Chapter 682: Countering Every Move 2

Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong at Me, Jiang Muye

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Little White Dove was also holding back his laughter. "Right, Mom, don't waste all this food. Eat up!"

Mother Chen's face was now so ugly it looked like a painter's palette.

She had never imagined she'd dug a pit and jumped right into it herself.

These leafy green vegetables she'd made—there was no way she herself could stomach them.

The whole point had been to make things hard on Sheng Xinyi.

"Can't I just go take a look?! With so many relatives around, if any of you stir up trouble and say the wrong thing, we'd be a laughingstock!" Mother Chen glared at Little White Dove.

Little White Dove knew full well that Mother Chen was the type to talk tough and care about face.

So he didn't push the issue of his mom staying behind. In fact, letting her go might teach her a lesson, and maybe she'd stop treating Sheng Xinyi so poorly.

Soon enough, Little White Dove brought Sheng Xinyi and the family to the entrance of the big restaurant at the village entrance.

A crowd of relatives waited behind them.

The moment they laid eyes on Little White Dove's pretty girlfriend, they were instantly dazzled.

"Chen Ge, is this your girlfriend? So pretty! We don't have anyone this good-looking in our village—so fresh and lively, with such fair skin!"

"Yeah, way prettier than the one my son found. I hear she's a city girl too—doesn't have to brave the wind and sun every day, no wonder she looks so good!"

Sheng Xinyi was a bit embarrassed by all the praise.

Little White Dove's face was even brighter with pride. He proudly began introducing her. "Auntie, this is my girlfriend, Xinyi. It's her first time at our home, so we wanted to have her meet everyone and treat you all to a meal."

This made everyone even happier.

Who wouldn't want to eat at a big restaurant?

Most importantly, they could freeload a meal and get some gossip out of it—of course they were willing.

After Sheng Xinyi went in, she quickly got down to ordering. Once the food was ordered, everyone sat down together.

The relatives were full of praise for Sheng Xinyi. After all, the girl was so pretty that even the young men started getting shy.

For a moment, they were extremely jealous of Little White Dove.

They were better than Little White Dove in every way, yet somehow they didn't have such a pretty girlfriend.

Soon, the dishes began arriving at the table.

When the relatives saw them, they were stunned.

Every dish was a big one, each more expensive and delicious than the last, all with hefty price tags.

Even during the New Year, the folks here had never seen such a feast.

Just the combination of dishes alone would count as one of the finest banquets in the village.

"The girl's got great taste. She ordered really well."

"There's even abalone and lobster—I'm drooling. These things usually aren't cheap!"

"Exactly, I haven't had them in ages. We're really riding on the Chen family's coattails!"

A banquet usually required return gifts, but this time there was no need to give any money back—they could just freeload, and the food was even better than last time's banquet.

Mother Chen was rather surprised too. She hadn't expected the relatives to react so enthusiastically.

And every one of them was praising Sheng Xinyi.

Mother Chen wasn't quite vain, but she did care about face.

Those snobbish relatives from before were now giving her plenty of face with their praise, and it sent her heart fluttering with joy.

But with Sheng Xinyi present, Mother Chen could only secretly smirk, making sure not to look too pleased, or else it would make Sheng Xinyi too happy.

Still, because of face, Mother Chen could only swallow her saliva as she watched others eat.

After all, she'd just declared she was going to eat vegetarian, but everyone else was digging into fish and meat. There was no way she could lower herself to reach for food.

She could only nibble on some leafy greens, and eventually it was so bland and watery that she couldn't hold back anymore and snatched a piece of meat into her mouth.

The moment she tasted it, her eyes lit up. It was so delicious.

"Girl, where's your family from?" Second Granny asked Sheng Xinyi, burning with curiosity.

Sheng Xinyi said graciously, "I'm from H City."

"What does your family do?"

"Just ordinary office workers."

At that, Little White Dove didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Her family are all high-ranking officials—government people, provincial level!"

The words stunned everyone.

In their parts, being a village chief was already considered a very high position.

There was always a bigger fish, and a higher sky.

Though they didn't know what provincial level meant, from Little White Dove's tone, it was definitely super impressive.

"Old Chen, you're really blessed. Such a fine girl coming to your door."

"Exactly, so pretty. Chen Ge has good taste. You and Yanzi are both lucky!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, and her family's in government too. Isn't this changing the family's fate for three generations! A carp leaping through the dragon gate!"

Father Chen happily sipped his liquor. "Heh heh, not at all."

These relatives used to look down on them, and now they were all sighing over his son's good eye and his own good fortune. That definitely made him happy.

When Mother Chen heard what Little White Dove said, she couldn't believe it.

Provincial level?

She hadn't known. She'd assumed they were just rich.

So they had power and influence! Super high officials!

Not just ordinary wealthy people, and certainly not Nouveau Riche.

This was something that could bring glory to the ancestors.

Now Mother Chen was being praised and envied by everyone, and she felt a bit giddy.

Suddenly, she started to get scared.

With that kind of status, asking for a live-in son-in-law wasn't unreasonable at all.

What was wrong with a delicate Young Miss? Her father was impressive.

With that extra layer of status filtering in, Mother Chen felt she'd been ungrateful.

So what if a village girl could work and bear children? No money, no connections—she'd never make it out of the village.

But if her son had the Sheng family's connections, he'd be like a tiger with wings. Would she ever need to worry about him being bullied again?

Mother Chen felt all kinds of ashamed. She was a bit embarrassed about how she'd looked down on Sheng Xinyi just moments ago.

Sure enough, she immediately began picking up meat and placing it in Sheng Xinyi's bowl. "Xinyi, Auntie wasn't feeling well today and said some harsh things. But Auntie just speaks her mind—there was no ill intent. Thank you for taking such good care of our Chen Ge out there."

Sheng Xinyi smiled. "Auntie, what are you saying? Senior Chen Ge takes care of me even more."

She was actually rather surprised. She'd been planning to think of some way to get Mother Chen to change her view of her, but she hadn't expected Mother Chen to flip so fast.

Still, Sheng Xinyi was happy to see it.

Naturally, she wouldn't hold a grudge against Mother Chen. She smiled and said, "Auntie, it's fine. I understand."

"So sensible!" Mother Chen now found Sheng Xinyi more and more pleasing to the eye. "You're just right to be my daughter-in-law. Eat more, you're far too skinny!"

Little White Dove, however, really couldn't stand his mother.

This was way too snobbish.

Little White Dove didn't want to be a Phoenix Man, but from his mother's behavior, it was as if she was eagerly pushing him to live off a woman.

Their relationship was supposed to be equal, but it felt like he was a head shorter, and it made him rather uncomfortable.

On the way back after the meal, Sheng Xinyi sensed Little White Dove was feeling down.

"Senior Chen Ge, what's wrong? Aren't you happy?"

She took the initiative to hold Little White Dove's fingers.

Little White Dove sighed. "I just feel a bit inferior, and I've let you down."

When Sheng Xinyi heard this, she was immediately surprised. "Senior Chen Ge, how could you have such a wrong idea? What do you have to feel inferior about? You're excellent too."