Chapter 286: The Child is Dead, Now the Milk Has Arrived

For a moment, Kong Nuo only felt that his self-esteem and face had all been thrown in front of everyone by his mother.

He pushed Lin Meixi away with resentment, then ran off.

A problem? He didn't have a problem; on the contrary, he felt he was quite impressive!

It was almost as long as a little finger.

He hated Lin Meixi to death in his heart right now; did God not have eyes, why did He have to give him such a mother!

He would rather have no mother at all.

He would rather Lin Meixi be hit by a car, or crushed to death by something; in short, as long as she was dead, that would be fine.

Lin Meixi did not yet know that the son she loved with all her heart was wishing for her death; she was only full of thoughts about finding that money.

She climbed up from the ground and followed behind Kong Nuo, stumbling as she chased after him.

Jiang Siyu felt very emotional; she was still young and only felt that Kong Nuo was heartless, and no matter what, he shouldn't have pushed his mother to the ground so ruthlessly.

Perhaps what hurt more than the bleeding palm was the heart.

She walked home with Jiang Yue, and when they ran into Bai Mo, neither of them greeted the other first.

Bai Mo was still waiting for Jiang Sinian to come and apologize to her, so seeing his family members now, she naturally wouldn't take the initiative to lower her status and greet them.

Jiang Siyu watched this relationship of her brother's, and although when she fought with her brother, she wished she could pin him to the ground and beat him to death.

But seeing the tooth marks on her brother's arm, she still felt that Bai Mo was not a good match for her brother.

She might like her brother, but she didn't feel sorry for him.

It was so deep and so cruel; Bai Mo must have used a lot of strength at the time.

"Jiang Siyu!" Lu Fei chased after her with his schoolbag on his back, "My mom stewed chicken soup at noon today, I invite you to come; the chicken soup my mom stews tastes so good!"

He was struggling with not knowing how to pursue Jiang Siyu, and his mother said that since she was Si Rong's student, she still had some face.

If he used her name to invite Jiang Siyu, Jiang Siyu would surely find it hard to refuse.

"If it tastes good, go back and drink it yourself!" Jiang Siyu coldly refused.

Her mother had said that Sun Chanjuan was not a good person.

She naturally believed her mother.

"My mom and your mom are old friends, you must not be polite with our family!" Lu Fei tried his best to persuade her.

"I'm sorry, I don't like going to other people's houses to eat."

Just as Jiang Siyu finished saying this, Fu Yang rode his bicycle past them and stopped.

"Juzi! My mom made crab today, she's calling you and Jiang Yue to come eat!"

"Okay!" Jiang Siyu agreed immediately.

Then she pulled Jiang Yue along and followed behind Fu Yang, who was pushing his bicycle, as they walked toward the Fu family's house together.

Auntie Wan Fang had great culinary skills, and every time she made something delicious, she would let her bring friends along, so she didn't really mind.

Lu Fei watched, stunned.

She didn't like going to other people's houses to eat?

Was Fu Yang not "other people"?

A sense of crisis rose in his heart; he felt that Fu Yang was competing with him for Jiang Siyu.

And calling her Juzi? By what right were they so intimate?

Dejected, he returned home, and in the kitchen, Sun Chanjuan interrogated him, "Jiang Siyu didn't come?"

She had stewed black-bone chicken soup today.

"She didn't come."

Sun Chanjuan felt that her black-bone chicken soup had been a waste of effort, "You child, did you not tell her properly? Did you say that I was the one who invited her?"

"I said it, she just didn't want to come to our house to eat; she went to eat at the house of that Fu Yang from her class."

Sun Chanjuan immediately got anxious and put down her spatula, "A boy? Why did she go to a boy's house to eat?"

How did this Si Rong teach her daughter?

If she were to marry into their family in the future, she would still have to teach her well.

"I told you to be sharper on weekdays and offer more favors, but you just wouldn't listen. Now look? Did you let someone else get there first?"

