Chapter 1912: Stay at Home?
Ning Shu just let his words go in one ear and out the other. She said with a mocking expression, “Stay at home? Do I even have a place to stay?”
“You can sleep with mom and dad can squeeze in with me,” Chen An said. “This way you can talk to mom and let Nannan get closer to her grandma.”
Ning Shu laughed out loud. She looked at her sister-in-law and said, “Where will Sister-in-law sleep? You can’t be thinking of letting Sister-in-law sleep on the floor, can you?”
The sister-in-law’s expression turned very ugly. Her face trembled as she said, “I can sleep on the sofa.”
Ning Shu’s meaning was unclear when she said, “It’s so cold, won’t my sister-in-law freeze to death if she sleeps on the sofa? Anyway, I’ve already booked a hotel room, so I won’t be staying here.”
Right then, Chen Ning’s mother came back from grocery shopping. Seeing Ning Shu in the living room, she was stunned. Ning Shu called out to greet her. “Chen Ning?” Chen Ning’s mother exclaimed with some uncertainty.
“It’s me,” Ning Shu said.
Chen Ning’s mother said with a displeased expression, “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you contact your family?”
“Mom.” Chen An hurriedly stopped her from speaking further, fearing that she would upset Ning Shu. “Sister just came back and she bought you so many things.”
Chen Ning’s mother saw her son winking. She sighed and said, “Everything’s fine as long as you’ve come home. I’ll go buy some more vegetables.”
“Mother-in-law, buy Sister something she likes,” the sister-in-law said to Chen Ning’s mother. “Speaking of which, this is the first time I’ve seen Big Sister.”
Ning Shu raised her eyebrows. Was she asking for a red envelope?
Ning Shu went to one of the bags on the sofa and took out a red packet. She said, “I didn’t come back for your wedding. This is my gift money to you.”
“Thank you, Big Sister.” The sister-in-law happily took the packet. Chen An was also smiling.
The sister-in-law turned around and opened the red packet to see how much there was. Her expression suddenly shifted. Why did she only give five hundred yuan? It wasn’t like she was a beggar. Ning Shu was wearing 10,000 yuan-worth of clothes, so how could she give such a small amount of money as a present?
Chen An glanced at the money in the red packet and his expression also twisted. Ning Shu ignored the couple’s ugly expressions and said to Chen Ning’s mother, “You don’t need to prepare much, a little bit’s enough.”
“Don’t go buying groceries on such a cold day,” Ning Shu said.
After a while, Chen Ning’s father came back. He also rebuked Ning Shu, saying that she was “oh so independent” now.
It was probably because of the lack of red packet money, but Chen An didn’t speak up for Ning Shu this time.
Ning Shu didn’t say a word and just listened to Chen Ning’s father talk.
“Since you’ve come back, don’t run around anymore. Just settle down,” Chen Ning’s father said. “Find someone you can live a good life with.”
Ning Shu said lightly, “I’m leaving in a few days. I need to go back to work and don’t want to find a partner for the time being.”
“Sister, what’s your job?” Chen An asked.
Ning Shu looked at Chen An indifferently. “What do you think I do?”
“Sister, you couldn’t be…” Chen An’s expression turned odd.
Ning Shu’s gaze became even colder. “Put away your thoughts. I work in a law firm, it’s not whatever dirty thing you’re thinking about.”
Chen An couldn’t believe it. His expression was filled with suspicion.
“You’re a woman. What are you going to do if you don’t get married? Don’t dishonor the Chen family,” Chen Ning’s father said. “I can’t afford to lose any face.”
“How have I dishonored your Chen family?” Ning Shu hugged Nannan, who didn’t understand what was going on. “Dad, how could you say that to your daughter?”
Translator: Lili