"I don't know," Zhou Xiaonian said honestly. "But I want to ask you a question: do you want to get married because you want to be with someone who shares your interests, or do you want to have children and carry on the family line?"
Lu Jinghui never dreamed that one day he would answer such an absurd question as inheriting the family line.
He looked at Zhou Xiaonian incredulously: "Where did you hear this term 'inheriting the family line'? You've wasted all those years of studying!"
Zhou Xiaonian was getting annoyed: "Just tell me if you'll answer or not!"
Seeing the seriousness on Zhou Xiaonian's face, Lu Jinghui also put away his smile and said solemnly, "I want to get married, just to be with the girl I love legitimately. Having children is secondary."
"oh."
"What does 'oh' mean?"
"Oh, right, I understand what you're thinking."
That's all?
"If there's anything to say..." Zhou Xiaonian thought for a moment, "If you really want to be with me, then I can try dating you, but I won't marry you in the next few years."
"Xiaonian, in my opinion, marriage is just to add a layer of security to love, not a shackle. If our feelings are good enough, then this security is optional... So, does that mean you agree to date me?"
Just as Zhou Xiaonian was about to reply, the Gu family's front door suddenly opened, and a young girl's voice rang out: "No! I don't agree!"
Gu Xiaoyue was the one who objected.
Gu Xiaoyue is sixteen years old this year and has just graduated from junior high school. She has the face of a well-behaved girl, but in reality she is unruly. When she first entered junior high school, she became the bully of Changqing Road. All the male and female students in Changqing Junior High School had to call her "Sister Yue".
Of course, while she might cause trouble outside, she always knew her limits and didn't bring it home. She also came home on time every day, did her homework diligently after dinner, and sometimes even read until midnight.
The family has seen the child's efforts, and since she is the youngest in the family, everyone is exceptionally lenient with her—it doesn't matter if her grades are good or bad, as long as her character is good.
Anyway, the Gu family has the resources. There's her mother-in-law, mother, sister, father, and a bunch of cousins. Even if she becomes paralyzed in the future, they can support her even if each of them eats less.
With no demands from her family and no goals of her own, Gu Xiaoyue's grades were neither good nor bad. At most, she would get a few words from her homeroom teacher, but that wouldn't hurt her. So she just drifted along!
However, despite her poor grades, she was still the "big sister" of Changqing Road. She was very smart, shrewd, and experienced.
This so-called senior brother in front of her is clearly trying to seduce her genius sister!
She glared at Lu Jinghui: "My sister knows nothing except going to school and researching aircraft carriers, so as her younger sister, I have to keep an eye on things for her, especially important life events! Senior Brother Lu, right? You want to date my sister?"
Gu Xiaoyue and Zhou Xiaonian look very similar, but you can tell the difference at a glance.
Both of them are confident, but Zhou Xiaonian's confidence stems from her own abilities, while Gu Xiaoyue's confidence comes from the comfort of growing up in a happy family.
So even though she was only sixteen years old, and even though she was facing Lu Jinghui, who was a generation older than her and whose abilities completely overwhelmed her, she was not afraid at all.
Because even if she can't handle it, her family can.
Unlike Zhou Xiaonian.
Lu Jinghui remembered that when Zhou Xiaonian first arrived at the project team, she still had the arrogance of a young person, but she was defeated by reality in just half a month.
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