âCome on.â Meng Xin rolled her eyes without grace, âI am superficial and I only look at looks. Everyone likes to buy apples that are big, round and red. Iâm picking a daughter-in-law for myself, canât I pick a good-looking one? My son is so handsome, of course he should find someone with good genes, and the child born together will be a strong combination. If his looks are pleasing to people from childhood, he will be a winner from the moment he is born. I know that all the girls who can get into Lin Linâs Law Firm are excellent in their professional abilities, but to be realistic, their face just isnât good enough.â
âIf itâs just a face, then donât I look good too?â Bai Duanduan confronted Ms. Meng, âAuntie Meng, you have to speak from your conscience. Look at this face of mine, three hundred and sixty degrees without any dead angle. Once you even accused it of being a perfect face that could only be made by plastic surgery, how can you people map gun all the women in our law firm to death? Besides, Wang Fangfang is also very good-looking. I think we are all quite good-looking, but itâs just a matter of each flower catching the eye of the other.â
Meng Xin suddenly remembered that Bai Duanduan was also a member of her sonâs law firm. She approves of Bai Duanduanâs looks. This woman was so toxic, but her face was a feast for the eyes. With a high-end face, paired with the branded outfits she wears all over her body, she looks like a star when she walks out.
Unfortunatelyâ¦â¦
âYou canât.â Ms. Meng Xin didnât even think about it and rightfully said, âYou were ruled out of my scouting pool from the start.â She swept Bai Duanduan up and down, âMy son wonât like your kind of model. Youâre pretty, yes, but you are too fierce, not gentle and virtuous at all, and spend money so fiercely, how can you? And you canât even cook, what will Lin Lin do in the future? Do you want him to cook for you? His hourly rate is so expensive per minute, itâs simply impossible â¦â¦â
Although Ms. Meng Xinâs words were somewhat reasonable and Bai Duanduan had a hunch that Ji Lin probably wouldnât like her, but Bai Duanduan still felt unhappy when she said it so bluntly, and subconsciously wanted to retort that why was she was being so unattractive?!
âWhatâs wrong with me not being gentle and virtuous? Maybe your son likes female tigers deep down? Some men are like that, they canât control themselves if they find a gentle and virtuous one, they have to find a fierce one to beat them up three times a day.â
Ms Meng Xinâs eyes widened, âImpossible!â
âWhatâs impossible about that? I canât cook, but your son is the one who cooks for me now! You see, is it not a good division of labour?â
Ms Meng sounded completely incredulous, âThereâs a limit to your nonsense! My son is not even interested in cooking for me when I ask him to! If he can cook for you, I donât think itâs cooking, youâre dreaming!â
âAuntie Meng, it doesnât matter if you believe me or not, but I have to advise you, itâs okay that Ji Lin canât see me, but he will always see other women afterwards, right? Havenât you heard that after getting a wife men usually forget their mother. Now youâre in a hurry to find a date for your son, be careful if he finds someone, he wonât cook a single meal for you, heâll cook for his wife six times a day every day!â
Ms. Meng was furious, âThere are only three meals a day, morning, lunch and evening, why would he have to cook six meals a day?â
âLess food and more meals to stay healthier and slimmer. Three regular meals a day and three additional meals of fruit and snacks.â
Bai Duanduan was furious and said, âAs for your comment about me spending money fiercely, that auntie, youâre not good yourself, why should a woman make things difficult for another woman, and besides, havenât you heard? Looking for a wife who can spend money is a manâs blessing, because women can spend, only then will they urge men to earn money. Not to mention this level of busyness of your son, the money will be earned back easily. His wife will usually spend it for him to improve his standard of living? Tell me, can you still find a person who can spend money?â
âLook at me, I have so many good qualities, Iâm good looking, I have a decent job and I earn a good income. Iâd think twice if you want to be my mother-in-law. What does it mean to be directly ruled out from your scouting pool? Do you think you are the Empress Dowager here picking girls! There are definitely more men after me than there are women after your son! They can line up from the door to the bridge by the river! I can change boyfriends every day, and I will not be short of boyfriends for half a year at least!â
ââ¦â¦.â
Ms. Meng Xin felt that her whole person was not good, âBai Duanduan, youâ¦youâ¦â
âWhatâs the matter? Do you want to hit me? But Aunt Meng, you canât beat me.â Bai Duanduan glanced at Meng Xin, and added, âYour son canât beat me either.â
âWho are you going to beat up again?â
Just as Ms. Meng Xin was about to shut her up, Ji Linâs cold, faint voice came from behind her.
Bai Duanduan turned around, only to find that Ji Lin had walked behind her and Meng Xin at some point. He was obviously unaware of the conversation between Bai Duanduan and Meng Xin in front of him, and only had time to hear that last sentence.
Ji Lin frowned and looked at Bai Duanduan, âI said donât hit people, be civilized.â
Although he said that, his tone was a bit careless, not much of a rebuke.
Bai Duanduan wilted for no reason. She collected her teeth and claws in front of Meng Xin just now, and quieted down, âOh, okay.â
This was all on account of him being the breadwinner and the boss!
âSo what were you guys talking about?â
âBai Duanduan said the men chasing her could line up from the door to that bridge over the river! She can change from one man to the next for six months without repeating! She doesnât even like our family!â
Ji Lin gave Bai Duanduan a look.
Bai Duanduan hastily waved her hand in denial, âI was just making an analogy, I didnât mean to look down on your family at all.â
When Ms. Meng Xin saw that her son was here to back her up, she immediately became arrogant, âThen you mean that you think highly of our family? Are you thinking of my son?â
Auntie Meng, I really want to cover your mouth.
Bai Duanduan was angry that she was dying, âNo, I donât!â
Bai Duanduan thought that when Meng Xin said this, Ji Lin would probably be sarcastic, but it turned out that he wasnât. Ji Lin walked quietly to the side, didnât say anything, only gave herself a faint glance, then averted his gaze and talked to his mother about something else. He just didnât seem to be in a good mood.
The author has something to say:
Today is the day I go to the hospital for my bad cold. Although the mood is very sad, but in the evening when I go home I will insist on writingâ¦.
After all, Iâm going to be writing about Partner Jiâs confession soon in my draft, and thatâs whatâs driving me to write this story!
[Small Theater]
Partner Ji: Mum, actually I quite like tigers â¦â¦ you forget that when I was a kid I liked to see tigers the most when I went to the zoo?
Ms. Meng: ⦠A tiger is a tiger, and a girl like Bai Duanduan is a tigress⦠You can like tigers, but you canât bring back a tigress like Bai Duanduan!