Ignoring her son for the gazillionth ti, Madam Jiang pulled Xia Luna to his room to talk about whatever it was that mothers-in-law discussed with their future daughters-in-law.
He didn’t mind that they were talking but why in his room? And judging from his mother’s tone and Xia Luna’s laughter that sounded like she would die from it, they were obviously talking at his expense.
He went over intending to complain... then he saw it. "Mother... how could you?" He groaned with his face flushed in embarassnt.
How could she show Xia Luna his most embarrassing mont?
Xia Luna was laughing too hard to even notice him. In her hands was a picture of nine-year-old Jiang Xingyu, whose tear-stained face was swollen from being ’kissed’ by bees as a reward for poking their hive.
"I was showing Luna photos of you as a child. How could I not show her the best of them all?"
Jiang Xingyu was so done with them. "Nevermind that you showed this picture to my friends. Did you have to show it to Luna too?" Who could stand it that their future wife was seeing their most humiliating photo?
"Nonsense! Of course she should show . Then I will have sothing to use to shut you up whenever we fight."
Jiang Xingyu stared at her in disbelief. She was in this too? "Shouldn’t you focus on the main point here? Instead of helping her son, she was taking photos of ." He tried to gain Xia Luna’s sympathy.
"You liar. I helped you!" Madam Jiang interrupted.
"Yeah... after taking photos."
"Why would she help you? Did she poke the beehive for you?" Xia Luna defended Madam Jiang, making Jiang Xingyu want to flee from this family.
Fine, never mind. As long as his Xia was happy.
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In contrast to the cheerful environnt in the Jiang family, elsewhere, the roof was on the verge of collapse.
Feng family ho.
"That bîtch! That son of a bîtch!"
Feng Ci swept all the glassware onto the floor.
Everything that could be broken or toppled t the sa fate, including a European vase that Father Feng had bought in London just two days ago, and it had cost thousands of pounds.
This was his beloved daughter but he was still displeased by her behaviour. "Will you calm down! What is wrong with you?"
"Father, you have to help !" When Feng Ci saw her father arrive, she rushed over like she had been treated unjustly.
Father Feng was still angry as he asked. "What?"
"Father, Xiehan and that little bîtch are really together!"
"What did you say?"
It was not just Father Feng. Even Mrs. Feng, who had been trying to ignore her daughter’s tantrum, was shocked.
"How can you be so sure? It is not like their so-called engagent is even realistic."
"I saw them k-i-s-s-i-n-g. They were very passionate at that." She enunciated the word without a hint of embarassnt.
"What?" Her parents exchanged glances.
"This is not good." Father Feng mumbled, his expression like the world was ending.
"I agree." His wife seconded.
It was not that they cared so much about their daughter’s feelings towards Ji Xiehan. Who cared about her feelings anyway? She was a beautiful woman, she could gain any man’s attention if she wanted.
It was just that they were hoping for her to get together with Ji Xiehan so they could benefit from him. Everyone was aiming for profit, after all.
"Hmph. I know what to do." Mrs. Feng took out her phone and dialled a number.
"Hello Wen Lin," she greeted happily when Madam Ji answered the call.
"Hello, how have you been?"
The two engaged in so small talk before Mrs. Feng impatiently blurted why she had called. "Did you know that your son is getting closer to the little brat?"
Wen Lin was silent for a mont before she said sothing that Mrs. Feng would never have expected. "I’ve been aning to talk to you about this but didn’t get the chance. Why don’t we catch up tomorrow?"
From her solemn tone, Mrs. Feng knew it was unpleasant. There was no way she was going to waste her ti just so she would hear sothing she did not want to hear. She put the call on speaker. "Just speak it out."
"Okay." Wen Lin didn’t mind. "The thing is, I t the girl a few tis..." she could not just be blunt and say that she had misunderstood Li Lanni and after eting a few tis, realized that Li Lanni was actually a better choice for her son than Feng Ci.
So instead she said, "Xiehan loves her very much and they are so happy together. As a mother, how can I stand in the way of my own son’s happiness?"
The Fengs were all irritated by her words. What pretentious nonsense was this?!
Even so, they signalled for Mrs. Feng to speak politely.
"Wen Lin, how can you say that? We both know how good Xiehan and my Cici look together. Besides, they were friends for years. They will definitely make the happiest couple. Right now, he is probably montarily chard by that little girl. Little girls these days are learning more and more tricks."
Madam Ji was displeased that her friend was saying such an things about Li Lanni. She was obviously implying that Li Lanni was a seductress who lured n. Though she couldn’t help but mock at herself. Just a few weeks ago, she also hated Li Lanni and thought that way of her.
However, she would only create an enemy for Li Lanni if she said this to Mrs. Feng. So she neither agreed with what Mrs. Feng was saying nor refuted. "That... why don’t we leave it for Xiehan to decide? If he falls in love with Feng Ci, I will not do anything to stop them from being together. But if his choice is still Lanni in the end, I cannot do anything about it either."
Mrs. Feng hung up with a sneer. "That little girl must be better at playing tricks than we thought."
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