Days of Living with My Sister-in-Law-Chapter 207: The Mysterious Big Shot

"Damn, fifty-year-old Moutai! That must be incredibly expensive, right?"

"More than expensive! You probably can’t even buy it, no matter how much money you have."

"Man, comparisons are odious. Look at Wanshan, and then look at us... We’re not even in the same league."

"With a son-in-law like that, what more could you ask for?"

The guests were overcome with envy.

Hearing her husband being praised, Shen Yue was incredibly smug. She crossed her arms and said, "A mere fifty-year-old Moutai is nothing to my husband! He’s now the head of the personnel department at the Songshan Education Bureau. If you want to make a living in Songshan’s education circles, you have to get past my husband first!"

"Wow, Yueyue really found herself a good husband!" the guests exclaimed, all giving a thumbs-up.

Even Shen Yao was feeling a bit jealous. Zheng Qiang might earn a lot, but at the end of the day, he was just a chef.

"This is all your fault!" Shen Yao gave Zheng Qiang a playful slap. "I told you my dad loves to drink. You’re a chef! Would it have killed you to grab a couple of good bottles from the hotel? Now my eldest sister and her husband have stolen the whole show!"

"My darling, please keep your voice down," Zheng Qiang shivered and whispered. "I just signed a contract with the Xinghe Grand Hotel. If I got caught stealing fine liquor right now, I’d be asking for death. Don’t you know? The Xinghe Grand Hotel has a new owner! Just a few days ago, a mysterious and powerful figure wiped out Li Xinghe and his entire family. My new boss is that mysterious person!

"Did you really think I switched to the Xinghe Grand Hotel just for the money? You’re dead wrong! I want to use Secretary Qiao to get in touch with this mysterious bigshot. Otherwise, do you think I’d be crazy enough to go out of my way to betray the Su family, the titans of the Qingyang hotel industry? Compared to this bigshot, the Su family is pathetic. Don’t you get it?"

"Damn! He’s that amazing?" Shen Yao covered her mouth, her face filled with shock.

She had always been drawn to the powerful, but she had never found a boyfriend who met her standards. Her family had been pressuring her to get married recently, and since Zheng Qiang was her number one admirer, she had temporarily accepted him. But to this day, Zheng Qiang hadn’t so much as laid a finger on Shen Yao.

It just goes to show how bizarrely a sycophant’s mind works.

Hearing Shen Yao’s gasp, Zheng Qiang mistakenly thought she was impressed with him and said proudly, "Yaoyao, that bigshot is more than just amazing! He’s a dragon among men, a top expert you’d only see once in a million. Think about it. If your husband can build a connection with him, why would I, Zheng Qiang, ever have to worry about making a comeback? When that time comes, who the hell is He Yang? He won’t even be worthy of carrying my shoes!"

"Hey! Who said you’re my husband? So shameless!" Shen Yao’s face flushed red, her heart pounding as her thoughts drifted far away.

Just then, the other members of the Shen family’s younger generation began to present their birthday wishes to Shen Wanshan. Although their gifts weren’t as grand as those from He Yang and Zheng Qiang, they were all still presentable.

The most notable was Shen Xiaochuan, the son of the fourth uncle, who directly handed Shen Wanshan a red envelope with 100,000 yuan.

This grand gesture startled Shen Wanshan himself. "Xiaochuan, to give your uncle so much money... have you struck it rich?"

"Eldest Uncle, this is just small change!" Shen Xiaochuan said, scratching his head, though his eyes shone with pride. "I’ve been in construction for the past two years and made a bit of money. This year especially, I landed a huge project from the Tianlong Group in Songshan! Once it’s done, I’ll make a profit of at least five or six million!"

"What? That much?"

Shen Wanqian’s face froze. If Shen Xiaochuan isn’t lying, doesn’t that mean my own title as the richest man in Qinghua Village is about to change hands?

"Absolutely!" Shen Xiaochuan explained, "Eldest Uncle, there’s something you don’t know. The Luo family from Songshan has, for some strange reason, decided to invest in a factory in Shanhe Village! Building a factory means they have to build roads first, and I just so happened to contract a section of the road construction from General Manager Qiu of Tianlong Group. The entire project is already in full swing, and this money is an advance General Manager Qiu gave me."

"So that’s how it is." Shen Wanshan frowned. "I’ve heard about this. It seems someone over there cultivated a magical variety of watermelon called the First Love Melon. Not only is it huge, but it’s also incredibly delicious. I heard it completely sold out in Mangniu Town. I suppose the Luo family saw the potential in this melon and decided to invest."

"Dad, I’ve had that melon," Shen Yue cut in. "A while back, someone came to my husband for a favor, and the gift they brought was this First Love Melon. You have no idea, that watermelon was so good it made me cry. It was truly delicious. It’s just a shame it’s not only expensive but also extremely rare. Otherwise, I would’ve brought some back for you to try."

Hearing this, the guests all licked their lips.

Suddenly, Shen Jiawen, who was sitting in a corner, couldn’t help but speak up. "Xiaobei! The First Love Melon that Eldest Sister was talking about, is that the one you gave me last time?"

Chen Xiaobei nodded. "That’s right, Sister-in-law. That’s the one I grew!"

BOOM.

With those words, Chen Xiaobei instantly became the center of attention.

"You brat, are you kidding me?" Shen Yue’s face was full of scorn. "A slacker like you could grow such a delicious watermelon? You should know, that watermelon is priceless now. If you really grew it, you’d be rich by now. Would you still be driving a beat-up Jetta? Even your lies should have some logic, or you’ll just become a laughingstock."

Shen Yao, who had been holding in her anger, quickly chimed in, "Shen Jiawen, since you claim he grew it, why didn’t he bring any this time? Are you looking down on our family?"

"I—" Shen Jiawen was immediately silenced. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Shen Jiaqi was so embarrassed she wished she could bury her head in her lap.

Shen Xiaochuan didn’t miss the chance to kick them while they were down. With a laugh, he said, "Third Sister, I remember your husband’s family is in Shanhe Village, right? The Luo family is building a factory there, and I heard they leased all of your land at once—for five whole years! You must be quite wealthy now, right? Now that all of us in the younger generation have given gifts to Eldest Uncle, as the third and fourth sisters, shouldn’t you two make a gesture as well?"

At his words, the other young people immediately chimed in with their agreement.

Shen Jiawen’s face turned purple. As outsiders in Shanhe Village, the Chen family didn’t own much land to begin with. On top of that, because of the relationship between Chen Xiaobei and Luo Qingcheng, Shen Jiawen hadn’t asked Luo Qingcheng for any of the lease money. Consequently, she had no money to give. And even if she did, she wouldn’t want to give it to this bunch of snobs.

But just then, Chen Xiaobei suddenly stood up and said with a smile, "Who said we didn’t prepare a gift? My gift isn’t something people like you can even compare to!"