Chapter 67: No blood relationship, better than family
The old man of the Chu family smiled and said, "I believe he is not a thief."
After that, he changed the subject, "Let's eat."
Unable to achieve the desired effect of sowing discord, Cheng Fenghao was almost going crazy with jealousy.
The old man of the Chu family had his own rough guess. It seemed that the Cheng family was not treating everyone equally.
Even if it was equalized, it would still be the greatest injustice to Cheng Ye, his biological son.
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Dinner is over.
Eldest sister Cheng Wei stayed in the bedroom, flipping through Cheng Ye's diary.
She held her breath, her heart clenched tightly, and her eyes unconsciously turned red.
In order to suppress her surging tears, Cheng Wei had to cover her mouth.
The diary contains too many details about her.
She took Feng Hao and Cheng Ye out shopping, traveling and checking in together... and attended the Young Entrepreneurs' Conference with them.
I still remember it vividly. At that time, Cheng Ye, who was sitting in the audience, had his dark pupils filled with sincere blessings and praise for me.
While Brother Feng Hao was looking around, attracted by other things, only Cheng Ye took out his mobile phone to take many photos of her from nice angles.
After returning home, Cheng Ye asked a photo studio to develop the photos and made them into exquisite photo frames.
But at that time, I thought Cheng Ye's behavior had ulterior motives.
Not only did he show a look of contempt, mocking Cheng Ye for being a complete bootlicker, he also threw away all the photo frames that were of collection value, leaving not a single one behind.
Facing her sarcasm, Cheng Ye did not refute a word.
He just remained silent and returned to his room lonely.
Seeing Cheng Ye leaving, she felt complacent.
The fragments of memories came flooding down like a mudslide, making Cheng Wei regret her decision and unable to hold back her tears any longer.
Tears fell like rain and I couldn't stop them.
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The backyard hall of the small clinic.
Song Ranqiu cooked a table full of rich dishes, including sweet and sour spare ribs, celery and beef dumplings, braised fish, scallion oil noodles, spicy roast duck, pan-fried buns, boiled vegetables...
She sat opposite Cheng Ye and Jiang Mian with an auntie smile on her face. The more she looked at Jiang Mian, the more she liked him.
"Take your time to eat, there's no rush. You just finished the second mock exam, which must have consumed a lot of your brain cells. Now is the time to replenish your body." Song Ranqiu was beaming.
She was afraid that Jiang Mian would be reserved and polite, so she kept putting food into Jiang Mian's bowl, "Xiao Mian, you are so thin, you need to eat more."
Jiang Mian acted obediently and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, grandma."
Hearing this, Song Ranqiu was even happier and said angrily, "Xiaoye, you are such a fool. Why don't you give Xiaomian more food?"
Cheng Ye: “…”
Looking at the rice bowls piled high like a mountain on Jiang Mian's plate, Cheng Ye said helplessly, "Grandma, there are so many dishes that it's inconvenient to eat rice."
"What's the big deal? I'll just give Xiaomian another bowl of white rice."
Song Ranqiu wanted to get up.
Jiang Mian turned his head to look at Cheng Ye, and sent out a signal for help pitifully.
Cheng Ye stood up, stretched out his hands to hold Song Ranqiu's shoulders, and pushed her back, "Grandma, she can't eat that much."
Song Ranqiu looked towards Jiang Mian.
Jiang Mian blushed and nodded.
Song Ranqiu smiled and said, "Okay, you two should have a good meal."
Cheng Ye said "hmm" and sat back in his seat, feeling quite warm in his heart.
My grandmother is seventy years old and her teeth are not very good. She can’t actually eat most of the meat and vegetable dishes on the table.
She is unmarried, childless, and her former relatives are no longer in this world.
It is not easy to run a small clinic alone, and with the high prices in Beijing, grandma doesn’t save much money every year.
When he was very young, his grandmother took care of his three meals a day. She was afraid that the food in the orphanage would not be nutritious enough, so she cooked all kinds of delicious food for him according to recipes based on nutritional science.
Otherwise, with the poor dietary conditions in the orphanage, it would be impossible for him to have a healthy and strong body.
Thinking of this, Cheng Ye suddenly suggested, "Grandma, there is a well-known dental hospital in Beijing. I will take you there to get your teeth implanted. I will pay for it."
When Song Ranqiu heard this, she refused. "My teeth are almost all gone. How can I get a full mouth of dental implants without tens of thousands of dollars? And it's a well-known dental hospital. It can't be solved without hundreds of thousands of dollars."
"Xiao Ye, you are still in school. You must focus all your attention on studying. Don't take out loans. They are bottomless pits." Song Ranqiu advised earnestly.
