Chapter 176: First Courtesy, Then Force

Hearing her little aunt’s words, Wu Mengting secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, with that atmosphere, she thought something bad had happened at home.

She first sat down next to her mother, and then said, “Actually, I already knew.”

The four elders were all stunned when they heard this.

After a long while, Wu’s mother was the first to speak with some anger, “Since you knew, you still… like him? What are you thinking?”

Wu Mengting said calmly, “I just like him. There’s no reason.”

Hearing this, Wu’s father and mother felt tired and couldn’t speak for a moment. Her little aunt persuaded her earnestly, “Xiaoting, don’t be foolish. If this Chen Feng didn’t have this terminal illness, we elders wouldn’t be able to persuade you. But now that he has a terminal illness, you still want to date him. Isn’t this obviously jumping into a fire pit? Don’t be so stupid.”

Wu’s father sighed and said, “Chen Feng is a relatively outstanding young man, but it’s a pity that heaven is jealous of talents. He has this incurable disease, and there’s nothing to be done about it. I can allow you to be friends with him, but not boyfriend and girlfriend.”

Wu Mengting’s face was slightly stern, and she said in a serious tone, “I know you’re doing this for my own good, but it’s useless for others to persuade me about matters of the heart. I have my own thoughts and plans. I hope you can respect me.”

Her little uncle, Hong Guiquan, suddenly spoke at this time, “How much do you know about Chen Feng?”

Wu Mengting glanced at him and said, “I know him relatively well. I know you had someone investigate him. Did you find out that he did anything illegal?”

Hong Guiquan smiled slightly and said, “He didn’t do anything illegal. On the contrary, his record has been good since he was a child, and his credit is also completely fine. However, he is quite a womanizer and often takes women to open rooms. I had someone check his room opening records. Among them, he has the most room opening records with a woman named Sun Xiaorui. Secondly, there is also a woman named Xiao Ya, who also has multiple room opening records. Recently, there is also a woman named Lin Yujiao. This is a solid proof of three women. I don’t know how many there are without records. Do you know all this? Don’t think I’m talking nonsense. This is all evidence. If you want to see it, I can show it to you.”

After saying this, Hong Guiquan looked at Wu Mengting with a smile, his face full of confidence.

According to the logic and thinking of normal people, after Wu Mengting knew about Chen Feng’s character, she would definitely be angry, disgusted, and even furious, and then break up with him.

However, Wu Mengting was different from worldly women, and her logical thinking was also very different from normal women.

She nodded very naturally and said, “I know all this. He didn’t deliberately hide it from me.”

As soon as she said this, the faces of the four elders all changed.

Wu’s father and mother even felt some heartache. Wu’s mother was so angry that she scolded loudly, “Xiaoting, are you possessed by lard? Since you know he is so unbearable, you still want to date him and be his girlfriend?”

Wu’s father was so angry that he slapped the sofa hard and said loudly, “Are you a one-track mind? What are you thinking in your head? Even if he is so outstanding and rich, is it worth you to be so tolerant of him? With your conditions, what kind of man can’t you find?”

Her little aunt didn’t scold her, but just frowned and sighed, “Xiaoting, you graduated from Donghai University after all. It’s a famous university in the country. Your IQ should be fine, right? You use your normal logic to think about this problem. Do you think a womanizing and lecherous man like Chen Feng is worth you to be so indulgent and even be his girlfriend?”

Hong Guiquan shook his head, his face full of disappointment and anger at her for not living up to expectations, “Xiaoting, you have disappointed us too much. You are such a proud daughter of heaven. What kind of man can’t you find in the world? Even if you don’t like your little brother Ming, there’s no need to like a womanizing, lecherous, and short-lived man like Chen Feng. We elders can help you and find you a large group of men who are much better than him.”

Wu Mengting was not angry, but her face was a little gloomy. After they had all finished speaking, she said, “I know you are very concerned about me. But matters of the heart are very personal. Even if you are my biological parents, I don’t want you to interfere. In short, I will protect myself well and will not do anything against my heart. Thank you for your concern.”

After Wu Mengting finished speaking, she stood up and walked upstairs quickly.

“This child! This child! Sigh!” Wu’s mother was tired and shook her head and sighed, but there was no good way.

Wu Mengting had been very independent and stubborn since she was a child. Of course, she, as a mother, knew this very well.

