Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 164 Meet again
Chen Lan's answer left Liu Changcun, who was still preparing to persuade her to stay, speechless.

Although Chen Lan did not name names at this moment, he knew better than anyone else who the other person was referring to as "she".

After realizing what had happened, Liu Changcun didn't say anything more.

After a moment of silence, he nodded silently in agreement.

"Then I'll take you there."

"no, I'm fine."

Chen Lan hastily refused, as if she was afraid of troubling Liu Changcun.

Chen Lan's impression of her former son-in-law was still based on their previous acquaintance.

In her memory, although her son-in-law was an honest and capable man, the burden of his family meant that he was not exactly well-off, so Chen Lan had no intention of troubling him.

Instead, he responded.

“I know where she lives now, I can go there by myself in a bit.”

"It's so late, the buses are about to stop running, let me take you there."

Perhaps sensing the meaning behind Chen Lan's words, Liu Changcun did not respond to her refusal.

Instead, he took out his car keys, as if to reassure them, and said with a smile.

"I just bought a car recently, so it won't take long for me to go back and forth."

"..."

Hearing Liu Changcun's words, Chen Lan was even more surprised to learn that Liu Changcun had already bought a car and that was the end of it.

From her daughter, she learned that they had been divorced for almost half a year. However, in such a short time, her son-in-law, who used to struggle financially, had become very successful.

In this day and age, a car is definitely a valuable luxury item.

Even if the new car Liu Changcun mentioned was just a van used for hauling goods, Chen Lan considered it an extremely excellent vehicle.

Perhaps feeling confused, Chen Lan, having snapped out of her daze, asked him a question.

"Don't you own a bookstore? Have you made some money lately?"

"No."

Shaking his head in agreement, Liu Changcun began to explain.

"Because the bookstore wasn't profitable, I closed it down. I'm currently doing some other small business and have managed to make some money."

"I see... It's good that we can make money. The children are getting older and will need money in the future."

Chen Lan was genuinely happy for Liu Changcun, and then she did not refuse his request to take her to her daughter's house.

An Zhaoran returned to the living room from the kitchen with scissors. Seeing the two who were about to leave, she came to Liu Wanqiu's side and cut off the tag. Before she could speak, she heard Liu Changcun's words of advice.

"I'm going to see them off. You stay home and look after the children."

"Know it."

The old house wasn't very big, so even though An Zhaoran was in the kitchen, she could hear the voices coming from outside.

However, since they were some distance apart, even if they could hear the conversation between the two, they could only catch a few bits and pieces of the gist of it.

Although she didn't quite understand why Chen Lan didn't want to stay.

But seeing that Liu Changcun was going to take the other person there, he wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

As the security door closed, Liu Changcun and Chen Lan got out of the car one after the other.

I walked towards the gate of the residential area.

When they arrived at Liu Changcun's new car, Chen Lan finally showed a shocked expression.

When she first heard Liu Changcun say he had bought a new car, she thought it was at most the kind of van used for hauling goods and carrying people. But when she saw the brand-new vehicle parked there, she realized how ridiculous her idea was.

After Liu Changcun called out to her again, Chen Lan, who had been in a daze, finally came back to her senses.

Somewhat nervously, I got to the back seat, opened the door and saw the brand-new interior, which even had a pleasant fragrance of air freshener.

Chen Lan searched her pockets but couldn't find anything to put under the seat. Afraid of getting her former son-in-law's car dirty, she found herself in a dilemma.

Although the back door was opened, there was no intention of getting into the car.

Liu Changcun, who was sitting in the driver's seat, had already fastened his seatbelt.

He glanced back and realized that Chen Lan hadn't gotten on the bus yet. When he looked out of the bus, he saw that she was still standing next to him.

He invited her to get in the car again, but then heard Chen Lan's worried voice.

"Do you have any tissues in the car? Could you give me a few to put on my back? ...I don't want to get your new car dirty."

When Chen Lan's words reached Liu Changcun's ears, he was momentarily at a loss for words.

Chen Lan, who was outside the car, had never had a good life. As a single mother raising her daughter alone, she had received help from her neighbors, but she had also suffered a lot of malicious gossip.

Perhaps it is because of this life experience that she is now over fifty years old and acts with such caution.

Even when facing Liu Changcun, who treats her like family, she subconsciously fears that she might dirty his new car.

Observing the other party's cautious demeanor, Liu Changcun pondered for a moment before smiling and responding.

"It's alright, Mom. Get in the car. There's no need for such formalities among family."

Liu Changcun's words made Chen Lan realize what was happening, and all her previous concerns were immediately put aside.

Thinking about Liu Changcun's attitude towards her at the dinner table, Chen Lan no longer hesitated.

I sat down in the back seat and closed the back door.

The vehicle drove away from the entrance of the residential area.

After driving onto the main road, Chen Lan examined the entire interior of the new car before asking Liu Changcun, who was sitting in the front row, a question.

"This car must be expensive, right? It must cost at least tens of thousands, right?"

