Chapter 12: Grudges
I don’t know if it was the remnant of my original body’s emotions, but when I heard Jiang Liping’s words, Yuan Lingling’s heart seemed to be pulled by some emotion and she felt very uncomfortable.
She wanted Jiang Liping to shut up forever.
It would be fine if she just put up with Shen Caisheng normally, but why should she have to put up with this crazy woman?
It's true that if the tiger doesn't show its power, it will be regarded as a sick cat.
Yuan Lingling used to be a troublemaker in the company's business department.
She endured it? I can't stand it!
But after she took action, she couldn't stop trembling inside.
She is not afraid of quarreling with others, but the education she received does not allow her to feel at ease and hit others at will.
However, the current situation did not allow her to analyze the reasons why she acted so arbitrarily. Jiang Liping was obviously so angry that she was about to lose her mind.
"You...you...you actually dared to hit me!"
Yuan Lingling pretended to remain calm.
"I'll hit you if you want. Do I have to choose a day?"
After these words were spoken, everyone suddenly woke up from their dream.
Is this still the girl from the Yuan family who is so timid that she even has trouble talking to others?
What happened to this girl in the Shen family?
"Ah, I'll beat you to death, you damn girl!"
Jiang Liping moved very quickly. Before she finished her words, she was already very close to Yuan Lingling. Even Yuan Lingling was still immersed in her anger.
Snap——
There was a crisp sound of flesh touching flesh, but the expected pain did not come. Yuan Lingling opened her eyes and saw Shen Caisheng standing in front of her. There was a large red spot under his right ear.
Without waiting for Yuan Lingling to react, he reached out and gently placed his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, don't be afraid," he said softly.
When he turned around again, a terrifying aura suddenly emanated from his body.
Just as everyone was shocked, he took two steps towards Xie Guangan without saying a word and punched him.
"Take good care of your Xie family members, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
"You...what gives you the right to hit someone?"
Jiang Liping was so angry that she completely forgot that she was the first to attack. The mark of the slap on Shen Caisheng's neck was still clearly visible.
But Shen Caisheng ignored her and took Yuan Lingling's hand and walked into the yard.
Jiang Liping wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Xie Guangan. Shen Caisheng's punch just now was very heavy, and blood was oozing from the corner of his mouth, making his face even gloomier.
He stood in front of Jiang Liping, glanced at Shen Caisheng and the other man, and then said coldly, "Let's go."
Jiang Liping understood her eldest son and knew that he was really angry. Although she was unwilling, she stopped making a fuss and left angrily.
After the singers have left, the audience will naturally want to savor the experience.
Even though the fight today was not as satisfying as it could be, the Shen couple's fierceness alone was enough to give Hongmin Road plenty to talk about for days.
Yuan Lingling naturally didn't hear their discussion about her. When she was pulled into the yard, her heart almost jumped out of her throat.
"Are...are you okay?" Although she knew that Jiang Liping would not be able to hurt him, seeing the red area on his neck, Yuan Lingling still felt very guilty.
Shen Caisheng let go of her hand and said, "It's okay, it looks scary."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ying came into the yard carrying Yuanyuan, "Oh, I heard there was a fight just now, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Shen Caisheng explained again.
Yang Ying looked at his neck and frowned, "You can't do this. You need to apply some ice."
"Oh, I'll go right away." Yuan Lingling was really a little flustered and couldn't remember this for a moment.
She went back to the house, found a teapot, put some snow from under the courtyard wall into it. The teapot immediately became icy cold. She then took some gauze to wrap it up and went to help Shen Caisheng reduce the swelling.
"I can do it myself." The remaining warmth in the palm of his hand seemed to be still there, but Chen Caisheng returned to his original state.
Yuan Lingling pursed her lips, did not refuse, and handed him the can of iced tea.
Yang Ying seemed to notice that the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange, so she said casually, "What's wrong? This is not the right thing to do."
"No."
Yuan Lingling gave a slightly forced smile.
Sometimes she looked so gloomy that Caisheng didn't understand why he was unhappy and they couldn't start a quarrel at all.
