Quick Wear: The heroine refuses to be in love

Chapter 828 Parents Who Don't Understand (3)

But soon, Du Lan regretted it. There was too much noodle in the bowl, and she couldn't eat it all. But she had already made up her mind, so she could only force herself to stuff it into her mouth.

Seeing that her husband's bowl was empty, she quickly said, "I'll give you half."

"No need, I'll have another one."

As he spoke, Xu Shouchang stood up and walked towards the window. He was a manual laborer with a large appetite and felt he could still eat two more bowls of rice.

Du Lan looked at the noodles in her bowl, hesitated, then looked at her son who was playing on his phone across from her and asked, "Would you like some more?"

Xu Ming thought his mother was concerned about whether he had eaten enough, so he immediately shook his head and said, "No need, I'm already full. Mom, you can eat by yourself!"

As he spoke, he looked down and started playing with his phone again.

Du Lan took a deep breath. Why isn't there a single smart one among them?

She looked up, about to say something, when she saw the waiter walking towards her. She immediately shut her mouth, stuffing large mouthfuls of noodles into her mouth, making smacking noises.

The waitress didn't even notice that a customer had arrived and that she needed to go and greet them.

It was half an hour later when we left the restaurant.

Du Lan felt extremely bloated and said, "Let's find a place to sit for a while."

"Okay." Xu Shoucheng had no objections.

The three of them sat down by the roadside, and the same question from before resurfaced.

"What do we do now?" This time, it was Xu Shoucheng who asked the question.

"Let's call the police. They should be able to help us contact my sister," Xu Ming suggested, revealing the solution he had previously thought of.

"Will it?" Xu Shoucheng asked uncertainly.

He doesn't know much about this.

"It should," Xu Ming said confidently.

Du Lan was in great pain. Clutching her stomach, she said to Xu Shoucheng, "You should call the police."

Xu Shoucheng nodded, and after mentally preparing himself, dialed the police.

Upon learning that they were looking for their daughter, the police kindly helped them make contact, but...

"The person you mentioned recently went to the next city. She asked me to tell you that she doesn't want to see you and that you should go back to where you came from," the police officer said truthfully.

In an instant, Xu Shouchang's face turned extremely ugly, and his teeth clenched so tightly they made a grinding sound:

"We came all this way to see her, but she wouldn't even see us and just told us to go back!"

"I've raised a thankless wretch!"

"Could you give us the phone so we can talk to her for a bit?" Du Lan pleaded.

"alright."

The police readily agreed and dialed Xu Jinhuan's number, but this time the phone was switched off.

"It's turned off..."

Du Lan's eyes instantly reddened, tears streamed down her face, and she sobbed:

"How could she treat us like this? Her father and I worked so hard to raise her and send her to university, and this is how she repays us..."

Noticing that someone was looking in their direction, Xu Ming felt a little embarrassed and tugged at his mother's clothes: "Mom, let's go out first."

"I'm not going out!" Du Lan shook off Xu Ming's hand. "I must see her today!"

She looked at the police officer in front of her, "Officer, please help us. We've come all this way, we can't just go back like this..."

The police officer felt some sympathy for them, but his professional ethics prevented him from disclosing citizens' privacy.

He sighed, "I have no choice. We can't give you her contact information and address without her consent."

He suggested, "How about... you find a mediator to mediate and talk things out about any conflicts?"

The three of them lingered at the police station for a while longer, but seeing that the police wouldn't say anything, they could only leave disappointed.

In the neighboring city, Xu Jinhuan is soaking in a hot spring.

On her second day in this world, she quit her job and transferred ownership of her house, preparing to wage a guerrilla war against Du Lan and his wife.

By the time we left the police station, it was almost dark.

Xu Ming glanced at his parents and, seeing that their expressions were still not good, stopped talking.

Whatever, do whatever you want.

"We've wasted our time raising this daughter. We should have given her away back then, so she wouldn't be causing us so much trouble now," Du Lan said with a face full of resentment.

Xu Shouchang was also very angry, and said bitterly, "Since she is so heartless, we will pretend we have no daughter from now on!"

"Why should we?" Du Lan protested. "We raised her with great difficulty, and even if we want to sever ties, she should give us a large sum of money as compensation."

Xu Shoucheng said with a wry smile, "She won't see us now, and she won't answer our calls. How are we supposed to ask her for money?"

When he doesn't want it?

Du Lan paused for a moment, then started crying again. Xu Ming stood anxiously to the side, wanting to offer some words of comfort, but unsure how.

