When she saw the couple head-on, Shen Xinyan subconsciously wanted to avoid her, but the other party had already seen her and walked up to her.
There was a irritability in her heart for no reason.
Probably she didn't look at the old almanac when she went out today, so she ran into people she didn't want to see again in this life one after another. At the same time, it also indirectly contributed to the first encounter between his son and Zhou Guanning in this life.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling annoyed.
It's really hard to buy, I knew it earlier!
Although she hated Zhou's family extremely in her heart, she would not forget the etiquette and bearing she should have as the wife of the prince's family. Seeing this, she gave a slight blessing: "I wonder who this lord is?"
At this moment, Mrs. Zhou also recognized that the 'Mrs. Wei' in front of her was the one she had met in Lingyun Temple that day, and she paused slightly.
At Lingyun Temple that day, although the other party concealed it very well, she could still detect the slightest hint of hostility towards her. But she was also puzzled, she had never seen this lady in her memory, so naturally she would not offend her in any way
Even if she collided with the lady next to her that day, it was not intentional, and it would not have aroused her hostility.
Zhou Zhoulang, who was closely following his mother, poked his head out for a look, and immediately shrank back in fright.
It's that fierce, fierce lady!
Shen Xinyan accepted Zhou Mao's thanks indifferently, and then looked at Zhou Mao with a grateful face and bowed to Wei Chenglin with cold eyes, so panicked that Wei Chenglin turned sideways to avoid it.
"Your Majesty Zhou doesn't need to be too polite. It's just a gesture of your hands. You don't deserve such a big gift from your lord." After all, the young boy was raised by the British Duke himself, and he has the extraordinary bearing of a son of a family, which made Zhou Mao nod secretly.
He really deserves to be the son of a famous family, he is indeed much better than the two brats in his family.
At this time, he had already guessed Wei Chenglin's identity from the jade pendant on his waist.
Wearing the golden phoenix and white jade pendant that would only be owned by a royal princess, and his surname is Wei, there is no one else except the eldest son of the British government who has been raised by the Duke since he was a child. And the "Mrs. Wei" next to her is probably the current Mrs. Wang Shizi.
At this moment, Xu Sumin brought her servants to look for her, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Shen Xinyan's mother and son were safe and sound. Naturally, it was a good deal of politeness.
When Shen Xinyan's mother and son got on the carriage back to the city again, it was already after a cup of tea.
"This little Mr. Wei is not a thing in the pond. Given time, his future is limitless." Looking at the carriage that was gradually hidden in the flying dust, Zhou Mao suddenly sighed.
"Brother Chenglin is very powerful, he can pull me up with one hand." Zhou Guanning, who was holding his little hand, said suddenly.
"No matter how powerful it is, it's not as powerful as our eldest brother!" Zhou Zhoulang interjected unconvinced.
"Big brother is amazing, brother Cheng Lin is also amazing!" the little girl said crisply.
"What about me?" Zhou Zhoulang was unwilling to be abandoned by his sister.
"Second brother is the best!" The little girl showed him a sweet smile, which instantly made him open his mouth proudly.
"I've watched you be lawless all day long, and this impulsive temper has to be tempered." Zhou Mao glared at him.
Zhou Zhoulang shrank his neck, muttered something, and quickly climbed back into the carriage, not forgetting to greet his sister: "Sister, come up!"
After the children got into the car, Mrs. Zhou hesitated and asked, "Is that Mrs. Wei an old acquaintance with you?"
Zhou Mao didn't understand why she asked this question, shook his head and said, "Today is the first time I see her."
"It's so strange. I always feel that she is a little hostile to me, but I don't know when I offended her. After thinking about it, could it be the romantic debt you incurred before?" Mrs. Zhou frowned puzzled.
"You!!" Zhou Mao stared at her angrily, and after a while, he leaned into her ear and lowered his voice, "Is it something to clean up again? See how I will teach you a lesson tonight!"
Mrs. Zhou's face turned red immediately, and she gave him a coquettish look.
***
On the way back home, Xu Sumin thought that Shen Xinyan had something to say to Wei Chenglin, so she thoughtfully gave up the carriage to their mother and son, and even Chunliu was pulled into her own carriage by her.
Wei Chenglin moved his butt uneasily, secretly looking at his mother who pursed her lips and said nothing from time to time. After a while, he licked his somewhat dry lips, and stammered: "Mother, mother, yes, I'm sorry, what happened today is the fault of the child, and it made mother worry."
Shen Xinyan didn't notice his words, her thoughts had already drifted far, far away.
Zhou Mao took his wife and children to the post today, and it was the first time for her to go out alone with her son. Such a rare opportunity actually made Brother Lin and Zhou Guanning meet seven years earlier in their life.
Wait, did these two people really meet seven years earlier, instead of following the traces of their previous lives
No one had ever told her that her son was Zhou Wanning whom she only met when she was seventeen. It was she who thought so.
It's only because in her previous life, her Brother Lin began to behave strangely when she was seventeen years old. She would suddenly pay attention to women's accessories and clothes, would care about desserts that only daughters and children would like, and would occasionally be alone She was in a daze, and then showed a dreamy smile.
All the signs indicated that her Brother Lin had a girl he liked.
