Chapter 5: Serious imbalance in family status

Chapter 5: Serious imbalance in family status
Li Xiaosheng brought out a small bowl of rice and explained, "This is my student, Shen Yuan, who lives downstairs."

After saying that, Li Xiao looked at Shen Yuan again: "Shen Yuan, this is my sister, Li Meng."

"Hello."

Shen Yuan nodded and raised his hand to greet him.

However, although the two are sisters, their personalities are completely different.

Li Meng said "Oh" lightly. Even though she knew that he was her sister's student, her expression remained cold and her eyes remained defensive.

The atmosphere changed, and Shen Yuan also restrained himself a little. He waited until Li Meng washed her hands and sat down before he started to pick up food with his chopsticks.

When they met for the first time, he didn't want to leave a frivolous impression on the counselor's sister.

But I didn't expect that the two sisters had such different personalities. During the meal, Li Xiao expressed concern for Li Meng, all of which were about work, but she only responded indifferently to her sister.

One is warm and considerate, the other is cold and indifferent.

The key point is that Li Meng has always been wary of Shen Yuan. She even glared at him a few times while eating, with a look like that of a mother animal protecting her cub.

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"Except for taking off my apron and getting a little closer just now, I don't think I did anything to your sister, right?"

Shen Yuan complained in his heart.

It's not a pleasant feeling to be guarded against by others. Even if Shen Yuan is thick-skinned, he can't sit still.

He usually eats two bowls of rice, but today he only ate one bowl and put down his bowl and chopsticks: "Counselor, I'm full. I'm going home first. You guys eat slowly."

"That's all you're going to eat? There's still a lot of rice in the rice cooker."

Li Xiao raised his head and looked at him in surprise.

"I don't eat much, so I'm full after just one bowl. I'll be leaving now. See you at school!"

"Okay, be careful when you go downstairs."

Li Xiao stood up to see him off. When he saw Shen Yuan coming downstairs, he closed the door and sat down at the dining table to blame him: "What did you do just now? Why do you keep looking at my students like that?"

"He has evil intentions." Li Meng said coldly.

"What are you talking about? He is just my student."

"Believe it or not, he came to your house alone late at night. He definitely had bad intentions, and the way he looked at you was not right."

Li Meng is a flight attendant. She comes into contact with all kinds of men on the plane every day. She is very confident in her judgment of men.

Some men look serious, but they will secretly look at others when they or their colleagues are not paying attention.

Some even use their mobile phones to secretly take photos.

Some men are even more shameless and actually ask for contact information directly.

Li Meng felt sick when she thought of the obscene expressions of those men. They were all bastards who only thought with their lower body!

"Look at you, you're back to your old habits. I know you're very resistant to boys, but you can't always look at them the same way."

"I can't be wrong about men. You should also learn to distinguish them in school." Li Meng said firmly.

"understood."

Li Xiao couldn't do anything about her sister. After that incident, she completely lost her trust in men.
She sighed silently and began to clean up the dishes and the table.

Li Meng stood up to digest. As a flight attendant, in addition to controlling her food intake, her daily posture is also very important to maintain her figure.

But at this moment, she accidentally noticed a new bag on the coffee table.

"Sister, did you buy a new bag?"

Li Meng picked it up casually. It was an exquisite black handbag. It was soft and comfortable to the touch, and the stitching was just right. But when she turned it over to the front, she found that the buckle position was actually the LV logo.

"No, this was given to me by a student who just came to my house."

Li Xiao replied while washing the dishes.

"He gave you an LV?"

Li Meng found it a little unbelievable.

"He said it was a high-quality imitation, costing more than two hundred yuan."

"Oh."

She seldom buys such luxury bags, so she can't tell whether they are real or imitations. Li Meng also thought so. His family lives downstairs, so he should not be rich, so it is impossible for him to give her such an expensive bag.

But as a student, is it appropriate for him to give a bag to his teacher?

Combining the scene she just saw, Li Meng became even more convinced that this student named Shen Yuan had ulterior motives.

"I said that you, as a student, have bad intentions, otherwise why would he give you a bag for no reason?" Li Xiao had already washed the dishes, wiped the water droplets on his hands with a towel, walked out and said helplessly: "It's really not what you think, today..."

Li Xiao explained the whole cause and effect to his sister. It did sound logical, but Li Meng still felt that it was not right. She firmly believed in her first instinct.

This Shen Yuan is so bold and lustful, he must want to seduce my sister!
Shen Yuan had already returned home by this time. He didn't know that Li Meng had labeled him a pervert. If he knew, he would definitely strongly refute it.

