time is with you

Chapter 37
Her personality is more similar to that of her gentle mother, and the "no competition with others" that she adheres to in her bones also follows her. In addition to her father's tight protection all the time, except for the last medical accident, Mei Ran seldom has Experience in handling disputes with others.Going back to France with him might just be a hasty decision, but the idea of ​​going back to Mei's house is unprecedentedly firm.

The old lady Mei at home was still in a state of fury, and Mei Qingyuan was scolded like a grandson by her, and he didn't even dare to speak out loudly. He let her point his nose and scold, but the silent resentment in his heart was getting higher and higher.

He is also very unlucky to have such a short-sighted mother who can only show off for a while.

The more the old lady scolded, the more bored she became. She began to cry for the dead old man, and then clamored to go to the elders of the clan to make judgments and make decisions for herself.

Before her voice was cold, there were footsteps outside the window, and after a while, the old servant who served her came in, "The third uncle is here."

A sharp light burst out from the old lady's sunken eye sockets instantly, "Please!"

The old servant said: "Third Uncle and several other elders are in the meeting hall, they invite you to come over."

Mei Qingyuan's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he had a faint feeling of bad premonition. As soon as he went out, he found that the fine snow that was still floating before had suddenly turned into heavy snow.The wind was blowing under the old lady's feet, and she didn't even bother to hold an umbrella. She stepped out of the yard in a short while, and he trotted to follow.

The third uncle is the oldest elder in the Mei family. He has a white beard and eyebrows, but he looks energetic and dignified.

As soon as the old lady entered the meeting room, before she could see the people inside, she immediately complained with snot and tears, "Third Uncle, you have to make the decision for me!"

Mei Qingyuan, who was following her, saw the solemn expressions of the elders present, and his heart skipped a beat. Although he was indifferent, he was used to seeing people's glances in the city hall for so many years. It didn't seem like he was coming to "call the shots", but more like asking the teacher to ask the crime.

His eyes fell on Mei Hongyuan again, and he looked calm, but his whole body exuded a cold and solemn aura. Mei Qingyuan trembled, and a thought exploded in his mind:

It's over, it's over, I'm definitely going to put all my old faces here tonight.

Mei Hongyuan, as the eldest son of Mei, is now the pillar of the family. I don't know how many eyes are staring at him. In addition, he has sworn in front of the old man to treat his widow kindly. No matter what he does on the surface, he will be criticized Well, it is precisely because of this that the old lady has no fear, and has run rampant in the Mei family for many years.

Since seniority cannot surpass the "offence", the only way is to find an elder who can hold her down in seniority. Every elderly person present here has to be counted in front of the old lady in terms of seniority and seniority.

The third uncle looked at the sloppy old woman in front of him, and sighed vaguely in his heart.

Sure enough, he came from the countryside, petty, not on the stage, after all these years in the Mei family, he has not changed at all, he was the most opposed to this marriage at the beginning, but this woman will be addicted to it!

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and old Aunt Zhou walked in, "Miss Ran and uncle are back."

The wind blew snowflakes flying, and Mei Ran and Fu Shijin walked in together. She first greeted the elders in the room one by one, and then introduced, "This is my fiance, Fu Shijin."

Fu Shijin was courteous and thoughtful, coupled with his outstanding appearance and well-spoken manners, he undoubtedly left an excellent impression on the elders present.

Seeing that everyone's attention had been attracted, the old lady was a little stunned. For a while, she didn't know whether to continue to fake cry or stop. She opened her mouth wide to let out some of the stuffiness in her chest.

"Tell me what's going on." The third uncle looked at Mei Hongyuan, "You specially invited us here, you don't just want to catch up with us old men, right?"

Mei Hongyuan smiled and glanced at his daughter.

Mei Ran nodded at him.

She calmly recounted the matter, every word and every word, her nose was slightly sore, and her voice was slightly choked, "My father and mother are deeply in love with each other, and my father has never been married yet, but now he is caught Man-made rumors kept him as a lover, and I was his illegitimate daughter outside. I was affected by this false rumor, and my work was affected. The instigator of all this is Mei Mengran."

Hearing this, the faces of the elders changed drastically. They have retired for many years and have long ignored external affairs. They never expected that this time it would be... so serious.

The third uncle asked coldly, "Qingyuan, where is your adopted daughter now? Why don't you see her come out? Could it be that she has become a big star and even we can't see her anymore?"

Mei Qingyuan faltered, "It's... the hospital."

At this moment, the old lady also realized that something was wrong, and her arrogance disappeared immediately, "She is seriously ill, and she is lying in the hospital right now, it's not that she didn't come on purpose."

"Oh?" The third uncle laughed, with a trembling white beard, "How did I hear that she committed suicide before entering the hospital, and then I heard that you were so angry that you threw a cup at Mei Ran?"

Why did you pick all the wrong places?

The old lady avoided the important ones, "It was she who disrespected me first, and I was also very angry for a while."

The elders seemed to have heard a joke, and the third uncle's voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth, "Disrespect?"

He looked at Mei Ran again, "Ran Ran, please explain to me how disrespectful the law is."

