"Although He Ru won't be able to marry into the family, she's still a good girl. I heard Zheng Qi has graduated, and he's probably in his mid-twenties now." He Rong looked up at the sky and calculated their ages. "He Ru is only three years older than Zheng Qi. As the saying goes, 'A woman three years older brings good fortune.' Zheng Qi doesn't have a girlfriend either, and I think he's a kind and honest guy. The two of them would be a perfect match..."
She extended two index fingers, slowly brought them together, and said, "Let's make a pair."
As she spoke, He Rong covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.
Zheng Youguo: "......"
"You've become addicted to being a matchmaker." Zheng Youguo didn't have a good impression of He Ru. If it were any other family's child being set up by He Rong, he wouldn't care. But this time it was still a good son of the Zheng family, so he couldn't help but stop it.
“Zheng Qi is now the vice president and needs to focus on his career. He doesn’t have time for romance,” Zheng Youguo immediately thought of a scapegoat. “I remember Old Xu has a son, what’s his name… I can’t remember. He’s come to our house for dinner before. I’ve seen him. He’s a good young man.”
“The Xu family is quite well-off.” He Rong clapped her hands. “Both of them are good. I want to introduce them to my goddaughter. She can choose whichever one she likes.”
Zheng Youguo: "..." I'm really sorry to the Xu family and my elder brother's family.
......
Su Jin led Zheng Lin back and forth in the back garden twice. She turned around and glanced at Zheng Lin, who was slowly following her, and said, "Don't move."
Zheng Lin stopped in his tracks.
"Let me recite a passage from my textbook for you," Su Jin cleared her throat and recited a passage from a high school textbook.
Zheng Lin was puzzled, but he didn't ask. After all, he was a patient who needed care and attention, and he could only wait passively for her.
Seeing that Zheng Lin didn't smile, Su Jin recited another ancient poem for him. Zheng Lin's eyes remained calm, and he didn't show any emotion after listening to it.
"Why don't you have any reaction at all?" Su Jin frowned, looking troubled. "When we were in school, you would always smile happily whenever I recited something, your lips always turned up. Why aren't you smiling now? Do you think I'm not reciting it well?"
Zheng Lin: "......"
He used to hope that she would focus on her studies, and he always urged her to study. Every time he saw her forced to memorize her lessons, he found her adorable and couldn't help but smile.
But now he can't laugh.
As long as he smiled, Su Jin would think he was better, and that she wouldn't be seen at the Zheng family's house the next day. She would then throw herself back into the film crew and work hard on her acting.
It seemed that her heart could only hold him, not her acting.
Zheng Lin was a little jealous about this.
He never imagined that the object of his jealousy would shift from a tangible thing like "people" to an intangible ideal like "acting".
Seeing that he was in a daze, Su Jin directly used her hand to pull up one corner of his mouth.
It looked strange, like a wicked smile. She thought for a moment and then lifted the other corner of his mouth as well.
"I always see it like this in TV dramas, it's so funny, hahaha." Su Jin didn't make Zheng Lin laugh, but she laughed so hard she almost fell over.
After she finished laughing, she reached out to help Zheng Lin lift the corners of his mouth again, and laughed out loud again, "It's really ugly, hahaha, anyone would look ugly doing that."
Zheng Lin: "......"
Zheng Lin looked down at Su Jin, who was still bent over and laughing. When she looked up, their eyes met.
The next moment, Zheng Lin also placed his finger on Su Jin's lips, but instead of lifting it up, he did the opposite, pulling her lips down.
Zheng Lin suddenly covered the lower half of his face, and beneath his palm was the corner of his mouth that he couldn't suppress from turning up.
He couldn't let her see him smile.
Seeing him cover his mouth and nose, Su Jin glanced at the flowers around them and said, "Is your nose bothering you? Are you having an allergic reaction? I'll take you back to your room to rest."
She grabbed his wrist, found a car nearby, and took him back.
Two maids placed the flowers at the back of the car and whispered to each other, "Did the second young master just smile?"
"You must be mistaken. The second young master is so seriously ill that he won't recover in a day or two."
They turned and continued picking flowers, just as He Ru walked towards them.
"Hello, Miss He Ru."
He Ru said unhappily, "From now on, you should change how you address me. My wedding with your second young master is approaching, and I will be your second young mistress from now on. You should call me second young mistress, not Miss He Ru. Do you understand?"
This change in address put the maid in a difficult position.
Everyone knows that Su Jin is the second young mistress. No matter who the second young master is nominally engaged to or married to, Su Jin has not yet divorced the second young master, and the master has not yet given any instructions. No one would dare to change the way they address Su Jin without permission.
Moreover, Su Jin, as the second young mistress, has always been kind and approachable, even towards the maids. However, in their hearts, Miss He Ru is far inferior to Su Jin.
"I'm sorry, Miss He Ru." After saying this, the maid pulled another maid along, carrying a basket, and hurriedly went into the depths of the garden.
Seeing that even the servants of the Zheng family treated her so badly, He Ru went directly to her godmother to complain.
He Rong was having afternoon tea, and had only touched a small piece of the dessert on the table. When she saw He Ru angrily criticizing the maid, she changed her mind and said, "They are just maids, why do you have to make things difficult for them? Besides, the second young mistress may not be suitable for you. You are in the prime of your life, you shouldn't be fixated on just one person."
Her godmother had always been her biggest supporter, so He Ru thought she had misunderstood.
But the next second, He Rong took out two photos and showed them to He Ru.
"Look at this first picture, it's my nephew, Zheng Qi. He just graduated and is now the vice president of our group."
"And this second one is also a promising young man. He's the son of my friend Lao Zheng's friend, named Xu Jingzhi, and he works at the police station."
He Ru had seen and knew both of the men in these two photos.
He Ru: "Godmother, are you trying to introduce me to someone?"
"Young people should get to know more people of the opposite sex and not waste their youth."
“But I’m already engaged to Zheng Lin, so I don’t need to meet any other men.”
"Ru'er." He Rong didn't want to say it, the truth was too hurtful, but she didn't want He Ru to continue living a dream that could never come true.
She stared at He Ru for two seconds, "Zheng Lin will probably break off the engagement with you soon. You should also start looking for other candidates as soon as possible. You're not young anymore, and I hope you can find a good family to marry into."
He Ru shook her head. "I only want to marry Zheng Lin. Godmother, Zheng Lin hasn't said he wants to break off the engagement. I finally got a glance from him, I can't give up like this..."
He Rong: "Ru'er, I'm not trying to discourage you, but if you want to keep pursuing this path, don't hurt yourself."
......
The maid told the housekeeper everything she had heard, and the housekeeper then relayed the information to Zheng Youguo.
Zheng Youguo nodded. "She's finally come to her senses. Let her be. If He Ru loses her backing to marry Zheng Lin, she'll calm down a bit."
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