Chapter 34 Chapter 34 "Let me introduce you to my boyfriend. ...
"Why did you kick me?" Xing Kui stopped rubbing his arms, frowned, and glanced at the talkative man beside him.
The chatterbox turned his gaze away from the five ugly creatures and looked at Xing Kui, feeling as if the world had been cleansed.
Those five ugly guys locked onto Xing Kui the moment she entered the scene, probably because of her appearance. She was indeed good-looking, with an oval face, almond eyes, and a clean temperament, as if she had never done anything bad in her life.
Like a peach on a branch that tempts people to pick even without being seductive... Damn it! She just stepped on his peach blossom charm!
The chatterbox covered his ears and said, "Stop talking! I'm mad at you."
Xing Kui choked. This man was simply incomprehensible. The talkative man wore a mask and didn't dare to eat anything with a strong smell. Xing Kui once saw his chopsticks hovering over a piece of sweet and sour pork, picking it up and putting it down again.
She curled her lips, picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork and put it in her mouth.
The chatterbox who wants to eat something but is afraid of the strong taste: "..." This guy looks gentle, but he actually wants revenge!
Xing Kui immersed herself in eating the sweet and sour pork. Before coming, she had consulted Jiang Yuming whether she could indulge in two meals without any dietary restrictions. Jiang Yuming helped her pick out the medicines that she should avoid, and told her that she could eat normally today, just not too spicy.
Sweet and sour pork is sweet and sour, delicious, one, two, three pieces...
"Kui Kui has such a good appetite." Across from him, the bride's father, Xing Kui's third cousin Xing Yaozu, smiled. "My daughter Zhile doesn't dare to eat. Her wedding dress is so tight, and she's afraid she'll have a little belly."
"Yeah, yeah." Gao Hongmei, who was sitting next to him, said, "Kuikui, Zhile has set an example for you. Don't eat like this on your wedding day."
It's outrageous, how could she bring up this topic just because she was eating something!
Xing Kui's cheeks stiffened as she chewed the sweet and sour pork, but she continued chewing. She had known for a while that she would be pressured into marriage in an occasion like today, so she had prepared herself mentally. She remained calm and didn't respond, just treating it as a joke.
"How many years older is Kuikui than Zhile?" As expected, as soon as the conversation started, the eldest uncle's wife in front of the left looked over (not) lovingly and said, "When will we have the wedding banquet? I've already gone before you, so it's time to hurry up."
Xing Kui was chewing meat with her head buried in her chest. It was really funny. There was no such thing as marrying based on age. Everyone had their own path.
"You're not young anymore." In the front right, my fourth cousin's wife exclaimed loudly, "You're already 29 and still don't have a boyfriend. You're too picky!"
It was even funnier when the waiter came up to serve the dish, which was a plate of celery and cashews. Xing Kui raised an eyebrow and picked up a cashew, but didn't eat it and threw it into the trash tray.
"Too picky" means choosing the best from the best, nitpicking between the good and the good, choosing the best. Putting aside natural facial features, if you randomly pick ten men on the dating market, eight will be as fat as cashew nuts. How can you say she's too picky when she's faced with a group of men who can't even manage their figures?
"Your daughter has always had high aspirations." Fourth cousin's wife looked at Xing's mother. "I still remember when she was in elementary school, the teacher asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. Everyone said they wanted to be teachers, but she said she wanted to make 100 million. When the news got out, everyone in town laughed to death. Now look what happened. She's 29 now. Did she earn 290,000?"
How could she not earn 290,000 yuan? She had nearly 700,000 yuan in savings.
Xing Kui would secretly retort to her relatives' comments. She was a soft-hearted yet strong person, and no rubbish or twisted reasoning could defeat her. If her mother hadn't lived in their circle, she would have mustered up the courage to publicly retort.
Not only should we criticize these wives, but also the husbands behind them.
It's strange that urging marriage is clearly something that both male and female elders are interested in, but except for my third cousin who started it at the beginning, all the male elders at the table seemed to be speechless.
This alone makes Xing Kui feel that marriage is terrifying, with women standing in front and showing off their strength, while men hide behind and remain invisible.
If someone is pushed to the point of committing suicide because of being pushed to get married, oh my god, it’s all because of my wife’s nagging. I always tell her not to say anything.
At this table, Xing Kui couldn't see that his cousins had any intention of telling his wife to shut up. They kept silent in tacit understanding, drinking white wine, smacking their lips, picking up dishes with chopsticks that were still stained with the previous dish, and their smiling eyes met from time to time.
