Fall in love with your enemy

Next time, I saw that Cheng Ling looked like she was pregnant. I was just surprised, helpless, and curious. I had seen her medication list and had been with her husband for more than ten years. She took birth control pills as food. Ordinarily. Her body is unlikely to be pregnant.

I did get the news of Cheng Ling's pregnancy in my last life, but that happened a long time ago. Cheng Ling also happened to find out when I was pregnant with my second child. She was two or three months older than me. However, I had a miscarriage not long after, and had another accident one after another, and now I am reborn, so I don’t know whether Cheng Ling’s child was born, but I heard Aunt Wen Su mention it before that Cheng Ling was already forty. She is an older mother and her first child. It is estimated that even if she can survive the hardships of ten months of pregnancy, giving birth will take away half of her life.

"Are you okay?" Liang Sen sighed deeply, sat next to me in a funny and helpless manner, patted my shoulder, and said jokingly: "How are you feeling?"

I smiled bitterly and wanted to answer his question but found that all the words I came up with could not describe my current emotions.

Empty, as if nothing happened, and as if everything did.

It seems that I want to hate and complain, but I don’t know who to hate or blame, because I have known these things for a long time, and there is no way to escape them. I am unable to change these established facts, and I have hope. I hope that I am so worried that it makes people sad. A suffocating life will suddenly have a different kind of light, even if it is just a little firefly, just like a calm night, a lake as calm as death will also hope that someone will throw a stone in, and there will be a little wave. It's also good. I also want to be saved like this, even if it's just for a moment. I will eventually return to this boring life day after day, year after year. At least I have experienced the taste of freedom.

But there is nothing. Others can't save me, and I can't save myself.

What is coming is one bad news after another, and I can't escape each one. Not only do I have to brace myself to face them one by one, I also have to think about my future, because if there is a slight mistake, I will not be able to escape. Wrong, my life will become more and more difficult.

Before I had time to tell Liang Sen how I felt now, the door was pushed open. Chengcheng yawned and used the last bit of energy to walk to the bed at the end of my room, face down with a "thud" sound. He fell down and finally gave me a thumbs up.

"You finally came to save me..." Chengcheng said weakly. When he put his hand down, he put it down a little harder, and it hit the table with another "bang", followed by his sleepy moans.

I didn't have time to think about anything else, so I quickly went over to turn him right and cover him with the quilt. While I was busy working, I occasionally looked up at his pale face and felt distressed. I think it was a good thing that he was as smart as me. My good sister, you can come up with such a way. As long as I pretend to be stupid and say that I don’t know the housekeeping here and there, and ask Chengcheng to teach me, Lu Yinyin hopes that her son can catch up with me in all aspects, and naturally he will I won't stop her, and I just need to stay away from home for a while and reveal some issues about the housekeeper's accounts to Chengcheng afterwards. Lu Yinyin won't be able to tell anything even if she goes back and tortures Chengcheng again.

After a lot of effort, I finally straightened the little kid, put the pillow on the pillow and covered him with quilt, and then I breathed a sigh of relief. But the little kid stared in confusion, and he didn't forget to stretch out his hand to tease me: "Am I in heaven?" Are you an angel?"

"Go to sleep with you!" I poked his forehead angrily. I just hated this kid for being so stubborn. Even if he was exhausted, I couldn't expect him to say he was tired.

"You've been gone for half a month, and I can't sleep more than five hours a day. If this continues, I feel like I'm going to die suddenly..." Chengcheng couldn't hold on anymore, and he wanted to see Duke Zhou at any time as he spoke.

I can't understand at all how Lu Yinyin, as the biological mother, could be so cruel even though I, as a sister, feel distressed.

"I'll come back as often as possible." I said, reaching out to unbutton the wrist buttons of his shirt, and also loosened the top two buttons on his chest, hoping that he could sleep more comfortably. It was only then that I realized , he was still holding a pen tightly in one hand while he was sleeping. I gently opened it, but he didn't react at all.

It took just a few seconds to fall asleep like this.

