When the pears are green

Chapter 258 Things are different and people are different

Chen Lingyi and Chen Ling hid behind Chen Yuan and secretly looked at Su Mian.

Su Mian smiled and waved to the two children, while the shy Chen Ling hurriedly hugged Chen Yuan's legs.

Chen Yuan quickly bent down and picked up the crying Chen Lingze, and gently introduced Su Mian to the two children: "Lingyi, Lingze, she is your uncle's cousin, and also your aunt."

Jiang Huan ran to Chen Lingyi and added: "Lingyi, she is still my aunt."

Chen Lingyi, who was not even five years old, was a little confused about the relationship. She sometimes looked up at Chen Yuan, and sometimes turned to look at Jiang Huan, wondering how to address Su Mian.

Chen Yuan squatted down and hugged Chen Lingyi and Chen Lingze, raised his hand and pointed at Su Mian and introduced them again: "Lingyi, call me aunt."

Chen Lingyi tilted her head and looked at Su Mian, whispering, "Aunt."

Su Mian smiled and agreed, then pulled Jiang Qingye aside and asked Chen Lingyi, who looked 50% like Chen Shu: "Lingyi, do you remember who he is?"

"It's my little cousin." Chen Lingyi said, and lay in Chen Yuan's arms.

Jiang Qingye asked with a smile: "Lingyi, since you know that I am your little cousin, why don't you talk to me?"

Chen Lingyi looked back at Jiang Qingye, then hugged Chen Yuan's neck and acted coquettishly.

Su Mian quickly explained for Chen Lingyi: "Qingye, Lingyi is a shy girl. She felt embarrassed by what you said."

Jiang Huan pouted his lips in disapproval and said to Su Mian hastily, "Aunt, Lingyi wasn't shy when she beat me. It hurt more than when my dad beat me."

Su Mian couldn't help laughing.

Chen Yuan let go of Chen Lingyi and Chen Lingze, allowing the two children to continue playing with Jiang Huan in the yard, and then asked Su Mian and Jiang Qingye to follow him into the main hall.

Su Mian leaned over and rubbed the soft hair of Chen Lingze who was passing by. Chen Lingze turned around and looked at Su Mian with wide eyes.

Su Mian stared at Chen Lingze carefully. Chen Lingze's facial features were very similar to Chen Yuan's, especially his mouth, eyebrows and eyes.

Jiang Qingye was afraid that Su Mian would make Chen Lingze cry, so he quickly took Su Mian's right hand and walked towards the main room.

Chen Yuan first asked Jiang Qingye and Su Mian to sit down casually, and then looked at the two of them with a playful look.

Jiang Qingye felt uncomfortable being stared at by Chen Yuan, and suggested to Su Mian that they should go to the yard together to wait for Ruyi.

Su Mian smiled and asked Jiang Qingye to go out first, as she had something to say to Chen Yuan.

Jiang Qingye stood up and left the main room, standing by the wall and listening to the noise inside the house.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Chen Yuan asked Su Mian directly: "Su, Su Mian, what is going on between you and Qingye?"

Su Mian looked at her slender fingers and replied, "Brother Chen, what could possibly happen between Qingye and me? Of course, we are in love and destined to meet each other. Didn't you ask me to help you take care of Qingye? Haven't I taken good care of him?"

Chen Yuan was once again shocked by Su Mian's shamelessness. He could only stammer and accuse Su Mian: "Did I ask you to take care of me like this? My elder sister wrote to me saying that you and Qingye would get married at the end of the month. How come it's so sudden?"

Su Mian answered nonchalantly, "I was forced into a corner by Yingzhou, so I had to ask my cousin's wife for help to get out. Fourth Brother Chen, I had only two options at the time. One was to admit my mistakes to my family and go back to be a plaything that could be given away at will; the other was to change my identity and find a reliable man to entrust my life to. I didn't want to follow my mother's old path, so I gave him strong liquor on the night I returned to Bianzhou in the first month of the year."

Chen Yuan felt very depressed and couldn't say anything to blame Su Mian.

