Chapter 576: The First Day of Meeting the Future In-Laws

“Boss Cutie”

Jiang Muye chuckled. “Now that you’re their daughter-in-law, they’ll be even more certain to approve of you. And that’s not even mentioning the twins in your belly. Their grandchildren—they definitely won’t give you a hard time.”

“Alright, then you guys hurry over,” Leng Ruoli said bashfully. “I’ve already told the kitchen to start cooking, and I picked out the menu myself.”

“Heh heh, you’re already showing the bearing of a good wife and loving mother. Oh, right—stay a bit further from the kitchen. The cooking fumes are strong, and I don’t want you getting a whiff of them,” Jiang Muye advised.

Leng Ruoli nodded shyly. “Okay.”

After hanging up, Jiang Muye got in the car and set off.

The trip went smoothly the whole way, but who would have thought problems would start halfway there.

“What’s going on? Why is there a traffic jam at this hour? Today isn’t even the evening rush.” Jiang Muye looked oddly at the long queue of cars ahead, puzzled.

Mother Jiang started to worry. “Aren’t we about to meet your in-laws? We agreed on four in the afternoon, and there’s only half an hour left. We won’t make it in time.”

Father Jiang was equally anxious. “That’s right, today is an important day. Meeting your in-laws—first impressions matter. How can we be late? If they end up with a bad opinion of us, that won’t do.”

“You said it!” Mother Jiang rubbed her hands nervously.

Jiang Muye watched the two of them fret and immediately soothed their feelings. “It’s fine. They’ll clear it up in a bit. Let’s just wait a little longer.”

But Jiang Muye was entirely unprepared for everything to defy his expectations. The traffic was still jammed.

Jiang Muye’s brows furrowed tightly, and even Leng Ruoli called to ask what was going on.

Jiang Muye soothed Leng Ruoli’s emotions. “Don’t worry, it’s just a traffic jam right now. Nothing happened. I’m afraid we’ll have to wait a while.”

“That’s good then.” Leng Ruoli had been afraid Jiang Muye might have run into some accident.

After hanging up, Father Jiang asked, “Was that Ruoli calling?”

“Yeah, she was worried something might have happened to us,” Jiang Muye answered.

“Ah, we should have been there to see her by now. What rotten luck that a traffic jam starts right now. It’s so infuriating!” Father Jiang patted his knee.

“It’s fine, Dad. I have a way.”

Waiting in a car really was the easiest way to lose patience.

Fortunately, Jiang Muye had the System.

So Jiang Muye instinctively entered the System Shop and exchanged for 【No-Waiting Card: One Day】.

This card was extremely useful. It could avoid the lengthy process of waiting for a car and quickly clear the traffic, restoring normal flow.

Moreover, he wouldn’t have to worry about finding a parking spot at the mall or anywhere else.

Jiang Muye used it right away, and the traffic that had been completely motionless started moving in an instant.

It was visible to the naked eye—as if someone had hit fast-forward, everything surged forward. The originally crowded, stagnant situation was completely changed.

Father Jiang got excited too. “Finally, no more traffic jam.”

“Of course.” Jiang Muye felt proud.

The card really was useful. For the whole trip, he hit no red lights—every intersection was green, and he cruised the entire way.

The trip should have taken several more hours to get home, but now they arrived in just over ten minutes.

So awesome.

After getting out, Jiang Muye brought his parents into the villa.

Outside the door, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang curiously looked around. “Is this house rented?”

“Bought it.” Jiang Muye smiled. “You could call it my new home.”

Hearing Jiang Muye’s words, Father Jiang felt ashamed by comparison.

Considering that Father Jiang had never bought a house and had always lived in the old family home. It was only after his younger sister soared to the top and became a phoenix that he, as her brother, was raised up along with her and got to live somewhere decent.

But now his son, still just a university student, could already afford a huge luxury house like this—proof enough that his son was super badass.

“Son, you’re really something. Dad’s proud of you.” Father Jiang excitedly told Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye grinned. “Not bad, I guess. I have to plan for my own future. I can’t always rely on you two.”

“This place is beautiful. The design is luxurious and lovely,” Mother Jiang sighed.

“Mom, if you like it, I’ll buy you one.” Jiang Muye was generous.

“No need. Your dad and I have plenty of room as it is, and your auntie’s little western-style house is quite nice too.” Although the house was in the name of Jiang Muye’s auntie, they were still allowed to live there, which made Mother Jiang quite content.

Compared to the old house in the village, the current house was truly so much better.

“Dad, Mom, don’t be polite with me. Now I have a chance to repay you. If you don’t accept, what’s the point?” Jiang Muye raised an eyebrow. “Now that I’m a father myself, I finally understand how hard it is to be a parent. And before, I caused you so much trouble too.”

Jiang Muye’s goal now was to live his life well, and to make his parents’ lives wonderful too.

“Muye, you brought Uncle and Auntie over!” A cheerful voice rang out.

Jiang Muye saw Leng Ruoli’s little face, all shy, as she ran out of the house.

Her eyes were full of anticipation. Looking at Father Jiang and Mother Jiang, she said bashfully, “Uncle, Auntie, the trip must have been tiring.”

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang saw Leng Ruoli’s embarrassed expression and immediately burst out laughing. “Not tiring at all, not tiring at all. You’re the one who’s had it hard.”

Jiang Muye gently rubbed Leng Ruoli’s hand and said with a smile, “Still calling them Uncle and Auntie? Aren’t you going to change what you call them?”

Leng Ruoli’s cheeks flushed red, and she immediately corrected herself, “Dad, Mom!”

Her voice was so sweet that the moment she called out, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang melted.

Naturally, they were overjoyed and immediately nodded. “Hey!”

Leng Ruoli was beautiful and talented—the best possible choice for a daughter-in-law.

Their son really had good taste, and he had the ability too. To have such a beautiful daughter-in-law was truly something to be happy about.

“It’s a bit chilly outside. Come in and sit. You should get some rest,” Mother Jiang said with a smile, stepping forward to help Leng Ruoli into the house.

Leng Ruoli’s little face was overflowing with joy as she accompanied Mother Jiang inside.

Jiang Muye and Father Jiang were the last to enter, and he helped his father carry the luggage in.

Suddenly, he felt that this feeling—women chatting while the men did the work behind them—was too good.

After Jiang Muye and the others entered, they saw that Father Leng had already arrived.

“You must be the in-law,” Father Jiang asked, somewhat trembling.

Father Leng nodded, without putting on any airs, and said to Father Jiang, “The trip must have been tiring for you.”

Father Jiang smiled and shook his head. “Not tiring, not tiring. It’s only proper.”

“Since I don’t know you very well, and this is our first time meeting, I prepared some things on a whim. I don’t know if you’ll like them.” Father Leng instinctively had someone bring down the gifts.

“This is Five-Star Brand Moutai. I heard my dear in-law has a taste for this, so I had someone buy it.” When Father Leng handed the gift to Father Jiang, Father Jiang was overwhelmed with surprise.

Considering that Five-Star Brand Moutai was the finest quality and also the most expensive.

Especially when he saw the vintage was actually ’87—that made it even more precious.

This was absolutely top-tier liquor!

Compared to this, the gifts they had prepared were truly negligible.