Chapter 588 Re-mentioned
The next morning, Hu Mengdie came to visit as promised.

Li Xiuyu knew that Hu Mengdie had something to discuss, so he did not disturb her in the living room.

“What happened to Meng Ke?”

Li Zhuangsheng got up and poured Hu Mengdie a cup of warm water, adding a spoonful of honey as usual. This jar of honey was bought by Li Zhuangsheng during the summer vacation, when Hu Mengdie often came to visit.

“She…” Hu Mengdie took the cup and sighed, “Do you know her current grades?”

“I don’t know, but it shouldn’t be very good.” Li Zhuangsheng laughed dryly.

Hu Mengdie smiled bitterly, “Yes, it’s not good. She barely managed to enroll last year… I gave her extra lessons during the summer vacation, but her grades didn’t improve. In this monthly exam, she was still in the bottom 200 in the grade.”

Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head: “Ha, ha… No wonder she didn’t say she would come to my house to play during the holiday. She was probably afraid that I would ask her about her grades.”

“Hey…” Hu Mengdie lowered her head and drank a sip of water, hesitating, “Besides, how should I put it… her aversion to school has become more and more obvious recently, and no matter how much her father beats her, it’s useless…”

“I think beating and scolding can’t solve the problem.” Li Zhuangsheng couldn’t help but interrupt.

“Yeah, you’re right.” Hu Mengdie’s eyes showed a look of sorrow, “My father…he is a little impatient.”

“Haha…” Li Zhuangsheng laughed twice to apologize.

That’s not impatience, that’s simply feudal patriarchy, even though he seems to be the beneficiary.

Hu Mengdie saw the hesitation on Li Zhuangsheng’s face and knew what he was thinking. Hu Mengke’s matter was not originally in her plan, but she took advantage of it. Killing two birds with one stone.

“So you want me to persuade her to study hard?” Li Zhuangsheng hesitated. “To be honest, I think it’s useless for anyone to tell her about studying. Of course, you can bring her here and I’ll have a good chat with her first.”

If you can convince someone to study hard just by talking, it would be too easy. Although Li Zhuangsheng had persuaded Hu Mengke to get into No. 1 Middle School before, the difficulty of getting into No. 1 Middle School was not very high, and Hu Mengke did not have the aversion to studying at that time.

“Well, thank you so much.” Hu Mengdie clasped her hands together and said gratefully, “For this kind of thing, I don’t know who else to consult except you! It seems that only you can solve it!”

“You’re exaggerating.” Li Zhuangsheng grinned and laughed at himself. “I can only do my best. Mainly, I think I should listen carefully to Meng Ke’s own ideas.”

“Well, I’m afraid you’re the only one who can do it.” Hu Mengdie’s eyes showed approval and a little admiration, “I’ll leave Meng Ke’s matter to you.”

Li Zhuangsheng felt a little embarrassed when being looked at, thinking that you trust me too much. Although it felt kind of good to be trusted by a great beauty like Hu Mengdie.

“Meng Ke never told me about his studies.” Li Zhuangsheng laughed.

“She didn’t dare tell you. She said that if you knew, you would definitely urge her to study hard.” Hu Mengdie said with a smile.

“Ah, I am so old-fashioned in her eyes…”

“It should be maturity.” Hu Mengdie tilted her head and smiled, “Student Li Zhuangsheng, I like this about you.”

“Mature?” Li Zhuangsheng leaned back slightly and hummed with a little pride, “Well, after all, I have lived for such a long time. Time is not forgiving!”

Hu Mengdie burst out laughing: “Sometimes, I am a little childish.”

“Ah? Can you please respect the adults?” Li Zhuangsheng couldn’t help laughing, “I’m ten years older than you.”

“Okay, okay, then I will call you ‘Brother Zhuang Sheng’ from now on.” Hu Mengdie smiled.

Li Zhuangsheng’s ears softened, and he quickly said, “No, no, no, I was just kidding. We are the same age, please just call me by my name!”

Hu Mengdie covered her mouth and laughed, “Brother Zhuang Sheng, are you shy?”

“Stop making trouble, please let me go, please let me go!”

At noon, Li Zhuangsheng was preparing to cook and casually asked Hu Mengdie if she wanted to stay. Hu Mengdie volunteered to help.

Perhaps because he was used to Hu Mengdie’s presence, Li Zhuangsheng did not refuse.

“Lazy dog, look at others, then look at yourself.” Li Zhuangsheng looked at Li Xiuyu who was lying on the sofa playing with his phone. “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Li Xiuyu didn’t care and said lazily, “Millet is used to cook rice, and I don’t want to eat rice today.”

Hu Mengdie was helping Li Zhuangsheng in the kitchen, and the two chatted idly.

“Oh, by the way…what happened between you and Xie Jiangqing before?”

Li Zhuangsheng recalled that there was a time before when Xie Jiangqing came to him to complain about her estrangement from Hu Mengdie. Later, Li Zhuangsheng asked Hu Mengdie about it, and the two of them reconciled again… right?

“what?”

Hu Mengdie turned around and smiled. She gently shook off the water droplets on her hands after washing the rice and slightly tucked her hair with the back of her hand.

Li Zhuangsheng was slightly startled: “…Oh, I mean, you and Xie Jiangqing…I mentioned it to you before…”

“Oh – are you talking about that thing!” Hu Mengdie remembered something and turned around again.

“Yes, then it should be just a misunderstanding, right?”

Hu Mengdie was silent for a moment, wiped the pot, put it back into the rice cooker, and closed the lid.

“…It’s not a misunderstanding,” she said.

“what?”

“I was a little angry with her at that time,” said Hu Mengdie.

“Why are you mad at her?”

“Don’t tell you!”

“Eh?” Li Zhuangsheng blinked. “Is everything alright now?”

“I’m still a little angry, but I’ve made peace with myself.”

Li Zhuangsheng nodded, and couldn’t help but say, “But to be honest, Xie Jiangqing is not a bad person. You have always had a good relationship, and you will be best friends in the future. You should get along well with each other.”

Hu Mengdie smiled and said, “You know a lot about it. But that’s just because there are some things she doesn’t know.”

“Who?”

“Your ex-wife.”

“Uh…” Li Zhuangsheng looked a little embarrassed when he mentioned his ex-wife. “How could there be something you know but she doesn’t know?”

“You said history can be changed. Isn’t that normal?” Hu Mengdie puffed up her cheeks. “It’s like I’m helping you cook right now, and that bad woman has never cooked for you.”

“Haha… no no no, she’s not a bad woman!” Li Zhuangsheng shook his head quickly, “I’ve said it before, she will cook porridge for me. It’s not that she doesn’t cook, it’s just that there’s no need.”

“Just side with her!” Hu Mengdie stretched out her hand and tapped Li Zhuangsheng’s shoulder somewhat unhappily.

“I’m not on her side…” Li Zhuangsheng smiled awkwardly, “Besides, you two are the same person.”

“Hey, hey, hey, please stop slandering me!” Hu Mengdie puffed out her chest. “She is a bad woman who is unfaithful to her husband, and I am…”

Before he could finish his words, he choked.

Hu Mengdie’s voice suddenly stopped, and Li Zhuangsheng clenched his fist subconsciously. But Hu Mengdie seemed to have said something wrong, and after a moment of self-deprecation, she covered her mouth in confusion.

“…I’m sorry.” Li Zhuangsheng said softly.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay!” Hu Mengdie shook her head repeatedly, eyes wide open, “Don’t take it to heart, if you hadn’t told me I would have forgotten it!”

(End of this chapter)