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Chapter 155
As soon as these words fell, the lively atmosphere in the room instantly quieted down.
Jiang Meishu subconsciously glanced towards the door, but Liang Rui was faster than her. He muttered as he ran, "It must be relatives from back home asking for money again. Every time I hear someone knocking on the door, I shout, 'Is Liang Qiurun here?'"
"I was just terrified."
Seeing that Jiang Meishu was still a little confused, he pulled her over with one hand and said, "You're rejecting me at this time. In the past, I always refused them with all my might. This year, my dad is not here, so why do you come?"
"We have elders in our family."
They don't even have enough food to eat at home, and those relatives really come to ask for money as soon as the Chinese New Year comes. It's really too much.
Jiang Meishu was a little confused by the elder's call. She was still standing there when Liang Rui ran halfway and then turned back. "Let's go! As an elder, you won't take action at this time, so why should I do it?"
"When I was little, I could still refuse even if I cried and howled. But now I'm older, and I can't use those same tactics anymore." Liang Rui's tone became more serious. "Little Mom, it's time for you to show your worth."
"Come, come, come, let's fight for our food coupons for next year."
Jiang Meishu was at a loss for words when she was called "stepmother," but she felt a sense of responsibility, so she followed him. "Let's go. I'll go meet her."
She hadn't met him last year.
Little did she know that someone had come last year, but Liang Qiurun had dealt with it himself, fearing he would scare his newlywed wife, Jiang Meishu. It was only this year, and Liang Qiurun had been working overtime, that it was Jiang Meishu's turn.
Jiang Meishu was a little nervous. She coughed lightly and asked, "What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
Liang Rui explained it in a few words. "They are relatives from the Liang family who are several doors away. They are taking advantage of their seniority and are asking for money. They obviously have people working in their own family, but they insisted on coming to my house to ask for food coupons."
At this point, Liang Rui was furious. "They think my dad is the factory director, with a high salary and good benefits, so they all want to get a piece of the action."
Jiang Meishu probably knew something and nodded, "I understand." She had already thought of several ways to refuse.
However, after the vermilion door opened, she immediately saw the person standing outside. It was a woman who looked to be in her forties. She had a headscarf on her head and had very beautiful facial features. However, she must have suffered a lot and looked a little tired.
Jiang Meishu was looking at the other person.
Zhu Xiaoju was also looking at Jiang Meishu. There was a hint of uncertainty on her face, but when she saw Jiang Meishu's overly familiar face, she suddenly remembered something.
She had met the other person once before in Harbin.
It was only a one-time meeting, and they were far away from each other, but despite this, she still remembered Jiang Meishu.
Jiang Meishu is really too beautiful. Even if she wears bulky clothes, it can't hide her exquisite figure. And her face is also fair and clean, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and her spirit can't be hidden even with a scarf.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xiaoju's face suddenly became more hostile, "Who are you?"
The person who asked this question could not hide the hostility in his tone.
Jiang Meishu put her hands in her sleeves and raised her eyelids. "You came to see Liang Qiurun at work, don't you know who I am?"
"Then why are you here looking for Liang Qiurun?"
She fought back without any hesitation. If she was alone, she might not be so powerful, but Liang Rui was standing behind her.
She wants to support Liang Rui.
The words "stepmother" and "elder" are not called casually.
Zhu Xiaoju didn't expect that the kind and gentle Jiang Meishu would speak so harshly. Her original arrogance instantly waned. "I'm looking for Liang Qiurun, he knows me."
Jiang Meishu was standing at the door like a door god. "If you don't tell me who you are, I can't let you in."
Zhu Xiaoju was a little angry, "A guest is a guest. How could I not know that Liang Qiurun's lover is so mean?"
"Has he forgotten what he promised me?"
This is really thought-provoking.
Even Liang Rui, who was standing behind him, couldn't bear to hear it anymore. "What do you mean by 'how can I promise you?' Come on, my dad has never promised another woman."