I rolled up his sleeves, and it was exactly what I thought. In the already tight situation, he had to squeeze out some more time to practice Sanda. No wonder he screamed in pain when he hit the edge of the bed just now. It's a bruise, it's strange it doesn't hurt.

Aunt Liu gently pushed the door open and came in, bringing a bottle of medicated oil as usual. I poured it into my hands and rubbed it to warm it, and rubbed it on his injured area for a while. Aunt Liu also brought a towel and a hot water bottle to wrap around his wrist and apply heat.

"Shouldn't you apply a cold compress first?" I asked in a low voice.

"This wound has been there for several days, and I can no longer use cold compresses." The aunt said softly, with a hint of sadness on her face: "Actually, I saw the young master's hand was injured, but it's really hard to take care of it. I After all, you’re not in the madam’s room, so I’m afraid that if you meddle in other people’s business, your meaning will be misinterpreted.”

"Auntie, if this happens again in the future, just call me and I'll take care of it when I come back." I said helplessly.

"Okay." Auntie replied while putting away the medicinal oil.

"I used to wake up when I was touched, but look now, I can sleep so deeply even though my whole body aches." I sighed, suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Auntie, go to the west courtyard and tell me that breakfast will be made later. Well, otherwise he won't be able to get up when it's done, and it will get cold if it's left in the pot. If it's already cooked, bring it over to me, don't disturb Chengcheng, and let him sleep a little longer."

"Okay, I'll go over now." Aunt Liu agreed, and then hurried out the door.

I sat stunned for a while, and then I remembered to touch Chengcheng's forehead. He called me two days ago and said he might have a cold and a low fever. I also asked Xiangyang to prescribe two sets of medicine for him. Fortunately, now My body temperature was normal. When I turned around, I saw that the curtains were still open and the sunlight was dazzling. I quickly closed them again.

After finishing all this, Liang Sen came in just in time to answer the phone, made a "shh" gesture and took me out quietly.

My room is at the end of the corridor. There is a large arc-shaped balcony as soon as I go out. I usually bask in the sun and have afternoon tea here, so I specially ordered a set of dining tables and tableware. Chengcheng came to my room to catch up on his sleep in the morning. This time came in even more handy, because the old man had clearly defined this as my territory, just like my room, so Lu Yinyin didn’t dare to come here. As long as I closed the curtains on the glass door, I could jump around here. Di Lu Yinyin wouldn't know either.

Liang Sen asked me to sit on the small sofa. He didn't know what he said to someone on the phone. After a while, he opened the door and went out. Five minutes later, another person came up. He looked weird in a suit. I didn't seem to adapt to it either. I couldn't help but move around. After a long time, I nervously pulled my sleeves and bowed to me.

"Hello, Miss..."

"Sheng Xiaofei?" I couldn't help but laugh out loud, and glanced at him up and down: "He still looks pretty. It seems that he has been doing well in the old house this year. Why, I don't care about the stable now. You even put on a suit and started working as a messenger. It seems that you are still not used to this. You have just been promoted? What level is it? "

I still remember that the last time I saw him, he was a strangely matched boy with hair as messy as a chicken coop, a yellow sweatshirt and blue overalls, and a red hat on his head. His face was dirty. Before meeting anyone, he wiped his face with his sleeves and wiped his hands clean on his pants.

He has been this "rough" since he was a child, and now he is suddenly asked to put on a suit and act serious, which is really embarrassing for him.

The old habit has not changed. Sheng Xiaofei touched his nose, coughed slightly and showed me a posture of standing at attention before he stammered: "It's all... Miss promoted me. I can't forget Miss's kindness. Just now I have been promoted to the fourth level. I now live in a separate big house in the old house, and there is a big yard. I get a lot of money, and I have more dignity when I go out! Everyone, they have to honestly call me Sheng Guanshi, thanks Miss, regardless of past grudges, she doesn’t think I’m stupid, thank you, thank you very much, miss!”

Sheng Xiaofei said, bowing deeply, almost hitting his head on the table.

