Chapter 14: For You
Xie family.
Jiang Liping sat on the chair for a long time, her chest heaving, and it was obvious that she was very angry.
Xie Guangan also sat aside with his eyes lowered and his head down, saying nothing. He took a sip of tea from time to time, leisurely, as if he was sitting here to taste the tea.
"Brother, you..." Xie Aihe sat aside, looking at this and that. As soon as she opened her mouth, she was frightened by Jiang Liping's eyes.
"Tell me what you want to do. Don't tell me you want to steal a woman from your brother."
Jiang Liping, with a swollen face, let out a long breath, feeling that this matter would never be over unless Xie Guangan gave an explanation today.
Xie Guangan was holding the tea lid and gently pushing away the floating leaves on the water. He paused when he heard her words. After a moment, he continued his actions, looking as if it had nothing to do with him. "I won't do anything to a married woman."
"You'd better. Don't think I don't know you. You have been bewitched by that vixen since you were a child. Xie Guangan, I tell you, don't say that she is your second brother's woman. Even if she is not, don't even think about it!"
Xie Guangan put the teacup heavily on the table, and the tea lid and the teacup made a crisp sound. "She is not Xie Guanglian's woman." Who does Xie Guanglian think he is?
He didn't even know that he was just busy for a while, so how did she get involved with Xie Guanglian?
"He is married. This would have been called hooliganism a few years ago. Not only would he be paraded through the streets, he could also be shot! Even his family would be implicated." Xie Guangan's tone was cold, and it always gave people a threatening feeling, as if he was not included in the family members he was talking about.
His words were so serious that they really made Jiang Liping and the other girl's hearts beat fast.
Who isn't afraid of what happened in the past? Even those who had benefited from it were afraid. Moreover, in the past two years they had witnessed many people who were once glorious but were now liquidated. They were just glad that they were not among them.
"Don't scare me!" Jiang Liping said bravely, "You also said that it's all in the past. Now the higher-ups have said that we should have freedom of love and freedom of marriage!"
After she finished speaking, Jiang Liping slammed the table and said, "Stop trying to change the subject. Am I talking about them? I'm talking about you."
Xie Guangan was impatient to see her mother like this. He glanced at the mother and daughter and said, "I said, I have nothing to do with her, and I won't destroy other people's families." His words seemed to have a hidden meaning, and he spoke a little slowly.
But before Jiang Liping had time to think about it, she heard him say, "If you insist on going to her and causing them to divorce, I don't mind bringing Yuan Lingling back to be your eldest daughter-in-law."
"You dare!" Jiang Liping squeezed out two words from between her teeth.
But Xie Guangan never spoke in a harsh tone. If they had not seen him tame an entire family and send them to the countryside with an expressionless face, they would have been deceived by his warm and gentle attitude.
"Just see if I dare." After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave.
"stop!"
Xie Guangan stopped.
"How much money do you have? I've thought about it and I've decided that I should save the money at home." Jiang Liping's expression softened, but her tone was still sarcastic, "Otherwise, I don't know when this money will be taken away by outsiders."
She would never have had this attitude towards Xie Guangan in the past, but every time she faced Yuan Lingling, she could not control her temper at all, or to be more precise, when she encountered things related to the Yuan family.
Thinking of this, Xie Guangan's face became even colder. "No money, didn't he tell you that he owed money outside, and I helped him pay it back."
Hearing this, Jiang Liping almost pouted, "Are you saying that you gave the money to Yuan Lingling?"
"That was originally her money." Xie Guangan laughed softly, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "I don't know why you take her money for granted, but I advise you not to go too far."
Of course he knew that Xie Guanglian was lying when he asked him for 500 yuan, and that was why he didn't just give him the money.
"What did you say, Xie Guangan, you said we were going too far?" Jiang Liping was extremely angry. She couldn't understand why her son had become like this. Today, his own mother's face was pressed to the ground and stepped on, and he was indifferent?
Yes, he was always cold, but he would still do whatever her mother said. But now he was speaking for the girl he hated the most. "Do you still remember your last name?"
"Then do you still remember what you said to the old lady of the Yuan family?"
Jiang Liping subconsciously wanted to scold him for being a traitor, but suddenly she stopped talking. "Stop talking nonsense. I'm talking about money. You must give me the money back!"
"I won't take it. If you make trouble again, you'll just have to wait for another daughter-in-law named Yuan." After saying that, he walked out without stopping.
"Xie Guangan! Stop right there!" Even though she shouted as loudly as possible, she could only watch the man leave.
There is a big pomegranate tree planted in the middle of the Xie family's yard. In summer, the pomegranate tree will bear fruit, but now it is bare and looks extremely lonely in the middle of the yard.
It's a pity that this tree was planted when Xie Guangan was very young. Now he has long been accustomed to its existence and cannot pay any attention to the tree. However, he saw Ma Lili appearing behind the tree at a glance.
