Zhao Xiaoyue swallowed hard. "Mom and Dad, let's talk this out. I can explain this to you, and it's a very reasonable explanation."
Mr. and Mrs. Zhao sat upright, as if they were listening intently.
The story was told to the neighbor by a woman from the next village who was visiting her neighbor's house. The neighbor then told Li Guilan, who in turn told Zhao's father. After much deliberation, they decided to ask their daughter.
Of course, she didn't dare let the old lady know. Li Guilan thought to herself, her mother is old, what does her precious granddaughter have to do with anything? If she knew that her granddaughter had been abandoned and tricked away at such a young age, she would probably be so angry that she would have angina. After thinking it over, Li Guilan decided not to let the old lady know for now. She would tell her after she found out the truth.
Zhao Guozhong thought about these past few days and realized that Xiao Ming was acting strangely.
One time, oh right, it was the morning of New Year's Day, he got up to get a drink of water and saw Xiaoming laughing inexplicably on the sofa, constantly touching his mouth with his hand. At the time, he found it strange and thought the child had some unknown illness. Now that he thinks about it, his daughter is so beautiful, and there's a somewhat lecherous young man living in his house.
hiss--
It's terrifying to think about. Could they be doing something shady?
No way! His daughter wouldn't do that.
What if that brat takes advantage of her daughter?
The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, why would he touch his mouth?
And then there's Zhao Zhe. What did Zhao Zhe say later? He said that Xiao Ming ate too many chili peppers.
Seeing his daughter right in front of him, he wanted to interrogate her thoroughly, "Situ Ming... you really have nothing going on?"
Zhao Xiaoyue hesitated for a moment, but her parents' expressions remained calm. "He's my boyfriend!"
Zhao Guozhong and his wife: "?"
"How long has it been? Have they done anything they shouldn't have? And who are his family members? What do they do? What's their character like? Where do they live? How many people are in their family? What are their interpersonal relationships like...?"
"Stop, stop, Dad, aren't you being a little too hasty?"
Zhao Xiaoyue asked her father in disbelief, "What kind of questions are you asking? Are you checking my household registration?"
Ah, no!
Zhao Guozhong wiped his mouth. "Getting back to the point, what happened? Tell me honestly, you're all going through puberty, and it's easy for you to make mistakes."
Li Guilan held Zhao Guozhong down to prevent her husband from getting too agitated, "That's right, little sun, I didn't notice anything while you were living at home, and I didn't even think about it."
Zhao Xiaoyue asked curiously, "Then what are you doing here?"
Li Guilan said, "That's what Aunt Fang from Hu Laoda's family said."
Zhao Xiaoyue pursed her lips, "How did Aunt Fang from Old Master Hu's family find out?"
That's someone from a whole village away!
"Aunt Fang went to visit your second aunt next door, and your second aunt overheard and told me. As for how she found out... did you do something you shouldn't have, and they caught you doing something wrong?"
God!
What's going on?
Those two gossipy women!
It's probably because of that time when she went to the Chen family, Situ Ming held her hand, and someone saw it, and that's how the news got out.
"Mom and Dad, do you believe me or someone else?"
Zhao's father glared at him, "Nonsense, if I don't believe you, who else can I believe?"
Zhao Xiaoyue: "His name is Situ Ming, he's twenty-one this year, and he's my boyfriend. It's that simple."
Zhao Xiaoyue looked at her father and then at her mother, then slapped her forehead. "That's right, we didn't do anything. Even if I wanted to, they wouldn't let me, saying it wasn't proper and they were afraid I'd do something reckless."
Does this count as having gone through the proper channels?
After a long silence, Zhao Guozhong and his wife said, "Xiaoyue, can we wait until we're twenty-five or twenty-six to get married?"
Cough cough!
"Mom and Dad, aren't you being too reasonable? Aren't you going to ask again?"
Situ Ming's efforts over the past two weeks have not been in vain. In the eyes of Zhao Guozhong's family, he is very well-behaved and hardworking. Especially when he is teaching Zhao Zhe, he really shines.
On the contrary, their daughter is lazy and good-for-nothing, sleeping from morning till night, practically eating all her meals in bed. If her younger brother asks her a question, she'll kick him.
This contrasts sharply with the diligent and patient classmate Situ Ming.
They didn't know whether they had made a profit or Situ Ming had lost money.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guozhong and Li Guilan exchanged a glance. "Ahem, well, daughter, be nicer to Xiaoming from now on!"
During dinner, Situ Ming and Zhao Zhe sensed something was wrong as soon as they entered the door. All the Zhao family members were subtly glancing at him.
Situ Ming's eyes darkened. Had something happened?
Everyone sat around the round table, and Zhao's father would occasionally put a piece of vegetable or meat on Situ Ming's plate, and give him a friendly smile.
It's... really weird!
Situ Ming's hand trembled involuntarily.
What happened across the street almost sent President Zhao to his death!
She held her shoulders tightly and didn't laugh out loud, finding Situ Ming's bewildered expression particularly amusing.
It's said he used to be a foreign arms dealer; he's too cowardly.
Zhao Zhe leaned closer to Zhao Xiaoyue and asked her a mysterious question.
"Sis, does your husband have any hereditary diseases?"
Zhao Xiaoyue forced a smile, "Probably not."
"Then...why is he shaking?"
Zhao Xiaoyue: "Probably scared!"
"ah?!"
At lunchtime the next day, Zhao's father and Li Guilin went even further, treating Situ Ming like a VIP, almost worshipping him, while also glaring fiercely at Zhao Xiaoyue.
Situ Ming was completely baffled and could only grit his teeth and bear it.
Zhao Guozhong drinks one glass of wine, while the young master wants to chug the whole bottle.
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