After the divorce, I started to transfer

After Xiao Panpan introduced him, everyone present turned their gazes toward Chen Feng with varying expressions.

Are they friends or neighbors? Everyone seems to think that Xiao Panpan's relationship with Chen Feng is more than just friendship.

Liu Ying was now convinced that Xiao Panpan was having an affair with Chen Feng, and she felt even more hostile towards Xiao Panpan, looking at her with ill intent.

If it weren't for Chen Feng's parents being present, Liu Ying would definitely have said something to argue with him.

Chen Feng was naturally annoyed with Xiao Panpan at this moment, feeling that she was deliberately causing trouble for him.

However, he hesitated to scold her because his parents were present.

Instead, in order to get rid of her as soon as possible, Chen Feng had no choice but to introduce her: "This is my dad and my mom."

As for Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan, Chen Feng didn't introduce them. Xiao Panpan naturally ignored them as well and greeted Chen Dayong and his wife warmly: "Uncle, Aunt, hello. When I saw Aunt just now, I felt that Aunt looked a lot like Chen Feng. Sure enough, Chen Feng's handsomeness was inherited from Aunt."

Elaine Chao seemed to appreciate the flattery and immediately laughed, saying, "Quite a few people say he looks like me."

Xiao Panpan quickly added respectfully, "It's said that sons resemble their mothers, and both mother and son are blessed. As the saying goes, 'A son who resembles his mother is like a wall built of gold bricks.' I can tell from the moment I see you, Auntie, that you are a very fortunate person. After all, you have such a good son as Chen Feng."

Although Zhao Xiaolan knew she was being flattered, who doesn't like auspicious words and compliments? She couldn't help but laugh heartily, and her impression of Xiao Panpan improved immediately.

Regardless, Xiao Panpan's mouth is still quite endearing.

"You must be Panpan, right? It's a good name, easy to remember."

"Yes, Auntie. My name is easy to remember. I hope you'll remember me next time we meet, right?"

"Of course I remember."

"That's good. I felt very close to you the moment I saw your aunt."

"Haha, me too. You seem quite friendly to me."

Seeing that they were chatting away and it seemed like it was going on and on, Chen Feng interrupted, "Alright, go back and keep your friend company. I won't keep you here any longer."

Xiao Panpan actually wanted to stay and share a table with Chen Feng's parents, especially Chen Feng's mother, in order to win their favor.

This was something she subconsciously wanted to do, even though she knew that even if she won over his parents, Chen Feng would have virtually no chance of marrying her, but she still wanted to do it.

Unfortunately, Chen Feng clearly didn't want her to stay here and try to get closer to his mother.

Chen Feng's words were tantamount to telling her to leave directly. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't stay any longer. She could only nod awkwardly to Zhao Xiaolan and say, "Auntie, I'll be going now. I won't bother you any longer."

Although Elaine Chao had a good impression of her, she didn't want to keep her there, so she could only nod and say, "Okay, you can go now. We can talk again another time."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Panpan immediately seized the opportunity, took out her phone and said, "Auntie, let's add each other as friends, and chat when we have time. I feel especially close to you."

Zhao Xiaolan couldn't refuse, so she took out her phone, opened WeChat, and quickly added Xiao Panpan as a friend.

"I'm off then, bye-bye, let's chat on WeChat sometime."

Xiao Panpan finally left this time.

Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan witnessed Xiao Panpan coming over to greet them and then successfully adding Zhao Xiaolan as a WeChat friend.

Both of them felt somewhat uneasy about this, for a simple reason: after seeing everything, there was no doubt that Xiao Panpan and Chen Feng were having an affair. This was mainly due to Chen Feng's attitude towards Xiao Panpan, Xiao Panpan's flattery of Zhao Xiaolan, and their subsequent act of adding each other as friends.

All of this undoubtedly indicates that Chen Feng and Xiao Panpan are having an affair.

If Chen Feng's parents hadn't been there, Liu Ying would have already lost her temper. Now she could only sulk, and couldn't very well directly ask Chen Feng about his relationship with Xiao Panpan in front of his parents.

Zhao Xiaolan and Chen Dayong, too, couldn't bring themselves to question their son about his relationship with Xiao Panpan in front of Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan.

Everyone had no choice but to endure it.

However, after a brief silence, Liu Ying finally couldn't help but ask Chen Feng, "Are you very familiar with this Xiao Panpan?"

Chen Feng answered naturally, "After all, we live in the same neighborhood and often run into each other during our morning exercise, so we're pretty familiar with each other."

"She can live in Zijinyuan and be your neighbor, so her family must be quite wealthy, right?" Liu Ying continued to ask.

Chen Feng nodded: "She's quite wealthy. Her family must have assets worth billions, and she's also an only child."

