Chapter 18

At the market gate, Li Baode, who had lost face, left in a huff, saying that he would find someone to punish the stall owner.

I thought he would let us get in the car when he reversed out, but he ran away with a step on the accelerator. I don’t know if he was angry with me, the stall owner, or the brother Li he mentioned.

Shen Rui and I looked at each other. This guy with such low EQ still wanted to be Shen Rui’s boyfriend. It was really disgraceful. He should send Shen Rui and me home first!

“You were dumped!”

“Zhang Hao!” Shen Rui stamped her feet and scolded.

“Hahaha! How could you like such a guy? Did he confess to you?” I couldn’t help laughing out loud.

“Humph, who knew he was such a useless guy, he looked mature and sensible, but he failed when he did something.”

“A grown man studies cosmetics and clothing all day long!”

“Don’t look down on men who know cosmetics and clothing. Isn’t there a man who sells lipsticks live on TV and has a net worth of hundreds of millions?”

“Okay, okay, there are top talents in every field, I admit it, okay?” I surrendered directly.

“How do you know that thing is fake?”

“If you knew that the same thing was sold for 290 million Hong Kong dollars at an auction house, you would immediately know that it was fake! Haha.” I laughed mercilessly.

“Then you don’t know how to protect your sister. My sister was scared. Those people are really vicious. My heart almost jumped out when they threw things!”

“Are you stupid? Asking for cash transactions is probably a problem! In the future, you should call your father’s driver for such things. Isn’t he a retired special forces soldier?”

“When did you call for help?”

“The boss secretly sent a message when he handed the pen washer to Li Baode. People in this business don’t hand over and hand over things. They put them on the ground or on the table for people to take them by themselves. And the boss saw that I was holding such a heavy bag. I guess he was too excited to cheat to the end. Otherwise, he pretended to drop the things when he handed them over. At least he could have cheated 80,000 or 10,000.”

“What should I do now? Take a taxi home? Come to my house for dinner tonight! My mother cooked your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs!” Shen Rui avoided my topic.

“Uh...” I pondered. Now I have a resistance to my previous expectation of family warmth. Every day after work, my mother would pester my father to show their affection, which made me jealous, but I dared not cross the line. I often hid in my room and was distressed. Even the desire to learn to cook has diminished. However, I want to stay away from this warm family and my mother’s voice and smile, although those smiles are not for me.

I suddenly found that I began to look forward to my father’s business trip.

“Hey~ Mom Ouyang, Zhang Hao is having dinner at my house tonight! Um, um, can you and Dad Zhang come over too? My mother cooked sweet and sour pork ribs, no, no, she cooked a lot, definitely enough! Um! Okay!”

“Okay, you good baby, don’t hesitate, I’ll ask for leave for you! Your mother said that when you are not at home, you and Dad Zhang will just go to the world of two people, so I won’t cook tonight!” Shen Rui proudly helped me make a decision.

When I heard Shen Rui say that they were going to live in a world of two, a strong sense of bitterness surged in my heart, and then there was an inexplicable pleasure of having figured it out. I figured out that since I was a burden that affected their love, why did I still interfere with them?

The idea of ​​self-abandonment gave me an inexplicable pleasure, and I decided instantly, OK! You don’t want me! I don’t want you either! I will find a world that recognizes me!

Thinking about the doting of Shen Lin and Li Na’s mother made me instantly regard them as my new spiritual sustenance.

“Okay! Let’s go to your house for dinner! Haha.” My sudden excitement made Shen Rui a little puzzled, but she still followed my steps and waved to stop a taxi to go home.

“Do you want to buy some gifts?” I haven’t been to Shen Rui’s house for a long time, and suddenly I felt a little unfamiliar.

“If you think you are an outsider, buy them. Anyway, my dad will throw them out!” Shen Rui rolled her eyes at me.

“That’s a little thought!”

“Have you ever bought gifts for your parents?”

“...” I was speechless. I never bought gifts except for their birthdays.

We chatted casually and arrived at Shen Rui’s house. Shen Lin started his business in real estate, so the house he bought for himself was also extremely spacious, a standard villa, a three-story building with an area of ​​more than 200 square meters, surrounded by a larger garden.

