"Dad, Mom, I’m coming in."
Having announced his entrance, Chu Lian walked straight into the room, saw the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and downed it in one go. He had been sitting in his room all morning and had forgotten to drink water; he was indeed thirsty.
Chu Lian’s father furrowed his brows and imdiately scolded loudly, "Chu Lian, mind your manners!"
Chu Lian didn’t take it to heart; he had heard his father say this countless tis before and simply found a seat and sat down.
"Mom, can we not have that flower-viewing banquet next ti, please?"
Seeing her son like this, Madam Chu’s eyes flickered, and she insincerely said, "It was a birthday banquet for your sister."
"Who are you kidding? If it was a birthday banquet for my sister, why did you insist I co?"
"..." His sister, sharp as she was, had seen through it, and his son wasn’t a fool either, "Alright, Mother admits it, it was to select a bride for you."
"Chu Lian, speak to your mother properly." Chu Lian’s father, disappointed by his son’s attitude, blad his wife for spoiling him.
"Lian, those girls ca all this way; just take a look. What if you like one of them? You haven’t taken to anyone in so many years; how can your mother not worry?"
Madam Chu continued to plead earnestly, hoping to persuade her son.
"Look at your cousin from your uncle’s family; he’s a year younger than you, and his children are already running around everywhere. Don’t let your mother wait until his kids are married off while only then yours start running around. Who knows if I’ll live to see that day."
"Madam, what are you saying? Even if it’s late, it can’t be by that many years."
"Your son might be a bit of a lost cause," Madam Chu said, more convinced of the possibility, "No, Lian, Mother can’t listen to you anymore, otherwise, I might be in my grave and still without a grandson to hold."
"Madam, can you not always talk about ’entering the earth’? You’re still young."
Madam Chu glared at Chu’s father, then continued, "Lian, if you keep delaying like this, Mother will have no choice but to arrange it for you. Since ancient tis, marriage has been the command of parents and the matchmaker’s words. I can’t let you have your way anymore."
"Alright, alright, Mom, I won’t say another word. I’m going out to take a look."
The sound of his mother’s nagging continued to reach him, and if he didn’t leave soon, he feared he wouldn’t be able to bear it, not to ntion that he also couldn’t stand seeing his parents flirt with each other.
Seeing her son finally moved by her words, Madam Chu’s face lit up with joy, "Alright, Mother won’t say any more; you go out to the yard."
"..." His mother seed impatient for him to find a daughter-in-law to bring back, practically chasing him out of the door. He quickly stood up; leaving was the wise choice, whether or not he found a bride was up to him to decide.
Seeing his son heading out, Chu Lian’s father said to his wife, "Look at what you’ve turned our son into, he doesn’t behave at all like a young master should."
"..." What was wrong with her son? Good-looking, smart, assists in managing the tavern--he was much better than other sons. She glared back, unmistakably disagreeing, "It’s our daughter who you’ve spoiled rotten."
"..."
Chu Lian’s father sighed helplessly at his wife’s reaction, wondering what had beco of their family and his lack of control in raising his children.
Before long, a house servant ca with a report.
"Master, Madam, there is a young lady at the door without an invitation insisting on entering."
Madam Chu was puzzled; all invitations had been sent out, so how could soone without one show up? Perhaps soone was trying to sneak in. "If she doesn’t have an invitation, send her away."
"However, the young lady claims she is the Eldest Young Master’s unofficial bride."
"..."
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