Inside the private room, Chu Yi and his family questioned Fei Jie about various aspects of his life: family, career, salary, relatives and friends...
As night deepened, everyone finished their meal and left the hotel.
Qian Liyan said, "Xiao Jie, you go first."
Chu Yi spoke up: "I'll go with Fei Jie."
Ye Shan grabbed Chu Yi: "We just arrived in Shanghai, shouldn't you arrange for us to stay at your place?"
Fei Jie remained calm, hailed a taxi, and then left.
Once the taxi disappeared from sight, Chu Yi turned around and said, "Mom and Dad, how could you treat Fei Jie like that? He's my boyfriend."
During the banquet, she noticed that her parents did not treat Fei Jie as their son-in-law, but rather as an enemy.
Qian Liyan said, "Yiyi, you should break up with Fei Jie."
"I don't want to!" Chu Yi's voice rose eight octaves. "Fei Jie is the man I love, I don't want to break up with him."
“There’s a huge gap between you two. You’re a celebrity, and he’s just an ordinary teacher. Your daily expenses are his monthly salary. You live in Zhonghai Mingyuan, while he can’t even afford a house.” Ye Shan advised her sister-in-law, “Love is beautiful, but reality is cruel. After marriage, the daily necessities like rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea will be a huge expense.”
“I can make money!” Chu Yi replied. “Besides, my brother is so rich, and he can still be with his wife and be so loving to this day, so why can’t Fei Jie and I?”
“Xiao Fang is different,” Chu Hong said. “Xiao Fang is a boy, and Yueyue is a girl. In traditional culture, men earn money to support the family, and women are beautiful. This is normal, but we cannot reverse the natural order.”
Chu Yi retorted, "If that's the case, then at home my sister-in-law controls my brother, and he does whatever she says. Doesn't that go against the natural order?"
"That's because your brother was being accommodating to your sister-in-law."
Chu Yi said a lot, but he couldn't change the opinions of his parents, his older brother, and Ye Shan.
Helpless, she shook her head and said, "No, my life cannot be arranged by you. For the past ten years or so, I was a 'spiritual young woman' and never listened to you. And today, I will not listen either."
After saying that, Chu Yi hailed a taxi, left his parents behind, and left the place immediately.
Chu Hong, Qian Liyan, Chu Yongquan, and Ye Shan looked at each other, each seeing helplessness in the other's eyes.
They didn't want to ruin Chu Yi's relationship, but as people who had been through it all, they knew one thing: "marrying someone of equal social standing" is not a neutral term, nor is it a derogatory term, but rather a positive one.
They hoped that Chu Yi's future marriage would be happy, rather than discovering that the two were not suitable for each other seven or eight years after marriage and after having children, which would be even more tragic.
... ...
"Oh, sir, you haven't paid yet."
"Oh, oh." Fei Jie turned around and swiped a hundred-yuan note for the driver.
"Hey, sir, you swept too much." The foreman scratched his head, watching Fei Jie's departing figure. "What's wrong with that kid? He seems distracted."
When Fei Jie got home, he lay down on the sofa and stared at the ceiling.
The door to the next room opened, and my roommate came out, her voice booming: "Hey, isn't this the big star's rumored boyfriend?"
Why are you back so late?
"Did you go on another secret rendezvous with a big star?"
"As your friend and roommate, hearing this news was like... ...a thousand arrows piercing my heart."
"You really found a big star as your girlfriend."
"How did you find her? Give me some tips on finding girls, Dad, I'll kneel down for you." My roommate immediately knelt down.
There was no other way; I was so anxious and hungry.
Among these math majors, there are very few female students and the male students have never been in a relationship. They desperately need Fei Jie as a guiding light in their lives.
"Sigh..." Fei Jie sighed deeply, "Perhaps, Chu Yi and I will never see each other again."
"What's going on?" My roommate straightened up.
Fei Jie did not answer.
Tonight, he could clearly sense the attitude of Chu Yi's family towards him; they were obviously not satisfied, and their words implied that they hoped the two of them would break up.
He knew that his family background was vastly different from Chu Yi's; this was a reality.
Fei Jie was stunned.
Suddenly, the phone rang; it was Chu Yi.
He answered the phone: "Why are you calling me again?"
"I'm your girlfriend, why can't I call you?" Chu Yi said loudly. "Come down right now, I want to talk to you."
"I don't want to talk."
"If you don't come down, I'll come up."
Fei Jie had no choice but to go downstairs. Under the streetlights, he saw Chu Yi pacing back and forth around the car.
Upon seeing her boyfriend, Chu Yi quickly ran over and said, "Why didn't you answer according to the script we had prepared?"
Before meeting Chu Yi's family today, Chu Yi and Fei Jie concocted a story, embellishing Fei Jie's identity to please Chu Yi's family.
However, later on, Fei Jie answered honestly and did not say what was in the script.
When asked, Fei Jie replied, "You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever."
“I still hope to present a more authentic version of myself to your family. If your family is not satisfied, we should break up as soon as possible so that you won’t be hurt too deeply.”
"You still think you're right?" Chu Yi retorted, "No matter what, we should have covered it up first and dealt with it later, instead of making decisions on our own like you do. Do you even care about me? Do you even care about what's between us?"
Fei Jie: "Sorry."
"It's too late to apologize now!" Chu Yi said. "My family wants me to break up with you. What do you think I should do?"
Fei Jie lowered his head: "If you want to split it, I'm fine with anything."
"And what about you?"
"I will no longer date. I will focus on mathematics, which is the simplest thing in the world."
Chu Yi was initially furious, but seeing her boyfriend's condition, her anger vanished instantly.
Chu Yi took Fei Jie's arm and said, "Let's let this matter go today, but you can't act on your own in the future."
"What about your parents wanting us to break up?" Fei Jie asked.
“Do you think I’ll just listen to what they say? Do you think I’m that filial? If I had that kind of filial piety, I would have gone to a better university long ago and would be working at a bank now, just coasting along, instead of being a singer.”
Chu Yi is not someone who can be easily manipulated, not in the past, and not now.
She can travel thousands of kilometers from home to Shanghai, and she can also do outrageous things for love.
“However, I don’t want to fall out with my parents.” Chu Yi stroked his chin. “I still have to win them back.”
"Then what should I do?"
"Hmm... ...maybe I should ask Chu Lao Er for help. He can persuade my parents and my brother and sister-in-law."
Chu Yi thought about it more and more and felt that it was possible to do it.
Chu Fang single-handedly changed the entire Chu family's situation. Chu Yongquan Company was built with Chu Fang's help, and his parents also benefited from Chu Fang's kindness. He himself was also trained by Chu Fang.
Although Chu Hong holds the highest position in the entire Chu family, he will still agree with whatever Chu Fang says.
Chu Yi slapped his thigh: "It's settled then. You'll come with me to find Chu Lao Er tomorrow."
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Fei Jie was stunned. "Maybe we should just forget about it?"
He was already struggling to cope with Chu Yi's parents, brother, and sister-in-law, and he also had to find the ultimate boss of the Chu family. He felt immense pressure.
Do you want to break up?
"go!"
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