Hua Lai did not expect to receive a call from Cen Qiwen.
She didn't want to answer the call at first, but the number rang several times reluctantly.
Ever since Cen Qiwen and his wife showed up the day after she married into the Jiang family, they had no contact.
She almost forgot that their family existed.
She knew that nothing good would happen if Cen Qiwen called, but looking at the phone ringing again, she finally clicked to answer it.
"Hello?"
No title, no emotion.
"Yinyin, are you busy?"
Cen Qiwen was very enthusiastic, as if this person was really his beloved daughter.
Hua Lai was expressionless and straight to the point: "Well, I'm quite busy. What can I do?"
Cen Qiwen: "It's okay, I just haven't contacted you for a long time. How are you?"
Hua Lai: "I'll die if nothing happens."
Cen Qiwen: "Wait a minute...Hey, um, your mother's birthday is this Saturday. Are you free? Come over and let's have a meal together as a family."
Hua Lai: "Let's see when the time comes, I might not have time."
Cen Qiwen seemed not to mention Hua Lai's perfunctory behavior, and continued: "I told you in advance, just because I hope you can arrange the time. You see, you have been married for so long and you haven't come back. I feel bad when I think about you being busy with studies on weekdays.
I'm sorry to bother you, but your mother's birthday only comes once a year, and everyone misses you very much. Come back and have a meal when you have time. After all, we are still a family."
Hua Lai sneered: "Miss me? You didn't want it for more than twenty years before, but now you miss it in less than half a year? Home? Is that my home? Does that home have my place?"
Cen Qiwen looked very embarrassed: "Yinyin, I know we are sorry for you, but... there are some things you don't know. Your mother has a knot in her heart. When she sees you, she will think of those bad past events and has been avoiding them for so many years.
With..."
Hua Lai: "Then let's continue like this, and I won't feel uncomfortable getting in front of her!"
Hua Lai hung up the phone directly.
She exhaled a long breath.
She also longed for family harmony.
When she was a child, she always asked Qin Suzhi why she didn't have a father. Qin Suzhi never said anything. It wasn't until she was in junior high school that Qin Suzhi told her her life experience and let her decide whether to continue to follow her adoptive mother or to find her biological parents.
Only then did Hua Lai realize that she was an unwanted orphan.
She seemed to have grown up and become sensible overnight.
If it weren't for 700,000 yuan, she would never have admitted her relationship with the Cen family.
However, his own grievances are nothing compared to Qin Suzhi's life.
In the evening, Jiang Heyu held Hua Lai in his arms and chatted for a long time. Jiang Heyu suddenly said: "By the way, your mother has a birthday on the weekend and asked us to go over for dinner..."
Hua Lai straightened up: "You agreed?!"
Seeing her reaction, Jiang Heyu seemed to be very unwilling: "I agreed...don't you want to go? If you don't want to go, we won't go."
Hua Lai sighed: "Go ahead, I don't have anything I want to do."
For no other reason than that she didn't want others to say that Jiang Heyu didn't understand etiquette, she didn't even attend her mother-in-law's birthday party.
Jiang Heyu: "Really?"
Hua Lai said "hmm" as an answer.
On Saturday Hua Lai and Jiang He went out slowly.
Hua Lai has only been to Cen's house once, and now she doesn't even know the address.
Fortunately, Zhao Ling is very professional as a driver. He picked up Hualai once and took note of the route.
The car drove to the door of the Cen family's two-story villa. Cen Qiwen and Cen Jing'er were already waiting outside the gate.
As soon as the car stopped, both people came over to greet it.
Cen Qiwen first said hello: "He and Yinyin, you are back!"
Cen Jing'er walked around Jiang He and said in a sweet voice: "Brother-in-law! I'm Jing'er. I've been waiting for you for a long time, why did you come here?"
Hua Lai frowned and looked at Cen Jing'er's hand on the armrest of the wheelchair.
