Chapter 369: 369 meet
Watching the kids get all excited. Su Yuanyuan felt quite helpless; oh boy, they're definitely going to be lively kiddos in the future.
Zeng Zhenqing arrived as well. They settled down in a room.
The dinner was quite good, but Su Yuanyuan just had porridge; she didn't want to eat too much at night.
"Xiao Su, how do you know that Zheng Lanying?"
Su Yuanyuan recounted the process of how the two of them met.
"Xiao Su, why do you think she wants to see you?"
"The leader wants to know why she said I harmed her, right?
Actually, I'm also puzzled; although we're at the same farm, we're quite distant and haven't really interacted. I don't know why she said that.
We'll find out when I meet her. But maybe it's because I refused to help her?"
"Very likely. By the way, the train is estimated to arrive at midnight tomorrow. You can meet her then."
"Where is she arranged to stay?"
"Right here, but where she'll go afterward is unknown."
This way, Su Yuanyuan had no objections. Mainly, she wasn't comfortable leaving just the kids alone at night.
The kids sat aside playing, and Su Yuanyuan gave them some water to drink.
Zeng Zhenqing really liked these three little ones. How can anyone not adore pure and kind children?
After dinner, the family hurriedly went back; they were still waiting to recharge.
At night, Su Yuanyuan turned down Tan Shaoting. In this place, she didn't have any such thoughts.
The next day, after getting up, the family stayed inside. There was too much to recharge.
At night, they received a notice. Zheng Lanying would be brought over around 1 a.m.
Someone would be arranged to look after the kids.
"You tell them. I'll take care of the kids myself," aside from Tan Shaoting, she didn't trust anyone else with the kids.
Tan Shaoting didn't approve of this arrangement either. So he went to find Zeng Zhenqing.
Su Yuanyuan really cared about the kids. They were her soft spot.
Zeng Zhenqing thought the young couple was spoiling the kids too much. But then again, what mother would leave her children?
So he made an exception and agreed. "Xiao Tan, would it be inconvenient or dangerous for Xiao Su to bring the kids to meet Zheng Lanying?"
"It's fine, nothing will happen; my wife knows what she's doing."
So Zeng Zhenqing said nothing more. If they were confident, what else was there to say?
When Tan Shaoting returned, he saw Su Yuanyuan playing with the three kids. They were throwing beanbags filled with cotton, and the three children were laughing heartily, really enjoying the game.
He joined them on the heated bed. This way, the family of five sat playing on the bed.
Tan Shaoting liked this kind of life, even letting the kids hit him with the bags on purpose and pretending it hurt to make them laugh even more.
This also exhausted their energy, and Su Yuanyuan fed them before letting them nurse, slowly drifting off to sleep.
The couple also lay down. "Zeng Zhenqing agreed."
"That's fine. I'll push the three kids to meet Zheng Lanying and see what she has to say."
"Zeng Zhenqing is afraid Zheng Lanying might hurt the kids."
"Her? Haha, I can say no one in this world can hurt my kids." Su Yuanyuan knew she was making a bold statement, but she understood she would fight for her kids, and if she were helpless, she would bear the burden with them.
Tan Shaoting held Su Yuanyuan, "Wife, I'm here for everything."
"I know, the kids are my bottom line." In her past life, she loved children but feared she couldn't teach them well, so she never gave birth or adopted.
But in this life, she had her own children, so she would cherish them even more. If she couldn't teach them well, she would learn slowly.
Tan Shaoting was particularly moved. He knew Su Yuanyuan had accepted him, but to say she loved him deeply—not really. But she truly loved the kids to the core.
"Sleep, it'll probably be past 1 a.m. when she gets here."
In the middle of the night, Tan Shaoting took care of the kids when they needed to pee and feed.
At 1:30 a.m., there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Got it, we're heading over now."
Bai Tian already knew where Zheng Lanying would be held, so they went straight over.
Su Yuanyuan got up, let the three kids relieve themselves, fed them herself, and then put them in the stroller. The family of five left the room.
By the time they arrived, forty minutes had already passed. Everyone was waiting for them.
Of course, someone was dissatisfied. "Are you serious? Making us all wait."
Tan Shaoting glanced at this person coolly, "If you don't want to wait, leave."
Zeng Zhenqing felt helpless; Tan Shaoting was indeed blunt.
"Who do you think you are?"
"I could end your life right now."
At this, the uniformed man's face turned beet red. But in the end, he said nothing more.
Zeng Zhenqing rolled his eyes at Tan Shaoting. Truly, he was good at causing trouble.
Su Yuanyuan pushed the stroller into the room, where Zheng Lanying sat alone on the bed.
She really had changed a lot. It wasn't her appearance but her demeanor.
"Hehe, Su Yuanyuan, you finally showed up."
"What do you want with me?"
"I just wanted to see you."
Su Yuanyuan put the stroller aside and sat next to it.
"See me? We don't really have any connection, do we?"
"Yeah, you look down on me. But why do you look down on me?"
"Why should I see anything in you? Is there something in you worth admiring?
Zheng Lanying, when you first asked me, I told you the farm work was particularly hard.
Haha, yet you thought you could definitely do it. You were probably attracted to the fact that I could earn three thousand, right?
But didn't you have any self-awareness? I've told you. I've been working since I was three and started farming on my own at eight to support myself.
But what about you? What can you do? Even though we're far apart, I still know your news.
Even so, do you think you could manage?"
"Why can you do it, and I can't? You're just a village girl. But why can't I?"
Su Yuanyuan sat there patting the kids. Zheng Lanying's voice was too sharp, and the young woman frowned with displeasure.
"Haha, Su Yuanyuan, you just married a good man, that's all."
Su Yuanyuan said nothing more, just sat there. She couldn't be bothered to answer her questions.
"Why did he choose you and not me?"
The next room was listening; all eyes turned to Tan Shaoting.
But the young man had no expression, as if it wasn't about him.
The couple had the same expression; both were expressionless, thinking how Zheng Lanying was like a toad on the foot, annoying but not biting.