Chapter 7

Shen Man noticed the gaze coming from the corner, she subconsciously looked up and met Shen Ping’s eyes.

“Sister, you’re back, why didn’t Zhengguo come?” She gave a just-right smile and walked over.

Before Shen Man could say anything,

Shen Xiangshan was stunned, he instantly became excited, and quickly looked at Yang Fang and Shen Man, “What’s going on, Zhengguo is still alive?”

“Why didn’t you call him over to eat together?”

This was good news, his eldest daughter was unwilling to remarry no matter what, now the man was back from the dead, their life would be much better in the future.

Yang Fang looked deeply at Shen Ping, nodded, “I just found out, he has something urgent to deal with, he won’t be here for now.”

This stepdaughter of hers was becoming more and more scheming.

Shen Ping noticed her stepmother’s gaze, she sneered inwardly.

It was because of this woman that her father, who had loved her, became someone else’s father.

Especially after she gave birth to a son for her father, her father was completely at her beck and call.

And she treated Shen Man, this burden, much better than her own daughter.

But now, she would slowly make this mother and daughter pay the price for their oppression of her.

During dinner.

The Shen family sat around a table together.

Yang Fang brought out a bowl of yellow beans stewed with pig’s trotters from the kitchen, smiling as she placed it in front of Shen Man.

“Manman, try this, eating more pig’s trotters is good for your skin, you’ve been working and eating at the canteen every day, you must be tired.”

Then, she placed a bowl of thin-skinned, large-filled dumplings in front of Shen Man.

“And this, the pork and scallion dumplings you’ve been craving, Mom made them for you, eat them while they’re hot.”

Shen Man smiled, “Thank you, Mom.”

She picked up her unused chopsticks and gave Yang Fang a piece of pig’s trotter.

Then she gave a piece to Shen Xiangshan and Shen Mingchuan.

“Dad and Mom, you eat too, Mingchuan, you try this too.”

Yang Fang and Shen Xiangshan were stunned, a warm current flowed through their hearts.

Especially Yang Fang, her eyes were slightly red, “My daughter is so good, so thoughtful.”

Shen Xiangshan nodded, “I remember there are a few cloth coupons at home, I’ll take them to Manman to buy some cloth to make a dress.”

Shen Man smiled even sweeter, “Thank you, Dad.”

Little Shen Mingchuan quickly picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Yang Fang’s bowl, then he picked up two more pieces and put them in Shen Xiangshan and Shen Man’s bowls.

After that, he sat down obediently, blinked his eyes, looking up, “I’m as thoughtful as my sister.”

Shen Xiangshan subconsciously exchanged glances with Yang Fang, they couldn’t help but laugh.

He touched his son’s head, “Yes, you and your sister are both very thoughtful.”

Sitting opposite her, Shen Ping looked at the boiled cabbage and steamed bread in front of her.

Then she looked at the fragrant yellow beans stewed with pig’s trotters, the pork and scallion dumplings in front of Shen Man, and the happy family of four.

She was so angry that her teeth were itching, she lowered her head and took a big bite of the steamed bread.

Her resentment and bitterness were churning inside her.

Since she and her mother moved in, she gradually became invisible in this family.

When she schemed to have Shen Man drug Lu Zhengguo and climb into his bed, she thought that this would ruin Shen Man’s reputation.

But unexpectedly, her own father, for the sake of Shen Man, actually changed the engagement between her and Lu Zhengguo to the engagement between Shen Man and Lu Zhengguo.

He even made her clear Shen Man’s name of seducing her sister’s fiancé in front of everyone.

If she hadn’t been reborn, she might have really gone along with them.

Shen Ping suppressed these emotions, looked up at Shen Man, and then looked at Shen Xiangshan, “Dad, I have something to tell you.”

Shen Xiangshan picked up a piece of meat and put it in his wife’s bowl, “Eat first, we’ll talk after dinner.”

This daughter of his was really something, didn’t she see that everyone was eating, her sister had finally come back once, couldn’t she eat first and then talk about other things.

Shen Ping took a deep breath and directly put down her chopsticks, “Dad, didn’t you say you were going to buy me a job, I’ve already found someone willing to sell their job, you just need to give me the money.”

“This job costs six hundred yuan, it’s a propaganda department clerk who sits in an office.”

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone in the Shen family stopped eating and looked at Shen Ping.

Shen Man instantly remembered some of the plot.

In that era novel, Shen Xiangshan favored his stepmother and stepsister, and even for them, he repeatedly ignored his own daughter, Shen Ping.

Shen Ping was reborn, she hated her scumbag father, and she hated her stepmother’s cunning even more.

To reclaim what was rightfully hers, she killed two birds with one stone, scheming to have Shen Man drug Lu Zhengguo.

On the one hand, she threatened Shen Xiangshan, as long as he helped her buy a job, she would agree to help Shen Man clear her name.

On the other hand, she was hypocritical, seemingly helping the original owner clear her name of seducing her future brother-in-law, but in fact, she used her identity as a party involved to completely pin the blame on the original owner.

From then on, the original owner, who was once the most outstanding girl in the mechanical factory workers’ compound, became a scheming woman who climbed into bed and was hated by everyone.

Shen Xiangshan was not stupid, he guessed that Shen Ping had probably done something, so he delayed fulfilling his promise.

Plus, the money in this family was controlled by her mother, Shen Ping had asked for it several times but never got it.

Today, she finally couldn’t take it anymore.

Yang Fang’s face turned cold, she dropped her chopsticks on the table, “Buy a job? How come I don’t know about this?”

Shen Xiangshan had never mentioned this to her.

Shen Ping sneered, “Auntie Fang, I’m spending my Dad’s money to buy a job, do I need your permission?”

“Don’t forget, my last name is Shen, yours isn’t, and your daughter’s isn’t either.”

Yang Fang was about to retort, Shen Man grabbed her hand and said calmly.

“Although I’m not really the Shen family’s biological daughter, but for all these years, Dad has always treated me like his own daughter, and I also see Dad as my own father.”

“Since I was a child, I’ve always felt that I’ve been more filial and caring to Dad than you, his real daughter.”

“Whenever Dad was sick, it was basically me and Mom who took care of him, where were you, his real daughter, at that time?”

“You can say whatever you want, but Mom raised you since you were a child, she didn’t shortchange you on food or drink, and she didn’t deduct anything from you, no matter what, you shouldn’t talk to her like that.”

Shen Ping’s face changed slightly, she subconsciously looked at Shen Xiangshan.

This was something she couldn’t refute, who wouldn’t know how to act, their mother and daughter were masters of surface appearances.

Whenever her father was sick, they would ask after him and take care of him, they didn’t need her.

Yang Fang wasn’t stupid either, she wouldn’t shortchange her on food and drink, but she treated her and Shen Man differently.

What she had, Shen Man also had.

What Shen Man had, she didn’t.

Sure enough, Shen Xiangshan’s face had turned cold, he slammed his hand on the table.

“Shen Ping, you can eat this meal or not, if you don’t want to eat, get out of here.”

Shen Ping’s eyes instantly turned red, she stood up and pointed at Shen Man, “Dad, you’re blaming me again for her, who is really your daughter?”

“Is she the wild child you had with this woman when my Mom was still alive?”