"Come on, sit down." I waved my hand, poured the tea and handed it over.

Sheng Xiaofei was sitting on the sofa opposite me, and Liang Sen was sitting next to me, winking secretly, looking very gloating, and I knew that the division of personnel in the old house was done.

Sheng Xiaofei quickly took out a list from his bag and handed it over. The summer breeze blew the list loudly, and Sheng Xiaofei had no choice but to stand up as soon as he sat down. He stood next to me and pressed these pieces of paper for me. On the table, I was just reckless by nature, and this suddenly created another problem for Liang Sen. I smiled helplessly.

"Miss, these are all the management assignments decided by the second master. Let's see if you have anything to add."

I flipped through it casually and saw that even though some high-priced stewards were dull like Sheng Xiaofei, they were kind-hearted and had been promoted several levels by me. It can be said that their hearts were biased towards me, so it didn't matter. But if you take a closer look, you can at most ask about the distribution of personnel.

Before I could ask, Sheng Xiaofei rushed to answer: "Miss Yun Yan has been assigned a third-level steward to take care of her."

I was stunned for a moment and then looked at each other with Liang Sen. We both understood what the other was thinking: Level 3 was too small, not even as good as the Sheng Xiaofei in front of me.

"Ah... that child is very smart! He is the same age as Miss Yunyan. Just like the children of the head of the family, he has had a sister of the same age by his side to eat and live with him since he was a child. In the future, he will be able to live and eat with you when he grows up. Mr. Liang is the same, maybe Miss Yun Yan will be successful at that time, and she will be as famous as the eldest lady, and the little girl will also become the boss, wouldn't everyone be happy..." Sheng Xiaofei realized something was wrong and hurriedly explained.

From this plan, I can appreciate my uncle’s good intentions, but there are always hidden dangers in such an arrangement. I really can’t help but worry about it, but in the presence of outsiders, I can only squeeze out a smile and change the topic. .

"Of course I have no objection to my second uncle's arrangement. After all, I am new to housekeeping and am not that familiar with these things at home, but I still have a small problem."

"Miss, please tell me."

"I remember that the personnel scheduling and allocation is not in mid-June every year. How come it was delivered two months earlier this time? Is something happened to the old house and are you anxious about who should be promoted and who should be demoted?"

Sheng Xiaofei breathed a sigh of relief. I know this was done by the second grandma to target me, but now that the second uncle has changed his mind, he must have told Sheng Xiaofei a set of standard answers before he came to the river.

"The thing is like this. The second master said that he was afraid that you would keep thinking about this matter and delay your studies, so he made the decision for you first. He will do it like this first, and wait until your exam is over. If you think there is anything inappropriate, just adjust it." Sheng Xiaofei said while I saw him holding hands behind his back, even a fool could see that he was lying.

Fortunately, I have grown up now and will not think that such a small thing can be an opportunity for me to take revenge on my second grandma. I should never want to take revenge on this elder. Even the old man has not been able to bring her down for so many years. Fortunately, she gave birth to a gentle son like her second uncle, who was able to mediate and maintain her dignity for the rest of her life. No matter who it was in this family, even if they wanted to argue with him, they had to calm down the anger for the sake of her second uncle's face.

Seeing that my expression did not change, Sheng Xiaofei hurriedly put on a playful and smiling face and came up to say good things. He suddenly squatted at my feet and whispered: "Miss, in fact, in my humble opinion, the second master looks like this. To you, although Miss Yun Yan's management class is lower, she has been smart since she was a child. Who can't tell that she was picked from the pre-selected managers? And Miss Yun Yan is too young. If I really want to pick someone who is mature, who has no father, no mother, no one to take care of him, and Master Yun Jin suddenly passed away. If he is bullied, the third level is the most suitable."

"Of course the second uncle is facing me, but I think that Yun Yan is only fifteen years old, and she has lost her brother all of a sudden, so I still feel distressed. But with her bloodline, status and age in the Fu family, a third-level steward is already very good. I'm not in good health and I can't move. I heard that my second uncle has been to Jinhai in the past two days and he can't go there in person. I can certainly say thank you on the phone, but I have to ask you to go and say it in person for me." I smiled slightly.

