Chapter 138: This Person is Jinxed

Due to the rain in the morning, which was getting heavier and heavier, Chen Feng could only stay at home bored, scrolling through his phone and watching TV.

Meanwhile, Wu Mengting spent almost the entire morning in the small shop out front, having a very pleasant conversation with Zhao Xiaolan, even helping to sell things and make change.

Those who came to the small shop were basically neighbors from the surrounding area. When they saw Wu Mengting sitting next to Zhao Xiaolan, they naturally couldn’t help but cast envious glances and offer flattering words.

This made Zhao Xiaolan feel very pleased; it could be considered one of her more glorious moments recently.

Her younger son being divorced and single had always been a worry for her, but now, not only did her younger son already have a girlfriend, but a great beauty like Wu Mengting had also come to their door on her own initiative.

This gave her a happy kind of trouble. In her heart, she had already come to accept Wu Mengting, but her younger son had no intention of breaking up with his other girlfriend, which made things a bit difficult.

As a mother, she had been very open-minded about her son’s relationships in the past, basically not interfering and letting him make his own decisions.

As a result, her son was now divorced and had to start all over again.

Therefore, Zhao Xiaolan hesitated about whether to intervene this time, because Wu Mengting really satisfied her too much. With such a young, sensible, beautiful, and filial daughter-in-law with a good temper, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.

This was something Chen Feng was a little worried about, and it was also obviously Wu Mengting’s purpose in fawning over Zhao Xiaolan.

In matters of marriage, many smart men take the mother-in-law or father-in-law route, trying all sorts of ways to please and flatter the woman’s parents, and many end up winning the beauty’s heart.

By the same token, it was the same for a woman chasing a man; taking the man’s family route was also relatively easy to succeed. It was just that it was generally difficult for a woman to take the initiative to go to the man’s house, which required great courage.

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At noon, Zhao Xiaolan and Wu Mengting once again prepared a full table of dishes for everyone, which again earned everyone’s praise.

This time, Wu Mengting was responsible for cooking five dishes, while Zhao Xiaolan, on the other hand, only cooked four.

The result was that the five dishes cooked by Wu Mengting were all eaten, while the four dishes cooked by Zhao Xiaolan had leftovers.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaolan couldn’t help but deliberately put on a stern face and say, “Did none of you eat breakfast? If you eat all the food, what will you eat tonight?”

Chen Rui said with a grin, “It’s fine to have some noodles for dinner.”

Zhao Xiaolan rolled her eyes at him unhappily and said, “You can have noodles tonight. I’m taking Mengting out to eat tonight.”

Wu Mengting quickly said, “No need, Auntie. I’ll have noodles tonight too. I feel like I’ve gained weight these past two days at your house. I’ll just eat something light tonight.”

Chen Feng said, “If you want something light, let’s have congee. Millet congee is very good. We can just have a few side dishes.”

Wu Mengting quickly nodded, “Right. Let’s have millet congee tonight.”

Seeing that Wu Mengting also agreed, Zhao Xiaolan made the final decision, “Alright, we’ll have congee tonight.”

Hearing this, Chen Rui said with a bitter face, “Then I’ll still have noodles tonight. Mom, you can just cook me an egg noodle.”

Zhao Xiaolan rolled her eyes at him and said nothing.

Wu Mengting, on the other hand, said with a smile, “If brother and uncle like to eat noodles, I can cook for you.”

As soon as she said this, Chen Dayong and Chen Rui were very pleased, and smiles couldn’t help but appear on their faces.

But they weren’t happy for long. Zhao Xiaolan said very domineeringly, “Everyone is having congee. What noodles are you eating? Ah Rui, Ah Yong, you don’t have any objections, do you?”

Under his mother’s stern gaze, Chen Rui was the first to back down, quickly shaking his head, “No objections, no objections. Millet congee is also very delicious. It’s good to be light.”

Of course, Chen Dayong had even less to say.

Thus, it was happily decided to have congee for dinner.

This made Wu Mengting watch with admiration and envy, and at the same time, it further strengthened her determination to curry favor with Zhao Xiaolan.

The one who was in charge of the Chen family was Zhao Xiaolan, who had an undisputed leadership position.

Not to mention Chen Dayong, who was henpecked, even Li Guihong, the eldest daughter-in-law, had no status in their Chen family.

Wu Mengting guessed that this might be related to her having two daughters, but of course, it might not be related. But in the countryside, if you didn’t have a son, in the eyes of the older generation, you would more or less lose some points.

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After the meal, Wu Mengting helped to clear the table again and took the initiative to wash the dishes, but this time, her sister-in-law, Li Guihong, beat her to it.

Seeing this, Wu Mengting had to give up.

Then Zhao Xiaolan ordered Chen Feng to take Wu Mengting out to play and not to be cooped up at home all the time.