The look in their eyes seemed to be complaining about how gossipy each other's wives were.
It seemed as if they were joining their wives in mocking the shame of Xing Laoer's family, whose daughter was still unmarried at the age of 29.
Xing Kui felt that they were even more shameful.
She calmly ate the dishes at the banquet that their family had paid a thousand yuan for as a gift, and let the monsters and demons grimaced, smiling at them from time to time, cheering them on and encouraging them, stimulating them to continue enjoying themselves unconsciously.
Gao Hongmei was talking until her mouth was dry. She took a big sip of the drink and was about to continue when she caught a glimpse of the almost full cup of drink in front of Xing Kui. Her face suddenly changed and a sense of fear rushed to her scalp.
Has this damn girl not said a word to me yet? Doesn't she take the elders seriously?
She had to find a way to deal with her. Gao Hongmei suddenly opened her mouth and said, "It's a coincidence today! A lot of my son-in-law's colleagues and friends are here, and they're all single. How about Kuikui take a look and see if there's anyone suitable?"
Mother Xing was stunned. Didn’t she say that she would test her daughter’s opinion first?
A dish of turtle soup had just been served. Xing Kui was picking up a turtle leg when she broke it off with her chopsticks. She stared at the trembling chopsticks for a long moment, then turned to Xing's mother and said her first words so far. It was just one word, and also a name: "Mom."
Mother Xing lowered her head guiltily, avoiding her sight.
Xing Kui understood.
Gao Hongmei smiled and said, "Kui Kui, look, that one, that one, he's looking at us too, he's all pretty handsome."
The eldest aunt laughed and said, "Oh, it would be great if Kuikui could marry Zhile's husband's colleague. The two sisters can help each other."
Fourth Aunt smiled and said, "It's good, look at that, our Kuikui's eyes are wide open!"
There was a flurry of chatter, and the voices were like air currents rushing into Xing Kui's ears, making them buzz.
So that's how it is. He specifically emphasized the 1,000 yuan gift to her so he could trick her into coming on a blind date. Xing Kui was a little deaf. After a few seconds of silence, she picked up the broken turtle leg and put it into Xing's mother's bowl.
"Eat this, Mom, it's nutritious." How could she not understand her mother? Anxiously anxious to resolve her daughter's fate, she was easily influenced by Gao Hongmei.
The person behind Gao Hongmei is Xing Yaozu, her third cousin, who probably wants her to marry into Kunwu and take care of Xing Zhile.
Xing Kui dipped her chopsticks into the turtle soup again and smiled at the relatives at the table: "What? Uncles and aunts, why should I go to Zhile's wedding banquet to find a match? At least wait until after dinner."
Mother Xing's eyes lit up in surprise.
"What!" Chopsticks slammed onto the table. Suddenly, the chatterbox on Xing Kui's left jumped up and pointed directly at the ugly men at the table in the distance, shouting, "Are you crazy? Do you really want to go on a blind date with those weirdos?!"
He thought that the people at that table were just passersby, but it turned out that they were the ones who were going on a blind date with Xing Kui. Judging from their appearance, they didn't look like a good match!
Alien… Xing Kui was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the chatterbox's shouting had attracted the attention of all the guests at the wedding banquet, she quickly covered her face and tugged at the chatterbox's peach pink skirt, whispering, "Hurry up and sit down. I can't finish this if you keep doing this."
She nodded and apologized to the uncles and aunts. The uncles and aunts were hypocritical. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they would not criticize outsiders in person. They politely replied, "It's okay, it's okay."
After dealing with them, Xing Kui looked at the chatterbox who was helping her. Fearing that he might say something shocking, she stepped forward and covered his ears: "It's okay, I can handle it."
What can you do? He finally realized that none of the relatives at this table stood on Xing Kui's side.
The chatterbox glared at Xing Kui angrily and talked into his ear. It was so itchy that he wanted to make her feel itchy too.
He stepped forward, grabbed her left ear, and gritted his teeth, "Those are so ugly! As a man of justice, I absolutely disagree! Don't be weak in the knees!"
Look at those people, even when they are sitting I can tell they are 50-50 in body shape.
I know some people can’t lose weight no matter how hard they try, but at least they should pay attention to their image! The belly is bulging, and the edge of the underwear is showing. If I look at it for one more second, I’ll go to the hospital to have my eyes washed out. U&*%^$^%…”
This guy talks so much, the author would have to break it up into paragraphs if he were writing a novel. Xing Kui studied the chatterbox. His face was hidden behind a scarf, sunglasses, and a mask, so she couldn't see it. He was wearing a black sequined jacket and a peach-pink long skirt...
