Chapter 230 - 148 Not a Couple but Still Siblings

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Chapter 230: Chapter 148 Not a Couple but Still SiblingsGuo Mengyao had just left when Chen Feng hurriedly washed up and exited the hotel room. Only after reaching the first floor lobby did he call Wu Mengting. The two women had shared a room last night and chatted unwittingly for quite a while. Only when it was about to dawn did they each go to sleep, which was why they were just waking up now. Upon receiving Chen Feng’s call, they got up to wash and then went downstairs to meet with him. All three of them were a bit hungry, so they first went to a nearby food stall for a meal. On the way back, Wu Mengting told Chen Feng that she was going to return home tomorrow, which unexpectedly delighted Chen Feng. Although he didn’t sulk at the idea of a beautiful woman like Wu Mengting accompanying him every day, he was, after all, at his hometown, and she was staying with his parents; it made him feel somewhat awkward. After all, she wasn’t his girlfriend. To say that she was his sworn sister was stretching it, but having her living in his house all the time definitely wasn’t right. Although that’s what he thought, Chen Feng didn’t feel it was appropriate to voice it out loud. After the New Year, when he would return to Xiu Zhou, he still wanted to be able to eat the home-cooked meals she made. "That’s really too bad. I was actually hoping to spend a few more days with you," Chen Feng said with feigned regret. Wu Mengting thought Chen Feng was genuinely reluctant to part with her, which made her a little happy. It was understandable. After all, she was a beautiful woman who had been accompanying him on excursions. Naturally, it delighted him—there was no reason for him not to be happy. "I can’t help it, my parents have been urging me to come back these past few days. I made the excuse of visiting my old classmate, Xu Shujing, and I was supposed to return after three days, but it’s been several days now." "Your parents are just worried about you. Besides, the New Year is coming up—they naturally want you to be home." "They want to force me back for a blind date. The day after I just got home, they arranged a blind date for me—it’s really too much." Wu Mengting complained while covertly observing Chen Feng’s expression. "Ah, you went on a blind date?" Chen Feng looked at her in mild surprise. "Why didn’t you mention it before?" "Why should I tell you about it? I ran away from home to come here because I was afraid my family would arrange another blind date for me." Chen Feng’s initial surprise had somewhat satisfied Wu Mengting, but there was still some resentment in her heart. They were supposed to be boyfriend and girlfriend, having agreed to meet each other’s parents at the end of the year. But now, things had turned out this way. "So that’s what happened. And here I was thinking you missed me?" Chen Feng teased with a smile. "Of course I missed you too." Wu Mengting’s face reddened, but she stated this calmly. From the back seat of the car, Lin Yujiao silently wondered who Chen Feng’s "girlfriend" really was. During their overnight room-sharing talk, Wu Mengting had candidly admitted to Lin Yujiao that she liked Chen Feng and shared some of their stories in Xiu Zhou, including how Chen Feng had kept another mistress in Xiu Zhou and had been boyfriends and girlfriends with her for a while. Wu Mengting confessed to Lin Yujiao with the clear intent of dispelling any misguided thoughts she might hold. However, Wu Mengting’s ploys were destined to be futile. Initially, Lin Yujiao had approached Chen Feng because she found his prospects appealing, and then somehow, she ended up being kept by him. Belonging to an ordinary rural family and being a divorcee, she was rather pragmatic. Since Chen Feng was willing to spend so much money on her, she couldn’t reject him unless she met a man who was better in every aspect than Chen Feng and was also willing to marry her. Otherwise, she was quite willing to be Chen Feng’s mistress for a year or two. As for worries about aging and the difficulties of remarrying later, she genuinely wasn’t very concerned. Aside from the fact that she would have her own little fortune by then, just based on her looks and being childless, remarrying a rich man would still be easy, even past thirty. She had that confidence and assurance. The only concern and difficulty was the pressure from her parents to remarry. Although her relationship with her mother wasn’t very good, and they frequently quarreled, her bond with her father was still decent. Her father had indeed always doted on her since she was a child, even though he was truly greedy for money. When she got engaged, her parents had demanded a dowry of 128,000 yuan from Xu Jun’s family, but at the time of the wedding, the dowry at most was worth 50,000 or 60,000. In other words, her parents pocketed 60,000 or 70,000 yuan but did not give it to her. This became a frequent grievance expressed by Xu Jun’s mother later on. In their local marriage customs, it was acceptable for the bride’s family to keep some money, but it should be given to the daughter to manage. Yet familial ties couldn’t be easily cut. No matter how much resentment she held against her parents, she couldn’t truly ignore them or break off relations. Therefore, if she delayed remarrying, she would inevitably suffer nagging from her parents, especially pressure to remarry her ex-husband, Xu Jun. This was her biggest headache. But since Chen Feng had promised to give her parents 200,000 yuan as a filial gift, if he could actually deliver, she would indeed be willing to be Chen Feng’s mistress for two years. Having made this decision, as for what would happen after two years, whether she could be "upgraded" or not, she hadn’t thought too much about it. As long as Chen Feng genuinely gave her the money, she wasn’t actually concerned about him keeping other women or having a girlfriend. Wu Mengting’s hope for her to break ties with Chen Feng quickly really wasn’t her decision to make—it depended on Chen Feng’s.

Chapter 230 - 148 Not a Couple but Still Siblings

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