Just when Ding Rou was looking at Jiang Pingyang, Jiang Pingyang was also looking at her.
Ding Rou, mom.
These two words seemed to have nothing to do with each other. Even if she was sitting in front of him now, Jiang Pingyang felt that she was more like a stranger than a blood relative.
Even if he was already mentally prepared, at this moment, Jiang Pingyang still felt hurt.
"Are you and Xue Mi together?"
After taking a sip of black tea, the woman put down the teacup gracefully and asked in a straightforward manner.
Jiang Pingyang did not answer and remained silent.
"You don't want to talk about it? Fine, I know about it anyway." Ding Rou raised her long eyebrows carefully, giving off a bit of sternness. "I want you to break up with her."
Hearing this, Jiang Pingyang looked up sharply.
It was not that Ding Rou didn't see the stunned look on his face, she just didn't care.
"It's not you that Xue Mi likes, it's your younger brother An Yang."
"It's just that there was some unpleasantness between them because of a misunderstanding, so Xue Mi wanted to get back at An Yang and make him feel bad."
"I don't know how Xue Mi found you, but I can tell you very clearly that she is spoiled by her father and does everything on her will, regardless of the consequences. If you don't take the initiative to break up with her, you will be hurt because of her sooner or later."
"After all, it's An Yang that Xue Mi likes, and you're just a spare tire at best, or more precisely, a tool for revenge."
Jiang Pingyang's brows were lowered, his face was expressionless, and Ding Rou could not observe what was going through his mind, but she could deduce from the veins protruding from the man's clasped hands that he must be feeling uncomfortable.
Ding Rou, who believed that her own words played a role, secretly rejoiced in her heart, but she put on a sad look on her face and persuaded him heartily. "Listen to mom, mom won't hurt you."
"Won't hurt me?"
Jiang Pingyang finally spoke, his voice was so hoarse that even he was surprised, but Ding Rou couldn't hear what was wrong.
"Yeah, no matter what, you're a piece of me that fell out of my stomach, how could I hurt you?"
"An Yang has already apologized to Xue Mi, and it's only a matter of time before they reconcile. What are you going to do then?"
"I don't want you to be hurt, that's why I went behind Xue Mi and An Yang's back to find you, just in case you ... believe mom, okay?"
In all fairness, Ding Rou's acting skills were indeed very good, both in terms of expression and the tone of voice. It was obviously a prickly word, but it turned into a mother's concern and worry when it came out from her mouth.
However, Jiang Pingyang has already been immune.
If there was a point of trust before coming here, then the point of trust has completely disappeared since the two of them have been talking now.
He thought, "There are differences between people. There are mothers who love their children unconditionally, and there are also mothers who hate their children unconditionally, perhaps the mother-son bond between him and Ding Rou was ended the moment the woman gave birth to him."
There are certainly reasons for Ding Rou's different treatment of him and Jiang Anyang over the years, but Jiang Pingyang could no longer make excuses for Ding Rou, nor did he have the desire to find out why.
Especially after she said those words.
The mother, whom he had not seen for several years, was asking him to give way to his younger brother. Looking at the woman who was taking things for granted, Jiang Ping Yang did not know whether to feel sad for himself or for Ding Rou.
Ding Rou, who didn't know what Jiang Pingyang was thinking at the moment, was still very confident. Although she and Jiang Pingyang have met very little since she married into the Xue family, she could clearly feel the admiration for herself in Jiang Ping Yang's eyes every time they met.
From a boys to teen, from a teen to man, Ding Rou didn't think there would be any changes.
besides, this was the best for Jiang Pingyang.
She has seen how Xue Mi had treated An Yang over the years, not to mention that An Yang was the man she had given her first night to. Although Xue Mi's attitude towards her and An Yang has been much worse in the past six months, Ding Rou felt that she it was just that after being hurt by her son, she couldn't pull her face down to accept the apology.
Women need to be coaxed.
Ding Rou has full confidence in her own judgment.
Rather than letting Jiang Pingyang be abandoned by Xue Mi after being in a relationship, it would be better for Jiang Pingyang to propose the breakup himself, at least to save face.
Ding Rou's ability to deceive herself was truly admirable.
But soon, her confidence was brutally broken, and the person who broke it was the eldest son she had always looked down upon.
"I won't break up with Xue Xue."
"So you…what?" Ding Rou suspected that there was something wrong with her ears, and looked at Jiang Pingyang in surprise. "You say it again?"
"Even if I say it a hundred times, my answer will not change." Jiang Pingyang looked indifferent, but when he mentioned Xue Xue, there was a fleeting tenderness. "I won't break up with Xue Xue."
Jiang Pingyang said, grinning.
"Not only will I not break up, but I will marry her. In the near future, you will definitely be able to drink our wedding wine."
This time, Ding Rou heard Jiang Pingyang's words clearly, including the undisguised sarcasm in the man's eyes.
He did it on purpose.
"Do you know what you're talking about?" When the thought flashed in Ding Rou's mind, the words had already blurted out. "Do you know that Xue Mi has had a relationship with An Yang? Aren't you afraid of wearing a green hat?"
"Ping Yang, you don't know about this, do you?"
After seeing the expression on Jiang Pingyang's face, Ding Rou suddenly calmed down and laughed.
With so little ill will and malice.
"At that time, Anyang had just broken up with Chen Linlin, his ex-girlfriend, and was in a very low mood, so to comfort him ... I only found out about this later. Now you should understand why Xue Mi was entangled with An Yang. Right?"
"An Yang said he would be responsible, but Xue Mi felt that he still had Chen Linlin in his heart, so she couldn't think of it for a while and associated with you. After all, this is a good revenge for An Yang."
"I have to admit that this girl is very smart, and having you to stimulate An Yang made him figure out his feelings." Ding Rou paused. "You may not know how much Xue Mi likes An Yang. As long as An Yang is sure of his feelings, they will be together again sooner or later."
When she got to this point, Ding Rou thought she was almost done.
"So you understand? Mom really doesn't want you to be hurt, so that's why…"
"Said enough?" Jiang Pingyang interrupted Ding Rou, who was still delusional about playing the role of a good mother. There was not only ridicule, but also disgust in his cold ink pupils. "Shut up when you've said enough."
"You, you, … what is this attitude!" Ding Rou was provoked by Jiang Pingyang's words, there was anger in her eyes, and finally tore off the hypocritical mother mask. "Is this the way to talk to your mother?"