Lin Yao didn't expect her mother Haiyao to call suddenly, and she was a little at a loss for a moment. Fang Xiaole asked beside her:
"Your mother's number?"
Lin Yao nodded, holding the phone tightly in both hands.
"If you don't want to answer, just hang up."
Seeing that she was a little nervous, Fang Xiaole could probably guess that Lin Yao had some conflicting feelings towards her mother. Not wanting to upset her, he made a suggestion.
"Mom rarely calls me directly. What if something urgent happens?"
Lin Yao was a little worried, but she finally answered the phone and whispered:
"mom?"
"Yaoyao, is your dad in Kyoto? How are you?"
Haiyao was a little anxious. She didn't know that Lin Duanzheng had already left Kyoto, and thought that Lin Yao was being "persecuted" at this time.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. Fang Xiaole and I just sent my dad away this afternoon. He went back to Yancheng."
When Lin Yao heard that her mother had called to show her concern for her, she suddenly felt happy and her voice became much lighter. She glanced at Fang Xiaole out of the corner of her eye, and her eyes seemed to be filled with smiles.
"Your father left? He didn't force you to go back to Yancheng with him?"
Haiyao was very surprised. Based on her understanding of Lin Duanzheng, this stubborn and old-fashioned ex-husband had come all the way to Kyoto, and he would never leave without achieving his goal.
"Really, Mom, this time it's all thanks to Fang Xiaole, um, my...boyfriend."
Lin Yao looked at Fang Xiaole again, her eyes full of pride and dependence.
"He's so awesome!"
Then he briefly explained what had happened.
"Lin Duanzheng actually agreed to participate in a variety show with you?!"
Haiyao's voice was filled with disbelief, and she couldn't help but exclaim:
"After all these years, this is the first time I've seen someone able to convince the stubborn Lin Duanzheng. Yaoyao, your boyfriend is indeed resourceful. You have a good eye for people."
"Um!"
Lin Yao's mouth corners slightly raised, and her eyes curved into crescents. Hearing her mother praising Fang Xiaole made her happier than hearing her mother praise herself.
"Um, is Xiao Fang still with you now?"
Haiyao suddenly asked.
"He's next to me."
Lin Yao answered shyly.
"Yaoyao, I have something to say to Xiaofang. Can you give him your phone number?"
"ah?"
Haiyao’s words stunned Lin Yao, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Fang Xiaole.
"Don't worry, I just want to talk to him."
Haiyao smiled and said softly.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Xiaole saw that Lin Yao looked unhappy and asked hurriedly.
"My mother wants to talk to you."
Lin Yao covered the microphone of the mobile phone and looked at Fang Xiaole with pleading eyes.
"May I?"
She hopes that her boyfriend can communicate more with her family and gain their recognition.
"OK."
Fang Xiaole smiled at Lin Yao, took the phone from her, cleared his throat, and then said:
"Hello, Auntie, I'm Fang Xiaole."
This was his first conversation with his future mother-in-law, and he was still a little nervous.
"Hello, Xiao Fang. I'm going to shamelessly call you Xiao Fang. Do you mind?"
This "future mother-in-law" has a nice voice, a bit like Lin Yao's. Lin Yao's natural good voice must have been inherited from her mother.
"Auntie, you can just call me Xiao Fang. Lin Yao just happened to be talking to me about you."
Fang Xiaole replied with a smile.
"Then Yaoyao should have told you everything that happened between us back then. Alas, I really wasn't a good mother to her."
Haiyao sighed. Her voice was the same as Lin Yao's, gentle and soft, and even her sigh sounded pleasant.
Fang Xiaole didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he just remained silent.
"Xiao Fang, but Auntie is Lin Yao's mother after all. I just want to care about her, so Auntie wants to ask you a question."
"Auntie, please tell me."
Haiyao paused and asked in an extremely serious tone:
"Xiao Fang, when do you plan to marry Lin Yao? When are you going to have children?"
"Ah?" Fang Xiaole was a little confused.
He didn't expect that the attitudes of this gentle-voiced "mother-in-law" and the old-fashioned "future father-in-law" were at two extremes.
Lin Duanzheng wanted to separate him and Lin Yao right from the start, but his mother-in-law couldn't wait to ask when they would get married, and even looked like she was looking forward to having a grandchild.
"Auntie, Lin Yao and I haven't thought that far yet, but I plan to bring Lin Yao home during this Spring Festival and formally introduce her to my parents. Then we will go to Yancheng together to visit Uncle Lin."
Fang Xiaole looked at Lin Yao and saw that she opened her soft peach blossom eyes wide and looked at him without blinking. She was obviously very curious about what he and her mother were talking about.
"Then what?"
Haiyao was obviously not satisfied with this answer.
"Well……"
Fang Xiaole didn't expect his mother-in-law to be so enthusiastic and difficult to deal with. He looked at Lin Yao, walked into the bedroom with his phone, and whispered:
"Auntie, to be honest, I actually want to marry Lin Yao right now, but as you know, she's so famous now, and her career is on the rise. If we announce our relationship too early, I'm worried it will affect her career."
When Lin Yao saw Fang Xiaole actually ran into the bedroom and talked on the phone with her mother, she became even more curious and wanted to sneak over to eavesdrop, but Fang Xiaole happened to look back at her, and the silly girl immediately sat down obediently and dared not move.
"Is this your idea, or Lin Yao's?"
Haiyao asked Fang Xiaole.
"Auntie, please don't misunderstand me. I am sincere to Lin Yao. I have never been in a relationship before. Now I just want to be with Lin Yao."
Fang Xiaole heard the unfriendly tone of his mother-in-law and hurriedly explained.
Somehow, although Haiyao is very gentle and far less strict than Lin Duanzheng, Fang Xiaole always feels that this mother-in-law is more difficult to deal with. This may be related to his upbringing.
In the Fang family, mother Song Yan makes the decisions on small matters, and big matters...Song Yan also makes the decisions. The three people with the surname Fang can only tremble under Song Yan's "tyrannical power". Don't look at Fang Shengnan being so reckless, but as long as Song Yan gets angry, this guy will immediately become wilted.
Therefore, Fang Xiaole has always had a natural fear of "female elders".
"Xiao Fang, I can see that Lin Yao listens to you very much. She will do whatever you say. I just hope you won't let her down..."
Having said that, Haiyao paused, and there seemed to be a hint of sob in her pleasant voice.
"I'm not a qualified mother. Lin Yao has been unhappy since she was a child. I've always regretted it, but I don't know how to make it up to her. I hope, I hope you can bring her happiness. Auntie, please, okay?"
Fang Xiaole nodded solemnly: "Auntie, I swear, I will make Lin Yao happy!"
"Yeah, yeah, thank you, Xiao Fang..."
Haiyao said something to Fang Xiaole with gratitude, and then continued:
"So when are you and Yaoyao going to have a baby?"
Fang Xiaole: “…”
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