Chapter 426 Raise it high, put it down gently? (2 more)
"Who is outside?" Old Mrs. Shen asked knowingly.
Shen Zhonglei pushed the door open and entered with red eyes. Without looking at Mr. Xu, he rushed directly to Mrs. Shen and cried loudly: "Mom, my son is not filial. After so many years, my son still thinks he is filial. He can't think of a family."
They are all suffering because of me. My son has read books about saints and sages for so many years in vain, and he has never even seen the person next to him clearly. My son is so ashamed..."
"Son, isn't it time for you to go to the front office? Why are you here?" Mrs. Shen looked surprised, then shook her head sadly and said, "It's all my fault for not choosing a good wife for you.
ah……"
"Mom, if you say this, you will really make your son feel ashamed!" Shen Zhonglei, now a big man, cried with snot and tears, "Ever since I was a child, my mother has been dedicated to her son. Whatever my fault is, it is all
That evil woman’s fault!”
Ever since Shen Zhonglei came in from the outside, Mrs. Xu had been completely numb, her whole body was so stiff that she couldn't move, and she could only watch Shen Zhonglei and Mrs. Shen hugging each other and crying.
At this time, Shen Zhonglei's words of "evil woman" completely broke Xu's psychological defense.
She broke down and cried: "Master, do you have the heart to say that I am an evil woman? I am a yellow-flowered girl. As soon as I marry into your Xu family, I will be a stepmother. I have a mother-in-law to honor and children to raise...
…”
"I have endured for so many years, and finally you have been sent to an official position. I think it is also for this family that I want to make more money. I - ah -"
Before Xu could finish her words, she was interrupted by a slap from Shen Zhonglei.
Shen Zhonglei said angrily: "I have lost my wife and have a daughter. I told your family from the beginning and never concealed it. If you don't want to become a stepmother, you don't have to agree to this marriage! There is no need to take it now.
Come out and talk!
"I am a matchmaker and a six-employee, and I will marry you in a sedan chair. I have always treated you with great respect. My mother has always taken care of the family affairs. I just want you to be filial to the elderly and to love your children. Who in the world can be a wife and a good person?"
Isn’t this how my mother came to be? Why are you the only one who blames me so much?”
Mrs. Xu covered her increasingly red and swollen cheeks, looked up at Shen Zhonglei, and asked sadly: "Master, you said you respect me, but you blame me for a lot of blame, so I want to ask you today, have you ever cared about me?
Have you really liked me?
"In your eyes, who am I, Mrs. Shen who can be replaced by anyone, or Xu Yurou?"
This question has been in Xu's mind for many years, but she has always deceived herself and others into not daring to ask it. Now she finally asked it.
Shen Zhonglei was startled by her question, and then answered completely: "Of course I knew you were Xu Yurou, and then I married you and made you Mrs. Shen."
When Mrs. Xu heard this, a wry smile appeared on her face.
"Master, after so many years of being married to you, I have been competing with myself and the person in your heart.
"I always thought that after being married to you for so many years and having children for you, not to mention the human heart, even if it is a stone, it should be warmed by me, right?
"Later I slowly realized that I was really too naive at the time. You thought you gave me everything you could, except for your heart.
"You only have one person in your heart, and you have already put her on a altar in your heart. Who can compare to a deified dead person!
"Since your heart is no longer with me, don't you allow me to find something else to rely on?
"One of life and the heart must be sweet, so that people can live their lives willingly, right?"
Mrs. Xu has been holding these words in her heart for several years.
It was actually fine when they were in their hometown. Both of them were still young and newly married, and Shen Zhonglei was studying abroad. The two of them spent less time together and more time apart, which covered up many conflicts.
Xu's treatment of Shen Tianshu was not bad from the beginning.
Otherwise, apart from anything else, with Mrs. Shen's intimate knowledge of the Shen family, it would be impossible for her to hide the past.
The news that Shen Zhonglei was sent to work as an official after high school made Xu think that her hardships had finally come to an end and she could stay with her husband forever.
Unexpectedly, when they met day by day, she realized that Shen Zhonglei's heart was never in her.
Especially when Shen Tianshu grows up day by day and her appearance grows, she looks more and more like her deceased mother.
Xu didn't know how many times she saw Shen Zhonglei staring at Shen Tianshu with complicated eyes for a long time, and then showing a look of loss.
Xu may not be very clear about what he was thinking at that time.
But she knew in her heart that it could never be her, Xu Yurou!
From then on, she couldn't help but want to torture Shen Tianshu.
The original owner had been taken care of by the Xu family for as long as he could remember, so although he didn't know why, he still endured the torture from the Xu family, until he finally lost his life...
Mrs. Xu's words were true and sincere, and her lamentations indeed hurt Shen Zhonglei's heart.
He knows best who he pretends to be in his heart.
In fact, it wasn't that Shen Zhonglei was so infatuated, the main reason was that Liu Yaxuan's beauty died too early. The two of them were like you and me, and they were inseparable. After giving birth to their first child, they were bedridden and died soon after.
The two people have not even begun to enter the long-term trivial and running-in period of life. They are suddenly separated forever, leaving only the most beautiful appearance and the happiest memories of each other.
After Liu Yaxuan passed away, Shen Zhonglei was deeply injured. He focused exclusively on reading, and suddenly became apathetic, as if he was no longer interested in the relationship between men and women.
It was precisely because of this that Mrs. Shen was so anxious that time that she took the time to look at the candidate, and immediately arranged a renewal for Shen Zhonglei just after one year.
Shen Zhonglei has indeed never been afraid of the Xu family. It is more his responsibility to carry on the family lineage, and he really needs a woman to take care of the family.
But he has experienced the joy of two people, the harmonious music of the piano and the harp. Although the time was too short, the beauty of being soaked in happiness has long been deeply rooted in his memory. Every time he recalls it, he still feels the warmth in his heart. .
So when Shen Zhonglei heard Xu's accusation, he felt a little guilty.
If Mrs. Xu hadn't married herself, maybe she could have found a husband who could share her case with her.
When Mrs. Xu was complaining just now, Mrs. Shen had been watching with cold eyes and did not interrupt.
At this time, she saw that the heat was almost done, so she sighed and said: "Second brother, even if your wife has made all kinds of mistakes, she has been here for so many years, but she still manages the housework and has children for you. She has no credit but hard work. .
"In my opinion, as long as she changes her ways in the future and promises not to do it again, this matter should end here!"
Mrs. Xu suddenly raised her head and looked at Old Mrs. Shen in shock. She couldn't believe that these words really came from her mouth.