star wife is a bit sweet

Chapter 413 A Trap

There is an open space to go from the gate to the villa. Father Zhou is drinking tea outdoors. When he heard footsteps approaching, he didn't lift his head. "Why is it so late?"

It was almost ten o'clock, and Zhou Liqian's intention to come back to eat was obvious.

Zhou Liqian hooked the corner of his mouth, "There is a traffic jam on the road."

Just as he was talking, his hands tightened slightly, and Shen Zhixin quickly said, "Dad."

"En." Zhou's father responded lightly, "It's rare to come back, go in and say hello to your mother."

What should come will always come, Shen Zhi burst into tears.

She still maintained a calm face, and said with a sweet smile: "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything I need help with."

Not far away, Lu Xue's face suddenly turned pale, and she turned to look at Shen Zhixin.

What did she call Father Zhou just now?
dad……

When I entered the house, there was no one in the hall.Shen Zhixin had heard Zhou Liqian say more or less before that their family did not invite anyone else except Aunt Li.

Going around the promenade, she bit the bullet and continued to walk forward. Every time she came, she always wanted to say hello to Zhou's mother.

At this time, the kitchen door suddenly opened...

The chopped peppers on the cooking table were not enough, so Aunt Li had to go to the storage room to get some more.

"Miss Shen..."

She muttered for a while, "Sit down first, and I'll pour tea after I help Madam get things."

"No, no, no." Shen Zhixin quickly waved her hand, "I just came to see if there is anything I can do to help."

"Eh..." Aunt Li hesitated for a moment, and at this moment, Mother Zhou's voice came from the kitchen again.

"Gui Fen, who are you talking to? The water under the steamer is boiling, hurry up."

"Oh, okay, madam, I'll be right there." Aunt Li smiled apologetically, and hurried out of Shen Zhixin.

Shen Zhixin covered her face, is she that scary?

After finally moving to the kitchen, Shen Zhixin lowered her peach eyes slightly, and tentatively called out, "Hello, Mrs. Zhou."

Zhou's mother's hand that was chopping vegetables suddenly paused, she didn't even lift her head, "Where's A-Qian?"

"He's outside."

Shen Zhixin suppressed her smile, and still answered respectfully.

Zhou's mother raised her hand blankly, and took out a bottle of mayonnaise from the cupboard. She lowered her head and squeezed it on the salad gracefully.

Another moment of silence.

Aunt Li shook her head, she didn't know why Mother Zhou had such a big prejudice against Shen Zhixin.Now that Zhou Liqian is married to her, even if Zhou's mother likes Lu Xue, it can only be her liking.

"Ma'am, here comes the pepper." Aunt Li walked in with a smile on her face.

Shen Zhixin sighed helplessly, and was about to abscond silently.

As soon as she turned around, she was suddenly stopped by Zhou's mother.

"come here."

kindness?
Shen Zhixin didn't react for a while.

Zhou's mother snorted coldly, in her opinion, Shen Zhixin is indeed ordinary, but the reason why Zhou Liqian can protect him like this is suddenly impossible to guess.

"Come and help me chop the peppers."

Shen Zhixin was like a bolt from the blue.

Although she is not a kitchen killer, the dishes she cuts out are extremely ugly.

Looking at another pile of finished products that Zhou's mother had just chopped, Shen Zhixin suddenly stopped.

Mother Zhou sneered and said, "Why, don't you want to?"

Shen Zhixin's complexion changed slightly, and she forced a smile, "I was just thinking about how much more you need to cut."

"Cut it all up." Zhou's mother looked at her coldly, pointing to a newly brought bag next to her.

Aunt Li's spatula almost slipped into the pot. There are five catties here, and it will take at least an hour to cut all of them.

"When are you going to divorce A-Qian?" Mother Zhou asked calmly, with a condescending and domineering tone.

Shen Zhixin has always been puzzled by her resistance to herself.

Although the Shen family is not a wealthy family, as the only daughter, she has always been pampered.

Whether you can't get it out or not, it's not enough.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhixin didn't care, just smiled kindly, and looked at Zhou's mother, "Mrs. Zhou, I am not the only one who has the final say on this matter."

Although she had no power to fight back in front of Zhou's mother, she didn't want her side to be seen by Lu Xue and be taken as a joke.

Zhou's mother hooked the corners of her mouth, and looked at Shen Zhixin with disdain, as if she had told some joke, and Shen Zhixin was very uncomfortable being looked at by her.

"Is it because the money is not enough?" She leaned aside coldly, "How about this, you tell me the number."

Shen Zhixin had a good temper and patience, "Mrs. Zhou, I think there is a big misunderstanding between us."

Lu Xue didn't know Zhou's mother's intention until she listened to the whole conversation outside the door, and she finally understood that Shen Zhixin and Zhou Liqian were married!

