radicalducati Chapter 395 It wasn't him who gave it to me.
Chapter 395 It wasn't him who gave it to me.
After dinner.
Rong Shu's discomfort in her lower abdomen continued to intensify. Although she tried to pretend that nothing was wrong, her expression betrayed her true feelings.
Sheng Tingze drove her home and asked worriedly, "Xiao Shu, should we go to the hospital to get her checked out?"
Rong Shu said with a pale face, "No need, I'll just go back and rest."
There was nothing Sheng Tingze could do about it; all he could do was speed up the car.
They arrived at the Rong family's residence.
Sheng Tingze helped Rong Shu out of the car and into the living room.
Upon seeing the two, Pei Lanhua immediately recognized what was wrong with Rong Shu and quickly stepped forward to support her. "Is this earlier than expected?"
Rong Shu said, "More or less!"
Pei Lanhua looked at Sheng Tingze and greeted him with concern like an elder: "Tingze, you've lost weight since I last saw you."
Sheng Tingze smiled and said, "I've been longing for the delicious meal you made, Aunt Pei."
"Alright, alright, Aunt Pei will make you something nourishing. What do you want to eat tomorrow morning? Aunt Pei will make it for you."
"I'll eat whatever Aunt Pei makes. Aunt Pei, I won't say anything more now. Please help Xiao Shu upstairs to rest!"
"it is good."
Pei Lanhua helped Rong Shu upstairs.
Rong Shu changed into her pajamas.
Pei Lanhua prepared herbal foot bath water, uterine warming patches, and apple, brown sugar, and ginger tea for her.
Rong Shu lay on the bed, holding a cup of ginger tea, and felt much better.
Pei Lanhua chatted with her for a while, "The day before yesterday, when I was cleaning your room, I saw that jade and diamond ring in your room. Was it a gift from Sheng Tingchen?"
Upon hearing this...
Rong Shu was taken aback. She had left it on the coffee table without putting it away, which meant that Rong Qingwen had also kept it from Pei Lanhua and hadn't told her about it.
That makes sense, after all.
Everyone would be suspicious if their husband had contact with his ex-wife.
But when Pei Lanhua asked, Rong Shu didn't want to hide it from her. It was better to be upfront to avoid any unnecessary trouble in the future. Besides, Pei Lanhua wasn't a petty person.
She said, "It wasn't from him."
Pei Lanhua was not surprised by her answer; the style didn't seem like something a man would choose.
"My mother asked my father to give it to me."
Upon hearing this...
Pei Lanhua's face darkened, and a surge of anger welled up in her heart, but she tried her best to remain calm and not let Rong Shu see anything unusual.
She paused for a moment.
Rong Shu observed Pei Lanhua's expression. Of course, she noticed something was wrong, but she just assumed it was a normal reaction to mentioning her husband's ex-wife.
"Your mother... hasn't contacted you for so many years, why would she suddenly send you such an expensive gift?"
"My dad said he saw the related news."
"To be able to send such an expensive gift, it seems you really have married into a wealthy family. You had such a hard time before and didn't contact your father. Now you suddenly contact him. Could it be that he knows you are now married to Sheng Tingchen and wants to acknowledge you?" Pei Lanhua didn't hide her sarcasm.
Rong Shu could tell from Pei Lanhua's indignation that her mother had left with her brother when she was young. At that time, she only missed her mother. As she grew older, she gradually realized that her mother did not want her, and resentment gradually grew in her heart. Until she had a harmonious family, her heart had long since become peaceful, and she no longer had any feelings for her birth mother.
I originally thought we would never cross paths again in this lifetime.
Receiving this gift from my birth mother now, I feel no excitement. Pei Lanhua's words are not without reason.
She put down the bowl in her hand, reached out and hugged Pei Lanhua, saying, "Anyway, we'll be a family from now on. Right now, I only have one mother."
Pei Lanhua reached out and hugged her, her eyes filled with heartache. She didn't say anything more, lest she lose control and want to get angry.
"Anyway, Mom thinks we should return it."
She rarely made decisions for Rong Shu, but this time, she really didn't want Rong Shu to accept this gift.
Rong Shu hummed in agreement, "It's entirely up to you, Mom."
"Okay, but Mom, don't blame Dad."
Pei Lanhua said, "Mom knows, but I still need to have a good talk with him. Okay, you should get some rest and go to bed early tonight."
"Um."
Pei Lanhua left the bedroom with the box containing the diamond ring, and her expression changed instantly the moment she closed the door.
She just left.
Rong Shu picked up her phone, about to make a call to Repulse Bay, when Sheng Tingchen called. She pressed the answer button.
"Hello!"
The voice sounded listless.
"Are you feeling unwell?" the man asked.
Rong Shu said, "I'll be home tonight, I haven't told Meimei yet."
Sheng Tingchen: "I will talk to her."
"it is good."
The two had nothing more to talk about, so they hung up the phone.
Rong Shu went to bed early tonight, unaware of what was happening in the other bedroom.
Pei Lanhua held back for a while, but she couldn't hold back any longer. "Rong Qingwen, can't you have any backbone? You just accept whatever she gives you. I don't think she has any good intentions. You're keeping this from me. What exactly are you planning to do?"
Rong Qingwen lowered his head and dared not utter a word in rebuttal; he could only bow his head and accept the criticism.
"I don't think you inherited any of your mother's good qualities at all."
Rong Qingwen's initial entrepreneurial success was not only due to catching the wave of the times, but also mainly because his mother, with her foresight and strong personality, provided him with sufficient support.
However, after his mother passed away due to illness, the company relied on the core staff trained by his mother to survive for several years. But later, the company's core staff were poached by other companies with high salaries, and the company visibly began to decline.
Therefore, Rong Qingwen really didn't have much of a business sense, but fortunately he was self-aware.
Looking at Su Qingzhi and Xiao Shu now, it's fortunate that they inherited their grandmother's genes from a generation later.
Especially Su Qingzhi, anyone who saw him would wonder how Rong Qingwen could have given birth to such a decisive son.
Rong Qingwen could only lower his head and admit his mistake, "I just thought that she is Xiaoshu's biological mother after all..." As soon as he explained, Pei Lanhua's face turned even uglier, and she immediately changed her words, "I'll send it back tomorrow."
He slid to his knees quite quickly, leaving Pei Lanhua with nowhere to vent her anger.
Su Qingzhi definitely wants to acknowledge Xiao Shu as his wife, but I really don't know how Xiao Shu will react when she finds out.
The other end.
Sheng Tingze called Pei Yu, who happened to be on his way home and went directly to the villa where Sheng Tingze lived.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a few minutes.
Sheng Tingze asked, "Are we really going to let Su Qingzhi and Xiao Shu recognize each other?"
Pei Yu could easily hear the worry in Sheng Tingze's tone, and of course, he was no different. He said, "If he wants to admit it, there's nothing we can do to stop him. But Su Qingzhi must have some concerns, which is why he hasn't dared to admit it yet."
Sheng Tingze said, "But I heard from Xiao Shu that she's going to City C later, and Su Qingzhi is there too."
Pei Yu hummed in agreement.
A moment of silence fell over the room.
half an hour.
Sheng Tingze said, "Can't we talk to Su Qingzhi? At least I don't think that recognizing her now would bring any benefit to Xiao Shu."
It will only increase her psychological burden.
After pondering for a moment, Pei Yu said helplessly, "I'll contact Su Qingzhi and ask him when I have time."
"Um."
The two chatted about other things for a while.
Around that time.
Pei Yucai left and went home.