Chapter 16: The Enemy Meets
Zhang Ran just brought the rice porridge and egg custard out of the kitchen, and happened to have a photo with someone who walked to the door of Zhang's courtyard.
The person who came was none other than Liu Mengyao, who had a deep blood feud with Zhang Ran.
It's really a narrow road!
Thinking of the loss of his life in the previous life, the anger in Zhang Ran's chest couldn't help but roll.
Liu Mengyao didn't notice Zhang Ran's strange appearance, she still walked into the courtyard briskly as usual.
Then he greeted Zhang Ran and Qin Yuzhen in a very affectionate tone: "Aunt Qin, Ran Ran, good morning!"
In the face of Liu Mengyao's self-cooking, Zhang Ran couldn't help but have green tendons on the back of his hand holding the enamel bowl.
In the previous life, she and Liu Mengyao were the closest playmates in Xiaowan Village, Liu Mengyao was the sister of Zhang Ran's uncle and the daughter of a male intellectual.
Because Liu Mengyao's father later returned to the town, Liu Mengyao and her mother were left behind in the Zhao family.
Because neither of them has a father, Zhang Ran has a little more closeness to Liu Mengyao.
Last year, Liu Mengyao's mother remarried, and Liu Mengyao completely became a fatherless and motherless orphan.
Although the Zhao family provided her with a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it was not very good for her, not to make her do the hardest and most tiring work, but to let her do laundry and cook for the whole family.
Compared with Liu Mengyao's tragic experience, Zhang Ran's life is not known how many times better.
"Yaoyao, you came over to play with Ran Ran so early, didn't you have breakfast, if you didn't eat, you can make do with it here." Qin Yuzhen greeted Liu Mengyao very kindly.
For Liu Mengyao, an orphan girl who was abandoned by her parents and meanly by the Zhao family, Qin Yuzhen couldn't help but feel a little more maternal love in her heart.
"Aunt Qin, how can this be embarrassing?"
Liu Mengyao pretended to excuse herself, but Qin Yuzhen's face was a little more enthusiastic, "Ranran, hurry up and go to the kitchen to get an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks." ”
Zhang Ran walked to the round table in the center of the courtyard with an expressionless face, and put the porridge and egg custard on the table.
The bottom of the enamel bowl collides with the stone tabletop, making a crisp sound of "clang".
"You kid, why are you so frizzy?" Qin Yuzhen couldn't help but criticize Zhang Ran, and then turned her head and beckoned Liu Mengyao, who was standing on the side, to sit down.
When Zhang Ran came out with a new pair of chopsticks from the kitchen, Qin Yuzhen and Liu Mengyao had already eaten.
The picture of the two of them talking and laughing completely stung Zhang Ran's eyes, compared to her real daughter, Liu Mengyao and Qin Yuzhen are more like a pair of mother and daughter.
Zhang Ran hated why he didn't discover the scheming hidden under Liu Mengyao's "simple" face earlier.
Zhang Ran can't remember how many times Liu Mengyao always snatched Qin Yuzhen's attention from her, intentionally or unintentionally.
Every time, Zhang Ran only thought that the other party was because of the lack of maternal love since childhood, so he was a little closer to Qin Yuzhen.
Zhang Ran sympathizes with her and is willing to give her a little bit of maternal love.
But Zhang Ran's indifference and forbearance were not Liu Mengyao's gratitude, but trampling her under her feet desperately!
Zhang Ran sat angrily in the corner of the table farthest away from Qin Yuzhen and Liu Mengyao, scooped half a bowl of rice porridge angrily, and stuffed it into his mouth one bite at a time.
After Liu Mengyao drank half a bowl of egg custard, she looked up and saw Zhang Ran's unhappy face, she immediately pretended to be concerned and said:
"Ranran, I heard about you in the broken temple yesterday, my brother didn't do anything to you, right? Listening to what the people in the village say, you won't really be treated by my brother, right? ”
After speaking, Liu Mengyao suddenly covered her mouth with a look of regret, as if she had just accidentally said something she shouldn't have said.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to bring it up, I'm just very worried about you, you won't blame me, right?"
Liu Mengyao blamed herself, Qin Yuzhen didn't hear her words at all, but comforted her kindly: "Usually you have the best relationship with Ran Ran, with your friends who care about her so much, how can she blame you." ”