Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!-Chapter 766 - 324: Cousin-in-law from Singapore

Chapter 766 -324: Cousin-in-law from Singapore

From Jinling to my hometown, the drive would normally take four hours, but it wasn’t until five o’clock in the afternoon when we finally got off the highway. Zhou Yuwen’s mother would call almost every half an hour, asking where Zhou Yuwen was and what time she would be home.

Zhou Yuwen kept saying we were almost there, almost home.

In the end, her mother got fed up and muttered, I told you to come back earlier, but you insisted on coming back now. I bet you’ve had your fun out there!

Zhou Yuwen said: “Alright, alright, I got it. Just tell me which hotel, and I’ll go there directly, wouldn’t that be okay?”

After saying this, Zhou Yuwen hung up.

During this time, Li Shiqi’s mother did call her, asking when she would be home and whether or not she needed to be picked up from the station.

Li Shiqi hadn’t even spoken.

Li Shiqi’s mother went on to say to herself: “Ah, never mind, it’s the busiest time at the mahjong parlor. Just take a taxi home, and I will reimburse you.”

After saying this, she hung up without waiting for a response.

Liu Shuo and Su Qing didn’t know the situation at Li Shiqi’s home, but after hearing this call, they just felt her mother was a bit too indifferent and for a moment didn’t know what to say.

Zhou Yuwen asked Li Shiqi if she was in a hurry to get home.

“If you’re not in a hurry, come have a meal with me.”

As Zhou Yuwen finished speaking, Su Qing became a little restless, about to speak out.

But before she could, Li Shiqi shook her head and said, forget it.

“You just need to drop me off at home.”

Li Shiqi was quite polite, after all; Zhou Yuwen offering to take her to his family’s banquet felt awkward for anyone, and she felt especially embarrassed, not wanting to make a bad impression on Zhou Yuwen’s family.

Seeing that she’d spoken, Zhou Yuwen didn’t insist any further.

Li Shiqi initially wanted Zhou Yuwen to drop her off at the entrance of the alley but he didn’t even ask for directions. After driving off the highway, they took the newly constructed road in the southern part of the city. He navigated several turns and entered a shantytown.

Li Shiqi was surprised. How did Zhou Yuwen know she lived here?

That’s to say, he knew where her home was?

The roads in the shantytown weren’t great, even though they were repaired a few years ago, especially since there were many vendors selling vegetables by the roadside.

Liu Shuo complained that the roads were difficult to navigate.

Zhou Yuwen, however, mentioned that in a few years, this place would be demolished.

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t our class president be making a fortune?” Liu Shuo asked.

Li Shiqi kept silent, and so did Zhou Yuwen.

She did make a fortune, but it had nothing to do with her at all.

Li Shiqi moved in with her mother when she remarried. Her stepfather, a lame man, owned some property in this shantytown, running a mahjong parlor for the disabled.

Somewhere up ahead.

Considering Li Shiqi’s pride, Zhou Yuwen parked the car a bit ahead of the mahjong parlor and asked: “Should I drop you off here?”

“Hmm? Oh.”

Li Shiqi was puzzled about how Zhou Yuwen knew her home address but was surprised to find that he only planned to drop her off roadside.

In some ways, Li Shiqi was grateful to Zhou Yuwen because she knew he was preserving her dignity.

So Li Shiqi got out of the car.

Zhou Yuwen asked Liu Shuo to help with her luggage.

Liu Shuo was obliging while Li Shiqi insisted that she could take it from there.

Once the luggage was out, Li Shiqi actually wanted to thank Zhou Yuwen, but Liu Shuo happened to be standing between Zhou Yuwen and Li Shiqi.

“Go on back.”

Zhou Yuwen lowered the car window to say this to Li Shiqi.

Li Shiqi nodded.

“Shiqi!”

The middle-aged mother and daughter who had just left the mahjong parlor, who were indeed Li Shiqi’s mother, spotted the car parked at the mouth of the alley with two people unloading luggage. The girl looked increasingly familiar.

Wasn’t that her own daughter?

Not having seen her daughter for so long, Mrs. Li was quite happy. She ran over with a surprised face to help with the luggage and then saw Liu Shuo standing next to her and Zhou Yuwen sitting in the driver’s seat.

Quite puzzled, she thought, what’s this?

It was Zhou Yuwen who took the initiative to greet: “Hello, auntie, we are Shiqi’s high school classmates. Just returned from Jinling and brought Shiqi back on our way.”

Delighted upon hearing this, Mrs. Li said oh, you students went through so much trouble, thank you.

“You kids must be tired. Why don’t you come in for a glass of water and rest for a while?”

Zhou Yuwen waved his hand to say no, mentioning that he had other classmates to take home as well.

“Then let’s leave it at that.”

After briefly exchanging pleasantries, Mrs. Li helped with the luggage and took Li Shiqi back to the mahjong parlor.

As they arrived near the mahjong parlor, some patrons who came to play mahjong saw Li Shiqi returning and teased: “Oh, the university student is back!”

Li Shiqi was truly the pride of Mrs. Li, so facing the ribbing from the patrons, Mrs. Li couldn’t help but hold her head high proudly, after all, her child was a student at Nanjing University.

After getting back in the car and looking through the windshield, Liu Shuo was surprised: “Bro, Li Shiqi is part of Chen the cripple’s family?”

Zhou Yuwen said: “You didn’t know?”

“No, but Chen the cripple doesn’t have the last name Li!”

While turning the car around, Zhou Yuwen said: “Just finding out now?”

“Damn, my brain can’t quite wrap around this.”

It turned out they knew nothing about Li Shiqi’s family situation, but it didn’t really matter. Maybe in high school, they would’ve cared about such things.

But after going to university, there was really no need for everyone to gossip about someone’s family background. It was better to just gloss over it.