Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 136 Invitation

Liu Songyan was puzzled as to why Shen Ruzhi behind him would say such contradictory things.

But right now, all he can think about is how to make the other person stop crying.

Following the girl's words, I wanted to say something to comfort her.

"If you hate me, then hate me. Why do you hate yourself too?"

"You are so bad..."

"I admit that I'm not exactly a good person."

"But I can't bring myself to hate you..."

The preface does not match the postscript.

Just a moment ago she said she hated herself, but now she says she can't hate herself.

Liu Songyan didn't understand what the other person meant by those words, and assumed that the other person was just rambling incoherently because they were crying so hard.

After thinking for a moment, he began to explain.

“I don’t mean to use your mother as a tool to have children for my father. I just think their personalities complement each other better and they are more suitable to raise children together.”

"No, isn't it all the same thing...?"

Choking back tears, Shen Ruzhi continued to sob.

"How can these be the same thing? One is a birthing machine, and the other is building a happy family."

"That's what you think..."

"I don't want to repeat myself, but I really didn't think that way."

"..."

The boy's words reached Shen Ruzhi's ears, and she gradually stopped crying, but still looked at him while sniffling.

"Really?"

"Well, really."

"Then swear it..."

"Tsk."

Liu Songyan clicked his tongue, about to refuse, but seeing Shen Ruzhi's reddened eyes, he ultimately held back.

I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths before opening them again.

He reluctantly raised his right hand.

“I swear, I really didn’t think that.”

"All right……"

The sobbing grew quieter, and Shen Ruzhi took deep breaths to calm herself down.

"Is this okay?"

"okay……"

In response to the boy, Shen Ruzhi nodded and replied.

With a helpless expression, Liu Songyan lowered his hand, feeling that women were indeed as troublesome as his stereotypes suggested.

She cries easily and gets physical when she gets angry.

That's why he's thinking of never getting married in his life.

"Since you believe me, then you should honestly hand the movie tickets to your mother later and tell her the same thing I told you before."

"it is good……"

"go home."

Liu Songyan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Shen Ruzhi's agreement.

I slowly rode my bicycle again.

Seemingly afraid that the girl behind him might misunderstand something, Liu Songyan remained silent for a moment before adding something else.

"Also, it's not that I think only your mom is suitable. If she and my dad don't make any progress, I won't be so stubborn. It's just that I think their personalities are more compatible at the moment."

"understood……"

"Let them see a movie tomorrow. If there's any potential, we'll keep trying. If not, we'll talk about it later."

"Um……"

"Stop overthinking. I know I'm not a good person, but I'm not shameless enough to be that kind of person."

"..."

This time, Shen Ruzhi did not answer the other party, but simply wiped her face with the boy's school uniform.

Liu Songyan noticed this action and opened his mouth several times as if to say something, but ultimately held back and did not speak.

He pedaled the bicycle with all his might, going faster and faster.

After passing through the alley, we arrived at the building where Shen Ruzhi lived.

The girl was about to say goodbye to the boy after getting off the car, but as soon as she turned around, she saw that Liu Songyan had already locked the rear wheel with the car lock.

Looking at the other person with suspicion, he watched as Liu Songyan locked the car and put the keys back in his pocket.

Before he could speak, he heard the other person say something.

"Let's go, I'll take you upstairs."

"You...are you coming to my house too?"

"Since we're already here, we might as well say hello to the auntie."

Liu Songyan looked at Shen Ruzhi's messy little face after she had cried.

Thinking that if she didn't go upstairs to explain, Wen Yunwei might think that her daughter had been bullied at school.

Hearing the boy's answer, Shen Ruzhi felt a little puzzled, but she didn't ask any further questions.

She turned and walked towards the building, glancing back every now and then to see if Liu Songyan was following.

Climbing the stairs, step by step.

When the two arrived at her doorstep, Liu Songyan, who was at the back, quietly watched as the other person took out his keys.

Insert the lock and turn it twice, then press down on the door handle to pull the security door open.

"I'm back……"

She called out, and Shen Ruzhi, who had entered the house, turned around to look.

He quietly moved aside, making room for Liu Songyan to enter the room.

Wen Yunwei, who was inside the room, hurriedly ran to the door. Just as she was about to ask a question, she met Liu Songyan's gaze as he entered the room.

Good evening, Auntie.

Hearing Liu Songyan greet her, Wen Yunwei, who had been stunned, finally came to her senses.

He hurriedly replied, then looked at the scene where Shen Ruzhi took the initiative to change her shoes and then put the slippers next to Liu Songyan's feet.

Witnessing this scene, Wen Yunwei's eyes turned strange.

Watching Liu Songyan close the security door behind him, I quietly watched the two children enter the room.

"Mom... what are we having for dinner?"

It wasn't until her daughter's voice rang in her ears that the mother, who had been staring at Liu Songyan, came back to her senses.

Wen Yunwei quickly shifted her gaze from the boy and looked at her daughter standing beside her.

Just as he was about to answer, he turned and looked at Shen Ruzhi's reddened eyes.

Although the tears have stopped, the traces of tears are not so easy to disappear.

Upon noticing this, Wen Yunwei immediately tensed up, then worriedly cupped her child's face in her hands, gently turning it left and right as she carefully examined it, asking anxiously, "Did something happen at school?"

"No... Mom, please let go of my hand..."

Perhaps because Liu Songyan was present, Shen Ruzhi was somewhat resistant to being treated like a child by her mother.

Glancing sideways, she saw Liu Songyan looking at her and struggled to break free from her mother's grasp.

