Chapter 71 — Relatives

Wen Yu paid attention to her at all times and when he saw this, his face changed and he immediately went forward to hold her in his arms.

"What's wrong?" Wen Yu's voice had changed in tone, his face was full of fear, and his hands were trembling slightly.

The dizziness was just for a moment. Chi Zhengzheng closed her eyes hard for a while, opened them again, and was fine again, she was just slightly tired.

Her eyes rolled up and she dabbed flour on Wen Yu's face.

"Hahahaha!!!" After laughing, she was on her feet, and quickly slipped away.

When Wen Yu saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and glared at her: "Chi Zhengzheng, don't scare me again, do you know how scared I was just now?"

At that moment, his breathing seemed to stop, and his heart seemed to stop beating for a moment.

This was a feeling that Wen Yu never wanted to feel again.

Chi Zhengzheng was taken aback.

She opened her mouth, she wanted to say that she wasn't lying to him, she was really dizzy just now, and she was still a bit uncomfortable.

But looking at Wen Yu's face full of fear, she suddenly couldn't say it.

He was so worried about her, that if she told him, wouldn't he be even more worried? Wouldn't it make this New Year bad?

"I'm sorry… I'll never do this again…" Chi Zhengzheng moved little by little, walking slowly.

Then, she carefully stretched out her hand, holding his sleeve, and blinked her eyes, looking pitiful.

Anyway, it was just low blood pressure, so she won't tell him.

Wen Yu, looked helpless, raised his hand, nudged her nose, and said gently: "Don't scare me again."

"I definitely won't!" Chi Zhengzheng put up three fingers, her round eyes were wide open, and her expression was serious.

Wen Yu smiled even more helplessly, he reached out, pulled her into his arms, and then lowered his head, and gently dropped a kiss on her brow: "Chi Zhengzheng, I really can't do anything without you."

Chi Zhengzheng raised her head and grinned, with a naive smile.

Wen Yu was full of helplessness.

The next dumplings-making process was quite normal, both of them didn't make any more noise, they were rubbing against each other and making dumplings honestly.

Originally, Chi Zhengzheng thought that she would be able to show off the dumplings she made, she looked at the box with exquisite and beautiful, mostly identical dumplings, interspersed with the not ugly, but ordinary, in different sizes, and rather roughly made dumplings…

The exquisite and identical ones were wrapped by Wen Yu.

The plain and ordinary, in different sizes were wrapped by her.

– It was like a slap in the face.

Chi Zhengzheng looked at the dumplings, somewhat disheartened: "Why can you do anything, ah, I feel that there's no room for you to show off in front of you…"

Nothing could compare to Wen Yu.

Needless to say, she wasn't a person with a worrying IQ, but Wen Yu's IQ was far superior to hers. Learning German was taught by Wen Yu, even in the kitchen, she was still no match for Wen Yu…

"It's cute, I'll eat it all tonight." Wen Yu picked up one of the dumplings wrapped by Chi Zhengzheng, smiled, and put it down gently as if it was a treasure.

Chi Zhengzheng: "…"

She turned her head to look at Wen Yu, then rushed over, jumped on him, and kissed him on the face with a "mwah".

What did it matter?

Such a good man was hers!

Although she didn't know where she was particularly good at, such a good man liked her, didn't it mean that she was also quite good?

Hehehe.

Chi Zhengzheng was immediately happy.

Wen Yu was taken aback for a moment, then showed a smile, and didn't put her down. He just hugged her, walked to the side to wash their hands, and then hugged her again and went upstairs.

After changing their clothes, the two of them were about to set off to the Chi house.

Chi Zhengzheng was tightly wrapped by Wen Yu again, led to the car, and then Wen Yu drove away from Wangjiang Manor.

The Chi family.

The family didn't go anywhere because Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu were coming, they all stayed at home waiting for them to come.

Originally they were all very much looking forward to it, Ding Yijun started cleaning early in the morning and bought a lot of things, Chi Yan and Chi Zhouchen also helped out at home, all with smiles on their faces.

However, at this moment, nearing Chi Zhengzheng's and Wen Yu's arrival, Chi Yan's and Chi Zhouchen's faces weren't very good.

Chi Yan was outside receiving guests, the smile on his face was stiff and his eyes were distant and displeased.

Chi Zhouchen and Ding Yijun were in the kitchen, and Ding Yijun was washing fruits, and also frowning slightly.

"Mom, let's get them out of here." Chi Zhouchen looked unhappy.

