Back to the 80s: Pretending to Be in Debt to Escape Misery

In this story of daily life during the 80s, the once fat and ugly Chu Xuan is reborn in a small fishing village in 1983. In this life, she doesn't want to cause Mu Chenze's family to be rui...

170. Chapter 170 Official Dating

"The condition is... from now on you must put your parents first in everything you do, and you are not allowed to make them angry because of me."

In this life, Chu Xuan married into the Mu family to repay a debt. She had to be filial to her parents-in-law and live in harmony with her sisters-in-law, otherwise she would feel guilty.

Mu Chenze has always had a lot of ideas and thought too much about her, even thinking of a live-in son-in-law.

She needed to make an appointment with him in advance.

Mu Chenze was shocked when he heard this condition. "Xiao Xuan, people who don't know would think my parents are your biological parents, and I was adopted. Didn't my mother tell me this? You've essentially said it for my mother, saying that if you have a partner, you can't forget your parents. Why do I feel like you're closer to my mother than I am to her?"

"Because Aunt Qin treats me well. Just tell me whether you agree or not!"

"I promise! You're mine now! I'll put a ring on you."

As he spoke, Mu Chenze took out a gold ring from his pocket and put it on Chu Xuan's middle finger of his left hand.

Chu Xuan's eyes reddened. In her previous life, Mu Chenze had also bought her a gold ring, but she had been shameless and asked for it. Later, when Feng Chunhua took a fancy to it, she gave it to her without hesitation, which made Mu Chenze very angry.

In this life, he took the initiative to buy a gold ring for her.

She will cherish it and wear it for the rest of her life.

I couldn't help but hug Mu Chenze.

Mu Chenze was pleasantly surprised and hugged her back. The feeling of holding her was so reassuring!

This hug made Chu Xuan unable to move, for fear of touching his wound.

He reminded softly, "Aunt Qin and the others are still waiting in the main hall. Shall we go over there? Be careful of your injuries."

Mu Chenze could feel a dull pain in his ribs, but compared to the benefit of a hug, this little pain was nothing. "Let them wait a moment, it's okay."

Chu Xuan's face was a little shy. "I'm wearing a cut-resistant vest. If you don't let me go, I won't be able to breathe."

The homemade anti-cut clothing is quite tight.

Mu Chenze quickly let her go.

"Then today's hug doesn't count. Wait until you change out of your cut-proof clothes and put on something else, then hug me again."

"Why?"

"Because the anti-cutting clothing touched my ribs, it hurt a lot, you have to compensate me. Don't forget, it was you who took the initiative to hug me!"

Chu Xuan's eyes fell on his wound, with an apologetic look on her face. "Okay! I will definitely compensate you. Let's quickly check if the injury is serious. Take the Chinese medicine pills first."

On the way back, he stopped by Doctor Zhang to get a bottle of Chinese medicine pills, which were in the pocket of Mu Chenze's changed shirt.

Without waiting for Mu Chenze to respond, Chu Xuan had already found the medicine bottle, poured out three Chinese medicine pills from it, and handed them to Mu Chenze.

The water in the enamel tub was still warm, which should have been the water Qin Mahua prepared before he came back.

Hand over the enamel pot.

Mu Chenze took it and took the medicine happily.

The pill is bitter, but my heart is sweet.

Through this incident, Mu Chenze also summed up an experience.

That's because Chu Xuan couldn't bear to see him get hurt, and couldn't bear to hear him say where it hurt.

As long as he cries out in pain, I won’t argue with him at all and will always put him first.

Where can I find such a good daughter-in-law?

He must cherish it.

Two minutes later, Mu Chenze took Chu Xuan's hand and walked into the main room.

The Mu family is all here.

Now there was no need to announce it, everyone knew that Chu Xuan agreed to date Xiaoze.

There was almost simultaneous applause in agreement.

However, Mu Chenze still officially announced, "Mom and Dad, Big Brother and Sister-in-law, Xiao Xuan has agreed to date me today. Please, Mom, pick a date for the engagement as soon as possible."

Qin Mahua was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. "Okay. I'll go find someone to pick a date tomorrow morning. You two should have decided long ago!"

Applause broke out again in the main room.

Mu Qinlao and Mu Chenfu grinned.

Fu Qing covered his mouth and laughed.

