"Madam, Mingzhi is very good. He deserves a better woman."
Mrs. Shao sneered, "But his heart is with you, you can't fail to notice it."
Huang Zhiqiu's expression was indifferent, "I have already made it clear to him."
So, my son was rejected again?
This waste.
Mrs. Shao remained calm on the surface, but in her heart she was scolding her son.
"Forget it. Although you and A-Lin are not destined to be together, you are Momo's mother. I will treat you as half a daughter from now on. Do you mind?"
Huang Zhiqiu quickly shook his head, "It is my honor to be favored by the madam."
"Since you don't like orchids, you can wear this for fun."
As she spoke, Mrs. Shao took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and put it on Huang Zhiqiu's wrist.
Huang Zhiqiu wanted to refuse, but Mrs. Shao held her wrist tightly, preventing her from breaking free.
"Don't move it. It would be a shame if it broke. This is an old item that A-Lin's grandmother gave me."
"Ma'am, I can't accept it. It's too expensive."
"Take it. The color is too strong for Momo to wear. Only you can wear it."
After a pause, he continued, "I originally wanted to pass it on to my daughter-in-law, but now it seems that I am afraid that I will never be able to drink this cup of tea from my daughter-in-law in this lifetime."
Huang Zhiqiu: “…”
"Madam, Mingzhi is still young. Maybe he will soon meet a woman who is suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Shao family."
Mrs. Shao laughed at herself, "I didn't meet him in the first 43 years, and it's impossible for me to meet him in the second half of my life. Forget it, I won't count on him. Anyway, I have Momo to accompany me, so my old age won't be too miserable."
Huang Zhiqiu didn't know how to respond to this and remained silent for a while.
The day after visiting Mrs. Shao, Huang Zhiqiu flew back to Anshi.
Huang Qinghe successfully joined Excellence Electronics Company and became a cook. Huang Qingning also started his college life. Everything was moving forward in an orderly manner.
Upon learning that Huang Zhiqiu had no intention of marrying into the Shao family, Mrs. Shao said that she didn't care, but turned around and arranged 18 blind dates for her son to express her dissatisfaction.
Of course, this dissatisfaction was not directed at Huang Zhiqiu, but at his son Shao Lin.
I don't know if it was because of Huang Zhiqiu's rejection that hit him, but Shao Lin also started to act badly, accepting all arrangements made by Mrs. Shao, going on blind dates and having dinner together.
Shao Mo didn't know all this at first until Mrs. Zheng told her that Shao Lin had been going on blind dates and having dinner with women frequently recently. Then she belatedly guessed that her father might have had a falling out with her mother.
Alas, what can she do?
To put it nicely, Huang Zhiqiu is opinionated, but in fact she is just stubborn, otherwise she wouldn't have been single yet.
At the same time, Shao Mo admires her mother very much.
No matter you are the richest man or from a prominent family, I won’t get married if I don’t want to. It’s no wonder that with such a personality, my father is so obsessed with her.
But Shao Mo didn't expect that Shao Lin's blind date would become her trouble.
That day, Shao Mo had just come out of the biology laboratory when she was stopped by a mixed-race young man with blond hair.
"elder sister!"
Not only did the other person call her sister with a smile, she also opened her arms to hug her, which scared Shao Mo so much that she stepped back repeatedly.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Jenny."
“I don’t know him.”
"Then we know each other now."
Jenny extended his hand to her enthusiastically, wanting to shake hands with her.
Jenny was not embarrassed, and smiled and took his hand back, "I heard Uncle Shao talk about you, but hearing about you is not as good as seeing you, you are more beautiful than Uncle Shao said."
"My father?"
"Yeah, we had dinner together the other day."
After a brief communication, Shao Mo finally understood Jenny's identity and background, and was speechless.
Jenny's mother, Yang Jie, is from Beijing. She was a classmate of Shao Lin at Harvard. After graduating from university, Shao Lin returned to China, while Yang Jie stayed in Country M, got married and had children.
Last year, Yang Jie's husband passed away due to illness. As she was getting older, she wanted to return to her hometown, so this year Yang Jie brought her son back to China to develop her career.
By some strange coincidence, Yang Jie and Shao Lin got together again because of a blind date.
Because they were old classmates and were about the same age, Shao Lin and Yang Jie had something in common. They made plans to have dinner together several times and also met Yang Jie's son Jenny.
Jenny is a M-shaped beauty with an open mind. He is very happy to see Shao Lin become his stepfather, and is also curious about Shao Mo, his "sister", so he hurried over to "recognize his relatives".
After sending Jenny away, Shao Mo called Huang Zhiqiu immediately.
"Mom, I might have a stepmother soon."
Huang Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment when he heard the news out of the blue.
"Your father is still so young, it's normal for him to find a stepmother for you. Anyway, you have already started a family and a career. If you can get along with each other, then get along. If you can't get along, just see each other less often in the future."
"The other party has a son who is two years younger than me."
"Oh, it's good."
"Mom, why don't you try with Dad? Dad is a good man. He is mature, stable, responsible, capable, and has no bad habits. He is a good man that is hard to find even with a lantern."
"Your father is a good person, but he is not suitable for me."
"What's wrong with that?"
"It's not suitable in every aspect. Okay, stop worrying about my affairs. I know what's going on."
"Oh well."
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Although Shao Mo did not interfere or ask about the relationship between Shao Lin and Yang Jie, she always heard rumors about the two from other people.
There were rumors that Yang Jie accompanied Shao Lin to the party, and the two had a sweet candlelight dinner together. There were even rumors that Shao Lin stayed overnight at Yang Jie's house.
Just when Shao Mo was ready to welcome stepmother Yang Jie, a shocking piece of news exploded in the capital.
Yang Jie remarried, but her husband was not Shao Lin, but a director named Cheng from Shaw Company.
Overnight, Shao Lin's head was covered with green and he became a laughing stock in the entire capital.
Now, Shao Mo could no longer sit still and hurried to ask Shao Lin.
"Dad, what's going on? Aren't you dating Aunt Yang? Why did she suddenly marry Cheng Haoyuan?"
"We're not dating."
"You took her to this cocktail party and that cocktail party every day even though we were not dating, and even had candlelight dinners with her?"
"At first I really wanted to give it a try with her, but after two meals I didn't feel anything, so I wanted to end the relationship, but she insisted that I do her a favor. We were old classmates, so I couldn't refuse."
What Yang Jie calls returning to China for development actually means finding a rich and powerful man to rely on.
Originally, she had her eyes on Shao Lin, but she could see that Shao Lin had no feelings for her, so she suggested that Shao Lin help her find a new target, otherwise she would have to keep pestering Shao Lin.
With the idea of rather let his friend die than let himself die, Shao Lin took Yang Jie to various high-end occasions, and even had candlelight dinners just to get close to Cheng Haoyuan.
Now that Yang Jie has married Cheng Haoyuan as she wished, Shao Lin can be said to have retired successfully and can finally take a break.
Second update~ (End of this chapter)