Ding Yijun smiled and sighed: "It's New Year's Eve, the visitors are guests, and they are all relatives, how can we ask them to leave?"

Chi Zhouchen's face was full of mockery: "Heh, when my Chi family was in trouble, when did these people treat us as relatives? In the beginning, they all accused me of being stupid, and they wanted to please the Wen family. My dad had no choice at the time and called them for help, but didn't they all just shrug us off?"

They felt as if he wasn't worthy of being the heir of the Chi family, they gave Chi Yan the idea that while he was still in his prime, he should have another child, teach him well, and later let him take over.

There were so many things, Chi Zhouchen didn't want to remember anymore.

Ding Yijun sighed and could only say: "But in the end, we can't drop all the pretense, we can't kick out all our relatives, right?"

"They aren't here for our family, they are here for Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu. Mom, you shouldn't have told them that Sister and Wen Yu were coming!" Chi Zhouchen's voice was very accusatory. "They already have a bad relationship with us, and they won't be happy when they see these people later."

Ding Yijun was somewhat angry and somewhat aggrieved: "I didn't mean to. When I talked to your eldest cousin yesterday, she always shunned us for not recognizing a pearl. She said that your sister had no feelings for us. Then I got angry and said that your sister was coming back today…"

At that time, she was really angry at that moment, Ding Yijun didn't hold back, and got the message out.

After saying it, she regretted it, and when she came back Chi Yan also accused her. She was still holding on to her heart and didn't expect these people to come today, not only did they come, but other relatives also came.

Chi Zhouchen sighed, no longer knowing what to say to his mother.

She was soft-hearted and sometimes she couldn't think rationally. She talked and did everything based on her intuition, and very often, her intuition wasn't accurate at all.

In the living room, Chi Yan and these people are perfunctorily polite.

"Chi Yan ah, you have Wen Yu as your son-in-law, why are you worried that the Chi family may not get better in the future?"

Chi Yan: "… Wen Yu is Wen Yu, the Chi family is the Chi family, I don't have a good relationship with him."

"There's Zhengzheng ah, she would certainly help the Chi family."

Chi Yan: "I've wronged Zhengzheng before, Zhengzheng has a bad relationship with the family."

"We are all family, broken bones are connected to tendons, she must be thinking of you guys in her heart, how can there be a bad family."

Chi Yan: "Haha." He laughed perfunctorily.

When he could finally avoid them, he heard Chi Zhouchen ask him: "Dad, don't you want to get rid of them?"

"There's o way, they won't leave, ugh." He had mentioned it several times.

Chi Zhouchen: "Then are you letting them stay like this? Later on, when Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu come over, will they have to listen to these people talk nonsense?"

"What Chi Zhengzheng, that's your sister!" Chi Yan glared at him.

Chi Zhouchen touched his nose: "I always forget… I think of her as a sister in my heart." It was just that he used to call her by her name before, so he would always forget to change it.

"Your sister's temperament is now different from before, Wen Yu isn't easy to mess with, they won't suffer."

He paused and said: "I'd better go to see the guests off once more, Zhengzheng won't be able to stay long when she comes back, it's better not to listen to their nonsense."

As Chi Yan said this, he went out to see off the guests once more.

But obviously, these people kept sticking around, even though Chi Yan made it clear, they still insisted that they wanted to stay a little longer, they hadn't seen Zingzheng for too long and wanted to take a look.

So, when Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu came in, they saw a large room of people.

The current house of the Chi family wasn't very big. Suddenly, this room was filled with people, there were some people sitting on the armrest of the sofa, or on the benches and chairs.

As soon as they stepped through the door, they met the eyes of these people.

Chi Zhengzheng was confused for a moment, and then looked at Chi Yan and Ding Yijun, and when she saw the embarrassment on their faces, she instantly understood.

– The Chi family wasn't as good as before, Chi Yan's prestige wasn't as good as before, and now these people weren't afraid of him.

And obviously, these people weren't here to visit the Chi family but to "wait" for Wen Yu.

That was how power worked. In the past, they were ignored by others, and they even felt that they were "made for each other" and were losers. But they took a U-turn, these people were flattering them with all kinds of compliments, rushed like ducks, and trying any way possible to get involved with them. (t/n: rushed like ducks means a mob scrabbling madly for something unobtainable)

"Zhengzheng is back? It's been a long time, do you still remember me, I'm your eldest cousin."

