Chapter 167: Aunt’s Good Intentions

Chen Feng’s aunt, Chen Xiaoxia, was forty-six years old this year. When she was young, she was a slender beauty. She had attended a junior college, then fell in love at school, and married her current husband after graduation.

Her husband, who was also Chen Feng’s uncle, Fang Ruiming, now owned a plastics factory with an annual income of over a million.

Therefore, his family was relatively wealthy among the ordinary people.

Relatively speaking, Chen Feng’s family was much worse off in comparison before, and they were considered poor relatives of Fang Ruiming’s family.

For a rich person like Fang Ruiming, of course, he didn’t want to deal with poor relatives. It was only because of his wife that they had some personal contact.

Every year during the New Year, when Chen Feng’s family came to pay a New Year’s visit, Fang Ruiming’s attitude was very contemptuous. It wasn’t that he was sarcastic or arrogant, but rather a look of being too lazy to bother and being perfunctory.

To put it simply, his uncle looked down on people. Chen Feng’s family was not in his eyes. This was a silent but blatant arrogance.

With Fang Ruiming’s attitude, Chen Feng really didn’t want to have any contact with him.

It was just that his aunt, Chen Xiaoxia, was really nice to him and his family, so he would go all the way with his family to pay a New Year’s visit every year.

His aunt’s house was located in an old villa area in the city. They had bought it and moved in more than ten years ago. It was a three-story duplex villa. At that time, it only cost three or four million, and it was bought with a mortgage, which was very cost-effective. Now, even if it was a second-hand house, it would cost at least ten million.

Not to mention other things, the school district here concentrated the first-class educational resources of Tianzhou City, and it could be regarded as a school district house.

The biggest difference this time when Chen Feng’s family came over was that the two brothers each drove a car, and they were both cars worth more than 200,000 yuan. Among the common people, they were still presentable.

His aunt’s family only used two cars. One of them, driven by his aunt Chen Xiaoxia, was a Buick worth about 300,000 yuan. Only his uncle, in order to show off, drove a Mercedes worth about a million.

As a villa area, the access control here was still relatively strict. After the security guard at the door confirmed with his aunt through the internal phone, he also let the two brothers register their identities before letting them in.

The car drove into the villa area. The two brothers were also familiar with the road. Although they only came here once or twice a year, they had been coming here for so many years after all.

The two cars stopped in front of the villa. His aunt, Chen Xiaoxia, came out of the villa with a smile on her face. She said loudly from a distance, “You guys are a little early this year. It’s really much more convenient to have a car.”

Zhao Xiaolan was the first to get out of the car and also responded with a smile, “Yes. The two brothers were quite promising last year. They partnered to open a car beauty shop and made some money.”

“You said it on the phone before. It seems that Ah Feng and Ah Rui’s two brothers have made it. Ah Feng, why don’t you get out of the car and let your aunt see you?”

Chen Xiaoxia said as she shouted at Chen Feng’s car.

At this time, Chen Rui had already gotten out of the car and was standing by the car. He shouted “Aunt” with a smile on his face. As a result, Chen Xiaoxia just nodded to him and continued to walk towards Chen Feng. Chen Rui could only stand there with some embarrassment.

And as soon as Chen Feng got out of the car, Chen Xiaoxia quickly came over. With a happy face, she grabbed Chen Feng’s hand without saying a word and looked him up and down, as if she was looking at her own child.

This intimate attitude was not fake at all, it was natural.

Chen Feng had been close to his aunt since he was a child. When he was two or three years old, she often carried him around. She also often joked with people who didn’t know that he was her son and asked him to call her mom. When Chen Feng was a child, he was ignorant and really often called her mom.

This continued until she married far away to Tianzhou and they were separated. She later had her own children.

“You’ve lost some weight compared to the last time we met. Sigh, I knew that woman in Xiuzhou was not suitable for you. Isn’t she just a little better at work and a little prettier? She’s still a little bit lacking to be my nephew’s wife. Aunt has already found a good one for you this time. I’ll arrange for you to meet tonight. You can have a good chat with that girl.”

Aunt was both sighing and heartbroken, and then she dropped a bombshell on Chen Feng: a blind date.

Chen Feng was suddenly stunned. The rest of the Chen family were also somewhat dumbfounded.

Zhao Xiaolan was the first to react and quickly said, “Ah Feng already has a girlfriend.”

Chen Feng also nodded quickly, “Yes, aunt, I already have a girlfriend.”

Chen Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, “What’s the big deal about having a girlfriend? Anyway, you’re not engaged or married yet. Just treat it as having one more choice. Don’t worry, the girl I found for you this time is absolutely reliable. She’s the only daughter in her family. Her father and your uncle know each other. They know each other’s background. Her family owns a mold factory. Conservatively estimated, her family’s assets are at least 1 billion.”

