Xia Changlong couldn't escape, so he stood behind his wife and tried his best to wink at Yang Yajing.
Yu Yue, the thick-skinned one, was the first to react. Just as he was about to say something to congratulate him, he saw Xia Changlong winking at him.
This clueless social genius once again uttered a startling remark, ruining Xia Changlong's plans: "Mr. Xia, are your eyes bothering you? Why are you squeezing them so much? Is it dry eye? I brought eye drops, would you like to use them?"
"Who winked?" Xia Changlong rolled his eyes, resolutely denying it.
"Huh? No?" Yu Yue muttered to himself.
"Xia! Chang! Long!" Madam Xia turned around upon hearing this. "Winking and making faces? Too late! Confess!"
"Ahem!" Xia Changlong coughed to cover his embarrassment. "Madam! Today is such a wonderful day, shall we chat privately another day?"
"Another day? What other day?" Madam Xia glanced at the crowd, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Looks like I'm the last one to know?"
"Sister Tao..." Yang Yajing wanted to calm Madam Xia down, but...
Without turning her head, Madam Xia glared and puffed out her cheeks: "Yang Yajing! We haven't settled our score yet!"
Knowing she couldn't escape, Yang Yajing fell silent and mouthed to Xia Changlong: "Good luck to you."
"Assistant Xu?" Madam Xia beckoned to Xu Wenbin with her finger. "Shall we speak in private?"
Xu Wenbin was startled, made a gesture of God's blessing in front of his chest, and then followed Madam Xia to the cabin.
"Hehe! Hehe! Eat what you want, drink what you want!" Xia Changlong scratched his nose to relieve his anger, completely losing his boss-like demeanor.
"Yang Yajing! You've been hiding this well!" Yu Yue patted Yang Yajing on the shoulder. "You even said that uncle was a distant relative of yours. You didn't even think before you started bragging!"
“Yeah, yeah!” Chen Jiaoyun chimed in, “And that fake heiress Jiang Xuanxuan, she wanted to impersonate you, why did you let her do that?”
“Yang Yajing…” Zhao Jie couldn’t stop grinning, “I was already surprised when you said Assistant Xu was your uncle, but the most outrageous thing just happened today!”
The others then chimed in, all offering their opinions.
Zhou Pengfei, only belatedly recovering from his shock, asked, "Ya Jing, can we speak in private for a moment?"
"Ah! Zhou Pengfei! You've struck it rich!" Bian Xiaoming's exclamation made everyone realize this—Zhou Pengfei was actually engaged to the richest man's daughter?
No wonder Xia Changlong wanted to get involved in their engagement party, contributing money, effort, and manpower. It turns out he was the son-in-law they had their eye on.
"We'll be right back?" Yang Yajing grinned and led Zhou Pengfei into the cabin.
"Yang Yajing, when did you find out?" Zhou Pengfei asked, "Before or after the instant noodles?"
“Do you remember Sister Tao’s car accident? It was around that time,” Yang Yajing replied.
"It's been so long? Why didn't you tell me? Don't you trust me?" Zhou Pengfei frowned.
"Well... there are two reasons." At this point, Yang Yajing didn't want to hide it anymore.
What's the reason?
"Let me ask you a question first?"
Okay! Go ahead and ask.
"If you had known from the beginning that I was Xia Changlong's daughter, would you have backed down?" Yang Yajing asked seriously and sincerely.
“This…” Zhou Pengfei did not speak immediately, but instead seriously recalled the ups and downs of his feelings over the years they had been together.
He had to admit that watching Yang Yajing's career take off and achieve great success, even without knowing her identity, he had experienced uncertainty about himself and panic about their relationship.
He was afraid that Yang Yajing would look down on him and want to find someone better, someone more compatible, someone on equal footing, someone at the same level.
He had worked so hard to improve himself over the past few years, thinking he had achieved success and fame, and that he could help Yang Yajing, so he felt he could firmly bind her to him.
Unexpectedly, he was still far behind Yang Yajing, and his confidence suffered a severe blow.
Not to mention a few years ago, when everything depended on Yang Yajing. If they knew her identity, they would probably feel like a gigolo who lives off a woman and be ashamed to face her.
At least for now, he has achieved his current success through his own hard work and doesn't feel that he is much inferior to Yang Yajing, except for his family background.
“Zhou Pengfei… I’m still the same me. You know that before and now that you know, I haven’t changed!” Yang Yajing understood Zhou Pengfei’s thoughts. “Look, I’ve known I’m a member of the Xia family for so many years, and I’ve never shown you or anyone else the slightest contempt.”
"But...you didn't tell me..."
“Didn’t I tell you there was another reason?” Yang Yajing hooked her arm around Zhou Pengfei’s and rested her head on his shoulder. “The Xia family, those scumbags, they’re just too terrifying! Look, we even had to keep it from Sister Tao…”
"That's right!" Zhou Pengfei suddenly snapped out of his self-doubt. "Why?"
"Do you know why I was sent to the Yang family when I was a child?" Yang Yajing looked up and saw Zhou Pengfei shake his head, then continued, "Because Xia Laoda's older brother wanted to kill me when I was still lying in the incubator!"
"What? That's too vicious! A little baby..." Zhou Pengfei said indignantly, "Luckily he didn't succeed, or I would be without a wife!"
"So, if I can't control him, how can I let slip even a whisper and allow that bad guy to target me, to target the people I care about?"
"Is that person Xia Junhu, who went in?"
"Um!"
"Hmph! He dares to touch my dear wife, I'll make sure he doesn't get out of here once he's inside!" Zhou Pengfei gritted his teeth.
"My dearest husband is awesome!" Yang Yajing made a peace sign. "With your connections in the city so strong, your darling wife's safety is now in your hands!"
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