Chapter 630: Who Dares to Joke Around
What features about my father-in-law... Yu Jingting pondered.
"Cautious, polite, respectful towards everyone -- although I feel his politeness is somewhat contrived."
Fan Huang could likely be the highest-ranking individual the Yu household had ever interacted with.
Contrary to the arrogant nature most people imagined, he was rather low-key.
He was always polite towards the waitstaff at restaurants, even thanking the waiter who poured water for him.
In Yu Jingting’s opinion, even the village chief of the Wang family’s region seemed to show more ostentation than Fan Huang.
"These are the attributes that make him brilliant. As the saying goes, a tall tree will be blown down by strong winds. A protruding bank will be consumed by raging torrents. A man who stands tall among others invites criticism."
"Watch out for the oily, dead skin flakes?"
"A poor person can live simply, whereas a rich person can live ostentatiously. Most people in the world can achieve the first part, but the latter is tricky. Most of the Fan family are born with silver spoons in their mouths, winners right from the starting line. But the few we’ve met and interacted with seem to be stuck in the ’strong’ category. They can’t proceed to become the wise, let alone kings."
Ultimately, they are not content with wealth and always look for opportunities to assert their authority over others.
Fan Huang saw right through this and sought to rectify the family’s ethos, which Suizi saw as a high-minded deed.