Li Mu and Fan Shengmei drove a car and rushed to the place to meet Lao Zhang and others, and found them after a while.
When Fan Shengmei got the news, she ran over with tears in her eyes and hugged Fan's mother together.
Li Mu watched silently from the side without saying much. In order to solve the problem, he had to act coldly and not give the other party a chance to climb up the pole.
Fan Shengmei also understood this truth. If Fan's mother knew about her relationship with Li Mu and thought she had a rich son-in-law, she might do something ridiculous.
In addition, she had already made an explanation on the way here. If Li Mu didn't take the initiative to show closeness to her, she would naturally not dare to. He deliberately showed some distance to not give her parents any chance to have any illusions.
After Fan Shengmei finished speaking her heartfelt words to her parents, Li Mu called her aside and gave her a few words.
"The hotel has been arranged. I'll send you the location. It's not a good grade, but it has all the conditions. Let's stay there first."
Fan Shengmei thought about her deflated wallet and nodded vigorously: "Okay, okay! An ordinary hotel is fine. My parents know my financial situation. If the place where I live is really good, they should think more and think that I am hiding myself."
I have saved my real income privately.”
Li Mu said: "Okay, I won't be able to stay here anymore, so as not to prevent your parents from thinking that you have found a rich man and start talking to you again."
Fan Shengmei's face turned red and she was a little ashamed: "Li Mu, I'm sorry to bother you. Anyone who sees this mess in our house will walk away. Thank you for helping me."
"Don't worry, I won't be so soft-hearted anymore, and I will definitely work hard to change."
Li Mu said: "Okay, don't say stupid things. Is it necessary for our relationship to be so polite? Go with your parents. I'll leave first."
After saying that, he said no more and turned around to leave.
Fan's mother seemed to have just discovered Li Mu at this moment. She came to Fan Shengmei's side in a few steps, looked at his back and said: "Shengmei, who is this! Why are you leaving now?"
Fan Shengmei said: "A friend of mine, you didn't bring a mobile phone when you came. I couldn't find you, so I asked my friends to help."
Mother Fan smacked her lips and said regretfully: "I thought he was your suitor, Xiaomei! Looking at what this young man is wearing, he looks very rich."
After saying that, she turned to complain about Fan Shengmei: "Xiao Mei! You are not young anymore, so stop being so picky. Look at how good this young man is. He is willing to help you. He must be interested in you. Stop being so high-minded."
"Besides, the family is short of money now. Where can we find such rich people? Don't you think about yourself? You also have to think about us, the old couple, and your brother and Lei Lei."
Fan Shengmei's good mood just now was ruined again.
"Mom, I said we are just ordinary friends, so I asked him to come and do a favor."
"Besides, it's not like you don't know what's going on with your daughter. Our family is in such a big mess. How can a wealthy family with good conditions like me? They are afraid to avoid me after knowing our family's conditions. Who should I go to?
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Fan Mu curled her lips and immediately stopped talking.
Fan Shengmei was angry and continued: "Mom, you asked me to think about you and dad, my brother, and Lei Lei. Have you ever thought about me and have you planned for me?"
"Your daughter is already thirty-one after the New Year. What everyone calls an older leftover girl can't even find a boyfriend. Why do you think it's because of that?"
"Am I too picky? Our family is in such a mess. If I marry an ordinary person I like, can I survive? Sooner or later there will be problems and divorce."
"If you want to find a rich man, everyone is looking for a young and beautiful one. Think about how old I am, do they like me?"
"Now that your daughter is in a bad position, she can't even find a boyfriend, and she can't get married. Have you ever thought about me, even a little bit? Think about what your daughter will do in the future? Do you have to spend your whole life thinking about me?
This family is so busy that we don’t even want to get married." At the end of the sentence, tears flowed out again.
Fan's mother's expression changed, and finally she could only say sarcastically: "Xiaomei, that's not what Mom meant. Mom also feels sorry for you and wants you to find a good family to marry."
"It's just that you also know the conditions of our family. Your brother is a failure. The whole family can only count on you, and there is nothing Mom can do."
"Xiaomei, you have been wronged over the years."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and hugged Fan Shengmei.
Fan Shengmei struggled for two seconds, and her heart softened a little. She hugged Fan's mother and cried together.
After a while, Fan Shengmei finally gathered her emotions and walked to the car with her family carrying large and small bags.
