Chapter 1389: Chapter 514: I Am the Evil Nanny (Part 16)

"Master Feng, hello!"

He Tiantian pressed down her surging emotions and greeted Feng Mingtang gently.

"Mrs. He, hello!"

Feng Mingtang had outstanding looks, and his whole person exuded a mild, gentle air.

He actually looked even more like a university professor than Qiao Zhenbang, rather than some businessman.

Of course, Feng Mingtang really wasn’t a business elite either; although he held the title of general manager, in reality, he didn’t have much say in the company.

The company had always been firmly in the hands of his wife, Zhou Rujin.

Speaking of which, this Eldest princess of the Zhou Family, Zhou Rujin, really was quite a character.

She was the Zhou Family’s eldest daughter, with a younger brother and sister below her.

According to Hua Country’s traditional notions, family property is mostly inherited by the sons.

No matter how outstanding the daughter is, at most she’s given an empty title, or a bit of property as dowry.

The Zhou Family, however, did not fall into such a cliché.

As a self‑made tycoon, Mr. Zhou didn’t cling too rigidly to traditional ideas; he valued his children’s ability more.

And as for Zhou Rujin, she was extremely capable, and she was also the first child in the family.

When she was born, Mr. Zhou had just struck the most important pot of gold in his life, and from then on the Zhou Family soared.

Mr. Zhou wasn’t especially superstitious, but as a businessman, he liked auspicious signs.

Zhou Rujin seemed to be someone blessed with good fortune; her arrival brought luck to the Zhou Family and to her parents.

...With all these factors added together, Mr. Zhou placed great importance on his eldest daughter, Zhou Rujin.

And Zhou Rujin did not let her parents’ favor go to waste; she was especially sensible from a young age, and also smart.

When she was in school, her grades were always among the very best.

Whenever she learned various special skills, she also performed excellently.

When she took the college entrance exam, she was admitted to a prestigious university in the Capital City with an exceptionally high score.

She was practically the textbook "model child from someone else’s family," and she had brought no small amount of glory to the Zhou couple.

The only time she went against her parents’ wishes was probably when she got married.

Zhou Rujin and Feng Mingtang were university classmates, but the family backgrounds of the two simply weren’t on the same level.

One was the legitimate eldest beloved daughter of a billionaire, and the other was a poor boy from a remote mountain area.

If it had only been dating, the Zhou Family’s Parents wouldn’t have opposed it too much.

Young people, after all, fall in love and talk about feelings; as long as the other party looks decent and can make their daughter happy, it’s just a bit of fun.

But marriage? Absolutely not!

It wasn’t that Mr. Zhou thought too highly of himself and looked down on the poor while favoring the rich, but that he understood all too well the truth of "mismatched family backgrounds, incompatible values."

Especially the Feng Family—

Feng Mingtang wasn’t an only child either; he had three older sisters ahead of him.

In those days when family planning policies were so strict, yet they still had so many extra births, that alone said plenty.

The Feng Family weren’t just poor financially; in their thinking, they were even more terrifyingly patriarchal.

As a self‑made upstart, Mr. Zhou didn’t harbor overly serious notions of class barriers.

But after years of battling in the business world, well‑traveled, worldly‑wise, sharp and formidable, he knew all too well how terrifying "poverty of the mind" could be.

His daughter marrying into the Feng Family was already marrying down.

The Zhou Family had money, and what Zhou Rujin valued even more was Feng Mingtang as a person, so naturally they wouldn’t demand anything material from the Feng Family.

On the contrary, the Zhou Family would put up the money, provide the house for their daughter, and also arrange a future for Feng Mingtang.

A family that understood gratitude and had no problems in their thinking would appreciate the Zhou Family’s contributions and treat Zhou Rujin even more wholeheartedly.

Whereas some families with problems in their thinking would never realize it was because of Zhou Rujin’s kindness and the Zhou Family’s generosity, and would instead feel that their son was so capable he could make a rich heiress utterly besotted, so that she would practically rush to throw herself at him!

Mr. Zhou had indeed judged correctly; the Feng Family’s Parents were exactly that kind of people.

They were poor in money, and even poorer in spirit.

They were poor with a sense of entitlement, weak yet righteously aggressive.

At first they could still put on an act, but once the Zhou couple softened for their daughter’s sake and gave in, agreeing to the marriage between the two families, the Feng Family slowly revealed their ugly true colors.

When it came time for the wedding, they pushed their luck endlessly, treating the Zhou Family as if they were easy marks.

Not only did they have the Zhou Family pay for the newlyweds’ marital home, they also wanted their wealthy daughter‑in‑law to buy the old couple a house in the city.

And it couldn’t be just any ordinary commercial apartment; it had to be at least a 200‑square‑meter large flat, or better yet, a villa!

Then there were the gifts for the parents‑in‑law upon first meeting, and the pension money and support funds.

The three older sisters couldn’t be left out either: they had to be brought into the city, given jobs, and their nephews’ and nieces’ schooling and other issues had to be taken care of as well!

Mr. Zhou: ...I’m only letting it go for my daughter’s sake, not because I’m actually an easy mark!