Chapter 336: Chapter 337 Cousin-in-lawâŠ
The first impression Shu Tongâs parents gave to people was simple, his father was simple, honest, not good with words, but his occasional stern look made Shu Tong very nervous.
After the natural airhead called him âdadâ, she no longer dared to look at him anymore. However, when her father saw me, this fake boyfriend, he didnât even know what to say to me.
In front of city people like Liusu and me, his low self-esteem and feeling of inferiority were revealed all on his face. He appeared to be very nervous and restrained, making me unable to help but sigh from time to time. There was no such thing as noble city people and lowly village people, everyone was equal in this world. I almost wanted to tell him that if it werenât for the fact that I had to go back to work today, Iâd be wearing the same cheap Adidas knockoff T-shirt he was wearing nowâŠ
As a man, I really couldnât stand Shu Tongâs fatherâs low self-esteem. His timid and envious gaze made me feel very uncomfortable. Fortunately, Shu Tongâs mother was very talkative. Moreover, she seemed to be a very enthusiastic woman. After she greeted Liusu, she looked at me up and down and said, âTong Tong, this young man is Chu Nan⊠Mr. Chu you told me over the phone, right?â
âMr. Chu? Not bad.â Originally, I thought that I would need to call myself Liu Xiaosheng, but it turned out that Shu Tongâs family didnât know about Liu Xiaosheng at all. Thinking of this, I actually felt sorry for Liu Xiaosheng. He had been chasing Shu Tong for almost a year, but her family still didnât even know who he wasâŠ
Although Shu Tong must have practiced the answer many times in advance, when she really helped the grey-haired old woman walk out of the station, she couldnât speak naturally like her mother.
Her mother had just asked me if I was âChu Nanâ, and it was not like she was asking me if I was Liu Xiaosheng, she just needed to reply honestly. However, she still acted very nervously.
âUh, mhm, he was⊠the person I was talking aboutâŠâ She replied intermittently, without any confidence at all.
âAuntie, uncle, grandma, hello,â if I relied on her to introduce me to her family intermittently using the voice that was as low as if it was made by a mosquito, probably, it would not be far from the exposure of this entire plan.
The most important thing was that as soon as she got nervous, her father became even more nervous. From the look on his face, it was like he was about to fall apart. So I subconsciously took the initiative to greet them and took over the stuff they brought with them, âYou must be very tired after the journey. Let me carry those things for you. Hehe, by the way, you can call me Xiao Chu or Little Chu.â
Although Shu Tongâs mother knew that I was a fake boyfriend, she still couldnât help but feel a little flattered, âNo need, we are not tired. We can do it ourselves.â
âItâs okay, Iâm young, you can let me carry them.â I pretended to glance at Shu Tong and said tremblingly, âIf you donât give me a chance to perform, Tong Tong will get angry at me.â
Tong Tong⊠Not to mention Shu Tong, I also couldnât help but shiver all over. There were even visible goosebumps on my skin.
Shu Tongâs mother couldnât help but chuckle, but Shu Tongâs father frowned when he heard what I called Shu Tong. He didnât seem to like smooth-tongued people, but thinking that I was just acting, he no longer kept it in mind.
âThis child is really sensible.â The grey-haired old woman smiled from ear to ear. Probably because of what I said, the more she looked at me, the more she seemed to like me. The trace of worry that she had in her eyes when she just came out of the station was no longer there.
Maybe such unfounded liking was not a good thing, but it showed that they were simple people even more.
âYes, auntie, let him carry it,â Liusu glanced at me and said with a smile: âUncle, give him your stuff too, he is a strong young man after all.â
âHow can we do that? He is here toâŠâ Shu Tongâs mother almost spilled the beans.
âHeâs my cousinâs boyfriend. Isnât it normal for him to help you carry stuff?â Liusu said while winking at Shu Tongâs mother, âThere is no need to be polite with him. Grandma will get tired after standing for a long time. Letâs talk after we get in the car.â
Fortunately, the initial meeting was successful, and I didnât blow my cover. But judging from the reaction of Shu Tongâs mother, she didnât seem to know the relationship between me and Liusu, so she was a little unusually polite to me.
When we went to the parking lot to pick up the car, Shu Tong and I carried the stuff they brought from the village while leading the way. This was Shu Tongâs grandmaâs idea. She insisted that Shu Tong should carry their stuff with me, and then Liusu would help her walk.
