LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 443 - Two Mysterious Women
Chapter 443: Chapter 444 Two Mysterious Women
Translator: Doggotranslation
We were only focused on chatting and didn’t notice when my stepmother came over. After staying in the kitchen for too long, her forehead and nose were covered with small beads of sweat. I didn’t know if she was really busy or she deliberately wanted to show that she was busy. Not only was she wearing an apron, but she was also carrying a large cooking spoon in her hand. When she showed that gentle smile that could melt people, I knew what she was thinking… If I dare to say that Mrs. Hou and I were made for each other, she would hit my face with that cooking spoon without any hesitation…
“Xiao Nan, who is this woman?”
My stepmother was absolutely saying this deliberately. Normally, in this kind of situation, she should call another woman: lady or sister, out of basic politeness. But she called her woman directly… What was she thinking?
My stepmother had definitely misunderstood it, but I did not expect that Mrs. Hou would misunderstand it even more, and it was even more ridiculous than my stepmother. She stood up in a hurry, and said nervously, trying to explain herself, “Miss, please don’t misunderstand it. Xue Ziyuan was his classmate in elementary school. The two of them don’t have that kind of relationship. Chu Nan you little brat, why don’t you tell me that you came to this shop to see your girlfriend!”
“Girlfriend? !” I was taken aback. Pampered Girl and Xiaoyue who were not far away already burst out laughing.
“Ziyuan? What happened to Ziyuan?” My stepmother took off her apron and gave it to me as if it was a matter of course. She then sat down next to me, and didn’t intend to explain this ridiculous misunderstanding at all. Instead, she deliberately showed that she was very close to me.
I knew her too well, if she hadn’t held it back, she would have already burst out laughing as well. What she enjoyed most was when others misunderstood her age!
“Ah, Mrs. Hou, you have misunderstood our relationship,” I explained to Mrs. Hou, “I’m not interested in women of her age… Ow!”
The hand that my stepmother hid under the table pinched my thigh fiercely, and she said to me in a sweet voice: “What did you say?”
“I said you have worked hard, come, I will wipe your sweat…” I held back my tears and wiped her face with the apron she had just given me.
“That’s more like it,” my stepmother nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Mrs. Hou: “I’m so sorry, I didn’t know that you were Xiao Nan’s teacher. My name is Murong Yuxuan. The owner of this restaurant. Please visit us often in the future, I will give you a 30% discount.”
My stepmother gave Mrs. Hou a discount, not because Mrs. Hou used to be my teacher, but because she mistakenly thought that my stepmother was very young…
Just when Mrs. Hou was about to thank my stepmother, she heard a regular customer jokingly say, “Yo, lady boss, you are playing with your son again?”
“What? Can I not?” My stepmother draped her arm around my shoulder and said.
“Are you not afraid of your old Chu being jealous?”
My stepmother said with a chuckle: “I dare him.”
All the customers burst out laughing after hearing what my stepmother said. I also couldn’t help but smile helplessly. My stepmother was both pretty and easy-going. There were often customers who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with her. She also knew how to deal with them. Over time, the story of my family got around, and almost all returning customers knew that although my stepmother and I were not blood-related, we had a strong bond. And her biggest hobby as a mother was to act like a child in front of me.
Mrs. Hou was so shocked that she couldn’t even close her mouth. She pointed at my stepmother and me and stammered: “You, you two are… mother and son?”
I grew up in a single-parent family. This was something that Mrs. Hou, who used to be my teacher, knew clearly. However, my stepmother and Chu Yuan only became part of my family after I graduated from elementary school, so it was natural that she didn’t know anything about it. I nodded embarrassingly, “Yes. But we don’t look like a mother and a son, right? Well, it can’t be helped. I look much older than the people of my age, and she looks much more childish than the people of her age. So, we almost look like we are about the same age…”
Pampered Girl had just managed to stop herself from laughing behind the counter, but after hearing what I said, she couldn’t help but hold her stomach laughing again.
“Do you want me to spank you,” my stepmother shook her large cooking spoon and said fiercely: “Who are you calling childish?”
“If it is not childish, then what is it?”
“You little brat! Are you coming here just to make me angry?” My stepmother pretended to be angry, but her eyes were full of smiles.