Wu’s father was also tired. He sighed and said, “It’s a misfortune for the family. This daughter is raised in vain. She has been a one-track mind since she was a child and doesn’t listen to advice.”

Her little aunt comforted her, “Let’s all persuade her slowly. She will listen to some of it.”

Hong Guiquan analyzed calmly, “Xiaoting’s personality is like this, very stubborn. It seems we have all underestimated Chen Feng’s position in her heart. To be able to tolerate his womanizing so much is something we didn’t expect. It seems that to solve this matter, we still have to start with this Chen Feng.”

Wu’s mother quickly asked, “What should we do? Should we contact him privately and persuade him to break up with Xiaoting?”

Hong Guiquan didn’t keep them in suspense and said directly, “If you want him to take the initiative to break up with Xiaoting, he will definitely not be willing. We must have a hold on him.”

Wu’s father asked with concern, “Did you find any leverage on him this time?”

Hong Guiquan shook his head slightly and said, “This person is very clean and has not done anything illegal. To be honest, if he didn’t have a terminal illness, I wouldn’t object to him dating Xiaoting. But now that he has a terminal illness and is so womanizing, if Xiaoting continues to date him, it will only harm Xiaoting.”

Wu’s father frowned and asked, “Then what do you think we should do to persuade Chen Feng to break up with my daughter?”

Hong Guiquan said with a determined face, “He himself has a terminal illness and is also quite rich. It can be said that he is completely invulnerable. But his family is not like this. His brother opened a car beauty shop, and his mother opened a small shop. We can completely start with these two relatives, for example, ask someone to check their taxes, or find other excuses to close the shops of these two relatives. Then, we can contact him himself, and this matter will be easy to handle.”

Hearing this, Wu’s mother said with some unnaturalness, “This is not good. After all, it’s not right to involve the family. What’s more, he already has a terminal illness. If we still deal with him like this, it feels a bit… immoral.”

Hong Guiquan glanced at her and said lightly, “This is also something that can’t be helped. We are doing this for Xiaoting’s good. The other party is a lecher, and he has a terminal illness and won’t live long. If this continues, Xiaoting will be tricked into bed by him…”

Wu’s father frowned and interrupted, “I think we should talk to him himself first. If he can take the initiative to break up with Xiaoting, we certainly don’t need to do this to threaten him.”

Hong Guiquan said indifferently, “Alright, we can be polite first and then use force.”

Wu’s father was very direct and asked Hong Guiquan for Chen Feng’s phone number. After thinking for a while, he picked up his phone and called him.

At this time, Chen Feng had just driven home. He was talking to his mother about opening a shop in the small shop when he received a call from a strange number. He looked at the number and didn’t recognize it, so he rejected it directly.

Just as he was about to continue chatting with his mother, this number called again. After hesitating for a moment, Chen Feng answered.

“Hello, who are you looking for?” Chen Feng asked first. If the other party was a harassing call, he would hang up directly.

“You are Chen Feng, right? I am Wu Mengting’s father. Is it convenient to talk now?”

Chen Feng was surprised to hear that it was Wu’s father. After being stunned for a moment, he reacted and quickly said, “It’s convenient. Uncle, please speak.”

After saying that, Chen Feng took his phone and quickly walked back to his room and closed the door.

“It’s like this.” After thinking for a long time, Wu’s father finally got straight to the point, “We already know that you have… a serious illness. We are all very sorry.”

After being stunned for a moment, Chen Feng said in a relaxed tone, “Thank you.”

“It’s like this.” Wu’s father was a cultured person after all. It was really not good to say this at this time, especially after knowing that the other party had a terminal illness. After a long while, he finally hardened his heart and continued, “Although we are very sorry for your illness, we also hope that you can break off all contact with Xiaoting in the future. You may also know that Xiaoting has a good impression of you. If you were not sick, we would definitely not interfere with you. But now… as parents, we hope you can understand. We don’t want Xiaoting to be hurt. Do you understand what I mean?”
What else could Chen Feng not understand? It was just that he was definitely a little uncomfortable in his heart.

“I understand what you mean. It’s just that I think you should persuade Xiaoting to break up with me, not me. In addition, what I want to say is that Mengting and I are really just god-brother and sister now. I also cherish this relationship very much and have no further plans. So, I think you don’t have to worry about Mengting being hurt at all.”

Wu’s father frowned and said in a heavier tone, “So, you are not willing to break up with my daughter?”

Chen Feng also frowned and said, “Mengting and I are both adults. We are normal friends. You really don’t need to interfere. This will only make both Mengting and me very disgusted.”