Everyone was very shocked to hear this.

Chen Feng reacted and said with a bitter smile, “Since this girl’s conditions are so good, how could she possibly be interested in me?”

Chen Xiaoxia smiled smugly, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said, “Isn’t it because I said good things about you? I know her mother. We’re mahjong friends. I showed them your photo and said you graduated from a famous university, are well-educated and handsome. Her mother took a fancy to you at a glance. Then, her daughter didn’t object either. My nephew is so handsome, haha, you’ve inherited all the good genes of our Chen family.”

Chen Xiaoxia said as she laughed, reaching out to pat Chen Feng’s face. This was a habit and hobby she had had since Chen Feng was a child. She liked to smile and pat or pinch his face lightly.

Chen Feng was thirty years old after all. He immediately leaned his head back to avoid his aunt’s hand, then said with some embarrassment, “Aunt, I can’t afford such a rich girl. And I’m divorced. Have you made it clear to their family?”

“Of course I have. What’s wrong with being married? And you don’t even have children, so it doesn’t matter even more. Of course, I won’t hide it from you. They only have one daughter. If you have a son in the future, the first one will definitely have to take their family name. In the future, your son will inherit his maternal grandfather’s property. It’s not that you have to marry into their family. They just have this one request. As for other things like the house and the betrothal gift, as long as you get along well and the girl likes you, it doesn’t matter. And her dowry will definitely satisfy you.”

In the past, with such good hard-core asset conditions and such a good opportunity, even if the woman was a little ugly, Chen Feng would most likely have accepted it. After all, there was nothing wrong with being a kept man. What’s more, not everyone could be a kept man. You had to have strength and ability to be one.

But now, not to mention that Chen Feng had a terminal illness, even if he didn’t, he had at least tens of millions in assets. There was really no need to compromise for money.

Just as he was about to refuse again, Chen Rui on the side said with an envious face, “Ah Feng, the conditions sound very good. Where can you find such a good thing? You should agree quickly and go on a blind date tonight. You might be able to win her over. It can save you thirty years of struggle.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoxia finally looked at Chen Rui, this big nephew, for the first time. She nodded with a smile and said, “That’s the point. The other party’s family has at least one billion in assets. It’s better to let my nephew have it than to let others have it. Ah Feng, aunt won’t harm you. I’ve also met this girl. She’s twenty-four this year. She’s a petite and pretty girl, and she’s also considered beautiful.”

“A rich and beautiful girl!” Chen Rui was even more envious when he heard this. He didn’t even care about his wife’s dissatisfied look on the side.

“Yes, she’s a rich and beautiful girl,” Chen Xiaoxia nodded with a smile again. “So, at the end of last year, I told her mother about Ah Feng when we were playing mahjong. I introduced him to her and showed her Ah Feng’s photo. With me as a guarantor, her mother still trusts Ah Feng’s character. Otherwise, how could her daughter go on a blind date with just anyone? I worked hard to get this opportunity for you. You can’t not cherish it.”
His aunt’s good intentions were indeed good, and she had also vouched for him, which was a lot of favors.

If Chen Feng insisted on not going, it would really make his aunt’s life difficult.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Xiaolan said, “Ah Xia, I know you have good intentions. But I have already chosen a girl for Ah Feng. That girl is from the urban area of Lushi. She is also the only daughter in her family. She is twenty-three this year, beautiful and sensible, and graduated from Donghai University. She came to our hometown with Chen Feng last year and stayed for more than ten days. We got along very well. I am very satisfied with her. So, we can only appreciate your good intentions.”

Hearing her sister-in-law’s words, Chen Xiaoxia was a little unhappy. She frowned and said, “Why didn’t you tell me about such a big thing earlier? I watched Ah Feng grow up after all. I’m his aunt. And is this girl you’re talking about really that good? Ah Feng, tell me, are you determined to marry this girl?”

Facing his aunt who had doted on him since he was a child, Chen Feng really couldn’t lie. He could only say with a bitter and embarrassed face, “The girl my mother is talking about is my god-sister. I have another girlfriend.”

When Chen Xiaoxia was stunned, Zhao Xiaolan said with a stern face, “Anyway, I have already decided on Xiaoting as my daughter-in-law. You can break up with that girlfriend of yours when you go back to Xiuzhou this time.”

Chen Xiaoxia frowned and looked at Zhao Xiaolan, saying with some dissatisfaction, “What era is it now? Sister-in-law, are you still trying to arrange a marriage? Since Ah Feng doesn’t like that girl, don’t force him.”

Zhao Xiaolan also looked at her sister-in-law with some dissatisfaction. She could ignore other things, but her son’s marriage, and it also involved Wu Mengting, the daughter-in-law she had decided on, she couldn’t ignore it and wouldn’t back down.

