My mom stopped what she was doing, looked at me with a strange expression, and then asked, "What exactly do you mean... Talk to me properly."

"Tell me first... what do you think of her?"

My mother replied coldly, "The thought of Lu Jia all alone in Chengdu... makes me uncomfortable looking at anyone... Son, you have to understand your father and me... You know what kind of girl we like... If a girl comes from a good family, even if we marry above our station, we'll still be considered inferior in her family... Your father and I don't care, since we don't live there... But with your proud and arrogant personality... can you handle it?... Trust me, there will be so many little frictions and trivial matters after marriage... If you can't take the lead in this family... you absolutely won't be able to stand it!"

I laughed: "Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Mom isn't lying at all... There's a perfect example right here in our county... Zhang Peiming, do you know him?"

"I know him. He was the richest man in our county many years ago."

My mom nodded and replied, "His daughter got married last year... The groom is just an ordinary guy... Zhang Peiming gave his daughter a car as a dowry, something like... a Land Rover... and then he didn't care about anything else... The young couple drove it for a while, but now they can't even afford gas... The boy takes the bus to work every day... He's almost become the laughing stock of the whole county... Everyone laughs at him, saying he's living off a woman but can't even eat well..."

At this point, my mother grabbed my hand again and said earnestly, "Child, Lu Jia is a good girl who can fight alongside you... What you both achieve through hard work truly belongs to you... Don't let temptations blind you... That girl's words are sweet... but you need to be discerning... A girl like her will always have admirers... What if one day she gets tired of you and wants to be capricious?... How old are you now... Is there any way back?" (To chat with more like-minded people about "My Tenant Miss," follow us on WeChat to read the novel, discuss life, and find kindred spirits~)