Chapter 689: One Favor to Ask—I Want You to Do...

Chapter 688: Chapter 689: I Beg One Thing of You, I Want You to…

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

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Mother Chen was a bit surprised too.

She hadn't expected Eldest Sister-in-law to come to her asking for this favor.

She instinctively looked at Sheng Xinyi.

Little White Dove immediately retorted, "No!"

Aunt was very displeased. "What do you mean, no? Hasn't Aunt treated you well before? When you were little, whatever you wanted, you had. And earlier this year, our family's land was even contracted out to your family to farm. What a great harvest that corn had."

"If that's how it is, then I'll pay you the normal price, and even if that corn rots in the field, I'm taking the land back!"

"No no no, it's all signed with the contractor. If you take the land back, we'll have to pay a lot in compensation!" Now this was what had Mother Chen anxious.

Mother Chen valued money as much as her own life.

She herself wanted to make money by farming, and this was her lifeline. How could that possibly be touched at will?

If she were made to pay compensation, that would be a catastrophe. It would be as if the sky had fallen.

"Then we'll pay the compensation. We're not short on that money, and I'll work hard too!" Little White Dove couldn't swallow this.

Mother Chen rolled her eyes at Little White Dove. "Short! How are we not short! You're going abroad to study later, and that takes a long time to finish. By the time you start earning money, when would that be? Adults are talking, so you kids stay out of it."

Little White Dove retorted, "I'm not a kid anymore!"

Mother Chen ignored Little White Dove and turned to Aunt. "It's just this little thing, of course I can help you."

Aunt was overjoyed. "Thank you, Sister!"

Mother Chen's voice landed on Sheng Xinyi, who stood awkwardly nearby. "Xinyi, you see, our family doesn't have it easy either. Aunt has never asked you for anything. Your family's conditions are so good, finding a job surely isn't hard. Just help arrange one for Senior Chen Ge."

Sheng Xinyi bit her red lip. She could tell Mother Chen's smile had a knife hidden in it.

She herself was conflicted and at a loss. "Auntie… I know what you mean, but I'm in a difficult position too. After all, I really can't help with work matters, and government positions all have to go through normal interviews. It's not like you can just slot someone in…"

She herself didn't accept this kind of backdoor dealing.

Much less did she have any special privileges.

If she really opened her mouth about this, it would cause trouble for her parents too.

After all, given their special connections, it was impossible to do such a thing.

Mother Chen's expression sank, and the smile on her face vanished.

Aunt began to kick her while she was down. "I see your little daughter-in-law isn't too willing. She won't even help with this little favor. What use is a deep family background then? Just for show. Oh, or is it that she feels the relationship isn't close enough and doesn't want to help?"

Mother Chen hurried to steady Aunt. "That's not what she means! Don't rush!"

She then spoke seriously to Sheng Xinyi. "Xinyi, at the very least give your dad a call and mention it. Don't just refuse outright. Aunt is begging you, and you won't even help?"

"This…" Sheng Xinyi was in a real bind.

Even Little White Dove felt this was going too far.

After all, interfering with work arrangements and trying to use special privileges—even if the person was a high official, they couldn't agree to that.

Little White Dove was protective of her own, and shot back at Mother Chen. "Mom, we can't agree to this. Absolutely not!"

Mother Chen was unhappy. "Why not? Your aunt and cousin are watching right now. It's not easy that they have something to ask of us. If we can't even handle this little thing, that's a real loss of face! She's going to be our family from now on, so of course we have to keep her cousin's matter in mind."

Little White Dove was furious. Just as she wanted to argue with Mother Chen, Sheng Xinyi took a deep breath and said, "Auntie, wait. Let me ask my dad first, then I'll get back to you."

"Don't do that!" Little White Dove was a bit upset.

Sheng Xinyi's heart was heavy, and she forced a smile at Little White Dove.

Then she walked to a quiet corner and called Father Sheng.

Soon, Father Sheng's phone rang. "Xinyi, how is it over there? How are they doing?"

Sheng Xinyi smiled a bit awkwardly. "It's fine, all good."

"That's good then."

"Yeah, the fruit here is especially fresh. I'll send some to you and Mom later!"

"That'd be great. If the fruit is good, I can even go to the countryside to support the farmers! Hahaha!" Father Sheng laughed heartily.

But Sheng Xinyi couldn't muster the slightest smile.

She hesitated for a moment, then said to Father Sheng, "Dad, can I ask you one thing?"

"What is it? We're family, just say it. No need to be so formal."

"It's Senior Chen Ge's cousin. He's run into a bit of a problem with work. He can't pass the civil service exam right now, and he wants a suitable job. Could you arrange something for him? It doesn't have to be anything big, just something suitable!"

After hearing Sheng Xinyi's words, Father Sheng's originally cheerful tone immediately turned serious.

"Oh, is this your idea, or Chen Ge's?"

"It's mine…"

"Liar."

"It really is mine!"

"Ah, you're my daughter. How could I not understand you? Did they pressure you?"

Father Sheng's words immediately made Sheng Xinyi anxious, and she waved her hand in denial. "They didn't pressure me. Auntie just mentioned it to me, and I thought maybe I could help him…"

What Sheng Xinyi said made Father Sheng very unhappy. "Help, and help with such a big favor? Xinyi, I hope that this time you've gone there, you'll think some things through clearly."

"Our Sheng family might not be a small household, but our family has principles. We don't ask the Chen family to give us anything, but we also don't want the Chen family getting anything from us. I've already lost a daughter, and that's a huge loss!"

Father Sheng didn't care about family background and conditions; all of that could be worked for.

He also felt that Chen Ge was a man without excessive desires and wouldn't demand too much material wealth.

But he had underestimated the greed of some poor families, which was very high.

See, greedy enough that before the daughter had even married over, they already wanted to take something.

Even if Chen Ge was good, if there was a vampire family, they would keep sucking the daughter's blood to climb up.

How pitiful the daughter would be then.

"Senior Chen Ge doesn't mean that! It's Auntie who thinks a job could be arranged. If it doesn't work, then forget it, pretend I never said anything…"

Sheng Xinyi immediately bit her lip and hurriedly moved to hang up.

But then she heard Father Sheng's words.

"Actually, arranging a job for his cousin isn't impossible."

Sheng Xinyi saw hope and couldn't bear to hang up.

"Dad, you agree? Thank you so much!"

"Don't get happy so fast. My agreement comes with a precondition. Hear me out first."

Sheng Xinyi waited earnestly, and then heard Father Sheng continue, "But after arranging his job, you must break up with Chen Ge."

Sheng Xinyi simply couldn't believe what her father was saying.

"You… what are you saying? Dad, don't you like Senior Chen Ge a lot? Why are you now planning for me to break up with him?"