Once Upon A One Night Stand novel Chapter 154

Li Han sighed helplessly. "I know you're conventional and can't accept a woman who was married before as your granddaughter-in-law, but Shu Tian is definitely not the kind of woman you think she is. She's very simple and kind. She displays no misbehaviors, nor is she frivolous..."

"All right, all right. You're just love-struck and believe that she is perfect." Old Master Li stopped him with a wave of the hand.

Li Han shook his head and did not continue talking. His grandparents rarely visited him, so he did not want to upset them. What's more, a few very brief words wouldn't be able to change their constant prejudice against Shu Tian.

Half an hour later, Shu Tian came in with the ingredients. She had bought carrots, mutton, and some fresh fruits and vegetables. Li Han came up and wanted to help her, but she refused. "Don't. Your grandparents will be unhappy when they see that."

Shu Tian made her way to the kitchen and put the ingredients on the clean counter. The old lady had just kneaded the dough. She checked what Shu Tian had bought, and pointed to the refrigerator. "There's no pepper at home. Did you buy it?"

Pepper?

Shu Tian didn't remember having been asked to buy that.

Seeing her confused expression, the old lady knew what her answer would be. "You didn't buy it."

"I thought you wouldn't need it, so I didn't..." Shu Tian corrected herself in a hurry, "I'll go buy it now. Is there anything else you need?"

"Just buy this. As for other things needed, we'll talk about that later."

Later...

Shu Tian had no choice but to turn back. She walked out of the villa, headed towards the car with the lights still on in the distance languidly, and told the driver, "Go to the supermarket again."

The driver, Liu, was puzzled. "Miss Shu, are you going to the supermarket again?"

It hadn't been ten minutes since she got out of the car.

Shu Tian nodded. "Yes."

"Okay."

The car started. Shu Tian looked out the window, a little aggrieved. The old lady did not forget to let her buy pepper. She was doing that on purpose to secure a leading position over Shu Tian.

If Li Han hadn't rushed home just now, she would have been subjected to more scathing censure. Now that Li Han was at home, they couldn't play hardball barefacedly.

Shu Tian leaned her head against the window and felt very tired as if she was carrying a great burden. In the face of the elders' criticism, she had no other way but to behave herself. After all, she was notorious for her past and all those rumors. It was really difficult to mend her reputation.

Understandably, if she were Li Han's grandparent, she might forbid him to be with a woman like herself too. But the more she thought about it that way, the more bushed she felt.

She went to and fro just for a packet of ground pepper. When she got home, the stuffing for dumplings had been concocted.

The old lady saw her coming back and said, "Why did you come back so late? I'm already done. Put it aside."

Shu Tian held the pepper in her hand and stood still.

The old lady stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Shu Tian. "What's wrong?"

"Have you ever considered what people would say about Han? Maybe as Han has said, you're not a bad woman. But in the eyes of us elders, you have married before anyway. What will others think about that?"

Shu Tian didn't know what to say.

The two of them stood still, and the atmosphere became very heavy. The old lady sighed, "Okay, you can go out."

After saying that, she turned around, went to the counter, never looked at Shu Tian again.

Shu Tian wiped her hands and trudged out of the kitchen. As she went upstairs, she bumped into Li Han. He was coming down from the study. The two of them looked at each other. Before she could speak, her eyes were already red-rimmed.

Because of what happened in the bar before, the two of them had been in a cold war. They lived together but barely spoke to each other. They were both sulking and pretending to be indifferent. If it weren't for the two seniors from the Li family, Li Han wouldn't even have come back today.

At this moment, looking at the sadness and forbearance in her eyes, Li Han ate his heart out.

Seeing that Shu Tian was about to cry, the man threw his arms around her and hugged her tight. He petted and smoothed her hair with his big hand and comforted her gently, "Don't cry."

As he said it, she wept uncontrollably. Old Master Li was still downstairs in the living room, so Shu Tian had to muffle the sound of her sobbing. She felt so wronged that she bit the front of Li Han's clothes.

The heat of her tears burned through the clothes and corroded him like strong acid. Li Han carried her into the bedroom and closed the door. The woman in his arms finally wept aloud.

After days of alienation, the two bodies pressed hard against each other now. It was enough to incite their emotions, no words required. Shu Tian cried for such a long time that her eyes were puffy and she could not see clearly. Finally, she calmed down.

Li Han took a step back and wiped away the tears on her face. His tone was soft as if he was coaxing a child. "Tian, it's all my fault. Don't cry."