Chapter 42: Lin Xiangyi Defends Xie Qingxiao in Front of Lin Shan

Lin Huihui and Lu Dingyuan walked out of the house, their eyes falling on the bundle of dried vegetables in Xie Qingxiao’s hand. They looked extremely surprised.

“It’s dried vegetables. What are you so surprised about? Haven’t you had enough of eating dried vegetables at the Lu family these past few days? Did the Lu family run out of dried vegetables? Do you want to buy some from me?” Lin Xiangyi casually took the dried vegetables from Xie Qingxiao’s hand and said:

“Well, sorry, although my family has a lot, I’m not selling it to you!”

Lin Huihui’s face instantly turned black: “I didn’t want to buy it!”

Who would want to eat those broken dried vegetables? She was about to vomit from eating them these past few days. She was just waiting to go back to the city and eat meat.

Lin Huihui wanted to mock Lin Xiangyi for bringing back dried vegetables, saying it was too shabby, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

If Lin Xiangyi was shabby, then wouldn’t she be even more shabby by eating dried vegetables at the Lu family every day?

Chen Fengmei, however, was displeased when she heard Lin Xiangyi’s words and looked at Lu Dingyuan.

Didn’t he once swear that he would take good care of Huihui and give her all the good things?

Yet he made her eat dried vegetables?

Lu Dingyuan felt like he was walking on eggshells. He also wanted to give Lin Huihui the best life, but he wasn’t in the county town these past few days, he was at his mother’s house in the countryside. His mother was definitely reluctant to eat meat, so he could only make Huihui suffer a little.

But from now on, they would be back in the county town, and he would fulfill his promise to be good to Huihui!

…Lin Shan also thought the dried vegetables were shabby.

He didn’t expect the Xie family to bring anything precious. If it was any other time, he would have thought the Xie family was thinking of him and being kind by sending him dried vegetables.

But on such a special day, a return gift of dried vegetables…did this mean they didn’t value his daughter?

Pfft, what the heck?

Lin Shan was very dissatisfied with Xie Qingxiao.

But ever since Lin Xiangyi and Chen Fengmei had a falling out, his eyes had become clearer. For example, he could now see that Lin Huihui wanted to use the dried vegetables to mock Lin Xiangyi.

Lin Shan was unhappy with Xie Qingxiao, but not with Lin Xiangyi. Of course he would defend Lin Xiangyi.

He took the dried vegetables and examined them, smiling: “These dried vegetables are really well-dried. Did your father-in-law and mother-in-law dry them?”

“Yes,” Xie Qingxiao said without changing his expression.

“Good, good, good,” Lin Shan said happily: “This stuff is good stuff. They don’t even sell it in the county town. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are really thoughtful!”

He seemed to be extremely satisfied with these dried vegetables.

Chen Fengmei: “…”

Lu Dingyuan and Lin Huihui: “…” They had brought back a big bag of things, none of which were less valuable than these broken dried vegetables. Yet they hadn’t seen him show such a happy expression!

Their expressions couldn’t hide their displeasure.

Lin Shan, Lin Xiangyi, and Xie Qingxiao all noticed.

Lin Xiangyi was happy to see this, and Xie Qingxiao followed Lin Xiangyi’s lead.

Lin Shan simply ignored them.

Ever since he proposed giving Lin Xiangyi the three turns and one ring dowry, Chen Fengmei had been giving him a hard time.

He sensed that Chen Fengmei wasn’t as good to Lin Xiangyi as she appeared to be, and he also felt dissatisfied with Chen Fengmei.

They had been cold to each other until now, and they still hadn’t made up.

And Lu Dingyuan and Lin Huihui seemed to be unhappy with him too. Let’s not even talk about the wedding banquet. They had just come back and greeted him, then they left him aside and chatted with Chen Fengmei.

He thought the dowry was originally meant for Lin Huihui, but he had turned around and given it to Lin Xiangyi. Although he didn’t think he had wronged Lin Huihui, he had broken his promise after all. So he took the initiative to talk to them, hoping to ease the tension.

Unexpectedly, Lin Huihui was indifferent to him, and sometimes she even ignored his questions directly.

Lin Shan was somewhat of a chauvinist. He felt that he was the head of the household, and both Chen Fengmei and Lin Xiangyi, whether mother and daughter or Lin Xiangyi alone, should obey his discipline and orders.

The reason he had been so fond of Chen Fengmei and Lin Huihui before was because they had been very obedient and well-behaved in front of him.

Lin Huihui’s current demeanor completely overturned his understanding of her being obedient and well-behaved, and it also challenged his authority.

Lin Shan didn’t have the same patience for Chen Fengmei and her daughter as he did for Lin Xiangyi. He had already shown restraint by not yelling at them. Now they wanted him to consider their feelings?

Dream on!

Lin Shan not only didn’t care about their expressions, he directly ordered Chen Fengmei: “Since everyone is back, hurry up and cook. Make all the chicken, and use the bones to make soup…right, wasn’t there a piece of cured meat? Cook that too, Xiangyi loves it.”

“…Okay,” Chen Fengmei said through gritted teeth.

“Mom, Dingyuan and I will help you!” Lin Huihui was unhappy with Lin Shan’s attitude and chimed in.

Chen Fengmei smiled: “Okay.”

Lin Shan turned to say: “Xiangyi, Qingxiao, come upstairs with me. I have something I need to ask you.”

Chen Fengmei and Lin Huihui: “…”

Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi suppressed their laughter: “Okay.”

The three of them went to Lin Xiangyi’s old room.

Lin Xiangyi walked in and found the room tidy. She exclaimed: “Who cleaned this?”

“Who else could it be? Your Aunt Chen cleaned it,” Lin Shan said. He didn’t say that he had actually seen Chen Fengmei cleaning the room for Lin Huihui and asked her to clean Lin Xiangyi’s room as well.

Although he was currently dissatisfied with Chen Fengmei and her daughter, they were still a family after all.

How could a family have two enemies? Deep down, he still hoped that the family could be happy and harmonious.

He thought that after this period of time passed and everyone had calmed down, he would find a time to sit down and talk things out, clearing up the misunderstandings.

Lin Xiangyi heard the implication in her father’s words and sneered.

Her father still had hope for Chen Fengmei and her daughter?

Unfortunately, he was going to be disappointed. She and Chen Fengmei’s family were natural enemies.

“Slap!”

A heavy slapping sound came.

Lin Xiangyi turned to look and saw her father slapping Xie Qingxiao heavily on the shoulder. He then grabbed Xie Qingxiao’s shoulder and said with a smirk: “Qingxiao, I’ve given you my beautiful daughter. I haven’t wronged you, have I?”

Xie Qingxiao remained expressionless. To accommodate Lin Shan’s height, he even leaned slightly towards Lin Shan and smiled: “No, Dad. It’s my honor to marry Xiangyi.”

“It’s best if you think that way!” Lin Shan snorted and warned: “I cherish this daughter of mine. If I find out that you or your family are not good to Xiangyi, I won’t let you off easily…”

“Dad, don’t talk big! Cherish? Where were you when I was being bullied by Chen Fengmei? You were helping them bully me,” Lin Xiangyi snorted and pushed Lin Shan’s hand away.

Lin Shan looked at Lin Xiangyi in disbelief.

Lin Xiangyi asked Xie Qingxiao: “Does it hurt?”

Xie Qingxiao: “No.”

“…” Lin Shan couldn’t take it anymore and muttered: “Lin Xiangyi, are you sick?”

He was warning Xie Qingxiao for her sake, and she dared to stop him?