Lu Xue's smile cooled down inch by inch, but she also calmed down quickly, the displeasure and puzzlement just flashed by, and she soon returned to calm, smiling as usual.

"Auntie, do you need my help?" Lu Xue obediently opened the door.

The atmosphere suddenly eased a lot.

Zhou's mother has been keeping Shen Zhixin and Zhou Liqian's marriage a secret from Lu Xue. After she saw who was coming, she was slightly stunned for a moment.

"Xinxin is chopping vegetables." Lu Xue showed a subtle smile, and she leaned over to talk to Zhou's mother.Shen Zhixin saw it, her face was calm, and she didn't speak.

She had only seen this kind of bloody scene in TV dramas before.

But now, since meeting Zhou Liqian, her life has been staged every day in the annual drama.

In the garden, Zhou Liqian raised his hand and glanced at his watch.

It's been almost 10 minutes since I went in, why hasn't she come out yet.

As soon as he got up, he was suddenly stopped by Zhou's father, "Where are you going?"

"Go in and have a look."

Zhou Liqian got up straight, opened the door and walked in.

"Mom." When he reached the kitchen door, he frowned.

What about her?
Zhou's mother responded lightly, "I heard that the Zhou family has cooperated with the Lu family recently, and it happened that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I called Xue'er over. You can talk about the project, and just catch up on the old days."

The knife in Shen Zhixin's hand paused again. Was this sentence meant for her?
"Where's Shen Zhixin?" Zhou Liqian directly skipped this topic, his attention was never on Lu Xue.

Zhou's mother looked displeased, and frowned, "Miss Shen's enthusiasm is hard to stop. Since she said she wanted to help, how dare I stop her."

Shen Zhixin shook her head sadly, these two women are really better than the other.

She cut the peppers for almost half an hour, and her hands burned badly.

Shen Zhixin wanted to cry, but before she could speak, she suddenly lost her mind and was cut by a knife.

"Hiss..." She gasped.

Zhou Liqian frowned, and opened all the kitchen doors.

"What are you doing?" he said in a deep voice.

This stupid woman, who is usually clumsy when doing housework, is actually chopping vegetables here today.

"Ah..." Shen Zhixin looked up blankly, "I'm helping to chop vegetables."

Without saying a word, Zhou Liqian stepped forward and dragged her out, "Come out with me first."

"But……"

"No but!" Zhou Liqian glanced at Lu Xue coldly, "Since Ms. Lu is here, cutting vegetables will trouble you."

In the living room, Zhou Liqian was carefully applying medicine to Shen Zhixin with a medicine box.

He frowned, "I can't touch the water these days."

Fortunately, the knife did not cut deep, otherwise, if there is some inside, the kitchen may be bloodbathed today.

Shen Zhixin felt embarrassed, she was a little grateful for this scratch.

After all, compared with an hour of cynicism, mental trauma is much more uncomfortable than physical trauma.

"Are you stupid? Do what she tells you to do?"

Shen Zhixin pursed her lips, shook her head with a wry smile, "Then what do you want from me? That's your mother, she asked me to help, do I have a reason to refuse?"

Besides, fire and water are incompatible situations, if Shen Zhixin doesn't understand the general situation, it will probably be another fierce battle.

Zhou Liqian didn't speak.

After wrapping Shen Zhixin's injured finger, he went straight downstairs.

At the beginning of lunch, Zhou's mother turned a blind eye to Shen Zhixin's right hand like a rice dumpling.She had been happily serving Lu Xue with vegetables, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

It's hot there, and it's freezing cold here.

A table is like a galaxy.

Thinking of the arguing with Zhou Liqian just now, Shen Zhi panicked even more.

She took a few mouthfuls of rice and found it tasteless.

The mood is difficult to calm down, and the taste is like chewing wax.

Now she can finally understand the deep meaning of this sentence.

At this time, Lu Xue suddenly turned her head and asked with a smile, "Li Qian, the Lu family has already completed the target that the Zhou family wants. You can see when it is convenient, and I will send someone there."

"What indicator?" Zhou Liqian raised his eyes lightly, and conveniently picked up a piece of fish for Shen Zhixin.

Lu Xue's face froze, "It's the pure dew from EVISL, didn't you send Wu Yue to inform me about the follow-up packaging?"

The chopsticks in her hand fell suddenly.

EVISL is a cosmetics brand under Zhou's, and its main product this autumn is rose hydrosol.Mother Zhou owns 20.00% of the company's shares, so she naturally has the right to speak.

At the beginning of the month, she had promised to hand over the packaging specifications to the Lu family, and when Zhou Liqian asked Wu Yue to verbally inform her, Lu Xue didn't think much about it.

The Lu family was already on the verge of collapse, and she could only desperately grab this life-saving straw.

