Meet the parents
Fortunately, I finally received a call from the gold shop owner before going to bed.
She said that someone in her family was sick, so she was too busy to go to the store, and that the store would be open for half a day tomorrow morning. She asked her if she had time to go and pick up the gold bracelet she had ordered.
This must be done when you have time! Otherwise it will be too late.
The family the young boss was talking about should be the old boss who was sitting in the rocking chair in front of the store listening to the radio.
After making an appointment with the owner of the gold shop, Chen Jin lay on the bed, his mind blank for a long time. After a long time, he turned his head around and around, and finally turned his head to the pillow. He patted the soft and warm quilt and said, "Go to sleep!"
The next morning, Chen Jin called Shen Baichuan and said that she had to go out early to the gold shop, and asked him if he wanted to go out with her.
It took a long time before I heard him say "hmm".
"Well, do you mean you want to go out together?" Chen Jin frowned and looked at the phone. What's wrong with this guy?
The next second, Shen Baichuan’s hoarse voice, as if his throat had been torn apart, was heard, “Let’s go out together.”
"......Okay, stop talking." The voice was harsh. He was fine at dinner last night... No, he didn't say much at dinner in the Rose Garden last night. She thought he was not used to eating with people from her village.
For some reason, she thought Shen Baichuan's voice was particularly funny.
But even though she was grinning while holding the phone, she still didn't laugh out loud.
"Have you caught a cold? Have you taken any medicine?"
"Yeah." Shen Baichuan on the other end of the phone wanted to nod in response, but found that this was a phone call and she couldn't see it, so she could only respond with difficulty in her voice.
"Okay, okay, no need to talk anymore. Then pack up, we're ready to go out. Well, don't answer, I'm hanging up."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Jin was about to change her shoes when she saw Daju sitting on the sofa and staring at her.
"Can I take you to play with Dahuang? Okay, it's settled then." Chen Jin rubbed Daju, then got up to look for his shoes.
He was still mumbling, "It's not raining today, so I won't wear boots. What should I wear..."
Chen Jin stood by the car, shaking the key ring, and waited for almost two minutes, and the door of Shen Baichuan's house finally opened a crack.
Shen Baichuan was wearing a suit inside and a black coat outside, with a stern face. At first glance, he still looked cool and aloof.
If she hadn't called him this morning to talk to him, she wouldn't have realized that he was almost unable to speak.
She didn't wear enough when she went out yesterday and thought she caught a cold, so she drank some cold medicine when she came back last night. She guessed that Shen Baichuan must have caught a cold outside yesterday.
If you have a cold, it is easy to cause hoarseness of the throat.
But Shen Baichuan's situation is a bit too serious.
Chen Jin looked at his black coat, then at his own beige coat, and suddenly thought of the Black and White Impermanence... How could he have such an outrageous thought? !
Laughing secretly, haha.
Opening the car door for him considerately, Shen Baichuan looked at her helplessly, and was about to speak when she was stopped by Chen Jin, “Okay, you don’t have to talk today, protect your voice, you still have to go to class on Monday, Teacher Shen.”
She didn't want to listen to the hoarse sound of Zila Zila anymore.
After getting in the car, Chen Jin reached out and put his hand on his forehead, and put his other hand on his own forehead, "You don't have a fever, maybe you just have a cold."
Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, she met Daju's big eyes. She understood and checked the temperature of Daju's forehead, saying, "Very good, you don't have a fever, nor do you have a cold."
Then go out.
She couldn't remember the last time they were so quiet in a car.
In this car, some people have a cold and can't speak, and some cats can't speak at all. She should just be quiet and stop irritating them.
I first drove to the old gold shop and almost thought it was closed again. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the door was only half open.
Chen Jin didn’t let Shen Baichuan and Daju get off the car, he got off to get the things, and came back in less than five minutes.
Before leaving, she took a closer look at the sign of the old gold shop. The fat orange guy was not there, and the old man who used to listen to the radio leisurely was not there. She felt that this was not the old gold shop she was familiar with.
Then he went back to the company gate and greeted Uncle Zheng Wang.
"No need to open the door. I want to leave the big orange here and pick it up when I return."
Shen Baichuan wanted to speak but couldn’t, but Daju was already tapping the car window, looking outside at its friend Dahuang.
When Chen Jin sent Daju out, he said, "Don't run around. I'll pick you up later."
After a detour, I arrived at Juchunyuan, reported my name at the counter, and went upstairs to the reserved private room.
This was given by Shen Baichuan, saying that Juchunyuan is a time-honored brand in Rong City, and it was just right for Ms. Shen to taste the authentic food of Rong City again. And the future foreign stepfather, let him try to see if he can get used to it, after all, Ms. Shen’s eating habits are the same as those of people in Rong City.