"Zhengzheng, I am your fourth auntie, Zhengzheng has really grown up and is getting better and better looking."

"No, isn't this Wen Yu? He is such an outstanding man."

"Young master Wen, I am Zhengzheng's second cousin, you can also be like Zhengzheng and call me second cousin."

…

Most of the men hadn't moved yet, it was mainly the women who came up and got close to Chi Zhengzheng.

What Chi Zhengzheng was able to figure out, how could Wen Yu not understand?

As soon as he saw this room full of people, he immediately understood it all. At this moment, these people came around to talk, he maintained a faint expression, and didn't pay attention to anyone.

Chi Yan beckoned: "Zhengzheng, Wen Yu, what gifts did you bring back?"

"Dad, Mom, Zhouchen." Chi Zhengzheng first greeted them and then revealed a smile. "Wen Yu picked them out, Happy New Year, we hope you like it."

Chi Yan's emotions just now disappeared all of a sudden, he revealed a smile, didn't look at the things, and nodded nonstop: "I'm satisfied, very satisfied. Happy New Year to you too."

Ding Yijun also smiled, stepped forward, wanted to take Chi Zhengzheng's hand, and then hesitatingly retracted it.

Wen Yu also spoke at this moment. "Uncle Chi, Auntie Ding, Zhouchen." He was very polite.

The smile on Chi Yan's and Ding Yijun's faces became more and more obvious, even Chi Zhouchen couldn't help but nod. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't open his mouth.

In this room of relatives, seeing Chi Zhengzheng only nodded politely to them, but didn't greet them, Wen Yu followed after Chi Zhengzheng to greet them, also ignoring them. Suddenly, their expressions were a little unsightly, and some people's expressions collapsed all at once.

"Zhengzheng, your second auntie watched you grow up, when you were small, your second auntie even carried you, why are you so rude now? Now that you've made it big, you don't recognize us as relatives?" One of the middle-aged women then said.

She wasn't badly dressed, but she was matched very vulgarly, draped in gold and silver, somewhat fat, and looked somewhat – sarcastic.

"Hongmei, what are you talking about?" Ding Yijun was upset.

Those relatives also tried to smooth things over-

"Aiya, Hongmei, what are you talking nonsense about?"

"Yes, Zhengzheng hasn't seen us for a long time and doesn't recognize us."

"Sister Hongmei, stop taking advantage of your seniority and bully Zhengzheng ah."

…

These people all wanted to have a good relationship with Wen Yu, they didn't come trying to offend him.

Then the second auntie's daughter also pulled her to the back.

The second auntie only then stopped her voice and didn't speak.

In her previous life, she had no relatives at all. Except for on TV, she had never seen such scenes, and this wasn't her home, she couldn't kick them out. For a moment, she looked at Wen Yu at a loss.

Wen Yu held her hand and didn't let go, he was currently looking at her, gently patting her, silently giving her strength.

In the end, Chi Yan had been in power for many years, he glanced at everyone and then finally fixed his gaze on Chi Zhengzheng: "Zhengzheng, your mother has been missing you, so go to the room with your mother and have a chat."

Chi Zhengzheng paused for a moment and nodded her head.

Wen Yu let go of her hand.

So, Chi Zhengzheng followed Ding Yijun to her room.

Chi Yan then turned his gaze to Wen Yu: "Wen Yu, you're here for the first time, how about you talk with me in my study?"

"Sure." Wen Yu nodded his head.

So, one went to the study, one went to the bedroom, and the relatives who wanted to see Wen Yu, all stayed in the living room, looking at each other.

When the second auntie was about to speak again, Chi Zhouchen stepped forward and showed a polite and detached smile: "They have something to do, so I'll accompany the elders."

Everyone fell silent.

Where did they need the company of a Mr. Blond? They were here to talk to Wen Yu!

But that person had already gone to the study, and it was impossible to chase after him, so the faces of the people were a bit unsightly and they didn't want to chat.

Chi Zhouchen picked up his cup of tea and rolled his eyes as he lowered his head.

Bedroom.

Chi Zhengzheng and Ding Yijun stood together quite awkwardly, both not knowing what to say.

When Chi Zhengzheng left home in the beginning, the fundamental conflict was the conflict with Ding Yijun, the relationship between the two was quite delicate.

Ding Yijun looked at Chi Zhengzheng, after a while, with slightly flushed eyes: "Zhengzheng, how are you doing?"

"Very well, I'm doing very well." Chi Zhengzheng replied immediately.

