CHAPTER 695: CHAPTER 690: "DREAMING OF GETTING REMARRIED

Fang Xiu responded, then added, "Well, I’ll send Haohao back to your place tonight. Let mom help me with some work here for a few days. I trust you to take care of Haohao, and honestly, his constant fussing is getting on my nerves."

Fang Pingying was about to ask her about how to deal with Zhou Yunmei. These past few days, Zhou Yunmei was probably scared by what Luo Zhiyong said last time and didn’t dare to wait downstairs anymore. Instead, she started to lurk around the corner of the house, probably ready to rush over and snatch Haohao at the sight of him.

Not that I’m afraid she would actually snatch him, but I worry it would frighten Haohao.

While pondering, Li Yuchun came back with Haohao from grocery shopping. As soon as Haohao saw Fang Pingying, he happily got down from Li Yuchun’s arms, ran to Fang Pingying, hugged her legs, and loudly called out, "Aunty!"

Fang Pingying bent down to pick him up, kissed his chubby cheek, and smiled, "You little chubby boy, what, you missed your auntie?"

Haohao nodded vigorously, counting on his fingers as he began, "Missed, missed eating meat, cakes, and missed big brother, big sister too."

Seeing him talk so joyfully, Fang Pingying smiled and pinched his cheek, "You little rascal, turns out you only miss the food and your siblings, not your auntie at all."

The little guy, whether he understood or not, didn’t say a word and just nestled in Fang Pingying’s arms, refusing to come out. Moreover, because he looked forward to going back with Fang Pingying, he insisted on following her wherever she went, fearing that Fang Pingying would go back by herself and leave him behind.

Actually, though Haohao is Fang Xiu’s biological son, after giving birth, Fang Xiu started working outside, and it was Fang Pingying, having more flexible time, who took care of Yaoyao and the others, including Haohao as a result. Oftentimes, Haohao was even closer and more affectionate with Fang Pingying compared to Fang Xiu.

Fang Pingying stayed in Fang Xiu’s shop all afternoon, and they closed the shop early in preparation to take Haohao back with Fang Pingying.

Haohao had quite a few things to bring over, so Fang Xiu and Li Yuchun went together. Li Yuchun said she also wanted to see Yaoyao and the others, missing her two grandchildren after several days.

However, it was unfortunate timing, as Fang Pingying had yet to discuss with Fang Xiu how to avoid Zhou Yunmei when bringing Haohao back. As soon as they arrived downstairs, they saw Zhou Yunmei standing there alone, craning her neck looking towards the stairway entrance, obviously lying in wait again, hoping to see Haohao.

Haohao, the little one, had sharp eyes and spotted Zhou Yunmei from afar. He still remembered Zhou Yunmei pinching his hand that day, and he immediately yelled loudly, "Aunty, that bad person."

Perhaps hearing Haohao’s voice, Zhou Yunmei looked in his direction. The first thing she saw was Haohao in Fang Pingying’s arms, and she ran over to Fang Pingying’s side full of excitement, stretching out her hand to touch Haohao, while calling out, "Haohao, Haohao, you’re finally back."

Fang Pingying took a step back, not letting her touch Haohao.

At this moment, Haohao, still holding onto the grudge of being pinched by Zhou Yunmei, turned around, leaned on Fang Pingying’s shoulder, and shouted loudly, "Aunty, let’s go, go."

Meaning he didn’t want Fang Pingying to pay any attention to Zhou Yunmei.

Seeing this, Zhou Yunmei moved to Haohao’s other side, with a smiling face, calling out to Haohao, "Haohao, it’s grandma, your dear grandma. Don’t you recognize me?"

This time, before Haohao could speak, Li Yuchun, irritated, shoved Zhou Yunmei and glared at her as she shouted, "Zhou Yunmei, do you have any shame at all? You took US$ 100 from my daughter, basically selling us Haohao, do you not remember? And now you have the gall to come asking for him back?"

As soon as the issue was mentioned, Zhou Yunmei couldn’t help but clench her teeth in hatred towards Fang Pingying.

Because Fang Pingying deliberately set her up, it was Zhou Yunmei who insisted on getting that US$ 100, which led to Luo Zhiyong blaming her later on because Luo Zhiming was actually reluctant to take the money, and she was the one pushing for it.

Though resentful, she could not retort and hesitantly said to Li Yuchun, "At worst, I will pay the money back to you."

Li Yuchun rolled her eyes, looked disdainfully at her, and snorted, "Hmph, Zhou Yunmei, not only would I never agree to it, but even if you were to pay us back, could you? Would that impressive daughter-in-law of yours be willing to let go of such a large sum of money?"

That remark completely shut Zhou Yunmei up; indeed, that US$ 100 had been mostly spent recently, and it had been snatched away by Xu He under the guise of buying things for the child.

Unable to pay back the money, she played dumb and shouted, "I don’t care about the money, he’s my grandson, and I have the right to see him."

After saying that, she pointed at Fang Pingying with indignation, "Moreover, it was she who deliberately misled us, causing me to fall for her trick. Just goes to show this woman is no good."

"You..." Li Yuchun saw her bad-mouthing Fang Pingying and wanted to respond, but suddenly Fang Xiu, who had been silent all this time and showed no emotion, spoke up. She addressed Fang Pingying and Li Yuchun, "Big sister, mom, you two go upstairs first, I’ll talk to her."

Fang Pingying looked at how calm Fang Xiu was and felt a bit uneasy, she glanced at her, but Fang Xiu nodded back, signaling she could handle it.

Only then did Fang Pingying decide to go upstairs with Li Yuchun.

But Zhou Yunmei stretched out her hand to stop them, "You go if you must, but leave my grandson behind..."

Before she could finish, Fang Xiu suddenly pulled her back, whispering softly, "Stop yelling, if you want to see your grandson, then let’s have a proper chat."

Hearing this, Zhou Yunmei sensed an opportunity and stopped insisting on keeping Haohao, allowing Fang Ping and Li Yuchun to go upstairs, and then turned her gaze to Fang Xiu, asking, "Fang Xiu, just say it, what do you want for you to give my grandson back to me?"

After a pause, seeming to realize the lack of persuasiveness in her words, she added, "No matter what conditions you propose, I’ll agree, even if you say you want to remarry Zhiming, I can consider it."

Fang Xiu’s face flashed a sneer, she bit her teeth secretly, but when she looked at Zhou Yunmei, her face returned to normal and she said indifferently, "Yes, ever since I divorced Luo Zhiming, I’ve dreamed of getting back together with him, only there hasn’t been a chance."

At these words, Zhou Yunmei was ecstatic, "Really?"

She well knew that Fang Xiu, because of riding on Fang Pingying’s coattails, was living quite well in the city, plus now knowing Haohao is her own grandson, she had no idea how much she regretted letting them get divorced. If there was a chance for them to remarry, she would not hesitate to ditch Xu He and bring Luo Zhiming and Fang Xiu back together.

Fang Xiu looked at her and nodded, "Really."

Though somewhat skeptical, Zhou Yunmei felt convinced by Fang Xiu’s serious expression and actually believed her, nodding vigorously, "Well then, to show your sincerity, bring Haohao down and let him come back with me first. I’ll go back and discuss with Zhiming, and he just might agree to remarry you."