Chapter 2

Taking advantage of the moment, Jiang Mu said, "You heard it too, how good a girl our Feifei is. How can I, as a mother, feel at ease entrusting her to you? If you were in my shoes, would you let your daughter date a poor boy?"

Before Fang Tianfeng could respond, the shrewd Jiang Mu continued to press, "Can you bear to see Feifei, in the most beautiful years of her youth, follow you through an ordinary life, eventually becoming a yellow-faced woman?"

Jiang Mu gave Fang Tianfeng no chance to speak, and asked again, "Do you love Feifei?"

Fang Tianfeng immediately replied, "Yes, I do."

Jiang Mu smiled kindly and said, "I believe you love her, because I can see it in your eyes."

Fang Tianfeng was almost moved to tears.

Jiang Mu then changed her tone, "Loving someone doesn't mean confining her to a small kitchen and endless housework. Perhaps, letting her live in a villa, on a lawn, and under the sun, breathing fresh air, is truly loving her."

Fang Tianfeng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, a wave of sorrow surging in his heart. But to give up on Jiang Feifei, he couldn't do it.

Seeing Fang Tianfeng's lack of tact, Jiang Mu raised her chin and said, "Feifei told me that your father passed away when you were young, and your mother died last year. I think that a child raised in a single-parent family has character flaws and is not suitable to marry our Feifei."

Fang Tianfeng looked at Jiang Mu in shock and could no longer hold back, shouting, "Aunt, you can think I'm not rich enough, but please show me some basic respect! Children from single-parent families may not receive complete love, but it's precisely because of that that we value every bit of love even more!"

Jiang Mu raised her eyebrows and scolded, "What kind of attitude is this? Do you speak to your elders like this? Do you have any manners?"

"Cough!" A cough came from the kitchen, and Jiang Fu shouted, "What are you doing? Guests are here, how can you speak without any tact? Tianfeng, don't take it to heart."

Fang Tianfeng suppressed his anger, sensing that Jiang Mu was deliberately provoking him.

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Jiang Mu's eyes as she continued to "guide" him, "Fang Tianfeng, happiness is built on a foundation of material wealth. My requirements are not high. As long as you have a house over 100 square meters in the city, a car worth around 200,000, and an annual salary of over 500,000, I won't object to your relationship. But in your current situation, I really don't believe you can make Feifei happy."

This standard was too high for someone just out of school.

Fine sweat slowly seeped from Fang Tianfeng's forehead. His mouth was bitter, his heart heavy. He had a thousand words to say but couldn't utter a single one.

Just as he was about to give up, he saw Jiang Feifei's pure and beautiful smile and the words that had moved him, "Tianfeng can make me happy."

Fang Tianfeng slowly raised his head and said firmly, "Aunt, I understand your feelings and protection for Feifei. You think happiness is about money, a house, and a car, but I believe happiness is the process of achieving these goals with the person you love!"

A clear voice came from Jiang Feifei's room, "That's right!"

Fang Tianfeng seemed to see Jiang Feifei's cute, puffed-up face, which greatly encouraged him.

Jiang Mu sneered and said coldly, "What do you know? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. Do you think such words can fool me? If you really care about Feifei, you should let her go!"

Fang Tianfeng immediately said, "I agree with you. Both of us care about Feifei, so both of us should let her go and give her the freedom to choose."

"I want to be Fang Tianfeng's girlfriend and marry him after graduation!" Jiang Feifei's voice reached the living room, and Jiang Mu's face turned black.

Jiang Mu suddenly stood up, looking down at Fang Tianfeng, and sneered, "You won't listen to me, you ungrateful brat! Don't you know who you are? I'm telling you, our Feifei has everything she needs, and you, a poor guy, are destined to never be able to marry her! I called you here today not to have a meal but to tell you that you must break up! You're not allowed to see our Feifei again, or I'll report you for harassment! Now, take your trash and get out!"

Jiang Mu picked up the plastic bag of oranges and threw it at Fang Tianfeng's feet.

Fang Tianfeng felt as if his heart had been hit by a train, his face pale, the scattered oranges on the ground like fragments of his heart.

A clang from the kitchen, and Jiang Fu, wearing an apron, holding scissors, and covered in fish blood and scales, angrily stood at the kitchen door, shouting, "Are you crazy! A good kid comes to our house for a meal, and you say these things? Is this how you treat guests and be a mother? When I was poor, I'm not rich now, do you want to divorce me for happiness? Huh!"

Jiang Mu's face turned awkward, but she quickly retorted, "What do you know! I'm doing this for Feifei! I'll follow my husband wherever he goes, but Feifei must have a good life!"

Jiang Fu threw the scissors on the ground, wiped his hands with the apron, and said, "You don't want to eat at home, right? Feifei, get dressed, I'll take you and Tianfeng out to eat! I, Old Jiang, have never done anything wrong, and I won't start today! Tianfeng, let's go!"

Jiang Feifei's door opened, revealing a beautiful face covered in tears, her beauty even more touching. Fang Tianfeng's heart ached as he looked at her.

Jiang Feifei slowly walked to her mother, wiping her tears and crying, "Mom, how can you do this? You said you'd invite him for a meal, why say such things? Mom, I've heard you nag all my life, don't I know money is important? But I chose Tianfeng because I know that the man I love is a hundred, a thousand times more important than money! Are you really thinking about me, or do you just want a rich son-in-law to show off to relatives and neighbors? You might as well put a price on me and sell me!"

Jiang Mu stood up and shouted, "Fine! A daughter grown up is no longer worth keeping. You dare to speak to me like this for a stranger? Do you even respect me as your mother? All these years, I've worked hard, for who? For you!"