Fan's mother complained as she walked: "Xiaomei, why are you here so late? There are no buses now. How can we get to where you live?"
"I heard that taxis here are very expensive, Xiaomei, tell me!"
Fan Shengmei said: "Mom, don't worry, I drove here."
After hearing what she said, Mother Fan stopped and said with confusion on her face: "Xiaomei, you drove here. Did you buy a car? When did you buy it."
"Our family is in such a difficult situation and there are so many things that require money. Why would you buy a car? You can't subsidize the family."
Fan Shengmei's heart gradually became cold again. Fan's mother had expected that she would say this. She was already used to it and was too lazy to get angry again.
"Mom, do you know how much I earn? I send you living expenses every month, pay off the mortgage for my brother, and I also have to pay rent and property fees. I spend everything every month. When have I ever had savings in my hands? When have I saved them?
It’s too much money, let alone the money to buy a car.”
"Do you think I have the money to buy a car?"
Fan's mother suddenly became speechless: "Xiaomei, mom is just telling you that the family is in such a difficult situation, so you should not spend money randomly!"
"You didn't buy it, how did you get the car?"
Fan Shengmei said: "Didn't I know you were coming? I borrowed a car from a friend to pick you up."
Mother Fan nodded with satisfaction.
"Then your colleague is pretty good, very nice."
When she got to the car, she opened the door, put her things away, and got in. Fan's mother sat in the BMW Z4, looking around from left to right, with a curious face on her face.
"Xiaomei, this car is so beautiful. It's quite expensive."
Fan Shengmei said: "It's not cheap. I heard it costs more than 600,000 yuan."
Fan's mother was surprised.
"It's so expensive. Six hundred thousand is a lot of money."
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and asked again: "Xiaomei, is your friend a boy or a girl? If he is willing to lend you a car, your relationship must be unusual! If the one just now doesn't work, you can also try this one.
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Fan Shengmei said speechlessly: "Mom, what are you thinking about? Look at the color of this car. It's red. Do you think it's driven by a man?"
Since it was quite dark and there were colorful lights on the road, Fan's mother had already forgotten the color of the car. After hearing Fan Shengmei's words, she shut her mouth and muttered: "Mom is also thinking about your life-long events.
!I want you to find a place with good conditions so that you won’t be wronged in the future.”
Fan Shengmei sighed softly in her heart and said no more. The car drove all the way and arrived at the hotel that Li Mu had booked. It was not a high-end hotel, but it had all the necessary facilities and facilities.
The most important thing is that it is very close to Ode to Joy, only a little over one kilometer away, so it is convenient for her to go back and forth.
When Fan's mother saw Fan Shengmei dragging them to a hotel, she quickly asked: "Xiaomei, what are you doing here? Aren't we going to your house?"
Fan Shengmei said: "It's so late, let me find a place for you to rest first. If you want to go to my place, we can talk about it tomorrow."
Fan's mother suddenly said anxiously: "Staying in any hotel is a waste of money. Let's go to your place tonight and squeeze in."
How could Fan Shengmei dare to take them back? Otherwise, those little sisters would know about it, and they wouldn't be able to live in the house.
"Mom, your daughter is sharing a house with others. There is only a small room and it can't be squeezed in. Even if you can squeeze it in for one night, you are not leaving tomorrow. What will you do in the future? Don't you have to stay in a hotel?"
Fan's mother said: "Why can't we squeeze in? It's okay to squeeze in for one night. When you move to the company dormitory tomorrow, you will be more comfortable. The dormitory is free."
After listening to Fan's mother's words, Fan Shengmei's face turned a little pale, and her slightly warm heart became cold again. She shouldn't have fantasies about her mother, she wanted to harden her heart and stop being soft-hearted.
"The hotel has been booked, so you can decide whether you want to stay there or not. If you don't want to stay, fine, I'll take you to the train station and buy a ticket, and you should go home!"
Fan's mother suddenly became anxious.
"Xiaomei, how can you say that! Our family is in such a difficult situation now, and mom is just trying to save money, but you actually want to drive us away."
"The only thing mom can count on now is you. If you don't care, how can mom still live? We might as well not live anymore."
Fan Shengmei steeled herself and said: "Since you are counting on me and don't want to leave, then just listen to my arrangement and stay in the hotel tonight."
