Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 839 - 756: Jealousy

"Oh my God! How could you think that way?" Li Si immediately understood the deeper meaning behind Ouyang Yan’s words, and a surge of anger rose up in her heart, feeling that Ouyang Yan was simply unreasonable.

She thought, she hadn’t provoked Mrs. Leng recently, so why was she still treating her like that?

So this was the root of the problem!

But how could she think of herself with Jin Jiachao... she really dared to imagine that!

Ouyang Yan awkwardly waved her hand: "I didn’t think about you like that. I was just a bit jealous seeing old Jin being so nice to you! Later, because you and your father had a couple of arguments, that’s why...

Since there’s a misunderstanding, I’ll speak openly about it!

Actually, Li Si, after all this time in the household, you should have seen, I’m not a malicious mother-in-law. Except for some foolish things I did before which hurt you, I’ve always been more or less conscientious, right?"

Li Si still found it hard to accept: "Yes! But I really didn’t expect you to be so jealous because of this! That’s Xiao Ning’s father-in-law, a senior I respect!"

Even if Mrs. Leng didn’t think it was that bad, what’s there to be jealous about just because Jin Jiachao treats her well?

Mrs. Leng looked sincere: "I know! I don’t mind if you laugh at me when I say this! Everyone has their own selfishness! Li Si, you’re a mother now, you should know a mother’s love is selfish.

From when Xiao Ning and Yichen got together, to their engagement later, don’t you admit that both father and son were very good to you? And sometimes that old Jin even treats you better than Leng Ning! That’s why I was a bit jealous!

It hasn’t reached such a despicable level where I’d think about you two doing anything! I can say this with a clear conscience!"

No matter how sincere Ouyang Yan was, Li Si still couldn’t understand her way of thinking. Would she really feel uncomfortable if Jin Jiachao treated her better than he treated Leng Ning?

"I admit Mr. Jin treats me well, but does that really make you so angry? Your sarcastic comments recently really troubled me!"

Mrs. Leng moved closer to Li Si and held her hand, with a sigh: "Li Si! Mom apologizes to you! I don’t know what’s wrong with me! It’s just waves of feelings, menopause should be over by now! Don’t worry, I won’t do this again in the future!

If I have any thoughts in my mind, I’ll just tell you directly, okay? Actually, when you think about it, our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is much more harmonious than others!

And your relationship with Xiao Ning is like real sisters! I’m aware of all this! In the future, I’ll treat you like my own daughter, is that okay?"

In the days after they left, both the old master and Leng Qiankai lectured her, saying her words and actions were too unfair to Li Si.

Knowing how Li Si’s family situation was, but still making all those insinuating comments—how hurtful they are.

Leng Qiankai even urged her to reflect deeply, ever since Li Si joined the family, what had she done? To put herself in their shoes, if it was their own family who acted this way, would she still welcome them with a smile?

Later, Ouyang Yan also thought a lot, ever since Li Si joined the family, too many things had happened. Initially, she was foolish enough to allow the child that Qian Rouxuan, that vile woman, had with Leng Mohao into the house, and later she made many mistakes. If those things happened to herself, maybe she wouldn’t have bothered with them anymore.

But Li Si handled it well and was generous, not bickering with them, and from Xiao Ning, she learned about Li Si’s charity work with her father-in-law, which made her feel even more guilty.

Li Si glanced at Mrs. Leng’s pampered hand holding hers, honestly, she hadn’t felt too hurt by Mrs. Leng’s sarcastic remarks before, as it was a superficial mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, only finding it unreasonable and annoying.

If this person were really her mother-in-law, she would have felt extremely uncomfortable inside.

Thankfully, she’s not!

Since Ouyang Yan put it this way, Li Si decided to not dwell on it anymore: "Okay..."

The two of them opened up and the relationship became much more harmonious.

Mrs. Leng was initially curious about Li Si and old Jin’s charitable activities, but considering their relationship had just eased, she didn’t dare to ask, deciding to wait for a better opportunity.

The same went for Li Si. She didn’t expect Leng Ning to disclose this matter to Mrs. Leng. She hadn’t intended to hide it for long, just waiting for the right opportunity, but since Ouyang Yan didn’t inquire, she didn’t mention it either.

As lunchtime approached, Ouyang Yan suggested that instead of eating at home, they should take the kids and eat at the clubhouse outside the villa neighborhood.

Li Si thought about it and agreed since Leng Mochen wouldn’t be home for lunch anyway, they could eat anywhere. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The restaurant outside the villa neighborhood was luxuriously decorated because it was where wealthy people lived.

Just as Li Si and Ouyang Yan got out of the car with Buding, they saw many luxury cars parked at the entrance of the clubhouse.

It seemed there were quite a lot of people there for lunch.

With Jiang Tong and others escorting them, they went in to dine, unexpectedly running into Qiao An’s mother and Mo Mo at the entrance.

Mrs. Qiao was beaming with pride, politely greeting them: "What a coincidence?"

Ouyang Yan and Li Si responded lightly: "Yes, indeed!"

They lived in the same villa neighborhood, so meeting each other here wasn’t unusual.

But Mrs. Qiao’s smug smile was a bit irritating, and neither Li Si nor Ouyang Yan wanted to engage in much conversation, intending to pass her by.

However, Mrs. Qiao was in a chatty mood, her gaze swept over Buding in Ouyang Yan’s arms and she remarked with a smile, "You know, Buding is about the same age as my Mo Mo, even though he’s a boy, he’s really grown up well!"

Buding glanced at Mo Mo and Mrs. Qiao, then turned away with a cool demeanor, making Li Si secretly stifle a laugh.

Clearly, Buding, when compared to Peanut, had no great advantage in stature, but compared to Mo Mo, who was much shorter, he seemed quite grown.

Ouyang Yan glanced at the quietly blinking Mo Mo and smiled too, "Yes! These kids grow up fast! Your little princess is truly beautiful!"

Both she and Li Si were fully aware of the situation with the Qiao Family, living in the same neighborhood, and didn’t want to embarrass her, so they responded courteously.

Mrs. Qiao patted Mo Mo’s head, who was still staring at Buding, and nodded with a smile, a probing look in her eyes: "Yeah, she’s alright! When my son had his wedding, I saw you two were there. Are you related to the Zheng Family?"

Even though Li Si and Zhang Shan had a grudge now, she still found Mrs. Qiao’s mother hard to deal with, so she didn’t respond to her.

Instead, Ouyang Yan replied flatly: "We’re all in the same circle and have known each other for many years!"

Mrs. Qiao’s expression shifted slightly, her smile brightened even more: "I see, I was wondering why I saw you there that day! Though I’m sorry, the wedding was so hectic that I didn’t get a chance to greet you properly!"

Mrs. Leng stayed indifferent, "No worries! We only found out your son was the groom when we got there! You see, carrying this child makes my arm tired, so we’ll head to the private room first and talk another time!"