"Why are you looking at me?! I'm forced to dress in disguise. If I don't, my family will catch me soon. And my underwear is not showing! I smell nice too, you can smell it!"
"I don't smell it."
"..." The talkative man choked. Why was she like this? She listened to every word he said quietly, and finally rejected him ruthlessly. She must be feeling very uncomfortable now. He smelled good, and she would be happier if she could smell him.
Xing Kui gave him a faint smile: "But thank you, don't worry, my knees won't be weak."
What are you laughing at! The chatterbox's ears were hot. He smiled at him, but he couldn't smile at those five ugly things later! He didn't want to be treated the same as that kind of people!
Forty minutes later...
The wedding banquet ended at noon and the guests left one after another. The five colleagues of the groom rushed to Xing Kui's table. Before coming to eat, they had agreed that whoever liked someone would come, but in the end, all five of them liked someone.
There were five of them, none of whom looked good, one was bald, one was short, one was fat, and two were both fat and short. The uncles and aunts shouted "handsome guy" and happily made room for them.
They should have heard the chatterbox calling them aliens, but they had already been pacified. Once they were in position, they simply ignored the chatterbox and scanned Xing Kui with greasy eyes, as if they were scanning a piece of merchandise.
"I heard you work in Jingjiang City. What do you do?"
Xing Kui saw the exposed edge of a pair of underwear. He wondered if this unpresentable man was still dreaming of finding a high-scoring wife. He clutched the phone on his knees with both hands and said perfunctorily, "Just a civil servant."
"Clerk?" Several people looked at each other, their eyebrows lowered in disgust. The clerk in their company only made 3,000 yuan a month. The salary in Jingjiang City was high, so it wouldn't be much higher.
"Not a clerk." Xing's mother quickly interrupted, "My daughter made 8,000 a month right after graduation. I don't know how much she makes now."
"Don't worry, Chunxia." The aunt in the hall held Xing's mother back. "I'm not disgusted. What's the point of a girl earning so much money?"
"Yes, yes," the bald man replied. Eight thousand was reasonable. "A man who relies on his wife to make money is an incompetent man. Like me, with an annual salary of 140,000, I just want my wife to be happy at home."
Xing Kui looked at his bright topknot. His salary really didn't match the volume of his hair. She grabbed her phone, measured her words, and replied softly, "But... my annual salary is over 300,000 yuan?"
"What?"
"What?"
"What?!"
"I'm saying... I make over 20,000 yuan a month now, with fourteen salaries, which means an annual salary of over 300,000 yuan." Xing Kui calculated, lowered his head, and whispered even more, "It's more than twice yours."
The dozen or so people around the round table were stunned. Compared to the women, the men reacted more strongly: "Chunxia, you're really hiding it. Our Kuikui is so promising and you didn't even tell her."
Xing's mother was completely unaware of this. Her face lit up, and her back straightened. Beside her, Xing Kui's father, Li Zhengjun, who had been silent the entire time, smiled and said, "We don't know either. We never interfere in our children's affairs. We let them develop on their own."
"Excellent, really excellent."
"I admire women of this era," the short man said enthusiastically. "They can take good care of the family and work independently without relying on men."
What a disgusting thing to say. The short man raised his glass and wanted to clink glasses with Xing Kui. The nail of his index finger turned yellow from years of smoking.
Xing Kui held the phone in both hands, feeling very disgusted with him. She didn't give him any face and pretended not to understand what he was going to do. She let the short man stretch out his short arms and unilaterally and laboriously knock her wine glass.
The short man's remarks made Xing Kui uncomfortable, and even though his words were not sincere praise for women, some people could not hear it and even thought that their male authority was challenged.
"Salary amount is not important." Xing Yaozu suddenly said, "People should learn to be contented. Our Zhile is so happy today thanks to the name I gave him. Zhile Zhile, contentment is the key. Kuikui, don't you agree?"
—Isn't that right? It's no big deal that you earn more than men. After all, you're a woman. Don't be too picky, don't be too greedy. Just marry the man you meet.
Xing Kui looked at him. The third cousin clearly called out her name, asking her to answer and ask her, the person with the highest salary in the place, to submit to his authority.
Very good, then answer it.
Xing Kui took a deep breath inwardly and looked at Xing Yaozu bewilderedly: "Really? But your father named you Yaozu. Your father wanted you to honor the ancestors. You let the younger generation be contented and happy... Will that... I don't understand."
