Chapter 33 Different Dinner Parties
Chapter 33 Different Dinner Parties
"Ranran, I am your biological mother, not Song Qiao."
Zhao Xiaoya looked at her daughter nervously and said.
"Song Qiao also said she's my biological mother. She even said she almost died when she gave birth to me. How am I supposed to know which of you is my real mother?"
Even at the age of five, Song Xiaoran was full of scheming. Jiang Ming and Zhao Xiaoya did not see her as dangerous and even praised her for being smart.
"I'm your biological mother, don't believe me? Ask your father."
“You’re my mom, so you have to buy me a Barbie doll,” and Song Qiao agreed to buy it for me.
Jiang Xiaoran was lying when she said that. A couple of days ago, she saw a limited edition Barbie doll in a luxury store window and wanted it, but Song Qiao didn't buy it for her.
"Mom will buy it for you, but you have to promise me that you won't listen to Song Qiao anymore. She's a bad woman. She stole your father away from me."
In high school, Zhao Xiaoya and Jiang Ming both came from rural areas. According to Jiang Ming, he liked her, not Song Qiao, but she just kept pestering him.
In Jiang Xiaoran's mind, Song Qiao became the "vixen" that her grandmother talked about.
As the three of them ate, Jiang Ming was still feeling the pinch of the five million yuan car fee.
Zhao Xiaoya hadn't been appeased yet; she still wanted the car.
"Xiaoya, let's put off buying the car for a while. A payment will arrive in a few days, and I'll buy you one that's even more expensive than Song Qiao's."
"Really?"
Zhao Xiaoya spent the whole night cursing Song Qiao in front of Jiang Xiaoran, saying that she had spent her and her husband's money.
Meanwhile, Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan were at a farmhouse, where they had booked a yurt.
Arriving here, Song Qiao felt heartbroken thinking about the promise Jiang Ming made to her before their marriage—a promise he hadn't kept.
"Song Qiao, do you remember that time in our high school PE class when I sprained my ankle but still ran like crazy? It was because you were in the cheerleading squad that time. But after the race, I, who came in first, wasn't as popular as Jiang Ming, who came in second."
When recalling the past, Liu Mingxuan looked sentimental.
"I'm sorry!" Song Qiao regretted it when she thought about her past attitude towards Lu Mingxuan.
These days she's been reflecting on why she trusted Jiang Ming so much back then. She was truly bewitched. His sweet words wove a dream into her heart, and she fell headlong into it, never to escape.
She felt sorry for Jiang Ming because his family was from the countryside and he ate, wore, and used only street vendor goods at the market during high school.
The same thing happened with Zhao Xiaoya. She bought her a dress and, fearing Zhao Xiaoya wouldn't accept it, lied and said it was too big.
I said that on purpose because I was afraid of hurting Zhao Xiaoya's self-esteem.
"Mingxuan! If there were a pill to undo regrets, I'd buy it no matter the price."
Seeing Lu Mingxuan put food in her bowl, Song Qiao felt a lump in her throat. Since she had given birth, Jiang Ming had never taken care of her like this.
"Let's not talk about that anymore, it's not too late, Song Qiao! If one day you leave me, can you give me a chance?"
Lu Mingxuan had wanted to ask this question for a long time.
Song Qiao was still thinking about Lu Mingxuan from her previous life. When he returned from abroad, he invited her to dinner at a hotel and asked her something that seemed to be the same question.
She splashed the water from her cup onto his face, yelling, "Lu Mingxuan, how dare you talk like that? The only person I've ever loved in my life is Jiang Ming. I'd rather die than divorce him, and I never want to see him again!"
After leaving those words, Song Qiao departed, while Lu Mingxuan sat alone in the car outside until dawn.
It was after that trip that he went abroad and never returned.
Song Qiao deliberately chose this farmhouse tonight to avoid the harm she caused Lu Mingxuan in her previous life.
"Right now, I haven't thought about the future. All I'm thinking about is my child. If one day my child really needs a father, I'll consider it. But I just don't know if you mind me being a divorced mother with a child?"
Song Qiao wanted Lu Mingxuan to face reality: she was divorced and had a child with another man. Even if she needed to find someone to marry one day, it would be to find a father for her child.
"I care about you. Because I love you, I will accept everything about you. If we find the child, I will make arrangements. She can stay with my parents first. We will get married after you have completed your divorce."
Lu Mingxuan was engrossed in his future life: "During this time, I can also practice how to be a father?"
Song Qiao stared intently at Lu Mingxuan for a long time. She had hoped that he would back down, but he gave her this answer instead.
"it is good!"
Song Qiao was worried about whether Lu Mingxuan's parents would look down on her as a second-marriage mother and whether they would accept the child.
"Song Qiao, there's something I want to make clear to you."
Song Qiao was eating with her head down when she looked up at Lu Mingxuan with a curious expression: "What do you want to say?"
"It's my family, my parents... actually..."
Lu Mingxuan was wondering whether he should tell Song Qiao his true identity.
After thinking about it, I decided against it to avoid putting more pressure on her.
“My family is just an ordinary working-class family; my parents are both ordinary workers.”
She knew all about Lu Mingxuan's background; his father was the director of Jiangcheng Hospital, and his mother held a high position as the deputy director of the Health Bureau.
"Your father owns his own company. Am I not marrying above my station?"
Song Qiao really wanted to remind him: Come on, I know what your parents do.
"I'm not trying to climb the social ladder; my own circumstances are not as good as yours."
As the two were eating, a girl's voice came from outside the door: "Hurry up and go, I'm starving."
"Tong Tong?"
Song Qiao looked at Lu Mingxuan: "You came to see me?"
Lu Mingxuan hurriedly explained, "I didn't make an appointment with her, and she didn't come to see me. Didn't you hear her call her 'Dad'? She must have come with her parents."
Just as Lu Mingxuan was explaining, the curtain of the yurt was suddenly opened, and Tong Tong appeared at the door.
Also standing at the door were Lu Mingxuan's parents and Tong Tong's parents.
"Mingxuan! What are you doing here?"
When Lu Mingxuan saw that his parents had arrived, he quickly stood up and took Song Qiao's hand: "Mom and Dad, let me introduce you, this is..."
Lu Mingxuan's mother, dressed in an elegant lady's outfit, stood at the door and coldly looked at her son: "No need for introductions, she's just your girlfriend, but from now on, she's not. Your parents asked you to come back because of Tong Tong."
Looking at Lu Mingxuan, whose face was dark and whose tone was stern, she said, "You have no manners at all when you see your Uncle Tong and Aunt Zhou. How have I taught you?"
Lu Mingxuan had no choice but to call out "Uncle Tong, Aunt Zhou" and then said, "Mom and Dad, I won't stay with you any longer, I have something to do."
In her previous life, this scene didn't exist, so Song Qiao didn't know the outcome. She glanced at Lu Mingxuan and said, "Now that we've finished talking, I should go back."
After saying this, Song Qiao got up, picked up the keys on the table, and prepared to leave.
Seeing that Song Qiao was about to leave, Lu Mingxuan stepped forward and stopped her, saying, "I didn't drive, let's go back together."
Song Qiao saw him grab her arm and was about to speak when Tong Tong spoke first: "Brother Mingxuan, I'm driving now. I'll take you home, so don't bother Mrs. Jiang!"
"What? Mrs. Jiang?"
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