Liu Tingzhen also never expected that the maid who had been with him for many years would always have this kind of thought, and she burst into tears:
"Whether you believe it or not, I never stopped you and Jiahuan. I knew you liked Jiahuan at that time. But Jiahuan didn't like you. I just saw your thoughts and told Jiahuan privately.
Huan, if he doesn't like you
, please don’t show any overly affectionate expressions to you, so as not to hurt you and make it difficult to deal with. After all, you are the daughter of our old servant. It will be ugly to ruin the relationship... After Jiahuan heard this, he treated you
Calm down."
Li Ruoping's face was distorted and she denied wildly: "Impossible! He obviously has a crush on me!"
Zong Lu said coldly: "Just because my father is kind to you and smiled twice more, you don't think he treats you differently, right? Dad is a servant who will take the blame for the other person when he breaks a vase. He treats anyone
Servants are all kind, not just to you? You should know very well."
Although Su Mi was a woman and had some sympathy for her, she still had to say: "If dad really likes you, do you think he would give up on you just because of grandma's two words? Being cold to you? For my mom, dad would dare to follow you.
Grandma has turned against you, you are a person who violates the rules of filial piety! That is true love, please wake up."
Li Ruoping trembled all over as if she had been struck by lightning.
So, I have always been wishful thinking?
She always thought that the budding love between her and Master Jiahuan was cut off by Liu Tingzhen.
It turns out that Master Jiahuan has never been attracted to her at all? Is she overthinking everything?
Liu Tingzhen looked at this maid who had grown up in the clan and had been with her for so many years, feeling resentful and sad at the same time:
"Is it worth it to waste my youth and spend half my life in the Zong family just to get revenge on Yihan and me? Go away, I don't want to see you again!"
Zong Lu looked at Li Ruoping's desperate and dejected look, as if her backbone had been ripped away. Even if she didn't do anything, this woman would never feel comfortable in the rest of her life, and she wouldn't bother to say anything:
"Still not leaving?"
Li Ruoping regained consciousness and stumbled towards the door.
But Su Mi called out: "Wait a minute. There is something I want to ask you."
Li Ruoping stopped and looked back at her.
Su Mi said one word at a time: "Since you hate my mother so much, was it you who instigated me when I was abandoned by my nanny? Does this matter have anything to do with you?"
Zong Lu looked at Su Mi. It turned out that she had always suspected that the reason why she was abandoned was not that simple?
Li Ruoping smiled suddenly, raised her neck and said, "No. You were abducted by the wet nurse and have nothing to do with me."
Su Mi frowned: "At this point, you can tell the truth and I won't pursue it."
Li Ruoping snorted: "I've admitted everything, what's the difference? It's really none of my business that you were kidnapped. Of course, if I had this opportunity, I would probably do it."
Su Mi saw that she was not lying.
That's right, as she said herself, she admitted everything, so what was missing was this one thing.
Therefore, when she was abducted, it was really because the wet nurse was angry and took revenge...
Maybe she really was overthinking it. The reason wasn't too complicated.
Zong Lu glanced at Li Ruoping coldly: "Let's go, don't let our Zong family see you again."
Li Ruoping stumbled away with a pale face.
Liu Tingzhen became much older in an instant, fell down on the chair, and did not speak for a long time.
Zong Lu knew what grandma was thinking and walked over: "Grandma, it's enough to clarify the matter. That Master Yuan Yin was instigated by Li Ruoping and talked nonsense in front of you. I will handle it. Let's go back.
.I will have someone come and pack your things for you later."
Liu Tingzhen's eyes were red: "Alu... Grandma shouldn't listen to outsiders' nonsense and misunderstand your mother and..." He glanced at Su Mi out of the corner of his eye.
But after all, he still has the dignity of an elder and cannot say it out loud.
Su Mi didn't force her to apologize, she just broke the awkwardness and said, "Brother, let's go. It will be late, and it will be even more inconvenient to go down the mountain."
Zong Lu helped grandma up.
Liu Tingzhen finally said nothing and followed the two of them out of the meditation room.
…
When I returned to Zong's house, it was already late at night.
Shi Yihan couldn't live without Su Mi. He saw Su Mi went to Baiwang Mountain with her son and waited at home all day.
Haven't slept yet.
Seeing that Su Mi was back, she breathed a sigh of relief, leaned forward and took her daughter's arm: "Nanny, you're back, you miss me so much."
Su Mi patted her mother's hand gently and couldn't help but laugh. Now she doesn't know whether Shi Yihan is the mother or if she is more like her mother.
When Shi Yihan saw her mother-in-law coming back, she was relieved, but she was still a little nervous and didn't dare to speak.
Although I had a fight with my mother-in-law that day for my daughter, it was also a stress reaction. Thinking about it afterwards, I still feel that it was not good.
Now I see my mother-in-law and she is still a little scared.
She looked around, trying to make the atmosphere more harmonious: "...Where's A Ping? Didn't you come back with your mother-in-law?"
Liu Tingzhen looked at her daughter-in-law and her expression changed.
I have been treating this daughter-in-law like this over the years, blaming her son's death entirely on her, and all my resentment on her...
She didn't feel any resentment at all.
The old lady's face was full of guilt, her mouth opened, but she didn't know what to say.
Finally, keep your mouth shut.
Zong Lu knew his grandma’s temperament and just knew she was wrong. He couldn’t force her to apologize to her mother now and smooth things over:
"Mom, Aunt Ping will never show up at our house again. I'll let Mimi talk to you after this. It's getting late, let's rest first."
With that said, he asked the servant to accompany grandma up first.
…
Su Mi accompanied Shi Yihan back to the room and talked about Li Ruoping.
As well as the so-called nemesis theory, they were all rumors that she, together with outsiders, spread among her grandma's ears.
Shi Yihan only knew that Li Ruoping was the daughter of an old servant of the Zong family and had often come to the Zong family since she was very young, but he did not expect that she had such deep feelings for her deceased husband and resented him so much.
Over the years, her mother-in-law's resentment towards her and the estrangement between her and her daughter-in-law were all due to this maid.
After sighing, he stared at Su Mi with emotion, his eyes complex:
"Mimi, your dad is really a good man. He doesn't have any of the bad habits of rich kids. Everyone likes him."
"Back then, your father and I met by chance because he accidentally hit me with his car, but he had no airs about it and insisted on sending me to the hospital for a check-up."
"But, maybe the more perfect and kind-hearted people are, the less likely they are to be retained in this world..."
"So, even if Li Ruoping did such a thing for him, I wouldn't be surprised at all. If you could see your father, you would definitely be proud of him."
Having said this, he sighed regretfully.
Su Mi wanted to answer, "Mom, I'm not sorry."
She saw it.
In her dream, she had already seen her father Zong Jiahuan.
Gentle as jade, a handsome young man.
Looking at her newborn, her eyes are full of tender spring light.
I wish I could give the whole world to her.
Although their father and daughter were not allowed to meet each other, meeting her father in this form was considered a gift from God to her.