Then, he turned around and immediately explained to Jiang Meishu, "Little Mom, don't listen to her nonsense. My dad will only agree to you in this life."
"I won't agree to another woman."
This guy's reasons for extorting money are quite sophisticated, but they are still too disgusting.
As Liang Rui kept calling "my dad" and "stepmother", Zhu Xiaoju was shocked. She stared at Liang Rui in disbelief, and her eyes were filled with tears.
It is endless longing.
Seeing her like this, Liang Rui got goosebumps all over the floor. "Come on, why are you crying at me? I didn't bully you. Are the methods of extortion really this advanced this year?"
He is still so far away from her, why is she crying?
He didn't mess with her.
Zhu Xiaoju was crying so hard that she could hardly speak. She raised her hand and pointed at Liang Rui with a trembling hand, "Child, you are, you are Xiao Rui, right?"
When Xiao Rui yelled, Liang Rui immediately jumped back several steps like a monkey. "Don't yell like that, Xiao Rui! Who do you think you are? If you want to take advantage of me, just take advantage of me. Don't try to gain connections with me."
His resistance and disgust made Zhu Xiaoju feel very uncomfortable. She cried and took two steps forward, trying to hold Liang Rui's hand. Unfortunately, Liang Rui avoided her, and Zhu Xiaoju's hand was empty, just like her heart, which fell off the cliff.
"Xiao Rui, I'm your mother. I'm your mother."
Zhu Xiaoju cried out in a crying voice.
When Liang Rui heard this, he subconsciously frowned and retorted, "Don't try to scam me, my mother is already dead."
"No, my mom is here." He pulled Jiang Meishu over and blocked her in front of him. "See? This is my mom? I don't even know you, and you're still asking for my mom. Even if you want to take advantage of me, you should at least find a better excuse."
After she said that, Liang Rui was even more unwilling to be taken advantage of by her.
After all, who could accept a strange woman coming out of nowhere and claiming to be his mother?
Seeing her own son resisting her like this, Zhu Xiaoju felt heartbroken and burst into tears. "I really am your mother, your biological mother, Zhu Xiaoju."
As soon as these words fell, the gate suddenly became quiet.
Liang Rui's disgusted expression suddenly stopped. It was as if the pause button was pressed on him, and he stared at the other person in a daze.
Jiang Meishu also realized something was wrong, "Do you know her?"
Liang Rui's soul was also pulled back by Jiang Meishu's words, "You know her." He looked at Zhu Xiaoju's face, trying to find similarities with the past.
But no.
From beginning to end, he didn't see anything familiar on Zhu Xiaoju's face.
Liang Rui lowered his eyes and whispered, "I don't know him."
But his clenched fists betrayed his current mood.
Jiang Meishu narrowed her eyes and looked at Zhu Xiaoju with a complicated and scrutinizing look. "We can't confirm your identity. Come in first. I'll go call Liang Qiurun back."
After hearing this, Zhu Xiaoju immediately breathed a sigh of relief. However, she was hostile to Jiang Meishu. There was no mother in the world who would be willing to let another woman call her mother the child she had carried for ten months.
Even Zhu Xiaoju is no exception.
She hesitantly followed Jiang Meishu and Liang Rui and stepped over the high threshold. This was her first time in the capital and into a courtyard house.
It was also the first time she knew that the doors of some houses could be so high, as if kicking irrelevant people out.
For example, her.
Just crossing this threshold requires a lot of courage.
The further you go inside, the bigger the house becomes. It is a quadrangle courtyard with two entrances, divided into two courtyards, front and back. Jiang Meishu and her family's main hall is in the front yard to entertain guests.
Jiang Meishu led Zhu Xiaoju all the way into the guest room. Facing the puzzled looks of Liang's mother and Uncle Lin, she shook her head and said, "I'm going to go out and make a phone call to call Qiu Run back."