"Let me tell you one more thing, you don't want to live in the place I rent, let alone let me live in the company dormitory. The factory under our company's name is in the suburbs, and the only dormitory there is, so you can't live there."
Fan's mother muttered: "If you don't want to live here, then you can live there! Mom also wants to save money. If you have money, you can spend it."
After getting out of the car and walking into the hotel, she followed the waiter to the room. Fan's mother was still mumbling that Fan Shengmei had a house and let them stay in the hotel, which was a waste of money.
Fan Shengmei was afraid that people would see the joke, so she could only pretend that she didn't hear it and didn't say a word.
Finally, she entered the room and helped her parents put things away. It was already one o'clock in the morning. Fan Shengmei had been working all day. She was very tired because she had been busy with her parents' affairs.
Seeing that everything was in order, he was about to go back to rest, but was stopped by Fan's mother again.
"Xiaomei, you can't just leave like this. We don't have a penny in our hands. We have to eat next. How much money do you still have?"
Fan Shengmei took out her wallet and threw it away.
"I sent you living expenses, helped my brother pay off the mortgage, and paid the rent. I took out all the money left in the card and put it in my wallet. You can take it."
Fan's mother looked through her daughter's wallet and counted that there were only eight hundred yuan in bills and a few changes. She was speechless for a moment, "Is that all?"
Fan Shengmei said helplessly: "What do you think? I only have that little salary, and you know where I spent it."
Fan's mother complained again: "Then you don't know how to save. You can't live at home. You have to stay in a hotel. This will cost a lot of money."
Fan Shengmei said: "I asked my friend to advance the money for the hotel first, and I will pay it back slowly later, so you don't have to worry about it."
Fan's mother didn't know what she thought of. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she said, "Xiaomei, you have so many friends and your finances seem to be good. Can you borrow more money from them? Let's settle your brother's matter first."
"Your brother and sister-in-law have gone out of town and I don't know when they will come back. I'm worried that they will suffer."
Fan Sheng smiled angrily.
"Mom, you think your daughter is such a powerful person that you asked me to borrow money to handle my brother's matter. I have put so much thought into my brother's matter and wiped his butt so much."
"In the past few years, all my friends and classmates who have not been borrowed by me are afraid of being borrowed, and they will hide from me when they see them."
"Now I finally have a few new friends who don't reject me so much and are willing to help me a little. If you want to do this again, have you considered me?"
Fan's mother said: "What should we do? Your brother and your sister-in-law are outside, but they have to endure hardship."
"Xiao Mei! You can't borrow a lot of money, but you can borrow less,"
"Your brother told me when he came here that when he finds a place to stay, he will call you. Then you can send him some money. They are going to a strange place and they can't survive without money."
Fan Shengmei laughed angrily.
"How could my brother have no money? Didn't you give him all the money when you came here? Plus their family's savings, how could he not survive?"
"They both have arms and legs, so can't they go to work? A living person can be suffocated to death by urine."
"Mom, you care so much about my brother, what about me? When I came to Shanghai to work alone, you didn't give me a penny. Why didn't anyone ask me if I could survive without money?"
Fan's mother said sarcastically: "Your brother's family spends a lot of money! They don't have much savings, and they don't have much money. I'm also worried that he won't be able to live well outside."
Fan Shengmei smiled and said: "My brother's house has a lot of expenses, so my expenses are small. Who will repay the mortgage on his house? Why don't I transfer his house to my name from today on? Anyway, it's all in my name."
I paid for it."
Father Fan suddenly spoke at this time.
"No, even though you provided the house, it cannot be put in your name. Sooner or later you will get married, so the house will belong to the adult family."
"Okay, I'm an outsider." Fan Shengmei was speechless, and her heart became colder and colder.
"I'm tired. I need to go back and rest. I'll talk about anything tomorrow."
After everything was arranged, and seeing that her parents were still nagging, Fan Shengmei ignored the two of them and hurried out of the hotel, tears streaming down her face again.
Only this time, her eyes were much firmer. Her parents' partiality, preference for her brother, and excessive demands from her made her heart completely cold.
Thinking about the life she had lived before and thinking about Li Mu's words, Fan Shengmei knew that she had to change.
Having Li Mu's support is the best opportunity for her. If she softens her heart and retreats, she may never be able to escape and live in peace for the rest of her life.
"Alas..." Fan Shengmei sighed, things still came to this point.