Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 37
When Meng Haoxiang returned home, Mrs. He gave him a wink when she opened the door, and then looked at the living room.

Sitting on the sofa is a beautiful woman in a pink dress, wearing a white cashmere shawl, drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.

"You're here, what's the matter?" Meng Haoxiang greeted He Manling while handing over his coat to Mrs. He.

A trace of disappointment flashed in He Manling's eyes, and he put down the newspaper and said, "Can't I come to your place if I have nothing to do? Boss Meng is so arrogant, it's hard to even see you now."

Meng Haoxiang sat across from He Manling, and said distantly: "Recently there are a lot of things about gangs and foreign firms. I will visit Master Hua another day."

"I knew you were busy, so I brought you something." He Manling glanced at the two glass jars on the tea table and said, "Here are the loquat paste I brought you and the Chuanbei stewed by myself. Sydney, you had a cough a few days ago, this is for coughing."

Meng Haoxiang nodded, and asked Mrs. He to take the two things over, and then said, "Thank you."

He Manling felt a dull pain in her heart. Over the years, she tried every means to treat Meng Haoxiang well, and secretly eliminated those Yingying and Yanyan around him, but he was always lukewarm towards her, even though he was very close, it seemed that he was far away.Maybe it will take time, she believes that his heart will always be warmed by her, and her uncle once told her to have perseverance and perseverance, so she should be more patient and wait for that day to come.

"Why does this room smell like safflower oil? Are you injured?" He Manling frowned and asked in concern.

Mrs. He on the side hurriedly explained: "It's all my fault. I accidentally broke a bottle of safflower oil in the morning, and the smell lingered for a long time." Mrs. He went to open a window while talking.

Only then did He Manling feel relieved, seeing Meng Haoxiang's thoughtful look, she suppressed the sadness in her heart and said softly: "Uncle will hold a birthday party for me next Wednesday, you must come , Uncle will be there too."

"Okay, what gift do you want this year?" Meng Haoxiang took the teacup from Mrs. He and asked by the way.

He Manling's heart suddenly fell to the bottom. Although he gave her gifts every year, he gave them to others as well. They were nothing more than imported cosmetics and clothing, nothing new.Now that he actually asked her directly what she wanted, there was no surprise at all.He Manling blamed: "I knew in advance what the gift you were going to give was so meaningful. Look at the dress that Feng Li gave me not long ago. It was hidden in the pile of flowers for me to find."

He Manling intentionally wore the pink French lace dress Feng Li gave her today, thinking of trying on Meng Haoxiang, so as to make him jealous for a while, but her mind was lost after all, Meng Haoxiang only glanced at it lightly. , said: "This skirt looks really good on you."

He Manling couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the small leather bag next to her, took a deep breath to calm down, and said, "I'll go back first, next Wednesday, when you come home to pick me up for the dance, I'll wait You." Then he turned and left.

Mrs. He hurriedly followed to see He Manling off, Meng Haoxiang just put down his teacup leisurely, picked up the newspaper next to him and read it.

When he reached the door, He Manling turned around and glanced at the living room, seeing that Meng Haoxiang hadn't followed, she was so angry that she clenched her purse tightly, not wanting to get angry in front of Mrs. He, so she just took out a few oceans and stuffed them into Mrs. He's room. In his hand, he asked: "Sister-in-law He, from now on, you can help me pay more attention to the women around Haoxiang, and call me if there is any situation."

Mrs. He nodded, "Miss He, don't worry, I will watch."

After sending He Manling away, Mrs. He walked up to Meng Haoxiang, reached out and took away the newspaper blocking him, showed a few silver dollars and said, "Everyone is gone, why do you stand in the way. Here, give me money again." Now, you said that I get double wages as a nanny, this job is really wonderful."

"Then save it and buy more clothes and jewelry." There was a smile on the corner of Meng Haoxiang's lips.

Mrs. He sighed, and said helplessly: "You kid is getting more and more outrageous. She's a girl, and she's your boss's niece. You don't want to see me like that? You can send these things here just by coughing a few times. , is simply better than I treat you."

"Then you are admitting that you are not good to me? Start training me every three days." Meng Haoxiang spread his arms and leaned on the sofa with a relaxed expression.

Mrs. He rolled her eyes at him, and said, "You're playing tricks on me again. Your mother entrusted you to me before she died, and I'm also your half-mother. Thanks to Ms. He, I have swept away the flowers around you all these years." Die Er, I saved a lot of worry. I know you don't like Miss He, but at least you don't want to embarrass her..."

"Okay, okay, I got it." Meng Haoxiang was a little impatient, and picked up the cup on the coffee table to drink water.

Mrs. He frowned, suddenly remembered something, let out a long "huh", and said, "I think you care about that girl with a sprained ankle today, are you interested in her? Ouch, thank God, you finally There's one who can catch my eye, and I'm still worried that something will happen to you if you hang out with men all day and do this and that..."

"Ahem..." Meng Haoxiang almost spit out the sip of water he just drank, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Sister-in-law He, don't you have too much time to stay at home all day? , don’t go on whimsical and nagging.”

Mrs. He put her hands on her hips and said, "Okay, you marry me a wife and come back, and I'll take care of the next baby, so I won't nag."

These words made Meng Haoxiang speechless.He has been brought up by Mrs. He since he lost his mother at the age of ten. Mrs. He is a widow with no children. In those impoverished days, he treated him like his own son. He has long regarded Mrs. He as his own relative.Although it is called the nanny at home, it is actually to protect his only family member in this world.

As a mother, you always worry about your children's marriage. In recent years, Mrs. He has often mentioned such things as getting married intentionally or unintentionally.

Meng Haoxiang closed his eyes and said with a sigh of relief, "I'm hungry and want to eat wontons."

Mrs. He shook her head and sighed, turned her face away and said in dissatisfaction: "Forget it, I won't say anything, what do you want to eat?"

"Shepherd's purse." The corners of Meng Haoxiang's mouth rose slightly.

(End of this chapter)