I became beautiful by eating melons

Liang Yushan sat silently opposite his mother.

Tian Zihui looked his son up and down, then spoke with a worried tone:

"Yushan, why have you lost so much weight recently?"

Liang Yushan's heart softened, but he still didn't answer.

Tian Zihui's voice was empty and distant.

"After all these years, you still won't forgive me."

Liang Yushan's hands on his knees suddenly tightened.

"How long you have loved her is how long you have hated me. But, Yushan, your mother is old, how long can you hate me?"

Tian Zihui's tone was particularly melancholy.

Liang Yushan raised his head. The red light from the shrine shone on his mother's face, as if a layer of misty red cloth had covered her. Liang Yushan could not see her expression clearly, nor could he tell whether it was true or false.

Tian Zihui is his mother, but does she really love him?

Liang Yushan has always been skeptical about this matter.

If you loved him, why did you drive Lily away?

His mother knew how much he loved Lily.

Over the years, Liang Yushan has been unable to figure out this problem, and suspicion has caused the gap between him and his mother to grow deeper and deeper.

It had been a long time since he had sat and chatted with his mother like this.

He hadn't looked at his mother so carefully for a long time.

The white hair gleamed silver in the red light. Before he knew it, his mother had grown so old.

The last time he took a good look at his mother was when he saw her sitting under the eaves mending his military uniform.

Twenty years have passed in a flash.

Thinking of his mother's hard work in the past, Liang Yushan's heart softened.

His expression relaxed, and he finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Finally hearing her son's response, Tian Zihui smiled with relief.

There was another period of silent silence, but this time there was a tender warmth in the silence. The red light of the shrine was no longer dazzling, but made people feel warm.

In the silence, Tian Zihui suddenly moved. She walked to the Buddhist shrine and lit incense.

As the aroma floated, she turned her back to Liang Yushan and suddenly asked, "What did Ye Rou ask you just now?"

When mentioning Ye Rou, Tian Zihui's tone was particularly cold.

It didn't seem like she was talking about her granddaughter, but more like an enemy who needed to be wary and guarded against.

Liang Yushan's relaxed expression froze again, and he asked vigilantly: "Why are you asking these questions?"

Tian Zihui inserted the incense into the incense burner, clasped his hands together and bowed to the Buddha statue.

"Do you know why she returned to the Liang family?"

Liang Yushan hummed.

After bowing three times, Tian Zihui raised his head and stared at the Buddha statue, and continued: "Since you know clearly, you should know that she is investigating me, why don't you stop her?"

Liang Yushan closed his eyes and said, "Back then, you just cooperated with Ji Yan to drive Lily away. It was not a big mistake. Xiaorou just wanted to know the whole truth of what happened back then."

"So you let her investigate me?"

Seeing his mother insisting on this point, Liang Yushan said with great confusion: "If Ye Rou wants to settle the score, she will find Ji Yan, not you. I don't think it's necessary to stop her."

Tian Zihui turned her head to look at Liang Yushan, and every wrinkle on her face was hiding a fierce red light.

"Son, you think this matter is too simple. Ji Yan is your wife. Checking her means Ye Rou doesn't believe you, or even doubts you."

"Was her suspicion wrong?" Liang Yushan looked up and asked.

When Tian Zihui was silent, he answered again, "We were all wrong about Lily, and I was also involved. It's understandable that Xiaorou wanted to avenge Lily."

Liang Yushan stood up and said, "I won't help her investigate, nor will I stop her. How much she can find out depends entirely on her ability."

Now that things have come to this, we can only let nature take its course.

Tian Zihui said angrily: "What's there to investigate about what happened back then? Zheng Lili cheated on me, that's a foregone conclusion!"

"Mother!" Liang Yushan shouted angrily, stopping his mother from saying more unpleasant words.

He raised his head, his eyes extremely cold.

"You know the truth of what happened back then. Lily is the most innocent one. You should know this better than I do. Don't say such things anymore. I don't like to hear them."

He turned his back to Tian Zihui, and his voice was particularly sad, "You have already driven away someone I love, mother, don't touch Ye Rou, don't make me hate you more."

Liang Yushan didn't look at Tian Zihui, he opened the door and walked out.

Tian Zihui looked at the door gloomily, fiddling with the Buddha head bracelet on his wrist.

The sound of the Buddha heads colliding was not crisp, but rather chaotic, just like Tian Zihui's heart.

-

When Jiang Chen came back, he went back to the courtyard to bring Ye Rou some matsutake chicken soup cooked by the mute woman.

Ye Rou hugged her legs, resting her head on her arms, with her long hair spread out. When she saw Jiang Chen come in, she smiled, a very faint smile.

The smile was fleeting, and soon she lowered her head again, gently scratching her snow-white arm with her slender fingers.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and moved closer to Ye Rou.

"Why are you unhappy?"

She was wearing a moon-white satin halter dress, revealing skin as white as jade, like a rough jade.

Ye Rou pursed her lips.

She briefly told Jiang Chen what she had learned from Ding Shulan today.

Jiang Chen listened in silence. Seeing that she was angry, he sighed, stretched out his arms, and said with a lazy smile: "Do you want to hug me?"

Ye Rou crashed into Jiang Chen's arms.

She rested her chin on Jiang Chen's shoulder, her tone filled with lingering anger.

“I want to knock these guys out.”

"Okay, fly away." Jiang Chen followed her words.

Ye Rou was not satisfied with his answer, and said with some dissatisfaction: "I am serious."

Seeing that she was unhappy, Jiang Chen said, "Then I'll go check this Chang Long, find him out and let you beat him up, okay?"

His tone was a bit like coaxing a child, with infinite indulgence.

Ye Rou leaned in his arms, seemed satisfied with the answer, and finally revealed a sincere smile.

Jiang Chen smiled: "Do you want some chicken soup now?"

"Yes!" Ye Rou agreed quickly this time, her beautiful eyes showing a smile.

Jiang Chen opened the lunch box and handed the prepared spoon to Ye Rou.

The rich and delicious aroma of the Matsutake chicken soup wafted in the air. Ye Rou hadn't eaten dinner and was feeling hungry, so she grabbed a spoon and scooped up the soup.

Jiang Chen gathered her long hair and held her hand in his hand, then he propped up his chin and watched her drink the soup.

Drink the warm chicken soup to dispel all the coldness in your body.

Ye Rou tilted her head to look at him and met his eyes.

There are two little girls in Jiang Chen’s deep eyes.

Ye Rou felt inexplicably shy, but she didn't hide. She leaned over and bit him on the face.

Jiang Chen was helpless, "Xiaoguai, your mouth is full of oil."

Ye Rou's fox eyes immediately widened, "Do you dislike me?"

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes and teased her deliberately: "Yeah, I dislike it."

Ye Rou was indeed angry. She put the lunch box on the bedside table, rushed over and kissed Jiang Chen all over his face.

Jiang Chen was thrown onto the bed, a cunning look flashing across his deep eyes.

The wheat-colored arms stretched out, hugged the snow-white person tightly, and wrapped the person in the quilt with a triumphant smile.

By the time Ye Rou realized it, it was already too late.