CHAPTER 347: CHAPTER 347

Cheng Huiyan indeed owned a house, its location and environment weren’t great, and it was a second-hand property, not worth much money.

Apart from that, when Cheng Huiyan bought the house, she did it with her close female friends, planning for a future where they’d be old and without family; they could at least take care of each other.

But man’s plans can’t outmatch fate’s, and Cheng Huiyan never expected to settle down so soon.

So even though she had a ready house, Cheng Huiyan didn’t consider moving in there with Xue Junyi and his mother.

Because the other residents in that building all made their living off of men’s money by leveraging their youth.

The slightest slip, and her past would be exposed.

That’s why, not long ago, she even contacted an agent to put the house on the market.

But now, Xue Junyi suddenly brought up the house...

"Junyi, it’s not that I don’t want you to live there, it’s just that the environment isn’t great. How about I sell that house and gather some more money to buy a new one?"

Cheng Huiyan tried to coax Xue Junyi.

But Xue Junyi’s face turned cold on the spot: "Sister Huiyan, are you treating me like an outsider? Even if that house is in a worse environment, can it be worse than where we are staying now?"

Xue Junyi thought, how could a house in Platinum Blue County be worse than a student rental?

Surely, Cheng Huiyan was guarding against him, which is why she refused to let him and his mother move in.

The more Xue Junyi thought about it, the angrier he became, and he simply got up to leave the room.

"If you’re not willing, forget it. At the end of the month, I will just take my mother back to our hometown."

This meant leaving Yan City, and it seemed like he wanted to make a clean break with Cheng Huiyan.

Cheng Huiyan became anxious immediately.

She had finally married a young lover and started the calm life she always envied.

So she couldn’t bear to see Xue Junyi leave, she could only say: "Junyi, if you really want to live in that house, it’s okay, but you must promise me, no matter what you hear there, you can’t get angry at me."

Xue Junyi had already reached the door. Hearing Cheng Huiyan change her mind, he ran back on the spot, hugging Cheng Huiyan with joy.

He even said, "Sister Huiyan, I won’t be angry with you no matter what. Why are you worrying needlessly?"

Xue Junyi thought, being able to live in the high-class Platinum Blue County, enjoying the life of the wealthy, how could he still be angry?

But Cheng Huiyan kept reminding him, "You must remember this promise."

"Alright, alright, I remember!" Xue Junyi, with his mind full of Platinum Blue County, hurriedly pushed Cheng Huiyan onto the bed...

After a satisfying bout, Cheng Huiyan fell asleep.

Xue Junyi then quickly went to his mother’s room to tell Chen Mei the good news about moving into Platinum Blue County the next day.

Chen Mei was ecstatic: "My son is capable indeed, truly the pillar of Old Xue’s family."

Xue Junyi also wore a proud face: "Of course, I have always told you that I would make sure you enjoy a life of leisure."

Then the mother and son spent the night excited and sleepless in anticipation of their new home...

The next morning, as soon as Cheng Huiyan got up, they brought her the breakfast they had prepared early on.

Looking at the fragrant soy milk and dough sticks, Cheng Huiyan couldn’t help but frown.

Actually, ever since she got the marriage certificate with Xue Junyi, and Chen Mei moved in, Cheng Huiyan was responsible for preparing three meals a day.

Even on rare occasions when Cheng Huiyan was too busy, Xue Junyi and Chen Mei would just watch coldly.

So Cheng Huiyan was so surprised to see the breakfast they had prepared themselves.

Because this made Cheng Huiyan suspect for a moment, that Xue Junyi’s reason for marrying her was because she owned a house.

But at this moment, Xue Junyi asked her tenderly, "What’s wrong, are soy milk and fried dough sticks not to your taste? Should I make you something else?"

Chen Mei also asked, "Do you want some noodles? Mom can make you a bowl?"

The sudden proactive concern from both coupled Cheng Huiyan’s suspicions, growing larger like a snowball rolling downhill.

But she thought, Xue Junyi, after all, was a college-educated man, it shouldn’t be possible for him to be so unscrupulous for that kind of shabby house.

Thus, this seed of doubt and uneasiness was quickly suppressed back to the bottom of her heart by Cheng Huiyan.

"No need, this is fine." Cheng Huiyan managed to eat a few bites of breakfast before Xue Junyi hurried her to leave.

It was then that Cheng Huiyan realized Chen Mei and Xue Junyi had even packed their luggage.

"Why are you so eager to move over? We still have until the end of the month before our lease here ends!"

Originally, Cheng Huiyan had hoped that Xue Junyi and Chen Mei, upon seeing the condition of that building, would take the initiative to return here and renew the lease.

But Xue Junyi told her, "The landlord said that someone is moving in the next two days, asked if we could end the contract early, and he would refund us the difference for these days, so I agreed."

Chen Mei chimed in, "Right, right, right, Junyi told me about it last night, and I packed up our things on the spot."

Cheng Huiyan actually wanted to ask them, wasn’t she part of this family, why make these decisions without a word to her?

But she thought better of it.

She’d taken the wrong path when she was younger, and very few people were willing to accept her.

For someone as young and educated as Junyi to marry her was already quite fortunate.

Cheng Huiyan didn’t dare to make a scene in front of Xue Junyi and Chen Mei, afraid that by doing so, she might lose this happiness.

So, in the end, Cheng Huiyan could only lead Xue Junyi and Chen Mei to the only property in her name.

Chen Mei and Xue Junyi had left with expectations of a luxury residence, but they found the car stopping in front of a dilapidated building over twenty years old.

"Sister Huiyan, why are we stopping?" Xue Junyi asked.

Isn’t there still a long piece of road before we reach Platinum Blue County?

But Cheng Huiyan told him, "We’re already here, let’s get out."

Xue Junyi was bewildered.

Chen Mei, peering out at the corridor’s trash and stagnant water, was also perplexed.

"What’s going on?"

Xue Junyi, equally full of doubt, said, "Let’s get out and have a look."

Thus, trailing behind Cheng Huiyan, Chen Mei and Xue Junyi, laden with their baggage, entered the narrow, damp hallway reeking of rotting garbage and climbed six flights of stairs to a decrepit apartment.

As Cheng Huiyan took out her keys to open the old-fashioned sliding door, Chen Mei whispered to Xue Junyi in a low voice, "Is this supposed to be Platinum Blue County?"

Xue Junyi didn’t answer, his face a ghastly shade.

The creak of the sliding door rang out as Cheng Huiyan pulled it open, revealing the sparse interior.

There was just one bedroom and one living room, with the kitchen squeezed next to the dining space.

The dining table, bed, and TV looked quite dated, and even the ceramic tiles on the floor had several cracks.

On top of that, perhaps from lack of ventilation, there was an unpleasant musty odor in the room.

Chen Mei, frowning, surveyed the cramped space, then glanced at the only bed with its seemingly starched bedsheets, eager to spend not another moment there.

"Huiyan, you came here to pick something up, right? Let’s grab it and go."

Saying this, Chen Mei couldn’t resist pinching her nose with her index finger.

But Cheng Huiyan smiled at her and said, "Mom, what do you mean go? This is my house, the place where our family of three will live from now on!"

In that moment, not only did Chen Mei feel like the sky was falling, even Xue Junyi’s face turned deathly pale...