Yesterday's voting results spread to all the nearby factories overnight.
Chen Xiangbei held his head high. When he entered the state-owned restaurant, he ran into Chen Xianghong and Yu Hongzhen coming in one after the other. He said with his nose in the air, "Brother Yu, my mother was selected."
Yu Hongzhen couldn't help laughing in his heart: "Yes, that's amazing. I knew my aunt was a very powerful person."
Chen Xiangbei looked up at the sky and said, "You better be nicer to my sister in the future."
Yu Hongzhen: "Well, I dare not treat her badly."
Chen Xiangbei turned his head and said, "That's more like it."
Yu's father and mother were still in the same attitude as before, and they walked in and stood next to Yu Hongzhen. They looked very similar to Chen Xiangbei now.
"Hey, this is Brother Xiang Hong, right? What good thing happened to you?" Yu's mother asked with a polite smile.
Yu Hongzhen: "Aunt Xia has become the director of the Women's Department."
Yu's mother covered her mouth and said, "That's quite impressive. A comrade of such age still works so hard and is willing to divorce to pursue his career. I just feel sorry for the children."
These words sounded like something someone like Yu's mother would say. Even Chen Xianghong frowned, not to mention Chen Xiangbei, who had an even worse temper.
"I can't compare to you. You're willing to let your own children die just for your pitiful reputation." Chen Xiangbei pretended to be careless. "Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't say such a big truth in front of so many people."
His tone was cautious, but his eyes were extremely provocative. "However, Sister Qingqing has been in much better spirits recently. It's really a blessing in disguise."
Yu's mother's face turned pale. "Xiangbei, as a mother, of course I want her to be well. Don't always be prejudiced against me."
Chen Xiangbei said perfunctorily, "Oh, I'm sorry. Sister Qingqing has been here for so many months, and I haven't seen you come to see her. You didn't give her money, and you weren't even around. I thought something happened to you."
When Yu's mother noticed the more direct gazes being directed her way, she suppressed her anger and said, "Qingqing is here too! We haven't seen each other for a long time. You're right. I haven't been feeling well lately."
Chen Xiangbei opened his small eyes wide and looked at Yu's mother's belly. Yu's mother's hands had been protecting her belly since the beginning. He had a bold guess: "You didn't kick Brother Yu and Sister Qingqing out because they didn't listen to you, so you got pregnant again to give birth to an obedient child, right?"
He guessed what Yu's father and mother were thinking in just a few words, and the two of them ignored him and walked inside.
Chen Xiangbei's voice came from behind, "Brother Yu, you are going to have a younger brother, are you happy?"
Yu Hongzhen's face looked grim... and he pinched Chen Xiangbei's broken mouth.
The table Yu Hongzhen chose was near the corner. The state-owned restaurant here did not have private rooms, and was different from the big hotels in Hai City.
Old Chen had arrived a long time ago, bringing Yang Su with him. The wounds on both of their faces had not healed yet.
Mother Yu had just been humiliated and was filled with anger. Seeing the two of them like this, she taunted them, "When Xiang Hong gets married, will she offer tea to her biological mother or her stepmother?"
Although she looked down on Old Lady Xia, she looked down on Yang Su even more. How dare a wife she married later come to the table where Xiang Hong's in-laws were formally meeting?
It would be fine if it was the stepmother who raised Chen Xianghong since she was a child, but a stepmother whom she had only known for a short time also appeared here so naturally. She felt that the old man in the Chen family had a brain that looked like he had been kicked by a donkey when he was a child.
Old Chen coughed and said, "Of course we are together. We are all elders, how can we get past them?"
Mother Yu curled her lips. "Elder? Anyone can be my son's elder now?"
Yang Su couldn't stand such contemptuous words, "Yeah, how come anyone can be a father or mother? Only your son is not picky and actually chose a piece of trash like you as his mother. What will he do in his life?"
When Chen Xiangbei came over, the two of them were already arguing fiercely, biting each other like dogs.
After watching for a while, he felt a little sorry that the two people didn't fight.
Yang Su was traumatized by Chen Xianghong's previous underhanded tactics, and his injuries hadn't fully healed. Meanwhile, Yu's mother's fear of Xia Lao's family was still lingering from the time she nearly crippled Yu's father, and she hesitated to act rashly.
So, even though the two of them exchanged verbal battles for a long time, neither of them dared to make the first move.
When Yu Hongzhen and Chen Xianghong ordered the dishes, Old Chen and Yu's father also joined in the verbal fight, and the two sides were arguing very loudly.
Behind Chen Xiangbei stood the families of Chen Xiangnan and Chen Xiangdong, and behind Yang Su and Old Chen stood several children from the Wang family. They didn't say a word and just watched the fun.
The dishes were ready one by one, and Chen Xiangbei ran over to serve them. When he came back, they were still arguing. He asked calmly, "Are you still eating?"
Yu's mother was furious. This Chen Xiangbei only cared about eating. What was so delicious about the food? "Tell me, will your sister offer tea to this woman at her wedding?"
Chen Xiangbei put the dishes on the table and said, "Why are you toasting her? Instead of arguing with her, why not ask my sister? I never intended to offer her tea from the beginning."
Yu's mother felt better.
Yang Su was angry. "She is a woman who wishes you all dead for her own reputation. She deserves to be served tea. I am more qualified than her."
Yu Hongzhen said in a deep voice: "I don't plan to toast."
Chen Xianghong immediately turned to look at him. He had never told her before that he would not offer tea to her mother-in-law. When did he make the decision?
Now, it was Yang Su's turn to feel relieved.
Mother Yu slapped Yu Hongzhen in the face and said, "You unfilial thing! We raised you up like this, and you can't even drink a cup of tea as a daughter-in-law?"
Yu Hongzhen covered his face. "When you kicked Qingqing and me out before New Year's Eve, didn't you say you were going to sever ties with us?"
Yu's mother: "Then didn't you also send us a telegram saying you were getting married? If you didn't want us to come, why did you send the telegram?"
Yu Hongzhen: "I just informed you. Didn't I also tell you that you don't have to come?"
Yu's mother: "If we don't come, we'll be laughed to death."
Yu Hongzhen: "If you're still planning to have a child at your age, won't people laugh at you?"
Yu's mother: "Who is responsible for this? You two, each of you was carefully nurtured by your father and me since childhood, and now you're all grown up. One of you insisted on escaping and became mentally ill after being harmed by others, and the other one ran away for his sister and wife, regardless of his future. What have I done to you?"
Yu Qingqing, who had been sitting in the chair, stood up and said loudly, "My brother and I know the difference between careful cultivation and control. You just want a puppet who obeys you completely, earns face for you, maintains your reputation, and works, gets married, and has children as you say. Once my brother and I want to make our own decisions, you try to stop us like crazy."
"Back then, when my brother wanted to join the army, wasn't that how you tried to stop him? If he hadn't become something successful, you wouldn't have paid any attention to him until now. Only the promising children are your children, and only the obedient children are your children. As for the useless and disobedient ones, you wish them dead, right?"
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