With both families having finished their discussions, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue, the couple, finally felt relieved.
Next, taking advantage of their rare trip to Shanghai, the two of them took their elders on a trip.
Both families' elders lived inland and had never seen the sea, so Chu rented a yacht and went out to sea.
The sun was high in the sky, and the sea and sky seemed to merge into one line.
Wuhu~~~
"Hehe..."
"Mom, smile more, I'll take your picture."
Chu's mother was the happiest, taking photos to remember when she was old.
Grandma Chu was a little tired, so she went back to the yacht to sleep, leaving Chu's mother looking down at the sea. She had the idea of jumping in.
"Do you think the sea is deep?" she asked the captain.
"Unfathomable depths."
"Will I survive if I jump?"
"Madam, can you swim?"
"Won't."
"... ...it must be difficult."
no!
This is the ocean, with its rolling waves that have drowned countless people, and yet you ask such a question.
The captain's lips twitched as he went into the yacht. Zhong Tingyue stepped out in a simple yet elegant long dress, her hair fluttering in the sea breeze, like a daughter of the sea.
Chu's mother glanced at it secretly, then pretended to admire the beautiful sea view. Suddenly, she glanced at it secretly again, and her eyes met Zhong Tingyue's. Their eyes met.
"Hmph! Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Auntie, you look beautiful."
"...Cough cough cough." Mother Chu coughed a few times to calm her agitated emotions. "Although you are praising me, I will not accept it."
Zhong Tingyue pursed her lips and said, "Auntie, I'm not just flattering you. To be honest, you are really beautiful. Even today, you can still tell that you used to be a great beauty."
"That's right!" Upon hearing this, Chu's mother raised her chin, extremely proud. "Back then, so many boys chased after me..."
Chu's mother recounted her past experiences with great pride, while Zhong Tingyue said quietly, "Actually, I was just joking."
“... ..."
Chu's mother froze, her face showing slight twitching.
Seeing her future mother-in-law's demeanor, Zhong Tingyue found it quite amusing, as if she were facing a capricious young girl whose emotions were so unpredictable that she could manipulate her with whatever she said.
In the past, she always thought about how to get closer to each other, but after spending more time together, Zhong Tingyue realized that perhaps there was no need to deliberately try to get closer or to flatter her; it was enough to treat each other with a normal attitude.
Chu's mother glared at her, squeezing out two words through gritted teeth: "You're bad!"
Zhong Tingyue leaned against the railing, watching Chu Fang, Chu's father, and Zhong Ping fishing below, and said, "Auntie, there's something I've been wondering about that I can't figure out. Can I ask you about it?"
Chu's mother immediately replied, "No!"
Zhong Tingyue seemed not to hear his reply and continued, "When we first met, you had no prejudice or hostility towards me. You were very warm to me and even gave me a necklace. But why did your attitude change the second time we met?"
She couldn't understand it. When she came to Shanghai last year, Chu's mother was really very warm and a wonderful mother-in-law. The two of them even became sworn sisters. But the second time they met was when Chu's maternal grandfather passed away, and Chu's mother seemed to have become a completely different person.
She didn't believe the reason given that it was because of Chu Fang's maternal grandfather's passing.
And if it's the so-called fear of being bullied, that doesn't hold water. Chu's mother is no pushover; she won't be bullied so easily.
Moreover, everyone in the family dotes on her, and no one dares to bully her.
Upon hearing this, Chu's mother tilted her head and asked, "Want to know?"
"certainly."
“I won’t tell,” Chu’s mother said, enunciating each word clearly. “Unless you beg me.”
"Then I don't want to know."
I beg you.
Chu's mother immediately turned around, looked at the boundless sea, thought for a few seconds, and said softly, "Actually, I'm not ready to be a mother-in-law yet. I want to postpone your wedding as much as possible so that you have more time to learn how to be a good mother-in-law."
Her voice was very soft, and it drifted away into the air, but it happened to echo in Zhong Tingyue's ears. She slightly raised her beautiful eyebrows, pursed her lips, and the two remained silent.
Cheers erupted from below shortly afterward.
Zhong Ping caught a big fish and struggled to drag it onto the boat. Chu Fang held the fish and felt its weight: "At least fifty pounds."
Chu's father, a seasoned angler, had never caught such a heavy fish before. He gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Amazing!"
Zhong Ping patted the top of his shoe and said dismissively, "It's nothing."
"cut!"
... ...
For the next period of time, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue showed the two elders what a prosperous Shanghai was like, where the air was filled with the smell of money.
Zhong Tingyue took Chu's mother, Gao Ruoyun, and Chu Fang's maternal grandmother on various trips, buying clothes and shopping for the elderly, while Chu Fang took the men to play golf, ride horses, and experience various so-called aristocratic activities.
But everyone here is just an ordinary person, living an ordinary life, and they're not really interested in these projects for the wealthy. Zhong Ping then suggested that he wanted to go to a bar to check it out.
Chu Fang consulted his future mother-in-law, and to his surprise, Gao Ruoyun didn't care that her husband went to bars. In her words, "Even though resources were scarce in the past, Zhong Ping didn't necessarily play less than young people do nowadays."
To this, Chu Fang could only say: Impressive!
Under the cover of night, Chu Fang leaned against the bar, watching his future father-in-law swaying wildly in the center of the dance floor, as if he were the center of the world.
Sure enough... there was a reason for the high birth rate back then.
Ren Feiping slowly withdrew his gaze and smiled: "Bringing your future father-in-law to a bar, that's... quite humorous."
He shrugged: "No way, huh?"
“Okay, no problem.” Ren Feiping nodded, then suddenly sighed, “Time flies. I can’t believe you and that fairy sister are already meeting each other’s parents. Time really flies.”
"Yes." Chu Fang's consciousness seemed to return to a year ago.
When I first met Zhong Tingyue, my frozen heart suddenly stirred, and the world suddenly became bright.
After a long while, he returned to the real world, looked at Ren Feiping, and asked, "What about you? Still single?"
“If you had asked me last month, I would have said I’d be single my whole life, but if you asked me today, my answer would be, I’ve found true love.” Ren Feiping said earnestly.
Chu Fang was quite surprised. He didn't expect that this 'scumbag' would also find true love. It was really strange. Ren Feiping turned around, beckoned with his finger, and then a woman walked over. She was fair-skinned, beautiful, and had long legs. Her appearance was above average, and she had a faint smile on her face.
Ren Feiping said, "Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, Zou He."
Chu Fang nodded: "I am Chu Fang, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Hello."
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