Chapter 399: Bickering
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Thank you. Your chef’s skills are really impressive, Shu’er. After you go back home, you won’t have to go through those days of not having enough to eat. I’m genuinely happy for you,” Chu Rui said sincerely.
Mei Shu couldn’t help but think of what happened when she was young.
Although those days were very distant to her who had been reborn, when she saw Chu Rui, the kindness he showed her in the past was still vivid in her mind.
Mei Shu was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart, so she didn’t want him to be unhappy in Lin City.
Even if the two of them had some differences in opinion, it didn’t stop her from remembering his kindness.
Besides, Chu Rui had never done anything to hurt her.
Mei Shu smiled and replied, “I’m happy for you to hear that your life in university is so smooth.”
“Oh, a famous university student? You look so refined. Why do you have to get involved with Mei Shu? Isn’t it just that you know how to study? What’s so great about it? My son is the president of a company! In the future, if our Mumu wants to go to any university, just let her father arrange it for her. Then she won’t have to take the exam herself!”
The elderly lady’s arrogant voice interrupted, disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in the living room.
Mei Yan raised his eyebrows and said impatiently, “If she can’t get in, so be it. What’s the big deal of asking my father to pay for it? My sister can get into a good university on her own. Her family doesn’t have to spend so much money!” “You brat, what do you know? In the future, you have to rely on your father to study. If you don’t listen, 1 won’t let your father pay for you!” the elderly lady threatened him smugly.
Mei Yan didn’t take it seriously. “It’s too early for you to say that. It will be ten years before 1 go to university. It’s not certain if you can survive until then!” “You damn brat, are you cursing me to die?” The elderly lady immediately turned hostile and pretended to raise her walking stick to hit him.
Mei Mu hurriedly stopped her. “Granny, don’t be angry. Yanyan is still young. Don’t lower yourself to his level. We have to entertain the guest today.”
“What guest? Just because he claims to be from a prestigious university, does that make it true? Has anyone seen his admission letter? He could be a scammer from who knows where, boasting about being a good student. Anyone associating with that wretched girl can’t be anything good,” the old lady spoke without restraint, taking advantage of her age and being Mei Yun’s birth mother.
Chu Rui’s face turned pale, and he hurriedly explained, “I have a student ID card. If you don’t believe me, I can show it to you.”
With that, he was about to take his bag.
Mei Shu raised his hand to stop her and said, “You don’t have to explain to her. She can’t read or write. Even if you give her your student ID card, she won’t understand.”
Upon hearing this, Mei Yan couldn’t help but chuckle, “Sis, I’ve learned a few idioms at school. Illiterate, narrow-minded, and biased. Do you think Grandma can understand the meaning of these words?”
“Who are you calling ‘biased’?” The old lady really didn’t understand the previous idioms, but she couldn’t have been clearer about the last one. “Is the last one an idiom? 1’11 make sure to teach you a lesson today!”
Mei Yan giggled and dodged around the sofa.
The old lady, shaky and unsteady, not only failed to hit Mei Yan but also exhausted herself, panting heavily. She leaned against the sofa for a while and couldn’t straighten up her waist.
Seeing this, Mei Mu’s eyes flashed with a touch of annoyance. She helped the old lady sit back on the sofa and lowered her head, feeling embarrassed. “Grandma, don’t argue with him. He’s just an inexperienced child!”
She meant to remind the elderly lady to pay attention to Chu Rui.
But the elderly lady just wanted to teach Mei Yan a lesson. She ignored what Mei Mu said and glared at Mei Yan.
Mei Yan was not easy to offend. Seeing that the elderly lady was angry, he made a few funny faces at her smugly.
The old lady was about to strike him again, and Mei Mu became thoroughly impatient. She took the initiative to speak, “Brother Rui and my sister have known each other since childhood. If he can visit frequently in the future, my dad can feel more at ease with my sister going to study in the capital alone. My sister is very talented, and I have always admired her.”
“But 1 can’t help but worry for her. After all, the most important thing for a girl is to find someone to rely on for the rest of her life. I’m afraid that Sister will meet a bad man, but if there’s a person as good as Brother Rui who can accompany Sister all the time, our entire family will be at ease.”
Hearing this, Chu Rui’s eyes flashed. Obviously, he thought of Lu Si who kept pestering Mei Shu and came to see him with her. He frowned. “When Mei Shu comes to the capital in the future, I will personally watch her and not let her date anyone.”
Mei Mu smiled considerately and said, “Thank you for your concern, Brother Rui. It’s a pity that I don’t have such a good childhood sweetheart like Brother Rui. If 1 had, I wouldn’t have missed him no matter what.”
Chu Rui couldn’t help but look up at her seriously.
Mei Mu’s appearance was gentle. Although she was not as good-looking as Mei Shu, she was quite pleasing to the eye.
This was what a proper young lady of a big family should be like..