340 Simple-minded
However, they couldn’t keep Yu Yan indoors for three whole days. Moreover, in order to express the Yu family’s goodwill to Yu Yan, on the last day, everyone who had work applied for leave and the family of five strolled around Hang City together.
They still ate breakfast at home. The factory started work at eight o’clock, so after Yu Pan finished breakfast, she found an excuse to knock on the Yao family’s door after eight o’clock.
After Yu Pan confirmed that Shi Lian had gone to work, she returned home and gave Duan Mei a secret signal before the family left.
Everyone had fun outside for the entire day. At night, they ate outside before returning to the courtyard at nine o’clock. This was because at this time, most people had already returned home and were preparing to sleep.
Unfortunately, Shi Lian returned to her mother’s house to visit her sick mother after work today, so she only returned home at this time. The few of them bumped into each other downstairs, startling Duan Mei and Mr. Yu.
“You guys scared me!” Shi Lian panted as she rolled her eyes.
It was dark at night, and the street lamps were very dim. Shi Lian only knew that the Yu family had probably returned from shopping. Although they couldn’t be in-laws anymore and had parted on bad terms last time, they still had to greet each other since they lived upstairs and downstairs from each other. However, she didn’t expect the Yu couple to look so frightened when they saw her.
After Duan Mei came back to her sense, she replied with a smile, “No, no. I was just too engrossed in talking to the children, so I was frightened when you suddenly called us.”
Shi Lian was a little surprised to see the smile on Duan Mei’s face. After so many years of interaction, she knew Duan Mei well. Duan Mei wasn’t a magnanimous person and was definitely not the kind of person who would forget about the two of them arguing after such a short period of time.
Shi Lian felt that something was amiss, but she didn’t show it on her face. “Where did your family go? It’s rare for you guys to have the time to relax.”
Shi Lian and Duan Mei were not from the same production workshop, so she didn’t know that she had taken leave today. As Shi Lian spoke, she sized up the area behind Duan Mei.
Yu Hai wasn’t good at dealing with shenanigans between women, so he remained silent.
When Duan Mei saw Shi Lian, she subconsciously let go of Yu Yan’s hand and deliberately walked in front of Yu Yan to block Shi Lian’s vision. “Yes, we went shopping together after dinner tonight. Why are you back so late?”
Although the Yu family deliberately concealed it, Shi Lian still noticed the existence of the fifth person. “My mother has had a headache for a few days. I was worried, so I went to see her and came back late. Did a guest come to your home? Or is she a friend of Yu Wu’s?”
Originally, Shi Lian wouldn’t have paid attention if there was just another person around. However, the Yu family’s secretive attitude made her curious. However, her first guess was that she was Yu Wu’s girlfriend.
When Duan Mei looked at Shi Lian’s curious expression, she regretted coming out today. She didn’t expect to bump into someone she knew, and worst of all, it was Shi Lian!
However, Duan Mei thought of a way to change the topic. “Yu Wu is still young, so he’s not in a hurry to get married. She’s a relative from my hometown and came over to visit for two days, so we brought her out tonight.”
As Duan Mei spoke, she went forward and held Shi Lian’s hand. Then, she pulled her towards the stairwell. “Your outfit looks nice. Did you buy new clothes recently?”
How could Shi Lian be fooled so easily? Although she followed Duan Mei up the stairs, she still turned around and continued to stare at Yu Yan’s face.
Yu Yan was also a little nervous. She hoped that Shi Lian would recognize her and let more people know her identity, but she didn’t want her identity to be exposed so quickly. If word got to her adoptive parents and they really cut off all her allowance, how could she survive in the future?!
Now, 10 yuan a month and the package that had been halved only allowed her to keep up appearances and sustain her daily needs. That amount of money was impossible for her to bribe people to work for her.
Moreover, she couldn’t afford to show her filial piety to her biological parents, so she had to continue to compromise and stay by her adoptive parents’ side.
Thinking of this, Yu Yan lowered her head slightly and avoided Shi Lian’s gaze.
When Shi Lian saw Yu Yan’s face, she felt that she looked a little familiar, so she felt that things were not as simple as Duan Mei had said. If that was the case, why did she act so secretive?