Chapter 108: Li the Cheap Sister

She was born a little princess and would never set foot in a place like this.

"What are you dazed for?" Ming Zi scolded angrily, "Am I paying you a salary to hand out hairtail fish or to space out?"

Shen Lan only then came back to his senses; the two people standing before him were indeed Ming Zi and Si Rong.

It looked like Si Rong must have accompanied Ming Zi to collect her benefits.

No! Would she, Ming Zi, be lacking this bit of benefits?

She must have brought Si Rong along on purpose to see him make a fool of himself!

Bitch!

Shen Lan panicked and wanted to tidy up his clothes; he did not want to look this disheveled in front of Si Rong.

But he forgot that his hands had been holding hairtail fish for a long time, and touching his hair only made it dirtier.

Si Rong watched him with a faint smile.

It was as if she were watching a joke.

This gaze made Shen Lan wish he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Hahaha..." Ming Zi was already laughing loudly before she had even walked out of the office with the hairtail fish.

It was just too funny.

This job was indeed more suitable for Shen Lan.

Si Rong felt the same way; she hoped Shen Lan would continue doing this job until he grew old.

The next day, after waking up, Si Rong went with Ming Zi to sign up for the Spring Dance Competition.

It was a county-level competition broadcast by Huaiyang Satellite TV.

Last night, after Jiang Cheng went to the military unit, he called her back and said there was an emergency mission to head out to sea.

It would take a few days at the shortest, and half a month at the longest.

Si Rong told him to complete the mission with peace of mind and to stay safe.

She could be considered to have experienced the hardships of being a military family member.

As long as the country has a need, they must be ready at any time.

After signing up, Si Rong was chatting with a girl when she saw Ming Zi come over and grab her arm, "Look! Who is that?"

Hearing her say this, Si Rong also had a feeling in her heart; sure enough, who else could it be filling out the registration form if not Li Xuan?

"I'm going to start practicing dance when I get back today!" Ming Zi said, rubbing her fists.

Originally, she didn't have much of a desire to win, but now it was different.

Winning or losing the competition didn't matter, but they absolutely could not lose to Li Xuan.

At this moment, Li Xuan also saw them.

Having already torn off the mask of civility, she originally didn't want to pay any attention to Si Rong and Ming Zi.

But thinking that she would soon marry Shen Lan.

Li Xuan still walked toward the two of them.

As a result, before she could even stand steady, Si Rong's slap had already landed.

She had said before that she would slap her every time they met.

Li Xuan originally wanted to fight back, but seeing everyone looking over, she immediately put on a pitiful, teary-eyed look.

"Si Rong, Shen Lan is going to marry me!"

No matter what, she would soon be the legitimate Mrs. Shen.

"Congratulations, the trash has finally found the trash can."

Li Xuan:......

"I know you're jealous..."

"Do you know? Every time we meet, I want to sew your mouth shut," Ming Zi had already started digging into her handbag, "I brought a needle today..."

"Crazy!" Li Xuan was frightened into fleeing in a panic.

These two women were both mentally ill.

One was a widow, the other was remarried; all in all, they were not as good as her, having only ever been with one man, Shen Lan, from beginning to end.

Seeing them now as lovers finally getting married was nothing more than jealousy.

Li Xuan ran out the door and tidied her clothes, thinking that she must win this competition.

That time at school, the students had held her back, but this time it was different; she would definitely use victory to stand tall in front of Si Rong and Ming Zi.

Upon returning home, Li Xuan began to practice dancing.

In the room, Shen Yuan kept pounding on the door.

After losing her mind, she would be like this for the better part of every day, and Li Xuan was already used to it.

She went in to deliver three meals a day and took her to the bathroom every three hours.

After practicing dance for a while, Li Xuan wiped the sweat from her forehead, then started cooking and delivered the food to Shen Yuan's room.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Yuan seemed unable to stand the bright light and raised her hand to cover it.

Her wrist was locked to the side of the bed by an iron chain.

Seeing Li Xuan, she began to clutch her quilt, "Child... my child..."

She lunged at Li Xuan, hitting, gnawing, and biting, "Give me back my child! Give me back my child!"

Li Xuan felt the pain and pushed her away, "Shen Yuan! How long are you going to be crazy for? Who else but me would take care of you now? Look at what you've become!"

It was only because she was willing to shoulder the responsibilities a mother should bear; if it were someone else, like her own mother, she would have definitely been sent out to wander the streets long ago.

Thinking of her own mother, Li Xuan's mood wasn't very good.

She had not returned home for about twenty-some years.

Back then, when her parents found her at school and wanted her to return to the village to get married, it was Si Rong who pulled strings to help her, so those two were unable to take her away.

Later, she changed her identity and name, acting as if she had no parents.

It would be better never to meet again for the rest of her life; she never wanted to see those two people who favored sons over daughters.

Shen Yuan seemed to understand her words and stopped struggling, turning instead to grab large handfuls of rice from the bowl and stuffing them into her mouth.

Li Xuan squatted beside her and watched her.

She realized that although Shen Yuan was not mentally sound right now, she could occasionally understand what was said.

"Shen Yuan, Mom is telling you, your child was killed by Si Rong!"

Li Xuan said every word clearly, "Do you know? And your father's job, Mom's job, the reason our family has become like this now, it's all Si Rong's fault!"

The more she spoke, the more she felt that this was indeed the case.

If Si Rong hadn't been so meddlesome and had just stayed in her position as Mrs. Shen, then everyone would still be doing fine now.

Therefore, everything was Si Rong's fault!

Soon, the day of Shen Lan and Li Xuan's wedding arrived.

Although there were only two tables for the banquet, Li Xuan still got up early to dress herself up beautifully.

The only flaw was that the implants she had previously inserted had been removed, and now, not only had they not grown larger, they seemed to have shrunk a little.

However, none of that was important.

Today she had rented a wedding dress, and she was going to be the most beautiful bride.

Shen Yuan certainly could not attend the wedding in her condition, but Shen Chi was unexpectedly unwilling to come either.

Li Xuan felt somewhat exhausted, only feeling that both children had been ruined by Si Rong, and she planned to have one of her own after the wedding to raise properly.

Originally, Shen Lan had thought that even though he had been demoted, given his past connections, two tables would certainly not be enough, so he had prepared two extra tables of food.

But he hadn't expected that only a few scattered neighbors would come.

And that was only because he owed them gifts from before.

Not a single colleague from the government department came!

The gift money he received wasn't even enough to pay for the banquet.

Neither of the two tables was even full.

Just as they were preparing to eat, they suddenly saw a large group of people arriving.

Shen Lan felt a surge of joy in his heart.

So people were only just starting to arrive; he knew that since he was once a County Magistrate, it was impossible for no one to come and show their support.

This was great; the prepared banquet could finally be used.

Their gift money could also be recouped.

Li Xuan was also happy, but as that group of people drew closer, her teeth began to chatter.

"Li Jianmei!" an aged and vicious voice rang out.