Choosing You (The Devil Prince X The Pretty Angel)

Chapter 50: Too Good To Be True

Present Day

Dayu's POV

"You're awfully quiet..."

I flinched a little hearing Qing's words. And I squirmed on my seat. He knew very well why I was being quiet.

We were in the car, on our way to Qing's family home in the suburb of Beijing. His family estate was huge, being one of the wealthiest family in China.

I had never thought that I would somehow be dating the man I fell in love with five years ago; let alone, thought that I'd even be visiting his parents.

I thought that my time with Qing was over and that I'd never meet him again. I thought that the two years I spent with him, being his contract lover was the only memory I would have with him.

Now; five years later; here I am. In the passenger's seat of his Benz, and we're now at the front gate of his family home.

And he's wondering why I was being so quiet? Of course Qing knew the answer to that. Everything that's happening right now is just too surreal for me. It felt like this isn't really happening. I felt like watching myself from outside of my body.

"This is...too soon.." I mumbled. I was not exactly scared of being hated, that's one of the things that I had always expected coming from my partner's family because relationship like ours weren't supposed to be normal. Being with another man; would take away the opportunity to marry and have a normal family. Not all parents would want that for their children; especially not to an only child and an heir to boots, like Qing. So, that wouldn't surprise me at all. And I wasn't terrified of that. No. What bothered me more, was something else. What if I caused Qing's family to hope for something, and then they found out that it was not as they had expected? What if they really liked me and then this relationship crumbled? What if I liked them but in the end it didn't work out with Qing? So, what then?

"Too soon..?" Qing's voice turned a little self deprecating, "on the contrary..I think I had taken too much time already...I should have brought you to meet my parents a long time ago...."

I bit my lip. Qing really meant that. So, I wouldn't contradict him. And I didn't want to be bothered by this any more than I already was, so, I tried my best to clear my mind and not to think about these things that had been bothering me.

What will be, will be. I will deal with any situation as best as I could, when the need arise.

Qing drove, I think half a kilometer more from the front gate until, finally a huge imperial traditional housing came into view.

I gasped, as I took in the magnificent view. It felt as though, I had entered into another era- hundreds of years ago.

Qing really came from old money. I was so used to seeing him in the modern buildings that I never actually pictures him to have grown up in such environment.

"You really lived here?" I asked, unable to contain my disbelief and my wonderment.

"Yeah.." Qing replied, coolly, "until I was 16..."

I looked at him, wonderingly.

"Well..I enrolled in a high School with a boarding house.." he smiled, "so I had to leave home.."

Ah- I got it. He went to an international high school; The only top grade exclusive international high school in Beijing. Most rich kids from wealthy and famous families enrolled there along with many expatriates' children. The kind of high school I could never even imagine I could be attending.

I walked out, as soon as Qing killed his engine after parking in front of the main house. I was carrying two gifts to be given to Qing's parents. I asked Qing to drop by  liquor store to buy the gift for his father and to a kitchen ware shop to buy a gift for his mother.  He insisted that I didn't have to do it but, how could I not? I'm coming for a visit to my boyfriend's house for the first time. Even though my gifts might not be expensive and even though they might just be thrown away afterwards, I still thought that I should buy them, regardless of what would happen.

Qing let me do what I want in the end, and gave me a strange smile afterwards. I didn't look into his eyes much as I was doing my shopping, because I didn't want to see him smirking. He's happy that I was doing this, I know. And, I didn't want to spoil the mood by getting into a fight with him today. I also didn't want to think much about what my actions indicated. Qing shouldn't read too much into this. This was courtesy; a common sense courtesy.

No matter what; I came in this relationship, sober. My head was clear and I knew what I was doing. It didn't matter how long this relationship lasted, I am not in this blindly. And like what I had told Qing, I am always serious with every relationship I was in. Even, the contract relationship that we had for two years; I was even serious about that too.

And I was glad because for the first time; Qing actually didn't insist that he paid for the things I bought. Maybe he sensed that I wouldn't want it; and that it'd piss me off if he did.

He didn't even asked me if he should help me carry the two paper bags of gifts. I was glad.

I was nervous, when we were standing in front of the entrance door of his family house, by before my nerves got more pronounced, thankfully the door, was already pulled open.

I was expecting one of Qing's family helpers to be there, but instead, I saw two elderly people. Very good looking elderly couple, who were dressed to boots. The man was as tall as Qing, and they have the same smile but the rest of Qing's features were identical to the woman's. It's not hard to realise that they were Qing's parents.

"Ma, baba.." Qing greeted them and then he casually put his arm around my shoulders, shocking me, "this is Feng JianYu. Your son-in-law."

I bowed down to greet them, before I even registered d what Qing had actually said, "hello, sir.madam..Nice to meet you..." then Qing's words hit me hard and I gasped, as I automatically turned to Qing, in disbelief. Did he just said- son-in-law? I was tempted to stamp on his foot again but we're in front of his parents. Hence, I gritted my teeth and gave him a 'I will kill you' look.

I turned back to Qing's parents and gave them the gifts, to his father first, and then to his mother.

"These are for you sir, uncle.." and then I bowed to them again.

"Awww!" Qing's mother smiled, and before I knew it, she had taken one step ahead and gave me a hug, "you shouldn't have..!" She drew away as my mouth fell open, "call me auntie.."

Then before my shock was over, Qing's father also went and gave me a hug, patting my back as he said, "call me Uncle..or baba..." he looked at me, with a serious look but gentle eyes, "you're our son in law."

I was stuck dumb. What's happening? What's going on? In all the things I expected to happen, this type of first meeting hadn't been in any of them. This was just too good to be true.

I looked at Qing, helplessly because I really was rendered speechless and I didn't know what to say or do anymore. Was this really happening? Or was I in some kind of a dream?

"I told you didn't I...? You're the only one for me.." Qing reached out to me, ruffling my hair, and winking at me, "why are you looking so surprised..?"

I couldn't say anything, as not only Qing but also his mother, took my hands and lead me into the house.

I followed them; still in a dazed trance.