HPDBC Chapter 61: Has the sibling relationship deteriorated?
Chapter 61: Has the sibling relationship deteriorated?
Shen Wanrou planned to go home. She still had some time in the afternoon to do some housework.
Just as he was about to say goodbye to Zhou Lang, he received a WeChat message from Li Ziyi on his phone.
[Li Ziyi]: Sister-in-law, are you gone yet?
[Li Ziyi]: Pay attention, there was a skinny, dark-skinned man just now at the entrance of the women's changing room.
[Li Ziyi]: I've met him; he's one of Tian Wenming's drinking buddies.
[Li Ziyi]: I drank too much before and Tian Wenming brought me into the company. I almost used the water dispenser at the front desk as a urinal...
[Li Ziyi]: Actually, it's nothing. The public security is so good now, there are surveillance cameras everywhere, so I guess no one would dare to cause trouble.
[Li Ziyi]: I'm just a little worried that if he sees you, he'll go and gossip about you to Tian Wenming.
[Shen Wanrou]: Thank you, Ziyi. I'll be more careful. If necessary, I'll go through the back door to avoid him.
A few seconds passed.
[Li Ziyi]: Sister-in-law, come with me in my car, it'll be nice to have company on the road.
Li Ziyi retracted a message.
[Li Ziyi]: Sister-in-law, why don't you ask Director Zhou to take you home? You'll have someone to keep you company on the way.
Shen Wanrou found it both amusing and frustrating, and even suspected that Zhou Lang had bribed Li Ziyi to say that on purpose...
However, this thought only existed in her mind for less than half a second before she rejected it with a touch of guilt.
"Zhou Lang is a good person. He's probably the best man I've ever met so far," Shen Wanrou thought to herself.
Moreover, their mutual friends all speak highly of him. When He Susu and others mention Zhou Lang, they are always eager to introduce him to a girlfriend.
"Yes, Zhou Lang..." Shen Wanrou said softly, "Ziyi just told me..."
After listening to Shen Wanrou's story, Zhou Lang stretched out his little finger and hooked the car keys on the table.
"Sister-in-law, I drove Michelle's pink BYD again to pick you up—oh, it can't be called pink anymore, I peeled off the color-changing film last time."
Shen Wanrou covered her mouth and smiled, a hint of apology in her eyes: "I'm sorry, I let you have a nice car but you can't drive it..."
She explained softly, "The apartment I'm renting now was found with the help of my mother-in-law... my ex-mother-in-law, Tian Wei's mother."
"There are some people she knows in the neighborhood, as well as my colleagues who work with me."
"Tian Wei's mother is very good to me, sigh..."
Shen Wanrou had some reservations and didn't want any speculations or rumors to reach Tian Wei's mother's ears.
For example, something like "A young Maybach owner drove her home, and the two were behaving intimately";
"This woman is living in her mother-in-law's friend's house and openly brings men from outside the family home."
"This woman couldn't wait to find a new love right after her divorce."
"Divorced women are easy to get involved with; they don't have a break in their single period and can seamlessly move on to young, handsome men."
"It seems she has more than one new love interest. Has she found a sugar daddy? They're all owners of luxury cars, including Maybachs, Bentleys, and Audi RSs..."
Zhou Lang expressed his understanding: "Let's go, sister-in-law."
……
While Zhou Lang was driving Shen Wanrou home, inside the swimming and gym, the skinny, dark-skinned man was indeed "tipping off" Tian Wenming.
"Brother Tian, where are you going to make your fortune?" the black monkey asked in a smug, cocky tone.
"I had two drinks at home, and they said I'd get rich? But one of my virtual shopping mall investments has gone bust, and I've lost tens of thousands!"
Black Monkey didn't respond. The thing Tian Wenming was playing with was a Ponzi scheme that other friends had introduced him to.
His friends made money off him with tears in their eyes, and those who knew about the impending collapse ran away first, leaving Tian Wenming the only one who lost money in the end.
Many of these drinking buddies flattered Tian Wenming because he was a fat sheep and his father, Wu Daxing, had some influence.
"I just saw Shen Wanrou, Brother Tian. Guess where I ran into her?"
"Braise, spit it out if you have something to say."
Black Monkey looked displeased, thinking to himself that Tian Wenming was a complete scoundrel, his wife was about to be taken away and kicked, and he was still drinking at home.
However, after the divorce, he can do whatever he wants and has nothing to do with Tian Wenming anymore. At most, Hei Hou just wants to provoke Tian Wenming.
"I've started learning yoga at the gym in the Economic Development Zone."
It seems your sister-in-law is actually doing better off without you, Brother Tian. What's going on?
"Shen Wanrou!"
Tian Wenming spat, "I'm so broke I can barely afford food, while she's living the high life after her divorce. Where does she find the leisure to learn yoga?"
Tian Wenming recalled that after marriage, Shen Wanrou either wore long skirts or suit pants. It seemed that he had never seen his ex-wife wear yoga pants.
After the divorce, she's become even more radiant and flamboyant? Is she going to the gym to seduce young men working on their abs?
Not knowing which "outside" wild man would benefit from this, Tian Wenming gritted his teeth in resentment.
"Did you see her come and go the same way? By bus, or was someone picking her up?" Tian Wenming asked.
The black monkey chuckled strangely: "Someone took her home, Brother Tian."
"What kind of car was it? Do you remember the color and license plate number?"
"It's a BYD Qin, all I can see is that it's light blue."
Tian Wenming breathed a sigh of relief, then cursed, "You son of a bitch, Shen Wanrou just took a ride-hailing service and you're making such a fuss!"
Black Monkey: ...
……
In the car.
Shen Wanrou received a call from Tian Wei.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I got the performance time wrong."
Tian Wei said apologetically, "We had agreed to go to the hospital for a check-up with you, sister-in-law..."
Shen Wanrou: "It's alright, it's alright. Tian Wei, you go ahead and do your schoolwork. I'll find someone else."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Wanrou looked a little worried.
Seeing this, Zhou Lang asked, "The painless gastroscopy and colonoscopy you mentioned last time? I remember that kind of examination requires someone to accompany the patient before the doctor will perform it, right?"
"Um."
Shen Wanrou hesitated and said, "I'll reschedule. It's a weekday, and Mi Xue and the others are all at work."
Zhou Lang drove the car into the parking space, put it in P gear, and turned to look at Shen Wanrou.
"Sister-in-law, have you forgotten about that idle person who doesn't have to work?"
Shen Wanrou had certainly thought about him, but the things Li Ziyi had said to her recently—things like "being able to let go after a divorce" and "a man with money can marry a mistress"—kept lingering in her mind, refusing to leave...
Therefore, she felt inexplicably guilty when facing Zhou Lang.
When the two of them were alone together, they weren't as open and comfortable as they used to be...
Is the "sibling" relationship starting to take a turn for the worse...? Shen Wanrou couldn't help but ask herself.
"I...don't want to trouble you too much."
Shen Wanrou sighed softly, "You have a girlfriend now, so it's not very convenient to explain to Ying'er that a woman is accompanying you to the doctor."
Zhou Lang stared at her, feigning surprise: "Sister-in-law, if it's just a normal friend helping out, why worry about not being able to explain it to your girlfriend?"
"I..." Shen Wanrou's voice faltered.