Zhou Chen sat with Su Mingyu. He was wearing the black coat that Su Mingyu bought for him. In front of him sat Su Mingzhe and Su Daqiang, and behind him sat the relatives from the Su and Zhao families who came to attend the funeral.
The car started slowly and the interior was very quiet until more than ten minutes later, when bursts of discussions were heard from the back.
"Meilan is so lucky. She has four children to see her off before she passes away. But our family is not so lucky. We only have one daughter. I don't know who will see me off when I pass away."
"Yes, although Meilan passed away early, her children are all good, especially her eldest son and youngest daughter. The eldest son is a prestigious university student in the United States, and lives in the United States. He is an American with a green card. The youngest daughter is even more amazing. I heard that she is the president of a large group company in this city. She is amazing."
"You are right. Mingyu from Meilan's family is amazing. She is the CEO of a large company at a young age. I heard that she paid for all the expenses after Meilan left. She is really filial."
"There are three sons, but all the money is paid by the daughter. This is really rare in the world."
"What are you talking about? Keep your voice down."
…………
We were all sitting in the same car, so even if we lowered our voices, we could still hear each other clearly.
Zhou Chen didn't move, feeling quite embarrassed, because what these relatives and friends said was right. With three sons, it would not make sense to let one daughter pay for all the money, no matter where the money was put.
Zhou Chen was fine, just embarrassed, but Su Mingzhe and Su Mingcheng were different.
Su Mingzhe's face turned red. He was the eldest son of the Su family. Logically, he should not only pay, but also pay the most.
But now he had neither brought his wife and daughter back nor paid any money. People were talking about him behind his back, and as someone who always cared about his reputation, he felt extremely embarrassed.
Although Su Mingzhe felt ashamed, he could still endure it because of his personality, but it was different for Su Mingcheng.
As his mother's most beloved son, Su Mingcheng always felt that he was the most important son in the Su family. But now, in the eyes of others, he is not as good as Su Mingyu, the daughter who only makes her mother angry.
In Su Mingcheng's opinion, it was only natural for Su Mingyu to pay for her mother's funeral.
He felt that Su Mingyu had been hurting his mother all his life, so wasn't it right for him to repay his mother's kindness in raising him with money?
How come in the mouths of these relatives, Su Mingyu is the filial daughter, while he, the most filial son, becomes insignificant.
He could even hear the sarcasm and disdain towards him in these people's words.
Su Mingcheng was immediately furious. He was a man who could not control his temper and wanted to vent when he was angry, so he wanted to stand up immediately.
But Zhu Li knew her husband very well. As soon as she saw Su Mingcheng's face, she knew what he was thinking, and quickly held down his hands to prevent him from standing up.
"Today is Mom's big day, you can't do anything stupid."
Su Daqiang also quickly patted Su Mingcheng from behind and kept winking at him, asking him to hold it in.
No matter how bad Su Mingcheng was, after being stopped, he knew that now was not the time to get angry, so he could only sit down and suppress his anger, but in his heart he attributed this anger to Su Mingyu.
Now he finally understood why Su Mingyu was willing to pay. It turned out that it was all for this result. She bought people's hearts by spending a little money. Su Mingyu was so scheming.
After arriving at the cemetery, the final ceremony will be held.
During this process, Su Mingcheng was the one who cried the most. His mother who loved him the most passed away just like that, and no one would be so kind to him anymore.
When he thought of this, his heart ached and he cried even harder.
Although Su Mingzhe felt much better, he was still in tears. Even Su Mingyu, who was always strong and cold, couldn't help but shed tears.
At this moment, Su Mingyu finally let go of the past. Perhaps she had not completely forgiven, but she no longer wanted to feel resentment.
Zhou Chen's face was calm. Even though he had his memories, he didn't have much affection for Zhao Meilan. In his mind, he only had one mother, and Zhao Meilan was at most the mother of his 'previous life'.
He would do what he should do, but he really couldn't cry like Su Mingcheng.
The funeral is over, but the family still needs to thank the relatives and invite them to dinner at noon.
The restaurant they had dinner at was also booked by Su Mingyu in the name of Su Daqiang. It was not a luxurious hotel, just a mid-range one.
Some relatives who had something to do left during the meal, and in the end there were only three tables of people left.
The Su family and Zhao Meilan's family sat at one table, and the rest of the relatives sat at the other two tables.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 137 The Happiness Mingyu Wants
"Mingyu, uncle heard that you are now the CEO of a large company. That's amazing. I knew from a young age that you would be very successful when you grow up. It seems that I was right. Among the children of the Su family, you are the most promising."
At the table, a short, fat, and big-headed middle-aged man, several people away, gave Su Mingyu a thumbs-up and praised her.
Su Mingyu smiled slightly: "Uncle, you have praised me too much. I am just a sales manager, not a boss. I just make a living. I am not as comfortable as you, uncle, with a happy life and handsome and filial son."
Zhou Chen's mouth twitched as he glanced at Zhao Zhongbang who was eating and drinking.
