What would you do if you greeted your elders and they ignored you
Shen Jingbin's answer was: Just ignore it. It's my upbringing to take the initiative to say hello, and it's your quality not to answer. It's not surprising that there is a difference between the two.
The moment Zhao's mother saw the Shen brothers and sisters, her face drooped and she said in a somewhat sinister tone: "Why are they two here?"
Zhao Chengning said: "It happens."
Mother Zhao smiled softly: "Haha, what a coincidence. Aren't they both from City A? How can they be here by chance?"
Zhao's mother's attitude made Shen Jingbing and Shen Jingping very uncomfortable and uncomfortable. Mr. Zhao is also very dissatisfied with Mother Zhao's behavior. He has always looked down upon his daughter-in-law, who is shallow-sighted and mean-spirited. If she hadn't been kind to Father Zhao back then, he would not have agreed with her. Come in.
It's not that the old man is old-fashioned and sees people through colored glasses, but it actually makes sense for him to be a good match. Two people who are not from the same class, have received education from childhood to adulthood, and have very different outlooks on life and values. This difference cannot be made up by a simple word "love", let alone them. She felt that there was no earth-shattering "love" between her son and her.
Zhao's mother was just a woman born into a well-off family. When she was young, she saved Zhao's father who was framed by political opponents, and gave birth to two grandsons for the Zhao family. Only then did she achieve her current status. However, over the years, she has been pampered, her husband's accommodation, and her son. Her obedience made her unconsciously lose her own nature, and the flaws hidden in her heart were exposed day by day.
"Are you ready to eat? If you don't want to eat, go back." Mr. Zhang said a little impatiently. He looked at Mother Zhao with a cold face.
In the Zhao family, Mother Zhao was not afraid of anyone. She was only afraid of her father-in-law. No matter how much dissatisfaction she felt in her heart, she could only swallow it silently and "hum" softly to Shen Jingping who had already sat back. With a sound, she stopped looking at her.
I don't know if she was deliberately trying to irritate Shen Jingbin, but Mother Zhao took the initiative to take Jian Cishu's hand behind her, and pulled Jian Cishu affectionately and walked to Zhao Chengning.
"Come on, come on, Cishu sits next to our An Ning... An Ning, I'll leave Cishu to you. You have to take good care of her for a while."
Zhao Chengning did not answer, and Jian's mother said first: "Oh, how can Cishu bother An Ning? He is not an outsider. There is no talk of taking care of him or not. If he really wants to take care of him, I think An Ning should take more care of Shen. Shen Madam, after all, you are a guest from afar, so you can’t neglect your guests.”
Mother Jian said this very wisely, and Mother Zhao felt comfortable after hearing it, and now she was willing to give the Shen brothers and sisters a look of charity, "Miss Shen, you two have come all the way, so let Aning and Cishu do their best as landlords. "
If Mr. Zhao hadn't been present, the Shen brothers and sisters would have left by now. They just wanted to have dinner, but they really didn't have the mood or energy to play these word games with Zhao's mother.
The moment Zhao Chengan opened the door to the private room, he knew that tonight's meal was probably not going to be good. When he saw that everyone in the private room, except his mother and Jian's mother, were still talking and laughing, their faces dropped to varying degrees. There is a dull pain in my temples.
"Mom, stop standing here, sit down." He took the initiative to walk to his mother, held her shoulders and pushed her to the seat, "Aunt Jian, please sit down too." After arranging the two elders, he He then pulled out the chair that was one space away from Zhao Chengning and said to Jian Cishu, "Cishu, please sit here."
Jian Cishu looked at the seat next to Zhao Chengning and then at him, with a tangled look on her face. Seeing this, Zhao's mother was unhappy and said, "Cishu is sitting next to An Ning. Why did you let that empty seat come out?"
Zhao Chengan said: "Mom, that's the seat I left for myself. I haven't been back for so long, so it's okay to sit next to my brother."
Mother Zhao's lips moved slightly, and she wanted to say something else. Zhao Chengning, who didn't want to listen to her anymore, took the opportunity and said, "That's it... the waiter can serve the food."
The issue about seats was finally settled.
After the dishes were served, Zhao Chengning quietly placed several of Shen Jingping's favorite dishes in front of her. Mother Zhao saw his actions and felt uncomfortable in her heart. She obviously didn't like spicy food and started to eat them again. The arrangement of the dishes was difficult.
"An Ning, let me have the couple's lung slices. I really like eating this."
"Cishu, I remember you said last time that you like spicy chicken, right?"
"Don't put the chopped pepper fish head there, put it over here."
Throughout the whole process of serving the food, Mother Zhao kept nagging that this was undoubtedly a very impolite behavior and would be annoying no matter what the occasion, let alone the ordinary people present. The faces of Father Zhao and Mr. Zhao were so gloomy that they could bleed. Zhao Chengning's eyes were also dark, hiding anger.
Shen Jingbin looked at the beets placed in front of her and felt her stomach twitch. At this time, the phone in her pocket vibrated slightly.
It was a text message from Shen Jingchen.
Shen Jingchen: I can’t stand it anymore! Let's withdraw! I'd rather go to the street and have sex now than stay here!
Shen Jingbin: I feel the same way!
Shen Jingchen: Then withdraw!
Shen Jingbin: Okay!
Putting away her phone, Shen Jingbin put on a very gentle and polite smile on her beautiful face. This smile shocked both Jian's mother and Jian Cishu, who were secretly sizing her up.
