The next day, early in the morning, Chen Fan drove Xia Bingqing to Bingqing Cosmetics.
Before long, an unfamiliar phone number rang.
Chen Fan answered without much thought.
"Chen Fan, where are you? We want to see you!"
Chen Fan recognized the voice immediately; it was Li Shujuan.
Chen Fan understood that Xia Wenping and Li Shujuan looked down on him.
Why would they suddenly call him today? And want to see him?
Something felt off.
Chen Fan asked, "What's the matter?"
"We want to see you..." Li Shujuan repeated, her voice turning colder.
Chen Fan could tell Li Shujuan was angry, so he quickly said, "Alright, where should I pick you up?"
"Come directly to our house!"
"Okay!"
After hanging up, Chen Fan drove to the Li family's residential area.
As Xia Wenping's lineage was weak, they could only afford to live in ordinary apartments.
Chen Fan knocked on the door and entered the Xia residence without issue, though he wasn't met with a warm welcome. Of course, he didn't expect Xia Wenping and Li Shujuan to welcome him.
Just as he was about to speak.
Li Shujuan interrupted, "Don't call me Mom. I'm not your mother!"
"And I don't have a son-in-law like you!"
"..."
Chen Fan was speechless. He inwardly scoffed, thinking, "I wasn't calling you Mom, why are you so presumptuous?"
"This is ridiculous!"
Of course, he couldn't say these words out loud, or the situation would change.
Chen Fan remained silent.
Xia Wenping glanced at Chen Fan, shook his head, and thought, "He's just like me, afraid of women!"
"Sigh... another incompetent man!"
If Chen Fan knew what Xia Wenping was thinking, he would have strongly refuted him, "You're just weak, why drag others down with you?"
Li Shujuan soon spoke again, "Chen Fan, you came down from the mountains!"
"Yes!"
"Our family, although not as influential as Xia Wentao's family, is still far superior to you, wouldn't you agree?"
"Yes!"
"Let's just say, there's a whole solar system separating you and our family. I don't think that's an exaggeration, is it?"
As Li Shujuan spoke, her gaze grew more disdainful.
Chen Fan's expression remained unchanged, "Yes... it's not an exaggeration!"
"So, if I were you, I'd choose to leave on my own accord!"
"Instead of shamelessly clinging on!"
"Of course, regarding the Old Master, you can completely ignore him... consider him senile, even crazy!" Li Shujuan added.
"Crazy?"
Xia Wenping interjected, "Shujuan, how could Dad be crazy? Don't talk nonsense!"
"Did I ask you to speak?" Li Shujuan shot Xia Wenping a cold glance, a look that was a decisive blow.
Xia Wenping shrank back like a quail.
Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of exasperation, thinking, "This is such a disgrace to men!"
Li Shujuan continued, "Chen Fan, if I were you, I'd be self-aware, not clingy like a piece of taffy. Do you understand what I mean?"
Chen Fan calmly replied, "I understand!"
"So, what's your decision?" Li Shujuan eagerly awaited Chen Fan to say that he would leave.
Chen Fan said, "I'll listen to Xia Bingqing!"
"You..." Li Shujuan was furious upon hearing this. She slammed the table and stood up angrily, "Chen Fan, I've been talking to you for so long, is it like playing music to a cow?"
"I mean, I want you to disappear immediately, and never show your face in Lin City again!"
"Do you understand?"
Chen Fan nonchalantly retorted, "How can you be so sure I'm interested in your daughter?"