Chapter 592: Chapter 69: Mother-in-Law Reception, Father-in-Law Overnight Stay Chapter 592: Chapter 69: Mother-in-Law Reception, Father-in-Law Overnight Stay Yan Yu and Chen Lingyun took a flight to Hongqiao Airport.
The reason they didn’t use Sword Flight was simply because the population in Jianghai Prefecture was too dense. Your sword light flashing by in the morning would land you on the trending searches by the afternoon… Chen Lingyun wasn’t the type who relished in drawing attention to herself, unlike a Demonic Sect Enchantress who might want the entire prefecture’s population to greet her.
On the way, Chen Lingyun first played with her iPad for a while and then got a bit sleepy (it was after all nap ti), so she leaned her head on Yan Yu’s shoulder and fell asleep.
Yan Yu didn’t understand why—when the first-class cabin seats could recline into beds—she insisted on sleeping next to him; however, in his previous life, this woman had a similar habit. Her reason was, “boyfriends and girlfriends should always stick together,” so he adjusted her seat for her, covered her with a blanket, then sat down in her seat.
He had had enough clinging in his past life! In this life, he preferred peace and quiet—do not disturb.
After the plane began its descent, Chen Lingyun woke up, but she didn’t comnt on Yan Yu’s actions and simply carried on playing with her iPad as if nothing happened.
The two of them later arrived at the airport where the driver was already waiting, and took them in the car.
Chen Lingyun’s family lived in a villa in the mountains. As per the unwritten rules, the Governor should reside in a governnt housing district with special security, but Mrs. Chen was used to being attended by a crowd and liked a grand display of servants. Living in a complex would an their neighbors, who were officials’ families, would see her dostic staff hustling and bustling every day… That was sowhat intolerable for Chen Tianming.
From a low-profile perspective, of course, it was more suitable to live in a large villa without neighbors.
Yan Yu had also visited the Chen Family a few tis in his past life, later feeling uncomfortable and not visiting much. He heard that his father-in-law often used the excuse of “overti work” to sleep in the governor’s mansion, which showed that aside from Chen Lingyun, not many could tolerate living with Mrs. Chen.
The car stopped at the villa’s entrance. As they got out, Chen Lingyun casually took Yan Yu’s arm, looking every bit the sweet bride bringing her husband ho to her parents.
“Don’t hold on so tight,” Yan Yu secretly transmitted his voice, “your rib is digging into .”
“You’re so touchy!” Chen Lingyun retorted angrily, “Don’t joke around!”
An auntie was standing at the door. She saw them coming from a distance, imdiately turned around, and opened the door, calling out:
“Miss, the guests have arrived!”
Yan Yu saw the auntie opening the door for them and quietly sighed to himself.
Mrs. Chen had a plethora of servant aunts, each bound by nurous rules. For example, for visiting guests there should be at least four aunts:
The first is responsible for “greeting” at the door, standing at the entrance to open the door for the guests and announce their arrival, showing the importance of the visit;
The second is responsible for “boot removal,” helping the guests take off their shoes and change into house slippers, then taking their shoes for disinfection and scenting. Even if a guest has slly feet, when it’s ti to leave, their shoes are returned odorless.
The third is responsible for “carrying the basin,” bringing a basin to the foyer with appropriately warm water for the guest to wash their hands and sanitize.
The fourth handles “face cleaning,” holding a freshly unpacked clean towel, wetting it in the basin, wringing it out, and then handing it to the guest for face wiping. If the guest brings a child, this aunt would also help wipe the child’s face.
If it is a cold late autumn or winter day, there would also be a fifth aunt present, responsible for helping the guests take off their heavy coats.
This whole process is called “cleansing the road dust.”
Why so cumberso? According to Mrs. Chen, these rituals were passed down from her husband’s ancestors, tracing back to the middle of the Ming Dynasty. His ancestors moved from Jinling to settle down in Jiang Hai, and generation after generation, they were the biggest landlords locally, hence the emphasis on nurous customs and rituals.
However, Yan Yu cynically speculated that Mrs. Chen’s father had just started to beco wealthy from business in his generation, and the generations before were said to be poor textile workers… Perhaps Mrs. Chen, subconsciously feeling her family background couldn’t compare to Chen Tianming’s, insisted on all these elaborate rules to appear “cultured.”
As the saying goes, “you pursue what you lack,” and indeed Old Taishan himself was completely indifferent to these matters; during busy tis at the governor’s mansion, his secretary buying a sandwich from downstairs sufficed as his lunch, utterly careless.
Once inside, they sat on the foyer’s couch. The boot removal aunt first helped Chen Lingyun with her shoes, while Yan Yu, a person of two lives, still disliked these tedious formalities and simply took off his shoes himself, putting on the nearby slippers.
Mrs. Chen had already co downstairs upon hearing the news and took a towel from the face-cleaning aunt, wrung it out, and handed it over herself.
Yan Yu naturally pretended to be flattered as he took the towel from Mrs. Chen and turned to wipe Chen Lingyun’s face.
Truthfully, Chen Lingyun’s face was already exquisitely perfect, and given the expensive skincare products she probably used daily, there wasn’t a speck of dust in sight.
Yan Yu pinched her chin while she displayed a suprely sweet smile, appearing quite pleased, which when caught by Mrs. Chen’s eyes, suddenly made her a bit sad.
Alas, her daughter had grown up and it was ti to leave her to her son-in-law.
After he finished wiping Chen Lingyun’s face, the face-cleaning aunt quickly took the towel, washed it, and handed it tightly wrung out to Yan Yu.
After all these procedures, the two of them proceeded to the living room to sit down.
Yan Yu was already prepared to deal with Mrs. Chen when suddenly, an aunt ca saying that Chen Tianming was waiting for him upstairs.
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