Chapter 18 Not a hostess, but better than a hostess
After a while, Cheng Yan came down carrying bags of gifts.
Xia Mengjiao was startled and immediately stood up to greet her: "Miss Cheng, why are you here?"
Cheng Yan immediately smiled and said, "Grandma asked me to come over for dinner. Mengjiao, can you ask a few staff members to come over and carry the things? We bought quite a lot."
Xia Mengjiao immediately arranged for people to come and move it.
She glanced at Cheng Qian who was sitting not far away and was secretly shocked.
Cheng Yan has been visiting the Li family quite frequently recently. Moreover, the Li family has just invested 10 billion yuan in the Cheng family. Now, Cheng Yan is in close contact with Li Zhinan on the pretext of work.
Xia Mengjiao's heart trembled, as if she had discovered something fishy.
"Mengjiao, my car is blocking the road. Please ask someone to drive it out for me." Cheng Yan said with a smile.
Xia Mengjiao came back to her senses and thought, who are you to order me around?
Xia Mengjiao only felt a pair of car keys being put into her hand.
Cheng Yan didn't give her any room to refuse.
Xia Mengjiao was filled with anger. You know, Cheng Qian, as her sister-in-law, never dared to order her around like this. Who was she, Cheng Yan?
Although she was unhappy, Xia Mengjiao still had the car driven out of the hospital.
Cheng Yan first went upstairs to say hello to the old lady, and then came downstairs.
She greeted some people she knew, and her graceful and elegant demeanor won her a lot of favor.
Finally, she took a chair and sat directly next to Li Zhinan.
Watch him play cards.
Li Zhinan was getting a little tired of playing, so he gave her his seat and said, "Help me play."
"Zhi Nan, I can't do it. I'm not good at playing cards." Cheng Yan was modest, but in fact, as a science genius, card counting was her strong point.
"I want to smoke a cigarette." Li Zhinan said.
Cheng Yan immediately took over the position and smiled weakly at the uncles: "Then I will show my ugliness. Elders, please be merciful."
Li Zhinan lost several games because he was distracted.
After Cheng Yan took over, she immediately killed everyone and quickly saved the victory for him.
Cheng Qian sat on the table and chairs outside the balcony, watching Xiao Ye playing with his older brothers and sisters.
Occasionally, she looked back and saw Cheng Yan sitting in the same seat as Li Zhinan, playing cards.
Not far away, Li Zhinan was leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette.
He was also watching his son playing football. The little guy was running happily, and the older brothers and sisters were also very polite and let him play everywhere.
Li Zhinan's gaze inadvertently shifted from his son's figure to Cheng Qian.
Cheng Qian was wearing a white coat with her long hair draped behind her, and her temperament was as clean as snow.
Li Zhinan began to feel irritated. He put out his cigarette and returned to the card table.
Cheng Yan saw him coming back and immediately tried to get up, but he pushed her back to her seat with one hand: "You can continue playing."
"No, my newbie's luck is almost used up. Zhinan, how about you teach me?" Cheng Yan continued to show weakness, her charming and affectionate eyes had a touching luster.
"Okay!" Li Zhinan sat next to her and looked at the cards in her hand.
Cheng Yan felt very sweet in her heart, and her charming eyes inadvertently looked towards the balcony.
She knew Cheng Qian must be jealous.
Li Zhinan sat beside her, like her guardian angel and military advisor, accompanying her in her battles. After winning the game, Cheng Yan smiled happily, her eyes looking at Li Zhinan from time to time.
Li Zhinan looked calm and composed.
Xia Mengjiao changed the child she was holding and sat on Cheng Qian's lap. While breastfeeding the child, she said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you go play cards with brother? I remember you were very good at it."
"I don't want to play now." Cheng Qian said with a faint smile.
"Really? If you don't play, Miss Cheng will have the most fun." Xia Mengjiao was still furious when she thought about Cheng Yan asking her to stop the car.
In this family, only those with higher status than hers can order her around.
Even her husband Li Zhishi is not qualified.
But, an outsider didn't take her seriously.
Cheng Qian glanced back and happened to see Cheng Yan winning the game, and then she looked at Li Zhinan with a smile.
Li Zhinan also had a gentle smile on his face, and spoke to her in a doting and loving manner.
"A vixen has seduced our Li family." Xia Mengjiao was a straightforward person, and she couldn't stand it when she saw this scene.
Cheng Qian was surprised when she heard this and looked at Xia Mengjiao. She wondered why it was bigger than her?
Oh, I heard that married women would hate it if someone knew about their affairs.
"Sister-in-law, you should go and have fun too. Don't give the opportunity to outsiders." Xia Mengjiao advised kindly.
"I don't want to play." Cheng Qian was very calm.
"But..." Xia Mengjiao was so anxious that she was getting angry.
At this moment, Cheng Yan stood up to grab the cards, but her high heels tilted, and she fell into Li Zhinan's legs in panic, letting out a cry.
Cheng Yan immediately blushed with shame and stood up awkwardly. The expressions of the men around her said everything.
Li Zhinan looked towards the balcony intentionally or unintentionally.