I didn’t have time to ask Shen Baichuan about accompanying Ms. Shen to his grandfather’s house last night, and now she and he are sitting here staring blankly.
They said they were going to have lunch, but they had agreed to meet at Juchun Garden at 10 o'clock in the morning.
They arrived half an hour early, and when Chen Jin was about to urge Shen Baichuan to drink the second cup of hot water, Ms. Shen and her boyfriend arrived.
Chen Jin had seen photos of Ms. Shen at Shen Baichuan's house, and now felt that the photo was really misleading. She was prettier and more elegant in person than in the photo.
Ms. Shen seemed to exude a scholarly air, and the look in her eyes when she looked at me was very gentle.
Ms. Shen just walked in and looked over, her eyes lit up, and she said, "I wanted Baichuan to show us a photo, but he said he didn't have a photo with you. When we asked him what he looked like, he just said he was pretty. Today we finally see him. Baichuan said your family calls you Third Sister, so I'll follow suit and call you Third Sister, is that okay?"
The beginning of the meeting with Ms. Shen was much better than she had imagined. The stiffness and awkwardness she had just felt while waiting for someone to arrive suddenly disappeared.
It’s impossible not to be nervous when meeting your partner’s parents for the first time.
But now you can breathe a sigh of relief.
Chen Jin nodded and replied, "Of course."
I thought, how could Ms. Shen be as quiet as Shen Baichuan said? !
"Baichuan always calls me Ms. Shen, so Sanmei should just follow his lead. Oh, this is my boyfriend, George."
George nodded at her and said, "Third sister, just call me George."
But... wasn't it agreed that he would be a foreigner? They look...it's no mistake to say they are compatriots. The Mandarin is also very standard.
Chen Jin readily called out "Ms. Shen" and "George". The toes in my leather shoes are already scratching the soles. It just so happened that Shen Baichuan had a cold today and couldn't speak, otherwise he could have helped him out.
As if he saw the confusion in Chen Jin's eyes, George smiled and said, "My family is all Chinese, but since my great-grandfather's generation, we have settled abroad."
Oh, it’s overseas Chinese.
It's wrong to call someone a foreigner. Chen Jin glanced at Shen Baichuan.
George glanced at Shen Baichuan, who had not spoken since they entered the door, and felt a little nervous.
He had heard of this future stepson before, but today was their first meeting. Over in Hong Kong, some relatives of the Shen family said that Shen Baichuan was just a bad tempered person. He was going to be Shen Baichuan's stepfather in the future, and he was not sure what Shen Baichuan thought of him.
Without saying a word, it seems like you are not very satisfied with him?
Ms. Shen also winked at Shen Baichuan at this time: Call someone.
Shen Baichuan looked helpless and tugged at Chen Jin’s sleeve.
oh! I almost forgot, there is someone here who needs help to speak up.
Chen Jin helped to explain: “Shen Baichuan has a cold, his throat is uncomfortable, and now he can’t speak.”
After she finished speaking, Shen Baichuan smiled at George and stretched out his hand to shake it.
George breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and then asked with concern: "It's not serious, right?"
Shen Baichuan shook his head, and Chen Jin continued to "translate" for him: "Fortunately, I took the medicine this morning, and I will be fine in a few days."
"That's fine. If it's serious, go to the hospital earlier and suffer less."
"Yeah! He knows." Chen Jin said, inviting Ms. Shen and George to sit down.
With Shen Baichuan’s voice, you can’t count on him to speak. Chen Jin was the only one who could come and greet people and introduce Juchun Garden to them.
The way this matter was handled... Chen Jin was confused. Who on earth was going to meet the girlfriend's parents?
Shen Baichuan is like someone who is here to meet his girlfriend's parents and is too shy to speak...
Next time if he goes out wearing less just to look good, she will definitely punch him.
It's a waste of time!
Ms. Shen, however, looked at Shen Baichuan with a teasing smile, but after receiving the pleading in Shen Baichuan's eyes, she decided not to expose him.
It's a rare occasion when her son would ask her for help.
It’s hard to say whether it was caused by a cold or by the sharp words I uttered when I went to Mr. Cheng’s house yesterday.
Turning around to look at Chen Jin, who had clear eyes and a crisp voice, he felt at first glance that this girl was gentle and kind, spoke in a graceful manner, loved to laugh, and had a temper many times better than that of his son!
One day, she received a call from her son saying that he had a girlfriend. At that time, she felt that she had done the right thing by donating money and doing charity over the years.
Looking at Chen Jin now, I'm happy to find someone with such a good temper. I'll have to donate more when I go back.
