Chapter 45: Humiliation
A small Samoyed, a ball of snow white, bared its teeth and charged at Cao Laoting.
“She’s poisonous.” a light, airy voice drifted over.
Hearing Jiang Yuan’s voice, Xiao Bai immediately slammed on the brakes, turned, and ran back wildly.
“Poison! So scary!”
Deng Rui turned her head to look, and said in surprise, “Why did you come down?”
Jiang Yuan: “Waiting for a friend.”
Actually, she had heard the puppy crying for help from upstairs.
She didn’t expect it to be that old hag Cao Laoting bullying the puppy.
The little black dog recognized Jiang Yuan and ran from under the stone table to her side, looking pitiful, “Yuan Yuan, I’m Bubu!”
“Bubu?” Jiang Yuan reached out, touched its head, and asked doubtfully, “Why are you here?”
Bubu is a stray dog from near Xingfu Jiayuan.
“Yuan Yuan, Dan Huang is gone!” Bubu said eagerly, “I’ve been looking for so many days without finding him, can you help me?”
Dan Huang, like Bubu, is a stray village dog, with fur that is a mix of yellow and white.
Dan Huang is Bubu’s wife.
Jiang Yuan frowned her slender brows, “I’ll think of a way, but I can’t guarantee I can find him.”
“Okay…” Bubu drooped its head in disappointment.
Jiang Yuan squatted in front of Bubu and asked caringly, “Did she kick you hard?”
Bubu raised its head, met Jiang Yuan’s gentle gaze, and honestly nodded, “Yes.”
But this pain was nothing; as a stray dog, he was beaten and scolded almost every day.
Afraid Jiang Yuan might misunderstand, Bubu quickly explained, “Yuan Yuan, I didn’t steal anything to eat. I heard her on the phone, her son’s rich girlfriend was angry and wasn’t coming to her home, nor was she giving her a gold bracelet. She was unhappy and started hitting me when she saw me.”
“I know,” Jiang Yuan stood up and looked at Cao Laoting’s face, which was as large as a basin.
Noticing her gaze, Cao Laoting started to curse, “What are you looking at? Always bringing stray dogs to the residential community. Next time it steals my food, I’ll hold your family responsible!”
Deng Rui was so angry she gritted her teeth, “Nonsense!”
Jiang Yuan sneered, “Don’t worry, your trash doesn’t interest the dogs, just like your useless son, the rich woman isn’t interested either.”
This statement directly hit Cao Laoting’s sore spot.
It had all been agreed upon: her son would bring his rich girlfriend home, and she would buy her bird’s nest, shark fin, and a gold bracelet.
She had waited for two days, and unexpectedly, her son suddenly called just now saying he had quarreled with his girlfriend, and she wasn’t coming tomorrow.
She immediately asked about her big gold bracelet.
Her son said it was gone too.
The more Cao Laoting thought about it, the angrier she became, so she took it out on Bubu.
“You’re talking nonsense!” Seeing other neighbors present, Cao Laoting, who cared about her reputation, shouted, “There are plenty of rich women who like my son! One even wanted to give me a big gold bracelet, but I was unwilling to accept it.”
“It’s definitely because they didn’t want to give it to you,” Deng Rui mocked, “You’re so greedy, how could you refuse?”
At this moment, a neighbor suddenly called out, “Isn’t that Sister Cao’s son?”
Everyone looked over and saw Cao Laoting’s son, Wang Xinhan, appear at the community entrance.
“Is the girl next to Xinhan his girlfriend? She looks so beautiful.”
“Wow, is that car a Ferrari? A luxury car!”
“That must be Xinhan’s rich girlfriend, Sister Cao is so lucky!”
Cao Laoting saw her son standing next to the luxury car talking to that beautiful woman. Her loose face showed a look of surprise, and she readily agreed, “Yes, yes, yes, that woman is my son’s girlfriend!”
Good heavens! He told her she wasn’t coming tomorrow, but it turns out she was coming now!
Cao Laoting waddled her plump body over, went past her son, reached out to take the gift box from Zhou Shuyu’s hand, “I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”
Wang Xinhan was very surprised seeing his mother’s actions.
So this woman was a guest at their home?
So he also enthusiastically helped carry things.
Zhou Shuyu was stunned for a few seconds, thinking they were Jiang Yuan’s family, so she didn’t refuse.
The driver and bodyguard also took out several gift boxes from the trunk.
Seeing this, Cao Laoting’s face was full of smiles, her eyes almost squeezed into slits, “Oh, it’s good you came, why did you bring so many things!”
Heavens, there’s even an Hermès!
Wang Xinhan was also stunned. Did their family have such wealthy relatives? Why had he never known before?
Cao Laoting carried the gift boxes and walked with her head held high, triumphantly, under the envious gazes of the neighbors.
She proudly said, “Oh Deng Rui, look, they’ve brought it after all?”
Deng Rui: “……”
She looked at Zhou Shuyu, deep sympathy appearing in her eyes.
What an unlucky girl.
Cao Laoting didn’t go upstairs immediately but showed off the gifts in her hands to the neighbors.
Zhou Shuyu looked at her actions, extremely shocked, she never expected Jiang Yuan’s family to have such a style of behavior…
Seeing Jiang Yuan’s figure, she called out to greet her, “Miss Jiang, Happy New Year.”
Cao Laoting’s face was full of surprise. She actually knew that brat from the Jiang family?
A smile flickered across Jiang Yuan’s lips, “Miss Zhou, Happy New Year.”
Cao Laoting’s face darkened, unhappy, she pulled Zhou Shuyu, “Let’s go home.”
Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow, “You go home if you want, but let go of my guest and my gifts.”
Cao Laoting sneered, “What your guest, this is my guest!”
Zhou Shuyu was stunned for a few seconds, realizing something was wrong, “Aren’t you family?”
“What family, bad luck!” Cao Laoting spat several times after saying that, “It’s already unlucky enough to be neighbors with people like this!”
Jiang Yuan introduced her, “Miss Zhou, this is my mother, Ms. Deng.”
“Hello Aunt Deng.” Zhou Shuyu extended her hand to Deng Rui, “I am Zhou Shuyu.”
Seeing this, Cao Laoting quickly stopped her, “Why are you greeting her? Hurry and come upstairs with me!”
Zhou Shuyu frowned, shook off her hand, “Excuse me, please put down the gift I brought for Miss Jiang.”
She had thought it strange just now. Jiang Yuan was such a principled person, how could her family be so vulgar?
Cao Laoting’s eyes suddenly widened, she said in disbelief, “What did you say? A gift for whom?”
Zhou Shuyu said indifferently, “A gift for Miss Jiang, please put it down.”
Deng Rui was amused, and said smilingly, “Cao Laoting, what were you just saying to everyone? Your son’s girlfriend? I’m sorry, Xiao Zhou is my Yuan Yuan’s good friend.”
A hint of surprise flashed through Zhou Shuyu’s heart.
Did Jiang Yuan introduce herself to her family as her good friend?
She pursed her lips, happy enough to want to laugh.
Cao Laoting swayed slightly, feeling like she had been struck by lightning.
She stiffly turned her head and stared at her son, gritting her teeth and asking, “Ahan, isn’t this your girlfriend?”
Wang Xinhan frowned deeply, with a look of bewilderment, “Mom, isn’t this our family’s relative?”
“So it turns out, it was Sister Cao and her son who were mistaken!”
“This is hilarious hahaha!”
Zhou Shuyu instructed the bodyguard to snatch the gift boxes from Cao Laoting and her son.