Mother Liang frowned and looked back at Zhu Xiaoju. She then followed Jiang Meishu out the door and lowered her voice, "Who is she?"
Bringing a strange woman home on New Year's Eve was not a good thing for Liang's mother, because she had experienced it many years ago when her husband, who lived a life of luxury, had a lot of romantic debts outside.
She had been visited by wild women not only on New Year's Eve, but also on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month. She would make a fuss at first, but later she became indifferent and didn't care anymore.
If you do it too many times, you will get tired.
At that moment, Liang's mother actually doubted the identity of the woman who came to her house, but then she thought that the other person's demeanor and appearance were definitely not something that her arrogant son would be interested in.
but--
Men love to eat shit.
Maybe her son Liang Qiurun is tired of the beautiful flower at home and wants to find a mother outside?
When she thought of this, Liang's mother felt extremely disgusted.
If that were the case, she would rather not have Liang Qiurun as her son, such a disgrace.
Follow the roots!
Seeing that Liang's mother's expression was getting more and more strange, Jiang Meishu interrupted her immediately, "Mom, don't let your imagination run wild. That person said she was Liang Rui's biological mother, and she came to look for Liang Rui."
After hearing this, Liang's mother breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could let go of the breath, she immediately raised it again, "Who do you say she is?"
"Liang Rui's biological mother?" Liang's mother was immediately furious. "What does she mean by coming here at this time? Seeing that Liang Rui was raised by our Liang family, what? Does she want to take the child back?"
"I told her not to even think about it."
Seeing her voice rising, Jiang Meishu immediately held Liang's mother, "Mom, we don't know the specific situation yet. I'm going to go and ask Liang Qiurun to come back and identify the servant to see if she is Liang Rui's biological mother, and then make plans for the next step."
Liang's mother also understood the importance of this matter. She nodded and said, "Just go find him. I'll go to the front hall to meet her and see what kind of monster she is!"
With her mother-in-law looking after the factory, Jiang Meishu immediately felt relieved and went to the front to make a phone call.
Liang's mother had already stepped out of the door, but she stepped back again and walked all the way into the house.
Zhu Xiaoju was looking at Liang Rui with tears in her eyes. Liang Rui was sitting in the seat farthest away from her, with his head lowered and not saying a word.
He didn't even want to look Zhu Xiaoju in the eye.
Seeing this, Liang's mother understood what was going on. As the host, she took the seat at the head of the table. Then, she squinted her eyes and looked at Zhu Xiaoju. Although she was socially anxious and didn't like to talk to strangers, she was not interested in socializing.
But the person in front of her was not a stranger. He was an outsider who wanted to snatch Liang Rui away and a bad guy who wanted to destroy the relationship between her son and daughter-in-law.
Think of this.
Mother Liang suppressed her inner discomfort and examined Zhu Xiaoju for a moment before she asked in a calm voice, "Who do you say you are?"
Zhu Xiaoju coveted Liang's mother's face. She had gray hair, looked elegant and wealthy, and her facial features seemed somewhat familiar. If you look closely, you can see that Liang Qiurun actually looks somewhat similar to Liang's mother.
Or it can be said that they were carved out of the same mold.
Zhu Xiaoju immediately guessed the identity of Liang's mother. She wiped away her tears and smiled, "You are Liang Qiurun's mother, right?"
Liang's mother did not answer, but said calmly, "I asked you first."
Her look was a bit intimidating, which startled Zhu Xiaoju, like a frightened rabbit. Of course, she did have the capital to do so. Even though she was old, she still had some elegance and charm of a mature woman.
Seeing Zhu Xiaoju like this, Liang's mother's heart sank.
She has been dealing with her husband's mistresses all her life, and she knows too well the impact such women have on men.
Even at her age, she still exudes a strong feminine charm, graceful and gentle, thoughtful and sensible. Even wearing coarse linen clothes can't hide it.
