A Stinging Face

The next day!

Happiness Residential Complex!

The same people from yesterday were still sitting beneath the pavilion!

"Why haven't we seen Old Wang's wife today?"

"It'll probably be half a month before we see Old Wang's wife again!"

After Mayor Deng had awarded Jiang Fan the second-class merit yesterday, Old Wang's wife had been left thoroughly embarrassed!

Knowing her personality, she probably wouldn't leave home for at least half a month!

Just as everyone was discussing Old Wang's wife, someone cried out in shock!

"Old Wang's wife?"

Sure enough, everyone spotted Old Wang's wife, whose figure resembled a drawing compass!

Their faces were filled with disbelief.

What was going on?

Had the sun risen in the west?

They saw no embarrassment on Old Wang's wife's face. Instead, she was all smiles!

When something was out of the ordinary, there had to be something fishy!

"Old Wang's wife, what's made you so happy?"

"Yes, you're smiling like a blooming flower!"

Old Wang's wife put some candy and sunflower seeds on the stone table and said with a beaming smile!

"Here, have some candy and sunflower seeds!"

"Old Wang's wife, hurry up and tell us the good news!"

Old Wang's wife gave a mysterious smile, took out her phone, and showed everyone.

On the screen was a photo of a girl as lovely as a flower!

"Who's this girl? She's so pretty!"

"Yes, such big eyes, double eyelids, a little mouth, and a cute button nose. She's beautiful, almost as pretty as Old Sun's daughter in our complex!"

"I think she's prettier than Old Sun's daughter!"

Old Sun's daughter was twenty, with beautiful features and a slender figure. All the young men in the complex who were old enough to discuss marriage adored her!

Some of the bolder ones had even sent their parents to Old Sun's home to propose! But the girl had high standards and hadn't taken a fancy to a single one!

When Old Wang's wife heard everyone saying the girl in the photo was prettier than Old Sun's daughter, her grin nearly stretched to the back of her head!

"I'll tell you all. This is my son's girlfriend, Xiaoqian. She's a university student, too! Hehe..."

"Really?"

Everyone was astonished. They hadn't expected Old Wang's wife's son to be so capable that he could find such a beautiful girlfriend!

"That boy Wang Gang is really something. He's had a silver tongue since he was little. You could tell he was destined for great things!"

"Old Wang's wife, your family must have burned some fine incense to find such a beautiful daughter-in-law!"

"..."

Hearing everyone's praise, Old Wang's wife felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey!

She couldn't help muttering inwardly: Hmph, Li Guiqin's son might have earned a second-class merit, but who would marry a boy who couldn't squeeze out a fart in half a day? My silver-tongued son is better. He's found me such a beautiful daughter-in-law!

"You have to be a good talker! Just look at that man from ancient times... who battled the assembled scholars with his tongue!"

"Old Wang's wife is right! A young man making his way in the world has to know how to talk!"

Hearing someone agree with her, Old Wang's wife immediately lowered her voice!

"Guiqin's boy might have earned a second-class merit, but he's so clumsy with words, just like a bookworm. What girl will ever take a fancy to him? He'll struggle even to find a wife..."

Everyone knew Old Wang's wife didn't get along with Li Guiqin's family and was deliberately badmouthing Guiqin's son.

Although Jiang Fan didn't usually say much, he was still very polite and would greet them whenever they met.

"Old Wang's wife, Jiang Fan might not be much of a talker, but he's good-looking and polite!"

Old Wang's wife looked disdainful. "Men don't get by on their looks! If looks mattered, would I have fallen for Wang Gang's father?

"Back then, I was the village belle, famous far and wide..."

Hearing Old Wang's wife call herself the village belle, everyone immediately struggled not to laugh.

If she had been the village belle, the other girls in her village must have been impossible to look at!

Still, they were all neighbors. Laughing in her face really wouldn't give her much face, unless they couldn't help it!

"Xiu'e, what are you laughing at?"

Xiu'e hurriedly waved her hands, struggling to keep her expression under control.

Just as Old Wang's wife was about to say something else, a girl in a beautiful long pink dress and a princess hat walked over.

Their gazes were instantly drawn to her.

The girl had brows and eyes like a painting, a delicate nose and thin lips, skin like ice and bones like jade, a graceful fairy's waist, and long, lovely legs.

Her steps were light as she walked, like a fluttering butterfly dancing through the air.

As the girl passed the pavilion, she noticed them all staring at her wide-eyed.

She immediately gave them a slight smile and greeted them in a sweet voice!

"Hello, uncles and aunties!"

"Hello!" "Hello!"

Everyone nodded instinctively. Only after the girl disappeared into the entrance of Building Three did they look away!

"Wow! That girl was just like a fairy!"

"Even the celebrities on TV aren't as pretty as her!"

"So beautiful. If my son could marry a girl that pretty, I'd be willing to pay a million in bride price!"

"Oh, stop it. A girl that beautiful is bound to marry into a wealthy family. Ordinary people like us shouldn't even dream about it!"

"..."

After seeing that girl, Old Wang's wife looked back at her daughter-in-law's photo on her phone. Somehow, it didn't look right anymore!

Still, she had to admit that the girl just now really was beautiful!

After everyone discussed the girl for a while, Old Wang's wife steered the conversation back to Li Guiqin's son, Jiang Fan!

"Sisters, take a word of advice from me. Make sure your children practice speaking more. Talking is an art. A boy like Guiqin's will never find a pretty girl to be his girl-"

Before Old Wang's wife could finish, two people emerged from the stairwell of Building Three. One was the beautiful girl from earlier, and the other was Li Guiqin's son, Jiang Fan!

Old Wang's wife instantly stared, dumbstruck. Everyone followed her gaze, and their faces filled with disbelief!

Such a beautiful girl had actually come to see Jiang Fan?

How was that possible?

That boy Jiang Fan barely even had any friends. How could he know such a beautiful girl?

It had to be an illusion...

The girl was none other than Chu Ruoxi. Early that morning, Li Guiqin had sent her a WeChat message saying Jiang Fan was back, so she had dressed up and hurried over to see him!

They hadn't seen each other for almost a month, and for a moment, Chu Ruoxi didn't know where to begin.

Remembering how, when she first added Jiang Fan on WeChat, he had mistaken her for another girl and even used her as a shield, she couldn't help finding it funny!

Seeing Chu Ruoxi looking at him and suddenly giggling for no apparent reason, Jiang Fan grinned foolishly too!

He found that he still felt comfortable being with Chu Ruoxi!

When they passed the pavilion, Chu Ruoxi saw the uncles and aunties from earlier staring at her wide-eyed again, so she gave them a radiant smile and said!

"Hello, uncles and aunties!"

After they had walked away, Old Wang's wife stammered just as she had yesterday!

"I... I have something to do at home. I'll... I'll head back first!"

With that, her legs worked like engines, hauling her fat body toward Building Six.

She decided not to leave home for half a month!

The slaps to her face over these past two days had hurt far too much!