Yang Yingwen blocked his mouth, looked at the two of them, and then cursed: "Jiang Liping is mentally unstable. I think she saw that her most obedient son was out of her control all of a sudden, but she refused to admit that it was her fault. He has been like this since he was a child."
"She doesn't have any bad intentions, but sometimes she does things that are really disgusting."
"Aunt Yang, do you know Jiang Liping very well?" Yuan Lingling didn't want to think about what happened with Shen Caisheng, so she let her change the subject.
"We are all girls who grew up in this circle. I don't say we know each other very well, but we know a general idea. I know everything about her trying to get into a man's arms when she was fifteen or sixteen."
She deliberately lowered her voice when she said this.
Yuan Lingling was not too surprised. After all, wasn't the original body like this? And aren’t there any men who do such disgusting things? I’m afraid there are more.
But Yuan Lingling still showed a look of shock, and it took her a while to calm down and ask, "Does she have a grudge against my mother?"
Yang Ying's expression froze. She was silent for a while before she said, "Your mother can't be blamed for this."
Originally, Yuan Lingling was not that interested, but she seemed to be hesitant to talk, which actually aroused Yuan Lingling's curiosity.
"Can you tell me in detail?" Yuan Lingling asked, "Can we sit in the room?"
"Okay." Yang Ying agreed happily, and then looked at Shen Caisheng, "It won't affect you two, right?"
Chen Caisheng curled his lips slightly, "Auntie is joking, you guys chat, I'll take Yuanyuan back to the house to sleep."
The child had just taken some medicine, and the antipyretic had a bit of a sleeping effect, so now he was sitting on a small stool, wrapped up in a ball, as if he was about to fall asleep.
Seeing him like that, Yuan Lingling lowered her voice a little, "Then let's talk in the kitchen. I'll make some egg cake for the child. I promised him yesterday."
It was a good opportunity for her to not have to be alone with Shen Caisheng for the time being, so she could calm down first.
Yuan Lingling didn't know what was going on with her. It seemed as if all her language and action functions failed when facing Shen Caisheng. She was like a severe social phobia patient. Standing in front of him was as if she was about to give a speech in front of tens of thousands of people.
When Yang Ying heard that she was going to cook, she became excited.
The sweet potato pancakes that Yuan Lingling had made earlier were really delicious. At first she thought it was just because there was too much oil, but when she tasted it she realized how delicious it was.
"Okay, then I have something to learn."
The two of them went into the kitchen, and Shen Caisheng then picked up the child and went into the house.
What happened just now was enough for him to reflect for a while.
The boss said that he had been exposed to too many underworld habits in the past two years, and that was true.
He was just impulsive.
But the stinging pain on his neck clearly told him that if that slap had landed on Yuan Lingling's face, it would have been even more unbearable for him.
He couldn't figure out the reason.
He couldn't figure out why Yuan Lingling suddenly stood in front of him.
If she had stayed away, there wouldn't have been so many problems later.
But Yuan Lingling was protecting him after all, he couldn't blame her...
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"Oh, your kitchen is quite clean. They all said you were lazy and didn't do anything, but you didn't even come out to argue. I really believed their lies."
Can she say that the kitchen was cleaned by Shen Caisheng?
The original body was not lazy, but she was not the type to strive for perfection. Shen Caisheng was too diligent and he kept the house very well. Even if Shen Caisheng did not come home often, she could still enjoy the fruits of his labor.
"Auntie, please sit down." Yuan Lingling just smiled without answering. She wiped the small stool she usually sat on and handed it to Yang Ying. "Making egg cakes is very simple. You will definitely learn it after watching it once."
It’s just that it’s quite inconvenient without tools like an oven. Fortunately, Yuan Lingling has tried it before, and now it just takes a little more time.
Seeing that Yang Ying was interested, Yuan Lingling had no intention of hiding anything and hurriedly prepared the necessary ingredients such as eggs and flour. She explained the process to her while asking about the business.
"Aunt, what kind of person is my mother?" Yuan Lingling felt that she should get to know more about this mother who was not very deep in her original memory but had a great influence on her.
Otherwise, when someone uses this matter to attack her again, she won’t know how to fight back.
Speaking of this, Yang Ying slightly restrained the smile on his face and sighed: "She is a pitiful person."