"I think it's for yourself!" Jiang Fu threw the apron and went to wash his hands in the kitchen.

Jiang Mu angrily said, "Feifei, look at your aunt's daughter. She's not as pretty as you, but she married a small businessman and is now so proud, always criticizing me. Your boyfriend must have millions to enter this house! I, Wang Guizhi, won't let them step on me! From today, I won't allow you to see him!"

Jiang Feifei firmly said, "No! Tianfeng is my boyfriend, and I won't marry anyone else!"

Jiang Mu cursed, "You ungrateful brat, you don't respect me as your mother! I tell you, if you don't break up with him, you'll never set foot in this house again!"

Jiang Fu came out with a stern face and said, "Feifei, since your mother won't let us stay, you and I will go out together!"

"You dare!" Jiang Mu glared at the father and daughter, "If you dare to leave this house, I'll go to your workplace and make a scene! I'll go to your school and make a scene! We'll see who's in charge of this house!"

Jiang Fu was furious and said, "Fine! If I'm afraid of you today, my name Jiang will be written backward! I'll go to my workplace and wait for you, I want to see how you'll make a scene, you've been spoiled!"

Seeing Jiang Fu's determination, Jiang Mu suddenly sat on the ground, wailing and kicking, crying and shouting, "You're all trying to kill me, one and done! I've seen it, you old man, you've always wanted to get rid of me, now you've found the chance, you can't wait for me to leave empty-handed. And you, ungrateful brat, I raised you with my own hands, and now you don't listen to me. There's a knife in the kitchen, kill me! Kill me! And you, shameless poor guy, what kind of spell did you cast on Feifei to make her so devoted? Our family was fine until you came and caused chaos, Feifei is also corrupted by you, you'll die a bad death! You three must have planned this to force me to my death! If I can't handle you today, I won't live!"

Jiang Feifei knelt in front of her mother, crying and begging, "Mom, don't do this, I'm not forcing you."

Jiang Mu suddenly went crazy, trying to hit her head on the ground. Jiang Feifei quickly hugged her, crying, "Mom, don't do this, Mom, please, I beg you, I beg you."

Jiang Fu clenched his fists tightly, his eyes blazing.

Fang Tianfeng's face changed, and he finally sighed, slowly standing up. He first said to Jiang Fu, "Uncle, thank you. No matter what happens in the future, I'll always remember your kindness today."

Fang Tianfeng then looked at Jiang Feifei, his eyes filled with deep helplessness, sorrow, and longing, and said, "Feifei, you're a good girl, and Uncle is a good person. I won't make it hard for you. I'll leave now."

Fang Tianfeng walked to the door, bent down to change his shoes.

Jiang Fu sighed inwardly, thinking what a good kid, looking at his wife, he was so angry, and said, "Look! Look! You're driving away such a considerate child, you'll regret it one day!"

Jiang Mu stopped making a scene, looking at Fang Tianfeng, a victorious sneer on her face.

Jiang Feifei looked at Fang Tianfeng with a pained heart, but couldn't let go of her mother.

Fang Tianfeng finished changing his shoes, smiled bitterly, and said, "Feifei, I understand you. If I asked you to leave with me, you would, because you're kind and would feel sorry for me. But then you would be filled with guilt and regret, after all, this is the home you've lived in for so many years, with the parents who raised you. Even for the sake of having a good father, I won't do that."

"Sniff, sniff, sniff..."

Jiang Feifei couldn't hold back, covering her face and crying out loud. She couldn't abandon her mother who had raised her, but she couldn't bear to let go of Fang Tianfeng.

"Ah..." Jiang Fu lit a cigarette and smoked silently.

Fang Tianfeng opened the door, stood there for a long time, turned his head, looked at Jiang Mu, and with all his strength, said, "Aunt, if you think I'll leave like this, you underestimate me, Fang Tianfeng, and the man Feifei chose! I may have nothing now, but I'm young and have potential! I may not have money now, but that doesn't mean I won't have it in the future! I'm telling you today, I, Fang Tianfeng, will marry Jiang Feifei!"

Jiang Mu sneered, "Big talk! Since you said it, wait until you have money to come and propose! If you have the guts, don't call or bother Feifei until then! Otherwise, you're a coward!"

Fang Tianfeng gritted his teeth and said, "You can rest assured! I won't bother Feifei until then!"

He looked at Jiang Feifei one last time, then stared at Jiang Mu, and slowly made his vow.

"I, Fang Tianfeng, swear that within five years, I will make you personally hand Feifei to me to marry her!"

Fang Tianfeng left in large strides.

Jiang Fu continued to smoke silently.

Jiang Feifei's mind was filled with memories of her time with Fang Tianfeng. She knew his temperament, usually gentle and easy-going, but once provoked, he would become very decisive. If something went wrong, they might never see each other again.

She knew Fang Tianfeng was hurt.

Jiang Feifei bit her lip, ready to run out and leave with Fang Tianfeng, but her mother held her back tightly.

Jiang Mu's face was twisted, and she shouted, "From now on, you're not allowed to see him! If you dare to run away with him, I'll jump off the building! When I become a vengeful ghost, I'll tear you apart!" After a long struggle, Jiang Feifei finally gave up.

"Let go, I won't do it."

Jiang Mu finally let go.

Jiang Feifei sobbed, slowly walking back to her room, tears streaming down her face with every step.

A sneer appeared on Jiang Mu's lips, and she muttered to herself, "Five years? You won't make it!"

Jiang Fu slowly smoked, the flame of the cigarette flickering and dimming.

After a long time, Jiang Fu pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, sighed deeply, and said slowly, "Women, you only see the first thirty years of a man, but you don't realize that the truly reliable part of a man is the last thirty years."

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