"Grandpa Zhao, uncle and aunt, I'm very sorry. We have something to do and have to leave now. We may not be able to eat this meal with you."
Zhao's mother originally wanted them to disappear in front of her quickly, but now she felt that letting them go would be too easy for them.
"Why are you leaving before you even take a bite? Eat some before you leave, otherwise it will be bad if word spreads that we didn't even treat you to a meal."
Father Zhao felt that the air pressure on Mr. Zhao beside him was getting lower and lower, and finally couldn't help but roared: "Shut up!"
Mother Zhao shuddered at the roar and immediately shut up.
Mr. Zhao closed his eyes tiredly, then looked at Shen Jingping and said, "If anything happens, you two should leave first."
Seeing him like this, Shen Jingbin thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa Zhao, don't worry. Shen Jingchen and I are here for internship in City B this time and will stay for a while. If today is not the right day, we will definitely visit him when we have time. And my grandpa will probably come to City B in a while, and then our family will come to visit you, so don’t bother us."
"Old Shen is coming?" Mr. Zhao's attention was immediately diverted, "Really?"
"Well, I don't know grandpa, grandma and my parents will come together then."
"Okay, okay! Come here, say hello to me in advance, so I can get people ready!" Mr. Zhao immediately became happy.
"Okay, then we'll leave today. I'm very sorry."
"It's okay, it's okay, you young people are busy, I know... Well, Aning, you can send Xiaojing and Xiaochen away."
"Okay, Grandpa."
Almost at the same time that Mr. Zhao spoke, Zhao Chengning stood up, stepped back to let Shen Jingbing and Shen Jingchen go first, and then left with them.
After the three of them left, the smile on Mr. Zhao's face fell. He glanced at Jian's mother and Jian Cishu and said in a nonchalant way: "A Ning sent it away, we don't have to wait anymore, let's eat. "
Both Jian's mother and Jian Cishu felt their faces heat up, so they ate in silence without saying anything.
Mother Zhao poked at the food in her bowl angrily, feeling that she had nowhere to vent her pent-up anger.
Walking out of the restaurant door, Shen Jingping and Shen Jingchen let out a long sigh of relief together in perfect harmony.
Shen Jingchen half-jokingly said to Zhao Chengning: "Aning, your mother is really not so powerful. My Queen Mother has never made me feel such a lot of pressure."
Zhao Chengning glanced at the two of them apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry today. My mother..."
Shen Jingping interrupted him: "It's okay. You can go back to eat. Shen Jingchen and I can go back by ourselves. You don't need to send us any more."
Zhao Chengning shook his head and said: "I disturbed your dinner, so I should apologize to you. Let's go, I will take you to another restaurant." Seeing that Shen Jingping still wanted to refuse, he said again, " It’s not easy to find a better restaurant at this time, so I’ll take you there.”
Both brothers and sisters are very picky about food. After hearing what he said, they hesitated for a while and did not refuse.
So in the end, Shen Jingping sat in Zhao Chengning's car, and Shen Jingchen drove behind his car alone, driving one behind the other.
When passing a traffic light, looking at Zhao Chengning's car in front, Shen Jingchen suddenly felt that this scene was inexplicably familiar.
Why does his sister take another man's car when he has a car
And why did this situation make him feel so familiar? It's like it's happened before, it's so weird.
Finally, Zhao Chengning took the two of them to a private Sichuan restaurant. It tasted good and the two of them had a great time. When going home, Shen Jingbin still took Zhao Chengning's car.
When she got downstairs from the apartment, Shen Jingchen drove straight to the underground parking garage to park, while Zhao Chengning parked the car downstairs. Shen Jingping thanked her and opened the door to get out of the car. However, when she touched the door, she discovered that Zhao Chengning had not unlocked it. She turned to look at him doubtfully.
"Are you angry?" Zhao Chengning asked, looking directly into her eyes.
It was getting late, the sky was already as dark as ink, the street lights downstairs in the unit were a bit dim, and the light through the filmed car windows had been filtered out. There were no lights on in the car, so Shen Jingping could not see clearly. From Zhao Chengning's appearance, one could only vaguely feel his eyes locked on her, which were very hot.
Regardless of whether he could see it or not, she shook her head gently, "No."
"Why aren't you angry? My mother did go too far today."
Shen Jingping smiled, "Your mother is your mother, not you. Her words and deeds can only represent her personally. I am not a person who can express anger." She paused for a few seconds and lowered her voice a little, then continued, "But it's a good thing you didn't agree with her, otherwise I'm not sure I would be angry... Do you think it's not good for me to do this?"
He wanted to raise his hand and touch her face, but he didn't dare, "No, as long as you are not angry with me, anything will be fine."
"You are so good at coaxing people."
"Really? I'm afraid I won't be able to coax people. By the way, you said you and Shen Jingchen came to City B for internship, why didn't you notify me in advance?"
"Well, it was decided on the spur of the moment. I met you before I could tell you."
"How long will the internship last?"
"Well, let's stay here for the whole holiday."
"What about Chinese New Year?"
"My mom said they would come here during the Chinese New Year."
Zhao Chengning smiled softly, "That's good."
"Huh? That's good."
"Everywhere is good."
There was a sudden knock on the window, and Shen Jingchen pressed her face against the car window, her mouth opening and closing without knowing what she was saying.
Shen Jingping glanced at his stupid look and said to Zhao Chengning, "Then I'll go down."
"Well, go to bed early and good night."
"You too, drive carefully and good night."
(End of chapter)