18: Huang Hui's thoughts

Chen Zhifeng's home.

The living room was brightly lit.

Huang Hui held her phone, repeatedly assuring the person on the other end.

"Oh, Older female cousin, don't worry!"

"My nephew, Chen Qiu, has been smart since he was little, and he's handsome. Now he's working for a big boss outside, he's really made something of himself!"

"The boss even gave him a car and a house directly, how could he be bad?"

She praised Chen Qiu to the skies, as if he was the most outstanding young man in the world.

"He Ting only has time the day after tomorrow?"

"Oh, it's fine, it's fine. She's a senior account manager, so being busy is normal... Don't worry, my nephew has plenty of time, it's all negotiable, all negotiable."

The call finally ended.

Chen Zhifeng, who was beside her, listened in confusion.

"Is it necessary to speak so highly of Chen Qiu?"

"Giving him a car and a house, saying he's young and promising, anyone who didn't know would think you liked him a lot."

Huang Hui snorted softly and put down her phone.

"What do you know."

"If I don't praise him, will they agree to a blind date?"

Chen Zhifeng immediately became even more curious.

"I've seen your niece before; she's indeed pretty. But is her taste that high?"

"You just go to work every day, oblivious to the outside world, what do you know?"

Huang Hui glanced sideways at her husband, a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

Others might not know, but how could Huang Hui not know the style of her Older female cousin's family?

The four words "snobbish and fond of wealth" were practically etched into their family's bones.

Her niece was kept by someone when she went to college.

The other party was an old man several years older than her father.

If this happened in another family, they would have been too ashamed to go out.

But their family? They didn't feel ashamed, but rather proud.

They even used that old man's connections to climb up.

From him, they obtained some business resources.

Even after she later broke up with that old man, their family still started a business with those resources.

I heard they can now earn two to three hundred thousand a year!

In her maiden family's circle, they could be considered to have risen in prominence.

With such an unusual experience, He Ting simply wouldn't look favorably upon honest young men from ordinary families who just went to work.

Of course.

Huang Hui's enthusiastic boasting about Chen Qiu in front of them wasn't really for Chen Qiu's sake.

She just wanted that kid to hit a wall.

Let him suffer a big setback!

Then she could enjoy the spectacle.

"Isn't it just good luck to have met a blind benefactor?"

"Does he really think he's someone important?"

Thinking of Chen Qiu's calm and composed demeanor this afternoon, as if everything was under control, she felt an uncontrollable surge of displeasure.

Even now, she absolutely didn't believe that Luo Jinglan and Chen Zhide, that couple, could raise any remarkably outstanding son.

He must have just had incredibly good luck for generations!

Huang Hui knew even better.

Young people, when they are just starting to rise, are often the most arrogant.

They feel omnipotent, and the whole world should revolve around them.

With her niece He Ting's looks and figure, which young man wouldn't be completely captivated upon seeing her?

Huang Hui was already somewhat impatient, wanting to see Chen Qiu get severely beaten down and end up crestfallen... "It's been a long time since I've had homemade chicken soup..."

"It's just not the same as outside!"

At the dinner table.

Chen Qiu, full and satisfied, let out a long sigh.

When he was little.

He hated drinking chicken soup the most.

For a considerable period, he stubbornly believed that drinking that stuff was worse than just mixing instant noodle seasoning with hot water!

But people are such strange creatures.

They can't even empathize with their past selves.

After working, eating takeout every day and drinking at social events, Chen Qiu realized how rare and fortunate it was to have a happy life where he could just sit at the dining table and automatically have four dishes and a soup appear, like now!

After working, eating takeout every day and drinking at social events, Chen Qiu realized how rare and fortunate it was to have a happy life where he could just sit at the dining table and automatically have four dishes and a soup appear, like now!

"Of course, how can the dishes outside, with so many seasonings, compare to homemade food?"

Luo Jinglan said while clearing the dishes.

At this moment, Chen Zhide's phone chimed, receiving a reply from Huang Hui.

"Oh, your Aunt said that girl is free the day after tomorrow, Sunday noon."

"The photo has also been sent."

Chen Zhide snapped open his tri-fold phone, clicked on the picture, and held it under the light for a careful look.

"Hiss... this girl, she's really striking!"

Hearing this, Chen Qiu also curiously leaned in for a look.

The photo was taken in a blue flower field.

A beautiful girl in a white long dress was slightly turned to the side, smiling sweetly at the camera.

Her long hair was slightly curled, her makeup was exquisite, and her figure was graceful.

"Indeed, she looks like those internet celebrities."

Luo Jinglan also raised an eyebrow.

Earlier on the phone, Chen Zhifeng had praised the girl to the skies, and she was a bit skeptical.

Now that she saw the photo, she was indeed a very beautiful girl.

Chen Qiu nodded, expressing agreement.

She was indeed very beautiful.

But there wasn't much fluctuation in his eyes.

Just like his mother said, this photo was too much like those internet celebrities mass-produced on social media apps... pretty, but vulgar.

And, this was a heavily edited photo.

Chen Qiu felt that Xu Jia, whom he met under the streetlights tonight, was much prettier than this edited photo!

"Someone too good-looking might not be suitable as a wife."

Chen Zhide, who was drinking tea nearby, glanced at the photo and murmured.

His expectation for Chen Qiu had always been to marry a virtuous wife.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Luo Jinglan glared at him.

"What, back then, weren't you just after my looks, which is why you shamelessly pursued me?"

"So I'm not suitable to be a wife either?"

Chen Zhide's expression immediately stiffened, and he shrunk his neck, not daring to speak further.

Seeing this, Chen Qiu immediately laughed aloud.

He had seen his parents' wedding photos from back then.

His mother's looks back then were indeed quite striking.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been born with such a decent face!

Luo Jinglan couldn't be bothered with Chen Zhide, who was acting like a quail, so she patted Chen Qiu's back.

"Besides, isn't my son handsome?"

Afterward, Chen Zhifeng also pushed over the girl's WeChat business card.

Her name was: He Ting.

"A girl this good-looking, her standards must be higher than Lü Shuang's, right?"

Chen Qiu silently anticipated, and casually clicked to add her as a friend.

At this moment, he saw that in his WeChat chat list, Xu Jia had sent him a message over an hour ago.

[Oh, you, you even lied to me about being laid off.]

[I heard you struck it rich!]

Chen Qiu was a bit surprised.

The speed at which this news spread was too fast, wasn't it? It's only been a few hours, and it's already reached the next village?!

[Whether I struck it rich, I don't know, but being laid off is true. That dog boss hasn't even given me my severance pay yet!]

As soon as the message was sent.

Xu Jia replied almost instantly.

[Liar, you're still lying! You've already returned home in glory, and you're still hiding it from us old classmates? That's not right!]

As expected of someone who works at a bank, her typing speed is fast.

In Chen Qiu's mind, he couldn't help but picture Xu Jia's hands, which appeared exceptionally fair and slender on the steering wheel.

[Alright, I'll tell you the truth. Actually, when I woke up today, I found that the intelligence of all humans on Earth had decreased by ten thousand times...]

[Your top priority now is to quickly uninstall Tomato Novel from your phone...]