Chapter 410: Seventies: The Mature Husband 10

Tang Wan looked at Chen Cheng's slightly smug expression and pretended not to know her. “Happy New Year. And you are?”

Hearing this, one of the married women beside Chen Cheng immediately laughed. “Educated Youth Tang, this is Chen Cheng! The Xue family's daughter-in-law!”

Tang Wan put on a surprised expression. “Huo Shaoting's wife?”

“That's right! Didn't expect that, did you? Chen Cheng used to be really fat. Who would've thought that after losing weight, she'd look like a completely different person!”

Chen Cheng's father was the Party secretary of Xiahe Village. Back when the Huo family hadn't yet been brought down, he had arranged a betrothal between her and Huo Shaoting.

Later, when the Huo family fell, her father had originally wanted to break off the engagement. But who would have thought that Chen Cheng would keep getting fatter and fatter until, in the end, even her facial features had become distorted?

Being fat wasn't actually a big deal, but she ate far too much. Other than her own family, who could afford to feed her?

Even if the engagement were broken off, given her appetite, no one would dare marry her.

So her father had no choice but to marry her off to the Huo family.

……

Chen Cheng had been paying close attention to Tang Wan's expression the entire time.

She was waiting to see Tang Wan look jealous and envious after learning her identity.

However, she was destined to be disappointed.

After hearing this, Tang Wan merely nodded slightly. “So you're the Huo family's daughter-in-law.”

After that, she said nothing more.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng immediately felt as though something were stuck in her chest, making her incredibly uncomfortable.

Didn't Tang Wan like Huo Shaoting? Why, after finding out that she was Huo Shaoting's wife, wasn't she jealous or envious at all?

She had deliberately steeled herself and spent a hundred yuan on this woolen coat, all so that Tang Wan would know how good Huo Shaoting was to her!

Yet Tang Wan didn't have any reaction at all. Hadn't she gone through all that trouble for nothing?

For a moment, Chen Cheng couldn't help staring at Tang Wan and deliberately said, “Look at you all talking about me. You're making me embarrassed. I only worked so hard to lose weight because I wanted to become prettier, so I'd be good enough for my Shaoting!”

Hearing this, the others immediately began teasing her, but Tang Wan's expression remained unchanged. She didn't care at all that Chen Cheng had mentioned Huo Shaoting.

In Tang Wan's eyes, whatever feelings existed between the male and female leads were their business. She couldn't control them, nor would she interfere in someone else's marriage.

However, simply because Huo Shaoting had once saved her life, if he ever needed help in the future and she was able to lend him a hand, she absolutely wouldn't stand by and do nothing.

……

Chen Cheng had thought that this would finally be enough to stir up Tang Wan's jealousy.

But she was disappointed once again.

Tang Wan seemed to have no interest in Shaoting at all now, so naturally, she didn't care whose wife Chen Cheng was.

Thus, Chen Cheng could only unwillingly look away and force herself to chat and laugh with the others.

Meanwhile, Tang Wan stood up, went into her room, and grabbed a handful of candies to put in her pocket.

It was already past ten o'clock, and most people had nearly finished visiting one another. If she went to Xue Xingtong's house now, she probably wouldn't run into many people on the way.

Tang Wan then left.

As expected, she barely encountered anyone along the way. By the time she reached the end of the village, it was even more deserted.

……

At this moment, the fraternal twin siblings from the Xue family were sitting at the entrance of their home, shelling peanuts and eating them.

Actually, they really wanted to go to other people's homes to pay New Year's visits. That way, they could receive lots of delicious candies like the other children.

But no one in the village welcomed them into their homes, and no one was willing to come to their house to pay a New Year's visit either.

Fortunately, there were still plenty of the candies that the older sister had bought for them last time, so they could still enjoy something sweet.

Suddenly, Xue's younger brother spotted Tang Wan in the distance.

His eyes immediately lit up, and he rushed into the house, shouting, “Big Brother, I think that Tang Wan Older Sister from last time is here!”