Chapter 20 - Meeting the mother-in-law (2/2)

Su Bei smiled and replied, ”I'm fine.”

Yan Mei turned when she felt someone gazing at her. She saw a woman staring at her, her eyes contained different emotions: shock, admiration, curiosity, and happiness. Seeing the ambiguous look in the woman's eyes, Yan Mei felt inexplicably strange.

”Madam, are you okay?” Yan Mei would have normally ignored such a person, but today her instincts told her not to. Lei Xiao Tong looked at Yan Mei and she was satisfied at the moment. She just smiled, didn't answer, and took a step forward.

Yan Mei stepped back, a cold light passed through her eyes. ”What do you want?”

At this time, Lei Xiao Tong looked at Yan Mei's cold demeanor and felt more satisfied. If a woman wanted to be with her son, she must be strong and know how to protect herself. If not, she would drag her son behind, or even worse, fall for other people's schemes. A woman must know how to fight for her man and she was sure her daughter-in-law would not disappoint her.

She took Yan Mei's hands and said, ”Xiaomei, I'm Lei Zhao's mother. I learned that you worked here, so I came to visit you.”

Yan Mei suddenly opened her mouth and her whole body fell into a state of shock. She snapped out of it when she felt something on her wrist. She saw a green glass-type jade bracelet on her wrist. From the looks of it, it looked like a  family heirloom.

”It looks so beautiful and it fits perfectly on your wrist. This means you're destined to be my daughter-in-law,” Lei Xiao Tong said excitedly.

”Autie, I can't accept this.” Yan Mei didn't think that she would meet her mother-in-law like this.

'Aren't mother-in-laws supposed to be evil? Why was she so happy to see her, even giving her their family heirloom? Was she playing tricks on her?' Due to her experience, Yan Mei was finding it difficult to accept this.

Lei Xiao Tong calmly held Yan Mei's hands. ”Xiaomei, don't you like your mother-in-law?” I had to wait nearly an hour for you at the entrance and now you won't even accept my gift?”

Yan Mei swallowed the lump in her throat and felt a little embarrassed. ”No Auntie! It's just that this is too much for me to accept.”

”If you don't accept this, then I'm not leaving. It means that you don't recognize me as your mother-in-law. Where will you find such a beautiful mother-in-law like me? Also, isn't my son good to you? Tell me if that stinky boy is not treating you right.”

Yan Mei hurriedly shook her head. ”No, no. Lei Zhao is really good.”

Lei Xiao Tong smiled. ”Then it's settled. You'll take this. I have an appointment with someone near your company. Once I finish, I will invite you for lunch. Take care!”

Lei Xiao Tong hurriedly left as she was afraid Yan Mei would change her mind and give the bracelet back to her. Yan Mei blinked. If not for the bracelet on her hand that reminded her of what just happened, she would have thought that everything was an illusion.

”Su Bei, what just happened?” Yan Mei muttered.

”You just met the famous mother-in-law, but instead of her being evil, she is just so cool.”

Yan Mei looked at the bracelet in a daze.

”Hmm.”