Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Chapter 329 The Mother-in-Law is Angry
"My darling daughter, let me use your powder compact, I've run out."

"And could I borrow your Van Cleef & Arpels earrings for a moment?"

Haitangxi was still asleep when she heard her mother making a fuss in the fitting room.

She should have slept in Jiangbei City last night; at least no one would have disturbed her this morning.

She took the powder compact and earrings to the dressing room barefoot.

"Oh dear, Ms. Zhou, you're acting like a typical Shanghai auntie today. What are you trying to do?" Haitangxi pouted and placed the powder compact and earrings on the table. "These earrings are for you."

"Your Aunt Luo is getting married today, so I need to go over early to help out. I guess most of my old friends have already gone. Come to the Marriott Restaurant for the wedding banquet at noon!"

"No, my rest time is precious." Haitangxi crossed her arms, looked at her mother dressed up in the mirror, shook her head. She herself didn't like dressing up as much as her mother. "It's not like you're getting married. I don't know why you're making such a big fuss?"

"Hey, you're making it sound like I don't want my daughter to get married. Why don't you get your marriage certificate with Beichen? I'll invite all our relatives and friends over for the wedding banquet." Zhou Ya said proudly, "On your wedding day, I'll dress up carefully."

"It starts again."

Haitangxi waved her hand, didn't even go back to the bedroom, grabbed her phone and went straight out.

Where are you going?

"Go sleep at the baby's place, it's too noisy so early in the morning."

He closed the door and slipped away.

“This child is still the same as before, even after returning to China.” Zhou Ya shook her head, completely unable to control her daughter.

Haitangxi drove to Park Avenue and sold the large flat in Jiangbei City.

He went to his bedroom in Jiangbei City with practiced ease.

Jiang Beicheng was still fast asleep when she crawled into bed and hugged him tightly. "It's still more comfortable to sleep in the baby's bed."

With a smile on her face, she rubbed her cheek against Jiang Beicheng's chest.

Jiangbei City has always practiced sleeping naked, and this skin-to-skin contact made Haitangxi feel very comfortable.

Jiang Beichen woke up, smiled, held her hand, and stayed with her to sleep a little longer.

I guess she probably didn't sleep well last night, or she worked too late.

During his rest time, the eldest son usually just lies at home or does things he likes with him.

She's busy enough with work during the week, and doesn't want anyone or anything to bother her when she's resting.

Jiang Beicheng got up at 10:30, but didn't wake her. He asked Shen Jun to make a pot of tea and sat in the study reading for a while.

At lunchtime, Haitangxi got up on her own.

"Hungry?" Jiang Beicheng asked Haitangxi with a smile as he sat down in the restaurant.

Haitangxi nodded and sat down to eat. "Ms. Zhou got up early this morning and started rummaging through drawers and cupboards. It was so noisy, I couldn't stand it."

Jiang Beicheng smiled and served her a bowl of soup. "How about we move in?"

Anyway, this house hasn't been transferred to your name yet, so it's still yours.

Great designers need quiet, private spaces.

Haitangxi looked at Jiang Beicheng and shook her head. "Forget it, I'll just make do. I can't sleep well at home, so I come here to catch up on my sleep."

Although the house is still registered in her name, Jiang Beicheng has actually paid for it.

She likes a space to be alone, a habit that seems to be common among designers.

It facilitates independent thinking.

If she were to move in herself, she would have to make her grandmother, Jiang Beicheng's younger brother and godson, and Secretary Shen all move out. She wasn't that selfish.

Jiang Beicheng said indulgently, "Seriously, Sister Xi, our generation has very different living habits from our parents' generation. Rather than causing family unhappiness over some small things, it's better to give yourself a comfortable space."

I'm planning to buy another house in the city, preferably one with a large lawn, so I can park my helicopter there.

This makes living in both the city center and the suburban estate very convenient.

I've already asked Secretary Shen to take a look first. Once things are settled there, the apartment will be returned to its rightful owner.

"No."

"Your biggest flaw is your stubbornness."

"I'm stubborn, what can you do about it?" Haitangxi tilted her chin up and tickled Jiang Beicheng's calf a few times with her foot.

"Fine, you can be stubborn all you want, okay?"

Haitangxi was amused. After finishing her meal, she put down her chopsticks, walked to Jiang Beicheng's side, cupped his face, kissed him, and smiled, "I'll just do what you arrange, baby."

Are you satisfied?

Jiang Beicheng smiled and nodded.

……

Zhou Ya rushed to her best friend's house.

I originally thought that when a few of my older girlfriends got together, we would chat about our clothes and what fun things had happened recently, just like before.

That's why I dressed up specially before coming here today.

Unexpectedly, none of the old friends mentioned these things at all.

In the past, we could chat for half a day over just a silk scarf.

Now, as soon as you sit down, all you hear is who got married, whose daughter got married, and whose baby was born.

She sat among her old friends, unable to utter a single word.

"Zhou Ya, Luo Qin is even younger than you, and she's getting married today. When is your family planning to hold a wedding banquet?"

"Isn't Xiaoxi back in China now? Does she have a boyfriend? Do you need us to introduce her to someone?"

“Zhou Ya, all of us old friends are about to have grandchildren, so you’d better hurry up.”

"..."

Zhou Ya nodded with an awkward smile.

When Luo Qin, the hostess, heard her old friends talking about their grandson, she came out and chimed in, "My son-in-law said that after the wedding, he and Lele will go to live in England. I made it clear to my husband that we can work in England, but we need to have our grandson born first and then stay in China to raise him."