The atmosphere in the main room became more and more depressing. Chen Yuan walked out of the room and asked Jiang Qingye, who was in a daze, to accompany Su Mian.

Jiang Qingye calmed down, walked into the main room, held Su Mian's hands and asked, "Mian Mian, do you want to go to town and buy some things you like?"

Su Mian nodded, and the two of them took Jiang Huan to say goodbye to Chen Yuan.

When Ruyi came back, Su Mian and the other two had already left.

Ruyi couldn't help but blame Chen Yuan, "It's been such a long time since we last met, why didn't you invite Mianmian and the others to have a meal at home?"

Chen Yuan hugged Ruyi and complained: "Ruyi, am I no longer as good as Su Mian in your heart? You call me Chen Yuan, but you call her Mianmian."

Ruyi first glared at Chen Yuan in reproach, then hugged Chen Yuan's neck and called softly, "Husband, Brother Yuan."

Ruyi's sweet voice was like a flame falling from the sky, igniting the raging fire in Chen Yuan's heart.

Jiang Qingye took Su Mian and Jiang Huan and walked aimlessly on the street. The three of them unknowingly came to the vicinity of Rongxing Bookstore.

Jiang Huan pointed to the study and said to Su Mian, "Aunt, uncle, uncle, and uncle Ping'an all studied here. Now brother Zhang You is also studying here. Yan Yin and Yan Qi's father is a teacher here."

After hearing this, Su Mian smiled and asked Jiang Huan: "Will Huaner also come here to study in the future?"

Jiang Huan nodded seriously, shaking his head and imitating what Song Li had said to Su Mian: "Aunt, my mother said this: Master Li and Master Yang are both knowledgeable and have good character. Let Huaner also go to Rongxing Book House to study in the future."

"Hahaha...hahaha..."

Jiang Qingye and Su Mian both laughed out loud at Jiang Huan's amusement.

Before the laughter stopped, footsteps were heard from behind the three people.

Jiang Qingye, Su Mian and Jiang Huan turned around quickly and saw a young man in a green gown supporting a pregnant woman and walking slowly towards the study.

Su Mian saw Jiang Qingye staring at the two people who were slowly approaching, and asked hurriedly: "Qingye, do you know them?"

Jiang Qingye answered frankly: "Yes, they used to be my friends. It's rare for us to meet each other, so I'll go and say a few words."

"Then go quickly. Huan'er and I will be waiting for you here." Su Mian said, smiling and pushing Jiang Qingye.

Jiang Qingye turned around and smiled at Su Mian, then strode towards Zhang Feng and Li Yi.

The three of them hadn't seen each other for two years, and they didn't know what to say when they met again.

Jiang Qingye briefly asked about Master Li's situation and then asked Zhang Feng with a smile: "I didn't know you were married. How many months old is your child?"

Zhang Feng gently touched Li Yi's pregnant belly and replied, "It's been six months. Nian Nian and I got married last summer. At that time, I wanted to invite you and Xiaoxing to attend our wedding, but I heard from Ping An that you went to Bianzhou to study and Xiaoxing went to other places with the caravan."

"I did go to Bianzhou at that time." After Jiang Qingye finished speaking, there was another silence.

Li Yi, who had been silent the whole time, pointed at Jiang Huan who was not far away and asked, "Is that my sister's child?"

"Yes, he is six years old this year, and he has a two-year-old sister." Jiang Qingye turned around and looked at Jiang Huan and answered.

Li Yi seemed to be lost in memories and muttered to herself, "I haven't seen my sister for six years."

Zhang Feng then asked Jiang Qingye: "Qingye, who is the girl next to the child?"

Jiang Qingye raised his lips and replied, "She is my fiancée. I didn't expect to meet you today. We have something else to do, so I'll leave now."

"Then you guys go and do your work first, and we'll get together again when there's a chance." Zhang Feng supported Li Yi and continued walking forward.

Su Mian led Jiang Huan to find Jiang Qingye. When passing by Li Yi and Zhang Feng, he smiled and nodded at Li Yi who had been looking at him.