"I think you should just settle the marriage before you take the college entrance exam." Sun Chanjuan had been to college herself, and she felt that girls were different from boys; getting such a high degree was useless.

Her husband only had a high school diploma, but he had a flexible mind and earned more than her, so she thought it was quite good to give up her job and stay home to raise their children.

"When the time comes, you go to college, and let Jiang Siyu stay at home to have children."

"By then, if the Si Family gives our family a little help, our family's business will grow even bigger, how great that would be!"

It was quite great; hearing the happy life his mother described, Lu Fei also felt it was pretty good.

It was just that, "But, Jiang Siyu hasn't agreed to my pursuit yet; what's the use of talking about these things now?"

"Why are you so stupid?"

Sun Chanjuan had to teach him, "Little girls are so easy to coax; you just send her flowers, gifts, and love letters, and she will be won over by you very soon."

After saying this, she even stuffed a few red bills into her son's hand.

Her main job now was to click the abacus at the family's hardware store, and over time, she categorized everything by profit.

In her view, Lu Fei spending money to pursue Jiang Siyu was an investment, and there would be profitable returns in the future.

As for a girl like Yao Xiaotang, Sun Chanjuan wouldn't even be willing to spend money to buy her a fifty-cent lollipop.

"Let me tell you," Sun Chanjuan added, "if a girl's belly gets big, she will be obedient..."

Lu Fei wrote a love letter to Jiang Siyu.

In the letter, he wrote about their first meeting in the alley three years ago, and also wrote about his growing feelings for her.

Jiang Siyu read it with great emotion.

It reminded her of a saying Aunt Ming Zi was very fond of: the milk arrived only after the child had died.

Back when she first experienced the stirrings of love, a single remark from Lu Fei—"I won't like a fat girl"—made her determined to lose weight; those sleepless nights could not be smoothed over by a mere love letter today.

They were not a good match.

She showed the love letter to Jiang Yue, who shared her view: "I saw how Lu Fei's mother used to give Yao Xiaotang a hard time; if you were to marry into that family, it would be hard to guarantee you wouldn't offend her for the rest of your life, and once you do, you would end up just like Yao Xiaotang did."

"Of course I know that," Jiang Siyu was not the type to let herself be wronged, "Besides, I don't want to date so early; I want to find a husband like my father in the future."

Her mother's marriage could not be called absolutely perfect, but her father had truly done his utmost to cherish her mother.

With heart and mind set on only one person, she likewise yearned for such a love.

"Then you must refuse him decisively and clearly; don't leave him any illusions."

Jiang Siyu felt very helpless, "I've already refused him quite obviously, okay? He is truly annoying to death."

"The College Entrance Examination is almost here," Jiang Yue thought about how Lu Fei had even brought his mother into this, and said, "Tell Aunt Rong."

Perhaps it was the mother and son together who were plotting something against Juzi.

People's hearts are hard to fathom, and it is impossible to guard against everything.

"Wouldn't that be making a mountain out of a molehill?" Jiang Siyu felt that telling on someone was something only elementary school students would do, and she was already grown up.

"Listen to me."

Jiang Yue felt it was better to be cautious; Sun Chanjuan was not quite the same as Aunt Wan Fang, as she did not interact with Aunt Rong very much on a daily basis.

With the College Entrance Examination imminent, what was her intention in having Juzi go home alone to eat with her son?

If she were truly aboveboard, she could have done just like Aunt Wan Fang and invited Jiang Sinian or someone else to keep them company.

"I'll go with you to tell her."

Jiang Yue and Jiang Siyu entered the Jiang Family home together, only to bump right into Jiang Sinian, who had just run out from the courtyard.

She was a head shorter than Jiang Sinian, and her nose knocked against some unknown bone, instantly making her eyes sting with the urge to cry.

The scent unique to the youth, clean as sunlight, came rushing over her in an overwhelming wave.