Chapter 24: You’re Not Even As Good As Shen Anan

“I…I…I didn’t mean to!”

Shen Anan quickly withdrew her hand, darting two steps away.

Her face flushed crimson.

Huo Rufeng was no exception.

His ears were so red they seemed to have scorched his brain.

“What were you saying?”

Shen Anan changed the subject.

The atmosphere was simply too strange!

“I…I just…”

Huo Rufeng was still a little dazed.

After a long while, he continued, “I did talk to my parents. I said I didn’t want you to bring your adoptive parents over, after all, I’m crippled, and they might be dissatisfied with me.

They understand this. After all, many people say behind my back that because I’m crippled, I won’t even be able to find a wife.

That’s why they suggested a small wedding, only inviting close friends and relatives.”

After saying this, he saw Shen Anan suddenly frown and say, “What do you mean you can’t find a wife? You’ve already married me!”

After saying this, Shen Anan froze.

Her face flushed again…

Huo Rufeng couldn’t help but curl his lips. His little wife was indeed a silly goose.

Chengbei (North City), a tube building.

Shen Xiuxiu had just gotten home from work and hurried to find her mother.

Today, her mother had gone to the Huo family to make a fuss about the dowry, and she didn’t know how it went!

When she got home, she didn’t see her mother. The only one home was Shen Yaozu.

“Where’s Mom?”

She asked.

Shen Yaozu shrugged. “How would I know? I haven’t seen her since I got back from school. I’m starving to death, hurry up and make dinner!”

Hearing this, Shen Xiuxiu’s temper flared.

“I make dinner? Why should I make dinner? How long have you been back from school? If you’re starving to death, why don’t you make it yourself? I just got off work!”

Shen Yaozu didn’t listen at all.

“You call yourself my older sister? You’re not even as good as Shen Anan! When she was here, she always cooked! Why can’t you cook, even though you’re my older sister?”

Not as good as Shen Anan?

Shen Xiuxiu immediately became anxious.

How was she not as good as Shen Anan?!

“Shen Anan has a servant’s nature, that’s why she served you!

If you think Shen Anan is better, then go find Shen Anan! See if she’s willing to take care of you now?

She had no status at home before, so she had to please you. Now that she’s a military wife, does she still look up to you?”

Seeing Shen Yaozu’s angry face, Shen Xiuxiu became even more disdainful.

“Mom plans to transfer you to a technical secondary school. We don’t have the money. Shen Anan’s husband is rich. Do you think she’s willing to pay for you?

You’re always under Shen Anan’s spell! Saying I’m not as good as Shen Anan? At least I promised Mom that I would help you pay some!

Now, no! You think I’m not as good as her, so I’ll keep my money for myself!”

Anyway, she wasn’t going to pay in the end, so she might as well gild herself.

To anger this Shen Yaozu!

After saying that, she didn’t bother to pay attention to him and hurried out to find her mother.

She hadn’t come back all day. Could it be that she had caused a commotion at the Huo family?

If so, she had to hurry over and help, the more people the better. Maybe they could make Shen Anan get a divorce today!

Shen Yaozu, watching her leave, kicked over the stool in front of him.

Was his sister telling the truth? That Shen Anan got married and had money, and wasn’t willing to help him?

He was her brother! He thought of her well-being, why wasn’t she willing to help him?

He treated her as a sister, but she didn’t care about her brother at all?

Shen Xiuxiu hadn’t gone far from the tube building downstairs when she bumped into her mother.

“Mom, how did it go?”

She was so excited she could barely contain herself!

Liu Cailan had a worried face.

“How could it go? I met Shen Anan there. I spoke to her nicely, persuading her to ask the Huo family for some dowry, so Yaozu could transfer to a technical secondary school, right?

Who knew, she said she had no money, and said that we didn’t give any dowry either, so why should the Huo family give a dowry?

Tell me, is there any such reason? We are not as rich as the Huo family, no dowry is no dowry, but why not give a dowry?”

Shen Xiuxiu didn’t want to listen to her mother’s nagging, and went straight to the point: “What happened later?”