Chu Xuan and Mu Chenze looked at each other with shy smiles on their faces.

Chu Xuan had already agreed to date Mu Chenze, and engagement was a matter of time. She was willing to listen to Aunt Qin and politely called out to everyone, "Uncle, Aunt, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law..."

They agreed one after another, followed by another round of laughter.

Qin Mahua returned to the bedroom, took out the gifts she had prepared in advance, and returned to the main room.

"Today is the first time Xiaoxuan comes to visit as Xiaoze's girlfriend. I don't have anything nice to give her, so I'll give her a silver bracelet."

There are beautiful patterns engraved on the silver bracelet, and a word "Ze".

Fu Qing liked her mother-in-law from the bottom of her heart and treated her equally. When she first came to visit, she was given a silver bracelet with the word "Fu" engraved on it.

Chu Xuan happily took it and put it on his right wrist.

Wearing a watch and a bracelet on your left hand can easily cause scratches.

She knew Fu Qing also had one.

In her previous life, Qin Mahua had given her a silver bracelet, but she sold it. When Qin Mahua found out later, she was very angry.

Chu Xuan will keep it well in this life.

Chu Xuan thanked Aunt Qin with a smile. Since she hadn't brought any gifts for everyone, she had to show her support. "I'll bring gifts for our family members another day."

Fu Qing smiled and reminded, "Don't worry, just wait until the day of the engagement to give it to you. I did the same thing then. Chen Fu, Dad, and I didn't have time to prepare a gift for you today, so we'll make up for it when the time comes."

Chu Xuan knew that her sister-in-law was helping her save money.

Here, when getting engaged, you must give gifts to the husband's family.

Send it in advance, and send another one when getting engaged.

In fact, she was happy to spend money on Mu Chenze's family, but considering that her elder sister-in-law gave gifts to her family on the day of engagement, it was inconvenient for her to do so in advance. In the future, she would just follow her elder sister-in-law's lead in matters concerning her husband's family.

In her previous life, she had often lost face for her sister-in-law, so she must respect her sister-in-law in this life.

"Okay, thank you for the reminder, sister-in-law!"

Fu Qing waved his hands repeatedly to indicate that you’re welcome.

Qin Mahua clapped her hands on her thighs and said, "I was so happy that I forgot to ask Xiaoxuan and Xiaoze if they had dinner."

Mu Chenze pretended to be aggrieved, "Mom, why did you just remember this? Neither of us had eaten."

Qin Mahua pointed cheerfully at the kitchen, "Start cooking right away! Everyone, have dinner with Xiaoze and Xiaoxuan tonight!"

Fu Qing was very happy to help. After all, he could have a good meal. "I'll go wash the vegetables and kill the fish."

Qin Mahua warned, "Xiao Xuan is taking Chinese medicine and can't eat seafood. Let's make meat dishes, shall we?"

Mu Chenze said, "She can eat today. She doesn't need to take Chinese medicine in the past few days."

Qin Mahua smiled meaningfully, "Great! We can arrange both meat and seafood."

Chu Xuan hurriedly said, "Aunt Qin, just a bowl of hand-rolled noodles will be fine. Don't make it too much trouble."

Qin Mahua responded enthusiastically, "That's definitely not possible. This is your first time coming to my house as Xiaoze's girlfriend, so I have to treat you with good food and good wine. Your sister-in-law did the same then. I'll treat you equally, and that'll make me feel comfortable."

I have a refrigerator at home with pork belly, seafood and other things in it, so it’s definitely no problem to cook a table of dishes.

Chu Xuan knew that treating her equally was just an excuse, but it actually showed his appreciation for her.

"Then I'll go help in the kitchen."

Get up and go into the kitchen.

She was stopped by Qin Mahua and Fu Qing, who asked her to talk to Mu Chenze.

Qin Mahua arranged Mu Qinlao and Mu Chenfu, one was responsible for killing and plucking the chickens, and the other was responsible for making a fire.

Unable to resist, Chu Xuan had to return to Mu Chenze.

The task Qin Mahua assigned them was to chat.

Mu Chenze took the initiative to peel an apple for her. Thinking of his injury, she immediately took the apple and the fruit knife and said, "Let me do it! How do you know I haven't taken Chinese medicine these days?"