Chapter 202: Chapter 202: A Handsome and Gentle Man
Shen Nian spared a few extra glances for her eldest uncle, who was finally acting tough for a change, but now was obviously not the time to focus on that.
Thanks to the disruption from Guo Chunxiang and the others, a lot of time had already been wasted, and Shen Nian didn’t want to delay any further.
"Grandma, I’m going to start now."
"Okay, Xiao Nian. Your grandpa... I’m leaving him to you."
"Okay, Grandma. You should go rest for a bit. After all, if Grandpa gets better, he’ll need you to take care of him!"
After reassuring Tian Yilan, Shen Nian turned and looked at Lu Cheng.
Before Shen Nian could even speak, Lu Cheng knew what she wanted to say.
"Go do what you need to do. I’ll be right here with you."
"Mm-hmm."
Shen Nian nodded at Lu Cheng, gratified. ’It felt so good to be understood so completely.’ Then, Shen Nian turned to her brothers, Shen Xiangdong and Shen Xiangnan, who were standing to the side.
"Big Bro, Xiangnan, I’m going to treat Grandpa now, and I can’t be disturbed by anyone. I’m entrusting this important task to you."
As Shen Nian said "disturbed by anyone," she deliberately looked up at Guo Chunxiang and Miao Suiping. It was obvious her words were aimed directly at the mother-daughter duo.
"Don’t worry, Sis. We absolutely won’t let anyone disturb you!"
Shen Xiangnan quickly replied. As he spoke, he even mimicked his sister and glanced over at Guo Chunxiang and Miao Suiping.
"You...!"
Guo Chunxiang and Miao Suiping naturally understood the meaning behind Shen Nian’s and Shen Xiangnan’s words and immediately wanted to step forward and argue.
However, Shen Nian ignored them, turning and walking directly to Miao Dagui’s bedside.
Meanwhile, Shen Xiangnan and Shen Xiangdong moved to block Guo Chunxiang and Miao Suiping’s path.
They had promised Shen Nian, after all. Until she said otherwise, they would not let anyone in to disturb her!
The mother-and-daughter duo tried to force their way forward, but with Shen Xiangdong and Shen Xiangnan blocking them, it wasn’t going to be easy for two women to break past the two brothers.
None of the others around, not even Miao Changfu, had any intention of coming forward to help them.
With no other choice, Guo Chunxiang and her daughter could only retreat for the time being.
"Hmph, I’d like to see what that wretched girl Shen Nian is capable of!"
After saying her piece, Guo Chunxiang stopped tangling with the Shen brothers and turned to find Miao Changfu. She certainly hadn’t forgotten how he’d completely disregarded her just moments ago!
Miao Suiping, however, didn’t follow Guo Chunxiang. Instead, she turned to look at Lu Cheng, who was standing to the side with his eyes fixed entirely on Shen Nian.
Miao Suiping had never seen Lu Cheng before. Although she knew Shen Nian had gotten married, she hadn’t attended the wedding.
All Miao Suiping knew about Shen Nian’s husband was that he was a migrant worker; she didn’t know any other details.
Back then, Miao Suiping had been full of schadenfreude over Shen Nian being forced by her family to marry a migrant worker so young.
In Miao Suiping’s eyes, a man who was never home was by no means a good match. He was probably some big, brutish lout, maybe with a bad temper, the kind who wouldn’t hesitate to beat his wife!
Miao Suiping had even imagined that the next time Shen Nian came back to the Miao family, she’d see her in a pitiful state!
But she never expected to see Shen Nian again so soon, let alone that Shen Nian would actually bring her husband with her.
She knew everyone from the Shen family; the only one she hadn’t met was Lu Cheng. And given the intimacy between Shen Nian and Lu Cheng, his identity was self-evident.
’So much for the big, brutish lout! So much for the bad-tempered wife-beater!’
’Why did no one ever tell me that Shen Nian’s husband was so handsome?! And that he’d be so gentle when he spoke to her!’