Being liked by your boyfriend's mother is certainly a good thing, but being liked by the mother of a boyfriend you are planning to break up with is a much more complicated feeling.
"...Auntie, you are too kind." Zhang Moyan stammered with guilt, filling the blank of not knowing what to say with busy actions (she smoothed her hair to her chest on the pillow and tied it loosely with the rubber band on her wrist to prevent any disobedient hair from running towards Ms. Meng).
After his eyes adjusted to the darkness, the bedroom was no longer pitch dark. Zhang Moyan saw Ms. Meng clutching the quilt with both hands, staring at the ceiling thoughtfully, wondering what she was thinking.
Zhang Moyan wasn't very good at starting conversations, so she just stayed quietly beside her, listening to the sound of the wind and rain hitting the window.
"Mo Yan, you..." Meng Xiaoya suddenly spoke, but stopped herself from speaking.
"Hmm? Auntie, what do you want to say?"
Meng Xiaoya hesitated a little: "Do your parents mind that our family is divorced?"
Zhang Moyan was surprised. "How is that possible? No, Auntie, why would you have such an idea?"
"I heard that many families don't choose couples whose parents are divorced these days," Meng Xiaoya said in confusion. "Apart from this reason, I really can't think of any reason why your parents don't like Xing Yu."
Oh, it turns out that Ms. Meng is obsessed with this.
That's right, their son is handsome, capable, and has an excellent family background. There is no reason for the girl's parents to look down on him.
"They don't dislike him." Zhang Moyan quickly dispelled Ms. Meng's concerns. In fact, the Zhang family was still quite looking forward to Xiao Xingyu coming to their house, but she herself decided not to associate with Xiao Xingyu anymore.
"They probably still remember that my ex-boyfriend cheated on me, and they're just worried that I'll run into a bad guy again..."
Zhang Moyan made up excuses to prevaricate. She didn't even need to draft a lie when she told it. I wonder if hypocrisy just runs in her blood. It's so annoying.
"Oh—" Meng Xiaoya felt relieved after hearing what he said, and expressed sympathy for Zhang Moyan, "It's all in the past. It's a good thing to see through bad men early. Our Xingyu does look playful, but you should tell your parents that you can't judge a person by appearance. Ugly people are often bad. Handsome men are actually very loyal. Take Daniel Wu and Takuya Kimura, for example. They both love their wives very much. If you get to know Xingyu better, you will know how good he is."
Zhang Moyan was surprised. Ms. Meng knew so much.
"Maybe," Zhang Moyan hesitated, "They might think that the disparity between our two families' conditions is too great. Besides, my personal qualities are also quite different from Xingyu's." She took the opportunity to express her true feelings, "We're indeed not a good match."
Both of them were silent.
Zhang Moyan opened her mouth again: "Xingyu is so outstanding, he should have a woman as outstanding as him to match him, don't you... think so?"
With this foreshadowing, Ms. Meng won't be too surprised when she finds out that she and Xiao Xingyu have broken up...
"I don't think so," Meng Xiaoya turned around and took Zhang Moyan's right hand. "Xingyu likes you. You can tell how much he likes you by looking at the details. It's a rare thing for a person to meet someone they like very much in their life."
Zhang Moyan's heart softened at the sincere words and he almost surrendered.
"But it's also nice to have a daughter-in-law who can help run the business."
"There are professional managers to manage the business. In fact, once the business gets big, it will all belong to the state. We can't have so many capable people if we rely solely on our own people!" Meng Xiaoya gently patted Zhang Moyan's hand. "Don't worry about it. Our daughter-in-law just needs to have good character, be liked by Xingyu, and be sincere to Xingyu. Don't worry about whether she is a good match or not. Don't care about other people's opinions."
After saying this, Meng Xiaoya turned around and looked up at the empty sky again, sighing, "I've always believed that people must be destined to meet each other. Take me for example. I must have done a lot of good things in my previous life to have such a wonderful child like Xingyu in this life. My biggest wish now is to see him get married and have a family, to have someone to accompany him, and if I'm lucky, to have his children. Then I'll be so grateful to God!"
Zhang Moyan sensed something strange in Meng Xiaoya's greedy and heartfelt words.
"Auntie, of course you can see this!"
"...I hope so," Meng Xiaoya said nothing for a long time, then she counted on her fingers and sighed softly, "If I can get through these five years safely, then there will be no problem."
Zhang Moyan hesitated for a moment, and a vague feeling came to his mind: "Five years?"
Meng Xiaoya shrugged. "I was diagnosed with breast cancer a year and a half ago and had surgery. The doctor said if there's no recurrence within five years, I'm cured. Otherwise, I've lived to the end of my life."
Zhang Moyan was stunned with shock. Ms. Meng, who looked so healthy and lovely, had actually suffered from such a serious disease and still had such a hidden danger!
She couldn't help but get nervous: "Auntie, how are you doing now? Do you need regular checkups? Did the doctor say you're okay?"
"The results of recent checkups are all good, but five years seems like a long time. It's been less than two years now. I'm not sure if there will be no problems in the long run."
Meng Xiaoya's tone was worried, and suddenly, Zhang Moyan understood why Ms. Meng had no prejudice against Xiao Xingyu's marriage!
In addition to the reasons mentioned by Ms. Meng earlier, there is another crucial reason, which is time urgency.
Ms. Meng was worried that her illness would relapse within five years, so she wanted to see Xiao Xingyu get married, have children, and settle down as soon as possible, so that she would have fewer regrets if something unexpected happened.
After realizing this, Zhang Moyan felt mixed emotions. It seemed that she could not delay Xiao Xingyu any longer!
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