In apartment 303 of the Yulong Bay Complex, a spacious living room.
A middle-aged couple was busy in the kitchen, with a table already set with various famous Jianghai dishes.
The middle-aged man in the kitchen was around 40 or 50, burly, with a flat-top haircut. His strong hands were chopping meat on a cutting board, his expression both fierce and unwilling.
This was Su Lexuan's father, Su Zhendong. The woman making soup beside him was her mother, Zhang Chunling.
Thinking about how his beloved daughter had deleted his contact just to date her boyfriend, and how she was bringing the culprit home, Su Zhendong chopped the meat even harder, causing the cutting board to shake violently.
"Is the cutting board your enemy?"
Zhang Chunling frowned and tapped Su Zhendong, scolding, "It's just our daughter bringing a boyfriend home. Look at you."
"Hmph, I think it's your fault for spoiling Lexuan. We agreed she wouldn't date in college, and she started right after military training."
Su Zhendong angrily threw down the knife and took out his phone to open WeChat, but his daughter still hadn't accepted his friend request.
Last night, he had lost his temper for the first time with his daughter, even cursing a bit, clearly telling her not to date in college.
Who knew that Su Lexuan would immediately delete all his contact info, even blocking him on QQ. He wanted to apologize but couldn't reach her.
The main issue was, Su Zhendong hadn't really said much, just scolded the guy who had stolen his daughter.
Who knew she'd react so strongly, deleting his contact info immediately? She wasn't acting like the obedient daughter he knew.
"Su Zhendong, what's the big deal?"
Zhang Chunling couldn't help but laugh at the sight of her grumpy husband. "Did you plan for Lexuan to never get married? Can you protect her forever?"
"I have money."
Su Zhendong retorted, "If Lexuan agrees, I'll take care of her for life."
"Get out of here. Don't you have any idea what Lexuan wants?"
Zhang Chunling put down the ladle and seriously warned, "I'm telling you, Su Zhendong, we're not young anymore. Don't act foolishly and take it out on a kid later."
"Yeah, yeah, I know."
Su Zhendong responded impatiently.
He was a big boss, after all. He wouldn't bully a college student, especially his daughter's boyfriend.
He just said a few words about the guy last night, and his daughter deleted all his contact info. If he really caused trouble, he feared she might cut ties with him.
"Don't be so tense. Let's see what the boy is like first."
Zhang Chunling sipped some broth and then said seriously, "If he's decent in terms of character and everything, let's let her date him."
"And if he's not?"
Su Zhendong asked hopefully.
"I know Lexuan. She wouldn't date a guy with poor character."
Zhang Chunling said confidently, "Let's just see how he is. Now, get back to cutting the meat; I need it."
At that moment, Zhang Chunling's phone rang on the table.
Su Zhendong quickly picked it up. It was a call from Su Lexuan. Without thinking, he answered, "Hello, Lexuan, where are you?"
"Hmph!"
Su Lexuan snorted, obviously annoyed that her dad answered. She loudly said, "Mom, are you there? We're at the gate."
"Great, we're almost done cooking. Come on up."
"Okay, we just parked."
Seeing the mother and daughter chatting happily, and hearing the cheer in Lexuan's voice, Su Zhendong tentatively moved closer to the phone, "Hey, Lexuan, you..."
As soon as Su Zhendong's voice came through, the call was cut off, leaving him with a dial tone.
"Haha, get back to cutting meat, old man."
Zhang Chunling chuckled and shook her head. "After you finish, tidy up Lexuan's room. She'll be staying for a couple of days."
About ten minutes later, Shen Lang, carrying bags of cigarettes, alcohol, and cosmetics, arrived at the door of Su Lexuan's parents' apartment, holding her hand.
Shen Lang reached out to press the doorbell, but Su Lexuan pulled him back.
"What's up?"
Shen Lang turned to ask.
"I'm so nervous, Shen Lang."
Su Lexuan was trembling. "I'm more nervous than when we visited your house."
"Seriously, I should be the one nervous, right? I'm meeting your parents."
Shen Lang couldn't help but laugh and then reassured her, "Don't worry, I've got this."
"Okay, I trust you."
Su Lexuan took a deep breath as Shen Lang pressed the doorbell.
The door opened quickly, revealing Zhang Chunling and Su Zhendong.
Seeing her daughter and the tall, handsome young man beside her, Zhang Chunling smiled and was about to greet them when Shen Lang, looking at Zhang Chunling in surprise, turned to Su Lexuan and said, "Hey, Lexuan, didn't you say you're an only child? Who's this?"
"What are you doing? That's my mom!"
Su Lexuan's heart skipped a beat as she quickly reminded him.
She had no idea why the usually sharp-witted Shen Lang made such a big mistake right off the bat.
"Oh, my bad, sorry, Auntie."
Shen Lang quickly apologized with a grin, "You look so young and beautiful, I thought you were Lexuan's sister. Really sorry."
"No, not at all!"
Caught off guard by the compliment, Zhang Chunling waved her hand and instinctively brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, beaming.
"I'm almost fifty. How could I be young and beautiful?"
[Ding! Zhang Chunling's favorability towards the host has increased by 3 points, current total: 3 points. Keep up the good work.]
As always, women care about their age. Complimenting them as younger than they are, without going overboard, always makes them happy.
"Really? I couldn't tell, Auntie. You've taken such good care of yourself."
Shen Lang said earnestly, encouraged by the system.
"If you and Lexuan went out together, people would think you're sisters, not mother and daughter!"
"Oh, you're too kind."
Zhang Chunling blushed at the flattery, feeling delighted. She quickly stepped aside, warmly offering them house slippers.
"Come in, it's hot outside. Let's cool off in the air conditioning."
Seeing her mom's enthusiasm, Su Lexuan was dumbfounded.
What was happening?