“No. I came here especially to be your bodyguard to escort you home.”
“Huh! As if I would believe you.” My stepmother pouted her mouth and said, “How many times have I called you already? But every time you either do not answer my call or hang up quickly.”
“Mom, can you not be so corny? There are still people here.” I was not born with thick skin, I learned it from my stepmother, so whenever I faced her, I would feel that my skin was as thin as a dumpling skin…
“Is it corny? Don’t wait for me to invite you if you don’t want me to be so corny, take the initiative and come and see me more frequently.” My stepmother finally became more serious and said to Mrs. Hou: “I’m sorry to let you see this.”
“It’s okay.” Mrs. Hou said gratifiedly: “The relationship between you and your son is really good. It’s really enviable.”
The reorganized family is like two different pieces of jade put together, with different experiences and scars. It is extremely difficult to combine harmoniously together.
“What did you talk about just now? Why did I hear you mention Xiao Zi? Is Xiao Zi back? ”
I trembled in my heart. I didn’t want to lie to my stepmother, nor did I want to give Ziyuan trouble, so I skipped her question, frowned, and asked: “Mrs. Hou, you just said that two women once visited your home and asked you about my childhood. Who were they?”
“You don’t know them?” Mrs. Hou was confused: “Chu Nan, are you dating a girl at the moment?”
Before I could respond, my stepmother said excitedly, “Xiao Nan, you have a girlfriend now? Who is it!? ! ” As if she was worried that I wouldn’t tell her, she actually looked at Mrs. Hou, hoping to get an answer from her.
“I don’t know.” Mrs. Hou’s answer disappointed my stepmother. She waved her hands and said apologetically, “The two girls only said that their younger sister was dating Chu Nan, but they heard that Chu Nan was a bad boy before, so they were a bit worried. They came to me to check if this information is true…”
I’m indeed dating someone at the moment, and that person is Liusu. But Liusu does not have a sister at all!
“Nonsense!” My stepmother became very defensive, “Xiao Nan is a bad boy? If he is, then there will be no good boys in this world. He treats me better than others treat their biological mothers. His spoiled little sister often bullies him and makes things difficult for him, but he has never beaten her or scolded her. He spoils her even more than I do. Such a man is a bad man? Is she blind? Investigating him secretly? Xiao Nan, you need to dump that kind of woman! I don’t care how good her condition is, she is just not good enough for you! ”
I don’t even know that woman, how can I dump her?
Mrs. Hou was also taken aback at how defensive my stepmother was, “Don’t be angry, they didn’t say it was the girl who asked them to investigate Chu Nan, maybe it was these two elder sisters who acted on their own accord, From their dresses, and the cars they drove, they should be girls from a wealthy family, so it’s normal that they can be a little bit wayward…”
Mrs. Hou was talking to my stepmother, but her eyes kept staring at my face as if she was asking me whether the other party was a rich lady or not.
“Wayward? Is this wayward? This is an insult!” My stepmother said angrily: “Xiao Nan, I won’t rush you to get married, so you need to choose your girlfriend carefully. You need to find out more about her and don’t be fooled by her!”
“This conversation is getting further and further away from the original topic, and I don’t have a girlfriend at the moment, let alone having a rich girlfriend!” In a hurry, I lied to them. This was the easiest way to block the mouths of two women, lest they would keep asking me questions.
“Huh?” As I expected, my stepmother and Mrs. Hou said in unison: “Then… Who are the two women?”
“I also want to know who they are and why they made up such lies, so I have to ask them clearly.”
Hearing what I said, Mrs. Hou’s expression became serious.
That was two months ago. Two young women took my photos and used that absurd excuse to ask Mrs. Hou about my childhood, and only about my childhood, such as my grades and behavior. There were no strange questions so Mrs. Hou didn’t think much at that time. After chatting, the topic turned to online games, which was a very popular topic nowadays. Only after seeing them out, did Mrs. Shu remember that they didn’t leave their contact information…
Two months ago, my life was peaceful, and Liusu and I were still ‘buddies’. I still loved Mo Fei unrequitedly. I hadn’t even had any close contact with any girl.
So who are those two women?