Chapter 170: I Feel Like a Clown

Hong Xiaodan was still a very individualistic woman.

To be honest, she was a bit arrogant, but any rich girl would have this kind of mentality when facing a grassroots member of the opposite sex. This was a natural sense of superiority brought about by different classes, and it was unavoidable.

When talking and communicating with you, it would be revealed unconsciously.

This had little to do with what kind of upbringing or cultivation one had, but rather the psychological reasons of different social classes.

Just like how ordinary people would more or less have a sense of superiority when they saw beggars and homeless people, this was also very difficult to avoid.

Therefore, Chen Feng couldn’t say that he hated her, but he just felt that they were people from completely different worlds and with different personalities. Even if he didn’t have a woman by his side, he wouldn’t look for someone like her.

Especially, although there were many women who smoked, Chen Feng just couldn’t stand women who smoked.

This was not gender discrimination. In his opinion, no matter how beautiful a smoking woman was, her charm would be greatly reduced.

Since he was not interested in her, and both of their elders were not present, Chen Feng of course did not have to be polite to her.

Facing her somewhat dissatisfied expression, Chen Feng was also completely indifferent. Instead, he smiled and said frankly, “You can think so.”

Hong Xiaodan obviously didn’t expect Chen Feng to be so direct and give such an answer. After being stunned for a moment, she once again let out a sigh of “damn”.

“Alright. Since you have a girlfriend, it’s normal that you’re not interested in me.”

Hong Xiaodan found a reason that she thought was very reasonable for Chen Feng. She would never think that she was not charming enough.

Chen Feng smiled and didn’t refute.

He took out his phone and looked at it. It was past six-thirty in the evening.

“What? Do you want to go?”

Hong Xiaodan took the initiative to ask.

Chen Feng nodded and stood up calmly, “Since we’re not interested in each other, there’s really no need to waste each other’s time. Then I’ll take my leave first. I’ll go and call my aunt down.”

“Wait.” Chen Feng was about to leave when he was stopped by Hong Xiaodan.

When Chen Feng looked at her with confusion, she smiled and said, “Actually, I’m really interested in you now. Tell me, why don’t we try to date? I believe I won’t be worse than your girlfriend.”

This was her second time taking the initiative to ask for a date. This was also one of her personalities, but Chen Feng would not be so naive as to think that she was really interested in him.

It was very likely that this rich girl was too idle and bored, or wanted to find a man who looked decent to deal with her family’s forced marriage.

But Chen Feng had no time to play house with her.

“I can see that you’re not interested in me, so why bother? If you want to find someone to play games with you or deal with your family, you should find someone else. I’m not suitable.”

Hong Xiaodan giggled, then gave Chen Feng a thumbs-up and said, “You’ve got guts! You’re the first man to be so arrogant in front of me.”

Chen Feng was too lazy to bother with her. He took out his phone to call his aunt.

Seeing this, Hong Xiaodan quickly stopped him and said, “You’re really something. Can’t you wait until I finish talking?”

“What else is there to say?” Chen Feng looked at her strangely.

Hong Xiaodan said calmly, “Even if we can’t be a couple, I think we can still be friends, right? Scan my WeChat, I’ll add you as a friend.”

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Feng opened his WeChat and scanned it for her.

After the friend request was approved, Chen Feng didn’t waste any more words with her. He directly called his aunt and then said that they had finished talking.

Soon, his aunt and Hong’s mother both came down from upstairs.

“You’ve finished talking so quickly?” Hong’s mother said with some disappointment.

“It was Big Brother Chen who wanted to leave. I originally wanted to have a good chat with him,” Hong Xiaodan said with a slight pout.

Chen Xiaoxia knew the inside story and said with a forced smile, “There’s still a long way to go. It’s getting dark now. The young people can contact each other and make an appointment later.”

Hearing this, Hong’s mother nodded and said to Chen Feng with a smile, “Xiao Chen, you can stay in Tianzhou for a few more days this time. Our Xiaodan happens to be free these few days.”

Chen Feng could only smile politely in response.

Seeing this, Hong’s mother thought that Chen Feng had agreed. But Hong Xiaodan knew that Chen Feng was probably unwilling. She couldn’t help but pout slightly and feel annoyed.

This middle-aged divorced man is really arrogant!
After his aunt, Chen Xiaoxia, said a few more polite words to Hong’s mother, she took Chen Feng and left.

After the car started, Chen Xiaoxia said to Chen Feng with some pride, “Now it seems that Xiaodan and her mother are quite satisfied with you. You really don’t want to consider it?”