On the surface, it seemed like she had a lot of things that she wanted to talk to Liusu about, but in fact, her eyes had been locked on me and Shu Tong. I deliberately walked faster to get a little distance away, and whispered to Shu Tong, who walked side by side with me and pretended to be intimate with me, âYou didnât tell your parents that I am actually your future cousin-in-law?â
âBah, who said you are my future cousin-in-law? Whether my cousin wants to be with you or not is still not certain!â
I said seriously, âdonât avoid my question.â
âI didnât avoid your question,â Shu Tong said in a huff, âFirst, have you ever officially admitted that my cousin is your girlfriend? You didnât, right? Since you didnât, you think she would call herself your girlfriend? Second⊠I came to ask you when I had no other choice. I also didnât want to lie to my grandma. My mom and dad were already very angry, but if I told them that you are Liusuâs boyfriendâŠ. My dad would definitely beat me to death. After all, this kind of thing is very absurd.â
I was very surprised by her questioning attitude. Since she knew it was absurd, why did she come to me for help? !
âCousin-in-law! Cousin-in-law!â
âHuh?â I came back to my senses after Liusu called out to me twice. When she said cousin-in-law, it turned out that she was calling me.
Hearing those words, I felt very complicated. She could clearly call me by my name, but she deliberately chose to call me this. She was clearly trying to torment me. She was trying to mock me for cheating on her indirectly, right?
Liusu took the old womanâs arm, pointed at the white BMW beside her, and said to Shu Tong and me, âThe car is parked here, where are you two going?â
Shu Tong and I looked at each other, both of us blushed⊠Damn it, because we were thinking something else, we actually walked past the car.
After seeing the car, we discovered a very serious problem. At most, the car could fit up to five people, but we had six people at the momentâŠ
A very complicated matter often had mistakes in the simplest place, because people always habitually focused all their attention on the most complicated areas, thus neglecting some common-sense problems. And this was the mistake we made.
The three of us held a small meeting in low voices while we stuffed the luggage into the trunk. Liusu still didnât want to talk to me. She turned to talk to Shu Tong, blaming her for not letting me drive the Honda minivan. But Shu Tong blamed me for not staying at home. If she hadnât gone to Fengchang to find me, she wouldnât have changed her mind and asked me to drive my BMW instead. In terms of me, I had no choice but to suffer in silence.
âThis car is⊠BMW?â All men love cars, just like women love clothes. Fortunately, Shu Tong didnât show any sign of wanting to get in the car right away, so the three of us had time to discuss solutions.
âIt must be very expensive.â There was a distressed expression on his face. He probably thought that we deliberately rented this car to fool the old woman.
âItâs not that much money. The car belongs to Chu Nan. There are several better ones in his company.â Shu Tong lied without even feeling embarrassed. She must be worried that her parents would get angry at her for spending so much money to rent an expensive car just to cover up a lie, so she decided to lie to her parents again and told them that it was my car.
As expected, her parents looked at me in astonishment, making me, who didnât feel guilty originally, feel very guilty.
But Shu Tong felt more guilty than me. She didnât even dare to look me in the eyes. She could only hurriedly whisper to me in a low voice, âLetâs find someplace to eat something first. Then you tell them that you have something else to do in the company and send them to the hotel to rest. Anyway, my grandma has already seen you, so you just need to show your face again at the hotel at night, then your mission is basically completed. As for the car, letâs just try to squeeze up a bit. I think we can fit six people in the car.â
âWhat do you mean by trying to squeeze up a bit?â Liusu hurriedly said, âdid you not see that grandma doesnât look well, not to mention that she has car sickness⊠I think itâs better that I take a taxi. You can just tell them that I got something else to do and I need to leave first.â
âThatâs not appropriate.â I rejected it in a hurry. She had been hiding from me for two days, now that I finally had the opportunity to meet her, how would I let her go? âI have something to tell youâŠâ
âDoes it have to be today?â Perhaps because the panic in my face softened Liusuâs heart, she eventually said, âthen what do you think we should do? You also see the size of my uncle and grandma, fitting five people into the car is already a problem.â
âThisâŠâ
Just when I was trying to think of a solution, I heard Shu Tongâs mother ask, âXiao Chu, can this car fit all of us?â
âHuh?â I instinctively replied, âof course it can.â
Shu Tong complained in a low voice, âIf I knew it would be like this, I wouldâve asked you to drive the Honda minivan.â
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