Chapter 73 Lying?

Chen Yao'an did not ask him what the answer was.

Before going to the Chen family's house, Xu Jialan insisted on taking her to the mall, saying that she couldn't go to her house empty-handed.

"You've been there so many times, do you still need to bring things?"

“This time is different.”

"How are they different?"

Xu Jialan laughed, "Of course it's different. This time I went there with the goal of pleasing your grandmother and then marrying you."

Chen Yao'an raised her hand and punched him in the chest, "Who wants to marry you!"

"Of course it can only be you."

She didn't respond, but changed the subject, saying, "Let's hurry up and finish shopping before heading back."

She walked quickly forward.

After shopping, the two went to the Chen family's house together.

At the entrance of the Chen family's residence.

Just as Chen Yaoan was about to push the door open, Xu Jialan stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Jialan straightened her clothes, turned around and asked her, "How are you? Should I go back and change?"

Chen Yaoan glanced at him; he was handsome and dashing.

"No need to change it, it's fine as it is."

"Are you sure you don't need to?" His voice was a little strained.

"Really, you don't need to."

He cleared his throat before saying, "Then let's go in."

She pushed open the door.

Yan Shumei and Zhou Yao were sitting in the living room watching TV when they entered hand in hand.

Yan Shumei's face darkened the moment she saw Xu Jialan, and she lost all interest in watching TV, snapping the remote control shut and turning it off.

This made Zhou Yao somewhat unhappy.

Chen Yaoan quickly let go of her hand.

"What are you doing here?" Yan Shumei stared at Xu Jialan. "Don't you know you're not welcome in our home? If you don't leave, I'll beat you out with my cane."

"Grandma, please don't get angry yet. You're just worried that Yao'an will go to Beijing with me. That's why I came here today."

Yan Shumei's emotions finally calmed down. "What do you want to say?"

Xu Jialan and Yan Shumei went to Chen Yaoan's room.

Chen Yaoan coaxed Zhou Yao and let her watch TV in the living room before going into the bedroom.

"Grandma, I won't take Yao'an to Beijing, and I won't go back to Beijing. I've decided to stay in Dai County from now on."

Even though she had already expected it, Chen Yao'an's heart still pounded wildly when she heard him say it in person.

He really wants to stay in Dai County.

Yan Shumei was also shocked, and unconsciously leaned towards Xu Jialan. "Are you really going to stay here for our Yao'an and not go back?"

Xu Jialan nodded firmly, "Yes."

Will your family agree?

“I don’t get along with them, and I don’t need their approval.”

...

After leaving the Chen family home, Chen Yao'an asked him, "Are you really determined to stay here?"

"certainly."

"Then you'd better not regret it later."

"How could I regret it?"

Chen Yao'an smiled, but she knew very well that she didn't expect Xu Jialan to really give up such a large family business for her.

But she is still very happy that he has made this decision.

"As long as you don't regret it."

one

Since that day when they met Yan Shumei together, the two no longer hid their relationship.

As usual, Xu Jialan picked up Chen Yaoan from get off work at the store in the afternoon. When they arrived home, the car was parked directly on Xiaxin Street, and the two of them got out of the car together.

Several elderly men and women were sitting on the roadside chatting, and their eyes were all on the two of them.

With so many eyes watching them, Chen Yaoan felt a little awkward for a moment.

Xu Jialan walked up to her and took her hand.

Startled, Chen Yao'an instinctively tried to shake him off, asking, "What are you doing? Are there so many people?"

"What's there to be afraid of? We're perfectly innocent right now."

Xu Jialan pulled her forward, and as they passed by, he greeted everyone, saying, "Are you all chatting here?"

Everyone responded somewhat awkwardly, "Yeah, just got off work?"

"Yes, I just got off work."

Xu Jialan chatted with them warmly for a few minutes before pulling her away.

After they walked away, whispers arose from the crowd.

"It looks like they're really dating."

"It's obviously true. They're both good-looking and quite well-matched."

"It's a pity the young man is from out of town. I don't know if the old lady of the Chen family will agree."

Everyone chimed in with their own comments.

When they arrived at Xu Jialan's house, Chen Yaoan didn't let go of his hand and said, "Come to my house for dinner tonight."

"May I?"

Although Yan Shumei didn't say anything in the end that day, she probably still felt some rejection towards him.

"Let's go. You've made such a big decision, she won't be indifferent."

So the two of them went to the Chen family's house hand in hand, and as soon as they entered, they bumped into Yan Shumei standing in the courtyard.

Yan Shumei glanced at them, then turned her head away without saying a word, and went about her business.

Seeing this, the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yaoan said, "I'm going to make dinner. Grandma, Xu Jialan is staying at our house for dinner today."

"Hmm," Yan Shumei replied indifferently.

