"Huang, Brother Huang?!" Mei Rui was completely flustered when she saw Fan Huang.
He did not see her tearful performance.
He heard her scold Chen Lijun and say all those terrible things...
What made Mei Rui break down was she didn’t even touch Chen Lijun!
She didn’t even lay a finger on her!
"Bringing personal emotions into the workplace is already inappropriate, but you dare to resort to violence?!" Fan Huang rarely gave such a lengthy lecture to outsiders.
While Suizi silently praises her mother’s acting skills, she couldn’t help but mourn for Mei Rui.
"I didn’t touch her, she fell over by herself, they both saw it!"
Seeing that Fan Huang was angry, Mei Rui started panicking.
Once someone panics, they lose all sense of propriety when they speak and she even started seeking help from Suizi and her husband.
"She hit my mom!"
"She hit my mom!"
Suizi and Yu Jingting were perfectly in sync.
Fan Huang was completely furious.
"Pack your things and get lost! I don’t ever want to see you in Beijing again!"
The sentence was as good as a death sentence for Mei Rui.
It meant that no one in the city would dare to employ Mei Rui. Offending Fan Huang would not be offset by pleading with his mother.
Suizi pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and silently waved it at Mei Rui.
Yu Jingting turned on the speaker and began to sing in his rich voice:
"Ah, my friend, goodbye~ Ah, my friend, goodbye~ Ah, my friend, goodbye~"
The song was beautifully sung, but no one knew how the listener felt.
The scheme Mei Rui wanted to pin on Chen Lijun was met with a strong counterattack, leaving a negative impression in Fan Huang’s mind.
Suizi was impressed by Chen Lijun’s moves.
Her mom’s skills in palace intrigue proved to be pretty handy.
Perhaps from the moment Fan Huang’s mother was trying to bring Mei Rui into Fan Huang’s life, her old lady had a plan in her mind.
She had been holding back until now, wanting to deliver a fatal blow in one fell swoop.
Mei Rui’s little tricks were nothing compared to Chen Lijun’s tactics. She ran out crying, accompanied by Yu Jingting’s song.
"Stop singing, she struck out, why didn’t you two stop her?!" Fan Huang, upset about Chen Lijun, began to question Suizi and her husband.
"We couldn’t stop her..." Suizi was wronged.
With her mom’s swift fall, she showed off her top-tier acting skills. While she wanted to stop her mom, could she?
Seeing her daughter’s wronged expression, combined with Chen Lijun’s "dismal" state, Fan Huang became more convinced that Mei Rui had cruelly attacked his wife.
His hatred for Mei Rui grew, and it spread to his mother.
If it weren’t for his mother’s meddling, his pregnant wife wouldn’t have to endure such an humiliation!
Suizi saw Mei Rui’s sad future in her father’s grim expression, and made a ’one’ gesture behind his back.
Seeing her gesture, Chen Lijun narrowed her eyes.
This clever girl, taking advantage of the situation?
She was demanding hush money, or else she would tattle!
"Since Jingting is here, he can deliver those tonics and gifts that you bought for the old lady." Chen Lijun suggested on purpose.
Fan Huang was furious, let alone sending gifts to his mother, not rushing over to confront her showed significant restraint on his part.
Of course, reconciliation is necessary, but for now, his priority was to comfort his wife.
"What to give? She seems to be energetic enough. Supplements aren’t needed at all. We should save them for Suizi."
"Oh, my dear old father, my dearest person~" Yu Jingting began to sing again, using a megaphone.
Two little ones joined him in harmony from the side.
Chen Lijun was amused and began to laugh. Her laughter relaxed Fan Huang a bit.
Suizi stroked her chin, lost in thought.
A few days ago, she heard her mother relentlessly urging her father to mend things with the elderly lady, suggesting that they should give some money to buy a gift for her.
They chose a bunch of supplements and a gold pearl necklace.
Suizi was deeply impressed. Such necklace was chosen by her mother. Suizi thought the design was too young, not quite fitting for the elderly lady.
Chen Lijun mysteriously smiled, and told her to try it on.
Suizi didn’t understand why her mother suddenly became so wise.
Looking back now, her mother wasn’t wise at all. She had calculated everything beforehand. The gifts were actually for Suizi!
Chen Lijun managed to retain a good reputation, after all, as the old lady’s servant was one to pass away first. This prevented "filial piety" opportunities from transpiring.
Once Suizi understood these, she looked at her mother. Chen Lijun was glaring at Suizi, apparently unhappy about her capitalizing on the opportunity.
Suizi immediately snatched the horn from Yu Jingting’s hands and emotively sang, "Nothing compares to the love of a mother~"
The two youngsters were even more familiar with this song, and began to sing along.
Fan Huang furrowed his brow.
"Suizi is becoming more and more like Jingting!"
"Not at all! My face is much thinner than his! I kept the horn turned off when I sang!"
Suizi defended herself confidently. She was a person with a reputation after all!
"Mommy sings out of tune." Luoluo revealed the truth.
"A smile can cut ten years off your age. It’s always good to be happy. It’s good for my mom. I’ve decided to stay with my mom more often, so she won’t be depressed by seeing too many annoying people during her pregnancy."
Suizi was extremely good at imitating; seeing her mother’s cunning, she immediately mimicked it, indirectly mocking Fan mother in her words with tons of hidden implications.
Fan Huang’s eyes dimmed slightly. Suizi had stoked his disdain for Fan Mother expertly. His disapproval of Fan Mother was growing.
Suizi’s family accompanied Chen Lijun for lunch, and Fan Huang didn’t seem to want to leave afterward.
Realizing her father wanted to comfort her mother alone, Suizi led her family leaving wisely, taking the gifts Fan Huang left in the car with her.
The gifts were initially planned for the old lady, but due to Mei Rui’s unwitting meddling, Suizi was the one who profited in the end.
"Actually, I’m not that fond of golden pearls. Look, do you think it looks a bit nouveau riche?" Suizi tried it on her neck.
"First, wipe the smirk off your face, then act all modest."Yu Jingting thought his wife was barely holding back laughter.
"I’m not just happy about swooping up the old lady’s gifts. I just think Mei Rui is too impulsive..."
When Suizi thought of her mother’s stagy performance, she couldn’t help but laugh.
Her mother had her father completely wrapped up, entirely due to Mei Rui’s unwitting assistance. She really had no idea what Fan Mother saw in Mei Rui.
"The old lady still has no idea that our mom is pregnant. I really look forward to her face when she finds out."
Fan Mother was still daydreaming, thinking she had a handle on Chen Lijun and could make her raise the child of her relatives.
"We should borrow a camera for that."
"Don’t we have one at home? Why would we need to borrow another?"
"I’m planning on getting a camera from multiple angles, so we can capture the old lady’s expression from all directions. We can print the photos as a collage to give to mom.
Whenever mom’s mood is down, she can take a look and surely she will laugh. It’s good for her to have a lively little brother or sister."
"Mom, you are such a kind-hearted person." Luoluo didn’t fully understand, but she felt that her mother giving something to grandma was a very filial act.
Suizi’s face broke into a smile. That’s right, she was so kind-hearted.