Wei Shuying was stunned. She had even put on her New Year's clothes just to go out.
But Cheng Yaoyao said: "Let her go with us. Otherwise, the Shen family will think something is wrong with our family."
Cheng Zheng thought about it and said, "Then when you go there, talk less and don't be like before."
When Cheng Nuonuo was the most favored, Cheng Zheng also took Wei Shuying out to socialize a few times, but she was ignorant and liked to make a fuss, which really made her lose face a few times. It was talked about in the circle with great relish. It even reached Cheng Yaoyao's ears, and she was so angry that she came back and had a big quarrel with Wei Shuying.
Wei Shuying didn't listen at all and nodded happily: "Okay, okay, I know everything!"
Cheng Yaoyao glanced at her face full of joy and went downstairs first. The three of them called a car and arrived at the restaurant quickly.
This restaurant is one of the few Western restaurants in Shanghai. It retains some bourgeois furnishings, except that the waiters in tuxedos have been replaced by staff in blue uniforms.
Shen's parents and Shen Yan had already arrived, and there was lemonade on the table. As soon as he saw Cheng Yaoyao, Shen Yan stood up suddenly.
"Uncle Cheng, Yaoyao." Shen Yan's eyes fell on Cheng Yaoyao's face, and he couldn't help showing a surprised look. After only a few months of not seeing each other, Cheng Yaoyao was beautiful again.
Cheng Zheng patted Shen Yan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You've gotten darker and stronger. It seems that life in the countryside is still very beneficial."
Mother Shen enthusiastically took Cheng Yaoyao's hand and said, "Ah, Yaoyao is getting more and more beautiful. Old Shen, am I seeing things? How come Yaoyao is whiter than before?"
Father Shen nodded and said, "Yaoyao has been fair since childhood, so it's normal that she doesn't get tanned after sun exposure."
"But Nuonuo..." Mother Shen quickly stopped talking.
Cheng Zheng smiled and said, "Nunuo is also white, both sisters are white..."
Before she finished her words, Wei Shuying screamed, "Nunuo? How did you become like this?!"
Her shrill voice was particularly piercing in the restaurant, and everyone looked over with dissatisfaction. Wei Shuying was totally unaware and stared at Cheng Nonuo in disbelief.
When Cheng Zheng heard this, he looked over and realized that there was a thin figure sitting at the corner of the table. He hadn't noticed her just now.
Cheng Zheng said happily: "Yes! You...you..."
Cheng Zheng's words got stuck in his throat. Shen's parents had just been surprised, and now they asked the Cheng family to sit down.
Cheng Nuonuo's smile could not hide her bitterness: "Dad, Mom." Her voice was surprisingly hoarse and unpleasant.
Cheng Zheng and Wei Shuying were both stunned. Only Shen Yan was focused on Cheng Yaoyao and pulled out a chair for her. Cheng Yaoyao sat down leisurely and looked through the menu.
Cheng Zheng still stared at his little daughter. In his memory, although his little daughter was not good-looking, she was fair and tender. Now, if Cheng Nuonuo said she was thirty years old, people would believe it!
Cheng Nonuo is a small and thin girl. She used to have fair skin and watery eyes, which made her look cute. But now her skin is dry and dark yellow, her eyes are dull, her hair is dry and weed-like, and she looks timid. She doesn't look cute at all, but only timid and pitiful.
But Cheng Nuonuo was wearing Cheng Yaoyao's dress, like a child wearing adult clothes. Standing next to the bright and charming Cheng Yaoyao, it felt cruel to look at her face.
Cheng Zheng was fine, but Wei Shuying seemed to have lost half her life's investment. She cried out "Ouch!" and just as she started to sing, Cheng Zheng glared at her: "This is a restaurant!"
Cheng Zheng felt bad. It was a mistake to bring Wei Shuying here. He said, "The food hasn't been served yet. I'm going to have a cigarette."
Naturally, Shen's father and Shen Yan also went along.
As soon as Cheng Zheng left, Wei Shuying pulled her daughter aside and said, "My daughter has suffered so much in the countryside! How did she become like this?"
Mother Shen smiled awkwardly and tried to smooth things over: "It seems that Nuonuo has suffered a lot in the countryside. It's good for him to go home now. If he takes good care of himself, he will be white again. Look how white Yuanyuan is."
Having said that, everyone knows that Cheng Nuonuo can no longer be supported in this state.
Wei Shuying glanced at her daughter, then at Cheng Yaoyao. In the dim light of the restaurant, Cheng Yaoyao's skin was as soft as a peeled lychee, so soft that it could be blown. Wei Shuying said, "Why didn't Yaoyao get a tan? Don't you do the same job every day?"
