Remarriage to a Rich Famliy

Inside the cafe, Cheng Lydia stirred the juice in her cup with a straw while looking across at Chung Grace, seemingly waiting for her to make a speech.

She had just told Chung Grace everything, including the morning’s meeting with the old lady and Shen Ron’s arrangements for the future.

Chung Grace raised her eyes and smiled blandly at her, “I can see that you’ve been talked into them.”Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

“Seriously, it does kind of speak to me.”

Chung Grace sighed alas and sat up straight, “Even Master Gu knows to advise on the private affairs of other people’s families not to advise on the separation, I certainly won’t advise you to let it go again, so give him another chance, remember oh, it’s the last time.”

Cheng Lydia smiled to herself, “Am I a no-good?”

“It does, and it’s quite out of character for you.”

“Maybe that’s how relationships work, look at yourself, you who always liked to put men under your feet, but in the end you didn’t just give in to Master Gu.”

“You mean, you’re as in love as I am?”

Cheng Lydia’s speech stalled, and suddenly she was asked.

Is she in love with Shen Ron? Is that why she’s so weak and unlike herself?

It was a question she had asked herself more than once, but had never gotten a definitive answer because she was afraid to think deeply enough to pursue a definitive answer.

“Don’t you have an announcement tonight? Don’t you need to go over early for styling?” Cheng Lydia changed the subject at the right time.

Her weakness of heart, in turn, brought clarity to Chung Grace’s mind as she scowled with a smirk, “Who was it that kept nagging me not to fall in love with an unrealistic fantasy character like Gu William? Now I’ve fallen in love with someone I shouldn’t have fallen in love with myself.”

Chung Grace smoothly beckoned the waiter to pay the bill and said with a smile, “My announcement is rescheduled for tomorrow afternoon, come on, let’s walk around.”

The two walked out of the cafe together and Chung Grace took out her car keys and opened the door, turning her head to ask, “Want to go somewhere?”

“Supermarket, will you go with me?” Cheng Lydia pulled open the car door and got in.

“What are we doing at the supermarket?”

“The new home is still missing quite a few things.”

Chung Grace nodded and drove the car towards the nearby hypermarket.

Cheng Lydia was shopping for items in the lifestyle section, selecting a large pile to load into her cart, when she passed a certain counter, her eyes were drawn to the various couple’s items on it.

The shelves are stocked with everything from towels to mugs to slippers … all cute and heartwarming couple’s clothes.

Her mind wandered, looking at the items in her cart, then at the shelves, eventually setting the items already picked out in her cart back in place one by one.

I remember when, before she married Lim Toby, she had taken such care in selecting the couple’s items that belonged to them; she was not much of a refined woman, but one who liked to arrange everything with extreme delicacy.

Back then, from big items to small items, as long as they were double, she picked the couple set, even the toothbrush. It’s just a shame that Lim Toby didn’t share her heart with her and didn’t even touch those cute couple items.

“Wow, these are so cute and pretty.” Coming around from the other side, Chung Grace took a pair of couple cups off the shelf and looked lovingly left and right. Then another pair of tall wine glasses off the shelf, “And this is cute too.”

Cheng Lydia gave her a look, “Want to buy them all back?”

“Forget it, I don’t have a husband, and I’ll be on my own when I buy it back.”

“Then hurry up and find a reliable man to marry.”

“Yeah, just help me talk Master Gu into marrying me back sometime.”

Cheng Lydia was speechless and somewhat sympathetic at the same time.

Gu, it’s not time that William lacks. It’s the courage to marry her.

After picking out household items, the two went back to the fresh produce section together. Cheng Lydia picked out some dumplings and vegetables and turned to find Chung Grace also picking out vegetables in a serious manner, as she walked over and asked suspiciously, “Aren’t you determined not to cook?”

“I’d like to make Master Gu a dinner too, do you think he’ll be able to swallow it?”

“With your water commentary, it’s quite possible.”

“Bummer.” Chung Grace hugged a handful of greens and put them in her shopping cart, pushing the cart to lead the way out of the fresh produce section.

In the evening Cheng Lydia didn’t make dumpling strips, but a few very usual dishes.

She was done just as Shen Ron opened the door and came in.

Looking at the house that had been rearranged and smelling the fragrant meal, the corners of his handsome lips curved in a delighted smile.

He knows that his Oscar-worthy living grandmother’s bitter ploy has worked and Cheng Lydia has had a change of heart.

When he went to say goodbye to the old lady this morning, he happened to see her putting on makeup and making her face as pale as a dead body. Surprised, he asked the reason for this and received a short response from the old lady saying, “Just remember that I am very ill because of this ungrateful grandson of yours, nothing else is your concern.”

The old lady was originally addicted to pretending to be sick, something he had known for a long time, and did leave the house without her.