“Alright, I know your attitude. However, I still hope you can think about it carefully. Your health is not good now. I think you should rest at home and spend more time with your family, not with others. Don’t you think so?”

“Thank you for your reminder.”

“Yes, you should take good care of your illness. Let’s leave it at that for now.”

After Wu’s father finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He looked at the other three with a complicated expression and shook his head, “You all heard it. It seems he doesn’t want to break up with Xiaoting.”

Wu’s mother said with some sympathy, “Actually, Chen Feng is also quite pitiful. According to the doctor’s diagnosis, he has at most a few months to live. Do we really need to force him to break up with Xiaoting?”

Wu’s father didn’t speak.

Her little aunt said coldly, “It is precisely because he doesn’t have long to live that he may act recklessly. We must be more on guard against him. Otherwise, what if Xiaoting is played with by him and gets hurt?”

This was indeed everyone’s worry. Wu’s mother couldn’t say anything to refute.

Hong Guiquan said, “I have an old classmate who is working in Linnan. It should be possible to ask him for help. If you agree, I will contact him and have a meal with him. If you don’t agree, I will leave it to you.”

Wu’s father looked at Wu’s mother and let her make the decision.

Wu’s mother was a woman after all. After thinking for a long time, she said, “Let’s wait and see. Let’s talk about it in a few days.”

Hearing this, Hong Guiquan was very disappointed. He originally wanted to take advantage of the heat to completely break the relationship between Chen Feng and the Wu family for his nephew. Now it seemed that there were still some variables.

As an uncle, he had done his best for his nephew, Hong Yongming’s, lifelong event.

“Alright, you can inform me after you’ve thought about it. We’ll leave first.”

Hong Guiquan stood up and said.

“You’re leaving so soon?”

The Wu couple also stood up.

“I have to go back to work tomorrow. I have to go back and rush the New Year’s work plan.”

“Alright, let’s get together again another day.”

The relationship between the two families didn’t need to be too polite. The Wu couple directly sent them out.

After getting into the car, Hong Guiquan took out his phone and called his nephew, Hong Yongming. The call went through, but no one answered.

This was the fourth call he had made today. It was the same every time, which made him frown.

“What’s wrong with Yongming? I’ve called him several times, but no one answered,” Hong Guiquan couldn’t help but complain.

“Did he lose his phone?” his little aunt guessed.

“It’s possible. Let’s go to his house and see.”

Hong Yongming’s parents were still abroad. He came back to China alone this time and lived alone.

Hong Guiquan drove to his house and rang the doorbell for a long time, but no one answered. At this time, he realized that something was wrong. He quickly went to the property management to check the surveillance. He found that Hong Yongming had not come back since last night. His heart couldn’t help but become more nervous.

Hong Guiquan no longer hesitated and immediately called the police. Then he asked his friends for help, hoping to find his nephew quickly.

He was a leader in his unit, and some of his connections were still quite useful.

Just as he was about to rush to the police station, he received a call from his unit leader, saying that there was an important matter and asked him to report back.

Hong Guiquan had to temporarily separate from his wife. He went to the unit to report first, and his wife went to the police station.

More than an hour later, Wu Mengting’s little aunt received news that made her feel like the sky was falling. Her husband had been officially arrested for corruption and bribery, and a team of people was on their way to her house for a major search.

To put it simply, Hong Guiquan was arrested and his house was raided.

When Wu Mengting learned of this news, she was also very shocked. She immediately went with her parents to meet her little aunt.

After seeing Wu’s mother, her little aunt hugged her and cried for a long time.

As for finding Hong Yongming’s whereabouts, at this time, of course, her little aunt couldn’t care less.

Because of this sudden incident, Wu Mengting had to postpone her original plan to visit Chen Feng’s house tomorrow. She first sent a WeChat message to Zhao Xiaolan, apologizing to her, but she didn’t say the specific reason, only that she had something to do at home and couldn’t go tomorrow. Although Zhao Xiaolan was a little disappointed, she certainly wouldn’t mind.

Afterward, Wu Mengting contacted Chen Feng again and told him the specific reason.

Chen Feng didn’t expect her little aunt’s family to have such a change. He couldn’t help, so he could only comfort her with a few words. As for her father calling him before, he chose not to say.

Because if he said it, there would be a suspicion of driving a wedge between her and her father. So, it was better not to say it.