Chapter 66: Choose Him or Choose Me

"Quick! Eat some melon seeds!"

Si Rong did not like hearing her speak so exaggeratedly and wanted to stuff her mouth with melon seeds.

But Lin Meixi did not delay her chattering while cracking melon seeds.

"Aunt Rong, I was blind before; that Shen Chi is truly not a decent person!"

"After all these years of you raising him, he can just forget it as soon as he says so; he is truly unfilial!"

"After all, he isn't my own flesh and blood; there is a layer of skin between us. Now that he has returned to his biological mother, it is understandable." Si Rong was not particularly angry because of those two children.

Everyone has their own fate.

With Li Xuan standing between them, the mother-son bond between those two children and her was destined to give rise to many troubles.

It was better to cut it off cleanly.

If you hesitate when you should act, you will surely suffer the consequences.

It would be a small matter if she implicated herself, but if she implicated the Si Family, that would be a big deal.

"You can't say it like that," Mother Lin chimed in at this moment, "Everyone has witnessed how you treated those two children all these years; they received so many benefits from our Si Family! Now they say they don't recognize you, they are truly ungrateful wretches!"

Lin Meixi seemed to agree with her mother's words, "That's right, I always thought that Shen Chi wasn't good. Aunt Rong was already so good to him, yet he still wasn't satisfied and complained that Aunt Rong wouldn't let him follow the eldest uncle of the Si Family to learn how to do business. By what right?"

Truly, after taking advantage for so long, one only knows how to have delusional thoughts!

He wants to follow the eldest uncle? Who doesn't want to?

A child born to a mistress is still so muddled; he deserves to achieve nothing!

In fact, the reason Lin Meixi was able to take a fancy to Shen Chi in the beginning was because she had taken a fancy to Si Rong behind him.

Even the idea of having Shen Chi threaten Si Rong with their breakup before Si Rong divorced was her suggestion.

At the time, Lin Meixi thought that even if Si Rong would not forgive Shen Lan, Shen Chi still carried a lot of weight in her heart.

She thought Si Rong would compromise on that marriage for Shen Chi's happiness, but she did not expect Si Rong to act so decisively.

She said she would divorce, and she did; she said she would sever the mother-son bond, and she did.

"Aunt Rong, are you going to visit relatives at Great Aunt's house later? Let me go with you!" Lin Meixi suggested.

In previous years, she had always envied the red envelopes that the siblings Shen Chi and Shen Yuan received for following Si Rong to visit relatives.

The Si Family's relatives were no ordinary people.

After the two brothers of the Si Family rose to prominence, those among the relatives who were steady and capable had all been gradually promoted over the years.

As for those with poor character, they had all gradually cut off contact.

Therefore, the relatives the Si Family still associated with were no longer poor.

Following Si Rong on a trip yielded quite a considerable income.

Si Rong was considering how to refuse.

Of course, she did not want to bring a little tail that was an eyesore, but she also did not want to make the atmosphere too stiff during the New Year.

Just at this moment, Si Ming came down from upstairs.

Si Ming was the only son of Si Jia Lao Da, nineteen years old this year, attending university out of town and back for the New Year.

His appearance followed his father's, tall and fierce.

Lin Meixi's eyes flickered, and she immediately changed her tune, "Aunt Rong, or maybe I should stay behind and taste Li Sao's cooking at noon; it's been a long time since I've eaten the taro she makes."

"That's fine too."

Si Rong picked up her things, got into her eldest brother's car, and then let out a long breath.

"Why go to the trouble of humoring her?" Si Yan naturally did not like this mother and son either, but it was Mother Jiang who said the Si Family was now a tall tree attracting the wind, and offending fewer petty people would ensure peace, "A pair of stinky braggarts!"

"Isn't it for the sake of her mother's face? People are claiming to be our elders!"

Si Rong knew that some people could just be humored and that would be the end of it.

They ate lunch at the home of the Si Family's Great Aunt, Si Ying.

Si Ying was an expert at cooking seafood.

Crabs, swimming crabs, and lobsters were spread across the table.

Si Rong was not too keen on seafood, but she was not a picky eater; she could eat anything except cilantro.

"Xiao Rong, how do you feel after living at the Jiang Family for a few days?"

Si Ying asked.

As a matchmaker, she was dutiful even during the New Year.

"It's quite good."

