72: A discerning eye

He Lan immediately took out her phone and called Huang Hui.

"I never expected that there would come a day when we would have to rely on Huang Hui..."

She had always looked down on her cousin Huang Hui.

She was short-sighted and often couldn't stand to see others doing well.

She sighed with emotion, thinking that she had previously been prepared to distance herself from poor relatives like Huang Hui.

Who would have thought that they had actually misjudged Huang Hui?

For introducing Chen Qiu to them, she was truly a great benefactor!

It was they who failed to recognize a person of importance...

She turned on the speakerphone, and the ringing tone echoed in the living room as they waited for the call to connect, making He Yongliang and He Ting both hold their breath, feeling somewhat nervous.

After the phone rang for over ten seconds, the call was answered.

"Hello, Cousin Lan?"

Huang Hui's voice came through the phone, and a relaxed smile appeared on He Lan's face.

"Cousin, have you had lunch yet?"

"Not yet, I'm busy buying furniture."

"Buying furniture?"

"Yes, Yujie just got engaged, and we just bought a wedding house for the young couple in Xingzhou Bay Residential Area. We are planning to buy the furniture and move in before the New Year!"

Huang Hui's tone carried a hint of showing off, especially when emphasizing the Xingzhou Bay Residential Area.

He Lan, however, didn't pay attention to that and instead feigned anger.

"Why didn't you tell us about such a big event?"

"You don't treat your Older female cousin as family anymore, do you?"

On the other end, Huang Hui was somewhat bewildered.

Why did what He Lan said make it sound like their two families were very close?

Before she could speak, He Lan spoke again.

"Have you bought a sofa and a bed yet?"

"How about this, Yongliang and I will gift you a set of sofa and a bed as a token of our well wishes for Yujie!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Huang Hui on the other end was stunned, then immediately ecstatic!

A sofa and a bed would cost at least ten thousand!

Is this the extravagance of a wealthy family?

Could it be that He Lan is looking at us with more respect because our family bought a house in Xingzhou Bay?

It seems that buying this house was the right decision!

Thinking of this, Huang Hui straightened her back a bit, her face full of smiles.

"Oh, Cousin Lan, you are too kind. You must come to the Housewarming Banquet in a few days!"

"Of course I will come."

At this point, He Yongliang gave He Lan a wink.

The latter understood immediately and shifted the topic to the main point.

"By the way, that young man you introduced to Tingting before..."

"Oh, Cousin Lan, you mean Chen Qiu, right?"

Huang Hui's voice transmitted through the speaker into the ears of He Yongliang and He Ting. Upon hearing the name Chen Qiu, they immediately sat up straight and pricked up their ears.

They were both nervous and expectant.

"Yes, that's Chen Qiu. He..."

Before He Lan could finish, Huang Hui said apologetically.

"Oh, last time it was my fault as her Maternal Aunt for not screening him properly for Tingting, introducing her to such an unreliable young man!"

When the words were out, all three of them were stunned.

They stared at the phone in the call, somewhat dumbfounded.

He Lan also instinctively said.

"Unreliable?"

"Yes!"

Huang Hui said it as a matter of course, her tone even carrying undisguised disdain.

"I kindly introduced a good girl like Tingting to Chen Qiu, but I didn't expect this young man to make up all sorts of stories, talking about cars and houses so convincingly!"

"He is too vain. I heard he even rented a luxury car to show off in the village. Now there are all sorts of rumors in the village. I think he's hopeless!"

"It's just that a refined young lady like Tingting has a discerning eye and saw at a glance that he was just pretending to be rich, so she didn't fall for it."

Huang Hui said dismissively.

During this time, she had naturally heard the rumors about Chen Qiu in Nankeng Village.

They were outrageous—a billionaire?

She naturally couldn't believe it!

Listening to Huang Hui's various disparaging remarks about Chen Qiu, the three members of the He Family were dumbfounded.

And He Yongliang finally understood.

This cousin of He Lan, Huang Hui, is a fucking idiot even more blind than He Ting!

