Chapter 175 Beast
The pressure to get married and blind dates are also a unique feature of the Lunar New Year.
"Anwen, Zhaozhao already has a boyfriend, where is your girlfriend?" Mother Dan sighed as she sat on the sofa.
During these two days of the first month of the lunar calendar, some people in her circle came to see her again, indicating signs and intentions of a marriage alliance.
Dan Anwen leaned casually against the sofa, his posture languid, and his tone unhurried, "I have a girlfriend. I'll bring her to meet you next week."
Next week, my older brother and sister-in-law will both be home, and that will be the best time to bring this up.
Dan's mother just muttered it habitually, not expecting Dan Anwen to react at all. As soon as he said that, Dan's mother's hand holding the teacup froze in mid-air for several seconds.
Dan Si and Dan Shu exchanged a quick glance, their unspoken understanding becoming clear: they were both watching Gu Ji, observing her reaction.
Gu Ji was seen chewing on potato chips, looking completely calm, clearly already aware of the situation.
Only she knew that she was eating potato chips to cover up the panic in her heart.
She and Uncle Dan agreed to give Uncle Dan a heads-up first, and to tell Uncle Dan the truth next week, when Dan Shuwen and Jing Rou would return home from their business trip.
With someone to persuade her, Danmu wouldn't go crazy from anger.
The newspaper slipped from Dan's father's hand and fell onto his clothes. He was the first to react, "Anwen, when did you get a girlfriend?"
Dan Anwen remained completely calm, took a sip of tea, and said, "Six months ago."
"You've had a girlfriend for six months?" Dan's mother's voice rose two decibels.
Dan Anwen remained calm as always, having already prepared her words: "She's rather shy, so she wants to wait until our relationship is more stable before telling her family."
The mother pursed her lips, pondered for a moment, and said, "It's good for the relationship to be more stable. How old is that girl? Is she a local? Have you met her parents?"
After the initial shock came joy. Slight crow's feet appeared on her face, but it did not affect her good mood at all.
She didn't care when Dan Anwen started dating; she cared more that this iron tree had finally blossomed and borne fruit.
The questions that came out of my mouth were like a census check.
Dan Anwen glanced furtively at Gu Ji, who was using snacks to mask his nervousness, and lowered his gaze slightly.
"He's not a local; he's from Lin'an City."
Upon hearing this answer, Dan Si and Dan Shu simultaneously turned their gazes to Dan Anwen, their jaws nearly dropping to the floor in astonishment.
Is everyone so straightforward about being honest these days?
“That’s from the same place as Zhao Zhao.” Mother Dan smiled and glanced at Gu Ji.
Startled, Gu Ji could only smile and bend her head, her throat almost bulging out of her throat. She suppressed her rapid and chaotic breathing, her round eyes turning to Dan Anwen, afraid that he would say something shocking again.
"Yes, it's from the same place." Dan Anwen's gentle eyes softened with a smile, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
When Dan's mother saw this scene, she knew that his girlfriend must be exactly what he wanted. The doting expression on her face was only shown when he was looking at Zhao Zhao.
The mother was more concerned about another issue: a stable relationship meant they could discuss marriage. "Have you met her parents yet?"
"I've met you."
Gu Ji's eyes widened instantly. When had he seen this before?
Dan Anwen rubbed his fingertips together, a slight smile playing on his lips as he glanced at her with an enigmatic expression.
She instantly understood; she had met Gu Jia Village's parents that time.
The mother-in-law's statement about meeting the parents probably doesn't mean what Uncle Dan meant.
"When shall we come to propose marriage?" Mother Dan asked excitedly, having long awaited this day.
"No rush, she's still young."
Dan's mother's heart skipped a beat. "How young? Could he be a minor? That's illegal."
Dan Anwen raised his thick eyebrows slightly. A minor?
"I'm an adult, but I'm still in school."
The more Danmu listened, the stranger her eyes became. So he was an old cow eating young grass!
"Are you pursuing a master's or a doctoral degree?" Dan's mother's first reaction was that they were about the same age.
Light reading, unrestrained: Reading my first year of university.
Dan Anwen remained calm and leisurely said, "I'm a freshman now."
Now, it wasn't just Dan's mother who was unsettled; Dan's father, who hadn't spoken until now, also had an indescribable expression on his face.
Dan Shu and Dan Si were secretly worried for Gu Ji and Dan Anwen.
Gu Ji secretly pinched the man's waist and abdominal muscles, and gave him a subtle glare.
He was practically saying that this person now lives in Jinshan Villa.
The mother's joyful expression turned into a look of disdain as she earnestly asked, "Anwen, how old are you?"
“My uncle is twenty-eight,” Dan Si answered quickly.
"You're already twenty-eight, and you're still dating a freshman girl. Aren't you a beast?" Dan's mother looked at Dan Anwen with disgust, her eyes filled with blatant contempt.
"It's only a nine-year age difference, and besides, she's already an adult. How is that beastly?" Dan Anwen raised an eyebrow. Ever since he started dating the girl, he had deliberately ignored the age issue.
"When she was in elementary school, you were already in college. You still say you're not a beast?"
Upon hearing this, Dan Si and Dan Shu could no longer maintain their composure, and their tense expressions instantly turned into smiles.
They swore they weren't mocking their uncle.
Dan Anwen was speechless. Is that a proper way to describe someone?
However, after being described that way by Danmu, he really did seem like something worse than a beast.
Dan Anwen glanced at the girl beside him, who was smiling just like Dan Si and Dan Shu, but she was trying very hard to hold it in.
Her red lips were tightly pursed, her shoulders shrugged, her eyebrows curved, and her eyes were full of the reasonable expression of her mother.
"Alright, all of you stop laughing. I'm talking about serious matters." Mother Dan glared at the group of people who were laughing heartily, and was about to ask some more questions when Dan Anwen interrupted her.
"Mom, we can discuss the other issues in detail when you meet." Dan Anwen just wanted to give a heads-up, not reveal everything.
Concealing the relationship and the age difference is enough to prepare the mother; it doesn't seem like she's really bothered by it.
"Alright, I won't ask you anymore." Mother Dan turned her attention to Gu Ji, "Zhao Zhao, have you ever met your Uncle Dan's girlfriend?"
"Huh?" Gu Ji, who had just suppressed his smile, never expected the question to be directed at her. "Have I seen you before? Or haven't I?"
Gu Ji turned his gaze to Dan Anwen beside him, speaking in a soft tone.
Only after the man nodded slightly did she say, "I've seen it before, I've seen it before..."
The more he spoke, the more guilty he seemed.
"Is your Uncle Dan's girlfriend good to you?" Dan's mother was also concerned about this, since Zhao Zhao had always been supported by Dan Anwen, and she was afraid that his girlfriend would mind.
"Uh, it's fine, it's fine," Gu Ji stammered.
This is a difficult question for her to answer. She is very good to herself, very good to herself, and she is constantly building herself up in her heart.
The father, who had been observing the whole situation, noticed her hesitant answer and her expression of anger that she dared not express, and he frowned instantly.
Dan's mother didn't notice anything amiss and was about to ask something more when Dan Anwen interrupted her again, "Mom, the child has class later, let her go upstairs first."
Gu Ji has been preparing for the poetry competition next semester. Knowing that she also has online classes, her mother nodded in agreement.
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