Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Chapter 387 Human Teaching Cannot Be Taught

His dad said there was no money left to divide.

But his brother gave the money for the banquet to his older brother, not his father!

So when Shen Pengfei returned that evening, Shen Tingyu actually asked him about it.

After hearing this, Shen Pengfei only looked up at him and asked, "Did your wife send you?"

Shen Tingyu shook his head. "No, I came by myself."

"...That's right, I was thinking that since Ruoruo and I are living alone now, we need to spend money..."

When Shen Tingyu finished speaking, Shen Pengfei raised his hand to stop him from saying anything more.

Looking at his youngest son, Secretary Shen couldn't help but feel disappointed.

“You’re right, your brother’s was given to your brother, so yours should be given to you too.”

“You are now part of a different family, and you have your own considerations and ideas.”

“However…” Shen Pengfei stared at his second son for a long time, then smiled and said, “You are my son, and there are things I still want to tell you.”

“Perhaps in your eyes, I, as your father, am biased, and perhaps you also feel that I favor your older brother more…” Shen Pengfei paused for a moment before saying, “Perhaps, after all, it’s impossible to be impartial.”

"But I still want to say that I'm not confused. I'm not so confused that I would differentiate between my two sons. I gave your eldest brother the money for the banquet that very night. One reason is that your eldest brother is steady and reliable, and the other is that your sister-in-law is a good girl."

"I didn't give you what you wanted, so I won't say anything to criticize you. You wouldn't be happy if I did, and you wouldn't listen to what I said anyway."

"So I only have one thing to say: not giving it to you is my way of leaving you a way out for your future as your father."

"But since you've asked for it, I can't refuse you."

"So that you won't accuse me of favoritism again."

Shen Pengfei said this with a smile, but Shen Tingyu could detect a hint of bitterness in his father's smile.

Seeing this bitterness, Shen Tingyu panicked a little and quickly said, "I didn't say I had to have it now. Why don't you keep the money?"

Shen Pengfei ignored him and instead asked Chen Ying to give him the money.

Chen Ying sighed, took out the money and gave it to him, "Take it all to her, you..."

Shen Pengfei stopped her from continuing.

But he told Shen Tingyu, "Your money is definitely different from your elder brother's because the number of people attending the banquet is different, so don't come back to compare the amounts with me."

"Take a look!"

Looking at the handbag, Shen Tingyu understood that his father hadn't intended to keep the money for the banquet; perhaps he just harbored resentment towards Ruoruo and that's why he hadn't given it to him immediately.

Shen Tingyu felt embarrassed. He opened his handbag and said, "Why don't you and Mom keep half of it? This is a bit too much."

Shen Pengfei just smiled and said, "Your mother and I are going to sleep."

Shen Tingyu glanced at his handbag, then at his parents, and could only awkwardly leave the room.

After he left, Chen Ying said, "Why did you give it all to him?"

"What if they can't get along in the future..."

Shen Pengfei lit a cigarette. "People can't teach you everything, but you can learn something in one go."

"If things don't work out, consider it a lesson for him!"

"Never mind all that, go to sleep!"

Shen Tingyu returned carrying a bag. Jiang Ruoruo saw him, but because he had been gone for so long, her tone was not very pleasant: "Where have you been again?"

Shen Tingyu loosened his grip on the handbag and lifted it up a bit. "I'm going to my parents' place."

Jiang Ruoruo stared at the bag in his hand.

Shen Tingyu quickly said, "Dad gave me all the money for our wedding banquet gifts."

He opened the bag and showed it to Jiang Ruoruo.

It was full of money, at least several hundred, I don't know how much more, I'd have to count it.

Jiang Ruoruo was indeed in a much better mood.

"How many?" Jiang Ruoruo asked.

Shen Tingyu shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't even counted them yet!"

Jiang Ruoruo reached out and took it, then began to count.

As she counted, Jiang Ruoruo suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did your older brother and the others take it too?"