"You've finally come back, are you staying tonight?" She asked, and then hurriedly said: "I've reserved a room for you, I've always been cleaning it up."

Chi Zhengzheng shook her head: "No, I've prepared dinner at home, I'm just here to see you guys and then I'll go back."

"Well…" Ding Yijun pursed her lips and asked: "He… Is Wen Yu treating you well?"

"Very well, he is very good to me."

"That's good… that's good…" Ding Yijun nodded.

Silence fell between the two once again.

The atmosphere inside the study, on the other hand, was completely different, as Wen Yu and Chi Yan stared at each other, their eyes were sharp, and their eyes took the initiative to steely glare for a while.

In the end, Chi Yan lost the battle and said: "Wen Yu, don't think just because you're so powerful I'll be afraid of you. If you treat Zhengzheng poorly, I definitely won't let you go!"

Wen Yu's voice was calm: "There's no need for you to worry."

"I am Zhengzheng's father!" Chi Yan glared at him, with an upset expression.

– This man was very outstanding, but this man had also been hiding too deep, and his scheming was even more terrifying.

– Even Chi Yan couldn't figure him out at all.

Wen Yu lifted his eyelids and glanced at him: "Oh, weren't you the ones who made Zhengzheng unhappy in the first place? Now you think that you're her father and her family?"

Chi Yan was speechless.

Wen Yu: "I followed after Zhengzheng to make her happy. Sure enough, she isn't necessarily happy now that she came back. It's just a task to be completed, I'm accompanying her to complete it, that's all."

The reality wasn't like a TV drama, where anything could be forgiven, where anyone could have a happy reunion.

The relationship between Chi Zhengzheng and the Chi family was obviously not of a family anymore, and naturally, they couldn't have an inexplicable reunion.

Returning to the Chi house was just to complete the task as their daughter and to do her duty.

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Chi Yan's mouth. Yes, to do something wrong, was to do something wrong, to hurt someone was to hurt someone and had long not been able to go back in time.

The study was silent for a long time before Chi Yan could speak in a hoarse voice: "I know, but I'm her father, if you hurt her or make her unhappy if she doesn't live with you, if she has no place to go, the door of the Chi family is always open for her."

Even if her relationship with the Chi family wasn't good anymore, as long as the Chi family was still there, it could always be her way back.

Wen Yu remained calm, but this time he looked at Chi Yan: "Don't worry."

Chi Zhengzheng belonged to him. He couldn't help but feel distressed, how could he hurt her?

Inside the bedroom, Chi Zhengzheng felt that the atmosphere was too awkward, so she stood up: "So, mom, that's pretty much it Let's go out."

As she finished speaking, she took two steps.

Behind her, Ding Yijun's voice choked: "I'm sorry."

It was a very belated apology, but it was extremely sincere.

She had wrongly introduced a tyrant into the family, and even let that tyrant take the place of her own daughter, making Chi Zhengzheng sad and letting Chi Zhengzheng down. She wasn't a qualified mother.

Ding Yijun looked at Chi Zhengzheng and felt so uncomfortable that she was about to suffocate.

Chi Zhengzheng was taken aback slightly, and it was a while before she replied: "I'll do my duty as a daughter."

She didn't hate her, nor was she sad anymore. The original owner was the one who had taken all the harm, so she wasn't qualified to forgive in place of the original owner.

The grievances between the Chi family and the original owner, in the end, didn't need to be cleared by her.

Hearing this, Ding Yijun's tears fell down.

After the four people came out of the rooms, the relatives who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly stood up again and said in a rush –

"Aiya, what are you hiding and whispering about?"

"Zhengzheng, Wen Yu, come over here, let's have a chat together."

"Yes, a household shouldn't speak two languages, we haven't talked together yet."

(t/n: a household shouldn't speak two languages means a family should be on the same page.)

"Zhengzheng, you should bring Wen Yu to introduce the people."

…

Chi Zhengzheng smiled and said: "It's a bit late, so we'll go back."

"Huh?" The people were taken aback.

Chi Yan looked at Chi Zhengzheng with a complicated expression and slowly said: "Zhengzheng, you can come back anytime."

"Hmm, okay." Chi Zhengzheng smiled at him and nodded her head.

Ding Yijun's eyes were still red and wanted to say something.

Inside the living room, Chi Zhouchen pursed his lips, a little unhappy.

Was she leaving? He hadn't even spoken to Chi Zhengzheng yet.

