Lin Yuyi pinched his own ear, speaking in a soft, gentle voice, his eyes full of doting affection for Su Mo.
“My dear wife, I was wrong. I won’t dare do it again.”
“Will you forgive me, please?”
Seeing Lin Yuyi’s pitiful, aggrieved expression as he begged, Su Mo’s heart softened a little though she was still angry.
“Tell me, why didn’t you reply to my messages last night?”
“Have your wings grown strong now?”
(Meaning: Have you gotten bold enough to ignore me?)
Messages?
Heaven knew that whenever Lin Yuyi saw Su Mo’s messages, he always replied instantly he never dared not to.
“You’ve really wronged me this time. I didn’t receive any messages from you.”
“If you don’t believe me, check my phone.”
Still kneeling on the cushion, Lin Yuyi crawled over bit by bit, placed his phone in front of Su Mo, and opened WeChat.
Indeed, there was nothing there.
Su Mo also took out her own phone and sent him a message telling him to come over for lunch today.
Su Mo’s parents were willing, for their daughter’s sake, to reconcile over what happened yesterday.
Lin Yuyi immediately swore to the heavens, “Momo, I really didn’t receive anything.”
He explained every detail of last night clearly and promised that nothing had happened between him and Bai Qing.
“Momo, trust me. Don’t listen to my mom she’s just old and stubborn.”
“Besides, Xiaoqing and I grew up together. Older people always prefer someone they know well. As long as you behave well in front of my mom…”
“You’re so refined, gentle, and considerate how could my mom not like you?”
“She might even adore you. How about next time I take you to meet Bai Qing and clear things up in front of you?”
Listening to Lin Yuyi repeatedly express his sincerity, Su Mo thought it over and it made sense.
Problems between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were common anyway.
She had excelled in everything since childhood why would she be afraid of handling her future mother-in-law?
“Then it’s settled. When your mom comes later, you must do what you said.”
“I’m willing to compromise on the bride price but my parents’ dignity still has to be preserved, right?”
Su Mo’s concession deeply moved Lin Yuyi.
Where else could he find such a good future wife?
On the surface, Lin Yuyi would contribute seventy thousand toward the bride price, while the remaining thirty thousand would come from Zhang Lanhua.
That way, Su Mo’s parents should have nothing more to say.
After coaxing Su Mo, Lin Yuyi called Zhang Lanhua and planned to pick her up at noon for the meal.
All morning, to make a good impression on Su Mo’s parents, Lin Yuyi busied himself in the kitchen.
With the hot weather, by the time he came out, his entire back was soaked with sweat.
“You’ve worked hard,” Su Mo said, stepping forward to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Even though he was tired, Lin Yuyi felt happy.
Right now, all he wanted was to marry Su Mo as soon as possible.
“I’m not tired not if it’s for you.”
Nearby, Qin Hui jokingly tugged Su Zhengshan’s arm.
“Look at you when I first came to your house, you had me doing this and that.”
“Why didn’t you have even half of Little Lin’s awareness back then?”
Su Zhengshan still had his apron on, smiling warmly at the wife he had cherished for half his life.
Qin Hui was satisfied with Lin Yuyi as a son-in-law except for his mother.
That part was truly troublesome.
The food was ready, and everyone was seated in the living room, yet Zhang Lanhua still hadn’t appeared.
Not even a phone call by midday.
Qin Hui grew worried.
“Yuyi, should you call your mom or go pick her up from the hotel?”
“What if she wandered off somewhere and got lost?”
Lin Yuyi had already called earlier, but for some reason she still hadn’t come.
“Momo, I’ll go pick up my mom first. Wait for me at home, okay?”
Today Su Mo had deliberately chosen a pale pink dress, every gesture carrying the grace of a refined young lady.
Knowing Zhang Lanhua disliked overly flashy girls, she wore only light makeup even her lipstick was the faintest pink.
Her long hair was tied behind her head, her small face smiling gently.
“Your aunt is more important go quickly. Don’t worry about me.”
“Alright.”
After leaving, Lin Yuyi called Zhang Lanhua again, but no one answered.
He began to panic.
The Su family was still waiting.
Yesterday had already been embarrassing if another incident happened today, Qin Hui would be the first to explode.
Time passed minute by minute.
By two in the afternoon, the atmosphere in the Su family living room was heavy.
Qin Hui’s face had completely darkened.
Su Mo sat beside her, secretly signaling Su Zhengshan with her eyes.
In the silence, Su Mo barely dared to breathe loudly.
She felt disappointed too, yet didn’t dare call Lin Yuyi first to ask what was happening.
Until a ringtone suddenly broke the dead silence.
“Mom, it’s Yuyi calling I’ll take it first!”
Su Mo hurriedly slipped away.
Before Qin Hui could react, Su Zhengshan soothed her.
“This is between the young people. Let’s not interfere see what they say first.”
Behind him, Su Mo gave her father a thumbs-up and ran to her room to answer the call.
“Yuyi, are you okay over there?”
Lin Yuyi was not okay far from it.
Hearing Su Mo’s gentle concern brought him a little comfort.
But he couldn’t tell her the truth.
“Momo, I’m sorry. My mom got lost. How about I bring her to apologize another day, okay?”
Hearing that Zhang Lanhua was lost, Su Mo immediately agreed.
“Okay, I’m fine. Don’t worry. Shencheng isn’t like the countryside later I’ll take Auntie around more so she won’t get lost.”
Lin Yuyi glanced at Zhang Lanhua sitting beside him, and his heart finally settled.
“Alright. Wait for my call.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”
After hanging up, Zhang Lanhua remained seated on a park bench, refusing to leave.
Standing beside her still was Bai Qing.
The reason Zhang Lanhua hadn’t gone at noon was because she had listened to Bai Qing, who said the Su family should know that although the Lin family couldn’t compare materially, their pride and backbone couldn’t be weaker.
“Son, only today did I realize how poorly Xiaoqing has been living in Shencheng.”
“Anyway, I don’t care if you don’t settle Xiaoqing properly, I won’t go to the Su family. I won’t meet them.”
Because Bai Qing didn’t want to remain a receptionist and could only do miscellaneous tasks all day, she longed for a glamorous-looking job but lacked the ability to obtain one.
Now Zhang Lanhua treated Bai Qing wholeheartedly like a daughter.
Lin Yuyi was at his wit’s end and couldn’t help shouting at Bai Qing.
“Bai Qing, my mom is old and doesn’t understand reason but don’t you understand either?”
“Do you know how important today is to me?”
“Mom, are you really going to personally destroy your son’s happiness?”
Zhang Lanhua hadn’t expected Lin Yuyi to become more and more disobedient.
So angry that she clutched her chest, she said
“You… are you trying to anger me to death?”