Villainous Mother-in-Law

Chapter 29: The Wicked Mother-in-Law

When the summer vacation arrived, Wang Yue first took Ruan Wan to his hometown. As the most handsome guy in the village, he naturally received the most attention.

Most people in the village had heard that Wang Yue was returning home to get married this time. They had also heard that the bride Wang Yue was marrying looked like a celestial fairy. It was rumored that she was from the Buyi ethnic group, and the younger son had searched online and found that Buyi girls were all very beautiful.

In short, various rumors led Wang Yue to discover, upon returning to the village with Ruan Wan, that everyone who could come out had come out along the street. They followed him all the way to his house, with some even taking pictures. Many people didn't know how to turn off their flash, making it feel like they were walking a red carpet.

After walking what felt like the longest "red carpet" in history, the couple finally entered the house. Wang Yue's mother immediately grabbed Ruan Wan's hand and refused to let go. She chattered incessantly, making her joy palpable. Ruan Wan's face had already been flushed when they were walking the red carpet, and now it was as red as a ripe Fuji apple.

Fearing she couldn't handle the enthusiasm, Wang Yue was about to rescue Ruan Wan when the small hand in his grip squeezed his large one firmly. Looking at Ruan Wan's eyes, Wang Yue knew this intelligent girl wanted to handle the mother-in-law relationship herself.

It was clear that Wang Yue's mother liked her very much; she was just too enthusiastic. Ruan Wan and Wang Yue's mother soon chatted like a mother and daughter, making Wang Yue feel a pang of bittersweetness.

His Ruan Wan was truly lovable. Yes, Wang Yue decided he had to call his friends in Jinling later and have them keep an eye on Zhao Shiyong. He had a feeling that guy wouldn't give up so easily. A girl like Ruan Wan was simply too charming.

If Zhao Shiyong dared to defy his warning, Wang Yue would definitely make him pay.

Wang Yue and Ruan Wan's wedding involved two banquets. In Xu Kaiyang's words, the complete wedding was divided into two halves.

First, Wang Yue's close relatives accompanied him to Ruan Wan's hometown for a Buyi ethnic group's bride-welcoming ceremony. Then, they returned to Changzhou for a Han-style wedding ceremony, with Three Matchmakers, Six Engagements, Three Letters, and Six Gifts all accounted for. Wang Yue had actually considered having the entire ceremony done in the Buyi style, but Ruan Wan disagreed.

The Studio members who participated in the entire process clamored that they wanted their own weddings to be held like this in the future. Zheng Wei, in particular, had stars in her eyes.

On the wedding night, Wang Yue edited a video of the wedding process himself, and the young couple snuggled together to watch it.

During the wedding process, he had been the protagonist and felt both happy and exhausted. Now, watching the wedding process as an observer, he felt how grand and desirable the wedding was.

Ruan Wan glanced at the man beside her, feeling his doting affection. So, that night, Ruan Wan was very proactive. Wang Yue was caught off guard and a bit flustered, but he quickly turned the tables. Tens of thousands of words omitted.

After the wedding, Wang Yue and Ruan Wan embarked on their honeymoon trip, disappearing from their friends' sight for over a month. When they met again, they were already seniors in college.

However, before they set off, they went to see off the Studio members at the train station. On the way, they received some news, which Xu Kaiyang complained about.

It turned out that Ruan Wan, the "wicked mother-in-law," didn't encounter anyone. Instead, Zheng Wei, who was waiting at school to attend the wedding, met her.

The day after Ruan Wan and Wang Yue left, Chen Xiaozheng's mother arrived at the school. The reason was rather bizarre: Chen Xiaozheng had given up the opportunity to compete for a government-funded overseas study program, which made his mother restless.

And the little vixen who made Chen Xiaozheng give up his dream of studying abroad naturally did not receive any pleasantries.

Now, because Zheng Wei had been following Xu Kaiyang on business trips whenever she didn't have classes for the past two years, she was no longer the innocent young girl she once was.

Their relationship, due to the lack of prolonged entanglement, had not yet reached a point where Zheng Wei would give up everything.

Moreover, the topic of studying abroad triggered Zheng Wei's sore spot. Why must one go abroad? Why couldn't they develop well domestically? Lin Jing was like this, and now Chen Xiaozheng was too.

She remembered a conversation in the office that day. Ruan Wan wasn't yet with Wang Yue. When everyone asked Wang Yue, whose grades were so good, why he wasn't competing for the overseas study quota, Wang Yue said that East China University of Architecture wasn't a top university in China, and the corresponding government-funded overseas universities were probably not as good as Tsinghua or Peking University domestically. Why go abroad?

Actually, Wang Yue was just talking nonsense, but he genuinely had no intention of going abroad, especially to the United States. In his real world, Wang Yue had witnessed how terrifying a country could be when it was shameless. He had no good feelings towards that nation at all.

Zheng Wei heard a hint of dissatisfaction with the United States in his tone, and the two of them immediately felt like they were on the same side. One for a past love, the other for a shred of patriotic sentiment ingrained in his bones.

As she stood alone fighting the "wicked mother-in-law," Zhu Xiaobei and Xu Kaiyang, who happened to pass by, overheard their conversation. To support Zheng Wei, they also argued with Chen Xiaozheng's mother.

Zheng Wei's indecisiveness made Chen Xiaozheng's mother look down on her even more. Especially at this moment, Zeng Yu, who also happened to pass by, came to mediate. This made Zheng Wei's already wavering heart completely give up the idea of mending relations with Chen Xiaozheng's mother.

After they left, they could still see from a distance that the atmosphere between Zeng Yu and Chen Xiaozheng's mother was much more harmonious than when they were with Zheng Wei, and they didn't seem so stern.

Perhaps, only when facing someone who influenced her son's future would a mother act that way.

Zheng Wei felt that she was naturally at odds with mothers-in-law. Lin Jing's mother had also liked her when she was young, but as soon as she prepared to date Lin Jing, something happened between the two families, making Lin Jing's mother unwilling to see her.

This time, Chen Xiaozheng acted somewhat like a man. When he returned, he asked Zheng Wei why she left. Zheng Wei didn't explain the reason, only saying she had an urgent matter and had to leave.

Chen Xiaozheng sensitively sensed that something was wrong. After careful analysis, he realized it was probably because he gave up competing for the overseas study opportunity. His mother must have thought it was because of Zheng Wei, but that was only part of it. Chen Xiaozheng was a filial son; he wanted to start working early and give his mother a better life.

Chen Xiaozheng knew how much hardship his mother had endured over the years for him. Although she was not yet fifty, she looked as old as someone in their sixties. If he went abroad, separated by the Pacific Ocean, he wouldn't be at ease.

However, Chen Xiaozheng's mother desperately wanted her son to succeed and achieve great things. In today's society, overseas graduates always received preferential treatment. If he worked domestically for a few years, he would never reach the position of being parachuted back after studying abroad for several years.

This was the reality. Chen Xiaozheng understood this logic, so he couldn't convince his mother. He also really didn't want to give up Zheng Wei for his career, nor could he rest assured leaving his mother alone in China. He was in a dilemma.

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