"Brother Guang'an." Ma Lili reached out and stroked her two braids. With a slightly red face, she moved in front of Xie Guang'an. When she saw Xie Guang'an's face, she almost screamed, "Brother Guang'an, what's wrong with your face?"
"It's okay." Xie Guangan responded, and walked out of the yard without stopping, without giving Ma Lili time to talk to him.
Ma Lili looked at the other person's back reluctantly as he left. She opened her mouth but didn't say anything. There seemed to be a quarrel inside just now, and she didn't dare to offend him now.
After thinking about it, she decided not to back down and turned around and walked inside.
"Thank you, sister."
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"Is this... for me?"
Yuan Lingling was holding an ugly blue hot water bottle in her hand, feeling a little at a loss.
Why did you suddenly give her a hot water bottle? It seems that the coldest time of winter is almost over.
Besides, isn’t it popular these days to use infusion bottles as hot water bottles?
Chen Caisheng did not answer her, but suddenly reached out and touched the back of Yuan Lingling's hand with the back of his hand. Then, both of them retracted their hands in unison as if they had touched something that should not be touched.
"Ahem..." Shen Caisheng didn't think much about it just now, it was just a subconscious action, but seeing her retract her hand so hastily, he was still embarrassed, "Well, your hands seem to be very cold. Usually, you can boil some hot water and hug them to warm them up."
Yuan Lingling nodded infatuatedly, "Thank...thank you very much."
She rubbed her hands subconsciously, and they were indeed very cold. She had just felt the temperature of Shen Caisheng, which was even hotter than Hou Yuan's. The difference between men and women was really big.
The two people stood there, neither of them moved for a moment, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.
Shen Caisheng didn't know what was wrong. It was originally bought for her. It's not like he never brought things back normally. On the contrary, he often bought all kinds of food and daily necessities from outside. And she always took it for granted to enjoy them. Now she was even being polite.
"Why thank me? Just use it if I give it to you." Shen Caisheng forced himself to suppress the strange feeling, took the hot water bag from Yuan Lingling's hand, and said, "I'll help you wash and fill it with hot water. You cut the egg cake first, and I'll take it to the next room later."
"Oh." Finally, she found something for Yuan Lingling to do, and of course Yuan Lingling quickly agreed.
It was finally less awkward now that I had something to do. The aroma of the egg cake temporarily attracted Yuan Lingling's attention.
As if she smelled the fragrance in a dream, Yuanyuan woke up as soon as the egg cake was brought into the house. She took antipyretics and went back to sleep. Yuan Lingling touched her forehead and it didn't seem so hot anymore, but she still wrapped the child tightly and then took him out to give him the egg cake.
"Don't eat too much today. When you recover, I will make more delicious food for you."
Yuanyuan nibbled the egg cake in small bites, and kept telling Yuan Lingling, "I'm fine now!"
Yuan Lingling giggled at his amusement.
Chen Caisheng came back after delivering the things and heard Yuan Lingling's laughter when he walked into the yard. Chen Caisheng had a premonition that if he went in now, her laughter would be much more restrained.
He didn't know why, he obviously didn't do anything.
Wondering whether Chen Caisheng had come into the house to spoil the mood, he turned around and went to the kitchen to clean up.
The child had been sick but now he was full, so he didn't need Yuan Lingling to coax him. He sat there and soon started nodding his head.
Yuan Lingling helped him take off his clothes and watched him fall asleep before she took the tools into the kitchen, only to see a brand new kitchen.
"You have already cleaned up. I just went out to take care of the child and didn't have time to clean up." It was Yuan Lingling's fault that she walked too fast. She only saw him inside after entering the kitchen. If she walked out at this time, it would seem too deliberate. Yuan Lingling could only talk to him.
"It's okay, thank you for your hard work." Shen Caisheng took the small bowl that contained the egg cake from her hand, scooped some cold water and washed it directly, which made Yuan Lingling shiver continuously.
She wanted to find an excuse to slip away but her mind was so muddled that she couldn't think of anything. She put her hands in her pockets, rubbing the change in her pockets, and then she suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, right, those IOUs..."
Of course Shen Caisheng knew that she was talking about Xie Guanglian's IOUs, and he subconsciously guessed what Yuan Lingling was thinking.
"What's wrong?" Don't want it again?
Shen Caisheng originally planned to take the money back and give it to her as compensation after their divorce. Anyway, he didn't want the money he had taken from the Xie family.
"You don't have to look for them."
Yuan Lingling felt that she had finally accomplished something great in front of Shen Caisheng. She felt relaxed and a smile appeared on her face. It would be the best thing for her if she could gain more favor.
But she didn't see Shen Caisheng's face fall when she turned around.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want it. It's given to you anyway. It's just that in the future..."
"No! Look, Xie Guangan came to me just now to pay back the money." Yuan Lingling took out the thick envelope from her pocket and handed it to Shen Caisheng as if she was presenting a treasure.
"Look, there are so many. I'll give them all to you."
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