Chapter 21: Loved Arguing With People From Childhood
Jiang Yuan looked at Deng Rui’s distressed eyebrows and eyes and said seriously, “Mom, don’t worry, I’ll treat Jiang Die like my own sister from now on.”
“She is your own sister!” Deng Rui said, annoyed.
Jiang Yuan nodded vigorously, “Yes, she is my own sister. I will definitely treat her well from now on and not make things difficult for her anymore.”
Deng Rui was skeptical, “Are you serious?”
Jiang Yuan held up three fingers, “I can swear.”
“Tell me the truth.” Deng Rui didn’t believe she had a change of heart, “Are you trying to get a new car?”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Oh well, she had no credibility with her own mother.
Lan Mei snickered in Deng Rui’s arms.
“Dad went to the market?” Jiang Yuan plucked a green grape from the coffee table and popped it into her mouth.
Deng Rui: “He just left. Didn’t you see him downstairs?”
“No.” Jiang Yuan picked up her mobile phone and called Jiang Dashan, urging him to buy more meat.
Deng Rui glanced at her, “Are you really going to ask your sister to come back for dinner?”
Jiang Yuan: “Just wait and see, I’m treating my sister very well now.”
After saying that, she dialed Jiang Die’s number again.
“Sister, bring Zhan Zhan and Momo to eat lamb dumplings tonight.”
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Die instinctively wanted to refuse.
But before she could speak, Jiang Yuan preempted her, “If you don’t come, I won’t eat tonight.”
Jiang Die couldn’t do anything about her, so she had to agree.
Jiang Yuan put down her phone with a smile, “My sister will be here in a while.”
The more Deng Rui thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, and she frowned tightly, “Jiang Yuan, tell me honestly, are you plotting against your sister?”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
She turned around, her backside facing them.
Deng Rui patted her, “Say something.”
Jiang Yuan said lazily, “I have nothing to say to you.”
Deng Rui was both angry and speechless.
She sat for a while, then remembered that Jiang Die and her two little grandchildren were coming for dinner, so she hurried to the refrigerator to get more meat out to defrost.
Coming out of the kitchen, Deng Rui quickly changed her shoes and went out.
Half an hour later, Jiang Yuan saw her return carrying two large bags of snacks.
“Buying for me?” she asked, raising an eyebrow.
Deng Rui rolled her eyes, “You wish.”
When Jiang Die arrived, she also brought some vegetables and meat.
Deng Rui said softly, “Xiao Die, you just needed to bring Zhan Zhan and Momo. Why did you buy so many things? We have everything at home.”
“It’s okay, Mom.” Jiang Die looked at the two children, “Say hello to Grandma.”
Zhan Zhan and Mo Mo politely greeted her, their hearts already floating towards the nearby Lan Mei.
“Good children, sit down quickly.” Deng Rui cheerfully beckoned the two little grandchildren, and the coffee table was already full of snacks.
Jiang Die walked towards the kitchen with the meat and vegetables, “I’ll help Dad.”
“No need, let your dad do it.” Deng Rui quickly stepped forward, pushed Jiang Die to sit on the sofa, and whispered, “Your dad was so excited when he heard you were coming, he was like he’d been injected with adrenaline.”
Jiang Die’s lips curved slightly, “Where is Yuan Yuan?”
Deng Rui smiled, “She’s on the phone in her room.”
Jiang Die nodded and followed Deng Rui’s gaze to the two little ones playing with the cat.
“They seem to have grown taller again.” Deng Rui’s eyes were full of affection.
Jiang Die: “They have.”
“Children grow so fast.” Deng Rui sighed, then suddenly thought of something and asked in a low voice, “Xiao Die, Jiang Yuan hasn’t been making things difficult for you lately, has she?”
Jiang Die shook her head gently, “Mom, Yuan Yuan is very good to me, don’t worry.”
“That’s good, that’s good.” Deng Rui replied verbally, but she was still worried in her heart.