Liang's mother sneered in her heart, but her expression remained calm. "What? Is it difficult to answer?"
Her eyes grew even more stern. "Since it's hard to answer, then just leave. My Liang family definitely doesn't have the custom of entertaining strangers on New Year's Eve."
Seeing that Liang's mother was about to drive her away, Zhu Xiaoju immediately stood up and apologized, "Auntie, I'm not a stranger, I'm Liang Rui's biological mother."
Liang's mother asked, "What evidence do you have?"
Zhu Xiaoju was bewildered. "I'm his mother. What evidence do I need?"
She was wearing a floral headscarf, which would have looked very rustic on others, but on her, it had a certain elegance. Although her face had been weathered, it still looked delicate.
Liang's mother said coldly, "If there is no evidence, and any woman comes up and says she is Liang Rui's mother, won't we all admit it?"
Zhu Xiaoju calmed herself down and looked at Liang Rui. Liang Rui didn't look up. She was at a loss and could only whisper, "I don't have any evidence, but Liang Qiurun knows me."
"When Liang Qiurun took Xiao Rui away from me, we lived together for a week." At this point, her voice was firm, "He must know me."
When she mentioned that they had been living together for a week, the atmosphere in the house suddenly became quiet.
Jiang Meishu didn't expect that she would hear such explosive news just after she came back with Liang Qiurun and before she even entered the door.
She raised her eyelids and looked at Liang Qiurun with a look of inquiry, "Have you ever lived together?"
When Liang Qiurun heard this, his face suddenly turned pale. He explained, "We didn't live together. I was hospitalized at the time and she came to take care of me."
He survived the battlefield, but his comrades sacrificed their lives to save him. Zhu Xiaoju also fell into a coma after learning that her husband had died.
At this point, he suddenly remembered something, looking a little embarrassed. "After I was released from the hospital, to thank my comrade for saving my life, I went to visit her at her home. She had suddenly lost her husband and her child was only one year old. She had lost her backbone, and I was afraid she would be upset, so I stayed."
However, he stayed at that time purely because he was worried that Zhu Xiaoju would not be able to bear the blow and commit suicide.
There is absolutely no romantic thoughts.
At that time, his comrades sacrificed their lives to save him. If he had been coveting the widow of his savior, would he still be a human being?
When Zhu Xiaoju heard Liang Qiurun's voice, her face suddenly showed a bit of surprise. She wanted to go find him, but her steps seemed to have taken root. She looked at him, and he was still as handsome as ever, even more steady than when he was young, like a mature charm that made people unable to take their eyes off him.
Looking at her now, she was already old and ugly. Thinking of this, Zhu Xiaoju could no longer lift her feet. She sobbed softly, "Liang Qiurun."
She called him, saying nothing, yet saying everything.
Jiang Meishu frowned slightly. This sound was completely different from the sound she made when she knocked on the door and called out to someone.
Liang Qiurun didn't notice these details. He took Jiang Meishu's hand and walked into the house together, as if he was announcing something.
Only after sitting down did he look at Zhu Xiaoju.
He didn't say anything.
Zhu Xiaoju looked up and noticed Liang Qiurun and Jiang Meishu's interlocked hands. She paused, tears welling in her eyes. "Liang Qiurun, I am Liang Rui's biological mother. Tell them I'm not an outsider."
Even when she was crying, her voice was gentle.
Just like her, she seems to be made of water.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at Liang Qiurun. With everyone's gaze fixed on her, Liang Qiurun remained silent for a moment. "Sister-in-law, first, tell me what you are doing here this time?"
The word "sister-in-law" confirmed Zhu Xiaoju's identity.
Tears suddenly fell from her eyes, and then she flew towards Liang Rui like a butterfly, "Liang Qiurun, what can a mother do after traveling thousands of miles from Harbin to beg for food?"
Liang Qiurun had no answer to this question.
