Sister-in-law finished speaking with a smile, and she gave a faint fake smile, reminding everyone.
"The company has countless matters to attend to every day, when is there ever a time when things are finished? Today is my wedding day, and I left A Chen alone at home without properly greeting everyone. I promised my sisters-in-law at noon, and I wouldn't dare to neglect them, so I came back early."
"Besides, I still have to see Dad tonight."
"Heh heh, where's A Chen? Is he upstairs alone?"
The eldest sister threw a nut shell into the trash can and said casually.
"He drank too much at lunch, probably sleeping upstairs. I say, Kexin, this son-in-law you found..."
"He's tall and looks quite clever, but I didn't expect him to be useless after just two drinks."
"Our family is in business, and he's a man. It's not good for him to be so frail."
"Hurry up and get him up to sober up and move around. No matter how new a son-in-law is, he still has to toast the elders one by one on his first day. We're all waiting."
Pei Kexin didn't know he had gone through this, thinking he really couldn't drink, and her heart sank.
Fearing his drunken behavior would be bad, rambling incoherently.
She promised as she walked upstairs.
"I'll go get him up now. He's still pursuing his postgraduate studies, rarely drinks, and is very straightforward. If he gets too drunk and makes a fool of himself, please don't blame him."
The others continued their conversation, not knowing if they had heard her. They chuckled and continued talking.
Pei Kexin went upstairs a few steps.
When she reached the door, she saw it was slightly ajar. She thought, why didn't he lock the door?
She reached out to push it, and saw a gap in the door frame.
"How did the door frame get broken? How much did you drink today? Did you go crazy and break the door frame? The door can't even close properly, you're really something!"
There was no response. She threw down her bag, changed into slippers, and went to the second bedroom.
She thought Zhan Jingchen was in the second bedroom, but when she pushed the door open, she was surprised again.
"Where's the bed? How did it get like this after not returning to the room all afternoon? Jiang Jingchen! Where are you? How did my house get like this? How did the room get like this?"
Zhan Jingchen kicked off his slippers, looking like he hadn't sobered up yet, and swayed lazily out of the master bedroom.
"I'm here."
Pei Kexin turned back, looking at his messy hair and half-drunken face.
"You..."
"What did I tell you before I left? Didn't I tell you to call me if anything happened? What happened while I was away? Didn't I tell you not to leave the room? What did you go and do?"
"Do you even know your own alcohol tolerance? You drank knowing they had ill intentions!"
"Did you break the door? Did you say anything foolish? I'm warning you, Jiang Jingchen, if you leave any leverage for others today, you..."
Expecting to see her reaction, he didn't expect her anger to be directed at him.
Zhan Jingchen was not one to be wronged. Before she could finish her hushed roar, he lazily interrupted her.
"If you don't trust me that much, thinking I'll mess things up for you at any moment, why don't you find someone you trust to help you?"
"Who told you I was drunk and acting crazy? Them? You believe their lies if you don't believe me?"
Hearing his logical reasoning, Pei Kexin's rising anger slowly subsided.
"You're not drunk? Then what you're saying is... those bastards moved my things, why?"
Zhan Jingchen yawned and lazily put his hands in his pockets.
"Didn't your eldest sister want to move in with her two daughters? How could others let her? They could only target you."
Pei Kexin: "...Did they greet you? Did you agree?"
Zhan Jingchen smiled sarcastically, "I'm just a live-in son-in-law, drunk after a few drinks. Do you think they would take me seriously?"
Pei Kexin was so angry she gnashed her teeth.
So arrogant!
The new son-in-law just arrived, and they're stealing things in front of him?
It's clearly a show of power to intimidate him!
This guy is also really useless.
Eldest sister was right, he's tall and looks clever, but he was bullied like this in just a few hours of her absence!
After looking at Zhan Jingchen again, Pei Kexin sat down on the sofa impatiently.
"The bed disappeared right under your nose. This intimidation is for you to see. I don't care anymore, you settle this yourself."
Zhan Jingchen was almost amused to death by her.
He had calculated everything, but he didn't expect her to be someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Instead of settling the score with them, she's blaming him?
"Are you saying that if I don't settle this and get the bed back, I'll have to sleep on the floor from now on?"
"Very much so."
Pei Kexin looked at him, "Otherwise? You want me to grudgingly buy you another one?"
"..."
"If you think the floor is dirty and you don't want to sleep on it, that's also an option." Pei Kexin looked at the sofa she was sitting on.
That sofa was for a couple, at most a meter long. Would a grown man almost two meters tall squeeze in there?
And she was subtly implying he was a coward?
Zhan Jingchen really wanted to give up.
For a mere two hundred thousand, he could ask any of his sisters or brothers, and their pocket money for a day would be more than that. They really treated him like a master!
But then he thought.
Why did he agree to cooperate with her in the first place?
To make money? To save face?
No.
He came to challenge himself, watch the show, and learn.
More hardships meant more learning.
He would endure!
"I don't mind if it's dirty, I'll sleep on the floor. For your sake, I, a grown man, won't argue with them."
A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing, and she's quite good at finding an excuse for herself.
But a good-for-nothing is also someone she fancies, Pei Kexin has no right to dislike him anymore.
"I wasn't here in the afternoon. Besides moving things, did they do anything excessive?"
Zhan Jingchen was tired of standing and sat down beside her, nudging her with his shoulder.
"A bunch of women, what excessive things could they do to me, a married man?"
"..."
Pei Kexin rolled her eyes at him.
"Stop talking nonsense. You know what I mean. Is it fun to be so glib?"
Being repeatedly refuted, Zhan Jingchen was also a little fed up.
"Don't act like I'm inferior because I took your money. You're bossing me around as soon as you get back, I'll get angry too."
"You begged me to sign at the beginning, saying it was fair and square, mutual consent. Look, it's only been a day..."
"Please, in this family, I'm your ally. If you want me to be as powerful as a tiger in the future, please be friendly."
Pei Kexin: "..."
Zhan Jingchen began to tell her about the afternoon.
"Honestly, after being in society for a long time, I find these people's skills really not that great. Their intentions are all written on their faces. Don't worry, I won't fall for their tricks right away."
He's just a delivery driver, where does he get the confidence to brag like this?
Pei Kexin, having lived this long, finally understood the term "overconfident man."
"I didn't realize you were so skilled. I got a great deal."
"Of course,"
Zhan Jingchen laughed and nudged her shoulder again.
"I've been delivering food for so long, living by the whims of others every day. How could I not see through these things? Do you think you're the only one who has a hard life?"