Upon hearing Chen Feng's explanation, Liu Ying felt much more at ease. The reason was simple: someone from Xiao Panpan's family background couldn't possibly be content to remain Chen Feng's mistress, and Chen Feng would never marry Xiao Panpan; therefore, their relationship was bound to break up sooner or later.

Of course, Hong Xiaodan is also a wealthy heiress with billions in assets, and she's also an only child. It seems Hong Xiaodan intends to remain Chen Feng's mistress long-term.

But Liu Ying didn't believe that Xiao Panpan would be a simple-minded fool like Hong Xiaodan.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's explanation, Hong Xiaodan couldn't help but say, "Brother, her situation is exactly the same as mine! Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "Her situation is different from yours. First of all, her parents divorced when she was around ten years old; secondly, her father is an absolute bad guy. He was a gangster who made his fortune through land expropriation."

After listening, Hong Xiaodan smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I am indeed different from her."

Elaine Chao said with a hint of reproach, "How could you talk about someone's father like that? It's rude."

Chen Feng said nonchalantly, "I'm just stating the facts; her father is no good person."

"Alright, alright, you've already said it, so let it go. Just try not to talk badly about people behind their backs in the future."

Chen Feng thought to himself, "Who doesn't talk about others behind their backs?"
However, he readily nodded in response, "I understand." Then, Zhao Xiaolan took the initiative to chat with Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan about other topics.

After more than ten minutes, the food was finally served, and everyone stopped talking and started eating.

And you know what? There's a reason why successful shops are successful. After everyone tried it, they all thought it was delicious.

After returning to her seat, Xiao Panpan secretly kept an eye on Chen Feng's situation, feeling somewhat disappointed.

The main issue is actually the two children in the two strollers—undoubtedly, they are Chen Feng's children, and Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan are the children's biological mothers.

Although she didn't expect to marry Chen Feng in the future, seeing the children Chen Feng had with two other women still made her feel uncomfortable and distressed.

The friend sitting next to her was her best friend from college, named Ma Jingshu. Like her, she was a local from Xiuzhou and came from a relatively well-off family. After graduation, she passed the civil service exam.

Because Ma Jingshu's workplace was quite far from Zijinyuan, and she also had a boyfriend, she and Xiao Panpan didn't see each other very often after graduation.

It was also a coincidence that Xiao Panpan paid someone to locate Chen Feng's phone, so she kept "following" Chen Feng, and then coincidentally ran into Ma Jingshu and her boyfriend who were out shopping.

Ma Jingshu's boyfriend, Cheng Yanghao, was their senior, two years ahead of them. He had been the vice president of the student union and now worked for a foreign company. However, Xiao Panpan had never really liked him. The reason was simple: he had tried to pursue her before, but she had rejected him without hesitation.

Xiao Panpan had never told Ma Jingshu about this. If she were to tell her, their friendship might be ruined, so she kept it to herself.

Her boyfriend, upon seeing Xiao Panpan, would obviously feel guilty and would quickly make an excuse to leave.

This naturally pleased Xiao Panpan, so she went shopping with Ma Jingshu and then followed Chen Feng's phone location to this store.

As an observer and someone with experience, Ma Jingshu noticed Xiao Panpan's unusual behavior and couldn't help but ask, "Panpan, why are you paying so much attention to that side? Is it because you've taken a liking to that handsome guy?"

After a moment of surprise, Xiao Panpan didn't try to hide it and nodded frankly, saying, "Yes, I've taken a liking to him."

Ma Jingshu glanced at Chen Feng for a moment, then nodded sincerely and said, "You have good taste. This guy is really handsome. More importantly, he has a very special aura that makes you know at a glance that he's not simple and has a lot of charm. If I didn't have a boyfriend, I would be smitten too."

Xiao Panpan chuckled and said, "He does have a lot of masculine charm and is very popular with women, but he's a bit of a womanizer."

Ma Jingshu asked in surprise, "You knew he was a womanizer, yet you still fell for him?"

Xiao Panpan smiled wryly, "There's nothing I can do, the more I look at it, the more I like it. What can I do?"

Ma Jingshu looked at her in shock for a while before saying, "This man is very handsome and has a great presence, but if he's a womanizer, you should cut ties with him as soon as possible. Otherwise, do you want to be one of his many women? Or one of his many spoils?"

Xiao Panpan thought to herself, "I'm already one of his many women, but in terms of spoils of war, that's another story. To be honest, Chen Feng is her spoils of war, someone she finally managed to get her hands on."

