Chapter 896: Chapter 896: Dad, I’m Home...
After speaking, Arnold suggested, "Laurant, I have nothing to do anyway, why don’t you let me handle Marcus’s schooling?"
"Alright." Mark agreed.
Then silence fell in the car for a while, Arnold glanced at Mark and said, "Laurant, today I met Ethan."
Mark didn’t say anything, waiting for Arnold to continue.
Arnold’s face was clouded with worry.
She looked at Mark and continued, "I told Ethan about not continuing with the engagement, but he didn’t agree... And now Elder Moore’s stance is so firm..."
Mark turned his head to look at Arnold, "Are you backing down?"
Arnold firmly replied, "No, how could I possibly back down!"
"That’s good." Mark controlled the steering wheel with one hand and reached out to hold Arnold’s small hand with the other, "As long as you don’t back down, no one can be an obstacle for us."
After speaking, Mark added a warning, "Don’t go to see Ethan anymore, it’s okay if he doesn’t agree, as long as General Moore agrees not to proceed with the engagement."
Then Mark confidently continued, "Besides, I’ll make him agree!"
Arnold looked at Mark and asked, "Do you have a way to make my dad agree? And Ethan, do you have a way with him too?"
Mark turned his head and smiled mysteriously, "Secret."
The next few days were relatively calm.
Mark and Arnold met almost every day, and their relationship rapidly deepened.
Furthermore, during this time, Arnold helped Marcus get into a very good boarding school, sending a very delighted Marcus there.
Unfortunately, the issue of Arnold and Ethan’s impending engagement was still unresolved.
Arnold tried various ways to please her mom and grandparents at home, but when it came to not getting engaged to Ethan, all her efforts were in vain.
On Mark’s side, he didn’t idle. He went to see General Moore several times, each time sincerely admitting his mistakes and clearly expressing his feelings for Arnold.
However, each time, General Moore never showed any good face to Mark and mercilessly kicked him out, stubbornly refusing to agree to cancel the engagement.
Amidst these circumstances, Mark’s mother came over again.
That day, Mark’s mother brought Zoe directly to Mark’s apartment.
As soon as she entered, Mrs. Foster asked, "Laurant, I think we can’t agree to a six-month promise. You still don’t have a girlfriend now, so I want you to first spend some time with Zoe before marriage, you must listen to mom."
Mark nodded, lightly responding, "Mm."
Mrs. Foster was delighted and immediately looked at Zoe, "Zoe, that’s great, Laurant agreed, you can soon become the daughter-in-law of your aunt!"
Mark looked at Mrs. Foster’s happy expression, feeling a headache, "Mom, when did I say I wanted to marry Zoe?"
"Laurant Foster, you can’t go back on your word!" Mrs. Foster glared at Laurant, then said sternly, "You just agreed to me and Zoe getting engaged?"
Mark nodded, "Yes, I agreed to get married."
Seeing Mark not agreeing, Mrs. Foster breathed a sigh of relief, "That settles it, since you yourself agreed, today I brought Zoe..."
While Mrs. Foster was speaking, Mark directly took out his phone.
He searched the album and found a previous photo of himself and Arnold, showing it to his mother, "This is my girlfriend, and my future wife, your daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Foster was shocked with wide eyes.
She stared at the picture of Arnold for a long time, then angrily yelled, "Laurant Foster, you ungrateful child, see if I won’t beat you!"
Saying this, Mrs. Foster began to pound with her fists.
While pounding, she complained, "What kind of bad fate do I have! Just one son, and..."
Unable to speak more, Mrs. Foster increased her pounding on Mark, then cried out, "How will your dad and I live with this?"
Mark and Zoe were both bewildered.
Mark looked at Mrs. Foster, puzzled, and asked, "Mom, what’s this all about?"
Zoe also looked at Mrs. Foster and asked, "Aunt, what’s wrong?"
Mrs. Foster snatched Mark’s phone and showed it to Zoe, "Zoe, look!"
Due to the timing, Mark’s phone had already locked automatically.
Seeing this situation, Mrs. Foster glared at Mark, "Unlock your phone!"
Mark complied, still confused.
Mrs. Foster looked at Mark, crying bitterly, "Laurant Foster, Zoe is such a good girl and you don’t fancy her, why are you smitten with a guy?!"
"Although things are more open now, Mom doesn’t despise... but you’re the Foster family’s only son, Mom is counting on you to carry on the family line!"
As Mrs. Foster was saying these things, Zoe had already seen Arnold in the photo.
At this moment, Zoe stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Mark, sadly whispering, "Laurant, I thought you didn’t want to marry me because there was a better girl. But I never imagined that you actually like a man!"
"What a mess this is!" Mark took the phone from Zoe’s hand and pointed to Arnold’s photo, showing Mrs. Foster and Zoe, "Look closely, she is a woman!"
Mrs. Foster stopped crying, stared wide-eyed at Arnold’s photo.
The photo showed Arnold with short hair, wearing a military uniform, standing straight, looking inexplicably dashing.
Although she was somewhat thin, not as tall as the men in Mark’s unit, and her features were indeed quite delicate.
But so what?
Many men look feminine, this one in the photo looks like a handsome young man, nothing about it suggests a woman!
Mrs. Foster glared at Mark, "Laurant Foster, you!..."
Zoe also looked at Mark, "Laurant, this is clearly a handsome boy, both Aunt and I can see it."
Mark was exasperated.
Why is this so difficult to explain?
Does he look like someone with an abnormal orientation?
Just as Mark found it hard to clarify the situation, the apartment door was knocked on.
Mark opened the door, and Marcus, who had returned from boarding school, sweetly spoke, "Dad, I’m back."
"Mm." Mark took Marcus’s backpack and asked, "How come you came back by yourself?"
Marcus looked at Mark and answered, "I was worried Dad was busy, so I didn’t contact you."
