Chapter 120 Matchmaking

"Mr. Chen!" Manager Chang from the health and wellness center quickly came over and asked curiously, "So...do you know Nurse Lin?"

Dou Qiaoyun then remembered to ask Zhang Pengfei, "Do you remember Sister Qiaoni'er? She's the granddaughter of your third great-aunt's second brother!"

Zhang Pengfei smiled sheepishly. He really had no recollection of how many turns they had taken.

Dou Qiaoyun was a little anxious: "Don't you remember? When we were little, we went to your third great-aunt's house for the fair, and you two always played together!"

That was more than a decade ago!

Even if Zhang Pengfei hadn't undergone surgery, he might not have been able to remember.

Qiao Ni'er quickly smoothed things over: "It's been too long, it's normal not to remember, and I don't really recognize them anymore either."

Dou Qiaoyun looked at Zhang Pengfei and sighed, "It's a pity you didn't attend your third great-aunt's funeral. Otherwise, you would definitely remember that you two were very close when you were little."

Qiao Ni'er glanced at Zhang Pengfei, smiled gently, and lowered her head, looking a little shy.

Chen Jingyang frowned, somewhat displeased.

Dou Qiaoyun asked again, "Where is your mother?"

Qiao Ni'er replied, "My mom is sunbathing in front of me!"

"Really?!" Dou Qiaoyun exclaimed with delight. "Quickly! Take me to see your mother."

Qiao Ni'er then naturally took the lead, smiling as she said to Zhang Pengfei, "Let me push Auntie over there."

Chen Jingyang narrowed his eyes, feeling an indescribable disgust towards Lin Qiaoni.

Lin Qiaoni has been working here for more than three years and is very good at chatting with people like Dou Qiaoyun. In addition, with that roundabout family relationship, the two chatted and laughed all the way, and even Manager Chang couldn't get a word in edgewise.

"Qiao Ni'er, why is your mother here?"

“Sigh!” Lin Qiaoni said lightly, “It’s because I don’t get along with my sister-in-law! The two of them argue every day. As a result, she got so angry one time that she had a stroke. After being discharged from the hospital, she was paralyzed from the waist down. My brother has to earn money to support the family, so I have to take care of her.”

She applied for a dormitory room so that she could take care of her mother without interfering with her work, and her mother settled down in the health and wellness community.

Dou Qiaoyun sighed after hearing this, and turned to Zhang Pengfei, saying, "When you look for a wife in the future, never choose one who's too fierce! Look at this mess! She paralyzed someone's temper and kicked them out. How are they supposed to live like that!"

Zhang Pengfei scratched his head, looking at Chen Jingyang with confusion and bewilderment. He hadn't yet encountered the "advanced" course of married life, and subconsciously wanted Chen Jingyang to give him some advice.

Chen Jingyang, with a long face, glanced at Lin Qiaoni, then suddenly smiled and said, "The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult interpersonal relationship to manage. It would be better not to marry a woman."

Manager Chang finally found a chance to speak and hurriedly chimed in, "That's right, look at the residents in our community, many of them are single, and they are very happy in their later years."

Dou Qiaoyun disagreed: "How can you not get married? Life is so long, can you manage without someone by your side? Can you manage without a child by your side?"

Manager Chang smiled and said, "Auntie, marriage doesn't necessarily mean you'll stay together for life, don't you think? As for children, times have changed. The more capable a child is, the less time they have to spend with their parents."

Dou Qiaoyun didn't believe it: "How can you say you don't have time?"

Manager Chang patiently advised, "Auntie, the city is not like our countryside. They have to go to work to earn money! Once they leave, won't you be all alone at home?"

Dou Qiaoyun still refused to compromise: "Can my son be busy every day? Can he stay out all night?"

Chen Jingyang poured cold water on her at the right time: "Auntie, I am indeed very busy every day. Of course I can go home at night, but I don't get home until seven or eight o'clock, or even ten or eleven o'clock. If I go on a business trip, I may not be able to go home for several days or even several weeks."

Dou Qiaoyun couldn't hide her disappointment.

In fact, she was not completely ignorant about life in the city.

Having spent so long in the hospital in Beijing, she had gained some understanding of the situation through daily exposure.

During her hospitalization, Zhang Pengfei visited her almost every day, making the other patients extremely envious, because their children sometimes couldn't even visit once a week, citing being too busy.

The woman in the next room, surnamed Yan, has three sons and a daughter, and no one has come to visit her even once in a whole month.

Although Sister Yan was sad, she was helpless. What could she do?

Every child has a family to support, needs to work overtime, travel for work, earn money, pay mortgages, car loans, electricity bills, gas bills, living expenses, and children's education fees. As long as they are breathing, they cannot live without money!

Thinking of this, Dou Qiaoyun couldn't help but ask, "But, isn't it very expensive to live here?"

That definitely won't be cheap!

But it's nothing to Chen Jingyang.

He comforted Dou Qiaoyun, "Auntie, you don't need to worry about the money. With Pengfei and me here, you can stay here with peace of mind."

Dou Qiaoyun sighed, still struggling with her decision, when Lin Qiaoni suddenly beamed with joy, pointing to the woods ahead: "My mom's over there!"

When Lin Qiaoni's mother, Dong Yue'e, saw Dou Qiaoyun, she was overjoyed and burst into tears. The two held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, exchanging pleasantries for a full five minutes before returning to the main topic.

"This is... Pengfei, right?" Dong Yue'e looked at Zhang Pengfei, sizing him up, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! He's really handsome! He was good-looking as a child, and he's still just as good-looking now!"

Then she looked at Chen Jingyang and asked curiously, "Who is this young man? He's really tall. Is he a relative?"

Dou Qiaoyun smiled and said, "No, this is Pengfei's friend."

"Oh!" Dong Yue'e clicked her tongue. "So handsome!"

"Big sister, I heard from Qiaoni'er that you and your wife had a fight? Are you not coming home anymore?"

Dong Yue'e finally found someone to confide in, and began to ramble on and on, tears streaming down her face. She berated her son for forgetting his mother after getting married, and strongly advised Dou Qiaoyun never to live with her daughter-in-law in the future. At one point, she even turned to Zhang Pengfei and said:

"Pengfei! You really need to be careful when you get married. Girls these days are wicked! They're all spoiled and pampered. The prettier they are, the bigger their tempers are. They're hard to please! If you ask me, you might as well not marry a woman at all!"

Chen Jing raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but glance at Dong Yue'e a few more times, thinking to himself, "Could this be... the right place to come?"

Dou Qiaoyun smiled and said, "Not all girls are bad. I think Qiaoni'er is quite good!"

A slight smile finally appeared on Dong Yue'e's bitter face: "That's right, my Qiaoni'er is so rare, you couldn't find her even with a lantern..."

The two women exchanged a knowing glance. Dong Yue'e hissed in surprise, her eyes gradually brightening: "How old is Pengfei this year?"

"She's 22, studying law, she could become a great lawyer in the future!"

Dong Yue'e's mood reversed from her previous dejection and rebounded strongly. Her eyes were so bright that they couldn't be described as just shining; they were like a light bulb with several watts of light inside.

“Our Qiaoni graduated from medical school, where she learned how to take care of people. Now she earns more than 10,000 yuan a month!”

Dou Qiaoyun's interest grew stronger: "I remember, Qiaoni'er is three years older than our Feifei, right?"

"Absolutely! Being three years older is great, as the saying goes, 'A woman three years older is like a gold brick in the hand!'"

Chen Jingyang frowned, feeling increasingly uneasy. What did these two women mean?

What are they trying to do?

Are you trying to arrange a marriage between two people?!