12: Huang Hui was furious

The volkswagen sagitar pulled over to the side of the road.

Lin Shanshan pushed the car door open without a word, got out, and didn't even look back.

The door slammed shut with a "bang," cutting off the world inside the car from the outside.

Chen Yujie watched her back as she walked into the residential complex, feeling a hollow emptiness in his heart.

The dead silence inside the car lasted for a full minute.

Then, Huang Hui exploded.

"Look at that! Just look at that!"

She slapped her thigh hard, her shrill voice piercing the oppressive air inside the car.

"Who does this Lin Shanshan think she is! Who is she putting on that sour face for? Huh?"

"From start to finish, she hasn't given us, mother and son, a single pleasant look!"

Chen Yujie shrank his neck, not daring to say a word.

"That Chen Qiu! He just got lucky, stumbling into some dog shit luck, having someone gift him a car and a house!"

"Lin Shanshan's eyes are practically stuck on the top of her head; she immediately rushed to throw herself at him!"

"How shameless!"

"And that Chen Qiu! Look at his smug face! His tail is practically wagging up to the sky!"

"That car, that house—who knows if they were acquired legitimately! Maybe he's been doing something shady!"

Huang Hui's voice grew louder, filled with green-eyed jealousy!

"Let him be smug! Let him be arrogant!"

"Who knows when he'll be investigated for some issue and sent straight inside! When that happens, I'll see how his mother, Luo Jinglan, cries!"

The car was filled with her vicious curses.

Chen Yujie was so scared he didn't dare to make a sound, forced to silently endure his mother's rage.

When Huang Hui finally grew tired of cursing and was panting heavily, he finally dared to speak up weakly.

"Mom..."

"I think... I think Shanshan was just momentarily blinded by that money."

"We... we still have feelings for each other..."

Feelings, my ass!

Seeing her son looking so spineless and pathetic, Huang Hui was so furious she almost blurted out a curse!

She glared at her son, her chest heaving violently.

She took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and forced herself to calm down.

Now was not the time to lose her temper.

No matter what, she absolutely could not let this daughter-in-law, Lin Shanshan, get away.

This girl's circumstances were a perfect match for Chen Yujie; if they missed this chance, there wouldn't be another.

Given her son's emotional intelligence and spineless nature, it was hard to say if he'd ever be able to marry a wife in the future!

Luo Jinglan's face appeared in Huang Hui's mind.

She thought about how if Chen Qiu, who was three years younger than her son, dared to get married and take a wife before her son...

Then wouldn't that woman, Luo Jinglan, have completely turned her life around?

From then on, wouldn't she be crushed beneath Luo Jinglan's feet in front of all their relatives?

No!

Absolutely not!

"For the next two days, you must do everything in your power to coax and keep hold of Lin Shanshan!"

Huang Hui's eyes turned sharp, her tone brooking no argument.

"You absolutely cannot let her meet that Chen Qiu again!"

"Oh... oh, I see." Chen Yujie shrank his head.

"Then... Mom, what about the house?" he asked weakly again.

"Keep looking for a house!"

Huang Hui said decisively.

"And don't look at Haitang Bay anymore! Go find one! Go find one that is better and more expensive than Haitang Bay!"

"Better? More expensive?" Chen Yujie was shocked. "Then... can our family afford that much money?"

"Borrow it!"

A crazy light flashed in Huang Hui's eyes.

"Even if we have to smash the pots and sell the iron, we'll borrow it!"

"I'm telling you, Chen Yujie, we must win back this dignity!"

"Anyway, we absolutely cannot let Luo Jinglan's family press down on our heads!"

She said furiously.

...

After returning home.

As soon as Huang Hui entered the house, she immediately found her husband, Chen Zhifeng, who was watching TV in the living room.

She spilled everything that happened at Haitang Bay today, adding her own flair and exaggerating the details.

"Wasn't Chen Qiu just laid off by his company a few days ago?"

"He's doing that well in Shenzhen?"

Chen Zhifeng was also shocked after hearing this, forgetting to press the remote in his hand.

Gifting a car, gifting a house.

That's not a small sum! It adds up to two million!

"Who knows who gave it to him!"

Huang Hui said sarcastically, her tone full of bitterness.

"Maybe he found some rich sugar mommy in Shenzhen! Otherwise, who would give him so many things for no reason?"

Chen Zhifeng frowned slightly; he felt his wife's words were too mean.

He said softly, "Don't speak so harshly. Regardless of anything else, Chen Qiu is still a junior in our family..."

"A junior?"

Huang Hui was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on; she exploded instantly!

"Since he's a junior, why didn't he give me, his Aunt, any face?"

"And his mother, Luo Jinglan—look at how she acted today! In the past, she wouldn't even dare to breathe loudly in front of me, but today she held her head high!"

She plopped down onto the sofa and immediately started bringing up old scores with Chen Zhifeng.

"Chen Zhifeng! You spineless coward! Stop pretending to be a good guy here!"

"Don't forget, if it wasn't for my older brother pulling you up back then, would you have the good life you have today?"

"Now, your nephew is practically about to shit on your own son's head, and you're still speaking up for an outsider?"

The shrill voice pierced into Chen Zhifeng's ears like an awl.

Chen Zhifeng was instantly miserable and hurriedly raised his hands to beg for mercy.

"Alright, alright, alright, my fault, my fault."

"I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you, is that not enough?"

"Then tell me, what should we do now?"

"We absolutely cannot let that Chen Qiu snatch Lin Shanshan away!" Huang Hui said through gritted teeth.

"The girl has her own legs; what, am I supposed to tie them together with a rope?" Chen Zhifeng spread his hands helplessly.

"Stupid!"

Huang Hui glared at him.

"Don't you know to introduce a new blind date to Chen Qiu to distract him?"

"Introduce?" Chen Zhifeng frowned. "Around our family, who is left that we can introduce to him?"

"Our own son has already gone on blind dates with almost every eligible girl for ten miles around."

Huang Hui's eyes darted around, and suddenly, it seemed as if she thought of something.

A smile curled up at the corner of her mouth.

"What about my Older female cousin's daughter from my maiden family?"

Chen Zhifeng's brows furrowed even tighter.

"He Ting?"

"You mean her?"

He looked completely disapproving.

"Others might not know, but don't you know?"

"Wasn't your niece kept by someone before?"

"And she's a gold digger with terrifyingly high standards!"

Huang Hui huffed and puffed.

"She has good conditions herself and is pretty, so what's wrong with having high standards?"

"Besides, Chen Qiu's conditions are good now, aren't they? It's a perfect match!"

She stared at her husband and said coldly.

"What, would you rather let your son's wife be snatched away by someone else?"

Chen Zhifeng opened his mouth, wanting to retort, but couldn't say a single word.

In the end, he sighed helplessly.

He agreed.

After all, compared to his son's lifelong happiness, the happiness of his nephew, Chen Qiu, wasn't that important.