Chapter 111 Urging Marriage
Shi Jin went home for dinner in the evening.
Unexpectedly, Mai Mai also came; it was Shi's mother who sent her.
At the dinner table, Shi Jin just kept eating in silence.
Shi's mother kicked him under the table.
He immediately put down his chopsticks and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Shi's mother smiled awkwardly, then said softly through gritted teeth, "Don't just eat by yourself, hurry up and put some food on Mai Mai's plate!"
Shi Jin glanced speechlessly at her meddlesome mother, then casually picked up a few vegetable leaves with the serving chopsticks and put them into Mai Mai's bowl.
Mai Mai happily said, "Thank you."
For the past three years, Shi's mother has been watching how Mai Mai cared for and looked after Shi Jin, and how she swallowed her grievances and resentment.
As a woman herself, she felt sorry for Mai Mai.
But Shi's mother knew that Shi Jin still couldn't forget Bai Zhenzhu.
But what can we do? Life can't be perfect in every way; you can't have everything.
After finishing the meal, Shi Jin saw Mai Mai off as instructed by his mother.
Mai Mai's house was right next to his villa, so the two of them walked back.
Mai Mai didn't dare to look him in the eye all night; she was still wary of him.
After all, I made a foolish mistake a few days ago.
"Shi Jin, I'm sorry, please don't be angry anymore, okay? I won't do anything strange again."
Shi Jin put one hand in his pocket, looked at the scenery in the distance, and casually replied with an "Mm".
Only then did Mai Mai dare to turn her head and glance at him, but under the light, she saw a faint red mark on the side of Shi Jin's neck...
Her heart clenched.
Despite her desperate attempts to suppress her resentment, she couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, her face flushed with anger, "Shi Jin, what happened to your neck?"
Shi Jin subconsciously raised his hand to touch his neck, and the spot he touched was exactly the red mark, right there.
This subconscious action best reflects the problem; Shi Jin clearly knows exactly how this neck injury happened.
However, he didn't seem to care at all about Mai Mai's questioning.
He casually made up an excuse: "It was from a mosquito bite."
"Really?"
The conversation had just ended there, but Mai Mai insisted on getting to the bottom of things, which annoyed Shi Jin.
He suddenly stopped and looked at her seriously. "MaiMai, I remember saying when I agreed to get engaged to you three years ago that I would not love you, and you accepted it readily. I thought you had come to your senses in the past three years, but your behavior these past few days has made me very unhappy. If you want to continue our harmonious relationship, you'd better stay within your bounds, don't ask too many questions, and don't do anything extra."
A blatant warning and threat.
Mai Mai immediately fell silent, not daring to ask any more questions.
Now that Shi Jin has such a noble status and so much power, she is no longer the puppet she was three years ago who had to obey her parents and get engaged to her.
If she continues down this path, their already precarious relationship might collapse instantly, and Shi Jin could escape unscathed.
"I'm sorry, Shi Jin, I really won't do it again." She bowed her head and apologized.
Seeing that she didn't go any further, Shi Jin stopped pursuing the matter.
After dropping the person off at home, I returned to the villa.
...
He knew his mother wouldn't let him have a single day of peace.
Then his mother brought hot milk into his room again.
Under the guise of having a heart-to-heart talk with her son, she was actually pressuring him to get married in a roundabout way.
"Xiao Jin, look, you and Mai Mai have been engaged for three years. Shouldn't you get married? Who gets engaged for so long and doesn't get married? It doesn't sound good!"
It's that same old story again; he's really tired of hearing it.
"Mom, aren't you tired? You nag me every day. I'm sick of hearing it. I've told you so many times, I have no plans to get married right now. I have a lot of things to do at the company. If I get married, will you go to Southeast Asia to oversee the project for me?"
"Xiao Jin, you just need to attend the wedding. I'll take care of the rest. You don't need to spend any time or energy on it."