He harbored a slight resentment towards his sister. Even if their parents had done something wrong, they shouldn't have acted like this!

Du Lan cried and cursed for nearly half an hour until her voice became hoarse before she finally stopped.

She looked around; it was a completely unfamiliar place. She asked Xu Shoucheng, "What do we do now? Should we take a car back?"

Xu Shoucheng shook his head: "Since we're already here, let's take a walk around before going back. If we just go back like this, wouldn't the fare be wasted?"

The round-trip transportation costs for the three of them amounted to a considerable sum.

"Should we go find a place to stay now?"

Du Lan said somewhat uncertainly that she had never lived outside before.

Xu Shouchang grunted in agreement and looked at his son beside him: "Don't you college students usually book hotels online? Why don't you book one for us?"

Xu Ming tripped and fell, then took out his phone to search for nearby hotels.

But this place seems to be quite bustling, and the prices are quite high, with the cheapest costing over two hundred.

Du Lan felt it wasn't worth it and frowned, saying, "Find a cheaper one."

"If you want to find something cheap, you have to take a bus, otherwise it's too far," Xu Ming said.

"Find one that's nearby and cheaper! Why can't you think outside the box?" Du Lan said, somewhat angrily.

Xu Ming took a deep breath and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "Okay, I'll look for it right away."

Xu Ming eventually found a hotel that cost a little over a hundred yuan. Du Lan still complained that it was too expensive, but there was no cheaper option available, so she had no choice but to accept it.

Upon arriving at the hotel, the receptionist noticed they had booked a room and reminded them, "This room only has one bed. If there are three of you..."

"It's okay, I'll sleep on the floor," Xu Shoucheng said nonchalantly.

He often slept on the floor while at work.

"Wouldn't it be a bit cold sleeping on the floor at this hour? What if you catch a cold?" The receptionist was a little worried. "How about we book another room?"

"Just book it when I tell you to. Why are you so talkative? You want us to book another room? Are you going to pay for it for us?" Du Lan said angrily.

The receptionist was startled and said somewhat angrily, "If you don't want to book, then don't. Why are you shouting like that?"

With a stern face, she handed the room key to the young man in front of her.

Du Lan was a little unhappy again: "What kind of attitude is this? I'm going to complain to your boss about you."

In her view, she was there to make a purchase, so the staff should treat her well and not give her a hard time.

"Then go ahead and file a complaint." The waiter pointed to the QR code in front of him. "This is our store's official WeChat account. You can scan it to file a complaint."

Anyway, she's already resigned, so let her complain if she wants.

Du Lan glared at the receptionist, took out her phone from her pocket, and started scanning a QR code to file a complaint.

Xu Ming, standing to the side, was utterly helpless. He finally understood why his sister didn't like going shopping with his mother.

After Du Lan finished complaining, the three of them went into the room.

Upon arriving at the room, Du Lan looked around, somewhat dissatisfied.

"This is too small."

Xu Shoucheng and Xu Ming had already sat down.

After a long day, they were quite tired.

Du Lan saw that there was free hot water and wanted to go in for a shower.

As she was almost finished washing, the thought of getting a bargain arose in her mind again. She felt that since she had paid so much for the room, she should get her money's worth.

Then this bath lasted a very long time.

When Du Lan woke up the next morning, she found that she had caught a cold and was just about to tell Xu Shoucheng, who was sitting next to her, that she had caught a cold.

Then I noticed that his voice was also very hoarse.

Xu Shouchang also caught a cold; he slept on the floor last night and got chilled.

Xu Ming thought to himself that his parents' behavior should be called "suffering great consequences for trying to gain small advantages".

"Shall we go out for a walk again?" Xu Ming asked.

"I'm not going out. I want to lie down for a while."

Du Lan feels very uncomfortable right now.

Xu Ming then asked, "Should we go buy some medicine?"

"No need, I can manage," Du Lan said, forcing herself to stay strong.

Xu Ming then looked at his father: "Dad, what about you? There should be a pharmacy nearby."

"No need, it's nothing. I just need to lie down for a bit. Go and boil some water for me."

Xu Shoucheng regretted coming.

Xu Ming could only boil water. He dared not disobey his parents, otherwise they would make a scene regardless of the occasion, and he would be the one who lost face.

After Xu Ming finished boiling water for the two of them, his stomach growled. He said, "I'd like to go downstairs for breakfast. Do you want some?"

"Bring me one," Xu Shoucheng said.