She then raised her hand to brush her hair aside, making sure her appearance was alright, before hurriedly offering an explanation.

"I got sand in my eyes on the way back...that's why I look like this."

With her heart finally at ease, Wen Yunwei quickly raised her hand to her chest, letting out a sigh of relief after worrying about her daughter.

After taking a closer look, and seeing that apart from his eyes being reddish, his child had no other abnormalities, he finally believed his child's story.

Coming to her senses, Wen Yunwei remembered Liu Songyan standing beside her.

Then he hurriedly looked at the other person and asked.

"Auntie has prepared the meal, Songyan, please have some too."

"it is good."

"Then I'll go and serve it to you."

She answered with a smile, then quickly turned and left, jogging towards the kitchen.

Liu Songyan remained calm, while Shen Ruzhi looked utterly bewildered.

Following her mother's departing figure, Shen Ruzhi hurriedly approached Liu Songyan after she entered the kitchen, and asked in a low voice.

"Why did you stay for dinner? Aren't you going home first?"

I'm a little worried about you.

"..."

No matter how hard Shen Ruzhi racked her brains, she never expected to hear such an answer from Liu Songyan.

My previously calm heart suddenly became agitated.

However, this feeling did not last long, and then she heard the boy add something else.

"I need to see you hand the movie ticket to her with my own eyes, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

"..."

After her initial excitement turned to disappointment, Shen Ruzhi, who had been somewhat touched, immediately fell silent.

She abruptly looked away from the boy, as if sulking, and left with a pout.

"Come and wash your hands."

After the two finished washing their hands, Wen Yunwei had already placed the bowls on the dining table.

He gestured for the two children to sit down and then handed them chopsticks and spoons.

After thanking him and accepting the gift, Liu Songyan's eyes fell on the salt shaker on the table, and he was somewhat surprised that the seasonings from the kitchen were placed on the table.

Although I had some doubts, I didn't think much of it.

Looking at the bowl of noodles in front of me, at the cooked noodles mixed with tomato and egg soup.

Although he had already anticipated this, Liu Songyan was still somewhat moved when he saw the dinner Wen Yunwei had prepared.

During the summer vacation, he had already learned about Wen Yunwei's cooking skills from Shen Ruzhi.

But when I actually saw it with my own eyes, I was still shocked by how unappetizing the noodles were.

After thinking for a moment, he scooped up some soup with a spoon and put it in his mouth.

After tasting it, he frowned in surprise.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the tomato and egg noodles didn't have much flavor.

Aside from the natural tomato flavor, it's as bland as drinking plain water.

"Do you want it?"

Before he could figure out if there was something wrong with his sense of taste, Shen Ruzhi, who was standing next to him, asked him.

He shifted his gaze from the bowl of noodles to the girl beside him.

Liu Songyan watched as the other person picked up the salt shaker on the table, scooped some salt into a bowl with the small spoon that came with it, and then stirred it with chopsticks until it dissolved.

"Because my mom isn't good at seasoning, I add it myself. If you think the soup isn't flavorful enough, you can add some MSG."

"..."

Liu Songyan was clearly too shocked to speak.

Looking at Shen Ruzhi who said those words, she slowly turned her gaze to Wen Yunwei on the other side.

Seeing the other person's slightly embarrassed expression, she ultimately followed their family's custom and added some salt to her own bowl.

It had a slight flavor, but it still wasn't delicious.

Liu Songyan barely managed to finish the noodles in front of him. Even though he was full, he inexplicably felt like he had eaten for nothing.

I'm starting to regret choosing to stay.

They should have urged Shen Ruzhi to take out the movie tickets and then hurry home for dinner.

Liu Songyan remained silent while sitting at the dining table, simply watching Shen Ruzhi finish her meal.

After seeing her stop eating, he gently touched her with his hand under the table.

This prompted Shen Ruzhi to look at him, and then she gestured to him with her eyes.

Shen Ruzhi realized what was happening and hurriedly put her hand into her school trouser pocket, saying to her mother who was carrying two bowls and was about to return to the kitchen.

"Mom, wait a minute."

Wen Yunwei, who had already stood up while holding a bowl of noodles, stopped and turned around to look at her daughter who had called out to her with a puzzled expression.

Before she could even react, she saw her child take a piece of paper out of his pocket and put it on the dining table.

He pushed her towards him.

"This is my uncle..."

After a pause, Shen Ruzhi looked away from her mother and secretly glanced at Liu Songyan sitting next to her.

Seeing that the other person was looking at him, he calmed himself down for a moment and then finished speaking.

"My uncle asked me to give this to you."

"This is?"

The bowl of noodles she was carrying was placed back on the dining table, and Wen Yunwei picked up the tickets on the table with a hint of confusion.

After seeing the words printed on it, I realized it was a movie ticket.

She looked away from the movie tickets and instead glanced at the two people sitting there with surprise. Seeing her daughter's face lowered so she wouldn't meet her eyes, she then looked at Liu Songyan.

"Did your dad give this to me?"

“My dad felt bad that he didn’t get to eat at the dinner party my aunt hosted last time, so he bought movie tickets to make up for it.”

The explanation from Liu Songyan stunned Wen Yunwei.

A few seconds later, he looked at the movie ticket again, puzzled.

"Why would you suddenly invite me to a movie..."

He muttered to himself, but Wen Yunwei did not refuse.

Instead, after putting away the movie tickets, he smiled and said to Liu Songyan.

"I happen to have tomorrow off. Did your dad say what time we're leaving?"

(End of this chapter)