Upon receiving the order, the old man hurried to buy groceries.
Mrs. Huang bead. "Son, I’m going to make breakfast for you—a lavish spread today!"
When she brought the breakfast over and saw her son eating and drinking heartily, she was all smiles. Suddenly, she clapped her hands. "Son, look how scatterbrained I am! I need to call Qianqian right away and have her co over for lunch... No, better yet, I should invite Qianqian’s entire family. It’ll be a good opportunity for us to discuss the wedding arrangents. Qianqian’s father has been saying for ages that he’d like to have a al at our house..."
Just as she reached for the phone, a hand stopped hers.
Huang Xiaojue put down his chopsticks. "Mom," he said very solemnly, "there’s sothing I must discuss with you."
"What is it?"
"Don’t call Lin Qianqian!"
"No, I have to."
He stood up. "If Lin Qianqian cos, I’m leaving."
Mrs. Huang beca anxious, but she still put down the phone.
"Mom, from now on, please don’t arrange any more blind dates for , in any form. As for Lin Qianqian, don’t contact her anymore. If you stop contacting her, eventually, she’ll understand what it ans and won’t bother you again. That way, no one gets offended. But if you contact her again, I’ll personally tell her that I don’t like her one bit and could never date her. See? Wouldn’t that be much more offensive?"
Mrs. Huang was furious. "Xiaojue, are you discussing this with ? This sounds more like an ultimatum!"
He grinned. "Mom, just don’t worry about it. I know what I’m doing with my own affairs."
"You know what you’re doing? If you really have things figured out, then bring a girlfriend ho for New Year’s for to see. If you bring one back, I won’t ddle in your affairs anymore."
"A deal?"
Mrs. Huang scrutinized her son from head to toe. Sothing’s different about him today—really, very different. It’s an air of joy. He’s practically beaming! In the past two years, I’ve almost never seen him this happy.
She asked suspiciously, "Son, did you manage to keep your top sales position at the company?"
"That’s a given. Once I get my year-end bonus, I’ll buy a new car for you and Dad."
"A new car is great, but son, you can’t just be married to your work, can you?"
"Mom, don’t worry. Your son won’t be a bachelor forever. It’s just that I don’t want to go on blind dates, and I don’t want to get married just for the sake of getting married. Life is short. That would be so aningless, wouldn’t it?"
Mrs. Huang said peevishly, "Son, why are your standards so high?"
Huang Xiaojue looked surprised. "That’s considered high? I just want to find a girl I truly connect with, soone I genuinely like a lot. Is that asking for too much?"
Mrs. Huang caught on to sothing and imdiately asked, "So, you have soone in mind then?"
Huang Xiaojue chuckled, a mysterious glint in his eyes. "In any case, rest assured, your son definitely won’t stay a bachelor."
"What kind of girl is she? Is she pretty? What’s her family like? Bring her ho for us to see another day, won’t you?"
"I’ll bring her ho, of course. But Mom, there’s one condition I have to state clearly first."
Mrs. Huang beca wary. "Are you trying to bargain with now?"
Huang Xiaojue stopped smiling and said with utmost seriousness, "Mom, the girl I bring ho myself, you must like her, unconditionally. If you don’t like her, then I swear I’ll never look for a girlfriend for the rest of my life. When that ti cos, if the Huang Family has no grandchildren to dote on, it’ll be entirely your fault. I won’t take any responsibility whatsoever."
Mrs. Huang was so shocked her mouth fell open and stayed that way for a long ti. What kind of unfilial son is this? Is this any way for a son to talk to his own mother?
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