She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chapter 488

Yesterday's voting results spread to all the nearby factories overnight.

Chen Xiangbei held his head high as he entered the state-run restaurant, where he encountered Chen Xianghong and Yu Hongzhen entering one after the other. He said with his nose in the air, "Brother Yu, my mother has been selected."

Yu Hongzhen suppressed a laugh: "Yes, that's amazing. I knew your aunt was a very capable person."

Chen Xiangbei looked up at the sky and said, "You'd better treat my sister better from now on."

Yu Hongzhen: "Yes, I wouldn't dare not treat her well."

Chen Xiangbei turned his head away, "That's more like it."

Yu's parents remained the same as before, walking in and standing next to Yu Hongzhen. Their appearance was remarkably similar to Chen Xiangbei's now.

"This must be Xiang Hong's younger brother. What good thing has happened to you?" Mrs. Yu asked politely with a smile.

Yu Hongzhen: "Aunt Xia has become the women's director."

Yu's mother covered her mouth and said, "That's quite impressive. For someone of his age to work so hard and even risk divorce to build his career, it's just a pity for his children."

These words sounded like something Yu's mother would say, and Chen Xianghong frowned, let alone Chen Xiangbei, who had an even more explosive temper.

"You're nothing compared to me. You'd be willing to die for your own child just to preserve your pathetic reputation." Chen Xiangbei pretended to be careless. "Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said such a blunt truth in front of so many people."

He spoke cautiously, but his eyes were extremely provocative, "However, Sister Qingqing has been in much better spirits lately, which is a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune."

Yu's mother's face turned pale. "Xiang Bei, as her mother, of course I want the best for her. Don't always be prejudiced against me."

Chen Xiangbei replied perfunctorily, "Oh, I'm sorry. Qingqing has been here for so many months, and I haven't seen you come to see her. You haven't given her any money, and you're not here either. I thought something had happened to you."

When Yu's mother noticed that the others were looking at her more directly, she suppressed her anger and said, "Qingqing is here too. It's been so long since we've seen each other. You're right, I haven't been feeling well lately."

Chen Xiangbei opened his small eyes wide and looked at Yu's mother's belly. From the beginning, Yu's mother's hands had been protecting her belly. He had a bold guess: "You didn't kick Brother Yu and Sister Qingqing out because they didn't listen to you, so you got pregnant again and are planning to have an obedient child?"

With just a few words, he guessed what Mr. and Mrs. Yu were thinking, and the two of them ignored him and walked inside.

Chen Xiangbei's voice came from behind, "Brother Yu, you're going to have a younger brother, are you happy?"

Yu Hongzhen's face turned ugly... He pinched Chen Xiangbei's liar mouth.

Yu Hongzhen chose a table near the corner. The state-run restaurant here didn't have private rooms, unlike the big hotels in Haishi.

Old Chen had arrived long ago, along with Yang Su; neither of them had recovered from the injuries on their faces.

Having just been humiliated, Yu's mother was seething with anger. Seeing the two of them like this, she sneered, "When Xiang Hong gets married, will she be serving tea to her own mother or her stepmother?"

Although she looked down on Old Lady Xia, she looked down on Yang Su even more. What a piece of trash! How dare a wife she married later come to the formal meeting table with Xiang Hong's in-laws?

If it were the stepmother who raised Chen Xianghong from childhood, that would be one thing, but for a stepmother she had only known for a short time to appear here so naturally, she felt that the old man in the Chen family must have been kicked in the head by a donkey when he was a child.

Old Chen coughed and said, "Of course we'll go together. They're all elders, how can we skip them?"

Yu's mother pursed her lips, "Elders? These days, anyone can be my son's elder?"

Yang Su couldn't stand such contemptuous words. "Yeah, how come just anyone can be a father or a mother? Only your son isn't picky. He actually chose someone like you as his mother. What is he going to do for the rest of his life?"

When Chen Xiangbei arrived, the two were already arguing fiercely, like dogs fighting each other.

After watching for a while, he felt a little sorry that the two of them didn't start fighting.

Yang Su was traumatized by Chen Xianghong's underhanded tactics and her injuries hadn't fully healed. Yu's mother, on the other hand, was still wary of the fight with Xia's family, remembering the time she nearly crippled Yu's father, and was hesitant to act rashly.

So, despite their long and heated exchange of words, neither dared to make the first move.

When Yu Hongzhen and Chen Xianghong ordered the food and came over, Old Chen and Yu's father also joined in the argument, and the two sides were arguing quite a bit.

Behind Chen Xiangbei stood the families of Chen Xiangnan and Chen Xiangdong, while behind Yang Su and Old Chen stood several children from the Wang family. In any case, they didn't say a word and just watched the show.

As the dishes were prepared, Chen Xiangbei ran over to collect them. When he returned, they were still arguing. He calmly asked, "Are you still eating?"

Yu's mother was furious. All Chen Xiangbei knew was how to eat. What was so great about food? "Tell me, is your sister going to serve tea to this woman at her wedding or not?"

Chen Xiangbei put the dishes on the table and said, "Why are you offering tea? If you have time to argue with her, you should ask my sister. I never intended to offer her tea in the first place."

Yu's mother calmed down.

Yang Su was angry. "If a woman who would rather you all die for her own reputation deserves to be served tea, then I am more qualified than her."

Yu Hongzhen said in a deep voice, "I didn't intend to offer any respect."

Chen Xianghong immediately turned to look at him. He had never told her before that he wouldn't serve tea to his mother. When did he make that decision?

Now it was Yang Su's turn to feel better.

Yu's mother slapped Yu Hongzhen across the face, "You unfilial brat, we raised you all these years, can't you even drink a cup of tea with your wife?"

Yu Hongzhen covered his face: "When you kicked Qingqing and me out before New Year's Eve, didn't you say you were going to sever ties?"

Yu's mother: "Didn't you also send us a telegram saying you were getting married? If you didn't want us to come, why did you send a telegram?"

Yu Hongzhen: "I was just informing you. Didn't I say later that you didn't have to come?"

Yu's mother said, "If we don't come, we'll be laughed at to death."

Yu Hongzhen: "At your age, you're still planning to have a child? Won't people laugh at you even more?"

Yu's mother: "Who is to blame for all of this? You two, weren't you carefully raised by your father and me since you were little? And now look what's happened, you've grown up. One of you insisted on running away and got hurt, causing you to have mental problems. The other of you, for the sake of your sister and wife, is willing to risk your future to run away. What have I ever done to wrong you?"

Yu Qingqing, who had been sitting in her chair, stood up and said loudly, "My brother and I know clearly whether it's careful cultivation or control. You just want a puppet who listens to you completely, to earn you face, to maintain your reputation, and to work, get married, and have children as you say. The moment my brother and I try to make our own decisions, you go crazy and try to stop us."

"Back then, when my brother wanted to join the army, didn't you stop him in the same way? If he hadn't later made something of himself, you'd still be ignoring him. Only successful children are your children, only obedient children are your children, and the rest of you who are useless and disobedient, you wish they were dead, right?"