Chapter 151: You Seem Quite Capable

The two of them drove to the riverside.

The scenery here was nice. Not far from the bank, there was an island in the middle of the river, connected by a large bridge.

The two of them walked and chatted. To be honest, this couple-like appearance made Chen Feng feel a little awkward in his heart.

But Wu Mengting was infatuated with him, and he couldn’t deny that he liked her in his heart.

So, when Wu Mengting wanted to take him for a walk along the riverside, Chen Feng couldn’t refuse. In fact, as long as it wasn’t an act that crossed the line, Chen Feng didn’t reject it, but rather enjoyed it.

“You’ve seen my family’s situation. They’ve started forcing me into marriage. So, it’s not good for me to stay at home. I plan to go to your house on the fifth day of the new year to give New Year’s greetings to your uncle and aunt, and then go back to Xiuzhou with you. What do you think?”

Could Chen Feng object? He couldn’t.

“That’s up to you. But I think as long as you communicate well with your parents, I believe they will understand. Besides, their starting point is also for your own good. You don’t need to be angry with them and make the relationship stiff.”

“I’m not angry, just a little annoyed. I also know they’re doing it for my own good, but I really don’t need it. They can’t force me to do things I don’t like. I’m already an adult, and I have my own thoughts and opinions.”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “You’re trying to break free from your parents’ control.”

“Yes. The reason I chose to stay and work in Xiuzhou was to escape their control. From childhood to adulthood, I had to listen to them in everything, including what university and what major to study, and even what job I would have in the future. They had already arranged it for me in advance.

I’ve always loved literature. I wanted to apply for a literature major in college, but under their request, I could only apply for a finance major. After graduation, they still wanted me to go to graduate school, but I firmly refused. I directly found a job as an editor. For this, my parents were angry for a long time. Now they’re forcing me to go on blind dates and accept a future son-in-law they think is not bad. I definitely can’t stand it.”

It was clear that Wu Mengting had a deep resentment towards her parents.

Chen Feng tried to console her, “Think about it from another perspective. You’re their only daughter, so of course they think and plan for you in every way. Whether you like their plans or not, there’s no doubt their starting point is for your own good. You should also understand them.”

“Of course I know their starting point is for my own good, but that doesn’t mean their arrangements are all right, and it certainly doesn’t mean I have to listen to them in everything. I’m an adult, and I have my own thoughts and opinions.”

“In the end, it’s still a communication problem. When you go back, have a good talk with your parents about your thoughts. I believe your parents are also reasonable people.”

“Thank you, I’ll listen to you. I’ll make it clear to them when I get back.”

…

The two walked along the riverside for more than half an hour, and then sat on a public bench for more than ten minutes.

Finally, as the sky was getting dark, Wu Mengting offered to treat him to dinner, to fulfill her duty as a host.

Chen Feng didn’t refuse. She led him to a restaurant in a shopping mall. She said that they could eat authentic Lushi cuisine there. More importantly, the taste was good, the price was fair, and the service was also very good.

And it was true, the local dishes here were very authentic and tasted very good. The two of them ordered seven or eight dishes. In the end, when Wu Mengting paid the bill, it only cost more than two hundred yuan, which was really not expensive.

“I’ll take you back first.”

After coming out of the mall, the lights were just coming on. After getting into the car, Chen Feng planned to send her back first.

“Why don’t we go see a movie? The cinema isn’t far from here.”

Wu Mengting didn’t want to go home so early.

“I still have to go back,” Chen Feng didn’t want to watch a movie alone with her.

“Go back tomorrow. It’s not very safe to drive on the highway at night.”

Chen Feng looked at her speechlessly. If he hadn’t accompanied her for a walk, chat, and dinner, he wouldn’t have to drive at night.

“I have something to do tonight, I have to go back,” Chen Feng said in a serious tone.

“What could you possibly have to do?” Wu Mengting didn’t believe him.

Chen Feng glanced at her and said frankly, “Yujiao and I have a date. I’m going to spend the night at her place.”

Hearing this, Wu Mengting’s face changed instantly. After a long while, she sighed and said, “I know you’re deliberately trying to anger me, to make me completely disappointed in you. Sometimes I also hope I can really maintain a brother-sister relationship with you, but I can’t. I’ve disappointed you.”

What else could Chen Feng say? He could only silently drive her to the gate of her villa community.

Along the way, the two of them were silent and didn’t speak again.

After the car stopped, Chen Feng turned his head to look at her and said, “We’re here. You go home first. If you have anything, have a good talk with your parents. Don’t keep it to yourself.”