How could I be that kind of person!
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Shen Yuan pushed open the door as usual and shouted loudly.

"Come back if you want, why are you shouting so loudly?" The middle-aged woman on the sofa was watching TV and scolded directly and rudely.

"Hey, isn't this just a greeting to you guys?"

Shen Yuan was used to his mother Li Hongjuan's attitude and didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he was the one with the lowest status in the family.

"Mom, I didn't eat. Is there any food at home?"

Shen Yuan patted his belly. He had just eaten a bowl of rice at Li Xiao's house upstairs, and he always felt like something was missing in his stomach.

"It's in the refrigerator, go heat it up yourself." Li Hongjuan pointed the remote control in the direction of the kitchen, looking a little impatient.

"Eat the leftovers."

Shen Yuan was a little unhappy: "Why don't you hire another one? Your son finally comes back once in a while."

"Go fry it yourself!"

Faced with the attitude of his biological mother, Ms. Li, Shen Yuan sighed silently. She was indeed his biological mother. Since his mother was unwilling to comfort her son, he had to do it himself.

In fact, Ms. Li did not treat him like this only after the family went bankrupt. She has been like this ever since Shen Yuan’s sister Shen Xuan was born.

When Shen Yuan was a child, he had poor grades and was naughty and mischievous, often making trouble. Li Hongjuan had no idea how many times he had been called to school by the teacher.

Every time she was criticized and asked to take her child home and educate him properly, which made her unable to hold her head up every time she went to school.

In contrast, Shen Xuan has been sensible and considerate since she was a child. She always thinks about her parents and is a real cotton-padded jacket.

Moreover, his grades are very good. Now he is in the third year of high school and is in the experimental class of Xingcheng No. 2 Middle School. He has a good chance of being admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University. Ms. Li holds her head high every time she goes to the parents' meeting.

Do you think it is reasonable not to be partial to a pair of children like this?
Fortunately, Shen Yuan has gotten used to it. If Ms. Li suddenly becomes nice to him one day, he would not be able to adapt.

The door creaked open again, and a middle-aged man who looked about 50% similar to Shen Yuan walked in, except that he was a little fatter and shorter.

"I am back."

"Hey, Old Shen is back. Haven't you eaten yet? I'll heat up yours."

Shen Yuan was delighted when he saw it was his father Shen Heping.

"Why did my son come back today?"

Shen Heping was a little surprised because their home had two bedrooms and a living room and there was no room for his son, and Shen Yuan usually lived on campus.

Shen Yuan chuckled: "I just miss you guys."

"well."

Shen Heping nodded with satisfaction, put his handbag aside, and said, "Since my son is back, let your mother cook two dishes, and we can have a good drink today."

Shen Yuan's eyes subconsciously fell on Li Hongjuan. If his mother was willing to cook, he wouldn't have to eat leftovers.

As expected, Li Hongjuan sat motionless on the sofa, not even bothering to turn her head: "If you want to drink, go and do it yourself. You two are spoiled!"

The father and son smiled at each other awkwardly, then turned their heads away at the same time.

Shen Yuan continued to heat up the food, thinking that his family status had not continued to decline because there was no room for it to decline, but his father's family status had really declined to a terrifying low.

Shen Heping was also an open-minded person. Since his wife was unwilling to help, he rolled up his shirt sleeves, walked into the kitchen, and started to work with his son.

However, since he had never cooked before, Old Shen didn't know where to start. In the end, Shen Yuan took out a potato and a piece of meat from the refrigerator.

"Let's just make a simple stir-fried potato and meat."

Although Li Hongjuan was harsh in her words, she was soft-hearted. She put down the remote control with a "pop" and walked into the kitchen with disgust: "Get out, get out. You can't even cook a dish properly. What's the point of having you two!"

"Thank you, Mom, for your hard work!"

Shen Yuan chuckled, put down the potatoes he was peeling, and ran out of the kitchen.

In the living room, Shen Heping handed Shen Yuan a cigarette. Shen Yuan didn't smoke much, but since he came back once in a while, he planned to have one with his father.

He was about to light it, but Shen Heping shook his head: "Your sister doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, let's go to the balcony to smoke."

Shen Yuan was speechless. It was a rare opportunity for him to come back, but in the end he was let down.

It's okay that Ms. Li is partial, but even Mr. Shen is a daughter slave. You know, it was your son who was fighting with you in the kitchen just now.

(End of this chapter)