Sweet Wife Arrives: Mr. CEO, Please Pamper Me-Chapter 834 - 678: Love Is Crossing Mountains and Rivers, Love Is a Lifetime Obsession [25]
Feng Chengyue saw Mai Manxiang when it was less than twenty minutes after Qiu Mingyan left.
Looking at the woman who suddenly appeared, calling her name directly.
Feng Chengyue, supporting her body afflicted with a heavy cold, sat up straight without losing her composure.
Mai Manxiang had been scrutinizing Feng Chengyue, to be honest, Feng Chengyue was pretty, but her little face with big eyes and a pointed chin wasn’t exactly stunning. Don’t women need to have a full forehead and rounded face to be considered a ’prosperous wife’?
And that figure was shameless too; in this village, most women would rather bind their chests flat, lest they be seen. This woman, who knows what kind of clothes she wore, was held high and also made her waist appear exceptionally slim.
Qiu Mingyan’s younger sister used to be in that type of business, so Mai Manxiang knew this was how city women dressed. But such people were considered shameless in their place; the overly slender appearance didn’t seem like one capable of bearing children.
And having been here in the mountain village for so many days, if she really was a daughter of a wealthy family, she’d have been unable to withstand the village’s poverty and left, or her family would have come looking for her by now.
But after observing secretly for so many days, not a single person from Feng Chengyue’s family came.
Feng Chengyue even stayed longer and longer, seemingly not caring about the harsh conditions here...
So, after scrutinizing Feng Chengyue, Mai Manxiang slowly became certain of a fact.
Feng Chengyue must be Brother Mingyan’s colleague, seeing Brother Mingyan capable of earning money, she’s clinging onto him!
With this understanding, Mai Manxiang wasn’t reserved anymore, glanced at Feng Chengyue, and spoke.
With a smile: "Sister Feng has caught a cold?"
The term ’Sister,’ made Feng Chengyue’s skin crawl, though she knew Qiu Mingyan’s fiancée was twenty-five this year, younger than herself, yet considering maintenance and appearance, she hardly looked older than herself, right?
Good manners kept her from retorting instantly, not to mention the difficulty from being sick, so Feng Chengyue merely nodded her aching head heavily, "Mm."
At this, Mai Manxiang’s smile deepened, "Seems that this place may not be suitable for Sister Feng."
Wasn’t this outright stating her stance? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
In that instant, Feng Chengyue understood she and Mai Manxiang were destined to be love rivals, but she, a legitimate girlfriend, hadn’t even pressured Qiu Mingyan to push off this baffling engagement, even covering by posing as a colleague to prevent embarrassment for everyone, yet this woman betrothed by his parents came knocking first?
Moreover, her words made it sound as...
On the other side, for Gui Lanzhi coming in with a water pot, she seemed to realize too Mai Manxiang’s identity would inevitably make her a Qiu family daughter-in-law, and owing to the Mai family’s favor, the Qiu family couldn’t outright refuse. Seeing the situation, Gui Lanzhi couldn’t say much, gave a somewhat apologetic and conflicted look at Feng Chengyue, smiled awkwardly: "You talk." and walked away.
Leaving only the two of them in the room.
Frowning, Feng Chengyue asked: "What do you want to say?"
Mai Manxiang smiled, without reservation, swept her gaze around the room, then grabbed a chair to sit opposite Feng Chengyue.
She said: "I mean over these years, Sister Feng should have gained quite some benefits from Brother Mingyan, the money you’ve taken should be enough for marriage, right?"
"You..." Feng Chengyue was genuinely choked.
Mai Manxiang, taking it as she was speechless from being exposed, continued to mockingly smile: "I know city women usually see it this way; you have a term called gold-digging. Choosing a man who can earn money, forcing them to buy exorbitantly priced bags, expensive face creams. Then, like a leech, draining all the man’s money, discarding them, and finding another. But, Sister Feng, you have seen Brother Mingyan’s family’s situation; he doesn’t have much, and the family is like this. Later, there’re many people needing care and help, he’s bearing the lives of the villagers. I know Sister Feng is quite pretty, coming to our little village means you hold weight in Brother Mingyan’s heart, but you should also understand, he needs a frugal woman to help manage life, not one who only spends money. Stay here, and he’ll soon tire of you, and judging by your delicate state, you couldn’t bear the climate here, better go back."
"..." In that instant, Feng Chengyue’s entire worldview was thoroughly upheaved.
Previously believing villagers should all be timid and honest like Qiu Mingyan’s brother, Qiu Mingjun, who despite having tattoos all over, when speaking and acting, was so simple he’d blush by just meeting eyes.
But Ma Manxiang’s eloquence truly challenged her fundamental understanding.
Considering Mai Manxiang being twenty-five, one should understand everything at that age, and Feng Chengyue thought she understood.
See, today Mai Manxiang seemed deliberately dressed up, wearing relatively new clothes, carefully looking, there’s a decent appearance, figure of 4 or 5 out of 10, heard Mai Manxiang was the village’s flower, Feng Chengyue understood where her confidence was stemming from.
But...
Her eyes narrowed halfway, Feng Chengyue, feeling mentally strained, asked: "What is your stance?"
"Stance?"
"On what grounds do you say this?"
For a moment, Mai Manxiang laughed fully, seemingly with mockery, also noting Qing Chengyue’s current physical difficulty and uncomfortable state, "Because I was engaged with Brother Mingyan since childhood, he agreed back then, it’s a fact he can’t evade. Because in the years Brother Mingyan wasn’t back, everyone in the village knew I was his wife, the whole village recognized me, especially the Qiu Family. Lastly..."
Her gaze swept across Feng Chengyue’s face, "Because I am Brother Mingyan’s woman, he’s a man, he’s bound to be responsible for me, isn’t he?"
Instantly, Feng Chengyue’s heart was torn and fragmented into a million agonizing shards.
Had Mai Manxiang been with Qiu Mingyan long ago? So... this was why Qiu Mingyan had to return and always hesitated to touch her?
In the chaos, Feng Chengyue felt as if her heart was stabbed ten thousand times...
...
Elsewhere, outside Chen Family Village, Qiu Mingyan, having left the village, rode a motorcycle towards the county.
Thinking of last night’s captivating Yu Yu, his lips slightly curved.
Thinking of this somewhat worrisome little woman... after pondering for a while, he decided once Yu Yu’s menstrual period was over, they’d be together. If her cold wasn’t too bad, he’d be gentle, slow, or lessen the frequency.
But to hold back more...
Qiu Mingyan felt he genuinely couldn’t bear it anymore.
A doting smile adorned Qiu Mingyan’s lips, considering, at thirty-three years old, burdened with life’s pressures, Yu Yu seemed to be his sole true hope making life feel good.
As for the Feng Family... after everything was finalized, whether they agreed or not, it would be like that, worst-case being a lifetime of his pride crushed into the abyss, as long as Yu Yu remained, beside him, what mattered to a man’s face? That’s irrelevant.
Qiu Mingyan, riding all along pondering how to handle everything around him, if living in the village, how to provide the best life for Yu Yu, making sure she endured no grievance.
Yet passing by the small bridge connecting Chen Family Village to other mountains, before riding far, he saw ahead a row of dark vehicles lined.
Lavish cars appearing stark against Da Liang Mountain’s barren terrain.
But what really struck him was the row of dark vehicles parked, and men disembarking were from the Feng Family’s old house as deputy stewards who once sent him off.
At this moment, the deputy steward’s voice crisply echoed in the mountain stream while inquiring an elderly man working in the fields.
"Old man, may I ask if there’s a doctor named Qiu Mingyan around your vicinity?"
