Winston Fan quickly stood up and personally pulled out a chair for Mrs. Fang, saying, "That's a harsh accusation. It's not that I'm unwilling, I just don't have the time."
Wendy Fang followed closely behind, looking like a wronged little wife. "Mrs. Fang, it's all my fault. Please scold me! Winston only stayed out because of me."
Linda Fang almost couldn't hold back her anger.
But today, she had to hold it in!
If you can't endure the small things, you'll ruin the big plans!
"Alright, everyone sit down." Linda Fang pressed the corner of her eye, silently warning herself not to get angry.
The chef brought out dinner, each dish as exquisite as a work of art.
"Mom's appetite is pretty good tonight." Winston Fan said with a smile, ladling a bowl of soup for Linda Fang and handing it over.
Linda Fang took the bowl, looked at Winston Fan, then at Wendy Fang, and sighed. "Winston, are you and Wendy serious about this?"
Winston Fan simply smiled.
Wendy Fang nervously grabbed Winston Fan's sleeve.
Linda Fang felt another headache coming on.
Linda Fang couldn't watch any longer—it was just too much. She quickly said, "I've opposed this for half a year, and you two have fought me for half a year. Fine, I won't interfere anymore. I just want to live a few more years. Your marriage is your own business now. I'll focus on Gavin and trust he'll bring home a daughter-in-law I actually like."
Wendy Fang could hardly believe what she was hearing!
Did Linda Fang just agree?
She's not against it anymore?
"Mom?" Winston Fan was just as surprised, clearly not expecting Linda Fang to give in so easily.
"That's right, you all heard me correctly. I won't oppose your relationship anymore," Linda Fang said, sounding both defeated and resolute. "But I have one condition. Wendy, I don't care how you get along with Winston, but if you ever go to Yina and spout nonsense again, you'll never set foot in the Fan Family's house for the rest of your life!"
Wendy Fang's eyes turned red with excitement, and she nodded vigorously. "Mrs. Fang, I won't let you down! I promise I'll do my best to be a worthy daughter-in-law!"
Linda Fang felt her teeth ache again.
A table full of delicious food, but she couldn't eat a single bite.
Alright, once you're done eating, you two can go home. If there's nothing important, you don't need to come over." Linda Fang said, "I'm not some old-fashioned matriarch who sets strict rules just to torment my daughters-in-law. Even though Wendy, you're not officially married in yet, since you're dating Winston, you should learn proper etiquette and rules. Don't embarrass the Fan Family."
Yes, Auntie." Wendy Fang immediately brightened up.
Linda Fang took a couple of bites and left.
At this point, only Winston Fan and Wendy Fang were left at the table.
Wendy Fang immediately hugged Winston Fan's arm. "Senior, I'm so happy! Our persistence finally paid off!"
Winston Fan awkwardly pulled his arm away. "Don't, we're at home."
Wendy Fang grinned, "So if we're not at home, it's fine?"
Winston Fan gave a gentlemanly smile and said nothing.
After Winston Fan and Wendy Fang left, Linda Fang stepped out the door and said to her assistant, "Organize the recent banquets and send the invitations to the eldest son. As the president of the Fan Group, attending various events is part of his job. Wendy shouldn't object, right?"
The assistant saw Mrs. Fang's angry expression and couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, ma'am."
This time, I won't play the villain. I want to see how far love can go when no one stands in its way," Linda Fang said with a cold laugh. "Send invitations for the events I'll be attending as well. As a son, it's only right to accompany his mother to banquets!"
Yes, ma'am.
Wendy Fang barely had time to celebrate her hard-won romance with Winston Fan before she noticed he was spending less and less time with her.
Before, at least two or three days a week he would eat with her.
But in the past two weeks, Winston Fan hadn't come home to eat with her even once.
She even made food and brought it to the company, but Winston Fan didn't have time to eat. The food ended up being eaten by the assistants and secretaries, not Winston Fan.
Wendy Fang was immediately upset.
She's not a housekeeper—how could she just wait at home forever?
So Wendy Fang asked to go out to work.
Winston Fan didn't stop Wendy Fang from going out to work, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't find a job she liked.
It was either the job wasn't right, or they didn't want her.
Wendy Fang thought Yina Yin was deliberately making things difficult for her, teaming up with others to block her from getting hired.
After being rejected by the twelfth company, Wendy Fang couldn't take it anymore. She cried in the street and called Winston Fan: "Senior, sob sob... Yina Yin is just too much! She must've told people not to hire me, so now I can't find a job! She's already so rich, why is she still so petty?"
Winston Fan was in the middle of a business meeting and used the excuse of going to the restroom to answer the call. Hearing Wendy Fang slander Yina Yin, he instinctively frowned: "Don't talk nonsense. Miss Yin isn't that kind of person."