"Did your son-in-law immigrate there?"

Luo Qin: "The young couple has this idea, but my husband and I haven't agreed yet. We'll have the baby first and then talk about it." "What's so good about foreign countries? Look at Zhou Ya's Xiaoxi, she's doing so well in the United States, and she's come back. If you ask me, there's nothing wrong with her coming back to take over the family business."

Luo Qin nodded and looked at Zhou Ya: "Sister, is Xiao Xi coming over for dinner later?"
I have several friends who bring their children over. They are all returnees from overseas and are now working in companies at home. They are all quite good in terms of appearance, education, and other aspects.

"Have Xiaoxi come over for the wedding banquet at noon; a few of us old friends will help set her up."

Zhou Ya felt embarrassed and suddenly realized she couldn't fit into this group of friends.

Everyone is focused on the younger generation.

“Well, Xiaoxi has a boyfriend,” Zhou Ya said.

Actually, I didn't want to say it.

She couldn't figure out what Haitangxi and Jiang Beicheng were thinking.

Both of them were in the prime of their careers and were afraid that making their private relationship public would have an impact on them.

But since the conversation had gotten so far, if I didn't speak up, I wouldn't be able to keep up with my old friends' conversation at all.

"Xiaoxi has a boyfriend?"

"Whose young master is he?"

"Xiaoxi has been very independent since she was a child, and she has a strong personality. Men can only coax her."

Following her sister's words, Luo Qin guessed, "Sister, you didn't hire a son-in-law who moved in with you, did you?"

Zhou Ya frowned instantly.

"Zhou Ya, can you have Xiao Xi bring him over to meet us later?"

“With your family’s excellent conditions, I think it’s a good idea to have a son-in-law live with you. Xiaoxi is so career-oriented and good at making money. It’s a good thing for her to have a man pampering her.”

Zhou Ya felt uneasy.

Why is it that when you talk about your own sons-in-law, they're all "sea turtles" (returned overseas students) or "young masters," but when you talk about me, your son-in-law, you're just "a son-in-law who moved in with his wife's family"?

In this day and age, even being a live-in son-in-law isn't a big deal.

But when compared with what her old friends said, the taste changed.

Zhou Ya nodded with a forced smile. Today was someone else's wedding, and she couldn't say anything emotional that might spoil Luo Qin's happy occasion.

While I was getting up to go to the restroom, I made a phone call to Haitangxi.

"Hey~, Ms. Zhou, what can I do for you now?" Haitangxi lay on Jiang Beicheng's lap, eating the candied fruit that Jiang Beicheng was feeding her.

The intimate atmosphere was broken by another phone call.

"Come to the Marriott for lunch."

"I said I didn't want to come. I haven't seen Aunt Luo and the others for so many years. Does it matter whether I come or not?"

"You must come, and bring Beicheng with you too. Otherwise I will get angry, and you will have to bear the consequences."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Haitangxi looked bewildered, holding her phone and staring at Jiang Beichen. "What happened to my mom today?"

Jiang Beicheng smiled and said, "Judging from Aunt Zhou's tone, it might be."

"I hope no one will laugh at her outfit and makeup today?"

"Probably not. If it were something like that, they wouldn't have called you and asked you to bring me along," Jiang Beichen guessed. "It's probably because some of the old friends were talking about their children getting married and said something unpleasant that made Aunt Zhou lose face."

Haitangxi shrank her neck. "It's too scary. I definitely can't go."

"I'll go sit with Auntie for a while," Jiang Beicheng said.

He has always respected the decisions of the women around him.

I don't force them to do anything.

When Zhou Ya and her group of old friends talked about their children, it was nothing more than comparing whose daughter-in-law was filial and kind, and whose son-in-law was outstanding.

So whether you go to Haitangxi or not doesn't really matter.

However, he, as a son-in-law, must make his mother-in-law proud.

Haitangxi: "Just keep spoiling her. Don't complain about my mom calling you so often in the future."

Jiang Beichen smiled and said, "Isn't your mother my mother?"

A happy smile appeared on Haitangxi's face.

Tilt your head back for a kiss.

Jiang Beichen pecked her lips.

I got up, tidied myself up, changed my clothes, and prepared to go out.

"Are you here to steal the groom's thunder?" Haitangxi admired her man and said proudly, "Handsome, no wonder you've had your eye on him since we were kids."

He straightened Jiang Beicheng's collar and patted his butt, saying, "Don't be too flashy, just a little bit of showing off is enough."

Jiang Beicheng smiled, gave an OK sign, and went out the door.

On the way, I received a call from Zhou Ya: "Aunt Zhou, I'll be there soon."

Zhou Ya said, "I'll come to the door to meet you. The wedding is about to start."

We entered through the side door.

"Uh-huh!"

Jiang Beicheng arrived at the Marriott Hotel and handed the car over to the concierge to park it.

"Xiaoxi is such a willful child. Asking her to come over for dinner is like begging her," Zhou Ya muttered.

Jiang Beicheng said considerately, "Sister Xi usually has a heavy workload and wants to reserve her rest time for herself, which I understand."

Aunt Zhou, it's enough that your son-in-law is here.

A smile on his face means "I understand."

A smile instantly appeared on Zhou Ya's face. Her son-in-law had seen through her little scheme. He was so sensible.

(End of this chapter)