Chapter 656: Chapter 358 Maintaining Surface Friendliness_2
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Wu Mengting let go of Guo Mengyao after walking ten steps out of the Chen family’s gate, and the smiles on their faces disappeared.
Even though they didn’t say it explicitly, they were both women who liked the same man. How could they truly get along peacefully? It was already very calm not to have a direct confrontation.
"Have you had breakfast?" Chen Feng, of course, sensed the tension and immediately asked Guo Mengyao to divert their attention.
"No. What’s good to eat around here?" Guo Mengyao asked.
"Noodles, sticky rice, buns, fried dough sticks with soy milk or milk, and then there are wontons. The wontons here are pretty good. Want to try them?"
"Sure, let’s have wontons."
So, Chen Feng took the two of them to a breakfast shop on the old street, where the main breakfast items were sticky rice and wontons.
The old street is relative to the new street where Chen Feng’s house is located. Most of the houses here are from twenty or thirty years ago. The old street used to be the downtown area, but after the new street was developed, the pedestrian traffic here decreased, although there are still quite a few stores.
This breakfast shop is one of them, with a history of twenty or thirty years, and it has been passed down for two generations. Chen Feng often came here to eat whenever he was home.
Although Chen Feng and Wu Mengting had already eaten, they ordered too. Chen Feng ordered sticky rice and wontons, and the two women each got a bowl of wontons.
The sticky rice here didn’t taste as good as before, seemed to be cutting corners. Chen Feng even suspected this wasn’t glutinous rice. After all, glutinous rice and dried shrimps are quite expensive nowadays, while the sticky rice here is usually only three yuan per serving. In the countryside, if it’s too expensive, no one will eat it, so they can only reduce costs.
However, the wontons here still have the original taste: thin skin, plenty of meat, and satisfying ingredients. The three of them were quite pleased. Each bowl was not very big with eight pieces and a few sprigs of greens, priced at eight yuan, which is not considered cheap for their countryside area.
After finishing the wontons, Chen Feng, being the host, took the two women to tour the old street. Some of the houses here are wooden structures, at least seventy or eighty years old.
Chen Feng also made sure to show them a historical old residence site at the end of the street. Now it’s just a piece of a stone and brick wall about two people high and an ancient style gate frame, from which you could see the wealth of the landlord’s family back then. Unfortunately, everything has been eroded by wind and rain, and now only this remains, while the rest of the original site has been overtaken by dense modern building complexes.
After strolling through the old street, Chen Feng took them to visit the Taiyin Palace. During this time, the two women gradually began to chat and laugh together again, allowing Chen Feng’s initially tense mind to gradually relax.
Until Zhao Xiaolan called them back to have lunch, the two women hadn’t shown any bad behavior but rather looked like normal friends.
This made Chen Feng quite satisfied with them.
Apparently, both women knew what was at stake, and no matter what they thought of each other, on the surface they maintained a friendly demeanor.
That was enough.
When the three returned home, not only was Chen Dayong there, but even Chen Rui and Li Guihong were present.
Under normal circumstances, because he has to take care of the car beauty shop business, Chen Rui, the boss, wouldn’t usually come back for lunch, and many times not even for dinner, with meals being sent to him from home.
But now, Chen Rui came home for lunch, obviously because of Guo Mengyao’s presence.
Faced with Chen Feng’s family, Guo Mengyao appeared calm and composed, greeting Chen Dayong and Chen Rui’s couple one by one under Chen Feng’s introduction.
During the meal, Guo Mengyao chatted and laughed with the Chen family, particularly buttering up Zhao Xiaolan a lot, while Wu Mengting, on the other hand, seemed rather quiet.
After finishing the meal, Chen Rui and his wife left first, and then Chen Dayong also left, leaving the three women to tidy up the dishes, while Chen Feng sat on the side scrolling through his phone.
"Mengyao, are you staying to play this afternoon?"
Zhao Xiaolan only helped to clear the table. The rest of the chores were snatched up by Guo and Wu, so she just stood by watching and asked Guo Mengyao.
"Uh-huh, things at the company are not busy these days. My subordinates can handle some minor issues, so I plan to give myself a break and rest for two days."
"Oh, then let Mengting accompany you for fun. Ah Feng has something to do in the afternoon."
Chen Feng looked at Zhao Xiaolan in confusion, not knowing what he had to do in the afternoon.
"Didn’t your dad plant a lot of potatoes? They’re ripe these days. You need to go dig them up with him."
Upon hearing that he had to go dig potatoes with his dad, Chen Feng didn’t mind, nodding, "Alright, I’ll go after I’ve rested for a while."
"Digging potatoes? It must be fun, let me go with you."
Guo Mengyao said with a curious and eager expression.
Zhao Xiaolan advised, "It’s going to the field to dig; it’s quite dirty and tiring. Better not go."
Guo Mengyao pleaded with a cutesy tone, "Auntie, I’ve never dug potatoes before. Since I have the chance today, let me experience it. It’ll definitely be fun. Please!"
Zhao Xiaolan couldn’t handle it and said with a wry smile, "That’s farm work, what’s so fun about it?"
"Auntie, let me go, pleeease." Guo Mengyao extended the last word, continuing to act cute.
Chen Feng got goosebumps. He hadn’t realized before that Guo Mengyao had such skills in acting cute. Although she had a similar tone in bed, she had never shown this side to him in normal circumstances.
It turns out that this seemingly strong woman, Guo Mengyao, also has a soft side, and she can act very endearing.
"Fine, fine. If you want to go, go ahead. Just wear an apron, or your clothes will get dirty."
"Okay, Auntie, you’re the best."
Guo Mengyao came over in small steps, with a smile on her face, affectionately holding Zhao Xiaolan’s arm and shaking it. She left Zhao Xiaolan speechless.
Such a fawning and sweet attitude, no one can beat this.
Even Chen Feng couldn’t bear to watch anymore. He thought to himself, aren’t you already thirty years old, not to mention the persona of a strong woman? Is this necessary?
Wu Mengting, who was washing dishes, had a somewhat stiff expression as she didn’t expect Guo Mengyao to be so "shameless" and thick-skinned, buttering up Zhao Xiaolan like this. Naturally, a strong sense of crisis surged in her heart.
Zhao Xiaolan couldn’t withstand Guo Mengyao’s clinginess. After being held and shaken for a while, she got up and said she would go to look after the store, and hurriedly went to the front.
Chen Feng looked at Guo Mengyao as if she were an alien, while Guo Mengyao raised her chin proudly towards Chen Feng.
Chen Feng gave her a thumbs-up, then quickly turned it downwards, signifying disdain.
Guo Mengyao immediately glared at him.