Song Keying, who should have been caught in a public opinion storm, was now smiling brightly as she held Gu Tianxi's mother Zeng Huizhen's arm and looked at Shen Modi with a defiant look in her eyes.
She was like a winner, full of pride.
Hearing Song Keying's shout, Zeng Huizhen also looked over.
When she saw Shen Modi, she frowned tightly and had an unhappy expression on her face, "Why are you in Haicheng? Did you know that Tianxi came to Haicheng, so you came here?"
Shen Modi looked at Zeng Huizhen indifferently and said calmly, "I've been in Haicheng for three years."
Zeng Huizhen's voice became sharp, and her tone was full of sarcasm, "So, are you saying that my Tianxi came to Haicheng because of you?"
"I broke up with Gu Tianxi three years ago. Where he goes has nothing to do with me." Shen Modi turned around and was about to go to another counter.
Just looking at Zeng Huizhen made her feel angry.
Seeing Shen Modi's indifferent attitude towards her, Zeng Huizhen reached out to grab Shen Modi's hand, "Explain yourself clearly."
Shen Modi quickly avoided her.
Zeng Huizhen became even sharper, "What do you mean? Am I a virus? Ah? Shen Modi, explain clearly. Have you been secretly in contact with Tianxi?"
Keying had hinted to her that Tianxi wasn't very willing to get close to her. At first, she thought it was because Keying wasn't proactive enough and didn't care about Tianxi enough.
Now it seemed that it was this vixen Shen Modi who had been secretly flirting with Tianxi.
Men, as long as there was a vixen flirting with them, they couldn't see the people right in front of them.
She had been wondering why Tianxi wanted to transfer the Gu family's business to Haicheng. So it was because this vixen was here.
"I haven't been in contact with Gu Tianxi, not in the past, not now, and never will in the future." Shen Modi's tone wasn't pleasant when she mentioned Gu Tianxi.
This unpleasant tone seemed to have touched Zeng Huizhen's nerve, and she said angrily, "Shen Modi, who do you think you are? What, is my Tianxi not good enough for you?"
"What's going on? Ah? What are you doing?" Meng Qiulan had just answered a phone call when she saw Shen Modi being surrounded by two women. She quickly rushed over.
As soon as she rushed over, she heard an older woman bullying her daughter-in-law.
She smiled and said some unkind words, "Madam, you're quite self-aware. My little Modi is indeed not someone that just anyone can deserve. People like Tianxi definitely don't measure up."
"You!" Zeng Huizhen was so angry that she was speechless and glared at Meng Qiulan.
Seeing Meng Qiulan's elegant and noble temperament all over her, Zeng Huizhen's face looked even worse. She tightened her mink coat and asked impolitely, "Who are you?"
Judging by her demeanor, she should also be the wife of a wealthy family. But no matter how wealthy she was, could she be richer than the Gu family?
The Gu family was now the top wealthy family in Meicheng. The market value of the Gu Group, even in Haicheng, was among the top five.
Since Tianxi had expanded the business to Haicheng, he had already become familiar with the heads of many wealthy families. Who wouldn't give him face?
"I'm Meng Qiulan, and I don't change my name whether I'm walking or sitting." Meng Qiulan introduced herself generously.
Zeng Huizhen thought for a moment. She hadn't heard of Meng Qiulan.
She looked at Song Keying again.
Song Keying also shook her head, indicating that she didn't know her either.
Zeng Huizhen felt relieved.
She had specifically told Song Keying that when they came to Haicheng, the first thing was to inquire about the wives of various wealthy families.
Yesterday, she had asked Song Keying. Song Keying said that Tianxi had taken her to a banquet and that she had gotten to know almost all the wealthy wives who attended the banquet.
Since this woman wasn't at that banquet, she definitely wasn't the wife of a big wealthy family. So what was there to be afraid of?
She raised her chin and said, "Never heard of you."
Meng Qiulan wasn't angry either. She took Shen Modi's hand and said, "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me. Let me formally introduce her. This is my daughter-in-law Shen Modi. I don't care what grudges or disputes you had in the past. Those are all things of the past. I couldn't control what happened before, but from now on, if anyone bullies my daughter-in-law, I won't stand for it. If anyone scolds my daughter-in-law, I'll retort twice. If anyone slaps my daughter-in-law, I'll slap back twice. I'm putting my words here today. You'd better take them to heart. Don't think that my daughter-in-law has no one to protect her. Xiao Di, let's go."
Meng Qiulan pulled Shen Modi and left.
Shen Modi was so touched that her nose and eyes felt swollen.
She hadn't expected that Mingze's mom would protect her like this.
She had always thought that when she was asked to come, she was going to be shown around the luxury goods and then be told that they were from different classes and that she didn't deserve it at all.
Unexpectedly, when she said shopping, she really meant taking her shopping.
Meng Qiulan didn't know what was on Shen Modi's mind. She just thought that Shen Modi was unhappy because she had been bullied.
She patted the back of Shen Modi's hand and said, "Child, you had a hard life before and had no one to support you. It was right for you to be a bit weak in character. But from now on, you don't have to be weak anymore. When you encounter unfair things, you can fight back, hit back. Whatever happens, Mingze will take care of you, Mom will take care of you, and the Huo family will take care of you."
"Thank you, Mom." Shen Modi was shocked that she could call out "Mom" so easily.
In fact, she hadn't called this title for many, many years.
When her younger brother was two years old, her adoptive mother Liao Qinghe ran away with the house purchase money.
Since then, she, her younger brother, and her father had depended on each other.
The title "Mom" had become very strange to her.
But now that she called it out, it felt quite natural.
"Silly child, be a bit tougher from now on. Come on, Mom will buy you a bag." Meng Qiulan took Shen Modi to buy a bag.
Shen Modi didn't want it.
Meng Qiulan insisted, "In the future, you have to get used to this kind of life. Money is called wealth, and wealth needs to flow. Once it flows, we'll become richer and richer. Also, men earn money for their wives to spend. The more they spend on their wives, the more prosperous the family business will be."
When she said this, Meng Qiulan suddenly felt a bit sad.
She and Mingze's father had a deep and affectionate relationship all their lives.
Mingze's father loved and cared for her. Even when she was fifty years old, he still treated her like a little girl.
Unfortunately, he worked too hard, didn't listen to her advice, didn't take good care of his body, and passed away suddenly due to a heart attack.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Shen Modi also sensed that Meng Qiulan's mood was a bit off.
Meng Qiulan quickly pulled herself together, sighed softly, and said, "It's nothing. Xiao Di, Mom doesn't have much to hope for. I just hope that you and Mingze will be good to each other, that you'll love each other as husband and wife, enjoy life, do everything in moderation, don't work too hard, and take good care of your bodies."
"Okay, we will." Shen Modi said.
"Okay." Meng Qiulan replied. Then she pointed to a bag on the shelf and said, "I'll take a look at this bag."
She had already picked out two bags for Shen Modi and put them on the counter.
"I want this bag. Wrap it up." Zeng Huizhen came over with Song Keying and said arrogantly.
The salesperson was in a difficult position, "Madam, this bag was first looked at by this lady."