Chapter 720

"You..."

Xiao Xiao Changkun was so angry his eyes turned red.

He had absolutely no strategy for dealing with a shrew like Ma Lan.

Therefore, he felt a strong sense of a scholar meeting a soldier—reasoning was impossible.

Ye Chen spoke up at this moment: "Alright, alright, you two should stop arguing first thing in the morning."

As soon as Ma Lan saw Ye Chen speak, she immediately wilted.

If it were before, if Ye Chen dared to interrupt when she was scolding Xiao Xiao Changkun, she would have pointed at Ye Chen's nose and cursed him until he was drenched in dog's blood.

But now, times had changed; the tables had turned. Now that the family had no money and this villa was obtained by Ye Chen, Ye Chen actually carried the most weight in this house.

In order not to be kicked out by Ye Chen, she could only do her best to please him and not let him get angry.

So, she glared fiercely at Xiao Xiao Changkun and said angrily, "If it weren't for my good son-in-law speaking up for you, I wouldn't be done with you today! For the sake of my good son-in-law, I'll spare you this once!"

As she spoke, she looked at Ye Chen with a smile and asked, "Good son-in-law, do you want Mom to cook you a meal this morning?"

Ye Chen asked in surprise, "You can cook?"

Ma Lan hurriedly said, "Look at what you're saying. Before you entered our family, I was the one who did all the cooking. How about this: I'll make you my specialty tomato braised noodles. I'll go pick fresh tomatoes from our vegetable garden in a moment!"

Ever since Ye Chen set up the vegetable garden at home last time, he had also had someone enclose the entire garden with double-layered glass to make it a sunroom.

He also installed heating equipment inside, so even though it was winter, the vegetable garden was as warm as spring.

This effect was much better than a real vegetable greenhouse, and many fruits and vegetables were growing extremely well.

Ye Chen had been married to Xiao Xiao Churan for nearly four years, and he had never eaten a meal cooked by his mother-in-law.

Seeing his mother-in-law volunteer to make tomato braised noodles, he was happy to take it easy and nodded, saying, "Since Mom wants to cook, I won't interfere. But I have things to do and have to go out this morning, so if it's slow, I might not have time."

Ma Lan chuckled: "You don't have to worry about anything. Mom will go do it right now; I'll have it all done in twenty minutes at most!"

After saying that, she immediately trotted out the door to pick tomatoes in the vegetable garden.

After picking the tomatoes, Ma Lan hurriedly slipped into the kitchen and started cooking.

After Xiao Xiao Churan finished washing up and came down, she found that it was actually her mother cooking in the kitchen, and she was stunned with surprise.

For several years, she hadn't seen her mother in the kitchen; today was truly the first time since she and Ye Chen got married.

So, she whispered to Ye Chen: "What's wrong with Mom? Why is she in the kitchen cooking?"

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Mom said she wanted me to taste her cooking and said she was going to make tomato braised noodles."

Xiao Xiao Churan sighed with emotion: "Oh my god, my mom actually volunteered to cook. The sun must be rising in the west. It seems she has finally turned over a new leaf."

What Ye Chen was thinking about at this moment was not the phrase "turning over a new leaf," but the old saying, "If someone offers a favor for no reason, they are either a traitor or a thief."

So he guessed that his mother-in-law, Ma Lan, must have something to ask of him; otherwise, given her personality, it would be absolutely impossible for her to cook voluntarily.

Sure enough, when they were at the dining table, Ma Lan smiled and said to Ye Chen while personally serving him noodles: "Good son-in-law, there's one more thing I want to ask of you. I wonder if you can agree?"

Ye Chen said: "Mom, just say what you have to say. If it's within my ability and reasonable, I won't refuse."

Ma Lan immediately smiled obsequiously: "Good son-in-law, it's like this: Mom recently discovered that I seem to have aged quite a bit compared to before. Not only are there many wrinkles on my face, but the crow's feet at the corners of my eyes are becoming more and more obvious. Time really spares no one!"

After saying that, she looked at Ye Chen with a smile: "Mom recently heard that there is a type of anti-aging cosmetic from abroad that uses high-end caviar as an ingredient. It's said that its anti-aging effect is particularly good, and many famous stars use it to prevent aging. Mom wants to ask you to buy me a set."

When Xiao Xiao Churan heard this, she blurted out in surprise: "Mom! The cosmetics you're talking about cost over a hundred thousand a set! What is our family's situation? You want Ye Chen to buy you such expensive cosmetics? Isn't the Estée Lauder set I bought you for several thousand yuan enough to use?"

Ma Lan blurted out: "Don't talk about that Estée Lauder of yours; I suspect my wrinkles were caused by using it."

Xiao Xiao Churan was choked with anger: "Mom! Estée Lauder is already quite good; I can't even bear to use it myself! You can go into our bathroom and see what I use—it's all domestic brands and ordinary imported brands. I can't even bear to use big brands like Estée Lauder."

Ma Lan hummed: "You're young! Young people are fine even if they don't use anything, but I'm old! If I don't maintain myself, I'll become a yellow-faced hag in the future! Look at your father; he's already starting to dislike me, is living separately from me, and keeps talking about divorcing me. If I don't pay more attention, what if your father abandons me in the future? What man would be willing to want me then!?"

Xiao Xiao Churan was speechless for a moment.

She was angry in her heart and felt there was really nothing to say to her mother, and it was impossible to reason with her, so she said to Ye Chen: "Don't listen to my mom, absolutely do not buy it for her!"

Ma Lan immediately started crying with grievance: "Your father isn't good to me, and your grandmother and the others are even worse to me, but I never dreamed that you are my own daughter, and even you aren't good to me!"

Xiao Xiao Churan blurted out: "Mom, how can you say that? Not buying you a hundred-thousand-yuan set of cosmetics means I'm not good to you? Where is the logic in that!"

Ma Lan cried and wailed: "I don't care, I just want to be a little younger and not age so fast. I'm already this miserable; I really can't watch myself look more and more like a yellow-faced hag!"

Ye Chen patted Xiao Xiao Churan's hand at this moment and said indifferently: "Alright, wife, don't be angry. Mom's words also have some truth. Everyone has a love for beauty, and Mom certainly has this need."

Ma Lan nodded repeatedly and took the opportunity to flatter him: "My son-in-law is the best! You understand me the most!"

Ye Chen then continued: "It just so happens that I have a friend who is in the cosmetic import business. I'll ask him about it later. He also happens to want me to look at the feng shui for his new storefront, so I'll just have him give me two sets of cosmetics to offset the cost of the feng shui consultation."

When Ma Lan heard this, she said excitedly: "Really? Oh my good son-in-law, you really are Mom's good son-in-law! Mom really didn't expect that after experiencing the warmth and coldness of the world, I would finally discover that a son-in-law is the most reliable. All others—mothers-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, husbands, and even daughters—will drop the ball at critical moments!"