Shi Hai also felt that having two girls interested in him was quite a stroke of luck.
Meeting even one person to share true love with in a lifetime is a rare blessing.
If he ever met such a person, Shi Hai would be willing to give his heart and love that person for life, staying together forever.
But with two girls... he could only say that he would try to consider everything carefully before making a decision.
The idea of having both at the same time? No, he definitely didn't entertain such unrealistic thoughts.
It wasn't practical.
The issue, however, wasn't as simple as just romantic entanglements.
When Zhu Lingjie confessed her feelings to him, Shi Hai had initially intended to reject her, considering her unique circumstances.
But then Jian Sichun slapped him, stopping him from doing so.
That completely threw Shi Hai off balance.
If Jian Sichun liked him too, why would she help Zhu Lingjie? Helping a rival in love—wasn't that just making things harder for herself?
Clearly, there was more to it.
So, it wasn't that Shi Hai wanted to drag things out—he was just honoring the girls' request for more time, and for now, he had no choice but to "maintain the status quo."
Shi Hai didn't want to drag things out, though. After all, keeping them in limbo wouldn't help anyone, and it wasn't fair to the girls.
As he mentioned before, Shi Hai hated the feeling of being in "debt."
And emotional debt was still debt.
If the girls' hearts were set on him and he kept them waiting without giving an answer, how would that be any different from stringing them along like a player?
This isn't a dating game. Dragging it out will help no one.
When it's time to act, one should act decisively. Hesitation will only lead to trouble.
If you can resolve things, do so—avoid unnecessary complications.
So, if possible, Shi Hai wanted to make a decision sooner rather than later.
Originally, if he hadn't found out that something was going to happen to his mom soon, he had planned to sit down with Jian Sichun and Zhu Lingjie in the near future and clear things up between the three of them.
Even if that meant breaking up the harmony of their current trio...
It would be better than getting caught up in the mess of a love triangle later on.
However, now that he knew his mom was in trouble, he had to stay connected with Jian Sichun, who was a reincarnator.
He also needed to probe Zhu Lingjie, to confirm if his childhood neighbor was a reincarnator too.
So, for now, he really couldn't cut ties with either of them.
Even if it felt uncomfortable, he had to keep this ambiguous relationship going.
Meanwhile, Liu Zhanshan had no idea about all this and simply thought that, with the girls being so forward, it was just a matter of Shi Hai deciding who would be her daughter-in-law. So why was her son still so calm?
Liu Zhanshan felt something was off.
She needed to find out the reason.
"Or is it that Mengmeng is more your type? So, you actually like flat chests?"
"What does Mengmeng have to do with this? She's your daughter, and also my sister... besides, that has nothing to do with body shape, right?"
Shi Hai felt sorry for his sister—his mom even thought of her as flat-chested.
"You think I'm dumb, don't you? Mengmeng smells like you! Did you two play Twister right after waking up? Or maybe you rolled around in bed together last night?"
"Mom, stop! We didn't do anything. I just helped her fall asleep."
Hearing this, Liu Zhanshan flashed a mischievous smile.
"So she did sleep in your room last night, huh?"
"..."
A trap, huh.
Damn, my mom is a master at fishing for information.
She probably guessed all along that Shi Meng hadn't slept in her own room last night.
With only three rooms in the house, if her daughter hadn't come to her, where else could she have gone?
It could only be her brother's room.
Now that she had Shi Hai's admission, Liu Zhanshan could press on with more questions.
"Even if she's your sister, it's still really unusual for you to let her sleep in your bed! That's totally out of character for you!"
When it came to relationship gossip, Liu Zhanshan transformed into a detective.
This woman was skilled in the ways of human nature.
Shi Hai was feeling quite a headache.
His mom could be relentless.
Once she caught a whiff of something suspicious, she would latch on and dig until she uncovered the whole truth.
Shi Hai figured that his strong curiosity must have been influenced by his mom.
But right now, he himself hadn't fully figured things out, so how could he explain it to his mom? Letting her get involved would only make an already complicated situation even more chaotic.
So Shi Hai resorted to the classic tactic of deflection.
"There's nothing strange about it. I don't intentionally avoid women, and your son doesn't have a fear of women either…"
"Exactly! You don't have a fear of women, so I believe that if you really liked someone, you'd bring her home, and let her sleep in your room."
"So, what's the issue? There's nothing odd about that."
"But do you really like Sichun? What about Lingling and Mengmeng? Do you genuinely like them?"
"Sure, I like them. Who doesn't like beautiful women? They're easy on the eyes."
Liu Zhanshan knew her son well. If she didn't pin him down with a specific question, he'd likely brush it off with a vague answer.
"I knew it. The moment you used the word 'like,' I knew you'd give me a half-hearted answer. So let me ask you again, Shi Hai, do you 'love' them? I mean in a romantic way, between a man and a woman."
"…Not really."
"I thought so."
"So what? People say that love grows over time. I haven't known them that long."
"But there you go. You admit you haven't known them long, yet you still brought them home?"
"They're just friends, coming over to hang out…"
"Just friends coming over? It seems more like you're introducing them to the family. Even if you don't see it that way, they certainly do. And if you haven't known them long, how could they like you so much?"
"That's what I want to know too… Maybe because I'm handsome?"
""Hahaha.""
They shared a matching sarcastic chuckle.
Liu Zhanshan continued her analysis.
"Setting aside why they like you, your response is also strange. If you were really my son, you wouldn't just ignore a girl's feelings and keep dragging it out."
"Oh, I see… Mom, it's not that you don't believe in me, it's that you believe in me too much."
"Exactly. You can fool others, but you can't fool me. The way you're acting now reminds me of the type of show we used to watch, the ones where there's only one guy and a bunch of girls, and all the girls are in love with him…"
"You mean harem anime?"
"Yeah! That kind of harem anime! The male lead is always super nice but otherwise useless, yet so many amazing girls still fall for him. I always felt sorry for those girls!"
"Mom, you're really empathizing with those characters, huh…"
"You're acting just like one of those indecisive male leads right now! So, tell me honestly—what exactly is going through your mind?"
"…"
Damn, I can't brush it off anymore.
Shi Hai felt like he was retreating under his mom's relentless questioning. At this rate, she'd soon figure out everything—even the fact that his sister was a reincarnator.
Especially the fact that, in the near future, she would die, and her son would end up in a vegetative state…
Shi Hai believed he absolutely couldn't tell his mom about that.
Because if the safety of the family was involved, Liu Zhanshan's thinking would become "extreme."
Who knows what she would do once she found out about what would happen in the future?
Just as Shi Hai was contemplating how to change the subject or make a run for it, Liu Zhanshan suddenly asked suspiciously, "Shi Hai… have you been possessed?"
Seriously, what a mom—her mind worked in strange and mysterious ways.
"Mom, have you been reading too many fantasy novels lately…"
Liu Zhanshan leaned in and studied Shi Hai's eyes carefully, then said with a straight face, "Hmm… Doesn't seem like possession. You still seem like my son… Could it be reincarnation?"
"I wish I were reincarnated!"
That was the truth.
If Shi Hai himself were a reincarnator, things wouldn't be so complicated.
"Then what is it? Shi Hai, don't tell me you really want to two-time them? Oh wait, if you include Mengmeng, that's three-timing…"
Shi Hai had been planning to deny it.
But then he realized that if he denied it here, and his mom kept pressing, he still wouldn't know how to answer.
So this time, he just admitted it.
"That's right, Mom…"
He said something the old him would never have said.
"I want a harem."
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