Chapter 6 The villain with more tricks than briquettes
Liu Cuihua was stunned by her daughter's words, and asked casually: "Who did you hear that Pei Yang is a short-lived ghost?"
"I dreamed about it..."
Mother and daughter were the only ones at home, and Shen Baolan told Liu Cuihua all about her dream.
After Liu Cuihua heard this, she wanted to crack her daughter's head open to see if there was bean dregs inside.
Dreaming is not unusual, everyone dreams, but who would take dreams seriously? Isn’t that stupid?
Just for a dream, throw away the watermelon and pick up sesame seeds?
"You damn girl, you might as well make me angry to death! Oh, you're so angry that my head hurts..."
Shen Baolan was very unhappy.
She even told her biggest secret, but my mother didn't believe her.
"Mom, if you don't believe me, you can go to Pei's house and ask in person to see if Pei Yang left after getting the marriage certificate yesterday. Then Shen Mingzhu is still a yellow flower girl!"
Liu Cuihua slowly became mute and looked at her daughter doubtfully, "Is this what you dreamed about too?"
After receiving Shen Baolan's affirmative answer, Liu Cuihua became a little uneasy.
If it is true that Pei Yang is a short-lived ghost as his daughter said, then he must not be able to marry.
As for Zhou Shuhuan, who looks weak and inexperienced, will he really become a rich man in the future?
Alas, my head hurts even more.
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Seeing that the hour hand on the wall was about to point to twelve o'clock, Shen Mingzhu, who had gone out early in the morning, had not returned yet, and Pei Ziheng's dark eyes were full of ridicule.
He thought that this bad woman was different from her previous life, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.
In her previous life, like today, this woman went out early in the morning and didn't come back to cook at noon. She didn't come home until the evening carrying large and small bags, not caring about the life or death of her sick stepson.
Pei Ziheng opened the refrigerator and found nothing inside except two eggplants.
Let's cook a bowl of noodles.
"Clang!"
As soon as she entered the door, she heard the sound of a bowl being smashed. Shen Mingzhu was stunned for a second, then calmly put down what he was holding and walked to the kitchen.
Looking at the broken noodles and bowl, Pei Ziheng was very upset.
At only four years old, he is still too weak and can't even hold a bowl of noodles.
Fortunately, that bad woman was not at home, otherwise she would have taken the opportunity to cause trouble and beat and scold him.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard footsteps. When he looked up, he saw the bad woman standing at the door of the kitchen.
Pei Ziheng's heart tightened and his face showed fear. This was an instinctive reaction after being abused in his previous life.
Shen Mingzhu didn't know this. She thought her stepson was simply scared because he dropped the bowl.
She was surprised that her stepson could cook noodles at the age of four?
Pei Ziheng is now only one meter tall, which is not as high as the stove. He has to stand on a small wooden stool to reach the pot. Moreover, he can also use a gas stove?
"I'm sorry, I came back late. You must be hungry. I bought chicken cakes. You can eat them first to fill your stomach."
Pei Ziheng was so shocked that he didn't even react when the bad woman carried him to the sofa in the living room.
He threw the bowl, and instead of scolding him, she apologized to him?
He must be dreaming.
Pei Ziheng reached out and pinched his face.
It hurts! He was not dreaming.
Shen Mingzhu didn't see him pinching his face. She only saw an inexplicable red patch on the left side of his face. She thought it was because of the noodles being burned.
"Does it hurt? Let me look for any burn cream?"
Pei Ziheng pursed his lips and said nothing while watching Shen Mingzhu rummaging around in the living room for burn ointment.
The burn ointment has been hidden by him so that the bad woman cannot find it.
Not only the burn ointment, but also other common medicines at home were hidden in his room. He also hid biscuits to prevent her from locking him in the room and deliberately starving him like she did in her previous life.
Shen Mingzhu searched for a long time but couldn't find the burn ointment. She only found an unused box of cooling oil.
