Chapter 14 – The Discussion on Meeting the Parents Part 2
After breakfast, they sat down in the back garden.
The back garden had not been taken care of since Zu Jin moved in.
China roses and rugosa roses grew savagely on the white fence, but they produced a different kind of beauty.
“Did you tell your parents about us?” Yan Lin asked.
“I told my mother.” After a pause, Zu Jin continued, “I was raised by my mother. I don’t have a father.”
They were sitting close by. Yan Lin leaned towards her and looked at her, but did not pursue any deeper.
Zu Jin wanted to laugh when he looked at her. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“So you told me before that when you find a husband, you must find someone who can cook and do housework, and is willing to be a full-time husband. Is that you wanting to make up for your lack of paternal love?”
“…”
Zu Jin wanted to run him over with a few words. But when she was about to say what was on her mind, she realized that Yan Lin had not said anything wrong.
This was because if someone really lacked something, they would change their ways to make up for it in other ways.
She was reluctant to admit it right away.
Yan Lin put his arms around her shoulder and kissed her on the ear.
“Sorry, I shouldn’t have joked with you like that.”
Zu Jin shook his head. “It’s all right.”
Yan Lin smiled. “I was thinking about my family and you will understand it when you see them. But, let me also talk about my family’s situation since we are already talking about this.”
Zu Jin mocked. “It’s not a really annoying dog blood1 drama, is it?”
“What is a dog blood drama?”
Zu Jin: “…You can continue talking.”
“My parents have always been a loving and harmonious couple in front of outsiders. But in reality, my father had an affair and he had a son outside when I was in primary school. When my mother found out, she went to the mistress and used some…methods to force the mistress to take her son abroad.”
“Huh? What methods?”
Yan Lin shrugged his shoulders. “My mother threatened the woman’s family, and then because of what she did, my father became completely on the same side as the woman. My mother is a very traditional person, she does not want outsiders to know that her marriage has failed and she is determined to not divorce. Thus, my father deliberately does some things that are a bit excessive to annoy her, such as bringing the other woman to my maternal grandmother’s house. He also brought the youngest son to live in our house for a while. After a long time, my mother gave up on him and began to raise companions and so on.”
“…”
This was really an episode of a dog blood drama.
“Ever since I was a child, they showed up in front of me with their lovers without any hesitation. I remember that there were many times where my teachers wanted to have a parent-teacher meeting, my father chose to go to my brother’s school, and my mother deliberately refused to hold a parent-teacher meeting for me in order to be angry with my father. In short, this is what my family’s circumstances are like.”
After hearing this, Zu Jin let out a long sigh.
“I understand why you say you like my sense of reason.”
With that, she turned and hugged Yan Lin tightly.
She hated her mother, Zu Hua, for having a madness for love, so she became a career-oriented workaholic.
Yan Lin clearly had a superior life from an early age, but at the same time he also understood the importance of marriage.
They had different starting points, but their goals were the same.
That’s why Yan Lin was willing to invest more into the marriage, which made her feel extremely grateful and moved.
Yan Lin rubbed her cheek. “All right, don’t say that. When you have time, let me know. As for the gifts to bring to my family, I think I’ll prepare them. In any case, I’ll tell you…”
Zu Jin suddenly raised her head and interrupted him.
“When you were in my room, didn’t you say you wanted to discuss with me when we will have a baby?”
Yan Lin froze. “Mhm.”
Zu Jin held his face and smiled. She firmly said, “I hope it will be fast so it’ll be soon. As long as we don’t give up on each other, I think our child will be happier than anyone else!”
She finished her words, and then she saw Yan Lin’s eyes.
It seemed to have turned red.
“You’re not going to cry, are you?” Zu Jin carefully asked.
Yan Lin blinked his watery eyes. “I think it would be better for our child to have a nickname in the future.”
“…”
The author has something to say:
No one is as powerful as they seem.
Footnotes
狗血剧 (gǒu xuè jù) – Internet term for a drama or plot that deliberately has exaggerated or sensational performances.
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