Wu Mengting, however, did not get out of the car immediately. She sat in the passenger seat with her head slightly lowered. After a while, she said in a low voice, “I don’t know when you’ll figure it out and accept me, but I really don’t want us to miss each other in the end and become each other’s regret.”

After saying that, she turned to look at Chen Feng, her expression filled with loneliness.

Chen Feng’s head immediately ached. He reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder, consoling her, “You’re still young now. Don’t hang yourself on an old tree like me. It’s really not necessary. Your so-called persistence and fate, in fact, when you look back in a few years, you might find it very ridiculous. It’s good for us to be brother and sister like this now. There’s no need to be a couple. Alright, get out. Go home and think about it.”

Chen Feng gently patted her shoulder, then let go and urged her to get out of the car.

Wu Mengting gave him a deep look, then silently opened the car door and got out.

When the car door slammed shut, Chen Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He rolled down the window, then leaned over and waved at Wu Mengting standing on the roadside before starting the car and leaving.

The hardest thing to accept is a beauty’s favor. Chen Feng really couldn’t afford a pure beauty like Wu Mengting. Even if she was delivered to his mouth, he didn’t dare to eat.

As for whether he would regret it in the future, Chen Feng felt he wouldn’t. But as for regret, there was a little. If he didn’t have a terminal illness, how could he refuse such a pure beauty who came to him?

He sped all the way and returned home smoothly.

As soon as he entered the door, his mother, who was still watching the shop, asked, “Why are you back so late? Have you met Xiaoting’s parents? What’s their impression of you?”

There weren’t many people in the shop, so Chen Feng wasn’t embarrassed. He sat down and said, “I didn’t talk to her parents for long. I don’t know what their impression of me is. Besides, I’m not her boyfriend, so I don’t need to care about that.”

Hearing her son’s words, Zhao Xiaolan was a little dissatisfied. She said with a stern face, “Where can you find such a beautiful and good girl like Xiaoting? She even took the initiative to come to your house. What more do you want? What god-brother and god-sister? Aren’t you just deceiving yourself? I don’t believe you’re not interested in a girl like her.

Our whole family likes her very much. If you’re looking for a girlfriend, she’s the first choice. Mom thinks she’s more reliable than your girlfriend from Huizhou. Mom personally feels that if you get married in the future, Xiaoting is more suitable for you. Your girlfriend from Huizhou is too far away. Her living habits and eating habits are definitely very different from yours. Just like Shen Lin, although she’s from the provincial capital, her living habits are different from yours. You told me this before. As a result, it ended in divorce.”

Hearing these words, Chen Feng was speechless for a while. He couldn’t help but remind her, “Mom, you were very satisfied with Xiaorui before. You even said that transportation is so developed now, and Huizhou is not very far from us.”

Zhao Xiaolan said matter-of-factly, “That was before Xiaoting appeared. Now that Xiaoting has appeared, Mom thinks she’s better. If there’s a better one, why not choose the better one?”

Chen Feng couldn’t help but complain, “You’re too fickle, aren’t you?”

“You child. What’s fickle about this? Mom is afraid you’ll repeat the same mistake. You and Shen Lin are from the same province, just because she’s from the provincial capital and you’re from Lushi, you ended up divorcing because of incompatibility in life. And Xiaorui is from another province. Her living habits are definitely even more different from yours. If you get married in the future, can you guarantee that you won’t repeat the same mistake and end up in divorce?”

Chen Feng frowned and said, “The reason for my divorce with Shen Lin was not incompatibility in life, but emotional incompatibility.”

Zhao Xiaolan shook her head and said, “Without incompatibility in life, how can there be emotional incompatibility? In the end, it’s just that your living habits are different. After being together for a long time, you’re out of sync everywhere, creating friction, which in turn affects your feelings for each other.”

And it had to be said, that made a lot of sense.

“Alright, anyway, Mengting is just my god-sister. It’s impossible between us.”

Chen Feng stood up and was about to leave.

Zhao Xiaolan immediately reprimanded him in a firm tone, “Sit down. I’m not finished with you yet.”

Chen Feng could only obediently sit down.
Zhao Xiaolan looked outside the door. Seeing that there was no one, she lowered her voice slightly and said, “You and Xiaoting didn’t come back last night. Tell me the truth, did you sleep with her?”

A black line appeared on Chen Feng’s forehead. He quickly shook his head, “No! How could I? We just played too late that night, and then we got two rooms over there. One person per room. We were with two of my county town classmates at the time.”

