

"It's just a few angry words. It's not about being right or wrong. Sister-in-law, haven't you ever said anything bad about me behind my back?"

"I don't."

Shen Mingzhu gave the other person a look that said "as long as you're happy" and went to the living room with a plate of cut fruit.

Jia Yuemei curled her lips, then put on a smile and followed her attentively into the living room.

She is bad but not stupid. If she curries favor with Shen Mingzhu, how can she worry about having a bad life in the future?

…

At 4:30 in the afternoon, after seeing off the last group of guests, Shen Mingzhu returned to the living room and saw Shen Hongmei sitting on the sofa feeding her daughter. A smile appeared on her face.

"Huanhuan is awake?"

"As soon as he woke up, he started crying for milk."

Shen Mingzhu sat next to the mother and daughter, and looked at the baby holding the bottle and slurping milk like a pig. Her eyes couldn't help but soften.

Shen Hongmei observed her expression and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"What can I do?"

Seeing her calm expression and clear eyes, Shen Hongmei smiled and shook her head, "I was overthinking. I was worried that you would be upset because of what Dandan said."

"Everyone has different perspectives and different perceptions, so naturally they come to different conclusions. If I force others to agree with me, I would be a hooligan."

Shen Hongmei said seriously: "No matter what others think, in my heart, whatever you do, there is a reason why you must do it."

Shen Mingzhu smiled: "This only represents your personal opinion. You can't force others to think the same as you do."

Shen Hongmei nodded, "Yes."

After the car drove out of Ruifeng Garden, the driver asked Shen Hongmei: "Madam, are we going home now?"

Looking at the scorching weather, Shen Hongmei asked the driver to drive to Mingzhu Food Court, bought some afternoon tea, and then took her daughter to Zhao Dafa's company.

After arriving at the place, Shen Hongmei gave the afternoon tea and her daughter to Zhao Dafa, then took two more sets of afternoon tea and drove back to the food factory alone.

Today is the weekend.

The office staff of the food factory have two days off a week, but in case of emergencies, there will be two to three managers on duty on weekends.

It's Du Juan's turn to be on duty this week.

"Why are you here at this time?"

As it was almost time to get off work, Du Juan was surprised to see Shen Hongmei coming to the factory.

Shen Hongmei put the afternoon tea on the coffee table and explained with a smile: "Nothing, just came to see you, are you done?"

"What is there to be busy about? With the current situation of the factory, I can't be busy even if I want to."

Shen Hongmei opened the dessert box she brought and handed Du Juan a cup of fruit tea.

Du Juan took the tea but didn't drink it. Instead, she looked at Shen Hongmei and said, "Do you have something to say to me?"

Du Juan was silent. "Chaobei and I were busy with work and neglected to discipline Dandan."

"Children are young, so it's inevitable that they get into trouble. We as mothers can understand that. In fact, this matter has nothing to do with me. It's a bit nosy of me to come to you to talk about it."

Du Juan said: "Since you are here, just say what you want to say."

Shen Hongmei observed her carefully for a while before she smiled and said, "You are now very similar to me in the past. During that time, I made money from stock trading, and I was full of energy and confidence. I even arrogantly thought that Shen Mingzhu was an obstacle to me, which was very embarrassing."

"But reality soon gave me a hard slap in the face. I realized that after leaving Mingzhu, I was nothing and could not do anything well."

"Du Juan, it is thanks to Mingzhu that we were able to get out of that poor place in Shenjiagou. I really don't want you to take the same detour I took."

After hearing this, Du Juan shook her head and said, "Hongmei, I am different from you."

"It is undeniable that Mingzhu did help me a lot in the first few years. She taught me how to stand on my own feet. But everything that happened afterwards was all based on my own efforts and strength. I have come to where I am today step by step."

"I don't have a brain as smart as Mingzhu, nor do I have a husband as capable as you. I can only rely on myself from beginning to end."

This statement undoubtedly implies that Shen Hongmei's current status is all thanks to men.

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Shen Hongmei was also a somewhat temperamental person. She said, "That's all I have to say. I hope you won't regret it later," and then got up and left.

As soon as she left, Mai Qiu came in.

"Boss Du, what did Manager Shen tell you? She looked unhappy."

Du Juan gave the fruit tea in her hand to the assistant, "This tea and snacks are untouched, you can have them."

"oh."

Mai Qiu took the tea and thought of something, "By the way, Mr. Liang called you to discuss something earlier, but Manager Shen was there at the time, so I postponed it for you."

"I see."

…

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when Zhao Dafa entered the house.

Although he drank a lot of wine at the dinner and was not very clear-headed, he could still see at a glance that his wife was in a bad mood on the sofa.

"What's wrong? Huanhuan is naughty again?"

He sat down next to Shen Hongmei, put his arm around her shoulders and spoke with concern.

Shen Hongmei shook her head, smelling the alcohol on him, and said, "I left some soup for you. I'll serve it for you."

"Well, thank you, wife."

The soup was quickly served to Zhao Dafa.

"It's delicious. Did you make it?"

Shen Hongmei was undoubtedly pleased and satisfied with her husband's praise. "It's hot, and you like to drink. I'll stew a turtle to help you cool down."

"It's specially stewed for me, so I have to drink more."

After that, he added, "Thank you for your hard work."

"We are family, yet you are still being polite to me." Shen Hongmei smiled and said angrily.

Zhao Dafa lowered his head and drank two big mouthfuls of soup, then said, "Since we are a family, if you have any unhappy things, just speak them out, don't keep them in your heart."

Shen Hongmei was already feeling depressed, and with Zhao Dafa's encouragement, she told him everything that happened at the birthday party and her visit to Du Juan.

"I really don't want Du Juan to follow my old path. I was lucky enough to turn back in time, but I'm afraid she won't be able to turn back." (End of this chapter)