At this time, the rain outside had stopped, and the sun had come out.

So, Wu Mengting suggested going to find her best friend Xu Shujing to play with in the afternoon. It was Saturday, and Xu Shujing was not at work.

As for Haiwan Town, it had just rained, so there was definitely nothing fun to do.

Chen Feng was indeed bored staying at home, so he agreed.

The two of them prepared a little, and as they got into the car, Chen Feng’s phone rang. It was Fang Xiaoyue’s call.

After a slight hesitation, Chen Feng answered.

“Chen Feng, you are my lifesaver. Thank you for your help this time. Are you free tonight? I’ll treat you to dinner.”

It could be heard that Fang Xiaoyue was in a very good mood at this time, as if she wanted to celebrate after surviving a disaster.

Hearing this, Chen Feng understood that Qin Zhen’s maternal uncle had probably settled the matter. He said calmly, “I’m not free tonight. Besides, this matter is not my credit. It’s mainly Qin Zhen who helped you.”

Chen Feng had no intention of taking credit for others, especially not for his good friend Qin Zhen.

“Qin Zhen?” Fang Xiaoyue was very surprised. “The friend you mentioned yesterday was him?”

“Yes, his maternal uncle knows Wang Guowei, and they have a good relationship. With his maternal uncle coming forward to plead for you, Wang Guowei indeed gave him face.”

“So that’s how it is. No wonder Wang Guowei called me personally to comfort me and even apologized to me on behalf of his wife. It seems Qin Zhen’s maternal uncle has a lot of face. Who is his maternal uncle?”

“You don’t know who his maternal uncle is?” Chen Feng was a little surprised. Qin Zhen had said that their two families lived quite close and knew each other.

“I’m not very familiar with Qin Zhen. Of course I don’t know who his maternal uncle is.”

“Actually, I don’t know his maternal uncle either. I don’t know his name. I only know that his maternal uncle is a capable person with a wide network of connections and knows many people. He was a civil servant when he was young. Later, he went into business and founded the first electronic equipment factory in our county.”

“Oh, I know. It should be Ji Zhenguo. He was a pioneer and iconic figure in our county’s entrepreneurship in the last century. He’s very famous in the county. I just didn’t expect him to be Qin Zhen’s uncle.”

“Then it should be him. So, if you want to thank someone this time, you should thank Qin Zhen and his maternal uncle. I just helped to make the connection,” Chen Feng said without taking any credit, which was basically the truth.

“Of course I have to thank them, but I have to thank you even more. If you hadn’t helped me contact Qin Zhen, I don’t think he would have given me, his classmate, face. After all, we haven’t seen each other for almost eleven or twelve years. We might not even recognize each other if we met on the street now. I know you have a good relationship with him. He probably agreed to help because of you.”

This was not wrong, but Chen Feng still defended Qin Zhen, “You’re wronging Qin Zhen. He was very concerned about your matter. He even said that if his maternal uncle couldn’t help, he would find another way. He still values you, his old classmate.”

“This… is it true? We haven’t seen each other for so long, and we basically didn’t talk to each other when we were in school.”

“Of course it’s true. He also said that your two families live relatively close and are considered neighbors. As a neighbor and an old classmate, of course he has to help.”

“Our two families don’t live that close. We’re about two or three hundred meters apart. His house is closer to the school.”

“Don’t worry about that. Anyway, Qin Zhen is very nostalgic. The main credit for this time is his. If you want to thank someone, you should thank him.”
“You’re really… alright, I know. Anyway, you two are both my benefactors now. Do you have Qin Zhen’s number? Send it to me on WeChat later. I’ll thank him.”

“Okay. I have to drive now, so let’s talk about it first.”

“Alright then.”

Chen Feng hung up the phone, found Qin Zhen’s number, and sent it to Fang Xiaoyue on WeChat after getting his permission.

After putting down his phone and starting the car, Wu Mengting in the passenger seat finally asked, “Whose call was that just now? It sounded like a woman’s voice. You also helped her, right?”

Chen Feng glanced at her sideways and said, “Fang Xiaoyue, we just met last night.”

Wu Mengting frowned slightly and asked, “What did she thank you for? Was it because you accompanied her to the hospital last time?”

After thinking for a moment, Chen Feng still told her the general course of events.

After listening, Wu Mengting was dumbfounded and said with a shocked face, “The Wang family is too unreasonable, right? How can they blame her for that Wang Kangjian being hit by a car? The weather is unpredictable, and people have misfortunes and blessings. This is unavoidable.”

“It’s common for people to shift blame. Everyone knows they’re being unreasonable, but they just think that way. They can always find a reason that they think is reasonable. You can’t reason with this kind of person.”

“That’s true. Fang Xiaoyue is also quite unlucky. It’s a good thing Qin Zhen helped. Otherwise, if the Wang family is so powerful and retaliates against her, she really can’t resist.”

