CHAPTER 532: CHAPTER 527: WHEN TWO MEN MEET

Liu Fengsheng heard this and explained with a smile, "My mom loves eating crabs, and we eat a lot at home, but mostly it’s my mom who does it. I help her out, cleaning the crabs is fine, but I can’t handle cooking them."

Fang Pingying glanced at Liu Fengsheng, it seemed that since she met him, besides work, the things he talked about the most in front of her were about Tingting and his mother.

And every time he mentioned them, his face showed a deep, unchanging warmth.

Fang Pingying teasingly said, "It seems that our Brother Liu is also a filial child."

"As children, it’s only right that we are filial to our parents; our parents didn’t have it easy raising us," Liu Fengsheng said. At these words, Fang Pingying’s smile paused for a moment. Luo Zhiyong seemed to have said something similar to her before, and back then, she very much agreed with it. However, she didn’t realize that being too filial could also be problematic.

Noticing something off in Fang Pingying’s expression, recalling the issues at her house, Liu Fengsheng added, "But being filial comes in many forms. One shouldn’t blindly obey their parents, mindless filial piety isn’t right either. Otherwise, it might harm not only one’s own family but also the parents. I believe everything should have its limits."

Upon hearing this, Fang Pingying’s lips twitched, and she didn’t speak further, feeling that Liu Fengsheng’s words were pointed, specifically intended for her, regarding Luo Zhiyong.

In fact, these latter words were indeed directed at Luo Zhiyong.

Recently, quite a lot had happened in Fang Pingying’s family. Now, as they worked together, sometimes through Zeng Weiguo and Juzi, Liu Fengsheng also learned some things about the Luo Family. Frankly speaking, he felt sympathy for Fang Pingying.

Such a woman, in his eyes, was indeed near perfect. A strong woman outside, a good wife and mother at home, yet Luo Zhiyong had not cherished her, causing so many troubles, and in the end, they even divorced due to those messy family issues.

Now, she alone had to handle everything at home and at work, which made it hard not to feel sympathy for her.

However, the moment he learned they had divorced, Liu Fengsheng felt a bit complicated inside.

Ever since he first saw Fang Pingying in the town’s supply and sales cooperative, during the time she was arguing with someone, he felt she was extraordinary. After getting to know her, he found himself increasingly admiring her.

Especially after knowing the significant developments she had made in the provincial city in such a short time, he thought of her as almost godlike.

Later, when buying a house, he initially didn’t plan to buy it here. However, after learning that Fang Pingying lived downstairs, he suddenly changed his mind and decided to buy that house on impulse.

At that time, buying the house was a spur-of-the-moment decision driven by the impulse to know this godlike woman better, understand what skills she had to have achieved so much in the provincial city.

Moreover, he indeed needed a house then, so he settled on this one.

But what he didn’t expect was that as they got to know each other better, he began to develop feelings for Fang Pingying. He couldn’t help wanting to get closer, care, and understand her.

However, he also knew she was a married woman and had a good relationship with her husband. He had never thought of disrupting that, feeling it was nice just living upstairs and downstairs, occasionally seeing her.

After all, at their age, they had passed the phase where love means life and death; they considered more things than when they were younger.

No matter how intense his feelings were, he would never become the third party, would never destroy their marriage. It was enough for him if he could help her when she needed help, and speak a few words to comfort her when she needed it.

But what he hadn’t expected was that Pingying and Luo Zhiyong really got divorced.

Thus, he felt a bit more hopeful inside.

Liu Fengsheng was an honest and upright person, and his words were indeed about Luo Zhiyong, so he straightforwardly said, "Like Zhiyong’s parents, many times Zhiyong didn’t need to be so accommodating. If he hadn’t always indulged them, perhaps your marriage wouldn’t have come to this."

"He..."

At this moment, in Fang Pingying’s eyes, if she really compared Liu Fengsheng and Luo Zhiyong, she still felt closer to Luo Zhiyong. Regardless of anything, he was still the father of her two children. Even if Luo Zhiyong had these faults, she wouldn’t discuss them with others behind his back.

Thus, originally, Fang Pingying was prepared to refute Liu Fengsheng, but coincidentally, she didn’t finish her words when there came a knock at the door. Seeing Luo Honglan wasn’t in the living area, and Tingting was just playing with the two little ones and hadn’t noticed anything, she moved through the kitchen intending to cross Liu Fengsheng to answer the door.

Feeling it was a hassle, Liu Fengsheng said, "I’ll get it."

When Liu Fengsheng opened the door and saw the person outside, he was slightly stunned.

Speaking of the devil, and he shall appear. The person outside was indeed Luo Zhiyong, dressed in military attire and looking a bit tired.

Standing outside, Luo Zhiyong was surprised for a good while upon seeing Liu Fengsheng inside. Especially seeing Liu Fengsheng wearing an apron that he used to wear frequently, it seemed not like a visitor but rather like the owner, which made Luo Zhiyong rather uncomfortable.

Both men were taken aback by each other’s presence, thus they didn’t speak for a while at the door.

In the kitchen, Fang Pingying, seeing no activity at the door for a long time, held a spatula in one hand as she peeked towards the door, smiling and asking, "Who is it?"

Liu Fengsheng came to his senses, stepped back to let Luo Zhiyong come in, while still smiling to Fang Pingying, "Oh Pingying, it’s Zhiyong who’s come over."

Hearing this, Fang Pingying’s hand holding the spatula trembled slightly. She hadn’t expected him to really come.

After a moment of silence, Fang Pingying put down the spatula in the kitchen and went to the living room, greeted Luo Zhiyong, "You’re here. Good timing. Yaoyao and Ruirui were just clamoring to see you."

Luo Zhiyong glanced at Ruirui and Yaoyao playing happily and didn’t immediately go over.

His gaze lingered for a long time on Fang Pingying’s face, and when everyone felt awkward, he finally spoke, "Have you had dinner?"

"No, was just about to cook," Fang Pingying shook her head, pointed to the kitchen stuff, and then asked casually, "What about you? Have you eaten? Maybe you can go play with Ruirui and Yaoyao."

Fang Pingying only asked casually, knowing the regimental canteen had fixed meal times every day, so Luo Zhiyong should have already eaten at this time.