When Shen's mother heard this, she was also surprised and said, "Yes, my A-Yan and Nuonuo have both been tanned and their hands have become rough. Looking at them from a distance..."
Cheng Yaoyao was flipping through the menu, his fingers were slender, how could he have done any rough work? Cheng Yaoyao paused, angry and amused. Cheng Nuonuo was so dark now, all because she used to rely on the spiritual spring and recklessly sunbathe and ruin herself. How did he get her?
Then Cheng Nonuo said, "Sister Yaoyao is different from us. She doesn't have to work in the fields."
Shen's mother asked curiously, "Why?"
Cheng Nonuo immediately covered her mouth in regret, as if she had said something wrong: "Nothing, nothing."
Wei Shuying slammed the table and said, "That's right! I heard that some female educated youth in the countryside followed the village cadres to avoid labor."
When Shen's mother heard this, her expression suddenly became a little strange. She had heard these rumors before, and there were even worse ones. It was self-evident what those beautiful female educated youth would encounter in the countryside. Cheng Yaoyao was so beautiful, could it be...
Shen Yan said: "Nothing!"
Wei Shuying said, "Ah, Ayan, you can see it yourself. Our Nuonuo has been tanned from working so hard. What about Yaoyao? Yaoyao doesn't look like she has been working at all! Nuonuo, tell me, does Yaoyao have any work in the countryside?"
Cheng Nonuo shook her head timidly: "Mom, don't say anything. I don't know anything about Sister Yaoyao."
Wei Shuying became more and more excited: "Tell me! What did Yaoyao do in the countryside? How come you don't know?"
Cheng Nonuo shook her head: "I really don't know."
Wei Shuying was about to ask again, but Cheng Yaoyao said slowly, "I'm sitting right in front of you. Why can't you ask me directly?"
Wei Shuying was certain of what she had said, and said to Cheng Yaoyao with contempt: "Ask you? How can you tell the truth?"
Cheng Yaoyao chuckled: "Your daughter may not be telling the truth."
Wei Shuying was no match for Cheng Yaoyao in terms of eloquence, she glared at him angrily: "You!"
Just at this moment, Cheng Zheng and his friends came back, pulled out a chair and sat down, asking, "What are you talking about?"
Cheng Nonuo immediately said, "Dad, it's nothing. My sister was just joking with us."
Cheng Nuonuo looked aggrieved, and the tension between Cheng Yaoyao and Wei Shuying made it easy for people to think that Cheng Yaoyao was the one causing the trouble. In the past few years, Cheng Nuonuo and her daughter had repeatedly used this trick to make the original owner suffer.
Unfortunately, Cheng Yaoyao is not the bad-tempered and silly original owner. She said clearly: "They said I didn't get a tan, but I got together with the village cadres to avoid labor."
Cheng Zheng's face suddenly turned pale! He looked at Wei Shuying with a cold gaze.
Wei Shuying shuddered with fear and said without thinking: "That's not what I said! It was Nuonuo who said it. She said..."
Cheng Zheng looked at Cheng Nonuo again, and Cheng Nonuo said hurriedly, "No, no! I didn't say that. Aunt Shen can testify to that! Sister Yaoyao, you can't joke like that."
Mother Shen was unexpectedly dragged into the water by Cheng Nonuo. She hated him so much that she had to force a smile to smooth things over: "Well, I didn't listen carefully just now. I think Nonuo and her daughter are joking with Yaoyao."
Mother Shen clearly heard everything, but she was trying to smooth things over. Cheng Yaoyao sneered in his heart, slowly stirring the coffee in the cup without saying a word.
But Shen Yan said: "That's not the case! Yaoyao can't do heavy work, so he was assigned to cut grass for pigs. He doesn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun like us. The atmosphere in Tianshui Village is very good, there are definitely no dirty things!"
Father Shen also said, "You have to know when to joke! I also watched Yaoyao grow up, and there is absolutely no way such a thing would happen."
Wei Shuying was silent, Cheng Nuonuo also lowered her head, she looked aggrieved as if someone had bullied her. Shen's mother laughed dryly: "Yes, yes, that's what I said. Yaoyao, eat more. You can't get this kind of western food in the countryside."
Cheng Yaoyao put down his fork with little interest and said, "Uncle, aunt, dad, I'm full. I want to go to the department store to buy something, but if I go too late I won't be able to buy anything."
