Chapter 97 Grave Sweeping (1/2)
A Miao was shocked. She did not expect Zhou Xiao to say such a thing.
”I know you rich people too well!” However, Zhou Xiao did not see A Miao's face and continued, ”If you have a mistress outside someday, just give us compensation, right, A Miao?”
Shen Xinglan's cold eyes flashed across Zhou Xiao's body, and then he became tender when looking at A Miao's complicated eyes. ”Let's go eat!”
A Miao nodded and got in the car, only to find Zhou Xiao had pushed her aside and was leaning on the car door. ”I said, Mr. Shen is too stingy! I'm A Miao's friend. You haven't invited me to dinner until now. It's against the rules!”
”Zhou Xiao, stop it.”
Zhou Xiao turned around and glared at A Miao. ”Please, you're on the man's side before you get married? Am I wrong? Am I not your only friend?”
”Are you sure... that you are my friend?” A Miao looked at her with a veiled look.
”What do you mean?” Zhou Xiao stared downward and then screamed, ”Do you despise me? Now you have a rich boyfriend, and you no longer consider me your friend?”
After that, she deliberately turned to look at Shen Xinglan, only to find that the man did not look at her at all.
”When you went to the bathroom, your cell phone received a text message.” The words from A Miao calmed Zhou Xiao down.
”Rest assured, I don't have the habit of peeking into other people's privacy. However, your mobile phone was placed in front of me, and I saw what it said.”
Zhou Xiao was a little flustered. ”Wh... what?”
”You already know.” A Miao pushed her aside and got into the car.
After reacting, Zhou Xiao wanted to pull the car door open. But in the end, the car searched and drove past her feet, scaring her back two steps, and her expression became gloomy.
”Did she bully you?” Shen Xinglan took A Miao's hand and found her fingers cold. ”Shen I, turn up the heat.”
A Miao leaned into his arms and said, ”I only saw half a sentence, which said 'Tried to hook up with your homegirl's man'...”
”Courting death.” Shen Xinglan had a face of disgust. Thinking of such a woman, he felt very sick.
”My homegirl who I grew up together with, is also my only good friend. But since my life changed, I don't know her anymore.” A Miao was depressed and did not know whether to cry or blame herself.
”A long time may not necessarily give birth to feelings, but one must see through the hearts of the people.” Shen Xinglan gave her a hug to comfort her. ”She was true to you before because she thought you were inferior to her. But now...”
”Now that I have found a rich boyfriend, she is out of balance.” A Miao shook her head feebly. She understood the reason. Zhou Xiao was originally a very vain person, but understanding and accepting were two different things.
Shen Xinglan gave her a light look. ”So from now on, you can't treat her as a friend. I don't want to save you someday when she is behind the scenes.”
”No... it's not as bad as that, is it?” A Miao murmured, her voice not confident.
”Envy makes people crazy. Greedy desire will always dominate people's will.” Shen Xinglan smiled sarcastically. ”Such as the two Ji family members.”
A Miao sighed deeply. ”Forget it, I will not associate with her in the future!”
After Song Baohua had her surgery after the Spring Festival, she would go to see her while Zhou Xiao was away.
”You should be glad that she is not smart enough; otherwise, she would have been hiding away and would suddenly trouble you with a knife.” Shen Xinglan scoffed at this friendship and wished that A Miao had no friends, so she only had himself...
A Miao did not know his insidious thoughts. She looked out of the car window and found that it was not the street that she was familiar with.
”Where are we going?”
Shen Xinglan lifted the corners of his mouth. ”Going to see my mother-in-law.”
”Huh?” A Miao did not react. ”Mother... mother-in-law?”
He glanced at her and she blushed and said, ”Going to the cemetery!”
There was a Sky-dragon Mountain more than 100 kilometers away from City S, where A Miao's mother, Xia He, was buried. Of course, she was not buried in a mountain with good feng shui, but in a cemetery under the mountain.
”In fact, it is no different from the one above, the only bad thing is that nobody takes care of it.” A Miao carefully cleaned up the soil on the tombstone, and Shen Xinglan placed the prepared flowers and tribute on it.
”Later on, we'll try and find a day to move the grave.”
A Miao knew what he meant. Since she had made extra money from the appraisal, she also thought of buying a piece of land for her mother in the mountain cemetery.
”I asked before. The price is more expensive than the house and we have to wait for two years.”
The people from the cemetery said that their business was good and that they were developing the hill next to it, but there was not any place there now.
”Don't worry. Leave it to me.” Shen Xinglan patted her hand. ”Push me closer.”
A Miao pushed Shen Xinglan over to the tombstone, and he looked intently in front of him.
”Mother-in-law, I am Shen Xinglan, A Miao's husband.” His voice resounded through the mountains, making A Miao, who wanted to say that they were not married, bow her head silently.
Shen Xinglan took her hand and continued, ”Although we are not married yet, I have already decided that she is indispensable in my life.”
”Don't worry, I'll take care of her in the future and won't let anyone bully here, not even me.”
Somehow overbearing promises made A Miao very moved. She sniffed. ”Mom, I will listen to you and live happily. Now there is a man to protect me. Don't worry about it. Also, I will find dad and bring him to see you then!”
”Your father...” Shen Xinglan twisted his head to look at her.