But she was her sister-in-law after all, and she was at her house. Zhao Xiaolan could only express her position euphemistically, “Ah Xia, there’s a story behind this. You don’t know. I’ll tell you when I have a chance. Anyway, thank you for your good intentions this time. Let’s forget about the blind date.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoxia looked at her little nephew, Chen Feng, with a complicated expression and sighed, “Ah Feng, you’re still so popular. It’s only been a short time since you got divorced, and you have a girlfriend and a god-sister. I was worried for nothing before.”

Chen Feng was sensible and quickly asked, “If I don’t go, will it be difficult for you to explain, aunt?”

Chen Xiaoxia said with a bitter smile, “Of course it will be a little difficult to explain. I’ve already told their family. It’s definitely not good to suddenly change my mind. But it’s okay. At most, I’ll just apologize to her mother.”

These words made Chen Feng feel embarrassed. Although it wasn’t his fault, he couldn’t just watch his aunt apologize to others in a low voice.

After struggling for two seconds, Chen Feng could only say with great helplessness, “Then I’ll go and meet her. Then I’ll say I’m not interested, so that you won’t have a hard time, aunt.”

“Haha, you’re really my precious nephew. You know how to feel sorry for your aunt.”

Chen Xiaoxia said happily, reaching out to Chen Feng again. This time, Chen Feng was too embarrassed to dodge. She gently pinched his cheek with her fingers. He felt both warm and ashamed and indignant in his heart: I’m thirty years old, aunt, do you still think I’m three?

Fortunately, Chen Xiaoxia only pinched him twice and then let him go, but she still held his hand with her other hand and said happily, “Then it’s settled. I’ll take you to the blind date tonight. Just go through the motions.”

Chen Feng nodded with great helplessness.

“Let’s go! Let’s all go in. We’ve been standing outside for a long time.”

Chen Xiaoxia took the lead and pulled Chen Feng, calling everyone to go into the villa together.

Soon, everyone went into the villa together. The living room on the first floor was very large, about fifty or sixty square meters. It had been redecorated two years ago and looked very fashionable. The brown leather sofa was matched with a large color TV and an exquisite TV wall, which looked very high-end and classy. There was also a very high-end large projection screen on the TV wall that could be automatically raised and lowered. Watching movies with a projector was very high-definition, just like in a movie theater.

This was installed two years ago. It was his aunt’s son, Fang Zechao’s idea.

Chen Feng had come over two years ago and watched a movie with this projection screen. The effect was indeed very good.

Of course, with such a good effect, the price was of course also quite expensive.

At this time, his cousin, Fang Zechao, was sitting on the sofa, using the TV as a monitor to play a console game. It seemed that he was fighting a monster. The home theater system was rumbling non-stop.

“You child, you just play games all day when you come home for the New Year. Your uncle and the others are here. Why don’t you greet them?”

Chen Xiaoxia went over with dissatisfaction, picked up the remote control, and directly pressed the mute button.

Fang Zechao was in his early twenties this year. He was studying at a university in Shenshi. He was tall and thin, with acne on his face. He could only be said to be average-looking, not handsome or ugly.

When he saw his mother getting angry, he could only pause the game, stand up, and obediently greet Chen Feng’s family.

As an uncle, Chen Dayong rarely went forward and said a few words to him. Zhao Xiaolan on the side also praised him a few times, and then casually asked about the other people in his aunt’s family.

His uncle, Fang Ruiming, had gone out and hadn’t come back yet. His grandmother was busy in the kitchen. His daughter, Fang Min, was in her own room upstairs.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaolan took her family to the kitchen to say hello.

Although his grandmother was not his real grandmother, she was still his grandmother in terms of ethics. So, as juniors, they all had to go and greet her.

Perhaps because she was getting old, his grandmother’s attitude towards their family had been much better than before in the past two years. She was especially fond of Xiaoyu and Xiaoxue, these two youngest great-granddaughters. She hugged and kissed them both. When she heard them both call her “great-grandmother,” her face was full of wrinkles from smiling.

When they came out of the kitchen, his cousin, Fang Min, also came down from upstairs. She lowered her head and called out “Uncle, Aunt” to Chen Dayong’s couple in a low and soft voice.

She was just eighteen this year and was in her third year of high school, about to take the college entrance examination. She was a bit introverted. She was much better-looking than her brother. She was a petite and pretty girl with a playful short hair, and had the temperament of a little lady.

Chen Xiaoxia called everyone to sit down, then asked her son to quit the game and turn on the TV. Then she asked her daughter to wash the fruit and bring it over.

Her two children both did as they were told. This showed her authority at home.