That position once belonged to her.
Cen Jing'er and Jiang He said hello, then looked back at Hua Lai: "Sister!"
Hua Lai nodded, and just as he was about to push Jiang Heyu, Cen Jinger had already pushed him inside.
As she walked, she bowed and tilted her head, approached Jiang He and spoke: "Brother-in-law, are you usually very busy? Why don't you come home and sit down? I miss you so much."
The coquettishness in his tone didn't sound like it was the first time they'd met.
Jiang Heyu pressed the stop button of the wheelchair, turned half a corner, and reached out to Hua Lai who was falling behind.
Hua Lai finally felt better.
She was originally not used to being so familiar with Jiang Heyu outside, but now she saw that Cen Jing'er was very uncomfortable with Jiang Heyu's intimacy, so she handed her hand over obediently, and Jiang Heyu smiled at her.
, the two held hands and continued walking inside.
Hua Lai's dress today was picked out for her by Jiang Heyu. It was a couple's style customized at a clothing store. The workmanship, quality and style were all top-notch. In addition, Hua Lai's proud figure made it even more eye-catching when she put it on.
She and Jiang He walked hand in hand in front, and Cen Jing'er walked behind, looking like a maid.
Seeing this, Cen Jing'er felt an unknown fire rising in her heart.
The yellow-haired girl who even lowered her head when talking a few months ago actually outshone her now!
Moreover, Jiang Heyu didn’t even look at him!
She was angry in her heart, but she still looked innocent and innocent on her face, and she praised: "My sister and my brother-in-law have such a good relationship, it's really enviable!"
Even though Jiang He knew that Hua Lai was not related to the Cen family, he was still very happy when he saw Cen Jing'er envying his relationship with Hua Lai.
He couldn't help but turned his head and smiled and said to Cen Jing'er: "Your sister is a very nice person. I am lucky to meet her."
Hua Lai thinks Jiang Heyu is stupid. He actually takes someone else's casual flattery seriously.
Jiang He came to Cen's house for the first time and brought a lot of gifts. In addition to Huo Xiu who was celebrating his birthday, Cen Qiwen and Cen Jing'er also had gifts.
Cen Jing'er held a necklace and smiled happily: "Thank you, brother-in-law! I like it very much."
Jiang Heyu: "Your sister picked it for you, just like it."
Cen Jing'er called "brother-in-law" from the left to the right, and it was so sweet that Hua Lai felt uncomfortable at first, but later she just found it funny.
No matter how close Ren Cen Jing'er was, Jiang He and Jiang He only had eyes for themselves.
Cen Jing'er put the freshly peeled shrimp into Jiang He's bowl: "Brother-in-law is eating shrimp. Dad specially ordered it and shipped it by air today."
Jiang He thanked him, put it into the flower bowl, and said softly in front of everyone: "Eat more, don't you mean you're hungry?"
Hua Lai put the shrimp directly into his mouth without saying a word.
Seeing that she had a good appetite, Jiang Heyu smiled, rolled up his sleeves, peeled the shrimps himself, dipped a little bit of the sauce in them, and put them into the flower bowl.
Originally, the two of them didn't eat like this, but today Hua Lai just didn't like Cen Jing'er and allowed Jiang He and Yu to wait on him to eat and drink.
Sometimes I pick up vegetables, sometimes I ladle soup, sometimes I remind her to eat slowly, sometimes I ask her to wipe the rice grains from the corners of her mouth.
After the meal, the three Cen family members were stunned.
They had long heard about Jiang Heyu's violent and gloomy ways, so they had not gone to the Jiang family for so long because they felt that Hua Lai was not favored and had no status in the Jiang family. But now that they saw it, it seemed that was not the case.
Such.
Jiang Heyu is not only gentle, but also very considerate towards Hua Lai!
Cen Qiwen and his wife feel that they have simply missed 100 million in the past six months! This chapter has been completed!