Text Chapter 148: Counting Down
He left her alone!
The more Zhong Linlan thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace, wanting to rush back as soon as possible.
The journey alone was a little lonely at all, and the lanterns hanging high in the distance were red and dazzling, fluttering in the wind, and piercing her eyes for a while.
She blinked vigorously and continued to stride forward.
Yuan family.
Zhong Linlan had just entered the hall, and the surroundings were still quiet. Zhong Linlan deliberately slowed down, and the empty room seemed quieter.
Coming to the door of Yuan Heting's room, Zhong Linlan gasped and suppressed all the anger in his belly. Gently opened the door, and saw Yuan Heting lying on the bed, already asleep.
There was no way, so she had to go back to her room to rest alone.
It's noon.
Old Mrs. Yuan sat on the sofa with a hint of anger in her eyes. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the two should get up to greet the New Year, but she has been sitting here for a long time, and there is still no trace of the two.
"Why haven't they come yet?" Old Mrs. Yuan glanced sideways at the aunt who was standing aside, and there was a bit of condemnation in her eyes.
After waiting for a while, there was still no one to be seen, and Mrs. Yuan was angry and rushed to Yuan's house in a car.
As soon as he entered the door, he asked his aunt, "Where are they?" β
The aunt's face was a little embarrassed: "I just went to see it, and neither of them woke up yet." β
"Not awake?" Old Lady Yuan stood up angrily, her expression solemn.
"Old lady, don't be angry, it's not worth it if you're angry." The aunt was frightened and persuaded repeatedly.
After a few muffled snorts, Old Lady Yuan pointed to Zhong Linlan's room: "You go and wake her up, I want to see who gave her the courage to sleep for so long." β
Originally, she didn't wait to see Zhong Linlan, but Yuan Heting chose her, and she couldn't help it.
After getting along, she felt more and more that she hated her, and she couldn't even take good care of Yuan Heting, which made her even more unbearable.
Zhong Linlan, who was asleep, found that someone was whispering in her ear, which made her ears buzz. She immediately turned over, her eyebrows displeased: "Don't make noise." β
Auntie couldn't help it for a while, so she got a little closer to her.
In the blur, Zhong Linlan vaguely heard the old lady's three words, subconsciously opened her eyes, and looked at the aunt standing in front of her: "What did you say?" β
"The old lady said she was looking for you."
Zhong Linlan suddenly felt bad, simply cleaned up, and walked to the living room.
As soon as she entered the living room, she smelled a hint of danger. When I saw Mrs. Yuan sitting on the sofa, looking at her coldly. She hurriedly walked over and greeted her.
"Hmph." Old Madam Yuan rolled her eyes and snorted coldly, "Do you still know? You don't want to see what time it is? β
"I'm sorry." Zhong Linlan apologized vigorously, "Grandma, He Ting and I went to Chutian last night, and we only came back in the morning, and I didn't sleep all night, so I was too sleepy." β
"Didn't come home all night?" Old Madam Yuan said sharply, "You can also do this kind of thing?" β
Zhong Linlan shook his head: "No, I went with He Ting." β
"That shouldn't be." Old Mrs. Yuan was prejudiced and unforgiving, "If you want to be the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family, you shouldn't do such a ridiculous thing, lose your dignity, and lose the face of the Yuan family." β
Sure enough, it was in response to that sentence, and the person who hated it couldn't look at anything that didn't please the eye.
Zhong Linlan gritted his teeth angrily, but he didn't dare to attack.
"I see, Grandma, I won't be like this again." Zhong Linlan said with a smile.
Mrs. Yuan still didn't appreciate it: "I only know how to apologize, as He Ting's fiancΓ©e, what did you do well?" β
How can this old woman train endlessly? Zhong Linlan had to endure it silently, as long as she thought that Old Lady Yuan would not have a few years to live, the anger in her heart suddenly reduced by half.
"If you continue to be so willful in the future, don't get married!"
Hearing this, Zhong Linlan hurriedly took a few steps closer to her: "Grandma, I promise that I will never do it in the future." β
After a while, seeing that Zhong Linlan had a sincere attitude from beginning to end, Mrs. Yuan also gave up.
Just when Zhong Linlan felt that things had turned over and she finally had a chance to breathe, the voice of Mrs. Yuan's vicissitudes sounded in her ears again.
"I'm hungry."
Zhong Linlan hurriedly smiled and said, "I'll let my aunt cook." β
Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Mrs. Yuan: "You don't need to do it Auntie, you can do it." β
Zhong Linlan doesn't seem to have reacted yet, every meal in the past was made by her aunt, and besides, she is not proficient in cooking, isn't this deliberately trying to make things difficult for her?
"How?" Old Lady Yuan glanced at her angrily: "Can't you let you cook for me, an old woman?" β
"Why, I didn't mean that." Zhong Linlan smiled and shook her head, "I just think it's a little too sudden, grandma, I'll cook for you." β
Walking into the kitchen, Zhong Linlan looked around, and she couldn't figure out what to do.
"Dead old woman!" When she was irritable, she couldn't help but whisper, afraid that she would be caught by Mrs. Yuan, she subconsciously turned her head secretly, and was relieved to see that Mrs. Yuan didn't come at all.
I haven't been cooking for a long time, and Zhong Linlan's cooking speed is much slower.
