Before, she had been wondering whether to let Wen Yang meet the parents when her mother arrived.
But her mother had made a surprise drop-in, leaving her with no time to prepare.
Ning Chu looked at her mother, who was standing by the roadside in a long skirt. She gathered her emotions, left Wen Yang by her side, and hurriedly went up to her mother.
She quickly put on a sweet smile and took her mother's hand, “Mom, why are you here already?”
“I was worried about you,“ said her mother, smiling. Her gaze did not rest on her daughter, but on the man whose hand her daughter had taken and with whom she had been acting so intimately.
”Is that your boyfriend?“
”Um... yes."
Ning Chu felt that there was no way to hide it anymore.
There was no need to hide it either. The only problem was that Wen Yang seemed to be a bit over-anxious.
She waved at Wen Yang and introduced him to her mother, saying, ”His name is Wen Yang. He's in the same class as me.”
“Oh, he's quite handsome."
Her mother smiled gently, but she was sizing Wen Yang up with a critical eye.
He was tall, almost 1.9 meters, dressed simply but appropriately, had a straight and sturdy figure, and his face was full of nervousness. Apart from the fact that he was a little too handsome and could easily be tempted away by other women, there wasn't really anything wrong with him.
It was normal for young girls to like handsome guys.
She nodded at Wen Yang in a friendly manner, which slightly relieved Wen Yang's apprehensive heart.
“Hello, auntie...” Wen Yang walked up to his mother and couldn't even speak.
It was really a bit too sudden, and he wasn't prepared for anything.
Fortunately, he had stayed with Ning Chu during gym class instead of playing ball, otherwise the stench of sweat would have made his future mother-in-law frown.
His mother nodded as a greeting, and asked Ning Chu, “Why did you get out of class so early? I was thinking of going to your school to take a look around, and I'll call you after five or six o'clock.”
“There's only one PE class this afternoon.”
“I see.”
Ning Chu gave Wen Yang a secret wink, telling him to act according to the situation and be sweet.
“Mom, we can just take your car to the rental house, and Hei Dou is waiting at home.”
"You were named...”
“Anyway, I'll have to change the name when I register Hei Dou.“
His mother shook her head helplessly, ‘It's hard enough raising your brother and you, and just when I get a break every two years, you cause me another big problem.’
Ning Chu smiled sheepishly.
”Don't wait a few years, I'll have raised that kitten, and you'll give me a grandchild.“
”...
She knew her mother was just teasing, not complaining, and her face flushed faintly as she muttered, “It's fine, I don't want to have kids.”
“That's not going to work! How can you not want children?“
Her mother gave her daughter a look and walked over to the white car parked by the roadside.
”Whose car is this? Did you rent it?“
“It belongs to your uncle. I happened to go visit your grandfather this afternoon, so I just borrowed your uncle's car.”
“Oh~”
Her mother looked back at Wen Yang and asked, “Can you drive?”
Wen Yang shook her head embarrassedly.
"Go get your driver's license when you have time. Even if you don't have a car, you'll need it occasionally,”
My mother reminded him kindly, but Ning Chu could clearly feel a hint of coldness in her tone.
Ning Chu really couldn't understand what it was about Wen Yang that made his mother so unhappy.
In terms of looks, Wen Yang could be a celebrity if he dressed up a bit; in terms of height and build, he was certainly not as good as an athlete, but he was still considered strong; in terms of personality, character, family... They had only met for a few minutes, and there had been no more than a few words exchanged.
Before the mother could get into the driver's seat and close the door, Ning Chu leaned over and asked in her mother's ear, “Mom, do you not like Wen Yang?”
“It's okay.”
So she doesn't like him?
The mother lowered her voice as well and whispered, “Men who are good-looking tend to attract a lot of attention, and he's too tall.”
It's true that he attracts a lot of attention, but that's Ning Chu's own fault...
As for being tall, isn't that a good thing? Although the height difference between the two is too great, it does make things a bit inconvenient.
For example, when kissing...it's exhausting to stand on tiptoe.
And when taking photos, it's easy to get out of the same frame.
Ning Chu pondered this in her mind, and sat down in the passenger seat. She looked back and looked into the back seat, where Wen Yang was sitting upright with a serious face.
This was the first time she had seen Wen Yang so nervous.
She giggled with glee, and turned to her mother and said, “This is the road, drive straight, I'll tell you to stop later.”
“Is it far?“
”It's about a ten-minute drive.“
While driving, her mother occasionally glanced at Ning Chu and looked at Wen Yang in the rearview mirror.
She could clearly feel that her daughter was very serious about this relationship, and she was afraid that she had already decided when they would get married and what they would name their children.
”How long have you two been together?“
”A few weeks, right?“
Her mother was stunned. ‘That soon? You used to like boys?’
”...
"As expected, my mother misunderstood me!
Although she had fallen for the male gender very quickly, she had once been a man, and her sexual orientation was perfectly normal!
Ning Chu blushed and flatly denied, “My sexual orientation has always been normal!”
“Oh~”
So normal that she had fallen in love with boys as soon as she had become a girl.
Her mother nodded knowingly and continued to ask, “Xiao Yang, how old are you now?”
Wen Yang quickly straightened up and said with a serious face, “Eighteen years old.”
"Where do you live?”
“What do your parents do?“
”Oh... I see..."
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It was clearly a background check on Wen Yang, but Ning Chu couldn't help but feel nervous, afraid that her mother wouldn't be satisfied with Wen Yang's family situation.
She tensed up, looking nervously at her mother's expression.
Sure enough, she saw a hint of dissatisfaction in her mother's face.
After all, not to mention a dowry and a car, Wen Yang's family
conditions, there is a problem even eating...
Ning Chu hurriedly interrupted her mother and changed the subject: “Mom, Hei Dou usually likes meat, and fish and shrimp too.”
“She is usually pretty good, and doesn't make a fuss...”
Her mother sighed softly, “Turning against your own family~”
”...
Fortunately, the ride wasn't long, and Ning Chu saw the familiar bus stop sign: ”Mom, stop near the bus stop up ahead, my rental house is in the village behind.”
“Okay.“
The car was parked in a parking space on the side of the road, and the group got out. His mother turned to Wen Yang and said, ‘You go upstairs first, I'll go with Ning Chu to buy some food to bring back to Hei Dou.’
”Okay, Auntie.“
Wen Yang's heart tightened, and he nodded politely and left.
His mother saw that he had gone far away, and then she took Ning Chu by the hand and said with concern, ‘You have to be careful.’
”Huh?”
“He was just like that back then. A poor boy, good-looking, and he ran off with another woman after just two years.“
”...
Ning Chu finally understood why her father had left back then.
It could only be said that men are indeed creatures that like new things and dislike old things...
But it's not like he just ran away, is it? After all, even though her mother was over forty, she still looked after herself very well, both in terms of her figure and appearance, and she was in her early thirties, the most attractive posture of a mature woman.
She looked at her mother in confusion until her mother's face flushed and she looked away.
“Maybe he's not feeling well..."