Flash Marriage, Deep Love-Chapter 329 Seafood Feast (4)
"But Ruanruan doesn’t like him." Mi Jing had thought of pairing them up before, but it seemed that Ruanruan had no good feelings toward Chu Chen, so she gave up on the idea later.
"She just doesn’t like him now, who knows about the future." Fang Qingru’s stance was clear, she wanted to pair Ruanruan and Chu Chen together.
Here we go again!
She always said this when she was forcing her to go on blind dates, never giving her a chance to argue or refuse!
"Mom, doing this will make Ruanruan very embarrassed." Mi Jing’s tone was full of helplessness, and she also regretted inviting Ruanruan for dinner.
"It’s just dinner, what’s so embarrassing about it."
"But we can’t just call Chu Chen out of the blue, he’s quite busy with work."
"I’m not forcing him to come, what’s wrong with that? If he really doesn’t want to come, he’ll naturally find an excuse to decline, then I’ll know how much he cares about Ruanruan." With that, Fang Qingru extended her hand to Mi Jing commandingly, "Give me the phone."
"Mom, actually Chu Chen is really busy..."
"Busy or not, we need to ask first." Fang Qingru interrupted Mi Jing’s words firmly, showing no intention of changing her mind.
"Maybe... let’s wait..."
"Don’t dawdle, if you don’t have Chu Chen’s number, I’ll have to ask Ling Xing for it."
"..."
The older, the wiser!
At this point, Mi Jing had no choice but to compromise.
She took out her phone, tapped on the screen, found Chu Chen’s number, and obediently handed the phone to Fang Qingru.
Fang Qingru took the phone, immediately pressed the dial button, and held it to her ear.
"Hello, Chu, this is Mi Jing’s mom." As soon as the call connected, Fang Qingru introduced herself.
Hearing this, Chu Chen raised his eyebrows in surprise. He took the phone away from his ear, glanced at the screen to confirm it was Mi Jing’s number, and then replied politely, "Hello, Auntie, what can I do for you?"
"Are you busy now? Did I interrupt your work?" Fang Qingru asked instead of answering.
"I’m not busy, Auntie, please go ahead." Chu Chen was sitting on an executive chair, turning it to face the window, putting the stack of documents on his desk out of his mind.
"It’s no big deal, I just wanted to invite you over for dinner, to thank you for helping Jingjing last time."
"Auntie, you’re too kind, my sister-in-law already took me out for dinner before."
"This time it’s different, this time Auntie is inviting you for dinner." Fang Qingru lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "I’ve already called Ruanruan over, it’s up to you to seize the opportunity."
Suddenly, the corners of Chu Chen’s mouth lifted into a silent smile, "Auntie, thinking of me like this, of course I have to seize the opportunity."
"That’s good, I’ll have the meal ready and wait for you. Bye-bye."
After hanging up, Chu Chen’s gaze drifted through the glass to the sky, and he suddenly grinned, thinking: Fourth Brother’s mother-in-law is quite interesting.
"Mom, you really have a way, bringing up things from months ago." And using Ruanruan unethically.
On the Mi Family’s side, Mi Jing had already given Fang Qingru a thumbs-up. Seeing her hang up, Mi Jing immediately blurted out the words she had been holding on to, both admiring and despising her mom’s way with words.
"Stop talking, go cook!" Fang Qingru didn’t want to hear Mi Jing’s backhanded praise, returned the phone to her, and commanded authoritatively.
Ah, it’s tough with Dad not at home!
Being yelled at by Fang Qingru, Mi Jing could only complain inwardly. In their home, her mom’s words were always like royal decrees, so she resigned herself to be the cooking maid.
Washing rice and cooking only took a couple of minutes, Mi Jing found it quite easy. But once the rice was cooking, she got worried, staring at the box of seafood she had worked hard to bring back and not knowing where to start. Fortunately, Mi Zhihong came back soon and took over the cooking.
"Dad, how’s Mom’s health been lately?" Mi Jing stayed in the kitchen, asking while washing vegetables.
"Pretty good." Mi Zhihong was handling a lobster, smiling without looking at Mi Jing.
"It’s always the same answer!" Mi Jing couldn’t help but complain, "Dad, we agreed before, no matter what happens, you’re not allowed to hide it from me, so you have to tell me the truth."
"I’m not hiding anything, I’m telling the truth." As he spoke, Mi Zhihong’s face remained gentle and peaceful, looking quite happy.
"Hmph, then why didn’t you tell me about Mrs. Chen’s situation?" Mi Jing snorted coldly, as if she had caught Mi Zhihong in a lie, glaring at him sharply.
"I wasn’t trying to hide it, I just hadn’t had a chance to tell you." Mi Zhihong smiled openly.
"You’re just brushing me off. Don’t think I don’t know, you and Mom always like to hide things, not wanting to worry me and Sis, not wanting to trouble us, always trying to handle everything yourselves."
"That’s not true, you’re overthinking it."
"I hope I’m overthinking it." Mi Jing said helplessly.
"Silly girl, your mom and I are fine, so don’t worry." he continued.
"You two are my closest family, how can I not worry?" Mi Jing glanced at Mi Zhihong, instinctively retorting.
"Haha."
Hearing Mi Jing’s words, Mi Zhihong laughed even more happily. He turned his head to look at Mi Jing, his eyes filled with comforting love.
Having such a filial daughter must be one of a father’s proudest achievements!
"Your mom and I know you’re very considerate, don’t worry, we won’t hide anything from you in the future." Seeing Mi Jing’s insistence, Mi Zhihong had no choice but to reassure her repeatedly.
"That’s more like it." Satisfied with his promise, Mi Jing smiled and continued washing the vegetables.
Hiss——
In a short while, the crabs were in the pot, and even before they were fully cooked, Mi Jing was already drooling.
"Dad, do you know anyone named Su Aiping?" Mi Jing asked as she watched the crabs in the pot.
"Su Aiping?" Mi Zhihong put the spatula aside, thought seriously, then replied, "I don’t know her."
"Are you sure? Maybe it’s an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time, so you forgot?"