And it was also when his son was seventeen years old that he rejected the wife candidates chosen by the Eldest Princess and her respectively, which showed that he already had someone in his heart.
This person is Zhou Wanning, the daughter of Zhou Mao, who is gradually being respected by the world!
She rubbed her forehead with some headache.
Is it really inevitable
"Mother?" Seeing her silence for a long time, Wei Chenglin felt even more guilty, and quickly sat beside her considerately, reaching out his hand to massage her temple.
Shen Xinyan blocked his hand: "No need!"
Wei Chenglin thought she was still annoying him, his eyes darkened.
"Brother Lin likes that little girl from the Zhou family just now?" Shen Xinyan asked without noticing.
"Like?" Wei Chenglin was at a loss, and shook his head after a while, "It's only the first time my son sees her today, so how can we say whether he likes her or not?"
After a short pause, she continued: "It's just that sister Aguan is very well-behaved and sensible, and she is so cute and sweet. It's really easy to make people feel good about her."
Seeing his mother staring at him without speaking, Wei Chenglin was a little uneasy: "Is there something wrong with what my son said?"
"No, you're right. But it's just a chance meeting, so why not like it." Shen Xinyan shook her head slowly and said softly.
It's just that what she thought in her heart was that she was such an indifferent person who was not easy to get close to others, but she called the other party "Sister Awan" so affectionately, if she said she didn't like it, how could she believe it.
It’s just this liking, but it hasn’t evolved into the love between men and women. Maybe it’s just a good memory of the first encounter between the two sides of the "manifest marriage". It's up to you to make an oath of eternal love, regardless of whether it is ignored.
"Mother doesn't like sister Aguan and her family?" Wei Chenglin was naturally sensitive, how could he not notice his mother's indifference and alienation when facing Zhou's family.
"Yeah, I don't like them!" Shen Xinyan admitted frankly.
Wei Chenglin's heart was suffocated, he didn't know why there was a trace of strange sadness, but he quickly covered it up.
"Why doesn't mother like them? My son once heard from his grandfather that Zhou Shoufu's eldest son is a practical and down-to-earth official. My son is looking at Mr. Zhou today. He behaves decently and politely, and has an extraordinary bearing. He is indeed a rare good official. Zhou The wife is gentle and loving, and takes care of her children with all her heart. Sister Awan is cute and cute... "
"You spent only a short time with them, how did you know that Mr. Zhou is a rare and good official? Could it be that your grandfather never taught you what it means to 'know people, know their faces, but not their hearts'? , Which one is not a gentleman on the surface?" Shen Xinyan was impatient to hear him whispering how good the Zhou family was, so she interrupted him directly and said maliciously.
Wei Chenglin wanted to explain a few words, but facing her expression of hesitation, he dared not say any more. But there was always unwillingness in his heart, and his small mouth was pursed together, clearly disapproving of her words.
Why couldn't Shen Xinyan see it, she just sneered in her heart. After a while, I felt a strong sense of self-disgust.
Although she is a woman in the inner house, she has heard of Zhou Mao's good official voice in her previous life. It is indeed biased to describe such words as "difference between appearance and appearance, human face and animal heart" to him.
She felt that the calm she had worked so hard to maintain was broken again by the Zhou family.
Even, in order to prevent her son from getting close to the Zhou family in the future, she even spread rumors to slander Zhou Mao's reputation.
What is the difference between this kind of her and the one who was rejected by everyone in her previous life
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became, falling into deep self-loathing.
In the end, Wei Chenglin couldn't help it, and asked softly, "Is mother feeling unwell? Why is your face so ugly?"
Seeing that Shen Xinyan just shook his head, but didn't answer his own words, he said with a little uneasiness: "Master Zhou took his family away from Beijing to take up his post today, and I don't think he will return to the capital in the short term, mother..."
"If the mother doesn't like them, then the children can stay away from them."
Shen Xinyan looked up at him unexpectedly, and asked in disbelief: "Is what you said true? Just because I don't like them, you want to stay away from them?"
Wei Chenglin had some hesitation on his face, but finally nodded slowly.
Shen Xinyan's eyes are complicated and difficult to distinguish. If she heard this, how happy she would be if she heard it in her previous life!
It didn't know how long it took before she let out a long sigh. For the first time, she clearly realized that the Zhou family was a hurdle in her heart that she couldn't get over.
No matter how calm she usually pretends to be, and how she doesn't care about what will happen in the future, but for Zhou Zhou's family, especially Zhou Zhoulang and Zhou Wanning, she can no longer resist the crazy attack of negative emotions in her heart.
Even, she was in such a mess that she wanted her son to back down and comfort her!
However, even though she clearly knew that her behavior today was a bit out of order, and even though she could see the hesitation and reluctance on her son's face when he said he wanted to stay away from the Zhou family, she still couldn't tell him to take back his words words come.
The mother and son had their own concerns, and fell silent in an instant.
The author has something to say:
I still want to explain that the author did not intend to blackmail any character, nor did he intend to whitewash anyone. As for the setting of Shi Ziye, in fact, he was the hidden golden finger of the "male protagonist" in the previous life, and he is still his son's golden finger in this life.