Mingyu is worthy of being the boss of a sales company. His ability to tell lies with open eyes has reached the level of perfection. If it were him, he really couldn't say such words.
My uncle burst into laughter with joy. At this time, my aunt who was sitting next to him nudged him, and he finally reacted.
"Mingyu, you said you are now the CEO of the company. If your mother knew, she would be proud of you. Well, your uncle is proud of you too."
Su Mingyu sat up straight and rested her arms on the edge of the table: "Uncle, you know I'm a very direct person, just say whatever you want to say."
Uncle laughed and said, "Mingyu is smart, just like your mother and my sister. It's like this, uncle does have a small matter that he would like to ask you for help with."
Su Mingyu: "Uncle, please tell me. If I can help, I will do my best."
My uncle was very happy when he heard this, and my aunt next to him also smiled and looked flattering.
"Mingyu, this is what's going on. Your aunt's factory has not been doing well recently and is not making any money. Your brother Zhongbang is taking the entrance exam again, and our family is in urgent need of money. I was thinking, Mingyu, you are the CEO of a big company, so why don't you help your aunt find a job?"
Su Mingyu smiled and said, "Looking for a job. What kind of job does my aunt want?"
When Su Mingyu was talking to her uncle from her natal family, everyone else at the table looked at them unconsciously, especially Su Daqiang, who kept winking at Su Mingyu, asking her not to agree, but Su Mingyu acted as if he didn't see it.
"Mingyu asked you what kind of job you want. Tell her truthfully and she will definitely arrange it for you." Uncle said to Aunt.
My aunt smiled and said, "Mingyu, I don't want a good job, just one that allows me to sit in an office. I don't want a high salary, 10,000 or 20,000 a month is fine, and it would be best if I could work from 9 to 5."
Su Mingyu smiled and asked, "Do you want me to arrange a secretary and a car for you, aunt?"
"this?"
Although my aunt is thick-skinned, she is not stupid. After hearing what Su Mingyu said, she immediately realized that something was wrong.
And my uncle asked in dissatisfaction: "Mingyu, what do you mean by that? Isn't it just asking you to arrange a job for me? Is it that difficult?"
Su Mingyu put away her smile and her face turned cold: "Uncle, you were the ones who made things difficult for me first. I am just an employee, and you asked me to arrange a job where I can sit in an office and get a salary of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. Where can I find such a good job? If uncle knew, you could arrange one for me."
"You..." My uncle was so angry that he was speechless.
"Okay, Mingyu, now that you're the boss, you look down on me as your uncle, right?"
Su Mingyu was about to speak when Zhou Chen spoke first: "Uncle, what you said, how could Mingyu look down on you, uncle? The thing is, Mingyu really doesn't have that much power. If she had that much power, I, her own brother, wouldn't be jobless right now."
"But if Auntie really wants to find a job, I can help introduce one."
The uncle immediately looked at Zhou Chen with suspicion. He knew very well what kind of person Zhou Chen was and did not think that Zhou Chen was capable of finding a job for his wife.
Not only him, Su Daqiang, Su Mingzhe, Su Mingcheng and others also looked at Zhou Chen in surprise. They all knew Zhou Chen's background. Even Su Mingyu was unwilling to help, so why should he take it on?
"Tell me, can you introduce door-to-door jobs?"
Although he was skeptical, my uncle still asked.
Zhou Chen said, "It's like this. I saw a job posting in Mingyu's neighborhood today. There's a job there that I think is very suitable for my aunt. The daily salary starts at three or four hundred yuan, and it's paid weekly."
When my aunt heard this, her eyes lit up: "Where, what job?"
"She's in Mingyu's neighborhood, working as a part-time cleaner. Mingyu is the owner, so if she tells the property management, I believe they will hire my aunt."
When they heard that it was the hourly cleaning lady, my uncle and aunt's faces turned dark.
"Su Mingyang, you little bastard, you actually let your aunt work as a cleaning lady."
Zhou Chen's face turned cold: "Why? Is my aunt the wife of a government official? Or the daughter of a leader? She works in a factory. Can she earn a few hundred yuan a day?"
Having watched TV, he knew very well what kind of people these two people were like. There was no need to be polite to such a shameless uncle.
"You little bastard, you little punk, your mom is right, you are an ungrateful bastard, and a little hooligans who have been to jail. If it weren't for your mom, I would beat you to death right now."
My aunt also chimed in: "That's right, people like you should be locked up in jail for life. When you get out, you will be a disgrace and a nuisance to others."
"boom!"
Su Mingyu's face was extremely gloomy and she was about to get angry on the spot, but Zhou Chen was faster than her. He slammed the table suddenly, making a loud bang, which scared everyone in the side hall.
Seeing Zhou Chen suddenly stand up after slamming the table, the fat uncle, who had always been unruly, was startled, especially when he saw Zhou Chen's cold eyes, he shuddered even more.
As for his aunt next to him, she was so frightened that she was trembling and dared not shout anymore. Instead, Zhao Zhongbang took a crab and continued to eat it as if no one was around.
