บท 4: Pretending to Die
บรรณาธิการ: Dragon Boat Translation
Qian Duoduo moved the wine and gifts out of the car, but she didn't expect the box to suddenly break. The two bottles of Wuye fell to the ground. Qian Duoduo held her forehead and looked at the two bottles of wine on the ground.
"That scared me to death. That's more than 3,000 yuan."
Qian Duoduo hugged the fruit basket and squatted down with difficulty, thinking about how to pick up the wine on the ground. Chen Shu stood at the side and watched the show with a faint smile. He had no intention of extending his hand.
Qian Duoduo had wanted to trouble him to pick it up for her, but on second thought, they were only in a relationship of getting paid to do things. She didn't like to ask for help, so she would never trouble others if she could do it.
Chen Shu looked at her thin arms as she struggled to pick up the two bottles of wine on the ground. Her other hand was still carrying a fruit basket and other gifts.
Was she an octopus? To be able to carry so many things.
When she walked into the alley, she stopped in her tracks and handed over more than half of the things in her hands. "Take these first. When you see my parents, tell them that you bought them."
After all, it was the first time she brought her 'husband' to meet her parents. She couldn't let her parents see that she was carrying everything.
"Yes."
"My dad is very easy to talk to. My mom might be a little more serious. She might not be too enthusiastic to you later, but she doesn't have a problem with you."
"Alright, I won't."
After giving all the necessary instructions, Qian Duoduo stood at the door and took a deep breath. Then, she reached out and knocked on the door. "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Before she finished speaking, the door was pushed open from the inside. Mother Qian jogged over to greet her. When she saw Qian Duoduo, she couldn't help but frown. "Why did you become so thin after going back to your hometown with your boyfriend? Did you stay up late again?"
Qian Duoduo's eyes were sore. In the past, she only felt that her mother was nagging. However, ever since she was tricked by a man to live in the countryside for a month and heard her mother's nagging, why did she want to cry so much?
She forcefully held back her tears and reached out to hug her mother.
"Mom, haven't you been urging me to get married? See, I brought your son-in-law back. Let me introduce him to you. His name is..."
D*mn, she forgot his name at the critical moment. Qian Duoduo was speechless. How could she forget about this at such an important juncture?
"Hello, Auntie. It's Chen Shu."
Only then did Mother Qian notice that there was a tall man standing behind her daughter. She subconsciously sized him up. After staring at him for a while, her slightly worried expression relaxed a lot.
"He looks quite good. Where do you work?"
Qian Duoduo was afraid that he would say that he was unemployed, and then remembered that he had mentioned on the high-speed rail that he had learned software programming before, so she said first, "Mom, he's a programmer. His company is near the city center. He can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month."
"You want my daughter to marry you for 10,000 yuan?" Mother Qian's expression changed, and she began to despise the man in front of her who only had a superficial appearance.
Qian Duoduo muttered in her heart, 'Oh my god, 10,000 yuan is not enough?' The previous b*stard did not even have a job, but he was living off others with a clear conscience. The most important thing was that he did not feel ashamed. Instead, he felt proud. He said that he had the ability to have a woman spend money on him. This was something that others could not envy.
She had wanted to put in a good word for Chen Shu, but she didn't expect that Mother Qian would come to her senses before she could say anything.
"But it's fine. Who doesn't have a young age? He doesn't lack any arms or legs. As long as he works hard, he will definitely be promoted and have a raise in the future."
As they were chatting, Father Qian carried the freshly slaughtered fish he had bought from the market and entered the courtyard.
Unlike Mother Qian who was picky, Father Qian smiled and said, "Duoduo, is this your boyfriend? This young man is really spirited. He's even more handsome than I was back then. Not bad, not bad. By the way, what did you say his name was? Eric, right?"
She had only mentioned to her father on the phone that the freeloader man was called Eric. She didn't expect him to have such a good memory. "Eric is his English name, and his Chinese name is Chen Shu. Dad, you can call him Xiao Chen."
When Father Qian heard the name, he was stunned.
"If I remember correctly, your grandfather arranged a betrothal for you when you were young. That child's surname seems to be Chen."
"Dad, why are you still bringing this up? Ever since Grandpa passed away, we've cut off contact with the Chen family. Besides, his family could pretend to be rich. Have you forgotten that when we were young, we brought gifts to the Chen family to pay New Year's greetings, but his butler didn't even let us enter the Chen family's gate? He's too lazy to interact with poor relatives like us. The statement is not like them."
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