"That's right, that's for sure." Sheng Xiaofei responded repeatedly, but after saying that, he didn't mean to leave. He still squatted underground for a long time. When I was about to ask, he suddenly raised his head again, probably organizing his words. , he stood up slightly and came closer and said: "Actually, not only the second master, not only Miss Yunyan, but also all the young masters, ladies and stewards in the row house in the backyard, I and all the stewards who were favored by the eldest lady last year support the eldest lady as the future president. As the head of the house, we all believe that only you can inherit the mantle of the current head of the house, only you, as for others in front of you..."

"That's enough." I interrupted before Sheng Xiaofei finished speaking, but I couldn't show any strange expression. I just smiled lightly and turned around: "Thank you very much, Manager Sheng, for your kindness. I never had that idea, no matter what. No matter who owns the Fu family in the future, I will have no complaints and obey the arrangements of my elders."

Sheng Xiaofei was stunned for a long time, and then he suddenly stood up and bowed: "I'm sorry, miss! I'm sorry, we don't mean any harm, and we don't mean to say anything bad about the young master..."

"Okay." I could see that Sheng Xiaofei was really mean and not just pretending, and I didn't mean to make things difficult, so I waved my hand and winked at Liang Sen: "Since Manager Sheng is the fourth-level steward in the old house, usually There must be a lot of work arranged for you at home. Of course I know that Manager Sheng made an unintentional mistake. Just don’t make it next time. I won’t waste Manager Sheng’s time. Go back quickly, Liang Sen, and send it off for me.”

"Please come to me, Manager Sheng." Without any explanation, Liang Sen had already issued an eviction order for me.

Sheng Xiaofei was careless and courageous. Seeing this attitude, he naturally did not dare to stay any longer and ran away. When he walked out of the door, I watched from the balcony as his car drove away. Liang Sen observed again. After walking outside for a while and seeing nothing unusual, he came back, closed the door, and sat on the sofa to see what I meant.

"Find a way to stop his mouth." I said softly after taking a sip of tea.

"But doesn't he support us? There are nine levels of stewards in the old house. Among them, the eighth and ninth levels are hard to come by. Sheng Xiaofei's fourth level is already hard to come by. Moreover, I think he is a bit stupid, but he is still honest. , getting rid of him will do us no good." Liang Sen paused and said.

This sentence left me speechless. I turned around helplessly and looked at him with disdain, and couldn't help but "tsk" twice.

"Am I a vicious female supporting character? I want to get rid of anyone at every turn. I just want you to shut his mouth and find something to throw him out. Don't let him talk nonsense. Where are you thinking? ." I said angrily.

Liang Sen came back to his senses, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Oh, that's what you mean. Okay, okay, let's just say I have a dark mind. If Sheng Xiaofei suddenly leaves, will he let the people he said The person suddenly lost his sense of proportion, I wonder if he should help us?"

I turned around with a sneer and twirled the rosary beads in my hand again: "Are all the people in his stupid old house stupid like him? Besides, Sheng Xiaofei is just a fourth-level manager, or he was promoted casually because his second uncle favored me. , could he be the leader of those people? If not, then whether he leaves or stays will not affect my becoming the heir. If so, then I dare not use a group of idiots who speak unscrupulously. "

"That's right, when it comes to competing for the position of heir, even if you want to take sides, just make a few insinuations, and everyone can understand it tacitly. How can you say it easily, what if the walls have ears." Liang Sen nodded in agreement.

"What's more, when will it be the turn of a group of stewards below the fifth level to choose the family's heir? My goal is still Yun Yan, who is more or less related to the Fu family. As for stewards, I want to take over from my second uncle's stewardship. Regardless of whether you can become the heir or not, if there are a few people you don’t like among the managers, you can just replace them. Is this still a problem for me? I have no vision or knowledge to deliberately win over them. "