21st-century film empress Xu Xinchen is reborn into the body of Lu Minshi in the 1980s.
Facing a boyfriend who betrayed her and had an affair with her younger sister, and a two-faced stepmoth...
After finishing everything here, Xu Xinchen has started to put meeting Chen Ningsheng's father on her agenda. Because of the kidnapping and all the things she had encountered in the past, she had put off meeting Chen Ningsheng's father for a long time.
However, judging from the current situation, Chen Ningsheng still hasn't been able to find out who is behind his attacks. Therefore, Xinchen feels that things can't continue like this.
We must tell Chen Ningsheng's father about the dangerous situation he is facing as soon as possible, so that his family can have some time to accept it.
In order to improve the relationship between Xu Xinchen and his family, Chen Ningsheng naturally agreed. Xu Xinchen only mentioned it briefly, and he immediately agreed.
Under Chen Ningsheng's arrangement, Xu Xinchen soon met Chen Bohui face to face in a coffee shop. When facing Chen Bohui, Xu Xinchen couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Uncle, hello."
Chen Bohui's expression was indifferent, and his gaze towards Xu Xinchen was calm, making it impossible for Xu Xinchen to tell what he was thinking: "Hmm."
After that cold, indifferent response, the two fell into an extremely awkward silence again, with Xu Xinchen rubbing the coffee cup in her hand.
He placed his other hand on his knee and rubbed it incessantly, trying to suppress the surging urge within him to leave.
Perhaps lacking the patience to wait any longer, Chen Bohui sat up straight and asked:
"That kid said he wanted to see me and had something to say, and this is how you talk to me when you get here?"
Xu Xinchen's smile, which was already forced, froze instantly at Chen Bohui's question, and she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet: "Uncle... Uncle..."
Chen Bohui snorted: "Do I look that scary?"
He had never liked Xu Xinchen before, but now that he saw his son had been with Xu Xinchen for so long without any intention of breaking up, and even when he put pressure on him, Xu Xinchen ignored it, Chen Bohui began to want to observe Xu Xinchen more closely.
Unexpectedly, upon seeing Xu Xinchen today, he was struck by her unseemly demeanor, and for a moment, he began to have the idea of having his son break up with Xu Xinchen again.
"I don't know what you two are planning, but with your unpresentable appearance, you're far from being my daughter-in-law, you know that?"
Xu Xinchen was taken aback. She went through Chen Bohui's words in her mind and fully understood what he meant. Her tension immediately subsided, and she even felt a surge of anger.
She slammed her coffee cup down on the table with a loud thud! The sound of the bottom of the cup hitting the glass tabletop startled Chen Bohui, who was sitting opposite her.
Xu Xinchen had no time to comfort the frightened Chen Bohui. She raised her head and stared at him coldly: "Uncle, the reason I was like that just now is because what happened before made things too awkward between us, and I was unsure how to treat you."
Chen Bohui was taken aback, and was about to say something when Xu Xinchen interrupted him with extremely rapid words: "Uncle, as you know, the reason I'm here is entirely because of Ning Sheng. You are his father, and I am his girlfriend."
"That's why I treat you with such respect, and also with an awkwardness of not knowing how to interact with you. If it weren't for him, I would treat you like a complete stranger, without even the slightest awkwardness."
Chen Bohui was completely bewildered by Xu Xinchen's string of words. It had been so many years since he took over the Chen family, and no one had dared to speak to him in such a tone. He never expected that he would be so bewildered by a woman he had always looked down upon.
Xu Xinchen didn't care what Chen Bohui was thinking. She had already had enough. If it weren't for Chen Ningsheng, she wouldn't want to associate with Chen Bohui either. Every time they spoke, Chen Bohui treated her with an arrogant attitude.
I could tolerate it once or twice, but after seeing it like this several times in a row, who could stand it? "Uncle, you may think that I am not presentable, but the reason I am like this is because you are Ning Sheng's father. I don't want Ning Sheng to be sad, so I try my best not to have any conflicts with you. But now it seems that I am the only one with this concern, so I will no longer force myself."
Chen Bohui's face darkened instantly. She couldn't stand the way those words were saying: "Are you accusing me of not caring about Ning Sheng's feelings?"
Xu Xinchen gave a cold laugh: "Uncle, do you think the things you've done show that you've ever cared about his feelings?"
Chen Bohui slammed his hand on the table in anger, his voice rising several octaves: "Nonsense! Utter nonsense! I am his father! I care about him more than anyone else!"
This brief altercation drew the attention of everyone else in the café to their table. Chen Bohui had only acted impulsively; once he calmed down and noticed the stares, he quieted down and sat back down.
I returned to my seat.
Xu Xinchen was caught off guard by Chen Bohui's sudden outburst and couldn't come to her senses for a moment. After seeing Chen Bohui sit back down, she noticed the gazes of the people next to her and realized what she had just done.
Overwhelmed with regret, she realized that she had come today for Chen Ningsheng's sake, so how could she have gotten into a conflict with his father over such a few simple words?
How could she continue the conversation if things went like this? The more Xu Xinchen thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She coughed lightly a few times and put on an embarrassed expression.
Chen Bohui sat opposite Xu Xinchen and saw her like this. His brows furrowed again: "Are you pretending again?"
Xu Xinchen's surging regret was almost overwhelmed by a surge of anger. She closed her eyes and pinched her fingers tightly, enduring it again and again, before she could stand up and leave on impulse.
Looking at Xu Xinchen's expression, Chen Bohui couldn't figure out what Xu Xinchen wanted to do, so he fell silent.