Chapter 77

"Let me go back and change my clothes first." Yue Chengyu handed the newspaper hat on his head to Fang Tianfeng, went into the house to change, and then came out to greet the construction workers and gave them some instructions before leaving.

Fang Tianfeng carefully looked around the house. The floor was completely torn up, and even the pipes needed to be replaced, leaving the room in a mess.

Fang Tianfeng stood at the door, playing with his phone, occasionally going in to take a look, and sometimes helping to move things.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.

His phone rang; it was Yue Chengyu calling, saying he would be back in a few minutes and would treat him and the workers to a meal.

Just as the call ended, another call came in. It was his aunt.

"Aunt."

"Xiaofeng, you didn't come to your cousin's wedding? I'm about to leave, and I haven't seen you. His parents are indeed not good people, but Tiande is a decent kid. He helped me before, and it's not good that you didn't come. Do you have something important that you can't leave?"

Fang Tianfeng was a bit confused and asked, "Is Tiande getting married today? I didn't know."

"Didn't anyone call you? His parents are really unreliable!" Aunt was a bit upset.

"No one told me." Fang Tianfeng was also a bit depressed.

"That's not right either. I got a call a while ago and told Shishi to go with you. Shishi said she was free on Sunday afternoon and would go with you, so I didn't ask you. Didn't Shishi tell you?"

"No."

"This girl!" Aunt sighed.

Fang Tianfeng remembered that when he picked up Su Shishi yesterday, she was in a bad mood and mentioned doing something wrong before going to bed. It was probably about this. When his mother passed away, his uncle and aunt didn't come, and Su Shishi had a grudge against them.

Fang Tianfeng also sighed and said, "I'm not busy now, I'll go right away. Although my uncle and aunt are over the line, Tiande saved me when I was a kid. I can't not go to his wedding."

"Then hurry up. The banquet is almost over. I'm already out of the hotel and have some things to do at home, so I won't wait for you."

"Okay. I'll go right away. Where is it?"

"Tianyue Hotel, the one on Yellow River Road. I heard the bride's uncle has some connection with this hotel, and the manager even came to toast."

Fang Tianfeng smiled inwardly. Aunt was still the same, always sharing everything she heard.

"Oh, I know. Thanks, Aunt."

"You're welcome, kid. I'll hang up now."

"Okay, see you, Aunt."

Fang Tianfeng contacted Su Shishi.

"Su Shishi! Do you know what you did wrong!"

"What? Shishi doesn't know. Is big brother going to spank Shishi?"

Fang Tianfeng shook his head and said, "Don't do that again. Tiande and his parents are different."

"So what? When Mom passed away, they didn't even say a word. I just didn't go! Besides, since you didn't know, it means they didn't even call you. What does that mean? They didn't call, and your cousin didn't tell you either? I just can't stand their family!"

"You. I have a classmate back, I won't talk to you now. If you do this again, I'll spank you!"

"You dare!" Su Shishi then sent a selfie making a funny face.

Fang Tianfeng put down his phone and said to Yue Chengyu, who was just coming upstairs, "I have an emergency and need to leave right away. You can save a meal for me." Then he threw the newspaper hat to Yue Chengyu.

"Goodbye, Living Lei Feng!" Yue Chengyu said with a smile.

Fang Tianfeng went down a few steps and heard Yue Chengyu shout, "Are you going to the class reunion? Beautiful Qiao Ting is waiting for you to renew your old feelings!"

"We'll see."

"I think you have the heart but not the courage. I despise you!"

"Get lost!" Fang Tianfeng laughed and scolded.

When Fang Tianfeng heard Qiao Ting's name, he felt inexplicably annoyed. He got in a taxi and said, "Tianyue Hotel," then sat in the back seat, lost in thought.

When he snapped out of it, he started to recall his childhood. His father grew up in a village not far from Yunhai City. During the New Year or summer vacation, he would always take Fang Tianfeng back to the village to see his grandparents.

The most memorable thing for him was when he fell into a fish pond while playing and was saved by his cousin, Fang Tiande. Since then, Fang Tianfeng has been especially grateful to his cousin.

When he arrived at the entrance of Tianyue Hotel, the car stopped, and Fang Tianfeng got out immediately. Just as he was about to go in, he suddenly remembered the gift money. He checked his wallet and found only 200 yuan and some loose change. Giving 200 yuan to others was enough, but to his savior, it was not enough. He asked a passerby and headed to the nearest bank.

After a few steps, he took out his phone and called Zhang Bowen, the owner of Tianyue Hotel.

"Mr. Zhang, are you available to talk?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"My cousin is getting married today, and the banquet is at your Tianyue Hotel. I thought, since we are such good friends, you should give my cousin a discount," Fang Tianfeng said with a smile.

"Is your cousin very close to you?"

"He saved my life once."

"Ah? He's your savior, and thus my savior. No problem, whatever discount you want. Are you at the hotel now? I'll come to toast."

"No, I haven't entered the hotel yet. I'm going to the bank to withdraw money. I came too hastily and didn't prepare the gift money."