"She insulted me, saying that I forced Mei Mengran to commit suicide, and even wanted to dismiss the 'illegitimate daughter' matter, I argued with her, she was speechless for a while and threw a teacup at me. Mei Ran rolled up her sleeves, showing her wrists.

The elders were a little far away and only saw a small red mark. Fu Shijin was right next to her, so he could see it clearly at a glance.

It turns out that his woman is not completely weak and harmless, and sometimes she will show her claws.

Where is the hot tea there, it was obviously kissed by him.

However, she didn't say how the red mark came about, but in the eyes of those elders, I'm afraid they had already preconceived that it was scalded by tea.

The third uncle slapped the table violently, "As the mistress of the house, not only does she not cherish the younger generation, but she also hurts others, you! What else do you have to say?"

The old lady was a little confused by his slap, "If she hadn't hurt Ranran first, how could I..."

She panicked, "Mei Ran, don't forget that your life was saved by Ran Ran..."

The third uncle also heard about her secrets when she was young. He thought that it is always good for people to miss the old love. After seeing her doting on Mei Mengran for so many years, he turned a blind eye to her. Mei Mengran was indeed saved. Mei Ran, if you keep holding on to this point, it's meaningless.

"Mei Zhao, please take a good look at me," the third uncle pointed at Mei Ran, "this is the eldest daughter of my direct relative of the Mei family, of course," he said sharply, "if you don't recognize yourself as Mei Ran Family, that's another matter."

The words have come to this point, no matter how rough the nerves are and how slow the reaction is, the old lady Mei secretly chewed some strange taste, she knelt on the ground with a "plop", and cried loudly again, "Did you see, old man, what are they doing?" Going to... force me to death!"

Mei Ran looked at this scene with cold eyes, and she didn't feel any sympathy in her heart. Instead, she felt like she had lifted a big stone in her heart, and felt a little relieved.

Mei Hongyuan said at the right time, "Elders, before my father died, I made a vow to treat his widow kindly. I think I have a clear conscience all these years, but what she has done does not make people feel disheartened... I Mei Hongyuan can tolerate it, but I can't let my daughter be wronged."

"At the beginning, my father only said to be kind, and I didn't promise him to keep the position of head mother for his widow. It's just that my beloved wife passed away early and no one was around to take care of the overall situation, which made her continue to be in the top position... I am today I want the elders to be a witness..."

The entire room fell silent, only Mei Hongyuan's heavy voice echoed. After he finished his last word, the old lady sat on the ground with a bloodless face as if all her bones had been taken away suddenly. After waking up, he recklessly crawled to the feet of the third uncle, and was about to reach out to pull his trouser legs.

The third uncle snorted coldly, "The people who served her are all dead, right?"

The servant hurried forward and pulled the old lady away.

The third uncle asked, "Ran Ran, what do you think of your father's proposal?"

"I think it's very reasonable," Mei Ran said, "I'm not experienced enough to take on important responsibilities. But Aunt Huiyuan grew up with her grandma and is well versed in the operation of the Mei family. She came to be the family, It couldn't be more appropriate."

The grandma she was talking about was the real Mrs. Mei back then.

Mrs. Mei has a son and a daughter, the eldest son Mei Hongyuan and the second daughter Mei Huiyuan.

When Mei Huiyuan was young, she fell in love with a poor and down-and-out painter, and was beaten by the old man, and even unilaterally broke the relationship between father and daughter.The artist died in a car accident in the second year of her elopement. Since then, she has been wandering alone in a foreign country and never married in her life.

It is conceivable that Mei Hongyuan spent a lot of effort to invite her back to be the head of the family.

"Qingyuan, do you have any objections to your mother stepping down as the head mistress and moving to a remote courtyard?" Third Uncle asked again.

Mei Qingyuan swallowed his saliva, it was cold and cold, but his back was covered with layers of cold sweat, "This..."

The old lady glanced over, and he shivered again, and for a long time he still couldn't figure out why "this".

Mei Liangzhi, who had been standing at the door the whole time, came in, "In front of all the elders, I will also say something fair."

The old lady and Mei Qingyuan looked at him together.

"I think this decision should have been made ten years ago." Mei Liangzhi smiled, "I don't favor anyone, I just discuss facts. Everyone has seen what happened in these years. I don't need to say who is right. I know everything well. Let me tell you about myself. In the year of the college entrance examination, the only choice I filled in was the Economics Department of B University, but later I received the admission letter from the National People’s University. I have to say, I thought it was God You are joking with me, who knows..." He slowly looked in a certain direction, "It turns out that someone modified my wish without authorization."

Mei Qingyuan wanted to hang his head on the ground, he was also forced by the old lady.

"Unbeknownst to me, my life was changed by someone, just because my own grandma heard people say that politics can bring glory to the family..."

"I wanted to repeat my studies, but she said I was unfilial and openly disobeyed her, so I went to the National People's Congress to report. But later, I went to take the postgraduate entrance examination of the Department of Economics without telling her," he laughed at himself, "life is What is in your own hands, you can't be easily buried by some ignorant ideas of even people with blood relations."

"Ran Ran, brother admires your courage. Also," he said solemnly, "I fully agree with uncle's decision."

