After nearly fifteen minutes of mutual silence, it was finally He Rongxuan who couldn't hold back, opening first, "Is this how Mu Hong teaches his daughter and son-in-law? Seeing your uncle, yet you don't know to greet him? If you're not mute, then you have no family—"

"Uncle? What uncle? Could it be, wife, did you bring our family dog out again?!" Appearing genuinely surprised, Lin Fei interrupted He Rongxuan's cold lecture and turned to Mu Shanshan, sighing seemingly helplessly, "Wife, didn't I tell you? Don't bring 'Uncle' out when you go out. I know you love 'Uncle', but 'Uncle' is just a dog. When you take it out, being just a dog, it easily gets lost."

After the words fell, Lin Fei seemed not to notice Mu Shanshan's dumbfounded expression or He Rongxuan's gloomy ice-cold demeanor.

Lin Fei seemed to be searching for the dog as he called out all around, "Uncle, uncle, where did you run off to? Quickly come back, don't bark at people all over. If you really meet those with a bad temper, they'll kick you to death, what then."

Indirect insults!

He Rongxuan is an adult, clearly not unable to hear this. And He Rongxuan, who fixated his cold eyes on Lin Fei, was clearly telling Lin Fei that he had realized Lin Fei was insulting him.

Compared to before when staring at Lin Fei, at this moment the gaze in He Rongxuan's eyes inevitably contained extreme anger.

Even on a busy street, if you randomly grab an average person and insult them indirectly like this, at least six out of ten would immediately start cursing. The other four would probably start hitting directly.

Ordinary people can't possibly tolerate such indirect insults. Typically, someone like He Rongxuan, who holds a public office as a deputy leader, would be even less likely to tolerate it.

Especially when the person insulting him is actually from his own junior.

He Rongxuan making any radical moves would not be considered excessive.

And Lin Fei was prepared for some aggressive counter from He Rongxuan.

But this time, Lin Fei miscalculated.

He Rongxuan was indeed furious, as one could tell from the bulging veins on his forehead. In fact, there were even a few seconds when his fists were clenched due to excessive rage.

But eventually, after staring at Lin Fei for nearly a minute and a half, He Rongxuan unclenched his fists again.

Not only did he unclench his fists but after taking several deep breaths with eyes closed, when he reopened his eyes to look at Lin Fei, his gaze was calm.

All the anger and agitation had completely dissipated.

The sensation was akin to the sea after a storm, calm and undisturbed.

An impending storm exploded, due to He Rongxuan's self-control, returned to tranquility.

As if nothing had happened, the gaze He Rongxuan fixed on Lin Fei, compared to their initial meeting, aside from a few more hints of amusement, was no different.

"Interesting, I indeed underestimated you a bit."

He Rongxuan's calmness was fully observed by Lin Fei. Hence, Lin Fei's evaluation of He Rongxuan internally elevated a few points.

A man who gets angry is not scary; a man who can control his temper right when he's about to explode is scary.

Because, such a person is often very rational. He won't make erroneous judgments due to momentary emotional impulses.

Wanting to anger this kind of person, causing him to expose flaws and then correspondingly counter, a couple of indirect insults are clearly not enough.

Understanding this, Lin Fei was preparing to press ahead and say something more to completely provoke He Rongxuan, forcing him to expose flaws.

Then He Rongxuan took the lead, speaking in a deep voice, "Before you came, Mu Hong gave me a call specifically to introduce the two of you. Mu Hong said he has quite an exceptional son-in-law, and asked me to be cautious in dealing with you. I didn't quite understand at the time, but now I have gained some clarity."

After speaking to himself for a while, seemingly noticing Lin Fei's confusion, He Rongxuan continued with a semblance of sudden realization, explaining to Lin Fei, "Lin boy, I suppose Mu Hong hasn't mentioned me to you. So, I'll introduce myself. I'm He Rongxuan, He Rongshan's older brother."

"Sorry, never heard of you. Anyway, what your name is, whose brother you are, like I give a da—tsk..." After hearing He Rongxuan's introduction, Lin Fei intended to counterattack He Rongxuan properly. But halfway through his sentence, Mu Shanshan unexpectedly snapped back to herself and mercilessly pinched the soft flesh on Lin Fei's waist.

Very hard, very hard indeed!

On some occasions, due to Lin Fei's teasing behavior or actions, Mu Shanshan would not hesitate to use Two-finger Zen on Lin Fei. However, out of respect for their marital relationship, Mu Shanshan would more or less, always be a bit lenient.

Preventing Lin Fei from really being pinched into a mishap.

But this time, Mu Shanshan absolutely showed no mercy. To be blunt, even the strength used during infancy was exerted.

Lin Fei, although he didn't lift his shirt to look, could guess by feel alone that the soft flesh on his waist pinched by Mu Shanshan was undoubtedly reddened. Maybe even turned purple.

"Mu Shanshan, what the hell?!"

Painfully pinched out of nowhere, Lin Fei's face naturally wouldn't look good. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the person pinching him was his wife Mu Shanshan, Lin Fei absolutely wouldn't have just raised his voice to question.

And compared to Lin Fei's blazing anger, the fury in Mu Shanshan's eyes wasn't less either.

Definitely glaring!

Even faced with Lin Fei's cold reprimanding voice, Mu Shanshan showed no intention of explaining or backing down, instead, she increased the pressure of the pinch on Lin Fei's soft flesh at the waist.

The sensation was as if she was trying to pinch off a piece of Lin Fei's flesh.

Damn, brain cramp! In front of outsiders, how can you side with them!

Being pinched harder by Mu Shanshan, thoroughly angered Lin Fei who coldly criticized her internally, he was intending to retaliate against Mu Shanshan.

But even before Lin Fei made a move, He Rongxuan watching from nearby, spoke again, "Is Lin Fei right? By the look of it, you wouldn't even know who my sister is to you?"

"Who your sister is, like I give a da—" Lin Fei, burning with anger, sharply heard He Rongxuan speak this way, completely unwilling to show He Rongxuan any courtesy.

But halfway through his sentence, he suddenly recalled the relationship of He Rongxuan to Mu Shanshan's maternal relatives family. Along with Mu Shanshan's mother's name.

Lin Fei's face suddenly froze and internally ached.

He Rongshan, Mu Hong's wife. Mu Shanshan's mother, Lin Fei—mother-in-law...

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