It was hard to eat a meal like this. Cheng Zheng looked at his daughter with concern and said, "Okay, go ahead and buy whatever you want. Do you have enough tickets?"
Cheng Yaoyao had Cheng Zheng's food and banknotes on him. Cheng Yaoyao nodded and stood up. Shen Yan immediately pushed his chair away and stood up.
Mother Shen understood and said, "Yaoyao wants to buy something? Let Ayan accompany her so that she can help carry the things and protect Yaoyao."
Cheng Yaoyao said: "No need, I can do it alone."
Shen Yan's smile froze. Shen's mother said, "The streets are in chaos now, with a lot of hooligans. Yaoyao is so pretty, how can she be alone? Let A-Yan accompany you."
This sentence reminded Cheng Zheng, and he hurriedly said, "Then I'll trouble Ayan. Yaoyao, Dad has to go to work this afternoon, so let Ayan accompany you."
Shen Yan looked at Cheng Yaoyao expectantly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, uncle. I will definitely protect Yaoyao."
Several people made their own arrangements, but no one cared about Cheng Yaoyao's opinion. Cheng Yaoyao frowned and was about to lose his temper, but he heard Wei Shuying say: "Oh, our Nuonuo just came back from the countryside, and I don't know how long it has been since we went shopping. It's a good opportunity for the three children to go together, so they can keep each other company."
As soon as Wei Shuying said this, the scene suddenly became quiet. Shen's father and mother looked at Cheng Nuonuo again, and when they saw her current appearance, they were again incredulous. Is life in the countryside really so hard?
Not to mention Wei Shuying, just looking at Cheng Nonuo's face, Shen's mother was very unhappy. She smiled and said, "I'm worried that Nonuo is too tired after coming back from the countryside."
"Not tired, not tired." Wei Shuying said immediately, "How can a girl be so delicate! Working in the countryside is not tiring, how can I be tired from shopping!"
Cheng Zheng frowned and said to Wei Shuying, "Men and women are equal now, so stop using your old tricks."
Wei Shuying was unconvinced and wanted to speak, but Cheng Nonuo said, "Mom, it doesn't matter to me. I don't have anything to buy, so let Brother Ayan and Sister Yaoyao go. I'll go home with you."
Mother Shen hurriedly smiled and said, "Nono is still sensible and filial."
When Wei Shuying heard Shen's mother praising her daughter, she immediately became happy again: "Yes, yes. Our Nuonuo has always been filial. I always say that no matter who she marries into in the future, that family will be blessed..."
Wei Shuying kept on promoting her daughter, but she didn't notice the disdain in Shen's mother's eyes. Cheng Nonuo saw clearly that Shen's mother was disdaining her. When she gave Shen's mother beauty soup in the past, she didn't look like this.
While Wei Shuying was still entangled with Shen's mother, Cheng Yaoyao left the restaurant, and Shen Yan followed her out.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the cold air blew in her face. Cheng Yaoyao let out a long breath, and was annoyed to death by Wei Shuying and Cheng Nonuo. But when she looked up, there was someone even more annoying.
Looking at Shen Yan who was looking at him eagerly, Cheng Yaoyao frowned and asked, "Why are you following me?"
"I'll go to the mall with you." Shen Yan said with a smile, "I have the strength to be your bodyguard and porter. You don't have to worry about me."
Cheng Yaoyao crossed his arms and said, "You know what I mean. Shen Yan, I didn't expose you in front of your parents just now because I was giving face to your father. We all know what happened between you and Cheng Nonuo. Why are you still pestering me now?"
Cheng Yaoyao poked through all the window paper. Shen Yan was a little bit frightened, but he still looked at Cheng Yaoyao firmly: "Yaoyao, I have thought it through during these days in the countryside. In fact, the person I have always liked is you. Nuonuo and I were a mistake, and what I am doing now is to correct this mistake."
"You can see that my parents and your father are in favor of us being together." Shen Yan said hurriedly, "Yaoyao, as long as you nod, you don't have to go back to your hometown. This is also your father's wish. You don't want to disappoint your father, right?"
Cheng Yaoyao raised the corners of his lips indifferently and looked directly into Shen Yan's eyes: "Who gave you the illusion that I would marry a scumbag like you just to not disappoint my father?"
Shen Yan's determined smile gradually turned ugly. He said, "I can forget about what happened between you and Xie Zhao, but can't you forget about what happened between me and Nuonuo? Yaoyao, we were childhood sweethearts and grew up together..."
"Don't compare your affairs with Xie Zhao's!" Cheng Yaoyao said, "You are not even as good as his fingernail."
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