Ye Fan said these words like he was laughing at himself.
Ye Fan wasn't making this up anyway. Han Dong-Min had helped Mufan Real Estate genuinely because he owed Ye Fan a favor.
Now that he had returned the favor, Han Dong-Min really didn't owe Ye Fan anything now.
So it was only right to say that Han Dong-Min and Ye Fan basically had nothing to do with each other anymore.
Since he didn't owe Ye Fan anything, how could Ye Fan approach him for favors? On top of that, they were barely acquainted.
But of course, given Ye Fan's position in Han Dong-Min's heart, as long as Ye Fan made a request, Han Dong-Min wouldn't turn him down.
But Ye Fan had no intention of anything like that.
Han Li's requests were rude and preposterous to begin with. She was making things difficult for everyone and being unreasonable.
So Ye Fan decided to use this as a reason to make Han Li give up.
She wasn't his wife, so there was no reason for Ye Fan to pamper her!
When his parents-in-law heard Ye Fan's words, their enthusiasm and smiles instantly faded.
They looked at Ye Fan in shock.
"So you don't know Mayor Han at all? Did he only owe you a favor? And because he's returned the favor, he has nothing to do with you anymore?" asked Han Li suspiciously. Qiu Lei was staring with his eyes wide open at Ye Fan too.
Ye Fan nodded.
Han Li was indignant and continued asking, "So your dad can't be a chief, and I can't be a director anymore? So you are still the same old Ye Fan and aren't friends with big shots like Mayor Han?"
Ye Fan nodded and said, "Mum, although I hate to admit it, those are the facts."
As he nodded, he picked up the teacup before him and was prepared to take another sip.
"How dare you still drink my tea!”
In a fit of anger, Han Li snatched the fine Maojian from Ye Fan's hand and drank it down herself.
After she finished the tea, Han Li lashed out at him angrily with her face livid, "You good-for-nothing! I thought things would change now that you know a high ranking official! So it was all wishful thinking on my part! Once a country woodlouse, always a country woodlouse! You're destined to be poor forever! How dare you have the cheek to drink my Maojian and Maotai! You thought you were good enough to drink these?! If I had known you were still as useless as before, I wouldn't have wasted my efforts! I'm so mad! To think I bought such expensive tea and offered you fine Maotai! It's all wasted now! You'll be the death of me!"
After Han Li learned that Han Dong-Min and Ye Fan weren't close friends at all, her expression immediately fell.
Why should she bother flattering a good-for-nothing?
She was kind to Ye Fan earlier on purely because she thought she could get Ye Fan to ask Han Dong-Min to get arrange for her family to get jobs in the government since he was close friends with Han Dong-Min.
But now Ye Fan was saying that he had nothing to do with Han Dong-Min, he wasn't tied to any big shot, and Han Dong-Min wasn't going to bother about him anymore. So Han Li wasn't going to be nice to Ye Fan anymore either.
She swiftly changed her tune on the spot.
Ye Fan was neither allowed to have tea nor Maotai anymore.
In her fury, Han Li even disallowed Ye Fan from having any food.
I was the one who cooked this food so a good-for-nothing like you doesn't have the right to eat it! Everyone else has a son-in-law who gives them money and finds them jobs and they get something to show off! But I got a useless son-in-law like you! It's exasperating! You've been living off us and now you can't even find us jobs! What's the point of keeping you around?!"
Han Li almost went mad with fury.
Just before this, Ye Fan agreed so readily that even Han Li assumed it was almost a done deal. But after all that fuss, it turned out that Ye Fan was merely coaxing them all along.
When Han Li thought about it more carefully, it made sense. Han Dong-Min was a city mayor. Even if he weren't the most important man, he was one of the top three leaders of Yunzhou.
Ye Fan was a country bumpkin and a live-in husband. How could Han Dong-Min be friends with someone like that?
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