A Show of Force

"Let's go! Come eat at my place. My mom made Lu Cuisine today!"

"We're not going, sister-in-law. A classmate asked me to go shopping."

"Me too. I'm leaving first, sister-in-law."

Fu Yiruo and Li Juan followed Wen Leyu to Fuyou Street. After helping their brother and sister-in-law tidy up the study in a flurry of moving things around, they both declined Wen Leyu's invitation without prior agreement.

It had to be said that neither of these younger sisters was good at currying favor. If the three from the eldest aunt's family had been here, they definitely would have paid the Wen family a visit and toasted Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng.

After the two younger sisters left, Li Ye and Wen Leyu bought some fruit and went to freeload a meal at his father-in-law's home.

On the way, Wen Leyu suddenly said with a grin, "There's one good thing about living over here: we can go back to my place for dinner at night and save ourselves the trouble of cooking."

"Absolutely not!"

Li Ye hurriedly waved his hands. "You can go back every day if you want, but I can't. Even though I really like drinking with your dad and brother, I can't go to your house every single day.

"You have no idea! When I reported to work yesterday, people were already asking all sorts of questions. When I said my wife was from Beijing, some people started muttering and guessing whether I'd married into her family."

"Screech—"

Wen Leyu slammed on the brakes and pulled over by the roadside, demanding sharply, "Who's wagging their tongue?"

"..."

Looking at his little wife, who had suddenly bristled like a cat, Li Ye nodded in agreement. "Some people really do love to gossip.

"But Xiao Yu, think about it yourself.