As soon as she entered the house, Shen Rui kicked off her high heels without any image, rushed into the first floor hall without wearing slippers, and plunged into the sofa. She shouted, “Mom, I’m back!”

The shoe cabinet has been replaced, and it still has four doors. I opened the door on the lower left corner with some trepidation, and there was a pair of brand new cotton slippers inside.

“It should be prepared for me!” I thought to myself and opened the other cabinet doors. That’s right, the two on the top are for Shen Lin and Li Na’s mother, and the one on the right is for Shen Rui. They all look new, but there are obvious signs of being worn.

I changed into slippers with a clear conscience, took Shen Rui’s slippers and threw them next to her, and then threw the bag with money next to her.

“Zhang Hao is here? Get ready, wash your hands and eat!” Li Na’s mother is still so quiet, with a loose ponytail and a thin and straight figure. Time seems to have stopped for her, and she has not changed for so many years.

If mother is a rose that becomes more and more attractive, Li Na’s mother is a little white flower frozen in the photo.

The nanny put all the food on the table and left.

“Where is Shen Lin?” There were only three of us left at the table. Just like before, Shen Rui and I sat on the left and right of Li Na’s mother.

“He said he had a dinner party and would not come back.” Li Na’s mother said in a calm tone, as if she was talking about someone irrelevant, and she picked up food for me while she spoke.

“Thank you, Li Na’s mother!”

“Well, eat more!”

“Hmph, you’re biased! I want some too!”

As if she had returned to her childhood, Li Na’s mother also reached out to pick up food for Shen Rui. It was not until the whole time that Li Na’s mother’s eyes were filled with emotion and a smile appeared on her face.

“Xiao Rui has been competing for favor since she was a child, and she still hasn’t changed even now that she’s so old!”

As Li Na’s mother spoke, she stroked my head. Her hand seemed to have an electric current, which made my whole body stiffen instantly. I lowered my waist and neck to make my head look lower, so that I could enjoy Li Na’s mother’s caress and enjoy the motherly love that I lost from her.

“Hmph!” Shen Rui was dissatisfied again, and then Li Na’s mother put down her chopsticks and reached out to stroke Shen Rui’s head a few times.

“You two, you must care for each other and help each other!” Li Na’s mother put down her hand and continued to eat, but she only ate one bowl and said she was full, and then she watched me eat and picked up food for me, which made me feel embarrassed.

“Mom~!!!” Shen Rui, who was ignored, began to protest again.

“Zhang Hao hasn’t come home for a long time. What’s wrong with Mom caring more?” Li Na’s mother spoke to Shen Rui with the back of her head facing her.

“If you want to watch, watch together! If you want to care, care together!” Shen Rui dragged her chair and inserted it between my mother Li Na. I remember that when we were young, we would fight for food when we sat together, so we were arranged to sit on the left and right of Li Na’s mother.

“You always fight for things as soon as you meet! You two are born to fight for things!”

“If you divide them equally, I won’t fight!”

“Give it to your head! I remember when Zhang Hao was still breastfeeding, his mother went on a business trip and asked me to take care of him. The little guy was full from the bottle and he was still making a fuss. He cried so hard that he couldn’t breathe. In the end, he fell asleep with my nipple in his mouth. Then you were so angry that you two little guys finally slept well with a nipple on each side. You were almost three years old at that time. You are so shameless! Zhang Hao is okay. He doesn’t make a fuss when he is satisfied!” Li Na’s mother leisurely talked about the past before we could remember.

Shen Rui and I were so embarrassed that our faces turned red. We stopped talking and ate to fill our stomachs. The scene was very awkward for a while.

“Does Zhang Hao have a girlfriend?”

“Does Zhang Hao have enough pocket money?”

“How tall is Zhang Hao now?”

“Is Zhang Hao’s work going well?”

I answered Li Na’s mother’s questions tirelessly until Shen Rui started to protest.

After dinner, Li Na’s mother asked the driver to take Shen Rui and me to the commercial street, bought us several sets of clothes, and then sent me back to the company to pick up the car and go home. Before leaving, she also told me to come to her house more often.