"Discerning eye," my ass. I think she herself is a fucking pig!

With her behavior of madly disparaging Chen Qiu behind his back and not wanting to see him do well, let alone having a good relationship with Chen Qiu, it might even be worse than theirs!

"Hang up!"

He Yongliang said, his face full of impatience.

He Lan was stunned, then immediately spoke up.

"I have something to do here, let's stop talking for now."

Before Huang Hui could reply, she hung up directly.

The living room fell into silence again.

After a long while, He Lan asked weakly.

"Then the furniture we promised to give her, should we still send it?"

"Send it, my ass!"

"Don't let Chen Qiu think we have a good relationship with them!"

"Wouldn't that just make things worse?!"

He Yongliang said, extremely annoyed.

He had hoped to rely on Huang Hui, but he didn't expect this one here to be even stupider!

Beside her, He Ting had hollow eyes and a face full of despair.

Strengthening family ties?

It would be a stroke of luck if they didn't end up with more enmity!

After being silent for a moment, He Lan said softly.

"Maybe we should just forget it, we can just give up on the project at the Industrial Park..."

He Yongliang gave a cold snort, his tone somewhat powerless.

"Is giving up the project enough to solve the problem now?"

"The person we offended is the famous Li Cheng from Gannan!"

"He is the president of the Cultural Industry Group!"

"He is a hot commodity right now. In the next year or two, he will be the one cutting the cake. All the construction teams in the city are counting on getting a slice of the pie from him!"

"If he says one word, let alone being hated by all our peers, we won't have a good outcome either!"

Upon hearing this, He Lan finally realized the severity of the situation, and her face turned pale instantly.

"Then what should we do?"

"If I knew what to do, would I still be sitting here?"

Furniture City.

Huang Hui, having been hung up on, was somewhat bewildered.

"What's wrong with this family?"

However, once she thought about He Lan offering to send a sofa and a bed, Huang Hui immediately regained her excitement.

What made her feel even more relieved was that He Lan, who usually ignored her, was now taking the initiative to be friendly with her!

Her son got engaged and bought a house, so her back really straightened up!

On the side, Lin Shanshan, who had listened to the entire call, looked at Chen Yujie with some curiosity.

"Who is this?"

She was somewhat surprised.

Huang Hui's family actually has relatives who take the initiative to send furniture?

A sofa and a bed together cost at least over ten thousand, and if they are more expensive, they could be twenty or thirty thousand!

This is not something an ordinary family can just give away at will!

"It's my Maternal Aunt!"

Chen Yujie answered truthfully.

He was also a bit surprised.

It's true that his Maternal Aunt's family is very rich, but they only have an average relationship with his family. When did they become so generous?

"My uncle-in-law is in construction, and it is said that his annual income is several million. Their daughter, who is my younger female cousin, works at a bank!"

As he spoke, Chen Yujie even opened He Ting's Moments to show Lin Shanshan.

Seeing the dazzling array of luxury goods displayed in He Ting's Moments, Lin Shanshan's breathing became a bit heavy.

This, isn't this the life she dreamed of?

Although it still couldn't compare to Chen Qiu, Chen Yujie's family actually has such rich relatives with whom they have a good relationship?

Lin Shanshan's gaze toward Chen Yujie and Huang Hui changed slightly.

"Auntie, will this Maternal Aunt's family come to the Housewarming Banquet? I would like to get to know her daughter."

Lin Shanshan was somewhat impatient, and even felt a bit frustrated that they weren't utilizing their connections.

They have such rich and close relatives, yet they don't know how to utilize them?

She was full of hope for her future life again.

Huang Hui was quite satisfied with Lin Shanshan's attitude.

"Your Maternal Aunt and I have a very good relationship, of course she will come!"

"I will ask later and have Tingting come over too."

"You young people should get to know each other and chat when you have nothing to do."

Huang Hui said, adopting the posture of a mother-in-law.

Ever since buying this house, everything has been going smoothly!

She was already looking forward to venting her frustrations at the Housewarming Banquet!