Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 338 - 153: Don’t Make a Move Easily, But When You Do, Three Fall at Once_2

Li Zixia muttered as she compared the fields to those back home, "Brother has to rely on manual labor to farm here? That's so much work. Back in our hometown, with the flat plains, it's much easier using combine harvesters."

Li Yuan nodded. He gazed at the distant mountains, which looked like a classic ink painting, and a refreshing sense of peace and joy washed over him. The air here was indeed incredibly fresh, and the mountain spring water was exceptionally sweet and pure, untainted by any pollution.

Suddenly, he noticed a motorcycle parked by the door with two middle-aged men getting off it. A thought crossed Li Yuan's mind as he patted Xia Zhining, who was silently following behind him.

"Ning, are the people at the door your uncles?"

Xia Zhining nodded obediently, her voice tinged with fear, "Mhm, that's my eldest uncle and second uncle."

Li Yuan's heart tightened. The key players have arrived.

At the end of the day, with Xia Zhijin's parents gone, her uncles were the ones who called the shots. Whether he would pass muster depended entirely on them. Some things just couldn't be avoided.

"Ning, Zixia, let's head back."

「...」

Chen Qiuhan and Chen Qiudong looked at the Land Rover parked at the entrance and then at Yu Qiang, who was smoking nearby. After exchanging pleasantries, they went inside to find Xia Zhijin, who was cooking with firewood. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

As Xia Zhijin's eldest uncle, Chen Qiuhan chided her with some dissatisfaction, "Jin, what's all this about? Bringing a boyfriend back all of a sudden without giving us a heads-up."

Xia Zhijin looked timidly at her eldest uncle. She stood to the side as if she had done something wrong, her body trembling slightly as she pinched the corner of her clothes and responded in a small voice.

"Eldest Uncle, I missed home. I missed Grandma and Ningning, so I came back."

The second brother, Chen Qiudong, frowned and said, "Modu is so far away, over two or three thousand miles from Shancheng. It would take you several days just to travel back and forth. Next time you come back, give us a call beforehand."

Her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, Xia Zhijin replied, "Second Uncle, we took a flight. It was fast; we got here in just a few hours."

"You flew back? How much did that cost?" Chen Qiudong asked instinctively.

Having lived for decades, neither of them had ever been on an airplane in their entire lives.

Chen Qiuhan frowned. He had already heard from relatives in the village over the phone that his niece had brought a wealthy suitor home.

"Jin, where's that young man you came with? Call him over. You're still young and naive. As your uncles, we have to personally screen him for you."

Xia Zhijin obediently replied with an "oh" and went outside.

Inside the kitchen, only the mother and her two sons remained.

"Mother, you should prepare some impressive dishes. No matter what, they've come all the way from Modu. We can't let them look down on us."

"Second Brother, call Qiushi over, too. Have him keep them company for a bit."

"Alright, I'll also go to our second uncle's place and get a couple of bottles of good liquor," Chen Qiudong replied.

The old lady said, "Eldest, Second, that boy Li Yuan also brought a few cases of liquor. I heard them say it's something called Maotai. We'll drink that for lunch."

"Maotai?" Chen Qiuhan was taken aback. As a man who drank, he knew there were few across the country who hadn't heard of Maotai.

Chen Qiudong also stopped in his tracks and couldn't help but swallow hard. As ordinary mountain villagers, they had never tasted Maotai in their lives.

The old lady pointed towards the main hall. "They brought a lot of things when they came. It's all in there."

The Chen Family Brothers exchanged a look and walked together into the main hall. They saw four six-bottle cases of Maotai and four cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes casually placed on the floor. Their bodies trembled as they swallowed hard, the craving for alcohol suddenly stirred within them.

They were more worldly than their mother. Maotai was one of the most expensive liquors on the market, with each bottle costing several hundred yuan. These four cases alone were worth over ten thousand yuan.

"The man Jin found is indeed quite generous," Chen Qiuhan remarked emotionally. For a family like theirs, ten thousand yuan was no small sum.

"Second Brother, I remember Second Uncle just caught a few wild rabbits from the mountains. Bring those over as well."

Chen Qiudong licked his lips. "Got it. I'll go right now."

「...」

On his way back, Li Yuan ran into Xia Zhijin, who was jogging toward him.

Xia Zhijin looked at Li Yuan and began to speak hesitantly, "Li Yuan, my uncles are back. They asked me to call you over."

"Their tone might not be the best, so please don't take it to heart."

Seeing her extremely anxious and worried expression, Li Yuan smiled faintly and patted her head.

"Mhm, Zhijin, don't worry. I've got everything under control."

"I have superpowers, you know."

Xia Zhijin asked blankly, "Li Yuan, what are superpowers?"

Li Yuan laughed heartily. "My superpower is the power of cash. You'll find out soon enough."

「...」

"Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, my name is Li Yuan, and I am Zhijin's boyfriend," Li Yuan greeted with a smile, introducing himself.

His gaze took in the two middle-aged men before him. Xia Zhijin's two uncles were noticeably taller than the average person in Shancheng, both over 1.75 meters tall. From their features, one could roughly tell they had been quite handsome in their youth. Xia Zhijin's stunning beauty must have been inherited more from her uncles' side of the family.

"Little Li, come on in and sit down. Have some tea," Chen Qiuhan called out, covertly sizing up Li Yuan and nodding to himself.

Based on Li Yuan's looks and build alone, there's nothing to criticize. No one in the surrounding villages could compare. He and my niece make a perfect couple—a handsome and talented man for a beautiful woman. To spend ten to twenty thousand yuan on gifts for a first visit and to fly all the way from Modu to Shancheng… his family background must be quite good, too.