Chapter 4

Next to the high-speed train station in Tongzhou, a Chery QQ was parked by the roadside. This car was quite ordinary, after all, in a big city like Tongzhou, the streets were filled with Mercedes-Benz and BMWs, making the Chery QQ seem insignificant.

However, the two beauties standing beside the car were very eye-catching, causing passersby to involuntarily take a second look.

The older one, due to good skincare, looked as if she was only in her mid-twenties. She was dressed very fashionably and daringly, wearing a short hot pants that exposed her snow-white thighs, with long blonde hair and sunglasses, looking very chic and sexy.

The younger one, on the other hand, was dressed quite innocently, in a light blue denim skirt and a tank top. However, her appearance was indeed more outstanding, and her tall figure made her seem even more extraordinary.

These two, of course, were Zhang Xiaoman and her mother.

At that moment, Zhang Xiaoman's mother had her arms crossed, with a face full of dissatisfaction and displeasure.

"Too hot, I'll get tanned. Call him again, I had an appointment for a hair treatment." Zhang Xiaoman's mother complained impatiently. Although their family was not very wealthy, she still cared a lot about her image, always feeling that she should be a lady of high society.

"Mom, the train has already arrived, he should be coming out soon." Zhang Xiaoman said helplessly.

"We've been waiting for three minutes. I've worked so hard on my skin. What if it gets tanned again? My skincare products are imported from France and cost thousands." Just waiting for three minutes, but Zhang Xiaoman's mother was already very impatient.

"I told you to bring an umbrella when we went out, but you wouldn't listen."

"What? Now that you have a boyfriend, you dare to talk back to your mother?" Zhang Xiaoman's mother's face turned sour again.

"Fine, I'll call him." Zhang Xiaoman, out of helplessness, had to call Luo Chen again. After all, it was her mother, and she couldn't be too disrespectful.

But just as she dialed, she saw Luo Chen already walking out with his suitcase.

"Luo Chen, over here." Zhang Xiaoman waved her hand.

"Xiaoman, long time no see." Although Luo Chen no longer had feelings for Zhang Xiaoman, due to some special reasons, he didn't act too coldly.

"What? You don't even greet me when you see me?" Zhang Xiaoman's mother suddenly sneered from the side.

From the first glance, Zhang Xiaoman's mother didn't like this boy. In her eyes, her precious daughter should find someone with at least a billion in assets.

And this boy, it was said, came from a county town and had no assets at all.

Moreover, he looked a bit rustic.

Zhang Xiaoman's mother glanced at him casually. Even though she wasn't very familiar with young people's fashion, she could tell that his cheap jeans and T-shirt were probably just a few dozen yuan from a street stall, and his sneakers looked like they cost no more than a hundred yuan in total.

So Zhang Xiaoman's mother was already very disappointed with her first impression of Luo Chen.

Such a person to be her son-in-law?

Zhang Xiaoman's mother was already a hundred percent unwilling.

He was far inferior to Chen Chao, who pursued her daughter. Chen Chao was the son of the second-in-command in Tongzhou, handsome, rich, and had status and power.

Compared to Chen Chao, Luo Chen was like heaven and earth.

"Let's go, by the way, this is my mother."

"Aunt, hello."

"What's so good? You didn't even greet me when you saw me. Young people these days, they really don't know manners. And I've been standing here in the sun waiting for you, almost turning into charcoal." Zhang Xiaoman's mother complained rudely.

"Mom, can you stop talking for a bit?" Zhang Xiaoman said helplessly again.

"Forget it, what are you standing there for? Get in the car and go home, it's too hot." Zhang Xiaoman's mother said irritably again.

In the car, Zhang Xiaoman's mother naturally sat in the front passenger seat, taking out a mirror to touch up her makeup.

Zhang Xiaoman then asked Luo Chen.

"How have you been recently?"

"Pretty good." Because Luo Chen was no longer the same Luo Chen, he replied indifferently.

"Hey, what's with your attitude? Did our Xiaoman do something to you? She's talking to you nicely, and you look at her like that?" Zhang Xiaoman's mother said again.

"Mom, just focus on your makeup." Zhang Xiaoman didn't say much more. Her woman's intuition told her that Luo Chen seemed different from before. In the past, when Luo Chen saw her, his eyes were full of affection, but today, his eyes were clear and a bit cold.

It must be because her mother was there, Zhang Xiaoman thought.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoman's phone rang, but she didn't answer it, just put it down and covered it.

They were just passing by a row of high-end residential areas.

"Daughter, see that? This is the City Era Mansion. The houses here have a nice view. I don't ask you to be able to afford a villa in the future, just a duplex here would be fine."

"Then your mother and father can also benefit. You can live upstairs, and we can live downstairs." Zhang Xiaoman's mother said.

"The average price here is at least 30,000 yuan per square meter, right?" Luo Chen said casually.

Based on his memories from his previous life, Luo Chen naturally knew about the City Era Mansion. It was located in the city center, with an average price of about 30,000 yuan per square meter. A duplex would be at least 200 square meters, meaning it would cost at least 6 million yuan.

"Look at what you're saying, do you think 30,000 yuan is too expensive? Can't young people have some ambition?"

"The resettlement houses in the southern countryside are not expensive, only 3,000 yuan per square meter. You're not planning to let my daughter live there, are you?"

"Let me tell you, we can't afford to lose face. It's not easy to change from an urban household registration to a rural one." Zhang Xiaoman's mother was increasingly dissatisfied with Luo Chen.

It seemed that a rustic boy from the countryside was not suitable to be her son-in-law. If her daughter married him, she would probably suffer a lot.

Luo Chen, of course, didn't respond to this.

Soon, the car passed through a row of residential areas and arrived at Zhang Xiaoman's home. In fact, Zhang Xiaoman's family was not very wealthy. They lived in an ordinary residential area, in a house of about 80 square meters on the first floor.

And this house was mortgaged, with the loan still being paid off. Zhang Xiaoman's father was an ordinary worker at a factory, earning only a few thousand yuan a month. However, Zhang Xiaoman's father and Luo Chen's father were classmates.

At first, Zhang Xiaoman's father quite liked Luo Chen, but he couldn't resist his wife's nagging and eventually joined in the bullying of Luo Chen.

Luo Chen looked at this place where he had suffered humiliation in his previous life. How would it be this time?