While cooking, Chen Yaoan and Xu Jialan went into the kitchen together, and the two joked and teased each other as they cooked.

Yan Shumei stood in the courtyard for a few moments, then, finding it unbearable to look at, turned and went inside.

After dinner, Xu Jialan took the initiative to wash the dishes, showing great attentiveness.

After washing the dishes, Xu Jialan went to Yan Shumei and asked, "Grandma, is there anything else I can help you with?"

This time, Yan Shumei pointed to the recliner in the living room and said, "Could you help me move this chair to my bedroom?"

Xu Jialan readily agreed and helped her move the chair to the bedroom.

"Grandma, is there anything else?"

"That's all. Go do whatever you need to do." She sat down in the chair.

Xu Jialan smiled, agreed, and left.

The two had arranged to go to the movies together that evening, so Chen Yaoan changed her clothes and walked out with Xu Jialan.

Passing by Yan Shumei's bedroom, seeing that the door was open, Chen Yaoan said to her, "Grandma, we're going out to see a movie. We'll be back later. I've already told my mom, and she'll go to sleep by herself."

Yan Shumei lay on the recliner, her eyes half-open, looking at them for a long time before finally instructing, "Come back soon."

"Okay," Chen Yaoan readily agreed.

As Chen Yaoan led Xu Jialan out the door, she was in a good mood. "It seems Grandma has finally given in."

Xu Jialan finally relaxed, saying, "It's good that you've agreed."

This made him quite nervous.

—

The two were finally able to date openly and spent almost every day together, but this period of time did not last long.

Xu Jialan suddenly became extremely busy, working overtime most of the evenings and weekends, and Chen Yaoan sometimes wouldn't see him for several days in a row.

That evening, Xu Jialan stayed at the company to work overtime as usual.

Chen Yao'an had the key he had left for her, so she opened the door and went to his house to wait for him.

I never expected that I would have to wait until midnight.

When he returned, Chen Yaoan was sitting on the sofa and almost fell asleep. Hearing the door open, she woke up immediately, rubbed her face, and looked at Xu Jialan who had entered.

"You're back."

Seeing how tired she looked, Xu Jialan went over and hugged her. "How long have you been here? Why don't you go back to sleep?"

Chen Yaoan glanced at the time; it was almost one in the morning. "Why are you so late coming back?"

"There's nothing I can do, the company is just too busy." His voice sounded exhausted.

She looked up at his face; his eyes were lifeless, and his skin was somewhat sallow. "Why do you look so tired? Didn't I hear the construction industry is in a slump lately? Why is your company so busy?"

Xu Jialan was stunned for a moment.

"It's probably because our company has a competitive advantage in the industry that we haven't been greatly affected."

"Really?" Chen Yaoan had no way of verifying it, and only said to him, "Then you should still pay attention to resting."

“I know,” he replied, then yawned.

"You should rest now, I'm going back first." She reached out and hugged him before walking towards the door.

Halfway there, she turned back and asked him, "Are you going to work overtime this weekend?"

"What's wrong?" Xu Jialan asked, her tired eyelids drooping as if she could fall asleep at any moment.

"Of course I want to go out with you. We haven't gone out together in ages."

"Sorry, I have to work overtime this weekend." He said helplessly.

Chen Yao'an was a little disappointed, but quickly composed herself and said, "Never mind then."

Xu Jialan touched her cheek apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'll definitely make it up to you later."

"It's okay, you go ahead with your work, I'll head back now."

He nodded.

Chen Yaoan couldn't get an appointment with Xu Jialan, but she did manage to get an appointment with Shi Xinyu. Unlike her, Shi Xinyu had someone watching the shop for her, so it didn't matter if she didn't go.

After Chen Yaoan got off work, the two had dinner together and then strolled around the mall for a while.

Unexpectedly, they ran into an acquaintance, Xu Jialan's colleague.

Chen Qing noticed Chen Yao'an first and took the initiative to go up and greet her, "Chen Yao'an?"

Chen Yao'an looked over at the sound and recognized him. They had met at the hotel before. "Hello, what a coincidence."

He was holding a little girl's hand.

“This is my daughter.” He bowed and beckoned to her, “Say hello to your auntie.”

"Hello, Auntie," she greeted sweetly.

"Hello." She looked at Chen Qing. "You're shopping too?"

"Yes, we came as a family of three. Her mother went to the restroom."

Didn't Xu Jialan say that his company was very busy? How does he have time to go shopping with his family?

"Isn't your company very busy? Xu Jialan has been working overtime every day lately, why aren't you working overtime?"

"Overtime?" Chen Qing was confused by the question. "Our company isn't busy lately, there are very few projects, so there's no need for overtime at all. He left with us after get off work today."

This time, Chen Yaoan was completely confused. Had he lied to her?

What does he do when he goes home so late every day?