Ms. Shen's good mood was written all over her face.
After a while, George reminded her that she had brought the gift.
Ms. Shen said softly, "Baichuan said you like nice gold jewelry, so I picked out a few old items from home and brought them here. They're not expensive, but they're just a token of my appreciation. See if you like them."
Chen Jin looked at the six small boxes in front of him, one, two, three, four, five, and was a little stunned.
Shen Baichuan said that his grandfather's family used to be a scholarly family in Rong City, but later the whole family moved to Hong Kong and settled there, and started doing business. So there are more old items collected at home.
She thought the old item was a rare calligraphy or painting, but unexpectedly it was... a golden jewellery inlaid with various gemstones?
My eyes were flashed.
I just hate that Shen Baichuan failed at the critical moment, otherwise he should speak up for her at this time!
But Ms. Shen and George were looking at her, Chen Jin... Chen Jin said: "This gift is too expensive, I can't..."
I'm afraid that even if she sold the land in her factory, it wouldn't be enough to buy these things.
"It's not expensive, and not all of it was given by me. Some of it was prepared by Baichuan's grandparents, uncle and aunt. They can't come for the time being, so they asked me to help deliver the gift."
Is this the custom in their family?
Shen Baichuan helped cover the box back and signaled her to accept it with his eyes.
At this moment, Chen Jin really wanted to beat him up. Wasn't he usually very loud like a megaphone? Your battery is out of power at the critical moment!
“Thank you, Ms. Shen, and Shen Baichuan’s grandparents, uncles and aunts.” Chen Jin smiled embarrassedly, took out a bag from behind, and said, “I didn’t know that other elders had prepared gifts for me, so I only prepared it for you. Next time I visit Hong Kong, I must bring the gift with me.”
"You've prepared a gift for me." Ms. Shen took the bag with a smile, took out an antique box from it, and said, "I guess it must be a gold bracelet, right?"
“Baichuan said that you always prepare a pair of gold bracelets as wedding gifts for your family, so I knew it.” Ms. Shen opened it and looked at it, then showed it to George, and then said, “Thank you, Third Sister, it’s thoughtful.”
This shows that the girl also treats her as a family member. This thought is very precious.
Shen Baichuan lowered his head and smiled. Probably every elder who met Chen Jin for the first time would be more or less confused by her appearance.
Even if Ms. Shen didn't say it, Shen Baichuan could guess what impression Ms. Shen had of Chen Jin now. Maybe Ms. Shen was secretly happy that he had found someone who wasn't as sharp-tongued as him...hiss!
Shen Baichuan looked down and saw Chen Jin pinching the back of his hand ruthlessly, then looked up again and saw Chen Jin now chatting with Ms. Shen and George with a smile, looking like a completely gentle girl.
"Baichuan is a bit sharp-tongued and venomous, but he has been like this since he was a child, cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
Chen Jin pursed his lips and said, "Not bad. Actually, I'm almost the same. My family also says that I'm a good talker."
Chen Jin felt that it would be better to speak out earlier rather than have his true identity revealed later and make people feel deceived.
Ms. Shen also seemed to accept it quickly and said with a smile: "I can see that the third sister is very good at talking."
"...No, I mean, I have a pretty sharp tongue." Chen Jin said sincerely, "I'm telling the truth."
Ms. Shen was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Jin who looked serious, and then looked at Shen Baichuan who was smiling secretly with his head down, her eyes were a little complicated.
"You don't have to speak for him, I understand."
George next to him also said: "Third sister is really good at talking."
Look, people are defending Shen Baichuan.
Perhaps it was because Ms. Shen reminded him many times that Shen Baichuan was sometimes a little quick-witted, but he was just joking and asked him not to take it to heart.
I didn’t hear Shen Baichuan speak today, but Shen Baichuan’s girlfriend said a lot. The little girl can talk.
Ms. Shen quickly skipped the topic. She just wanted to give Chen Jin a heads-up and didn't want to keep saying bad things about her son. He turned around and asked about Chen Jin's work.
In fact, some people know a little about it. For example, Chen Jin is now a counselor at Nanjing University.
But I don’t know if Chen Jin is running his own company now. I haven’t heard my son say that!
Now I think about it, I am so lucky that my son can find such a good girlfriend.
Chen Jin felt that Ms. Shen's eyes were becoming more and more gentle when she looked at her.
They had a lot to talk about, and they could talk for half a day about the changes in Rong City alone. The two of them tacitly did not mention Shen Baichuan again.
George would also interject from time to time. He was quite interested in the clothing brand that Chen Jin was currently running.
Shen Baichuan, who was supposed to be a bridge of communication, is now a mascot here.
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