The man opposite took a sip of the soup slowly, his black eyes were full of sarcasm, "It seems that Miss Lu is very forgetful."

Zhou Liqian sneered, "The Lu family's industry is not the best. HOFAR had a choice back then, and EVISL naturally had it. Why should I wrong myself and choose better options?"

Zhou's mother watched anxiously. She discussed this matter with Zhou Liqian at the beginning, and he neither said yes nor no, so she simply approved it to Lu Xue on her own initiative.

But from beginning to end, it was just a verbal agreement.

Shen Zhixin was secretly surprised, how could Lu Xue be so bold and dare to do things without approval documents.

This is not a gamble at all, it is simply desperate!
"I promised to Xue'er." Zhou's mother hurriedly smoothed things over, "Is this business for anyone, and it's just a small case, why are you making things difficult for her!"

Zhou Liqian said coldly: "Last year, the cooperation between the Lu family and Gongli was shattered because the formaldehyde in the glue used by the Lu family exceeded the standard during the production process. Forgive me for not accepting this black-hearted approach."

Mother Zhou's complexion was not good, and what Zhou Liqian did was obviously making things difficult for Lu Xue.

She put down her chopsticks straight away, "In that case, let's hold a general meeting of shareholders. I have no say in Mr. Zhou, and you can't be the only one to have the final say on EVISL."

Zhou Liqian narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Mom, even if there are [-] shareholder meetings, this result will not change. The private oral transaction between you and Lu Xue will not have any legal effect at all."

Shen Zhixin understood completely.

Zhou Liqian has cheated Lu Xue a lot. The Lu family is currently suffering from internal and external troubles. In addition, they have been rushing to work recently, and the cash flow is already very difficult.

If the Zhou family denies this batch of goods, the backlog of inventory will become a fatal injury.

Lu Xue was speechless now.

She stared at Shen Zhixin, her gaze became more and more unfriendly.

"It's you, it must be you and Li Qian who instigated it!" She suddenly stood up uncontrollably, pointing at Shen Zhixin and yelling.

Everyone present was startled, and Shen Zhixin was also taken aback.

Her complexion was not very good-looking, "Miss Lu, it's not wise to throw dirty water on people. I can't admit to something I haven't done, even if I'm beaten to death."

Zhou's father suddenly put down the spoon with a "bang", and he looked at Lu Xue coldly, "This is Zhou's house, if Miss Lu wants to lose her temper, then you can go, don't disturb our family's meal."

"I..." Lu Xue was speechless.

Shen Zhixin thought to himself, although Zhou's father no longer cared about the Zhou family's affairs, he was still very courageous, and Lu Xue had no power to resist at all.

One by one, the smile on Zhou's mother's face had long since disappeared under layers of anger.

"I have the final say on this matter, Xue'er, you sit down first."

She tugged on Lu Xue's sleeve, if Zhou's father was upset, she would not get any benefit from it.

How can Lu Xue still listen to it now, because the group is short-lived, and she has already put all her property in the bank for mortgage.

Moreover, the order for EVISL this time was huge, and the cost alone cost more than 500 million. However, now, Zhou Liqian told himself not to do it.

How did this calm her down?

Zhou Liqian and Zhou's father continued to eat without changing their expressions, Shen Zhixin lowered her head embarrassingly, silence is golden, it is best for her not to speak.

Lu Xue threw Zhou's mother away directly.

"It's all your fault. If it weren't for your repeated assurances that there will be no problem, I would not be in this situation today."

Lu Xue had completely lost control, she pointed the finger at Zhou's mother directly, and couldn't help yelling.

A flash of calculation flashed in Zhou Liqian's eyes, very well, this is what he wanted.

Lu Xue and her mother turned against each other and broke this front first, so things will be handled much more smoothly in the future.

Shen Zhixin glanced at the two worriedly. It is hardest for a person who is out of control to calm down. If Lu Xue irritated Zhou's mother because of this matter, then Zhou Liqian would have a hard time.

She hesitated for a long time, not knowing whether she should speak or not.

"Do not talk."

He didn't know when he leaned forward.

Whisper in her ear in a voice only two people can hear, "Let me handle it."

Shen Zhixin's nervousness and hesitation turned into palpitations in an instant. No wonder he said that the Lu family could not last for two days. No wonder he had to accompany her back today, just to avenge her face to face.

She began to gradually understand that what Zhou Liqian did today was all for herself.

Touched, tender... Before Shen Zhixin had time to express her inner emotions, Zhou Liqian had already retreated a little.

On the other hand, Mother Zhou felt guilty and kept trying to explain to Lu Xue, but she just couldn't listen.

"Xue'er, Auntie has always been on your side, how could you hurt me so much?"

(End of this chapter)