Qingben beauty

Chapter 189 Don't ask for anything in return, but ask for self-esteem

I was standing behind the tree at that time, and I only felt chills in my body.

I heard the old lady on the opposite side of Chen's mother praise the gold bracelet on Chen's hand and the gold earrings on her ears.

Then Chen's mother said that it was because her son was capable and had just made a big business and made money, so he was filial to her.

I don't even know how I moved my feet, bypassing the two people who were still chatting and entering the elevator.

I put the dishes in the kitchen, then picked up my bag, and went straight downstairs and out the door.

I walked slowly along the street, and unconsciously walked back to the road in front of my apartment.

I stood at the gate of the apartment complex for a while, but instead of going in, I turned around and walked back.

After walking two steps, my phone rang.

I took out my phone and it said it was an unknown number.

I don't feel a little dazed.

Speaking of which, in the week before I entered Chen's house, when I woke up in the morning, I found that there were missed calls three times, and the displayed numbers were all unknown.

However, since I entered Chen's house, I have turned off the phone at night, so I have never seen this kind of phone call again. Didn't I expect to come again now?
I pressed the answer button and said habitually: "Hi, who is it?"

There was a gasp on the phone, followed by Lu Li's deep voice: "Xiaoqing, are you okay?"

I froze for a moment and said, "Okay."

Lu Li smiled and said: "I called you several times, but no one answered, and when I called again later, the phone always turned off."

I said with a huh, "Don't you sleep at night?"

Who is listening to the phone on the phone in the middle of the night?

There was another gasp on the phone, and then Lu Li smiled and said, "Are you in a bad mood now? Who made you angry?"

I froze again, and then realized that I was indeed angry, or very angry.

I couldn't help but blurted out: "Yeah, I'm very angry now, if you have something to say quickly!"

There was silence on the phone, and then Lu Li said softly: "Did you call me once, sorry, I was abroad a while ago, it was not very convenient to make a call, only, only if you are here late at night, I don't mean to..."

"I'm not angry with you." I interrupted him lightly, "I'm just angry with my husband and mother-in-law."

The gasp on the phone was louder than the previous two times.

Suddenly, I felt very refreshed, and the anger in my heart seemed to disappear.

"Are you married?" Lu Li asked hoarsely.

"Yeah, I'm married, so I don't have time to copy books for you now." As I said this, I felt annoyed again.

[-] copies, even one copy a month, that's [-]...

I can't do it any more.

and……

Anger flared up again.

I said coldly: "Master Lu, so, don't call me anymore, that's all."

I hung up the phone with a snap.

After hanging up the phone, I took a deep breath, and then I belatedly thought that it seemed a little unreasonable for me to anger Lu Li like this.

However, after getting angry at him like this, the anger in my heart seems to have dropped a little.

I shook my head and decided not to think about Lu Li anymore.

I walked towards Xujiahui, and halfway through I called Ms. Lin and asked if she was free to have a cup of coffee with me. Ms. Lin said yes.

I found a coffee shop in Xujiahui and waited. After drinking two cups of coffee, my heart slowly calmed down.

I looked at the gradually increasing number of pedestrians outside, and thought about what Ms. Lin and Manager Wu had said.

Manager Wu is from Jiangsu, a top student who graduated from Fudan University. He is now the manager of the loan department, and he might be promoted to vice president next year.

Such an excellent person, but her mother-in-law still made things difficult for her.

For an orphan like me with no academic qualifications, Mother Chen sees me like this...

In fact, from a rational point of view, it is also understandable.

It's just that I really don't like this understanding.

I am a person, whether you say I am selfish or stingy, I have paid, although I don’t think about getting much in return, at least I hope to be respected.

I am not a fool.

"What's the matter?" Ms. Lin hurried in, she was taken aback when she saw my face, and asked.

"What would you like to drink?" I smiled at Miss Lin and showed her the menu.

"Americano." After speaking to the waiter, Ms. Lin sat down and asked me, "What's wrong with you? You look so ugly?"

I picked up the third cup of coffee in front of me, smiled and said, "Sister Lin, tell me, do people in Shencheng look down on people from other provinces? Are they daughters-in-law from other provinces? ..."

"Wait, what do you mean?" Sister Lin asked, interrupting me.

I hesitated and asked, "Sister Lin, are you married?"

Thinking about it carefully, Ms. Lin and I have known each other for so many years. Except for asking me a few simple questions when going through the formalities, Ms. Lin never asked me about my family, my job, let alone me. How did the money come from.

Even about Manager Wu, I only knew about it because she didn't shy away from me when chatting with Manager Wu.

But Ms. Lin didn't tell me about her own affairs.

There seems to be an unwritten unspoken rule between the two of us, which is not to ask about each other's private affairs.

So, the last time I had dinner with Manager Wu and his wife, Ms. Lin stopped asking after a few words.

But now, I want to ask her, and I can only ask her.

If I tell Ms. Zhu about the Chen family's affairs, I can predict that Ms. Zhu will only have two words: divorce!
Miss Lin stared at me for a few seconds and said, "Me? I don't want to get married."

I was taken aback.

I remember that when Ms. Lin said that she wanted to buy the uncompleted apartment in the community, she said that it could be used as a wedding room for marriage in the future.

In other words, she was planning to get married at the time.

"What's so surprising." Ms. Lin looked at me and said with a smile: "As for me, I really wanted to get married before. I had a fiancé, ah, or a boyfriend, that is, I encouraged you to buy off-plan properties. Back then, when I bought that off-the-plan flat, I just wanted to marry my boyfriend."

"Then..." I was a little puzzled.

Ms. Lin lowered her eyes and smiled twice, and said: "My boyfriend is good-looking, he is also a nice person, he treats me very well, he has a good job, and he is still registered in Shencheng. From my family's point of view, that I really found such a partner after burning high incense."

Just when the waiter brought the coffee, Ms. Lin thanked him, and then gently stirred the coffee with the coffee stick.

After thinking about it for about 2 minutes, Ms. Lin smiled and said: "Their family is also from Shencheng, old Shencheng, their parents are laid-off workers, and there are grandparents on top. He is the only child, a family of five, squeezed in two rooms. In a tube room of no more than [-] square meters."

I was taken aback for a moment, and the situation in Tang Kun's family suddenly appeared in my mind.

Then gently, took a breath.

(End of this chapter)