"Not bad, just over twenty." "Twenty..."

Subconsciously, Chen Lan added the word "block" after the number twenty, but in the blink of an eye, she realized that this was absolutely impossible.

Even if she knew nothing about cars, she knew that twenty yuan could not possibly buy a brand new car.

Sitting in the back row, she raised her hand to hold onto the back of the seat in front of her.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, he suddenly came to his senses.

"More than 200,000?"

"Ah."

It wasn't until she heard Liu Changcun's soft response that she realized her guess was correct.

His hands, which were resting on the back of the chair, clenched unconsciously. After a long while, he finally let go with a complicated expression. At the same time, his body seemed to lose its support, and he slowly leaned towards the back seat.

His gaze was fixed ahead, on Liu Changcun in the driver's seat.

Although Liu Changcun's appearance hadn't changed much, the feeling he gave Chen Lan was completely different from before.

After spending a brief time together tonight, Chen Lan also realized the changes in her former son-in-law.

The man who used to be taciturn and reserved has now become more eloquent and has been giving her a series of shocking news.

Considering that the car she was riding in was worth over 200,000 yuan, Chen Lan didn't have an accurate understanding of such a figure.

However, after breaking down this huge sum, based on her own salary and current situation, even if she worked until she died, she wouldn't be able to save enough for this new car.

Realizing this, Chen Lan's gaze towards Liu Changcun became increasingly complicated.

On the one hand, I am genuinely happy for Liu Changcun.

On the other hand, she felt that it was a very foolish thing for her daughter to choose to divorce Liu Changcun.

It wasn't because Liu Changcun bought a new car.

Even though Liu Changcun is still struggling to make ends meet and support her children and family, she still thinks her daughter's decision to divorce was foolish.

Chen Lan knew that Liu Changcun was a trustworthy person. Even though he was very different now than before, he had not changed much in essence.

It's easy to see from his current attitude towards his former mother-in-law that Liu Changcun did not choose to neglect her out of hatred after divorcing Lin Wanran.

On the contrary, he treated her with the same sincerity as before.

Coming to her senses, Chen Lan began to inquire about the details of the incident.

After learning the details of her daughter's divorce from Liu Changcun, she felt deeply sorry for her child's decision.

Looking back on today's visit to Liu Changcun's home, I recall the lively life I witnessed and experienced.

Thinking back to when I was at Lin Wanran's house, I saw my daughter living a life that seemed like that of a walking corpse.

Even now, Chen Lan still believes that Liu Changcun is the best match for her good-for-nothing daughter.

But now, Chen Lan makes the two of them not even dare to have the idea of ​​remarrying.

She knew perfectly well that all the problems stemmed from her own daughter, which was why she was too ashamed to mention it to Liu Changcun.

After all, this marriage, which should have been happy and fulfilling, has come to this point entirely because of Lin Wanran's willfulness.

Because of her own daughter's self-righteousness.

Chen Lan was well aware of this, which is why she didn't even consider mentioning it. After seeing An Zhao living in Liu Changcun's house, she completely gave up on the idea.

However, as Lin Wanran's mother, even though her daughter said those very hurtful things to her today, she still felt remorse.

But Chen Lan still felt sorry for her own child.

This is human nature.

Therefore, after the vehicle arrived at Lin Wanran's current residence, Chen Lan hurriedly said that it would stop at the entrance of the community.

However, Liu Changcun did not actually do as the other party said.

Instead, after registering at the security booth, they drove directly into the residential area.

Lin Wanran now lives in a nice environment, and because it is close to the city center, the prices of properties in this area are relatively high.

Lin Wanran didn't buy this house; she just rented it.

After all, even if she earned a lot of money while working as a designer at a jewelry company, it wouldn't be enough to support her high-end consumption of buying a house here.

Not to mention that when Liu Changcun talked to his senior, Wen Yunwei, he learned from her that Lin Wanran had chosen to resign.

Lin Wanran was proud and arrogant.

Since they chose to resign after suffering a setback, they probably won't be able to recover and find a new job anytime soon.

It was precisely because I understood Lin Wanran, my ex-wife with whom I had been together for over ten years.

Liu Changcun was worried that Chen Lan would be harshly targeted by the unemployed Lin Wanran after meeting her.

After all, that woman had no redeeming qualities in Liu Changcun's eyes, and he couldn't be bothered to have any connection with her because of her terrible personality.

However, Liu Changcun, after considering Chen Lan's situation, took the initiative to send her home.

Despite Chen Lan's repeated refusals, Liu Changcun still rode the elevator with her.

They arrived at the destination where Lin Wanran now resides.

Seeing Liu Changcun accompanying her upstairs, Chen Lan, who had slowed her pace as much as possible, finally arrived at her daughter's bedroom door.

Liu Changcun's act of pressing the doorbell made Chen Lan's heart leap into her throat.

Looking at the tightly closed security door, it was pushed open from the inside after more than ten seconds.

Looking at... Lin Wanran who appeared inside the door.

(End of this chapter)