Shen Tingyu thought for a moment and shook his head. "I don't know. My dad makes all the decisions."

Jiang Ruoruo pouted, but seeing so much money in front of her, she didn't say anything more.

Finally, after counting the money, it turned out to be a little over nine hundred.

Although it still couldn't compare to Gu Shuhe's dowry, with a bride price of over 600, a dowry of over 600, plus this 900, the young couple's life could be said to surpass that of most people in this era, so Jiang Ruoruo was happy.

"Put the money away carefully," Jiang Ruoruo said to Shen Tingyu. "We'll save this money later, and we'll definitely be able to live a good life in the future."

Shen Tingyu nodded with a smile.

The two then consummated their marriage that very night.

The next day was the Lantern Festival, which is quite an important festival for Chinese people. So Gu Shuhe asked Shen Tingci early in the morning, "Are we having dinner with Mom and Dad tonight?"

Shen Tingci said, "Let me ask!"

As he spoke, he began to put on his clothes. The scars on his shoulders were a dense, layered mess of new and old wounds.

When Shen Tingci ran into Chen Ying in the courtyard, he asked her, "Shuhe said it's the Lantern Festival tonight, and she'd like you all to come over for dinner."

Chen Ying paused for a moment, then slapped her forehead. "My brain is all foggy, I forgot everything. Today is the Lantern Festival. How about this, I'll cook a few extra dishes in advance, and we can eat together in the main room."

"Yeah, that's okay!"

Chen Ying then told Shen Pengfei about this.

Shen Pengfei said, "Go and tell Tingyu as well, and ask him if he wants to go together tonight."

"Okay, I'll go ask."

Chen Ying quickly found Shen Tingyu brushing his teeth and asked him, "It's the Lantern Festival tonight. I'm cooking, and we'll all eat together in the main room. Your dad asked me to ask you if you two would like to come and eat with us?"

Shen Tingyu nodded subconsciously, then rinsed his mouth and said, "Let me ask Ruoruo!"

Although Chen Ying sighed, she said nothing more.

She didn't have the energy to argue and make a scene every day. "Go ask them, and let me know when you find out."

Shen Tingyu went inside and told Jiang Ruoruo that it was the Lantern Festival that night, and his parents wanted them to have dinner together.

Jiang Ruoruo pouted, "Fine!"

Where should we eat?

"The main room!"

Jiang Ruoruo pouted again and said, "Okay!"

When it came time to cook dinner, Chen Ying chose to cook in Gu Shuhe's kitchen. Although Jiang Ruoruo still pouted, she didn't say anything.

She pouted because she felt that Chen Ying still favored Gu Shuhe; otherwise, she would have used Gu Shuhe's kitchen instead of hers.

She remained silent because she didn't want Chen Ying to use her kitchen.

She doesn't care if she's in the kitchen; she just pretends not to see it.

Unlike Gu Shuhe, who also had to do chores.

Gu Shuhe helped Chen Ying set up a family reunion dinner and then arranged the bowls and chopsticks.

Shen Tingyu called Jiang Ruoruo again before she came to eat.

The dinner was eaten in a rather quiet manner.

As if by unspoken agreement, everyone ate in silence, rarely speaking.

Shen Tingci, on the other hand, served Gu Shuhe food several times.

Gu Shuhe looked at Shen Tingci shyly and whispered thank you.

Jiang Ruoruo also curled her lip, secretly cursing Gu Shuhe's shameless behavior.

Of course, she only dared to curse these words in her heart.

After finishing dinner and returning to her room, Gu Shuhe immediately let out a long sigh of relief. She propped herself up on the bed with both hands, sat up, and whispered, "I didn't dare to talk much while eating. I was really afraid of saying something wrong."

Shen Tingci looked at her with a mixture of heartache and doting affection. "What are you afraid of?"

"She wouldn't dare eat you."

"If I eat her food, she definitely can't eat me, but what if she gets upset and argues with me? That would be so awkward!"