Chatty man: "Pfft." Isn't that too cowardly, hahahaha!
Xing Yaozu's face instantly fell, and his skin and flesh trembled. He felt as if Xing Kui was calling him a waste! But she didn't say it directly, and even put on an ignorant look and asked for an explanation. He didn't know whether she did it on purpose or accidentally!
"Alright." Gao Hongmei patted Xing Yaozu, seemingly criticizing him but actually giving him a way out. "Why are you butting in on Kuikui's blind date? Kuikui, keep chatting. Do you have anything else to ask?"
Is there anything else to ask? Should she ask others, or should others ask her?
It seemed that no one thought Xing Kui had the right to ask questions. The five ugly men in front of her had greasy expressions, their eyes gazing her up and down, and their short or fat limbs wrote two words: judgment.
Who gave them the power to judge? Isn't it just an extra stick longer than hers?
Xing Kui was quiet. She looked from the five blind date guys to the other people at the table, including the Xing Lao Da couple, the Xing Lao San couple, the Xing Lao Si couple, and her parents. Every couple seemed to be saying: It's great to get married, come and join us.
Obviously, there are four couples at this table, and all four men have cheated.
The wife of my fourth cousin, who spoke the most harshly just now, has a husband who has been keeping a mistress for several years.
Today's bride's father, Xing Yaozu, has visited prostitutes.
One dinner table, four marriages, all of which were a mess. When the dirty things were revealed, the one who would be embarrassed would definitely not be Xing Kui, who was only 29 years old and unmarried.
She wasn't even twenty-nine yet, that was her age in lunar calendar, she was only twenty-eight.
Xing Kui has countless things to say to refute those who urge her to get married. She can overturn the table and scold them to her heart's content, but what will happen afterwards? She can just pat her butt and walk away, while her mother still lives in the social circle of relatives.
Xing Kui pinched the screen of her mobile phone. She was not someone who could ignore her mother, otherwise she would not have bothered to find someone to enter into a contract marriage with.
The blind date men continue to be active. These people will not retreat because of her high salary. In their eyes, the money she earns is equal to their money in the future. She is beautiful, smart, rich, fertile, and a qualified wife.
"I heard you're 29. Have you ever been in a relationship before?"
See, they also want to know if she is a virgin.
Xing Kui pinched the phone so hard that her knuckles turned white. She was alone in this torture and pursed her lips, not wanting to answer the question.
Everyone could see her reluctance, but no one stopped her.
Only the chatterbox she'd just met was anxious. He was truly impressed by these five ugly people. Didn't they have low self-esteem? With their hardware and software, none of them could compare to Xing Kui. How could they be so confident?
Why didn’t Xing Kui fight back against them? Didn’t she say she could handle it?
The screen with the film on it was very slippery and could not be pinched. The talkative man watched Xing Kui's fingertips slide down again and again, then move back and slide again, over and over again.
He was so angry! How about he just stand up, take off his mask, and lie and say he was her boyfriend?
Stand up now! The chatty man put his hand on the table.
"What car?" The fat man looked out the window and suddenly his expression changed in surprise. "What the hell."
Xing Kui looked up and saw a distinctive dark black car driving to the hotel entrance. She didn't know much about cars and knew Zhou Jing's Audi because one of his relatives had the same model. But Xing Kui felt that the car downstairs seemed to be glowing, absorbing all the surrounding light sources as soon as it appeared.
"Fuck, Pagani, I can actually see a Pagani in my lifetime, tens of millions, tens of millions!" She heard the blind date guy shout.
The car door opened under Xing Kui's gaze, and a man who attracted more attention than the car walked out. He was tall and slender, wearing a gray windbreaker, and was gentle and elegant. He closed the car door, pushed his gold-rimmed glasses with his slender middle finger, and walked into the hotel.
"Holy crap, is he here for dinner at Jiayue? I'm so lucky I'll be able to dine in the same hotel with a Pagani owner!"
Those who understood the value of Pagani were so excited that their cheeks flushed, and those who didn't understand were also educated. Everyone kept shouting "in my lifetime", admiring and fascinated, and even wanted to go downstairs to take a closer look.
However, the owner of the Pagani appeared at the entrance of their floor. The groom Zhao Peng frowned, feeling that the man looked familiar.
At the entrance, a man in gray clothes calmly glanced at the banquet, and then, as if he had caught his target, he walked towards them with long legs.
Walking up to their table, Xing Kui stood up amidst everyone's stunned and flattered gazes, and put her arm around the Pagani owner: "Let me introduce my boyfriend, Zhou Jing."
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