Chen Feng shook his head directly and said, “She and I are from completely different worlds, and she’s not my type.”

“Sigh, that’s a pity,” Chen Xiaoxia sighed with some helplessness. “Her family’s conditions are so good. You’ve seen it. The house they live in is like a castle. And her father’s group enterprise has a market value of several billion. If you marry Xiaodan, you’re very likely to inherit such a large group in the future.”

“What’s not mine shouldn’t be coveted. Besides, I’m not short of money now. There’s no need to pay attention to her family,” Chen Feng said in a calm tone.

“Oh, my silly child, can your lack of money be compared to her family’s?” Chen Xiaoxia shook her head and said, “I think you’d better reconsider it carefully. After this village, there will be no such shop. The opportunity is rare. If you miss it this time, you will miss tens of billions.”

This was really a property of tens of billions. If Chen Feng was not sick, under the temptation of such a large family property, he might have really given in.

But now, his net worth was at least close to one hundred million, and he could die at any time. Of course, other people’s family property of several billion was just that. It was impossible for him to be moved.

The situation was different, the realm was different. Wealth was really not very attractive to Chen Feng now.

Chen Feng couldn’t say these things clearly, so he could only say euphemistically, “The main thing is that I don’t have a spark with this Hong Xiaodan. She’s actually not interested in me either. So, there’s no need to continue. Not to mention that I already have a girlfriend.”

Chen Xiaoxia rolled her eyes at him and said, “Not only a girlfriend, but also a god-sister.”

Chen Feng smiled awkwardly and didn’t say anything more.

On Hong’s side, as soon as Chen Feng and his nephew left, Hong’s mother immediately asked Hong Xiaodan, “What do you think of Xiao Chen?”
Hong Xiaodan smiled and nodded, “He’s very good.”

“I knew it,” Hong’s mother said happily, clapping her hands. “Xiao Chen has a steady temperament and is handsome. What’s rare is that you can tell at a glance that he’s a gentle and home-loving man. He’s a good match for you.”

Hong Xiaodan shook her head with a bitter smile, “I’m quite satisfied with him and wanted to get to know him better, but he doesn’t seem to be interested in me. He has already made it clear to me.”

Hearing this, Hong’s mother’s face suddenly stiffened, and then she said with some anger, “What does this Xiao Chen mean? You’re so beautiful, and our family’s conditions are so good. He’s still not interested?”

Hong Xiaodan shrugged and said, “He should still have some ability, and he should also have some money. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so calm after coming to our house, and even clearly refused to date me.”

Hong’s mother frowned slightly and thought for a while before saying, “Do you think he’s doing this on purpose to get your attention? When you were in school, wasn’t there a handsome boy who deliberately belittled you to get your attention and wanted to win you over? He almost succeeded. Fortunately, your father found out early.”

This was obviously not a very pleasant memory. Hong Xiaodan was dissatisfied when she heard this, “When was that? And what do you mean by almost succeeded? I didn’t have any good feelings for that boy at all. He deliberately belittled me often at that time. I actually hated him in my heart. How could I still like him? I’m not a masochist.”

“Alright, alright. Maybe I remembered it wrong, but do you think this Xiao Chen is also using this trick?”

It was not that Hong’s mother was overly suspicious. They only had Hong Xiaodan as a precious daughter. She was beautiful and had a family property of several billion. There were too many people who had tried to get close to her precious daughter over the years. All kinds of tricks were also endless.

Fortunately, she and her husband were strict, and now it was the information age. It was very easy for a rich person to investigate a person’s background.

In addition, her daughter had always been indifferent to boys since she was a child, so her daughter had never been in a relationship all these years.

In the past, she and her husband were very pleased with their daughter’s behavior. But now that their daughter was twenty-four years old and still had no plans to find a boyfriend, they were of course starting to get anxious.

The huge family property still needed their daughter’s son to inherit. The successor must be born early and cultivated early.

As for recruiting a son-in-law, they had thought about it, but since ancient times, there have been too many human tragedies caused by sons-in-law marrying into rich families. They were both intellectuals, so of course they knew this very well.

In reality, there were also many vicious cases of sons-in-law taking crazy revenge and even killing their father-in-law’s whole family. So, they really couldn’t find a son-in-law.

In addition, what kind of outstanding and capable man would be willing to be a son-in-law?
There might be outstanding ones, but the proportion was definitely very small.