Hearing Chen Feng’s words, Zhao Xiaolan’s face was immediately full of disappointment. Then she looked at her son with a look of disgust and frowned, “You seem quite capable. You slept with that clothing store owner before. Why are you so indecisive when it comes to Xiaoting?”

Chen Feng was embarrassed. He clearly remembered that his mother had told him not to hurt Wu Mengting last time, but now she was like this.

He didn’t know that if Zhao Xiaolan confirmed that he had slept with Wu Mengting, she would immediately use this as an excuse to force a marriage, forcing him to marry Wu Mengting openly.

She was a hundred percent satisfied with Wu Mengting. Now that she heard that it wasn’t the case, of course she was very disappointed. She couldn’t force her son to get married or anything, so of course she was a little angry when she looked at him.

“Mom, my stomach hurts. I’m going to take a dump first.”

Seeing his mother’s unfriendly expression, Chen Feng immediately used the method he often used as a child to quickly escape.

Returning to the bedroom behind, he lay down on the bed and immediately smelled a faint fragrance from the tip of his nose.

This was the unique fragrance of Wu Mengting. She had been sleeping in this bed these past few days.

Chen Feng couldn’t help but take a sniff, feeling a little intoxicated. Then, he suddenly woke up and felt a sense of shame.

He had said he would treat her as a real sister, but he was doing such a猥琐 thing. It was really inappropriate.

He immediately sat up. After hesitating for a long while, he still didn’t make up his mind to change the sheets, quilt cover, and pillowcase.

He went to take a shower first, then came out and lay down on the bed again. There was that faint fragrance on the quilt. Chen Feng couldn’t help but rub his nose, then he pretended to be nonchalant and picked up his phone.

There were several unread WeChat messages on it.

First was Wu Mengting’s. He opened it and saw that she was asking if he had arrived. Chen Feng immediately replied with [Arrived].

Not long after, Wu Mengting also replied with an [OK], and there was no further message.

Chen Feng waited for a while. Seeing that she didn’t send any more messages, he opened other people’s WeChat.

First was Guo Mengyao’s. She had sent it while he was taking a shower.

[Are you free tonight? Let’s go out and have fun]

Chen Feng smiled and replied: [Are you, a big boss, so free?]

Guo Mengyao replied almost instantly: [It’s the end of the year, of course I’m free.]

[Have you finished the factory acquisition?]

[I just finished talking about it today. The acquisition agreement has also been signed. After the New Year, I’ll go over to officially take over.]

[Congratulations, congratulations]

[What’s there to congratulate? I’ve bled a lot for this acquisition.]

[How much did it cost?]

[Including the factory building equipment, sales channels, intangible assets, etc., it’s sixty-five million, to be paid in three installments within three months.]

[Is this factory worth that much?]

[This factory has basically no debt and is operating well. I’m considered to have acquired it at a premium.]

[Oh, I see. Then I’ll wish you a great success in our hometown after acquiring this factory.]

[Thank you. Are you free tonight? Come and have a few drinks with me.]

[I’m not free. I’m with Yujiao.]

[Oh, you’re with your mistress. Tell me honestly, how much did you give her?]

[I didn’t give her any money]

[Go tell that to the ghosts. She’d give you a free ride?]

[Damn, aren’t you the same?]

[Can I be the same? I was the one who rode you.]

Chen Feng was instantly angry and sent her a middle finger picture: [凸(艹皿艹)]

[Haha.GIF] Guo Mengyao replied with a GIF of a little girl laughing triumphantly.

Chen Feng was speechless, feeling that his fragile male heart had been hurt.

He immediately replied: [Yes! You rode me once, I rode you twice]

[凸(艹皿艹)] Guo Mengyao returned the middle finger picture to him.

Chen Feng immediately returned her haha GIF to her.

Looking at the phone screen, the two of them couldn’t help but laugh. Guo Mengyao laughed even more happily.

Chen Feng’s heart itched. He immediately typed: [What’s the room number? I’ll be there in half an hour]

[Shocked.GIF. Are you always so direct?]

[That depends on who it is. To you, of course I’m direct.]

[1206, half an hour. Don’t be late.]

[OK!]

Chen Feng immediately put down his phone, got up and got dressed nimbly. It was done in five minutes. Then he spent two minutes taking his things and went out.

“Where are you going so late?” his mother asked when she saw him.

“A classmate from the county town invited me to play. I won’t be back tonight. Don’t leave the door open for me.”

After Chen Feng finished speaking, he got into the car without looking back, then started it and drove quickly towards the county town.