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Chapter 366 - 215: Passing by the Door but Not Entering

Chapter 366: Chapter 215: Passing by the Door but Not Entering

If possible, Wu Mengting naturally hopes that Chen Feng can come back to live in Lu City, preferably in the downtown area.

Firstly, she has the advantage here in Lu City, everyone is from Lu City, surely there will be more common topics and sense of recognition; secondly, there’s also the people advantage, Chen Feng’s family likes her very much, especially Chen Feng’s mother, who openly said she wants her as her daughter-in-law.

Moreover, if he comes to Lu City, the timing is also highly likely to be in her favor.

With this, she is more confident in getting Chen Feng to accept her quickly.

Then whether it’s Sun Xiaorui or Lin Yujiao, it’s impossible for them to compete with her. Plus, it might make Chen Feng swiftly ditch them.

However, Chen Feng really doesn’t want to stay and live here in his hometown.

Kids grow up and all tend to dislike staying close to their parents. Especially those who walked out from the countryside, even the elderly, given the chance to live in the city, rarely want to return to the countryside.

Only when they are really old, retire and start to enjoy their elderly life, or when city life pressure becomes too overwhelming, will they consider moving back to a small county town or little village.

Youths from towns like Chen Feng, once they can buy a house in the county to live, typically wouldn’t live in the countryside. Water flows downward, people move upward, that’s logic and common knowledge.

In the eyes of society, moving from the countryside to live in the city is a leap in social status, a display of competence. Conversely, those who can only stay in the countryside will surely feel a bit envious and inferior facing peers who can buy homes and live in the city.

This is one aspect of human nature.

Furthermore, Chen Feng purely desires more freedom.

His parents are very nice, and he also needs familial bonds, but after all, he and his parents are two generations with a generation gap. Living together daily, over time, it can truly become unbearable for Chen Feng.

So, Chen Feng said to Wu Mengting: "You are well aware of my mom’s nagging, I’m a grown man, if I have to endure mom’s restrictions and nagging every day, you wouldn’t be able to take it either, let alone me. I want more freedom in life, cannot stay long-term with my parents."

Hearing this, Wu Mengting felt empathy; she too couldn’t stand her parents’ control and the generation gap, so after graduating, she firmly stayed in Xiu Zhou.

However, she still suggested: "You can completely live in the downtown area here, the downtown area is not too far from Qingpu, but also not near, your parents can’t come over often. But in case there’s any family matter, you can quickly go over and take care of them."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng seriously considered it for a moment. He was used to living in Xiu Zhou, and as for the downtown area of Lu City, to be honest, he isn’t very familiar with it.

Buying a house and living in the downtown area of Lu City isn’t impossible, but thinking about the dozen-plus years of studying and living in Xiu Zhou, Lu City really doesn’t compare.

Not saying Lu City is bad, but after all, Lu City is merely a prefecture-level city, while Xiu Zhou is a provincial capital, and even a world-renowned tourist city. Its living environment, cultural atmosphere, local residents’ cultural quality and cultivation, Lu City can’t compare.

Most importantly, he is truly accustomed to life in Xiu Zhou, even though Lu City’s downtown is considered his hometown, he isn’t very familiar, to live long-term here would require adapting over time. That clearly has no necessity.

After thinking for a while, Chen Feng still shook his head and said: "Let’s forget about it. With transportation being so developed now, if there’s any issue at home, I can come over quickly by flight app, won’t take much time."

"It’s certainly not as convenient as going to your family from here in the downtown area, is it?" Wu Mengting made a last effort.

"Enough. I won’t move to the downtown area to live, I’m not really familiar here, would have to adapt all over again, is there a necessity?"

Wu Mengting didn’t speak anymore, it was indeed the reality. Though not belittled, compared to Xiu Zhou, Lu City downtown is still quite lacking.

About an hour later, the two cars directly arrived at Lin Yujiao’s parents’ home; she had already canceled the rental in Qingpu Town, her luggage was at her parents’ house.

When the three arrived, only Lin Yujiao’s mom was at home; seeing Chen Feng, this prospective son-in-law, come over, she was incredibly enthusiastic, but she wasn’t very concerned with Wu Mengting who came along—she had met her before in Qingpu, so didn’t pay much attention.

Her focus was all on Chen Feng, talked with Chen Feng for quite a while, mainly about her and her husband’s recent travel.

Chen Feng had given them 200,000 yuan in filial money earlier, letting them go travel. They truly went, first visiting several places nearby before New Year, then after the New Year, flew to several farther places, spending seventy to eighty thousand in total.

She spoke so much, the main point was about spending seventy to eighty thousand at the end. Chen Feng had given them 200,000 earlier, according to her meaning, now about half has been spent. It was essentially giving Chen Feng a report in advance, laying the groundwork.

Next, she talked about how her husband is struggling, even at such an old age, still going with boats for farming and fishing.

That also counted as a form of complaint and groundwork.

Sure enough, Lin Yujiao’s mom really saw him as a golden ticket.

But of course, the fact isn’t like this, Chen Feng merely smiled, comforting her: "If Father is truly tired from work, then don’t go anymore. You both raised two daughters to this age, can completely let them provide for you, give you monthly living expenses. How much specifically, you can discuss with Yujiao and Rui."

What Chen Feng said was essentially taking himself out of it.

In fact, giving Lin Yujiao’s parents another 200,000 isn’t much, but it’s Lin Mom’s greedy behavior that Chen Feng dislikes, especially because she definitely lied.

With her money-loving character, it’s impossible to have spent seventy to eighty thousand on traveling with her husband in such a short time, spending over half of the 200,000 in filial money given to them.

Chen Feng doesn’t mind taking out money for filial support to elders, even if they are only the parents of his own kept lover, but he surely won’t be foolish enough to let them treat him as a fool and an idiot.

Lin Mom listened to Chen Feng’s words and could only return embarrassedly, she also knew her relationship with her two daughters isn’t very good now; the older daughter hasn’t come back to their home to pay respects for the New Year in several years, not many calls throughout the year either, and younger daughter Lin Yujiao doesn’t want to live with them either, even meeting her ends up in fights.

Moreover, they both haven’t yet reached retirement age, their bodies are still fairly healthy, it doesn’t make sense to have both daughters provide monthly living expenses at this time.

Lin Yujiao, busy packing her luggage upstairs, didn’t know anything about her mother’s interaction with Chen Feng; when she came down from upstairs, Lin Mom also appropriately shut her mouth.

Lin Yujiao’s luggage wasn’t much actually, mostly just her own clothes, quite a few, and some daily necessities and bedding sheets, and even a dressing table she moved back from the rented room, claiming it cost over two thousand bucks and couldn’t bear to throw it away.