After talking for a while, Chen Feng started the car.

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When they arrived at the county town and met up with Xu Shujing, her husband was surprisingly not there. If he had known, Chen Feng would definitely not have come. The two of them were too talkative. Chen Feng was completely redundant on the side. And it was really uncomfortable and a bit strange for a big man like him to follow behind two women as a follower.

Because neither of them was his girlfriend, nor were they any family relatives.

At least that’s what Chen Feng thought.

The two women were very affectionate, holding hands and leaning on each other’s shoulders. They walked and talked, giggling and laughing.

Chen Feng could only follow behind them with some bitterness.

They first went to Starbucks, then ordered a cup of coffee and sat by the window, chatting all the time.

Chen Feng could only sit alone on the side, bored, scrolling through his phone.

If he had known this, he really wouldn’t have come with them.

“Last time I drove back from Xiuzhou, I actually met Zhao Qigao at a highway service station. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence?”

“Zhao Qigao. That rich second generation.”

“Yes. Didn’t you have ideas about him back then?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. How could I? Don’t wrong me.”

“Hehe, maybe I remembered wrong. Don’t worry, I won’t tell your husband.”

“Get lost. It never happened. If we have to talk about it, it was Zhao Qigao who was interested in you. He gave you a big bouquet of roses back then, and then you gave that bouquet of roses to all the female classmates in the class, one for each. Haha, you played that hand so beautifully. I still remember it very clearly.”

“Not at all. I just didn’t want to make him too embarrassed. Otherwise, I would have thrown it directly into the trash can.”

“I think it would have been better for him if you had thrown it directly into the trash can.”

“…Haha, that’s true too.”

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Chen Feng pretended to be scrolling through his phone on the side, but he also occasionally listened to some of their past stories. Some of them were quite fun.

They chatted for more than an hour, and then the two women took him to eat stinky tofu. It was Xu Shujing’s treat, and it was still a street stall, which was really a bit surprising.

But I have to say, this street stinky tofu… was really fragrant. It was just unhealthy.

After eating the stinky tofu, the two women went to the busiest commercial street in the county town to shop, holding hands and leaning on each other’s shoulders. They went in and out of shops one by one, cheerful and happy.

Chen Feng felt quite miserable following them.

He secretly swore that the next time he brought Wu Mengting to the county town to shop, he would be a dog.

Coming out of a shop again, Chen Feng really couldn’t stand it anymore. He was about to propose to Wu Mengting to go to the KFC in front to wait for them.

Then he saw a person walking towards them. It was the old classmate Zhao Qigao they had just talked about.

“Ah! You… you, what are you doing here?” Zhao Qigao looked at them in surprise, his face full of astonishment.

“We should be the ones asking you that, right? Why did you come to Linnan?” Xu Shujing reached out and touched her bangs, asking back.

Wu Mengting also looked at him with some curiosity.

Only then did Zhao Qigao explain with a smile, “Didn’t I plan to open a milk tea shop recently? So I’m choosing a location within the city.”

Wu Mengting said in surprise, “Didn’t you say last time that you were going to open it in the city? Why did you come here to choose a location?”

Zhao Qigao smiled and said, “The one in the city has already been chosen. It’s on Xianqian Street. The shop contract has been signed, and the renovation will start in two days. But I also want to open another one, so I’m looking around the city.”

Only then did Wu Mengting nod with some realization.

Xu Shujing asked with some curiosity, “You’re going to open a milk tea shop? The kind of internet-famous milk tea shop that’s very popular now?”

“Yes. Have you heard of Gugu Milk Tea? It’s very popular now, and the development momentum is very good.”

“I think I’ve heard of it. Young people seem to like this kind of internet-famous milk tea. It might really have business if you open one.”

Zhao Qigao said with great confidence, “There will definitely be business. The question is how much you can earn.”

Xu Shujing asked, “Then how is your investigation here?”

Zhao Qigao said with a smile, “I just got here not long ago, and then I met you. I remember you’re from Linnan, Shujing. How about you show me around? I’ll treat you to a big meal tonight to thank you.”

Xu Shujing looked at Wu Mengting and asked, “Mengting, how about we help our old classmate?”

Wu Mengting looked at Chen Feng for his opinion.

Chen Feng took the opportunity to say, “I still have something to do. I have to go back. I won’t accompany you. How about you three old classmates go around together?”

Wu Mengting quickly said, “Then I have to go with you too. I didn’t drive here.”

Hearing this, Zhao Qigao also quickly said, “I drove here. I can give you a ride back then.”

“No need, I’m staying at his house now. It’s a bit inconvenient.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng was speechless. Zhao Qigao was stunned. He had obviously misunderstood Wu Mengting’s words, but Wu Mengting had no intention of explaining.