Accidentally Married to the Big Shot
Chapter 346 Conflict

Chapter 346: Chapter 346 Conflict

"You want me to meet your future in-laws?" As soon as Xi Huarong spoke, Xi Wanfen already felt guilty.

She nodded.

Xi Huarong slowly took off his coat, put away his briefcase, and then told Xi Wanfen, "Xiao Fen, have a seat."

Xi Wanfen sat up straight.

Xi Huarong, unrushed, sat down, then looked at her and asked, "Are you sure you want me to meet them?"

Xi Wanfen murmured softly, "They said they wanted to go back to their hometown, so they’d like to meet you."

Xi Huarong gazed at her, saying, "I must first ask you, are you truly prepared for marriage?"

"No," Xi Wanfen blurted out subconsciously.

Marriage was terrifying; she didn’t want it.

Xi Huarong bluntly asked, "Then what is the point of me meeting them?"

"I..." Xiao Fen said grievously, "they just mentioned wanting to meet you; they probably think I have been putting on airs, calling me a ’second generation official’ and the like."

Xi Huarong said, "But you’re currently having conflicts with Liang Zhanbai, and these past few days you’ve been staying at home. Bringing up your parents now, isn’t that akin to conceding to them? If I really go, they might think our daughter is desperate to get married, pleading with them to take her."

Xi Wanfen looked at her father; she hadn’t considered all of this. She just liked Liang Zhanbai and didn’t want things to remain tense, after all, issues must be resolved eventually.

Now that her father mentioned it, it really made her think.

Yes, if they really arranged a meeting between both parents, it wouldn’t just be a matter between the two of them anymore but would involve both families.

Xi Wanfen couldn’t help but say, "Then, then I’ll just decline them, saying you are both busy recently."

After Xi Wanfen returned to her room, she sent a message to Mr. Liang: I’m sorry Uncle, my dad and mom aren’t able to meet you right now; my dad has a business trip coming up.

After the message was sent, there was no reply from the other end, so Xi Wanfen got on with her own tasks.

...

In the master bedroom, Xi Huarong watched Li Shirui at the dressing table, patting on toner.

He enjoyed watching his wife’s skincare routine; first the toner, then lotion, followed by night cream, and lastly eye cream, each step carried out as if it were a sacred and solemn ritual.

As Li Shirui patted, she asked, "Are we really not going to meet Liang Zhanbai’s parents?"

Xi Huarong said, "Do you think it’s necessary?"

"If we don’t meet them, will they think we’re too proud?" Li Shirui had this concern.

"They are not sincere towards Xiao Fen, they are not ready to welcome her into their family properly. If we meet now, it would only make things more difficult to get out of later."

Li Shirui sighed, "If Xiao Fen really marries into their family, I’m afraid she won’t be happy. From what she describes, once they marry, her future in-laws are bound to live with them and once they have children, Xiao Fen will be trapped and at their mercy."

"It’s up to her whether she has the resolve to be with Liang Zhanbai for life. If she’s not afraid of anything, then we will support her, making her feel more confident in her married life."

"Pitiful Xiao Fen, she’ll only come back crying. She’s never faced hardship growing up, she will surely regret deciding to marry some day."

"But we can’t give advice against it. If we show the slightest opposition, she might just rush into the flames."

"Who’s to say, alas."

"..."

At Liang Zhanbai’s house.

After Mr. Liang received the message from Xi Wanfen, he did not speak all evening.

Liang Zhanbai came back later, and he directly scolded, "Look at this good girl you picked, depending on her status as an official’s child, she’s just putting on airs here. I said I wanted to meet your parents, and although she’s a local, she still said she has no time. If not dad, at least mom should have time, right? But no, mom doesn’t have time either, and neither do any other relatives. Just dismissing us with a ’no time’, can you imagine if you really got married, wouldn’t she still be looking down on us?"

Seeing his parents in such a humble state, Liang Zhanbai, who was already in a cold war with Xi Wanfen, got really angry now.

His elderly father came rarely, and Xi Wanfen indeed acted like a princess throughout, not wanting to do anything, and now, she didn’t even regard her father-in-law seriously, completely looking down on his family.

If they were actually to get married, what would it become?

It doesn’t matter if Liang Zhanbai himself suffers, but he couldn’t bear to see his own parents having to please others all the time.

Mr. Liang continued to scold, "Tomorrow your mom and I will go back to our hometown, and I will not come here ever again!"

Mr. Liang was resolute. That very night he asked Mrs. Liang to pack up, and he had Liang Zhanbai buy their tickets. They took the bus home early the next day.

After they left, the small apartment naturally became very quiet.

In fact, Liang Zhanbai had been looking forward to his parents leaving these past few days. People, as they grow up, generally don’t like living with their parents and listening to their incessant nagging.

But after they left, he felt reluctant to let them go.

He always reminisces about his growth over the years, how good his parents were to him as a child, always wanting to give him the best, getting him a phone and a computer at a young age, and always buying him the best supplements to nourish his health.

That’s why he grew so tall and strong.

When it was time to apply for university, his parents wanted him to attend one closer to home, but he just had to go against them and chose a university in Yun City. Now that his parents are old, he realizes that his chances to show filial piety are minimal.

He feels very guilty, such guilt that he loses interest in seeking out Xi Wanfen again.

Just thinking about Xi Wanfen makes him feel conflicted.

...

Xi Wanfen stayed at home for a while and Liang Zhanbai never came to coax her.

There were moments when she also regretted, regretted being willful. She should have been like most good wives and mothers, dutiful to her in-laws and taking on the household chores, after all, these are things she would have to do after getting married, so what’s the difference between doing them sooner or later?

She realized she still liked Liang Zhanbai. She had never felt this way about a boy before, and they had finally rented the apartment together.

But then, the thought that if she backed down once, there definitely would be a second and a third time.

Thus, she too kept holding back from initiating contact with Liang Zhanbai.

One day, they bumped into each other at the hospital.

She was rushing a patient to the laboratory department, while he had just finished his shift and was chatting happily with another doctor.

Their eyes met, but neither greeted the other.

Xi Wanfen felt a pang in her heart at that moment.

But saving the patient was urgent, she didn’t have time to talk to him.

After finishing her work, it was night already.

Usually at this time, Liang Zhanbai would ask her when she was getting off work, and he might even come to pick her up after work.

She wasn’t spoiled, arguing that something achievable by a simple cab ride shouldn’t inconvenience him to make a trip.

Now, there were no messages, no greetings.

They had become like strangers.

Xi Wanfen just felt heartache.

She decided to go back to the apartment to see.