CH 71.2

Chapter 71 — Relatives

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.