So they came up with a compromise, which was to let their daughter and son-in-law’s first son have the surname Hong and let him inherit their Hong family’s business. In this way, their future son-in-law should not object.

Also, this son-in-law could not be un-outstanding, nor could he be too outstanding and capable, and his personality could not be too strong.

Based on these conditions, Chen Feng was currently a relatively good candidate.

Although Chen Feng was five or six years older than his daughter and was divorced, a man who was a few years older than his wife would generally dote on his wife more. A divorced man would also cherish his second marriage more.

What’s more, although Chen Feng was married, he had no children, which was even less of a shortcoming.

But now Hong’s mother was worried that Chen Feng was playing tricks and being cunning. If that was the case, he would have bad intentions and covet their family’s property, which was definitely not suitable.

Of course, Hong Xiaodan also understood her mother’s worries. She thought for a while before shaking her head, “It shouldn’t be. I can tell from his expression and attitude that he’s really not very interested in me.”

“This… this is really… with your good conditions, he’s still not interested? Is there any reason for this?”

This time, Hong’s mother was really a little angry. “No, I have to call Xiaoxia and ask her what her nephew means.”

Hong Xiaodan quickly stopped her and said, “Mom, aren’t you making me lose more face?”

Hong’s mother thought about it and it was true. Her precious daughter was actually not liked by a boy from the countryside. How embarrassing would it be if this was spread?

“Alright,” Hong’s mother nodded with some helplessness. “This Chen Xiaoxia is also unreliable. She was the one who took the initiative to promote her nephew to us and was eager to marry into our family. Now it’s good, she actually doesn’t like our family.”

Hong Xiaodan pouted and said, “She was eager to marry into our family, but her nephew was not willing. There’s nothing to be done about it. Your precious daughter is not jewelry or gold, loved by everyone.”

Hong’s mother looked at her and said, “You’re wrong. You’re more valuable than jewelry and gold. Your father’s huge company will be your dowry in the future. Which girl can compare?”

“That’s true,” Hong Xiaodan said with a smile, putting her arms around Hong’s mother. “It’s just a pity that this Chen Feng doesn’t seem to care about my dowry. I admire him for that. Mom, you should ask Dad to investigate his background and see where he gets his confidence and courage.”

Hong’s mother smiled and nodded, “Of course. Actually, after Xiaoxia introduced him to us, I had someone investigate his background a little. He did graduate from a famous university, and he did get divorced a few months ago, and he has no children. In addition, what I’m most satisfied with is that he has his own two properties in Xiuzhou, which are worth about 20 million in total. He also has more than 30 million in bank deposits, and he also holds some stocks. I’m not very clear about the specific amount, and I didn’t have anyone investigate it in detail. So, he wasn’t wrong when he said he made some money from stock trading.”

Hong Xiaodan was suddenly dumbfounded.

She had originally thought that Chen Feng had at most a few million in assets. For their ordinary people, this was already very remarkable.

But she didn’t expect Chen Feng’s wealth to be ten times more than she had imagined.

This was quite amazing! It completely exceeded her imagination.

This also explained why her mother had paid so much attention to this blind date before they even met. She had specially called Chen Xiaoxia to communicate and even directly invited the other party to her home for a blind date. This was obviously also a sign of importance.

Hong’s mother was very satisfied with her daughter’s surprised expression. To be honest, she was also very surprised when she got this investigation report.

“What? Are you very surprised?” Hong’s mother asked with a smile.

Hong Xiaodan came back to her senses and glared at her mother with a pout, “Why didn’t you tell me before? You made me say that he didn’t have a proper job at the beginning. No wonder he looked at me with such disdain and contempt at that time. Oh my god, it’s so embarrassing.”

Hong Xiaodan covered her face with her hands in annoyance and embarrassment. Thinking of her arrogant look at the beginning, saying that Chen Feng didn’t have a proper job and made little money, she wished she could find a hole to hide in. Her face couldn’t help but burn. It was really too shameful.

What is called showing off one’s skills in front of an expert? What is called being self-righteous? Her performance before was just that.

He had earned so much money entirely by his own ability. And she, who had graduated from college for almost two years, had only set up a fashion design studio with the help of her family. She still had to rely on her family to subsidize her. She had not earned a single cent so far.

So, what qualifications did she have to lecture the other party? She suddenly felt that her previous performance was like a clown.

If she could go back in time, she would definitely run over and cover her mouth with her hand.

No wonder Chen Feng didn’t like her and even looked at her with contempt. Combined with his current net worth, her performance at that time was really too superficial and vulgar.