After marrying a scientific research tycoon, I retired early and won

Chapter 226 Harmony between the piano and the harp

Xue Zhen was silent. This was the only point she couldn't refute.

When I saw Mrs. Zhou that day, she really didn't look like a person who had received a lot of support from her parents. There is a kind of confidence in rich girls, and that is the confidence to spend money casually.

After all, the money is not earned by themselves, but given by their parents, so it is not such a burden to spend.

"But..." She raised her head and argued again, "What if Mr. Zhou doesn't value these?"

"How could I not value you?" Xue's father said earnestly, "Men are all snobbish. You have seen the play "Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochai", didn't Xue Pinggui marry Princess Dai Zhan in the end? They say they love you, but in fact they know clearly that your parents are doing this for your own good. They are afraid that you will not live well in the future and end up like your cousin, who disobeyed her parents and eloped."

Xue Zhen was silent. Since she was a child, her parents always liked to say things that were for her own good.

Going to a girls' school is for her own good.

Learning the rules is for her own good.

Her parents held a lamp to light the way ahead and were waiting for her on the paved road. She didn't even have time to look at what was nearby, and she just followed the road they had paved.

She knew there might be thorns on the side road, but what if there was a better road after stepping over the thorns?

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Xue Zhen has a dream every night recently.

When she was very young, she loved scissors, sewing machines and making beautiful clothes. But one day when she came home from school, she found her things in a mess and all the clothes she had carefully made were thrown away.

I could hear my parents scolding me over and over again.

"Are you trying to piss me off to death? You are a lady from a wealthy family, why are you a tailor?"

"It's so embarrassing. You better practice your zither, chess, calligraphy and painting well. If Mr. Liang says that you don't practice the guzheng well next time, you won't be able to eat."

Behind the father's harsh and rigid words, the mother shed tears and advised earnestly, "Daughter, your father is doing this for your own good."

"Find a suitable person to marry. Look, your father and I are together for the sake of our family. Even though we don't have any feelings for each other, aren't we living well?"

But she could clearly see that there was no light in her mother's eyes, and she also listened to her grandparents and married her father.

Her father was the one who had the final say at home. Even if she had different opinions, she didn't dare to speak up. Every time, her father would say, "You eat my food and drink my drinks. What qualifications do you have to have an opinion?!"

Xue Zhen woke up suddenly, gasping for breath, with sweat all over his neck.

There were no horrific scenes in the dream, but her heart seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss. She was terribly frightened and her whole body was shaking.

Is this how her life will end?

She doesn't believe in reincarnation. Everyone only has one life. Is she going to live this kind of life with a foreseeable end?

Isn't that also following my mother's old path and living the same life as her?

She watched her mother like a walking corpse every day, with no light in her eyes. Before she got married, she regarded her father as the God. After she got married, she regarded her husband as the God. She never had a self.

These days, Xue Zhen was in a daze and unknowingly walked to the door of a "Happy Food Store". She looked up.

"Happiness"? Such a distant word, but it attracted her inexplicably.

Just what she longed for.

She walked in and found that the employees inside seemed very happy, even though they didn't have much money and even though they were just working, they all looked very energetic, and there was more light in their eyes than in her mother's eyes.

"Ning Ning!"

"Sister Ning!"

Following a familiar fragrance that was sweet but not greasy, Xue Zhen subconsciously looked over and saw a girl walking in. She had long seaweed-like hair, just the right amount of makeup, a slim waist and long legs, and a bright smile on her face. She greeted all the employees, "It's so hot today, I prepared some mung bean water for everyone, quench your thirst!"

The sun outside made the trees deformed, with layer upon layer of haloes.

But she always remained cool and sweat-free, with fair skin and clear eyes.

Xue Zhen was surprised, "You work here?"

Ji Ning didn't expect to meet this good girl, "Yes."

"Please have some mung bean water." She handed Xue Zhen a glass of iced mung bean water.

Xue Zhen hesitated for a moment, "My parents don't allow me to drink cold drinks."

"Oh." Ji Ning didn't persuade her.

Xue Zhen bit her lip. No one knew anyway. For the first time, she felt rebellious. She picked up the glass and took a sip. It was her first time to drink iced mung bean water. The cool taste and warm mouth formed a strong impact.

"Good... so delicious!" Xue Zhen was shocked.

Her parents took her to many high-end places and she drank many high-end juices and drinks, but none of them could compare to the ordinary mung bean water in front of her.

Ji Ning smiled, "As long as you like it, there's nothing special about this mung bean water. It's just that the person who made it put a lot of effort into it and added just the right amount of sugar. You haven't had milk tea yet, right? I didn't make it today, but I'll treat you to milk tea next time."

"What is milk tea?" Xue Zhen looked confused.

Xiao Yuan next to her has grown into a pretty young lady, just turned 18. The shadow on her body and the timid look in her eyes are all gone. She said generously, "Milk tea is a more delicious drink, which is a mixture of milk and tea leaves."

Xue Zhen thought about the tea leaves, how bitter they must be, but she actually felt an urgent desire in her heart, "I want to taste it!"

"Please come to our store more often in the future, there will be a chance." Ji Ning said with a smile. She was like a breeze in summer, refreshing and pleasant.

Xue Zhen nodded heavily, and when the others went to work, she whispered to Ji Ning, "Does Mr. Zhou know that you work here?"

"He knows."

Xue Zhen was a little puzzled. Zhou Jingmo seemed to be completely different from her father and the people in the wealthy circle.

Some of her classmates at the girls' school are married.

Men who have a good career don't want their women to come out to make money and show up in public, as it seems to be saying that he is incompetent.

She told Ji Ning about her idea, and Ji Ning laughed. She sat aside and sipped the mung bean water. "If a man wants to use a woman's idleness to highlight his own strength, then he is really weak. My Mr. Zhou is not that kind of person. He doesn't need anything to prove his ability."

Xue Zhen's eyes sparkled, and she suddenly felt envious. She was not envious of Mrs. Zhou's status, but she envied their harmonious relationship, mutual understanding, and mutual trust.

Ji Ning's cheeks puffed up, and she said slowly, "It's nothing shameful to be self-reliant and do what you like."

"Things I like?" Xue Zhen murmured to herself. Her heart knot was getting deeper and deeper. What flashed through her mind were the drawings of the secret base she hid under the cabinet.

She still paints and hasn't given up hope since her parents threw her things away, but she hides them carefully so that no one will find them.