Liang Rui didn't have so many thoughts. Facing Zhu Xiaoju's body rushing towards him, he subconsciously dodged to the side, just avoiding Zhu Xiaoju's attack.
This made Zhu Xiaoju stiffen up, and she started to sob, tears streaming before she could even say a word. "Xiao Rui, I'm your mother, your mother."
Liang Rui stood up in an instant, ran to Jiang Meishu's side, and said in a hoarse voice, "My mother is her."
After hearing this, Jiang Meishu paused. She didn't expect that Liang Rui would admit that she was his mother in public, even in front of his biological mother.
This touched Jiang Meishu's heart somewhat, as if her "malice" towards Liang Rui in the past two years had not been in vain.
She hummed, raised her hand and patted Liang Rui on the shoulder, "Comrade, Liang Rui is my son."
Zhu Xiaoju's voice suddenly became a little hoarse, and then it became louder, "You're talking nonsense."
"Xiao Rui is my son, the one I carried for ten months and gave birth to after a difficult labor and heavy bleeding!"
Jiang Meishu was not surprised that she would say that. She just said calmly, "Then why don't you want him anymore?"
"Let him follow Liang Qiurun when he was only one year old?"
As soon as these words fell, Zhu Xiaoju's original high spirits and self-confidence disappeared instantly at this moment, and her shoulders, which were once upright, also became hunched.
"I can't help it."
She murmured, "I can't help it."
"Back then, my wife died, and Xiao Rui's grandparents wanted to take him away, deep in the mountains. My wife had finally made it out of the mountains, so how could I let Xiao Rui be taken away by his grandparents?"
"But I'm a woman, I've lost my husband, I don't have a job, and my parents don't care about me. How can I support Xiao Rui? I'm afraid that he will be ruined by his grandparents, so I asked Liang Qiurun to adopt Xiao Rui."
"Xiao Rui is with a poor mother like me. I can't protect him. I might as well find him a powerful father to look after him." Zhu Xiaoju wiped her tears. Her delicate features took on a rare firmness as she recalled the past. "Since his biological father saved Liang Qiurun's life, it's better for him to stay with Liang Qiurun than with me, a mother with no money, no power, and no job."
That's what she really thought back then.
"Xiao Rui." Zhu Xiaoju looked at the appearance of the young Liang Rui. He was handsome and resolute, with bright eyes. He looked very much like his biological father when he was young.
"I am a mother, I am a mother."
She cried her heart out.
Liang Rui instinctively wanted to reject her, but when he thought of what Zhu Xiaoju had said before, his body, which was halfway hidden, froze in place again.
He didn't dodge.
Zhu Xiaoju took advantage of the situation and hugged his arm. "Xiao Rui, when you left your mother, were you only this old?"
She raised her hand and gestured, "It's not even as high as Mom's legs."
"You've grown this big now?"
She stared at Liang Rui without blinking, as if she wanted to make up for the past ten years.
The maternal love that she had been missing seemed to pour out at this moment.
Liang Rui was not used to being looked at like this by her. He always felt restrained and trapped.
He was not familiar with her, which made Liang Rui want to escape instinctively. That's right, Liang Rui just like that, under Zhu Xiaoju's nose, he slowly freed his arm, and then walked to Jiang Meishu without saying a word.
This was the second time today that he chose Jiang Meishu in front of Zhu Xiaoju.
This made Zhu Xiaoju feel extremely frustrated, because Liang Rui was obviously his child.
She felt sad and angry, and also felt a sense of regret. She followed Liang Rui and walked in front of Jiang Meishu.
Zhu Xiaoju looked at the other person for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then she pleaded in a low voice, "I know you are Liang Rui's stepmother, and I also know that you must be good to him, that's why he relies on you like this and asks you for help."
"but."
When Zhu Xiaoju said this, she almost burst into tears. She knelt down and walked slowly to Jiang Meishu, "Can you please return Liang Rui to me for the sake of me being his biological mother?"
"Give him back to me."
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