Besides, she's so busy, she wouldn't have the time to target someone like Wendy Fang.
If she had that kind of time, she'd have made billions already!
Wendy Fang exploded when she heard Winston Fan defending Yina Yin: "What do you mean? She's not like that, but I am? Winston, have you changed your mind? I haven't seen you in two weeks!"
Winston Fan got a headache. His upbringing kept him from saying anything harsh, but he still expressed his displeasure: "Wendy, did you even think before you spoke?"
Wendy Fang knew she was being unreasonable, so she pouted: "Senior, when will you come see me? I really miss you. I even brought you food at work, but didn't see you. If you don't come soon, I'll forget what you look like!"
Winston Fan's voice was tinged with fatigue: "I'm busy."
Are you lying to me? You were never this busy before." Wendy Fang didn't believe him.
There's just a lot going on lately," Winston Fan explained.
Then why don't you take me with you?" Wendy Fang blurted out.
Winston Fan was silent.
Why not take Wendy Fang? The answer was obvious.
It's because Wendy Fang doesn't understand anything.
What could she do if he brought her along?
Could she help negotiate, or translate documents?
Seeing Winston Fan silent, Wendy Fang panicked: "Senior, do you also think I'm useless?"
"No, you're fine," Winston Fan comforted her.
But his comfort felt insincere.
After hanging up, Wendy Fang kept thinking and remembered something Linda Fang had said.
The wives of wealthy CEOs are supposed to be talented and able to help their husbands.
Is Winston Fan not taking her along because she doesn't know anything?
Wendy Fang decided to learn how to be a proper lady.
Wendy Fang might not be very clever, but she has some street smarts.
Wendy Fang figured that since Linda Fang accepted her, they were now family, and it was only natural for Linda Fang to teach her how to be a lady.
Besides, Linda Fang could teach her better than anyone else.
So Wendy Fang turned around and went to the Fan house to see Linda Fang.
"You want me to teach you social etiquette?" Linda Fang laughed at Wendy Fang's request. "Is this your idea or Winston's?"
"It's my idea. Auntie, please help me! I don't want to be a burden to Senior, I want to help him in his career too! No matter how hard it is, I'll stick with it!" Wendy Fang said cautiously.
Linda Fang chuckled, "Why not learn from someone else? There are so many etiquette classes out there, and Winston wouldn't mind the cost."
"They can't teach as well as you, Auntie! You're a real aristocrat, they're just imitating." Wendy Fang said softly.
However, Wendy Fang's flattery missed the mark; Linda Fang was totally unmoved.
"Oh? Aren't you afraid I'll use the opportunity to make things difficult for you?" Linda Fang laughed.
Wendy Fang had considered this possibility.
She was actually hoping Linda Fang would do just that.
Because if Linda Fang made things difficult for her, Wendy could complain to Winston Fan, and he'd comfort and spoil her like before.
Lately, Linda Fang hadn't given her any trouble, so Wendy hadn't had any reason to complain, and Winston hadn't comforted her in a long time.
Wendy Fang lowered her head and said, "I trust you won't do that."
"Heh." Linda Fang chuckled, "I don't have the time. You'd better find someone else."
Linda Fang refused outright.
These days, she'd been watching Wendy Fang and Winston Fan's interactions.
This approach was actually working!
After she stopped opposing them, the two actually grew more distant.
If she'd known it was this easy, why did she bother opposing them in the first place?
Now Wendy Fang wants to set her up?
Tsk tsk tsk.
So young, yet so scheming. Too bad none of it is on the right track.
"Just because I don't oppose you two doesn't mean I approve of you." Linda Fang said mercilessly, "Miss Fang, please leave."
With that, Linda Fang got up and left.
Wendy Fang was stunned.
If Linda Fang wouldn't teach her, what would she do?
Wendy Fang walked home in disappointment, but before she arrived, she received a message from Chen Chuan: "Wendy, are you really together with Winston? I just saw him enter a hotel with a beautiful woman."
Wendy Fang was so shocked by the message, she couldn't react for a long time.
Wendy quickly called Chen Chuan: "Was the woman with Senior at the hotel Miss Yin?"
"No, it was a beautiful young woman," Chen Chuan replied. "They were laughing and talking together."
"Which hotel? Where?" Wendy Fang asked through gritted teeth.
Chen Chuan quickly gave her the hotel's address.
Wendy Fang rushed to the hotel by taxi, and called Winston Fan before she arrived: "Winston, where are you? Can I come see you?"
Winston Fan refused: "Wendy, don't make a fuss. We'll talk when I get back."
Wendy Fang exploded when she heard this.
Was Winston Fan cheating on her?!