Cheng Lydia came out of the kitchen just in time to see Shen Ron cupping the cute couple mugs in his hands and looking at them, while on his feet, he was wearing the couple slippers she had just gotten back today.

Not a bad look for a handsome older man in cute couple slippers!

Cheng Lydia smiled vaguely, then withdrew her smile and called out at his back, “You’re back.”

He was back, back in this home where it was just the two of them, and he hadn’t missed his appointment, hadn’t lied to her.

Shen Ron turned back to her and raised the glass in his hand at her, “I didn’t really see that you were still quite a sentimentalist.”

He was smiling, a wicked smile.

Cheng Lydia ducked her head uncomfortably and feigned a casual look as she unwrapped the apron she was wearing, “I just happened to come across a store selling couples’ sets on sale today, so I went in and picked some out.”

“Is that so.” A certain someone expressed disappointment.

Turns out it just happened to run into the store on sale and went poking around.

“Well, come on over for dinner.”

Cheng Lydia returned to the kitchen and set the cooked meal on the table as it was, a simple three-course meal that was naturally a world away from The Shen Family.

Shen Ron scanned the meal on the table, his face slightly disappointed, “Is that all?”

“I don’t like to spread out, so if you’re not used to eating, you can go back to Shen Mansion and have a big fish.” Cheng Lydia raised her eyes to stare at him.

“Where are the promised dumpling strips?” Shen Ron asked.

He was disappointed not to see her dumpling strips on the table instead of big fish and meat. In fact, he, who had been to many star restaurants, did not like to come home and face a table of big fish and meat.

“Oh, I forgot to buy dumplings today.” Cheng Lydia took her bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

Turns out Shen Ron was looking for the dumplings he said he’d have this morning.

Today when shopping at the supermarket she deliberately bought dumplings back, but before she put them in the pot she remembered the confidence on his face this morning when he said he wanted to eat dumplings tonight, as it were, she changed her mind and shoved all the dumplings back into the fridge in one go.

He wants dumplings? Why should she have to make them?

After swearing last night that she was going to divorce him, she was already humiliated by putting on an apron and making him dinner tonight.

“What’s wrong? Don’t want to eat?” Cheng Lydia asked.

“Of course not.” Shen Ron smiled and took his chopsticks and put a piece of shrimp into her bowl, “Work hard, eat more.”

Cheng Yixing was stunned and her eyebrows furrowed, “I don’t eat shrimp.”

“Really, June doesn’t eat shrimp either.” Shen Ron chucked the shrimp back into his own mouth and chewed before nodding, “So it was made just for me, it’s good, it tastes good.”

Shen Ron looked up to find Cheng Lydia looking at him with a displeased expression, his chewing mouth paused, then he said with an apologetic look, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought up June.”

“Please remember that I am a petty and calculating woman and can tolerate you keeping her in your heart, but I cannot tolerate you verbally always keeping her in your mind as well.”

Cheng Lydia bit her lip, in fact, she was not able to tolerate him having Yang June in his heart, but she had to tolerate it. She couldn’t force him to forget about June, all she could do was to force him not to mention his June in front of her all the time.

Every time she heard him mention that name, her heart ached, and it was a really bad feeling. So even if he decided she was a petty and calculating woman, she was going to protest him.

“I’ll take care of it next time.” Shen Ron promised with some sincerity.

“The beef is good, too.” Shen Ron complimented after eating a piece of beef.

Cheng Lydia was not impressed, she never felt she cooked well, only last night Gu William said her cooking was just swallowable. Gu William … thought of this man and her heart could not help but depress.

She took a light breath and ate in silence with her head down.

“By the way, Grandma just called and said she’s sending Amy over to help share the household chores, what do you think?”

“Can I not either?”

“Why?”

“I don’t like having outsiders in the house, and besides, there’s not much housework to do over here that I can use.”

“How come there’s no housework? Do you have to cook and wash and mop your own food every day?”

“As long as you don’t mind my cooking being awful.”

“I was afraid it would be hard for you to work and do housework.”

“Cooking is a pleasure and laundry and mopping is no big deal.” Cheng Lydia said.

She likes the freedom of living at home, and likes to have a bit of housework to keep her days more fulfilling when she comes home from work every day.

In the days when I was a young lady at Shen Mansion, all I did was eat and sleep and read and watch TV every day, and I felt like my whole body was going to waste.

The main point was that Amy was really nice, but only the person the old lady sent was definitely not ‘pure’ in purpose. Although the old lady meant no harm, it was always an uncomfortable thing to have one’s private life peeked at.

“How about …” Cheng Lydia suddenly raised her eyes to look at him, “You tell Grandma that I don’t have to work at the office.”

Shen Ron also raised his eyes and looked at her, then shook his head and lost his smile, “This job is too hard to follow, I’d rather come home early from work every day and help you share the household chores.”

Let him go and persuade the old lady to retract her order? That was obviously impossible.