"Master Fang, you're bringing gift money to my hotel? That's like cursing me! How about this, you don't need to bring any gift money. They haven't settled the bill yet, so I'll return the deposit. Everything they spend at Tianyue will be your gift, but you don't need to pay a cent."

Fang Tianfeng was surprised and said, "Mr. Zhang, that's too much. This wedding banquet costs at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."

"Tianyue doesn't take wedding banquets for less than 40,000 yuan. Master Fang, you discovered the problem with the foundation pit early, which allowed the construction team to start work sooner and saved us a huge loss. If I still charged you for your savior, would I still be a human? I can agree to other things, but not this."

Fang Tianfeng said, "After all, it's my gift, not yours. If it's counted as yours, how can I repay you? How about this, the cost of the banquet will be on me, and when you need my help next time, we can deduct the cost from it."

Zhang Bowen was silent for a moment and said helplessly, "Okay, you're too polite. I'll go back now. Since he's your savior, I'll also give a gift."

"Alright, if the red envelope isn't thick enough, I won't let you in!"

"Ha ha, don't worry."

Fang Tianfeng put away his phone and turned back. Since the cost of the banquet was his gift, there was no need to withdraw money.

40,000 yuan was not a small amount for Fang Tianfeng, but to repay his savior, it was not much.

Back at the hotel, Fang Tianfeng went straight in. The person collecting the gift money looked at him in surprise but didn't say anything, just stared. He watched Fang Tianfeng walk to a table and sit down, recognizing the male relatives, before looking away.

Since it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, many tables were empty, but the people from the village were still there, waiting to go back together.

The elderly and middle-aged people from the village had drunk a lot of alcohol, and many were shouting and arguing, their faces red.

Fang Tianfeng chose a table where mostly young people from the Fang family were sitting, including his third uncle, his first aunt's and second aunt's children, and some children from the village.

Because of the strained relationship between his mother and his uncle and aunt, and the passing of his grandparents, Fang Tianfeng hadn't been back to the village for years and was a bit unfamiliar with the relatives, but they had met multiple times as children and still recognized each other.

His first aunt's eldest daughter was holding her child and said warmly, "Xiaofeng, it's been years. How are you?"

"Fine, thanks. How are my first aunt and uncle?"

"They're fine. Look, they're drinking over there."

"Where's my brother-in-law?"

"He just left. He has something to do."

Fang Tianfeng looked at his first aunt's daughter and said with a smile, "What's her name? She's so beautiful."

The eldest daughter immediately bounced her child and said, "Lili, call Uncle, be a good girl, call Uncle."

The two-year-old child was shy and looked at Fang Tianfeng, then softly called "Uncle" and turned away, making everyone at the table laugh.

Fang Tianfeng was touched. He didn't expect to have a niece already. He went over to play with her and took the opportunity to send a bit of energy into her body as a compensation for being an absent uncle.

Although the child was young, she felt very comfortable after being touched by her uncle and smiled at Fang Tianfeng.

The eldest daughter immediately laughed and said, "Lili smiled! Lili smiled!"

The little girl followed her mother's laughter.

Since there were children at the table, no one was drinking. Fang Tianfeng returned to his seat and poured a glass of juice.

His third uncle's younger brother asked with a smile, "Brother, what do you do now?"

Fang Tianfeng originally wanted to say he worked at a software company, but remembering he had resigned, he was about to say he was looking at villas, but felt embarrassed to say it in front of his relatives, so he awkwardly smiled and said, "I just resigned and am looking for a job."

The younger brother looked at Fang Tianfeng's clothes and smiled knowingly.

Fang Tianfeng casually asked, "What do you do now?"

The younger brother immediately said, "I work for Tiande at Jinxin Aquatic Company, delivering goods. The best month, I can earn 10,000 yuan, but it's tiring."

Fang Tianfeng noticed the younger brother's unhidden pride and said with a smile, "That's good."

The younger brother continued, "After the banquet, find Tiande. He might be able to get you a job at Jinxin. The boss of the company is the bride's uncle, who values Tiande a lot. He might let Tiande manage the breeding department in the future. If we Fang family members go, we won't be treated badly. Look, that's the company's boss, Mr. Jin."

The younger brother turned his head and indicated with his chin, "The one talking to Tiande, see him?"

Fang Tianfeng looked and said, "I see him." A very ordinary middle-aged man.

The younger brother said proudly, "Don't look at Mr. Jin being ordinary, but he's a millionaire. Everyone at the banquet respects him. Earlier, someone who was drunk tried to tease the new sister-in-law, but Mr. Jin said one word, and the person shut up and slunk away. This Tianyue Hotel is famous, right? We supply it! Mr. Jin and the owner of Tianyue are very close. If the owner wasn't busy, he would have come to drink."

Fang Tianfeng was a bit surprised. Zhang Bowen wasn't busy. However, Fang Tianfeng thought his younger brother, though fond of showing off, was not a bad person and had even offered to help him find a job, so he didn't expose Mr. Jin, who was his younger brother's boss.

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