Mrs. Yuan couldn't help but wait a little anxiously outside, glanced at the time, and instructed the aunt on the side: "You go and see if she is ready?" Seeing his aunt leaving, he added, "Don't help." β
The aunt nodded, and when she came to the kitchen, she saw Zhong Linlan in a hurry.
"Is there anything grandma commands?" Sensing the sudden arrival of someone behind him, Zhong Linlan expressed the doubts in his heart.
The aunt nodded in embarrassment: "The old lady asked me to urge." β
Sure enough, she knew that it would be a good thing for Mrs. Yuan to let people speak. This matter was also expected by her, and she was still patient: "You tell grandma, it will be fine immediately." β
After inquiring about the battle, the aunt immediately came to Mrs. Yuan. Before the old lady could ask, she took the initiative to say, "I said that it was going to be good soon, and I have to wait." β
"Immediately?" Old Lady Yuan sneered.
Finally finished the meal, Zhong Linlan brought the food to the table and shouted to Mrs. Yuan in the living room, "Grandma, it's time to eat." β
Old Mrs. Yuan walked over slowly and glanced at the table full of food: "It's really a good wait." β
Zhong Linlan made a movement in her hand, but the meal she worked hard to make got her words. Zhong Linlan clenched his teeth silently, his teeth gurgling.
"I'm going to call Herting." In the end, she just smiled.
When I came to Yuan Heting's room, I saw that he had gotten up. "Awake?" Zhong Linlan walked straight in, thinking that he would leave first this morning, and muttered, "Why didn't you wait for me to come back this morning?" β
Yuan Heting casually put on a coat, and his tone was lazy: "Seeing that you are still sleeping, I don't want to wake you up." β
Obviously I didn't fall asleep at all! Zhong Linlan wanted to tell the truth, but he had to get stuck in his throat alive, and then smiled and said, "I made a table of meals, and I'll wait for you to go down and eat." β
"Hmm." Yuan Heting replied casually.
Seeing him so cold, Zhong Linlan couldn't help but pout: "This is what I did all afternoon, and I was tired to death, so you just said that?" β
Only then did Yuan Heting lay his deep gaze on her: "It's hard work." β
When I went downstairs, Mrs. Yuan was already sitting at the table. Seeing the two of them walking downstairs, he said calmly, "Eat quickly." β
Seeing Yuan Heting sitting down, Mrs. Yuan asked warmly: "I haven't eaten for a day, are you hungry?" β
"It's fine." Yuan Heting's tone softened a lot. Zhong Linlan sat aside, only feeling unwilling. She wanted to please Mrs. Yuan so much, but in the end she only got her white eyes, and nothing else.
"Grandma, you eat more." Despite this, she still diligently picked up the meal for Mrs. Yuan.
"I don't need you to clamp it, I'm not old and can't move."
After a pause, Zhong Linlan's face was embarrassed, and she tried her best to hide her emotions, and then showed a generous smile: "What grandma said is that grandma is still young." β
"I'm old and have a handful of bones left, and you don't have the heart to flatter me." Old Lady Yuan immediately changed her tone.
Zhong Linlan almost vomited blood in anger, saying no, not saying let alone not, every word and deed will be counted.
The old lady ate a few bites of food, Zhong Linlan watched her carefully on the side, and saw her frowning, her heartbeat was disordered, and her hands couldn't help clenching.
"It's so unpalatable." Old Lady Yuan said mercilessly, "This is what you spent an afternoon doing?" β
Zhong Linlan was speechless for a while.
"These dishes have to be sold without appearance, and the taste is poor." Old Lady Yuan said dissatisfiedly, "Look at this dish, how much salt did you add, do you want to salte me to death?" β
"I'll pay attention next time." Zhong Linlan pursed the corners of her mouth, suppressing the anger and grievances in her heart.
The mood was too complicated, the hard work of the afternoon was not recognized, and the bad words refueled the anger in her heart. It seems that no matter what she does, Mrs. Yuan will not be satisfied.
What's the point of making it?
"You don't say that once, but it's a different story entirely." Old Lady Yuan said with a slightly gloomy face, "A woman can't even cook, and I don't think it's worthy to come to the Yuan family to be my granddaughter-in-law." β
Zhong Linlan hurriedly set her eyes on Yuan Heting, who was silent on the side, and winked at him.
Yuan Heting's eyelids jumped, he couldn't see Zhong Linlan's careful thoughts, he just wanted him to break the siege. He continued to hold his meal without speaking.
His face sank, and Zhong Linlan clenched the chopsticks in his hand even more.
"Why are you still black-faced, am I wrong?" Old Lady Yuan caught a glimpse of her unhappiness in her eyes.
Zhong Linlan was busy sorting out her mood, and a stiff smile tugged at the corner of her mouth: "No." β
"I see you're laughing worse than crying." Mrs. Yuan put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, and then wanted to get up.
"Grandma, don't eat it?" Yuan Heting on the side finally spoke.
Old Mrs. Yuan glanced at the food on the table, sighed heavily, and waved her hand weakly: "Look at this dish, I have no appetite at all, how can I still eat it." β
Zhong Linlan sat aside, the corners of her mouth twitching.
Yuan Heting immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and walked to Mrs. Yuan's side: "Grandma, then I'll send you to the room to rest." β
"Okay." Old Lady Yuan sighed heavily.
Looking at the disappearing backs of the two, Zhong Linlan saw that there was no one around, and he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart for a while, and put the dishes and chopsticks down, making a dull sound.