"I'm old now. As for food, as long as I can fill my stomach, I don't need to be so particular."
Cheng Ye frowned. Because of her bad teeth, her grandmother could only drink liquid food such as millet porridge.
The diet is monotonous and not very nutritious.
There is a rich variety of delicious food in Beijing, but there are so many foods that cannot be eaten. It’s a pity to think about it.
"Grandma, I have over 300,000 yuan in savings, which I won by buying the Double Color Ball lottery."
During this period, in addition to the Double Color Ball, Cheng Ye also purchased 3D, Lotto, scratch cards, sports lottery, etc. to varying degrees.
The deposit is more than 300,000 yuan, but he will not disclose that much for the time being. After all, if he tells his grandmother about buying different types of lottery tickets, it will make her worry.
Song Ranqiu was a little unconvinced and said suspiciously, "Buy lottery tickets? How can you win the lottery? I know you want to convince me to get dental implants, but taking out a loan is really not an option."
At this point, Song Ranqiu widened her eyes in worry, "You're not really going to take out a loan, are you?"
Cheng Ye held his forehead helplessly. He couldn't explain clearly, so he simply presented the evidence and showed the bank statement of the income to Song Ranqiu.
When Song Ranqiu saw the amount, she couldn't hide her surprise, "Xiaoye, you are so lucky, you can win this much?"
Knowing that Cheng Ye had no loan, Song Ranqiu finally felt relieved.
She understood very well that severing the relationship meant that the Cheng family would not provide any financial support or upper-class connections for Cheng Ye's future development.
From now on, Cheng Ye will have to walk the future path alone.
To survive in society, money is extremely important.
Song Ranqiu declined, "Xiaoye, there's no need to get dental implants. It would be much more valuable if you spent the extra money on yourself rather than on me."
"Grandma, I have the final say on whether it is valuable or not, and whether it is valuable or not." Cheng Ye smiled and said, "Money is earned, not saved."
"If you can chew your food normally, then now, you and us are three people happily eating dinner."
"Instead of just watching us eat." Cheng Ye said in a steady voice, "Just think of it as you implanting your teeth for me. In the future, we can eat together. Wouldn't that make us happier?"
Song Ranqiu was stunned, "But..."
She sighed heavily, "Xiaoye, I'm used to being frugal. There's no point in spending 100,000 yuan on dental implants."
"Grandma, I am just an orphan without parents. You and I have no blood relationship. Why are you so generous to me and raise me so well?"
"You took on the responsibility of raising me, something my biological parents couldn't do. You didn't just add a pair of chopsticks, you really took care of my three meals a day."
"Which of the children in the orphanage is not pale, skinny, malnourished, and short?"
"If it weren't for you, would I be who I am now?"
"In my eyes, although we are not blood relatives, you are better than my family. You are my closest relative."
Cheng Ye continued, "Grandma, it's settled. You have to go even if you don't want to. Tomorrow happens to be a holiday, so let's go tomorrow. I'll take you to the hospital in the morning. While you have your teeth implanted, I'll go to the library."
Song Ranqiu was forced to agree: "......"
Xiaoye's personality is still as strong as ever.
After dinner, Cheng Ye did not leave immediately.
There is a big swing in the backyard that can accommodate two people.
Cheng Ye planned to wait for a while and go back when he had digested most of his food.
Song Ranqiu stood at the door of the hall, watching Cheng Ye and Jiang Mian chatting on the swing with a smile. She thought she didn't want to disturb them and went back to the small clinic to continue her business.
"Cheng Ye, the stars are so beautiful." Jiang Mian looked up. The starry sky was particularly beautiful.
Cheng Ye raised his eyes, "Yeah, it's very beautiful."
"I'm sleepy." Jiang Mian suddenly hugged Cheng Ye's waist and buried her little face in Cheng Ye's neck.
Cheng Ye lowered his head and felt sleepy?
He subconsciously put his arm on Jiang Mian's shoulders and gently patted Jiang Mian's arm with his big palm.
Patting and coaxing to sleep...
After about six minutes, Cheng Ye felt that the other person seemed to have really fallen asleep, so he stopped patting him to coax him to sleep.
But just as he stopped, Jiang Mian hummed and burrowed into his arms, his voice soft, "Cheng Ye, I want to pat you~"
Cheng Ye couldn't help laughing and continued to pat her to sleep.
When Jiang Mian really fell asleep, Cheng Ye picked her up, said hello to her grandmother, and walked towards home.
Jiang Mian closed her eyes, her seductive red lips slightly raised in a beautiful arc...