"I don't have any burn cream, so I'll use this for now."
Pei Ziheng lowered his eyelashes and let Shen Mingzhu apply the cooling oil on his face with his fingertips.
After applying the cooling oil, Shen Mingzhu took a piece of chicken cake and handed it to him.
How could a bad woman be so kind? Could it be that the cake was poisoned?
Thinking about it, Pei Ziheng took the chicken cake, fed it to Shen Mingzhu's mouth, and spat out two words with as much care as gold, "You eat."
Shen Mingzhu didn't know why, but she was a little happy. She felt that the child had a conscience, so she broke off a small piece and put it in her mouth.
Bad women have all eaten it, so it shouldn't be poisonous.
Seeing her stepson lowering his head and eating the cake quietly, Shen Mingzhu got up and went to the kitchen.
Since it was already past meal time, Shen Mingzhu simply cooked a bowl of noodles and fried a tomato and egg stew.
After mixing the noodles and marinade evenly, she picked out a bowl in a small bowl and placed it in front of Pei Ziheng.
"Is one bowl enough?"
Pei Ziheng didn't say anything, his black eyes just stared at her.
Shen Mingzhu secretly wondered if all villains were so taciturn and didn't like to talk, while she started eating by herself.
After seeing her eating, Pei Ziheng picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"Two new basins, the big red basin is mine, and the small blue basin is yours. You will use it to wash your face from now on."
"This water cup is for you. It's made of porcelain. It's light and won't break. You can use it to drink water from now on."
"And your towel, toothbrush, toothpaste..."
Shen Mingzhu bought all daily necessities. Although Pei Ziheng already had these, she still bought him a new one. After all, it was all money earned by his father, so she didn't feel bad about spending it.
Pei Ziheng stared blankly at the filled blue porcelain basin, feeling as if he was dreaming.
It’s different. This bad woman is completely different from her previous life.
In her previous life, she bought a lot of things like today, but they were all her own.
Clothes, shoes, facial cleanser, shampoo, etc.
No, she also bought facial balm today, but it was not the pearl balm she was used to in her previous life, but ice cream.
Shen Mingzhu unscrewed the cap of the cream and applied some cream on the back of her hand to test the fragrance. She turned around and saw her stepson staring straight at her, so she maliciously picked some cream and smeared it on his face.
"Put on the fragrance and look beautiful."
After wiping it off, seeing her stepson still staring straight at her, Shen Mingzhu stretched out her hand and shook it, "Are you sleepy? Ah, I forgot to give you medicine. Take the medicine first, then take a nap, be good.
"
Lying on the bed, Pei Ziheng couldn't figure out why the bad woman was different from her previous life.
But he didn't think about it for long before he fell asleep under the influence of the medicine.
Early the next morning, the safe Shen Mingzhu bought at the furniture store was delivered.
After the installation workers left, Shen Mingzhu took out the tin box and put all the passbooks, banknotes and tickets into the safe, leaving only a small part in the tin box for daily use.
As soon as she hid the tin box, she saw her stepson standing outside her door. She didn't know how long he stood there.
Before she could walk over and ask him if there was anything wrong, the stepson turned and ran back to his room and locked the door.
It has been like this for the past two days. He barely communicates with her and locks himself in the room if nothing happens.
Shen Mingzhu didn't pay much attention. She took her wallet keys and was about to go out to buy groceries. She was changing her shoes when she heard someone knocking on the door.
After opening the door, looking at the two familiar faces, Shen Mingzhu quickly recognized from memory that they were mother and daughter Liu Cuihua and Shen Baolan.
"Oh, you're lucky to be the Pearl. Look at the building in this courtyard. It's big and bright. It's equipped with a refrigerator, TV, and washing machine. You'll be blessed in the future!"
"Mingzhu, if I hadn't asked you, you wouldn't have been able to find a husband with such good conditions as Pei Yang. Do you also have to give me a matchmaking gift?"