Hearing that, Aunt Lin's expression froze for a moment. She opened her mouth and paused for a few seconds before she asked in confusion, "You're… Driving to work?"
Perhaps due to the shocked expression on Aunt Lin's face, after Wen Xi took a glance, she nodded her head and explained softly, "After I get off work, I'll be going back to my house. It's not convenient for the driver to bring me there, so I'll drive by myself!"
As Wen Xi spoke, she raised her head and finished the hot soy milk. When she placed the cup down, she seemed to have thought of something. She turned to look at Aunt Lin and said in a low voice, "I probably won't be back tonight, so you don't have to make my dinner."
After Aunt Lin heard Wen Xi's words, she subconsciously nodded and replied, "Alright, Young Lady, I understand! But..."
As Aunt Lin spoke, she began to stammer again. After a few seconds, she seemed to have made up her mind about something. She moved closer to Wen Xi and continued, "But hasn't Young Master been very busy recently? How would he have the time to accompany you back to the Wen family's residence? Young Lady, why don't you wait for a few days? Madam had already instructed a few days ago that she would bring Second Miss over for dinner tonight. If you're not here at that time, she'll probably be angry! Young Lady, you probably don't want Madam to be angry either!"
Wen Xi naturally understood what Aunt Lin meant. She put down the spoon in her hand and slowly recalled what would happen today in her previous life.
As mentioned before, the Chen family was arrogant and conceited. If Chen Ze was like that, then his sister and mother wouldn't be any different than him. Even though Song Zhi could not be considered a true member of the Chen family, her arrogance in looking down on Wen Xi wasn't any less than any other member of the Chen family. In fact, it might even be the highest.
The fact that Wen Xi had courted Chen Ze for three years was a well-known fact in City A's entire business circle. Song Zhi had always been arrogant because she was the wife of the Chen family's current head, Chen Jing. Naturally, she would not be interested in Wen Xi, who was the daughter of an ordinary family.
Even though her background before she became the Chen family's Madam was not that strong or exciting, she always felt that after she had Chen Ze and Chen Ya under her, she had secured her position as the Chen family's Madam. She felt like she was the real matriarch of the Chen family. Therefore, when she was in the circle, she had always looked down on people. Moreover, there was a certain reason why she did not like Wen Xi, her own daughter-in-law.
The Wen family was not considered a wealthy family in City A, and could only be said to be a small-time wealthy family. They had opened a few popular Chinese restaurants in the city, but in terms of power and influence, they couldn't compare to Chen Group.
In Song Zhi's eyes, Wen Xi was just a dispensable 'servant' in the Chen family. She was a 'servant' who was made to serve her precious son, Chen Ze, and she didn't need a salary.
She did not understand why Old Master Chen Zhen wanted Chen Ze to marry Wen Xi, an ordinary woman, to be the Chen family's future matriarch. In Song Zhi's heart, Chen Ze was the pride of the heavens and the unparalleled noble son of the family. Only a lady blessed by the heavens or a goddess like Chang'e could be worthy of her son. So how could a mere only daughter of a restaurant owner be worthy of him?
If it weren't for the old master's interference before his death, Chen Ze would've had a better marriage!
This was also one of the main reasons why Wen Xi had always been ignored in the entire Chen family and had to endure the cold looks and mockery. Chen Ze treated her like an invisible person, and her mother-in-law looked down on her from the bottom of her heart!
Therefore, Wen Xi's marriage, which was of a higher social status, wasn't as glorious as what outsiders assumed. Only the people who were involved could sense the problem within the family.
As the saying goes, 'a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow'. Chen Ya was the second daughter of the Chen family and had a mother like Song Zhi to teach her. Naturally, she wasn't friendly at all. Her attitude toward Wen Xi, her sister-in-law, was even worse than Song Zhi's!
Chen Ya always felt that her brother had suffered a great grievance by marrying someone like Wen Xi. In her eyes, her brother was the most outstanding and powerful person in the world. How could Wen Xi, who was nothing, be worthy of her brother?