"Zhouchen, send your sister and… brother Yu." Chi Yan said again.

"Oh!" Chi Zhouchen hurriedly stood up.

Wen Yu dressed Chi Zhengzheng and led her out. The relatives of the Chi family still wanted to say something, but Chi Yan interrupted them: "Where were we before? Come, come, let's continue."

After such a holdup, Chi Zhengzheng, the three of them had already left the door.

The people who weren't able to talk to Wen Yu, in the end, were immediately upset: "Brother Chi Yan, this isn't right. Chi Zhengzheng is your daughter, and Wen Yu is your son-in-law, how can they come back and just turn around and leave? This is really too unfilial, they didn't even greet their relatives, and you didn't say anything to them!"

"Yes, Chi Yan, I have something to say to you about this, you're really too lenient with them. Since Wen Yu is the boss of Yu Ding, he should also promote his father-in-law, and so is Zhengzheng, she used to have a big temper, but now she doesn't have a big temper, but she's too heartless."

Chi Yan showed a smile, but his eyes were indifferent: "Hehe, the child has grown."

"It's outrageous, too outrageous, now that they've made it big, they look down on the Chi family? They're really too rude, not even a greeting!"

"How did they not greet? Zhengzheng called me father, Wen Yu called me uncle." Chi Yan remained calm.

"Then they shouldn't leave so soon, and turn a blind eye on us relatives. I think they just look down on the Chi family, they think that you're not as good as before, so they don't take you seriously!" Someone was trying to pick a fight.

Chi Yan suddenly asked rhetorically: "Aren't you guys the same?"

Everyone was taken aback

Chi Yan picked up his cup of tea: "Don't you also think I'm not as good as before, so you don't take me seriously anymore?"

The living room instantly fell into silence.

Chi Zhouchen walked next to Chi Zhengzheng but didn't know what to say, his expression was complicated.

He didn't say anything even until they went downstairs, he opened his mouth and closed it again.

When they got downstairs, Chi Zhengzheng spoke first: "Okay, hurry and go up. I think you're dressed too lightly, it's such a cold day, you should wear thicker clothes when you go downstairs."

She actually had a pretty good impression of Chi Zhouchen. In the original novel, he was stimulated and was accidentally led astray, he wasn't bad by nature.

"Oh…" Chi Zhouchen responded.

After turning his heel on the ground, he said: "Leaving as soon as you come ah, shouldn't you stay for a while."

"I'll have to leave sooner or later, I'm going home to prepare dinner."

"Eat here!"

Chi Zhengzheng just smiled and didn't say anything.

Chi Zhouchen instantly understood, he showed a lonely expression.

At this moment, Chi Zhengzheng stood on tiptoe, looked up, and patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, hurry and go back. Although there are many things to do in the company, you also need to study well. At your age, you should study."

Chi Zhouchen scoffed but there was a bit of joy in his eyes, he replied: "I know la, stop nagging!"

His words showed dislike, but his face was happy. This expression made Chi Zhengzhen think of Liuzhu. If Chi Zhouchen had a tail now, he would definitely be wagging it frantically.

Chi Zhengzheng laughed, waved her hand, and prepared to leave with Wen Yu.

However, Wen Yu looked at Chi Zhouchen, and glanced from top to bottom, with no expression.

Chi Zhouchen moved uncomfortably and glared: "What are you looking at?! Don't think because you're great at what you do, let me tell you, if you dare to bully Chi Zhengzheng, I won't let you go! No matter how capable you are, you only have one life, You are also a mortal!"

– This was a threat.

Wen Yu's expression remained unchanged, he looked at him and said with contempt: "Little brat."

Chi Zhouzhen: "!!!" He gave Wen Yu a deadly stare, wanting to go up and bite him to death.

Wen Yu: "Study hard, you can't contribute to anything with such little skills."

After saying that, he took Chi Zhengzheng and walked away.

Chi Zhouchen: "…"

After a while, he took a deep breath and shouted to Wen Yu: "Don't you get complacent! Wen Yu! One day, I'll definitely surpass you!!"

Chi Zhengzheng, who had just gotten in the car, laughed again.

Wen Yu ignored the child's provocation and also got into the car.

He looked at Chi Zhengzheng with a smile: "Go home?"

Chi Zhengzheng was taken aback, and then her smile grew brighter and brighter, her eyebrows curled: "Go home."

Just two words, let her put aside all the emotions and complexities. In the cold winter months, it was covered in snow, but her heart was warm.