Zhou Chen's face was cold, and he said coldly: "Since uncle and aunt know that I have been in prison, they know very well what kind of person I am. You offended me today. Maybe one day when I am in a bad mood, I will bring some friends to have a good talk with you. Maybe I will go to Zhongbang's cousin's school to visit him and let his classmates know that he has a brother who has been in prison. In this way, no one will dare to bully you and your cousin in the future. What do you think?"
Faced with Zhou Chen's undisguised threat, the usually overbearing uncle and aunt felt their legs go weak.
They all came from rural areas and had little education. In their eyes, those released from prison were criminals and were people who should not be offended.
Especially now that Zhou Chen's expression was very scary and he threatened his son Zhongbang, how could they dare to say anything?
The aunt quickly pushed the uncle, and the uncle suddenly came to his senses and quickly pulled his son up.
"Brother-in-law, Mingzhe, we have something else to do at home, so we'll leave first."
After saying this, he desperately pulled those nations that did not want to leave and fled in a panic.
"Hey, uncle, aunt, do you still want to work?"
"No more, no more."
The atmosphere in the side hall suddenly became very awkward. After learning that Zhou Chen had been in prison, many relatives looked at each other and asked to leave one after another. Su Daqiang had no choice but to see them off with a smile.
In the blink of an eye, most of the people at the three tables had left, leaving only a few people from the Su family.
"Su Mingyang, look at what you have done. All the relatives have been scared away by you. Do you feel honored now?"
After everyone left, Su Mingcheng suddenly shouted at Zhou Chen with a gloomy face. He had been enduring for a long time, but now he couldn't bear it anymore.
Zhu Li pulled him hard, not wanting him to say anything more, because she was also scared by Zhou Chen's ferocity just now.
Coming from an ordinary family, she didn't want to mess with someone like Zhou Chen who had just come out of prison.
Zhou Chen looked at Su Mingcheng with disdain: "Why, those people just mocked you, and the mockery was not enough, do you still want to invite them back?"
He just deliberately acted as the bad guy. His reputation was already ruined anyway. If he could use this method to save Su Mingyu a lot of trouble, it would be totally worth it.
"you."
Su Mingcheng was suddenly speechless. When he was ridiculed in the car before, he was indeed angry and wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't vent it. As a result, when Zhou Chen took action, he scared everyone away. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to do this.
Su Mingzhe sighed, "Mingyang, we are all relatives. You really went too far by treating your uncle like that just now."
Zhou Chen rolled his eyes: "Brother, don't be such a pushover. You are in America, so you don't know how difficult these people are, especially that uncle. Just ask our dad and you will know what kind of person he is."
Su Daqiang coughed dryly, "This is none of my business. Mingyang did go a little too far. After all, he is a relative. But, ahem, he is not completely wrong. How should I describe your uncle? You all know him."
Except for Zhu Li, the other people with the surname Su present knew very well what kind of person that uncle was.
Su Mingyu said at this time: "Dad, you are going to America with your eldest brother anyway, and these relatives will probably not come to contact us in the future, so don't think too much about it."
When Su Daqiang heard about going to America, he nodded happily and said, "Yes, I'm going to America, why should I think so much? Besides, most of them are your mother's relatives, so why not just stay with them?"
Su Mingcheng was so angry when he saw this scene. Now that even Su Daqiang didn't care, he had no reason to continue talking. He could only sit down and sulk alone.
Su Mingzhe said to Su Mingcheng, "Mingcheng, I will be going back tomorrow. When I get back, I will get visa information for Dad. Then I will have to trouble you to run the passport procedures for Dad."
Su Mingcheng was still angry, but after hearing his elder brother's instructions, he nodded.
"Okay, I got it, big brother. I'll get it done as soon as possible. But will you come back to pick me up, or will I go by plane alone?"
"No, no, I don't dare to take a plane alone. Mingzhe, come back and pick me up." Su Daqiang said quickly.
Su Mingzhe: "Well, Dad, don't worry, I will come back to pick you up when the time comes."
At this point, he looked at his three younger siblings and said, "Mingcheng, Mingyu, Mingyang, when I come back, we will have a good family reunion."
Zhou Chen didn't say anything, because he knew very well that Su Daqiang could not go to America at all, and Su Mingzhe would soon suffer a heavy blow.
After leaving the restaurant, Su Mingcheng snorted unhappily as he watched Zhou Chen and Su Mingyu leave. "Look at their attitudes. They don't consider themselves as part of the Su family at all. Brother, I say you shouldn't be so polite to them."
"Okay, Mingcheng, we are all brothers, stop being so confrontational."
While Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li were driving, Su Daqiang quickly pulled his eldest son over.
"Mingzhe, when you go to buy your plane ticket this afternoon, don't forget to hide my passbook for me."
Su Mingzhe: "Dad, don't worry, I will go to the bank to open a safe for you, and then help you store your passbook and important items."
Su Daqiang felt relieved: "That's good. After I save it, I don't have to worry about Mingcheng targeting me again."
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