She knew her daughter better than anyone.
Jiang Yuan being good to Jiang Die was probably not for a good reason.
In her room, Jiang Yuan was completely unaware of her mother’s thoughts.
She received a call from Mr. Lu Zhihai, who had given her a business card the night before.
The other party wanted to schedule a time to see the situation with the Alaskan.
Perhaps considering that Jiang Yuan was a young girl, Lu Zhihai proactively suggested, “We can meet at the park, you can choose the location.”
“Okay.” Jiang Yuan asked for his address and thought for a moment before choosing a central point, “Then let’s meet at Blue Bay Park tomorrow at 4:30 PM?”
“Alright, then I won’t bother you any longer. See you tomorrow.”
“Goodbye.”
The meal was harmonious.
After washing the dishes, Deng Rui cut a plate of fruit.
Everyone sat in the living room, eating fruit and playing with Lan Mei, the atmosphere warm and harmonious.
The doorbell suddenly rang. Jiang Yuan got up to open the door and saw three uninvited guests.
Cao Laoting had come to visit with her husband and daughter.
“Oh, Jiang Yuan is home?” Cao Laoting said in surprise, “I saw Jiang Die with the two kids in the evening, and I thought Jiang Yuan wasn’t home again.”
In the past, Deng Rui would wait for Jiang Die at the kindergarten entrance when Jiang Yuan was out, and call them to the house for dinner.
Cao Laoting’s words were clearly meant to sow discord.
The smile on Deng Rui’s face turned cold, and she said lightly, “Sister Ting, why are you here again? Did you forget something this afternoon?”
“I just saw Jiang Die back, so I came to chat.” Cao Laoting’s family unceremoniously pulled over a few stools and sat down.
“Is Jiang Die overworked taking care of the children?” Cao Laoting’s daughter, Wang Xinyue, wearing red fur, placed her hands adorned with gold and silver on her knees, as if afraid others wouldn’t notice.
Jiang Die, seeing her talking to her, replied politely, “I’m okay.”
“Are you okay?” Wang Xinyue lifted her hair, revealing the diamond studs in her ears, “Why do I think you’ve gotten so old? Is it because you don’t have money for treatments?”
Jiang Die: “…”
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhan Zhan and Mo Mo retorted in low voices, “My mom isn’t old at all!”
Jiang Yuan glanced at her with a half-smile, “Then do you have money for treatments?”
Wang Xinyue looked at her and chuckled coquettishly, covering her mouth, “I have a suitor who owns a beauty salon, so I don’t have to spend money on treatments.”
Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow, “Then doesn’t his beauty salon have people causing trouble every day?”
“What?” Wang Xinyue was confused.
Jiang Yuan’s smile was bright as she explained, “Your treatments don’t seem to have any effect, you look almost as old as Aunt Cao. If the doctor’s skills are so bad, don’t people cause trouble?”
Wang Xinyue’s face turned red with anger, “Are your eyes faulty!”
“Your eyes are faulty!” Jiang Yuan rolled her eyes and scolded, “My sister is so much younger than you, and you call her old? Are you blind? Go look in the mirror and see what you look like!”
“You, you…” Wang Xinyue was surprised that Jiang Yuan spoke so harshly and complained tearfully, “Mom, Aunt Deng, look how Jiang Yuan talks!”
Jiang Yuan crossed her arms, looking defiant, “I’m speaking with my mouth, can’t you see? I was right when I said you’re blind.”
Wang Xinyue: “…”
Cao Laoting wished she could tear Jiang Yuan to shreds, but remembering she had serious business today, she could only force a laugh.
“Jiang Yuan, your habit of arguing with people since childhood will never change!”
“Your mouth is so venomous, be careful you don’t get married!”
“Thank you for your concern, Aunt Cao.” Jiang Yuan said with a smile, “You should worry more about Wang Xinyue. She looks so old at such a young age, who would dare marry her.”