"No way! I have to plan my own wedding myself. Your taste is terrible!"
"But Mai Mai has waited for you for so long, it's time to give her an answer. You can't be irresponsible towards her! Do you want her to keep waiting for you for years to come?"
"I didn't tell her to wait for me."
Seeing Shi Jin coldly say these words, Shi's mother couldn't help but ask the questions that had been bottled up in her heart.
"Son, tell me the truth, why haven't you gotten married yet? Is it because you're still thinking about Pearl?"
The atmosphere froze instantly.
For three years, not only has Shi Jin consistently avoided the topic of white pearls, but even Shi's mother has never mentioned the name again. She even deliberately avoids buying pearl jewelry when shopping for pieces.
The mother and son both felt somewhat uncomfortable bringing up the white pearl again.
"Mom, what if I say yes?"
She didn't answer her question directly, but Shi's mother understood the answer.
She stared at Shi Jin silently for a while, sighed, said nothing, and turned to leave his room.
...
One week later.
Shi's mother accompanied a close friend to Bai Zhenzhu's studio.
At first, she didn't know that the owner of the studio was Bai Zhenzhu.
Later, because her best friend was a VIP at the studio, she received a personal reception from Bai Zhenzhu.
When Bai Zhenzhu entered the reception room and her eyes met Shi's mother's, both of them were taken aback at first, and then they both smiled warmly at each other.
Bai Zhenzhu calmly walked up to them, then took out a picture book and slowly began to introduce it to them...
Half an hour later, after her best friend had chosen her favorite painting, she got up to leave.
Bai Zhenzhu politely said, "The painting will be delivered in a month. I will send staff to install it personally then... Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Shi, take care..."
The best friend turned to leave with Shi's mother, but Shi's mother stopped in her tracks. "Miss Bai, I have some personal matters I'd like to discuss with you. Do you have time now?"
The best friend glanced at Shi's mother in confusion. How come she didn't know that her best friend knew the owner of this studio?
"Of course, no problem."
...
Shi's mother gave her best friend a brief explanation, and the best friend tactfully left first.
Only Bai Zhenzhu and Shi's mother remained in the reception room, sitting facing each other and leisurely drinking coffee.
Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the two of them, creating a beautiful scene.
Mother Shi put down her coffee cup, still looking at her with a warm smile. "Pearl, it's been three years, and you've really changed a lot. I knew you would succeed, and I'm so proud of you."
“Auntie, thank you. If you hadn’t sent me to study in Italy and become a student of Locke, I don’t think I would have all of this today.”
Bai Zhenzhu was speaking from the heart; it wasn't sarcasm or irony.
But Shi's mother sounded a little embarrassed.
"Pearl, do you still resent me?"
"Auntie, I've never resented you. Maybe I was just disappointed in you, after all, you were really good to me..."
Bai Zhenzhu is someone who doesn't easily reveal her true thoughts, but she actually spoke quite a lot of the truth today, and she herself felt very confused.
Shi's mother felt a lump in her throat, and her mind instantly recalled her encounter and friendship with Bai Zhenzhu three years ago. She felt extremely ashamed.
"By the way, Auntie, what did you want to say to me?" Bai Zhenzhu suddenly broke free from that melancholy atmosphere and revealed a bright smile.
"I heard you got married?"
Bai Zhenzhu knew that this misunderstanding was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, but she still couldn't explain it to Shi's mother.
So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "Mm."
Mother Shi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then smiled and said, "Congratulations, my Xiaojin is getting married too, probably as early as the end of this year."
Bai Zhenzhu finally understood what Shi's mother wanted to say, and she went along with it, saying, "That's great. I believe Auntie will soon be a grandmother. Haven't you always hoped to have a grandson to keep you company and enjoy your old age?"
After chatting for a few more minutes, Bai Zhenzhu saw Shi's mother off.
Then she returned to her office, sat down in her chair, gently stroked her stomach, and her eyes welled up with tears…
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