The two walked out of the office together and were about to take the elevator downstairs.
Han Chen's cell phone suddenly rang.
Zhou Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he asked worriedly, "What happened again?"
She thought it was Han Chen's work call.
"No, it's my aunt," Han Chen said, sliding the answer button and answering the call, "Aunt, what's wrong?"
Han Yu's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Huaibo is back. He's been in the capital for a long time, and this time he's back to study for a doctorate. He's staying in Dongjiang from now on."
"I know." Han Chen said.
"You know? How did you hear about it?"
"I met him today."
"That's perfect," Han Yu said. "When you came back, your uncle and I wanted to invite you and your mother over for a get-together. We've been busy and haven't had time. Now that Huaibo is back, you should come over and have dinner together. I'll send you the address later."
"But..." Han Chen glanced at Zhou Mo, "I still have things to do."
"What could be the problem?" Han Yu said, "I've asked your colleagues in the orthopedics department, and you're not scheduled for duty today."
"I have other things to do." Han Chen insisted.
"What else could you be thinking about? Are you planning to turn into a demon with your Liang brothers again?"
“…”
"Or maybe it's that girl named Zhou Mo," Han Yu said, "I was wondering why you asked me to add a girl last time for no apparent reason, and even introduced her to your schoolmate. I've been suspicious of you for a long time. I even checked with your mother, and you two are together."
“…”
"Don't be silent. If you don't, I'll take that as your agreement," Han Yu said. "Bring her here with you. I've never seen her before, so bring her here so I can take a look at her. Your mother said she's very pretty, and I want to see how pretty she is."
Han Chen was embarrassed, "I'll ask her."
Putting the phone away, he asked Zhou Mo: "My aunt asked us to come over for dinner. She said she wanted to see you."
Zhou Mo's eyes lit up, "Meet the parents?"
Han Chen: "My aunt is a very good person, unlike my uncles, otherwise she wouldn't have married into Dongjiang."
Zhou Mo thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead. She is our elder, and we can't refuse her kindness."
This was the first time that Han Chen took the initiative to take her to meet an elder other than his mother, and Zhou Mo naturally wanted to leave a good impression on the other party.
"Ren Huaibo is going too," Han Chen was worried about this. "I'm afraid you won't like it."
Zhou Mo was stunned for a moment, and thought for a moment, "Go."
She still knows what is important and what is not.
Even if she didn't want to see Ren Huaibo, it was useless. Ren Huaibo had already arrived in Dongjiang, and was in the same college and on the same floor as her. They would see each other every day from now on.
I can't keep hiding from him.
What needs to be faced must be faced.
"Are you sure?" Han Chen asked again.
"Sure." Zhou Mo confirmed.
"Then I'll go back to my aunt." Han Chen said.
"Um."
Han Chen replied to Han Yu on the phone, saying that he would arrive later.
Han Yu sent the address to Han Chen on WeChat.
The two drove there together.
The restaurant is located in a beef tripe hotpot restaurant, which is considered to be one of the most reputable hotpot restaurants in Dongjiang City.
Han Chen drove the car very fast and said, "My aunt loves hot pot very much."
"Who doesn't like hot pot? Last time at my place, the four of us had hot pot, and you and Song Yan ate quite a bit," Zhou Mo complained, "This is the first time I've seen you eat so much."
She and Shen Pan hadn't eaten much yet, but the two remaining men had eaten up all the food Song Yan brought.
"It's a good thing I made it at home last time. If I had eaten it out, I don't know how much it would have cost."
Han Chen leaned forward and gently scratched Zhou Mo's nose. "Don't worry about the money this time. My aunt is treating you, so don't worry about the food."
Zhou Mo's nose was itchy from being tickled by him, so she rubbed it and laughed.
Ren Huaibo arrived earlier than Zhou Mo and Han Chen.
When Han Chen and Zhou Mo entered the box one after another, Ren Huaibo was already sitting next to Han Yu and chatting with him.
Zhou Mo looked past Han Chen and saw the aunt who was praised by Han Chen as a good person.
Han Yu is the head nurse of the cardiac surgery department of the First Hospital of Dongda University. She is in her forties, not yet fifty. Although she is smiling, her face is tired and has obvious wrinkles, especially the neck wrinkles, which are very deep, and it is obvious that she is getting old.
She is not very white, her skin is honey-colored, about the same skin color as Han Chen, and she has almond-shaped eyes. Perhaps because of her job, she will actively look people in the eye when talking to them, with a smile on her face, and she is very approachable.
"Oh, Han Chen and Momo are here," Han Yu immediately stood up to greet them when he saw the people at the door.
She looked past Han Chen, glanced at Zhou Mo behind him, and then returned her gaze to Han Chen. "You brought everyone here, but you didn't even introduce them to me properly."
Han Chen made half a move and held Zhou Mo close to him, "This is Zhou Mo."
"That's all?" Han Yu glared at him helplessly. "You kid, you don't even want to say a word. You're familiar with her, but I'm not. If you don't explain in detail, people who don't know might think this is just a random stranger you picked up on the street to deal with me."
Han Chen: “…”
Seeing Han Chen like this, Zhou Mo probably didn't know how to introduce her.
She could only take the initiative to introduce herself.
"Hello, Auntie. I'm Zhou Mo. I'm currently a doctoral student at the School of Health Management at Southeast University. Han Chen and I were high school classmates."
Han Yu's eyes lit up. "No wonder you two got together. It turns out you knew each other before. I was saying that Han Chen was so busy with work. He joined the First Hospital of Dongda University as soon as he arrived in Dongjiang from the capital. How could he have time for a relationship? You two were classmates before."
Zhou Mo smiled embarrassedly, and saw Ren Huaibo's shocked face sitting in front of the table out of the corner of his eye, and he felt extremely happy.
Han Yu also turned around and beckoned Ren Huaibo over, saying, "Huaibo, why are you so ignorant? Your brother Han Chen has brought his girlfriend here, why don't you come over and say hello?"
Ren Huaibo stood up awkwardly, "We met this afternoon."
"There are rules to follow when you meet someone. Come here and call me sister-in-law," Han Yu ordered.
Ren Huaibo reluctantly walked around the round table, looking embarrassed, and obediently called Zhou Mo "sister-in-law."
The first time Zhou Mo heard it, he felt uncomfortable. But this time, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he found it quite useful.
Han Yu was very satisfied to see Ren Huaibo had called someone, and said to Han Chen, "Your uncle has gone to pick up your mother and will be here soon. Let's take our seats first and wait for them."
Han Chen took Zhou Mo to sit down and asked, "Just us?"
His eyes swept over Ren Huaibo, implying that why didn't Ren Huaibo's family come.
Without waiting for Han Yu to explain, Ren Huaibo said, "My mother is used to quietness and has been fasting recently, so it's not convenient for her to come."
This was the first time Zhou Mo heard about Ren Huaibo's mother.
She only knew that Ren Huaibo had no father. His father used to be a grassroots cadre who died during the 1998 flood control.
As for his mother, Ren Huaibo rarely mentioned her.
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