“Later…later that ungrateful wretch ran away!

Knowing that I’m not feeling well, she ran so fast, winding through the alleys. How could I catch up? That’s why I didn’t find the Huo family!”

Her tone was full of frustration.

Shen Xiuxiu immediately lost interest. It meant that she didn’t succeed!

“Then why did you just come back?”

Liu Cailan clutched her chest.

“I chased that ungrateful wretch, my chest hurt so badly, I rested for a long time in the south of the city…

The bus is expensive, so I walked back, and I didn’t even buy any vegetables.

I met your colleague on the way back, who said that your salary had been paid, more than twenty.

Mom’s body is not good, Xiuxiu, give your salary to Mom, Mom wants to find another doctor to see, do you think it’s okay?”

After speaking, she coughed.

It was unknown whether it was real or fake.

But Shen Xiuxiu only felt disgusted to the extreme.

She never thought that her mother had actually gone to ask her colleague! Knowing that she had already received her salary…

“Xiuxiu, Mom’s body is really not good, just pity Mom, Mom is afraid that she won’t live for a few years!”

Liu Cailan said, tears streaming down her face.

“That ungrateful wretch is unwilling to give money, Mom can only rely on you, Xiuxiu, Mom knows you are a good child, you are much more filial than that ungrateful wretch!”

Annoyed by her mother, Shen Xiuxiu had to take out five yuan.

“I only have this much left, the rest was spent on gifts.”

Irritated.

“What kind of things cost so much money, Xiuxiu, you spend money too carelessly, your brother doesn’t even know where to get the money for the technical secondary school!”

Liu Cailan grabbed the five yuan, looking anxious.

Shen Xiuxiu was even more annoyed, “Where did I spend money carelessly? Didn’t I do it for our family?

Before, Shen Anan went to make trouble about my job, could the leader have no opinion? Didn’t I have to buy some things to please them?

Otherwise, if I lose my job, there will be more than just Shen Yaozu eating for free at home, there will also be me!”

She scolded her mother like a dog.

Liu Cailan swallowed, not daring to talk back to her, so she could only speak softly.

“But your brother is studying, how are you the same as him?

Let’s forget about it this time, next time you get your salary, you must give it to Mom, Mom will keep it for you, to prevent you from spending it carelessly, okay?”

Shen Xiuxiu didn’t respond.

She left.

Why would she stay here? Her mother didn’t buy any vegetables, and if she didn’t go to the state-run restaurant to eat, what would she eat at home?

Liu Cailan downstairs clutched the five yuan, thought for a moment, and then hurried to buy vegetables.

How could she be so bitter?

That ungrateful wretch, knowing that she was not feeling well, didn’t care at all, and ran away so fast to hide, causing her to chase for a long time and her chest hurt so much!

It was still her biological daughter who knew how to feel sorry for her. Look, didn’t she give five yuan?

She hurried to buy vegetables, if her husband came back late without dinner, he would scold her again.

When she returned, she saw her son with a dark face.

“What’s wrong, Yaozu?”

Liu Cailan put away the vegetables, “Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you!”

“No!”

Shen Yaozu shouted angrily.

“I need money to transfer to technical secondary school, you asked Shen Anan for it, and she didn’t give it?”

Hearing this, Liu Cailan’s full of grievances came up, and tears welled up in her eyes.

“Yaozu, don’t mention that ungrateful wretch Shen Anan, she really doesn’t care about family affection at all!

Mom told her it was all for you, she didn’t even pay attention, and turned around and ran away.

Mom’s body is not good, she was breathless halfway through the chase, she saw it and didn’t care, she wished Mom would die!”

Liu Cailan didn’t know whether Shen Anan saw it or not, but she felt that the ungrateful wretch must have seen it and deliberately ignored it!

“This Shen Anan is too unconscionable!”

Shen Yaozu angrily slammed his fist on the table.

The next day, after he went out, he didn’t go to school, but went to the south of the city. He was going to find Shen Anan to settle the score!