Xu Ming looked at his mother, "Mom, should I bring this for you?"

Du Lan shook her head; she had eaten too much yesterday and had no appetite at all.

"All right!"

Xu Ming went downstairs and bought breakfast for him and his father. When he wanted to buy water, he realized that he didn't have much money left in his card.

I receive a monthly allowance while at school, but I don't get that when I go home for holidays.

In the past, when he was short of money, he would ask his sister for it, and she would usually give it to him. Now...

Xu Ming tried to contact Xu Jinhuan again, but still couldn't reach him.

His resentment grew; his sister had gone too far.

On the other side, Xu Jinhuan was also having breakfast.

Unlike Xu Ming's simple breakfast, she ordered several local specialties for herself.

When the original owner first started working, Du Lan and Xu Shoucheng asked the original owner to hand over their salary, saying that they would keep it for the original owner.

However, knowing their character, the original owner insisted on keeping the money himself, and thus saved up some money.

In a few more days, she'll have to figure out how to make money.

The original owner used to work in e-commerce at a clothing company, so she could give it a try.

With that in mind, she instructed the system to collect information first.

The system had no objections; this was an easy task for it.

After finishing his meal, Xu Jinhuan carried his bag and went to visit nearby attractions.

Meanwhile, Du Lan was vomiting violently, even bringing up bile.

Xu Ming pinched his nose and helped her clean up. After he finished, he noticed how pale his mother's face was and became a little worried.

"Mom, how about I take you to the hospital to get it checked out?"

Du Lan waved her hand weakly: "No, hospitals are all scams to rip you off. Go buy me some cold medicine, I'll just take a little."

Xu Ming was somewhat helpless, but he still agreed. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered that he was out of money. He turned to his father and said, "Dad, can you transfer some money to me? I'm out of money."

Xu Shoucheng transferred one hundred to him.

After receiving the payment, Xu Ming went to the nearest pharmacy to buy the medicine.

Back at the hotel, I took out the medicine and gave it to his parents.

Du Lan took the medicine and lay down again.

They lay there until noon, when the waiter knocked on the door to ask if they wanted to extend their stay.

Xu Ming opened the door and said to the waiter:

"Wait a moment, I'll go ask my parents."

Xu Ming came to the room and asked Du Lan, "Mom, the hotel staff asked us if we want to extend our stay?"

Du Lan didn't want to continue, but she was really feeling terrible. She said weakly, "Continue! Let's stay one more day."

Xu Ming asked his father for money again to go downstairs to complete the formalities.

When he returned, he saw his mother vomiting again and couldn't help but worry: "Didn't she just take her medicine? Why is she still vomiting? Is the medicine not working?"

He turned to ask his dad what to do, only to find that his dad was already asleep, snoring loudly.

After his mother finished vomiting, he advised, "Mom, how about I take you to the hospital to get it checked out?"

Du Lan waved her hand: "No need, didn't you buy medicine? Go boil some water, I'll take it again, and I should be fine."

Having failed to achieve her goal and instead incurred considerable expenses, Du Lan was unwilling to spend any more money.

Xu Ming sighed and went to boil water.

While he was waiting for the water to boil, his mother's phone rang. He looked down and saw it was his aunt calling.

He held the phone up to his mother and asked, "Mom, it's Auntie calling. Should I answer it?"

"catch!"

As soon as Xu Ming answered the phone, he asked directly, "Auntie, what's up?"

“I heard you went to Huanhuan’s place. I’ve been free these past few days, so I was thinking of going to visit her,” Du Yan said.

Xu Ming frowned: "My sister isn't here. We're planning to go back."

Du Yan was taken aback, then said, "Go back what? We finally managed to get out of here, and Xixi and I are already on the train."

Chen tide is Du Yan's eldest daughter. She dropped out of junior high school and has stayed at home ever since.

Xu Ming looked at his mother.

Du Lan rinsed her mouth, took the phone, and said, "We can't stay here for more than a few days."

"Oh dear, Xixi and I are already in the car, we can't go back now, can we?"

"But……"

"No buts." Du Yan said, sounding a little unhappy. "Sister, are you not welcoming me?"

Upon hearing this, Du Lan became anxious and quickly explained, "Nothing of the sort, don't overthink it."

"Xixi and I will arrive at noon. You and your brother-in-law can pick us up at the station. That's all."

After saying that, Du Yan hung up the phone.

Du Lan put down her phone with a sigh and turned to Xu Ming beside her, saying, "You go pick up your aunt and Xixi then."