Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!
Chapter 993 - 421: The Son's Happiness

Zhou Yuwen ultimately ended up following Zhou Guobin into the study. Jiang Xinyi wanted to stop Zhou Yuwen for a moment, but he held her back. Facing Zhou Guobin's stern expression, Zhou Yuwen seemed relaxed and said, "It's rare for my dad to meet me, he must have something to say."

After saying that, Zhou Yuwen led Zhou Guobin into the study.

Jiang Xinyi hesitated to speak as Zhou Yuwen closed the door behind him, looking back helplessly at the girls including Tao Tian standing behind her.

The girls averted their gazes, not looking at Jiang Xinyi.

Jiang Xinyi's face was indeed a bit unhappy due to Zhou Guobin's reprimand of Zhou Yuwen, but she eventually softened, turned to Yang Lijuan, and forced a smile, saying, "Auntie, what would you like to eat? We can take you out for a meal later."

Yang Lijuan responded with an "Oh" and was indeed quite impressed by Jiang Xinyi's aggressive demeanor earlier. Yang Lijuan said, "Your uncle and I are fine with anything, I see you have everything here, shouldn't there be ingredients in the fridge?"

"There are, and there's a mall nearby, Aunt Yang, why don't I make you some hometown dishes later?" Su Qing quickly chimed in.

Yang Lijuan couldn't help but smile at this, saying, "We rarely come out, and you want us to eat hometown dishes?"

"Uh!" Su Qing felt something was off hearing this.

However, compared to Jiang Xinyi, Yang Lijuan's attitude was clearly better towards Su Qing. She asked Su Qing to first take her to look at the fridge and then mentioned that there weren't many ingredients.

Then she said, "Why don't you accompany me to the mall? I'll see about making a few hometown dishes and let you girls try them too?"

Yang Lijuan directed these words towards Zheng Yanyan and the others behind.

Zheng Yanyan quickly said, "Sure! I love the spicy chicken dices Aunt Yang makes, it's numbing and spicy! So delicious, and what was that meat something?"

"Thousand-Cut Meat?"

"Yes, yes, Thousand-Cut Meat, and also the pancakes!" Zheng Yanyan visited Xu Huai once during the New Year and remembered Xu Huai's delicacies well, quickly pulling Lu Lin to say, "Linlin, I'm telling you, Aunt Yang's cooking is extremely delicious, I've been thinking about it several times since I returned!"

Although it seemed directed at Lu Lin, the compliment also reached Yang Lijuan.

Yang Lijuan was naturally happy to hear others like her cooking so much, saying that the father and son don't eat it.

"How could they not? They're truly blessed yet unaware. Auntie, you should teach me all your recipes! I'll cook them in the future!" Zheng Yanyan eagerly went over to grab Yang Lijuan's hand.

At this moment, Tao Tian also smiled and said, "Then Auntie, please teach us how to cook later, and we can showcase our skills too."

Actually, at first, seeing so many women around Zhou Yuwen made Yang Lijuan somewhat displeased; she didn't want her son to be someone who flirts and spreads affection everywhere. But witnessing these beautiful girls surrounding her and praising her, well.

Alright, Yang Lijuan finally understood the joys of men.

Who could refuse this?

Yang Lijuan couldn't stop smiling now, with Zheng Yanyan on her left and Su Qing on her right, saying, "Alright, alright, let's go to the market together and buy groceries!"

"But, Auntie, I've already booked the restaurant!" Jiang Xinyi quickly said when she saw Yang Lijuan about to be dragged out by these women.

Yang Lijuan then turned to look at Jiang Xinyi, smiling, "Xinyi, Yuwen and his dad are probably going to talk for a while more, going out for a meal would be such a waste of time. I think, let's just eat at home, you can also taste Auntie's flavors."

"Auntie, she's a wealthy young lady, she might not handle the food from our poor place well." Su Qing said snidely.

Jiang Xinyi immediately frowned.

This woman...

What kind of attitude?

At this moment, Yang Lijuan also understood why, during the argument earlier, Zhou Yuwen said nothing...

He truly didn't want to speak...

Jiang Xinyi opened her mouth to retort to Su Qing, but Yang Lijuan promptly restrained Su Qing, smiling, "Alright, alright, let's all say fewer words. Xinyi, Su Qing is after all from our side, we've known each other for a long time, let's just have a meal together, what do you think?"

From Jiang Xinyi's perspective, Zhou Yuwen's mother also seemed somewhat unreasonable, not something a mother should say; she looked at Yang Lijuan with slight displeasure before nodding after a moment.

"Alright, Auntie, you and Uncle are the guests, so it's up to you."

Tao Tian and Lu Lin stood behind watching the drama unfold, seeming to have formed a tacit understanding, always exchanging glances when such situations arose.

When parents visit their son's house as guests, and you mention they're the guests?

These words?

Exchanging glances, they both detected a faint smile at the corners of each other's lips.

It seems Jiang Xinyi was a bit anxious, and Yang Lijuan, who'd been working for over twenty years, clearly understood the meaning in Jiang Xinyi's words.

However, Yang Lijuan didn't say anything else. Judging from her attire, Jiang Xinyi indeed exuded a bit of nobility, and with Su Qing previously mentioning that Jiang Xinyi was Zhou Yuwen's investor, it was understandable she placed herself so highly. Yang Lijuan couldn't afford to be petty, at most pretending not to understand.