Chapter 737: The Eccentric Mother-in-Law 2

But if a daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs someone to take care of the child, they will help; if the young couple doesn't need it, they won't come.

The elders are very open-minded and do not interfere too much in the affairs of the young.

In terms of assets, Lao Qi has three properties in Jiangzhou.

High-end residential complexes and villas, he has them all.

Additionally, he has a storefront of over four hundred square meters in the city center.

He has a house, a car, and savings.

Over these years, following Sheng Hanyu, he has earned quite a lot from bonuses and salary.

At his current age and net worth, while not a wealthy tycoon, he is solidly above the middle class.

He believes that bringing this much sincerity is enough to meet his mother-in-law!

But Ji Yingjie did not show the slightest bit of care.

Instead, she said: "After you marry, you must return home less; without Nianyin's permission, you cannot secretly go to see your parents."

This was very excessive, and Lao Qi wanted to retort.

But before he could retort, Ji Yingjie suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Nianyin says you know martial arts?"

"Huh? Yes."

Ji Yingjie: "Can you perform a demonstration for me?"

Lao Qi was dumbfounded again.

"Alright."

He agreed, then stood up and casually chopped at the table—"Crack!"

The table was made of oak and was very sturdy.

With one palm strike, although it didn't shatter into two halves, the smooth tabletop split right down the middle.

Now, it wasn't just Ji Yingjie who was shocked.

Nianyin also put down her phone and leaned over to look.

She looked at him with admiration: "Wow—you are too amazing, right? How did you do that? Can you teach me?"

"I can."

The goddess finally smiled at him, but now she wanted to become his apprentice.

Ji Yingjie nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you are qualified to be Nianyin's man."

"What did you say? Can you say that again? You agree, right?"

Happiness came too suddenly, so suddenly that Lao Qi forgot the unpleasantness from just a moment ago.

He even made excuses for Ji Yingjie in his heart, thinking that his future mother-in-law was deliberately making things difficult for him just to test him, and didn't really mean to do those things.

Since her last coma, Ji Yingjie's temperament had become much gentler, and her patience had improved quite a bit.

She then repeated: "I said you are qualified to be Nianyin's man; do you agree?"

"I agree, I agree—no, that's not it, I mean I agree..."

Lao Qi hadn't expected that after all that questioning without a sign of loosening up, he would pass the test so easily just by showing off his skills; he was so excited he was incoherent.

"You aren't willing?"

"I am willing, I am! A hundred times willing!"

He had lived for thirty years and seen countless big scenes, but this was the first time he had been this excited.

"Sit down first; I still have requirements I haven't stated yet."

Ji Yingjie was very satisfied with his attitude, but what needed to be said could not be left out; she had to lay it all out first.

"First, from now on when you are with Nianyin, you must be obedient to her; if she says go east, you cannot go west; if she points at a dog, you cannot scold a chicken; what the wife says is right, and even if it's wrong, it's still right."

"You must obey unconditionally; can you do that?"

"I can, I can do that."

Lao Qi didn't hesitate and agreed immediately.

It is only natural for a husband to be good to his wife; there was nothing to hesitate about.

Ji Yingjie sat up straight, preparing to play her trump card.

The reason she waited until now instead of bringing up such requirements at the beginning,

was because Ji Yingjie saw that Lao Qi was a man who kept his word.

Lao Qi didn't know who she was, but Ji Yingjie had already conducted a very detailed investigation into Lao Qi's temperament, background, and personality.

The questions she asked at the start weren't really to get to know him; she just wanted to see if he was telling the truth.

Fortunately, he passed the test.

Now was the time to truly state her requirements.

Ji Yingjie is different from other mothers-in-law; she doesn't demand houses or cars—the Ji Family has plenty of those, and she doesn't care for them.

What she wants is for Lao Qi to become a man of the Ji Family!

As the chief man of the future Clan Leader, she had to personally vet him.

If his character or ability were lacking, he wouldn't be qualified to be Nianyin's man.

Lao Qi thought he had passed the test, but he didn't expect the truly excessive part was just beginning.

Ji Yingjie: "After you two marry, a man cannot interfere in a woman's affairs; no matter how late Nianyin is out socializing or working, there must be a light left on at home waiting for her when she returns."

He felt something was wrong.

The way she said that, why did it sound so much like the things grandparents used to say when educating a new bride?

Of course, that was in the past; such young brides don't exist anymore.

He didn't agree immediately this time and said: "I won't interfere in most of Nianyin's affairs, but there needs to be mutual respect between husband and wife..."

Halfway through her sentence, she was rudely interrupted by Ji Yingjie: "Don't try to shift the concept; it's not the majority, it's all of them. Men shouldn't meddle in women's affairs."

"No."

Lao Qi did not hesitate this time and refused directly.

"Then there's nothing to talk about. Goodbye."

Ji Yingjie was a straightforward person; when the talk fell through, she pulled Nianyin up and walked away.

As Nianyin stood up, she glanced at Lao Qi and even gave him a smile.

In fact, this smile was an apologetic one.

It was supposed to be just a first date, but the Clan Leader had turned it into a negotiation before marriage; she felt very embarrassed.

But Nianyin's single smile melted Lao Qi.

"Please wait a moment."

He called out to Ji Yingjie and relented: "I agree."

There was no help for it; who told him to like her?

Moreover, Nianyin would not be as unreasonable as her mother; agreeing first to put the elder's mind at ease would be good, he thought.

He was thinking too much and failed to notice the smile on Nianyin's lips disappear.

"Can you cook?" Ji Yingjie asked.

"I can't, but I can learn." Lao Qi had learned to be smart this time, and his answer showed a strong desire to survive.

Ji Yingjie: "If you two get married, you must be devoted to one person for life. You are only allowed to be good to my daughter your whole life, obey her orders, and be devoted to her alone."

The last four words were very grating.

But Lao Qi still agreed: "Of course."

He envied the love between the Chairman and his wife, and many times in his mind, he had yearned for such a love himself.

Ji Yingjie was very satisfied; she nodded, turned around, and said to Nianyin in their native tongue: "This man will do. I think it's him. You cannot remain a widow for that person; that person is a sinner of the Ji Family."

If it hadn't been for Feiying's help back then, the Ji Family wouldn't have been harmed so miserably.

So even though Feiying was already dead, Ji Yingjie still had no intention of forgiving him!

Lao Qi could not understand what they were saying, and there was no need to avoid him.

Nianyin: "I listen to you in everything, but you seem to have forgotten to mention one thing."

The last thing.

It was very important.

It wasn't that she had forgotten, but that Ji Yingjie had no intention of telling him right now.

Men from Jiangzhou were different from men of the Ji Family; if she said it all at once, she wasn't sure if Lao Qi could accept it.

"I don't need you to remind me. He will know when you return to the Ji Family."

Nianyin: "I'm just afraid that once he knows, he won't submit and will run away."

"You don't want the last incident to happen again, do you?"

"The last incident" referred to the time Zhu Yiwen almost overturned the Ji Family's centuries-old status.

Even now, Ji Yingjie still felt lingering fear when she thought about that matter.

That's right.

Nianyin had reminded her.

Their values were different; the more capable one was, the more dangerous they were.

She turned to Lao Qi: "There is one more thing, the last thing. If you agree, I will immediately consent to you two getting married."

"Please speak."

Ji Yingjie said word by word: "The women of our family cannot have only one man in their lifetime. That is to say, besides you, Nianyin will have other men, but you cannot be jealous and must live in peace with the men who come after..."