Mei Qingyuan clenched his fists, pinched his fingernails into the palm of his hand, and said with a sudden courage, "I, I also agree!"

The old lady was trembling with anger, "You, you! This is going to rebel, isn't it? If you treat me like this, you will be struck by lightning!"

"Come here!" Third Uncle made a decision, "Take Mrs. Mei Zhao back, and ask some people to watch over her, lest she go crazy and talk nonsense everywhere."

This was already grounded in disguise. Realizing that the situation was over, the old lady fainted—this time she really fainted.

A farce finally ended.

Mei Hongyuan was busy sending the elders out, Mei Ran's mouth was parched, as if she had fought a tough battle, and she was about to drink some tea, but her legs went limp as soon as she took a step. hold her.

It turns out that the netizens' evaluation of this person in a certain aspect was very accurate before, and the exchange last night was indeed "profound".

There was another light cough from outside the door, and the two turned their heads to see that Mei Hongyuan was standing at the threshold, looking at them with a smile on his face.

Fortunately, she had been bumped into once before, and Mei Ran wasn't shy anymore. She stood up straight and called out, "Dad."

Mei Hongyuan's smile deepened.

"Shi Jin, come to my study."

After they left one after the other, Mei Ran sat down on the chair. The old lady was completely collapsed now. Mei Mengran, who was lying in the hospital, probably couldn't make much trouble. At this moment, she felt that the air was much fresher. After pouring a cup of tea, there seemed to be nectar hidden in the swaying smile.

Half an hour later, Fu Shijin came back alone, and walked up to her, "Let's go."

"where to?"

"Airport."

"But at my father's place..."

"I just asked for instructions, and uncle approved."

It was a precedent for him to leave in the middle of a family event, but if he wanted to rush back overnight, he really couldn't bear her, so he simply took her home, anyway, he had already obtained the consent of his future father-in-law.

Due to the night flight, there are not many passengers in the first class cabin, so it is extraordinarily quiet.

"Do you want to sleep for a while?"

"it is good."

He helped her cover the blanket, "Go to sleep."

Mei Ran suddenly opened her eyes, "Mei Mengran was blocked, it's...you, right?"

He didn't want to hide it from her either, "Yes."

No matter how you put it, Mei Mengran's surname is Mei. There are some things that Mei Hongyuan can't do on the bright side, and he has nothing to do with this woman, so he doesn't need to worry about any relationship. More importantly...

No one can hurt you without paying a price, including myself.

"Don't think about those things anymore," he carefully tucked up the corners of the thin blanket, "Go to sleep."

Mei Ran woke up once at dawn, passed through customs, got into the car waiting outside the airport, leaned on the man's shoulder and fell asleep again in a daze.

When she woke up again, she found that she was sleeping on a bed, and the seat next to it was empty, and it was still cold to the touch. He must have been up for a long time, or maybe he never slept on this bed?
Because she knew the purpose of her trip, Mei Ran wasn't too surprised, but her eyes widened when she saw the time. Did she sleep so late?
Sure enough, as soon as the curtains were opened, the abundant sunlight from outside came in, and it was a bit dazzling. She blocked it with her hands and was going to wash up first.

Toothbrushes, towels, etc. are all new, and even the toothpaste is her favorite flavor. Looking at herself in the mirror with crooked smiles, Mei Ran even tasted the sweetness of the mouthwash.

Mei Ran searched around but couldn't find a change of clothes. She was worrying, when there was a knock on the door outside. It was very polite, three short and one long, and she said "Please come in", There was no movement, so he walked over and opened the door.

The young woman standing at the door seemed not expecting that the people inside would suddenly pull the door open, and took two steps back in surprise.

Mei Ran stood at the door, although she was still wearing her pajamas, she still behaved gracefully, but... when her eyes fell on the paper bags in the woman's hand, a gleam of joy flashed from the bottom of her eyes.

Jessica still looked a little panicked, but her usual training quickly calmed her down. She bowed slightly, first said hello to Mei Ran in English, and then explained that she was here to deliver clothes.

Mei Ran was still faintly worried that she would speak French when she spoke, but she was relieved to hear the familiar English, and quickly turned sideways to let her in.

Jessica didn't seem to expect her to be so approachable, so she looked at her a few more times, with inquiry and surprise in her eyes, but she didn't dare to be too ostentatious.

She put the paper bag on the sofa and explained softly, "Master doesn't like us touching his personal belongings, so I'll trouble you to hang them in the cloakroom."

Mei Ran nodded, "Thank you."

"Manika has already prepared breakfast. Would you like to eat in the past, or have someone deliver the meal?"

After changing her clothes, Mei Ran followed Jessica to the restaurant. After breakfast, she walked out and looked at the almost identical buildings not far away. She didn't know where to go.

Jessica thoughtfully led the way and brought her back to Fu Shijin's villa.

"Where is he, Fu Shijin now?"

Jessica: "Master is in the meeting room now." She added, "It should be over soon."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a slender figure appeared around the corner. Jessica greeted him respectfully when she saw the person coming, and then retreated.

Fu Shijin came to her with a stride of long legs, "Have you had breakfast?"

(End of this chapter)