latelenovela Chapter 108: Big Laugh
Chapter 108: Big Laugh
Xu Meiru didn't care much about Tian Tian at first. She was just a little girl who ran away from home. It was just right that she left. After she left, all Tian Shaokang's money would belong to them and her.
There was a lady of a house on the street named Sun Yu. She had always been fed up with Xu Meiru's pretentious and coy attitude. She pretended to be gentle and virtuous and always fooled the men around.
When Sun Yu got home from work that day, she saw Xu Meiru and her husband standing at the entrance of the alley, talking and laughing.
I was already annoyed after a day at get off work, and then I saw these two people in such a miserable state when I got off work.
Sun Yu rushed forward a few steps, grabbed his man, twisted his ear and scolded him, "What are you talking about? You're laughing so happily, let me have some fun too."
The man was begging for mercy. Xu Meiru said with a timid and distressed look on her face, "Sister Sun, I'm just asking Brother Zhou for some advice on work. Please don't misunderstand me."
Zhou Jian also broke free from Sun Yu's hands at this moment. Looking at Sun Yu's ferocious appearance, and comparing it with Xu Meiru who was obviously afraid but still stood up for him, he stood in front of Xu Meiru without hesitation.
"That's right, you're so suspicious all day long, like a shrew. Should I not laugh but cry and say this?"
After Zhou Jian finished speaking, he felt that it was not enough, and continued to criticize: "Look at Mei Ru, she is in front of you every day, but she doesn't know how to learn."
Xu Meiru immediately cooperated by pinching the hair beside her cheek and tucking it behind her ear. She blushed and said embarrassedly, "Brother Zhou, don't say that. Everyone's personality is innate. I envy people like Sister Sun. She is smart and decisive. She has become a small leader in the factory. Unlike me, I can only do the simplest work."
As she spoke, her eyes gradually became lonely and dull, and Zhou Jian immediately began to comfort her distressedly: "What's the point of having a good job! You have a gentle personality and you manage the house very well. Apart from work, how are you not better than her? Don't feel inferior to her."
In his opinion, Xu Meiru is weak but tenacious, and although she has poor conditions, she knows how to learn. Even after work, she would ask him for advice.
Sun Yu felt sick when she saw the two of them singing the same tune in front of her. She decided to deal with her own affairs when she got home. Now, she wanted to attack Xu Meiru with all her strength.
"Gentle personality? Keeping the house in perfect order?" Sun Yu sneered, as if she had heard some ridiculous joke. "You've only been married a few years, and you're already so impatient to force your stepdaughter to run away from home. Why are you still pretending to be a good person?"
Xu Meiru's expression remained unchanged as she calmly explained, "It's my fault. Being a stepmother has always been difficult. I didn't expect Tian Tian to misunderstand me so much. She actually left without saying anything. We couldn't even find her if we wanted to."
Zhou Jian also echoed, "Why are you always rubbing salt into other people's wounds? That child has two legs. If she wants to run, who can stop her?"
Unconsciously comparing her own child, she said, "What are you talking about? Doesn't our son not like to go home after going to college? I think it's because you are too strong and he doesn't want to stay at home."
Children all have rebellious periods. If they want to run away from home, how can parents control them? Meiru is also an unprovoked disaster.
Sun Yu was so angry that she gave her man a slap. "I'm strong? Then you better get out and don't come home!"
She looked at Xu Meiru again, "If I really wanted to find someone, how could I not find him? He's comfortably working as a store manager at C University's food court! He earns a decent salary every month. Even if you schemed against him and he can't go to college, he can still make a name for himself!"
Tian Tian's son accidentally saw her working in the food court when he went to C University to visit his high school classmates, and then he came back and told her about it.
She said this now purely to ridicule Xu Meiru and let her see that her plan not only did not suppress Tian Tian, but instead made Tian Tian live a good life by accident.
I never thought that after telling Xu Meiru this news, it would have a bad impact on Tian Tian.
Xu Meiru was stunned after hearing this. First, she thought it was impossible. How could a little girl like Tian Tian become a store manager? But she always maintained her image in public.
Then, with a look of happiness for Tian Tian, he praised her, "Really? Now that I know the child is doing well out there, I feel relieved."
Then she complained in a casual tone, "So Sister Sun, you already knew Tian Tian's whereabouts? Why didn't you tell us? You made us so anxious."
Zhou Jian had just been a little suspicious of Tian Tian because of what his wife said, but now it was like he was enlightened, "That's right! You know it but you didn't say it! Why didn't I see before that you like to laugh at people so much?"
Sun Yu was furious and dragged Zhou Jian back, beating him up along the way: "Is your brain filled with paste? You believe everything she says..."
Xu Meiru stood there with a frown on her face. "Store manager? Do you make a lot of money?"
After Tian Shaokang got off work, Xu Meiru couldn't wait to tell him about this matter, and kept hinting that Tian Shaokang should ask Tian Tian for money.
Tian Shaokang didn't understand at all. Although he was not a loving father, he would not fight for the money in Tian Tian's hands unless his own interests were involved.
Besides, Tian Tian's running away from home without even saying goodbye had made him lose face in front of the neighbors. He was still angry with Tian Tian, so naturally he was unwilling to lower himself and go find her.
Xu Meiru had no choice. Tian Shaokang's attitude of refusal was so obvious that she naturally couldn't go against her character and force him to ask for money.
Fortunately, things took a turn for the better. Tian Shaokang's boss, the deputy factory director, suddenly came to him and wanted Tian Tian to marry his son. If this went through, Tian Shaokang's position could be promoted two levels.
At first glance, this seems like a win-win situation. Tian Tian marries the son of the deputy factory director, and Tian Shaokang can jump two levels.
But the deputy factory director's son is a fool.
After the deputy factory director left, Tian Shaokang was still hesitating. Even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. Tian Shaokang thought that although he was not a kind father, he would not push his own daughter into the fire pit.
At this time, the importance of pillow talk was reflected. Xu Meiru hinted at home day after day, what would happen if Tian Tian married into the deputy director's family...
When Tian Shaokang brought back the holiday gift from the factory, she said, "This apple is really sweet. By the way, do your leaders also have these things?"
"And a box of canned goods? That's a really good benefit. You'll have to work hard to climb up."
In such cases, Tian Tian would always tempt Tian Shaokang with the benefits of a leader, constantly increasing his desire for promotion and salary increase.
Tian Shaokang, who had no desires and was content with what he had, gradually became arrogant and began to fantasize about the comfortable life he would lead after becoming a leader.
Finally, Tian Shaokang couldn't hold it in any longer, and he began to confide in Xu Meiru, "I raised her for nothing, now it's her turn to repay me."