The white figure didn't even turn his head.
Xia Mengjiao was busy preparing dinner again, and Cheng Qian offered to help.
Xia Mengjiao held her down and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you go and see if Big Brother needs anything? I don't need anything here."
Cheng Qian was stunned. Xia Mengjiao seemed a little different today.
Although she couldn't help much, Cheng Qian still stood up and walked towards Li Zhinan.
Li Zhinan caught a glimpse of the tall white figure out of the corner of his eye, and his face tensed.
"You go out and look after Ichi-Ono, I'll help prepare dinner."
Li Zhinan thought she had something important to say, but it turned out she wanted him to look after the child.
"Zhi Nan, let me go. I'm a little tired of sitting. Xiao Ye also likes me." Cheng Yan stood up immediately.
"I don't need you." Cheng Qian immediately lowered her voice: "Whose child is it, who cares."
Cheng Qian's words were quite merciless. The people present understood the meaning behind them and looked like they were watching a show.
Cheng Yan was having fun just now, but Cheng Qian suddenly slapped her in the face. She felt innocent and wronged.
"Zhi Nan, then you go and take care of Xiao Ye." Cheng Yan said understandingly.
"Okay!" Li Zhinan stood up and walked out.
Cheng Qian also turned around and went to the kitchen to help.
Cheng Yan acted as if nothing had happened and continued playing cards.
Dinner was ready and the old lady came downstairs with a few elders.
"Grandma, you must be tired. Let me massage your shoulders." Cheng Yan went over to the old lady as soon as she saw her.
Without saying a word, she sat behind the old lady and used her ancestral massage techniques to help her relax her muscles and bones.
The old lady really benefited from it. Her old bones had been sitting for the whole afternoon and she really needed someone to help her with massage.
Cheng Yan's attitude was sincere and her surgery was skillful, so the old lady immediately compared her with Cheng Qian's piece of wood.
After looking around, Cheng Qian really can't even compare to Cheng Yan's finger.
Several old ladies nearby immediately became envious. Old Lady Li smiled triumphantly and ordered Cheng Yan: "Go, give these grandmas a press as well. They will be your potential customers in the future."
Cheng Yan immediately went to help happily and gained a lot of goodwill.
Cheng Qian helped cut the fruit plate in the kitchen, while Xia Mengjiao was in charge of the overall situation.
Cheng Qian was thinking about something and accidentally cut her finger while peeling an apple, causing it to bleed.
She cried out in pain.
Xia Mengjiao immediately noticed the situation on her side.
So, Xia Mengjiao quickly said: "Sister-in-law, stop working. You can't do these rough jobs."
"Sorry, I made things worse." Cheng Qian blamed herself.
"It's okay. You don't do this kind of work often. Go out and find the medicine box to bandage it."
Xia Mengjiao also came out and walked directly to Li Zhinan's side: "Brother, my sister-in-law's finger is injured. Please find the medicine box and disinfect her blood."
Li Zhinan was startled for a moment and immediately wanted to stand up.
Cheng Qian went upstairs and said, "No need. I know where the medicine box is. I can handle it myself."
"Brother, my sister-in-law's right hand is injured... Even if she understands, she can't do it." Xia Mengjiao said again.
Li Zhinan immediately picked up his son who was tired from playing and walked upstairs.
Cheng Yan, who was busy beside the sofa, saw it, pursed her lips, and sneered in her heart.
Cheng Qian actually used this little trick, which is quite shameless.
Second floor!
In the storage room, Cheng Qian found the medicine box.
She first cleaned the wound on her finger, and then disinfected it with disinfectant.
"Mom's hand is bleeding..." Xiao Ye ran over immediately after seeing it, grabbed Cheng Qian's finger, and blew the wind with his little mouth: "Mom, it doesn't hurt."
Seeing how much her son cared about her, Cheng Qian showed a tenderness on her face.
"Thank you, Xiaoye. Mommy doesn't feel any pain anymore."
The little guy immediately laughed happily.
"Let me bandage you." Li Zhinan squatted down and was about to take the gauze.
"No need, I'll just put a Band-Aid on it." Cheng Qian moved quickly and put the Band-Aid on.
Then she got up, packed the medicine box, and prepared to take her son downstairs.
But in the corridor, his way was blocked by a big hand.
"There are so many guests today, why are you in such a bad mood? Do you want to be laughed at by outsiders?" Li Zhinan's tall body pressed forward with a dangerous aura, his voice cold and deep.
Cheng Qian adjusted the hair beside her ears and sneered, "Only people with something to hide would think they are a joke."
Li Zhinan was startled and frowned: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"I have nothing to say." Cheng Qian said, reaching out to push him away.
Li Zhinan simply reached out and pressed her shoulders, pinning her to the wall.
At this moment, Li Zhinan felt a force kicking his calf.
"Don't bully my mother, let her go."
The two-and-a-half-year-old boy is just as imposing as Li Zhinan.
After he kicked him with his short legs, he put his short hands on his waist and glared at Li Zhinan with his big black eyes angrily: "Let go of my mother."
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