Thinking about all this, Xiao Panpan wisely didn't share her secret with her best friend, but instead changed the subject, saying, "Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's talk about you and your boyfriend. You've been together for five or six years now, haven't you thought about getting married yet?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jingshu immediately looked melancholy and sighed, "He has wanted to get engaged to me for a long time, and I don't really have any objections, but my family disagrees. They say he has to buy a house first. But as you know, housing prices in Xiuzhou are so high. Even though Yang Hao's salary is over ten thousand a month, it's difficult for him to come up with a down payment in a short period of time."

Xiao Panpan asked curiously, "If he can't come up with it himself, what about his family? I remember his family should be well-off. He dresses quite well, and he was already using an iPhone when he was a freshman."

Ma Jingshu smiled bitterly, "His family used to be quite well-off. His father owned a food processing factory, mainly producing hawthorn slices and raisins, which had been in business for over ten years. A few years ago, the factory did quite well, but things started to go downhill a few years ago. The year before last, his father wanted to develop new products and new production processes, investing over two million yuan, including an 800,000 yuan loan from the bank. As a result, he not only lost everything, but his father also fell ill and was diagnosed with lung cancer after a hospital check-up."

Xiao Panpan was stunned and asked, "Is that so? His family is really unlucky!"

Ma Jingshu could only continue with a bitter smile: "Yes, his family seems to have been plagued by bad luck since the year before last. His father's reckless spending led to their bankruptcy, and they almost had their old house repossessed by the bank. They had to borrow money from all sides to pay off the bank loan, but they ended up owing hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt. In addition, his father is still undergoing treatment, and the annual medical expenses are at least 200,000 yuan. How do you think he and his family have the ability to buy a house in Xiuzhou?"

Xiao Panpan frowned and asked, "Do your family members know about Cheng Yanghao's family situation?"

Ma Jingshu shook her head and said, "Of course I don't know. If I did, my parents would definitely force me to break up with him."

Xiao Panpan looked at her best friend with some sympathy and said, "I really want to advise you to break up with him, really."

Ma Jingshu said somewhat unhappily, "You're my best friend. Don't you think our future is bright either? You should know that he's actually very outstanding. After graduation, he got into his current foreign company based on his own abilities. There were hundreds of people competing with him back then, including some graduates from prestigious universities, but he ultimately won. Now he earns 12,000 yuan a month, plus at least 50,000 yuan in bonuses at the end of the year, making his annual salary close to 200,000 yuan. That's quite remarkable for someone who has only been out of school for a few years."

Xiao Panpan shook her head and said, "Even if he earns a million a year, I still feel that he is not good enough for you."

Ma Jingshu said somewhat shyly, "I know I'm pretty, and I've passed the civil service exam. Overall, I'm quite good-looking, but I don't think I'm that great. Yang Hao is more than good enough for me."

Xiao Panpan then asked, "Given his family's current situation, has he asked you for money?"

After a moment of hesitation, Ma Jingshu said, "I'm his girlfriend. His family is in such a state right now, so I definitely have to do my part."

Xiao Panpan pressed further, "So how much money have you given him in total?"

After thinking for a moment, Ma Jingshu said, "I don't remember the exact amount, but it should be around six or seven hundred thousand."

Xiao Panpan asked in surprise, "So much? Where did you get the money?"

Ma Jingshu said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's mainly my accumulated New Year's money and my little savings over the years, and I also borrowed some from relatives and friends."

Xiao Panpan said, somewhat speechless, "Then why didn't you borrow it from me?"

Ma Jingshu laughed and said, "You are my last resort. It's pointless to borrow ten or twenty thousand from you. If I really want to borrow from you, it will definitely be at least several hundred thousand."

Xiao Panpan said, "If you lend it to Cheng Yanghao, I probably won't lend it to him."

Ma Jingshu shook her head and said, "Panpan, you still have a prejudice against him. Such a hardworking and ambitious young man is rare in today's society. In particular, he has devoted everything to treating his father's illness. He often works overtime and doesn't even care about his own food or clothes. Such qualities are so rare."

This was a difficult argument to refute, but Xiao Panpan wasn't easily persuaded. She said, "I'm not saying his father's illness is a bottomless pit, and if you continue to be with him, you'll continue to be dragged down, including continuing to give him money. I'm just saying that his actual character isn't as good as you think. When he was the vice president of our college's student union, his reputation was already very bad. Many people criticized him for abusing his power, lecturing and bullying people. He also used his position to line his own pocket and enrich himself at the expense of the public. Anyway, his character back then wasn't very good."

Ma Jingshu clearly wouldn't listen to her words, and instead seemed displeased, saying with a stern face, "Those who gossip and slander him behind his back are all petty people. When he was the vice president of the student council, he offended many people because he was too dedicated to his duties, so those people spread rumors and defamed him behind his back." (End of this chapter)