Si Rong felt the best part about the Jiang Family was the atmosphere; it was very warm, and she liked everyone there.

"Then you might as well just get it done this year!" Si Ying was an impatient person.

Si Rong was almost choked by her food.

"You've seen Jiang Cheng's status and appearance; I heard he is very popular at their Junqu Dayuan, and there are quite a few girls eyeing him!"

Si Ying wished she could make a move quickly on behalf of her niece; otherwise, what would she do if someone else snatched him away?

Si Rong remembered the girl who went to the Jiang Family to play cards that night; it seemed her name was Fang Ting.

Going to the Jiang Family late at night could not have been a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Especially since she also invited her to the Junqu Dayuan's social competition.

Could it be that Fang Ting liked Jiang Cheng?

That would be normal; Jiang Cheng's conditions were indeed very good.

"If it's not mine, forcing it is useless; if it is mine, it will be mine."

Si Rong was now cautious about marriage.

There was a reason for the saying that good things take time.

Back then, she and Shen Lan were just too hasty, which is why it led to so many years of tragedy.

"Auntie has to remind you, you must take it slow."

Si Ying only felt anxious looking at her, wishing she could personally drag these two people to go get their marriage certificate.

The main thing is that Jiang Cheng's conditions in the remarriage market are clearly superior to other men.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I know what I'm doing."

The three of them finished their meal at Auntie's house before leaving.

Thinking that Lin Meixi might still be at home, Si Rong had her eldest brother drop her off at Ming Zi's house.

It is afternoon now, so they can go shopping together.

When she arrived, there were many people gathered at the entrance of Ming Zi's house.

Si Rong frowned; hadn't Luo Sheng already been buried?

Only after she walked inside did she realize that everyone was gathered around to watch a woman.

That woman stood before Ming Zi, looking pitiful and helpless.

It took quite a while for Ming Zi to send that woman away.

Si Rong then learned that the woman was the widow who had been with Luo Sheng on New Year's Eve.

She is pregnant.

Now that she wants to give birth, Mother Luo has completely changed her previous attitude of wanting to beat the widow to death, and is coaxing her, wanting the widow to give birth to the child.

Ming Zi felt annoyed staying at home, so she simply went out to the street with Si Rong to clear her mind.

"Didn't you say that the time on New Year's Eve was the first time they were together?"

Si Rong sighed.

Ming Zi shook her head, "Now that the animal is dead, there is no proof, so isn't it just whatever she says?"

The key now is that this child has stirred up the conflict between her and her parents-in-law.

Their son is dead; although they have a grandson and granddaughter, Father Luo and Mother Luo certainly still want to keep everything related to their son as much as possible.

Mother Luo even superstitiously believes that what is growing in the widow's belly might be the reincarnation of her son.

After all, her son did die on that widow's belly.

This kind of matter is truly a headache.

The two of them walked to the vicinity of the dance troupe without realizing it, and Si Rong said, "Did you not eat breakfast? Go to my place and let Wang Ma make you something to eat!"

Before Si Rong finished speaking, she saw Jiang Cheng's jeep pull up beside them.

The man's profile was impeccable; he lowered the car window as if he were just passing by, "Where are you going? I'll take you."

Si Rong was just about to say there was no need when she saw Shen Lan running toward her from across the street.

"Rongrong, I have something to tell you!"

Si Rong gave him no pleasant look, "We are already divorced and have no relationship; I have nothing to say to you!"

"That's not it, I like you; it's just that I didn't realize it before."

Although Shen Lan felt a bit embarrassed in front of Ming Zi, it is truly too difficult for him to see Si Rong these days.

Ming Zi let out a snort of laughter.

Didn't realize it?

"You didn't realize it in eighteen years of marriage, but you realized it two months after the divorce?"

Shen Lan ignored Si Rong's sarcasm and was just about to make another heartfelt confession when he saw Jiang Cheng get out of the jeep.

"Deputy County Magistrate Shen, please show some self-respect. Si Rong is my girlfriend now; harassing her on the street like this might get you beaten up," Jiang Cheng warned as he pulled Si Rong directly to his side.

Shen Lan was furious; he pointed at Jiang Cheng, then pointed at himself, and asked Si Rong, "Rongrong, tell him, are you choosing him or choosing me? If you choose me, we can remarry immediately!"

He had absolute confidence that Si Rong would choose him.