Originally, Yang Ying came here mainly to tell Yuan Lingling about Jiang Liping, so that she would not be tricked by Jiang Liping outside. But thinking of the rumors about her and her daughter outside, Yang Ying decided to tell her about the past in detail, which was not a secret in the first place.
"Your mother is not from our area. That was twenty years ago..."
Yuan Lingling's biological mother is Feng Ling, and she came to this place by accident.
According to Yang Ying, she suddenly appeared at that time and many people did not dare to pay attention to her, thinking that she might be an enemy spy or some bad element. But she was really beautiful, and at that time, not only men but also many girls were willing to get close to her.
"At that time, Jiang Liping fell in love with your father. In fact, Yuan Qiang didn't like her at all. Even if your mother wasn't there, they wouldn't have been able to succeed at that time. Some people always like to blame others for their own failures."
Yuan Lingling deeply agreed with this. She thought there was some deep hatred between the two of them, but after all this time it turned out to be just a small conflict of love and affection.
It wasn't really a minor conflict, but Jiang Liping's hatred was clearly unfounded.
"And Jiang Liping only saw that your father treated your mother well. Didn't she see how hard your mother's life was after she got married?"
Yang Ying said, shaking her head, "I don't know how to say good things about your grandma. You should know how much hardship your mom has gone through over the years."
Yuan Lingling searched her memory and indeed found some related fragments, but perhaps because her original body was too young at the time and the time was too long ago, the memory was not clear.
But Yang Ying said something else that brought back many things from deep within her memory.
In the entire Yuan family, the one who looks down on Feng Ling the most is the old lady.
She used to be the daughter of a capitalist, but later fell into poverty and married the grandfather of the original body. Although she grew up in luxury, she actually did not receive much modern education, and she still maintained her old lady's manners.
In her words, Feng Ling had no background and came from an unknown background. She looked like a vixen and seduced men all day long. However, her son was a skilled worker in the factory and a pillar of the country. How could Feng Ling be worthy of him?
Besides, as a mother-in-law, she must set rules for her daughter-in-law, so from the day Feng Ling came into the family, she started to use her twisted logic.
Feng Ling was treated like an old ox at home and was ordered around by her family, and was forced to give birth to a son.
It is true that she suffered a lot when giving birth to her original body, but many people know the real reason. The old lady was willing to throw all the dirty work on her, but was unwilling to give her even a little good food. Her health was poor, so it was naturally difficult for her to go through the gates of hell when giving birth.
Later, when I saw that she gave birth to a girl, her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose. How could she take good care of herself during the confinement period?
The original body had never had a sip of milk since she was born, and was fed only rice soup. Not only that, as soon as she could walk steadily, she started helping with housework and was insulted at home all day long.
Those who know that the old lady doesn't like her daughter-in-law and granddaughter would think they are enemies.
Thinking of that memory, even though it was no longer clear, Yuan Lingling still felt uncomfortable for no reason.
She thought that even if they were just living together, it shouldn't be like this.
But later on, the original body who was enslaved actually got used to this kind of life. It can’t be said that she got used to it, but she tried to use those things that she didn’t care about to gain temporary peace.
For example, she doesn't care about labor, food, or money.
But she knew very well that marriage was a major event in life, so she resisted, but she just failed to choose the right method.
However, she did not resist completely.
When the Yuan family came to find her, she still gave them the money, even though she no longer needed to do so.
"So don't listen to those people outside who say you are a jinx. I think it was she who messed up Yuan Qiang's job until it was like this. If she doesn't blame you, others will definitely gossip about her. But now everyone is talking about her in private."
Yang Ying spoke excitedly. After she said a lot of t, she seemed to suddenly realize that what she said was a bit inappropriate. After all, the old woman was her biological grandmother, and even if the bones were broken, the tendons were still connected. It would be a bit over the line for an outsider like her to say too much.
She changed the subject and said, "By the way, I saw you protecting your belly just now, is there any news?"
Yuan Lingling's eyes flickered, and she said hurriedly, "Aunt, please don't tease me. I just felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach."
"Oh, I know, I know, that's what I said."
Shen Caisheng, who was outside the kitchen, heard the conversation between the two and paused, did not go in, turned around and walked out to the yard.
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