Mother Chen seemed very happy, her face glowing with joy, and her eyes brimming with smiles.
"Xiaoliang, I'll take my leave first since you are having a classmate gathering; it wouldn't be right for me to disturb you!" Mother Chen was dressed in graceful splendor, having made a deliberate effort to dress up, wanting nothing more than to show off in front of Chen Zihan's classmates. She was decked in jewels from head to toe, wearing several rings on her fingers and several bracelets on her wrists. Around her neck hung a strand of bright pearls, and from her ears dangled sparkling ruby earrings.
In reality, the Chen family's financial situation wasn't that great; they could only be considered a middle-class family. The family had almost spent all their income on Chen Zihan and Mother Chen. It was truly pitiable for a family to exhaust all their income on keeping up appearances. It made life unbearably exhausting.
