Leng Yue sat in front of the TV watching the news, while Yu Shao Chen sat beside her watching the news.
Leng Yue sipped her juice and ate snacks, while Yu Shao Chen kept rubbing his hands together.
Mrs. Leng peeked out and said to Mr. Leng, "Why are these two kids not saying anything? Are they having a fight?"
Leng's father also peeked over and said, "We shouldn't worry about the young people's affairs." Actually, Leng's father was overjoyed. This was exactly the kind of situation they should leave Yu Shaochen to his own devices, otherwise people would think that everyone in their family was easy to bully!
“I say, you seem quite happy. Have you been hoping they would cause trouble all along?” Mrs. Leng asked suspiciously.
“My daughter is back, is it wrong for me to be happy? You're such a naive woman, always overthinking things. I don't believe you're not happy that your daughter is here.” Father Leng didn't mention Yu Shao Chen at all.
Mother Leng nodded, "Of course I'm happy!"
Leng Yue noticed the commotion in the kitchen. After thinking about it, she realized that Yu Shao Chen was, after all, a guest at their home, and they should still show him the proper etiquette.
"Do you want some water?" Leng Yue asked, holding up her water glass.
Yu Shaochen shook his head, "I'm not thirsty."
"Eat something?" Leng Yue asked, holding up some potato chips.
Yu Shao Chen shook his head again, "I'm not hungry."
"Are you planning to eat here?" Leng Yue asked again.
Yu Shao Chen still shook his head, "I won't eat."
Leng Yue didn't finish her sentence, staring at Yu Shao Chen with wide eyes, her face clearly saying: Get lost.
Yu Shao Chen choked for a moment, "I just wanted to come and see you, don't misunderstand."
Leng Yue crunched on a potato chip and asked, "What's the misunderstanding?"
Seeing Leng Yue like this, Yu Shao Chen could no longer sit still and stood up abruptly. "Sorry to bother you. I have something to do, so I'll head back now."
Yu Shao Chen left in a hurry, without even having time to say goodbye to his parents. Hearing the door close, his mother came out to check. "Hey? Where's Chen Chen?"
Leng Yue took a bite of a potato chip and said, "I'm leaving. I said I had something to do."
"He's gone? He said he'd stay for dinner. Why is this child in such a hurry?" Mrs. Leng muttered under her breath as she went back to the kitchen.
Mr. Leng glanced at Mrs. Leng. "If he doesn't want to eat, he doesn't want to eat. Who cares to give him any? This child is getting more and more rude as he gets older. I think he's wasted his time at university..."
"Why are you resorting to personal attacks?" Mrs. Leng was displeased. They say a mother-in-law grows fonder of her son-in-law the longer she looks at him, and Mrs. Leng had been admiring her son-in-law for twenty years, and she was more than satisfied. Leng Yue wasn't even married to Yu Shao Chen yet, and Mrs. Leng was already protecting her.
Father Leng smirked, "It's not even certain he'll become your son-in-law yet. Don't be in such a hurry to protect him!"
"How can you talk like that? What's wrong with you? Why are you being so sarcastic today?" Even if Leng's mother was slow to notice, she could tell that something was wrong.
Mr. Leng was unwilling to say more, and simply maintained an inscrutable expression, which made Mrs. Leng feel uneasy.
Later, Leng Yue took out the gifts Qian Chen had prepared for her parents. Upon seeing the skincare products, Leng Yue's mother completely forgot about Yu Shao Chen. She was overjoyed all day, beaming with happiness.
But Mr. Leng seemed thoughtful. "Yueyue, how much money did you earn? How come you bought so many things?"
Leng Yue was taken aback by her father's questioning and quickly replied, "Isn't it because I'm happy? It's my first time earning money, and I'm happy to buy more for you and Mom."
Father Leng nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Meanwhile, Leng's mother pulled Leng Yue along, making her try on new clothes and praising her for her good taste.
It wasn't until bedtime that Leng's mother realized something was wrong. She nudged Leng's father, who was already snoring, and said, "Hey, I feel like something's not right."
"Huh? What!" Father Leng was suddenly woken up, a little confused. "What? Something's not right!"
“Daughter, something’s not right with our daughter.” Mrs. Leng sat up and turned on the bedside lamp. “She’s never given us gifts before, so how did she know to buy them this time? And so many at once? Now that I think about it, the money she earned from her summer job probably wasn’t enough to buy all these gifts. Where did she get the money?”
Dad rubbed his eyes and sat up. "You just realized that? And you're a mother, for goodness' sake!"
“You don’t know our daughter like that. She’s obedient, but she’s always like a child who never grows up. How would she know to buy us gifts? I bet someone’s been directing her.” Mr. Leng said, sighing. “I wonder what kind of person he is. Our daughter seems to trust him quite a bit.”
"You mean," Mrs. Leng lowered her voice, "that our daughter and that boy from the Yu family broke up? No way? The boy from the Yu family doesn't seem to dislike our daughter."
"Hmph!" Father Leng snorted coldly, "Who knows? I think it's better if it doesn't work out, so our daughter won't suffer after she gets married."
Mother Leng could no longer sit still. "What happened?"
"Hey, keep your voice down, don't wake our daughter." The father gestured, "Come here, come here."
Mother Leng leaned forward and said, "You tell me."
Mr. Leng then told Mrs. Leng about how he had been ridiculed by Mr. Yu Shao Chen's father. "I didn't say anything before because I was afraid you would tell your daughter, and if it affected their relationship, it would be our fault as parents. Now that we see, since they broke up a long time ago, it doesn't matter anymore."
"I never expected their family to be like this! Oh well, let them break up if they want, as long as Yueyue is happy." After saying that, Mrs. Leng couldn't help but ask, "What kind of person do you think our daughter's boyfriend will be?"
Leng's parents chatted until midnight, talking about many things. Some about the Yu family, some about their own, but most about their imaginations for Leng Yue's future.
The next day, Leng's parents woke up with dark circles under their eyes and were yawning constantly. Leng Yue, on the other hand, was full of energy and kept helping her mother with housework.
While feeling relieved, Leng's mother was also increasingly certain that Leng Yue truly had a new boyfriend. After all, she and Yu Shao Chen had dated for so long, and Leng Yue had never learned to help with housework!
Therefore, Leng Yue's maturity is inextricably linked to her new romantic partner.
Until the holiday ended and Qianchen came to pick Leng Yue up, she still didn't know that Leng's parents had already figured her out completely.
On the day Qianchen came to pick Leng Yue up, Leng Yue's parents didn't say anything, let alone offer to take her home. This made Leng Yue uneasy, wondering if she had somehow given herself away and that's why they were ignoring her. Little did she know, the old couple had already been peeking at them from the window.
They expressed their regret at the time, saying they hadn't prepared binoculars and couldn't see clearly. However, they did see Qianchen taking Lengyue's luggage and opening the truck door. They also saw Lengyue's energetic leap into Qianchen's arms and Qianchen's embrace of her.
In short, Leng's parents saw everything except Qianchen's face! Naturally, Leng's father ended up with a dark expression. Therefore, Qianchen later had a lot of trouble marrying Leng Yue!
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