Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1120: Chapter 1121: Life is Like Chess (For Sprite Mei +2)

Regardless, no one would think her to be Meng Xinian’s fiancée.

Half a month flashed by in an instant.

Liu Guoying and his wife returned four days ago.

Originally, he was only supposed to stay for three days, but he ended up staying for half a month.

Moreover, before his arrival, he was virtually unknown, but by the time he left, he had been crowned with the title of Master Liu.

After Liu Guoying returned, he went for a tea with Principal Fu Mingfeng of Jingfu Middle School, and both couldn’t help but sigh at how unpredictable life can be like a game of chess.

Chiang Xiao played an absolutely huge role in all this.

Whenever Liu Guoying mentioned this student, he felt both helpless and proud.

However, the fact that he had managed to get Chiang Xiao directly into Jingfu Middle School also spread to his old school, making Chiang Xiao even more famous, while Liu Guoying’s reputation for favoritism also spread far and wide.

In the end, Chen Yin did not purchase Xu Yiqiu’s painting but instead negotiated for one with Chiang Xiao, and then used her connections to request one from Liu Guoying as well.

Chiang Xiao’s painting was given for free, but Liu Guoying’s was sold for sixty thousand yuan.

The painting of Howling Northern Wind by Liu Guoying was bought by a wealthy businessman for sixty-eight thousand yuan.

When Liu Guoying had just arrived in the Capital City, he was fretting over the ninety yuan he had to spend for three days’ accommodation, but when he left, he had become a bona fide wealthy man with hundreds of thousands in savings.

Cheng Qiulian still can’t quite wrap her head around it.

How did they inexplicably become rich?

The night before they returned to Huaming County, Chiang Xiao fiercely ”shook down” her own teacher.

She made him treat her to Peking duck, at the best restaurant, where she gorged herself until she was greasy-lipped.

Duan Qingqing stayed at the Duan Family home for a week, initially thinking that Meng Chaojun would come to pick her up and take her to the Meng Family, but he didn’t send a single message.

After seeing Chiang Xiao in the newspapers, she felt Chiang Xiao was too much of a threat. Worried that if she didn’t return soon, she might lose her place in the Meng Family, she decided to pack her bags and head back after a week.

On her return, she poured out an endless stream of devoted attention and careful care toward Meng Chaojun, occasionally showing a hint of grievance but, surprisingly, refraining from tears.

Chiang Xiao and Old Meng couldn’t help but click their tongues in amazement.

”I bet she got some advice from a crafty counselor before she came back, believe it or not?” whispered Old Meng, pulling Chiang Xiao aside in the yard.

In the living room, Duan Qingqing was giving Meng Chaojun a head massage.

This time, her techniques even looked impressively skilled.

Chiang Xiao couldn’t help but snicker.

”Don’t they say that advice is only from a ’cunning adviser’ if it’s useless? It seems to me that the adviser she’s enlisted is quite capable.”

”It’s probably her father,” said Old Meng with certainty. ”Old Man Duan is full of schemes. If it weren’t for his machinations behind the scenes, Duan Qingqing would’ve never managed to marry into our Meng Family.”

Old Man Duan?

Chiang Xiao asked, ”Grandpa, weren’t you strongly opposed to it at the time?”

”Of course I was strongly opposed,” sighed Old Meng. ”From the start, I didn’t like Duan Qingqing; she’s nothing like Xinian’s mother. If you had met Xinian’s mother, you’d know the kind of daughter-in-law that everyone would like. Unfortunately, at that time, that fool Chaojun went to the Duan Family for dinner, got himself drunk, and despite the drunkenness, he still managed to come out of their daughter’s room the next day. Now tell me, could I have still stopped it?”

Chiang Xiao was dumbfounded.

This was such a soap opera!

”At that time, I suspected that Old Man Duan was the one giving his daughter advice from behind the scenes. But even I didn’t think his tactic would be so ruthless.”