Chapter 1738: One Must Stand in the Other's Shoes to Seek Benefits for Oneself

Everyone advised her this way; if she were going to change, she would have changed long ago, and it wouldn't have been Su Qiangying's turn to step in.

Su Qiangying continued to persuade her earnestly: "You are still young and don't think things through. I've seen many of those love-struck, infatuated girls end up in miserable situations. They all regret it in the end, but what's the use of regret? There is no regret medicine to buy in this world."

"Auntie, my ears have grown calluses from hearing these words. Countless people have said them to me, but they haven't changed me in the slightest."

Damn it.

Calling her Auntie again?

In this round of PK, Bai Manman won completely, and Su Qiangying returned in defeat.

Now she stood on the same front as everyone else, advising Zirui to pray for his own luck; unless he became a monk, he would never escape the palm of Bai Manman's hand in this lifetime.

"Fine." Zirui nodded seriously.

"I'll go become a monk. From now on, I'll live with green lamps and ancient Buddhas, my heart as still as water, and all the troubles of the world will have nothing to do with me."

At first, no one believed him, thinking he was joking, but Zihan believed him.

Because Zirui never jokes.

Zichen asked: "Are you for real?"

"Have you ever seen me joke? Of course, I'm serious."

Litian was puzzled: "Does Mom have no way either?"

"No. If there were a way, Mom would have already persuaded Bai Manman to give up."

Not necessarily.

The Sheng Family brothers suddenly thought that perhaps their mother wasn't without a way, but simply chose not to intervene!

Solving one's own problems is a consistent tradition of the Sheng Family.

But if it truly couldn't be solved, they would also step in; they wouldn't just watch and do nothing.

Everyone suddenly laughed at Litian, making him feel baffled: "Why are you all looking at me and laughing?"

Zirui said to his second brother: "Second brother, this matter still requires your help. Help me go talk to Mom and let her give me an idea."

"

Fine, I'll help you."

Litian kept his word and went back that very evening.

Seeing Litian, Shi Youxuan asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly come back?"

"Mom, I have something to ask of you."

Shi Youxuan thought to herself that it wasn't a holiday or a festival, so if he came back with a request, was it because he didn't have enough money to spend?

So she took out a bank card and handed it to her son: "I had it prepared for you long ago. You didn't want it when I tried to transfer money to you. Take this card; the password is your birthday."

Litian had donated all his money; although he wasn't quite sure where it was donated to, it couldn't be taken back.

After they were transferred back, Shi Youxuan had offered them money several times, but neither of them wanted it.

They even said that money is something you spend more of if you have more, and less if you have less; there is no fixed standard.

But expenses outside are high. They hadn't been working for long, and Litian was still in a work-study state, so it was normal for money to be tight.

His mother had misunderstood; he didn't come back for money.

Litian pushed the card back: "I don't want money. It's Zirui who wants to become a monk. He said he would rather become a monk than marry Bai Manman. Please think of a way for him to get rid of Bai Manman's pestering."

Shi Youxuan didn't believe it: "Don't listen to his nonsense. If he could become a monk, there would be monks everywhere by now. He's just fooling you..."

Wait!

Shi Youxuan caught on and pointed it out directly: "Oh, so you were sent back as a scout to test my stance. This is an attempt to force me to act, right? I won't do it; I can't handle this."

Litian realized his mother was too cunning... no, too smart.

But he couldn't admit it directly; he couldn't let his brothers' hopes turn into nothing. He hurriedly defended: "No, Mom, you've misunderstood us. Zirui is truly pushed to his wit's end; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of such a solution..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

Fine, people who can't lie simply can't lie. Litian originally wanted to speak for Zirui, but in the end, he betrayed him.

"Alright, if you don't have the diamond drill, don't take on the porcelain work. It was a mistake for him to ask you to fool me."

"Just tell me straight: is it that Zirui is so pestered by Manman that he has no choice and wants me to give him an idea?"

"Mm-hmm." Litian nodded repeatedly.

His mother said: "He can even think of becoming a monk, so why can't he think of a fortune-telling trick?"

"Zirui is just too arrogant. He's smart enough, but he always puts on airs and can't let go of his pride. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. If he could stand in Manman's shoes to think about the problem, he would have thought of this idea long ago."

Litian didn't understand what his mother meant.

His mother told him that after he went back, he should repeat her words to Zirui exactly as they were, and he would know what to do.

If he still didn't know, then he and Bai Manman were a match made in heaven, and he should just wait to marry her.

"Okay."

Litian didn't dare delay and immediately sent this message to Zirui.

Zirui slapped his forehead hard: "Oh, I'm so stupid. I didn't even think of such a simple thing. Mom is still the smart one."

After being enlightened, he immediately thought of a solution.

Bai Manman was bored to death at home.

She sat by the window, resting her chin on her hands, looking outside. The camellias outside the window were blooming beautifully.

A young couple walked past under the tree. The boy picked a fresh flower and tucked it behind the girl's ear. The girl smiled and tapped him, and the two walked away sweetly.

She was so envious.

This young couple's relationship was truly good. If Zirui could treat her with even one-tenth of the affection this boy showed, she would be willing to die immediately.

The way Zirui looked at her was always cold, like thousand-year-old ice; recently, besides coldness, it even carried disgust.

She sighed heavily.

Although in front of outsiders, she acted as if she were invincible.

But many times, she would also blame herself for being spineless.

She really was just spineless; she only liked Zirui and could not like anyone else, and for Zirui, she was willing to do anything.

Seeing her daughter's listless appearance, the mother was also at her wit's end, heaving long sighs.

Fortunately, her daughter's current state had not been seen by her husband, otherwise he would scold her again, scolding their daughter for being spineless and losing face for the Bai family.

It wasn't as if she couldn't get married, so why must she hang herself from a single tree?

Every time the father of the Bai family scolded their daughter, the mother had to intervene, and after intervening time and again, she would become the target of his scolding instead.

Then the couple would quarrel over their daughter; before their daughter had confirmed her relationship with Zirui, the couple had never quarreled.

After the couple quarreled, one would be furious, and the other would cry endlessly.

Bai Manman also felt guilty, but she simply could not convince herself to let go of Sheng Zirui.

Sigh! It is so worrying.

At this moment, the sound of bamboo clappers tapping rhythmically passed by the window.

An old man wearing a long robe, with graying hair and dark glasses, was walking slowly through the residential complex, leaning on a bamboo cane.

Usually, this kind of attire meant a fortune-teller, but theirs was a high-end residential complex, so such people could not get in; she wondered how this blind man had managed to walk in.

But when the mother of the Bai family saw him, she was very happy and said to her daughter, "Let's invite the fortune-teller in and have him calculate your marriage prospects?"

The wife I like always wants to anger me.