Chapter 1471: Double Standards

When everyone shouted that the boat had arrived, Ye Chenghe finally led his girlfriend out from the corner and walked toward the crowd.

Only, he noticed his Third Uncle seemed to be glaring at him the whole time?

What's wrong?

What happened?

Ye Chenghe was suddenly a bit baffled—why was he suddenly looking at him with such displeasure?

Just like his mother.

When he first came back those two or three days, she was still fresh and excited, cooking him meat at every meal, making all sorts of delicious things for him.

But after that, every day she looked at him as if his eyes weren't eyes and his nose wasn't a nose, wishing he would just get lost already.

This morning when he was about to head out, she was a bit better, even managing to say a few words of concern.

Lin Lin Xiuqing also saw Ye Yaodong's displeased expression. She smiled and patted him, "Get on the boat already, stop glaring. People who don't know would think Chenghe offended you somehow."

"That shameless bastard, sneaking off to the corner to act like a hooligan, doesn't even care that the girl is only sixteen. If there weren't so many people here, I would have dragged him out just now. Is that even proper?"

"What's it got to do with you? The young couple is about to part, of course they want to be lovey-dovey. Get on the boat already, stop watching."

Ye Yaodong, being pushed along by Lin Lin Xiuqing, also felt a bit resentful. "Why are you even pushing me away? You can't wait for me to leave?"

"Everyone's already on the boat, only you two or three are dawdling. They're all waiting for you, can't you see the boat stopped in the middle of the sea waiting? You still have to row the small boat over, hurry up, don't keep people waiting."

Ye Yaodong had nothing to say, could only head toward Ye Chenghe.

"Ye Chenghe, get on the boat, what are you still dawdling about? If you're not going, then don't go."

"Coming, coming."

Ye Chenghe took one step and looked back three times, his face full of reluctance. Even before boarding, he turned and waved for a while before finally stepping on.

"Got a wife and forgot your mother—didn't you see your mother over there? Don't you know to wave at your mother?" Ye Yaodong shouted loudly, and everyone on shore heard it, and everyone burst out laughing.

Ye Ye Dasao also laughed and scolded, "Got a wife and forgot his mother, raised this son for nothing, silly day in and day out, don't even know what he's doing."

"Just started dating, isn't it still all hot and passionate? Separating all of a sudden, of course he'll be reluctant…" Lin Lin Xiuqing said with a smile.

After the boat set off, Ye Chenghe finally asked Ye Yaodong in confusion, "Third Uncle, why were you glaring at me the whole time just now?"

"Isn't it because you're too much of a beast."

"What did I do?" Ye Chenghe was a bit confused—how was he a beast?

"Don't think I didn't see you dragging her to the wall corner to hide."

The others around them immediately let out several drawn-out "ohhhs~."

Ye Chenghe's face instantly turned as red as a big shrimp.

"That's because there were too many people around, so we went to the corner to talk quietly."

A'zheng laughed and patted his shoulder, "Not bad, kid. How old are you, already bringing a girl home?"

"Any romance not aimed at marriage is called acting like a hooligan! I wouldn't act like a hooligan."

"Awesome, impressive, way more impressive than your Third Uncle. Your Third Uncle only got a wife at twenty, but you've got one at sixteen."

Ye Chenghe, being praised like this, also felt proud. "Then Uncle, how old were you all when you got wives?"

None of them said a word.

Instantly, they all felt a bit too embarrassed to bring it up.

"They're all not even as good as me." Ye Yaodong felt he was still quite presentable and capable, stronger than all of them.

"Huh? You all got wives even later than my Third Uncle? How old must you be then?"

"Get lost, get lost, stop being smug. You haven't even brought her home yet—wait till you actually bring her home before you talk."

"It's just a matter of time!"

Ye Yaodong cursed, "Shameless beast, you're only sixteen and already making moves. Aren't you afraid her father and brothers will beat you to death?"

"Yeah, her dad and her several brothers and younger brothers all have stinky faces every day, sometimes they won't even let me in the door, pretending not to see me. I have to call out to them, and only then do they reluctantly force a smile. Why is that? Her mother is super warm though, the moment she sees me she greets me with a big smile."

"Still smiling at you? If they didn't beat you out the door, you should be chanting 'Amitabha.' If my daughter were sixteen, not to mention getting engaged—if a shameless person like you got close, I'd beat you to death. Still just a child, and someone wants to ruin her, tmd no way no way, just thinking about it makes my blood pressure rise…"

Ye Yaodong clutched his chest, heaving up and down—imagining it alone made him angry, and heartbroken.

His daughter was still so little, so cute.

And there was a shameless yellow-haired fool trying to get close to her, wanting to hold her hand…

No way, absolutely not!

Strictly guarded!

Ye Chenghe didn't understand what was on his mind. "But I'm sixteen too, I'm also a child."

"That's exactly why you deserve to die. They're all a bunch of old folks, only getting wives in their twenties, but you at sixteen can already have a wife—ten years earlier than them. And you picked a sixteen-year-old pretty classmate, childhood sweethearts. If you don't deserve to die, who does?"

"Well, seems like it, I'm more impressive than all of you."

A'guang put his hands on his hips. "I see it clearly now—you uncle and nephew are just putting on a coordinated act to put us down and elevate yourselves. So shameless."

Fatty chimed in, "Real scheming minds."

Ye Yaodong looked at them with disdain, pointing at Ye Chenghe. "With that little bit of smarts he has, do I need to put on a coordinated act with him?"

Ye Chenghe didn't understand, too busy nodding along.

It just confirmed his limited smarts—he did have a little, just not much.

Xiao Xiao asked curiously, "Just like that and you're getting married? So fast—when are you handing out wedding candy? It has to be by year's end, right? At this time of year, none of the men are home."

Ye Yaodong couldn't be bothered to repeat himself, gave Ye Chenghe a kick, and told him to introduce his plans to everyone.

Ye Chenghe was over the moon—he had become the village's standout. Turns out finding a partner early had its perks; everyone envied him.

"I have to tell my wife to keep a close eye on my daughter, so she doesn't run into a shameless one like Chenghe." Xiao Xiao felt a sense of crisis after hearing this.

The others who had daughters also glared at Ye Chenghe after hearing this—the more they looked, the less they liked him.

Ye Chenghe, seeing everyone's unfriendly gazes, took a step back. "What are you doing?"

"Third Uncle? What are they doing?"

"They think you're too much of a beast. The fact that your in-laws didn't throw you out and still let you through the door is absolutely because of my face."

"Heh heh…"

A Guang changed the subject and asked, "Didn't you say that after this trip up, it wouldn't take long before going to the Magic City? Have you set roughly when?"

Ye Yaodong answered, "It's not decided yet. It depends on how Lin Ji's cargo ship is arranged. I want to hitch a ride on his cargo ship. If the scheduled sailing time doesn't work out, then I'll have to ask around everywhere myself."

"Third Uncle, then when are we going home again?"

"Go home, my ass. We just left and you're already thinking about coming back. You might as well not have left — there's still time to send you back right now."

"That won't do. I still have to earn money and save up. In the future I need to support a family."

?? Stuck on writing, too sleepy, that's it for now, consider it a little filler

? (End of chapter)