The next day, Jiang Rui was a little surprised when she saw Yan Zhao at the bus station. The big boy in front of her, who has changed out of his school uniform and is dressed elegantly now, is this Yan Zhao who always looks impatient and aggressive?
Perhaps the surprise in her eyes was too obvious, so Yan Zhao felt uncomfortable. He said fiercely: “What are you looking at?”
As soon as she heard him speak, Jiang Rui was sure that it was him. She asked a little funny: “Why are you dressed like this?”
Yan Zhao looked down at himself. His face was tightened because of nervousness, and his brows furrowed, “Doesn’t it look good? My mother insisted that I wear this.” This outfit was a temporary purchase last night.
“It’s pretty good-looking.” Jiang Rui said, “It’s just that I’m not used to it.”
Yan Zhao curled his lips and said, “My mother said that if I dress like this, I will look like a good boy. The elders like it better.”
Jiang Rui walked hand in hand with him and said with a smile: “You are indeed very good, but the way you did before is more suitable for you. You can wear whatever you want in the future. Don’t worry about my mother not liking it. As long as I like it, she will like it.”
The hidden lines in this sentence made Yan Zhao’s ears turn red. He did not say anything. Just when Jiang Rui thought he was going to remain silent, he suddenly spoke stiffly again, not daring to look at her. “Whatever you do, I like it too.”
Jiang Rui smiled and squeezed his hand, and Yan Zhao squeezed her tighter.
Shu Xiaoyun met Yan Zhao once before. When they met again this time, their identities had changed, from her daughter’s classmate to her daughter’s boyfriend. However, they were still young after all, so it was difficult for her to regard him as her future son-in-law.
Therefore, the imagined scene of the mother-in-law picking on her son-in-law did not appear, but she was just more enthusiastic than the previous time.
When Jiang Rui asked Yan Zhao to come, she did not ask him to formally meet her parents. It was going to be a holiday soon, and Yan Zhao always wanted to see her, so she simply let him have a show in front of Shu Xiaoyun so that he could come to see her more often in the future.
After seeing each other, Shu Xiaoyun continued to work in the kitchen, while Jiang Rui and Yan Zhao were doing homework and looking at the store.
Every day since then, Yan Zhao has been more punctual than going to school. He goes out early in the morning and stays with Jiang Rui at the dessert shop for a day. When the weather is cold, he goes with her to distribute flyers.
Jiang Rui specifically asked him to give more to little girls who looked like students. Sure enough, in the next few days, the dessert shop’s business was much better than before.
It took Yan Zhao twice before he realized that Jiang Rui was using him to set up a beauty trap. He became depressed and angry. He decided not to go the next day unless she said something nice.
The next day, when she saw him lingering around and still at home past the time to go out, Su Li asked curiously: “Aren’t you going to be a door-to-door son-in-law today?”
“Mom, don’t talk nonsense.” Yan Zhao frowned, glancing at the phone again and again, and looking away a few times before he became upset.
Su Li knew at a glance that there was a little quarrel. She was about to say that Old Yan, your son is a promising man and dares to lose his temper with his girlfriend, when Yan Zhao’s cell phone rang.
She doesn’t know what kind of message he received. After reading it, his whole face lit up. He stood up and ran out, leaving behind the sentence: “I won’t be back for lunch!”
Su Li silently swallowed the words back into her stomach. Thinking that it was a good thing she did not say it out loud, otherwise, wouldn’t she be slapped in the face?
Looking back over the past few days, what kind of virtues does she not know about her own son? The person has not been taken home to show her, but he already belongs to someone else, including his heart and soul. It is estimated that the only time in his life that he will succeed is when he confesses to a girl.
——But having said that, are you sure it was your son who confessed first?
***
On the other end, Yan Zhao did receive a text message from Jiang Rui. It was not a nice word, but she just asked: “Aren’t you coming today?”
“On the way!” He replied immediately. He went out and could not wait for the bus, so he called a taxi.
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Translator’s Comment:
Why did I suddenly think that Su Li was really similar to Zhao Nan’s mother, Zhao Liyun from the first arc? Do you still remember our mother-in-law from the first arc? She is really a treasure, haha~~
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Yeah! Zhao Nan’s mom & Su Li are similar. Zhao Nan was also liked to frown & blush on front of Rui Rui
It’s kinda… Rewarding to read about more or less normal family dynamics and not all the angsty stuff like dad’s mistress mistreating the son under the guise of indulgence. Or both parents being completely against the match or something in that corner