I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 551 My Family Wants to Meet You
"Su Chengyi, since you have even thought of a nickname for your child, I will boldly tell you something."

Before returning to the ward, Chu Qingmian suddenly grabbed his sleeve with an unfathomable smile on his face.

What secrets could Miss Chu have? Don't panic at all.

With this idea in mind, Su Chengyi nodded nonchalantly and replied:

"Okay, go ahead and say it."

"My family wants to meet you."

Chu Qingmian smiled slightly, and the fingers that were grabbing his sleeves unconsciously tightened a little, obviously afraid that he would run away.

"what?"

This was a possibility that Su Chengyi had never thought of. He was silent for a while and then asked:
"I should have met your father many times."

Although the atmosphere of each meeting was not very good, because of the proletariat's prejudice against capitalists, he always remained wary of Chu Yuanjiang.

Of course, Chu Yuanjiang also had some reservations about him, which was normal. After all, he kidnapped the apple of someone's eye who had been raised for eighteen years.

"I've met your mother, too."

Su Chengyi continued.

The atmosphere here is even worse, it can be said to be at the point of tit-for-tat and tension.

Wei Peilan must be dissatisfied with this outsider who instigated his daughter to be disobedient, but it didn't matter because he didn't have much affection for her either.

Only someone as gentle and kind as Chu Qingmian, who does not bear grudges, could avoid completely breaking off relations with his biological mother and at least maintain a superficially decent relationship.

Su Cheng thought, if it were him, it would be absolutely impossible.

But if you think about it carefully, for a big family like the Chu family, many things are beyond their control.

When Chu Yuanjiang just left his family to work hard, he received a lot of help from Wei Peilan. In addition to the relationship between husband and wife, the two always maintained a "partner" relationship.

In a way, this relationship is even stronger and more important than that of a couple.

The birth of Chu Qingmian strengthened this relationship, and she became the bond that maintained the stability of the relationship.

In other words, if she chose to sever the mother-daughter relationship with Wei Peilan because of her many behaviors, what she would actually sever would be the relationship between the Chu family and the Wei family.

With Miss Chu's strong sense of responsibility, no matter how wronged she was, she would never do such a decisive thing.

This is why Wei Peilan is so strict and ruthless towards her daughter, because she knows very well that in addition to her identity as a daughter, Chu Qingmian is also the "heir" and the "most important link" between the two families.

If Chu Qingmian was not good enough to shoulder this responsibility, then all of this would collapse.

Therefore, even if all feelings are put aside, she must grow up to be the best heir. Apart from that, nothing else matters and everything can be given up.

This is Wei Peilan’s educational philosophy.

Of course, she would occasionally feel that it was a bit cruel to let a little girl bear all this, but once she thought of the death of her twin brother, her occasional sympathy would disappear completely.

Now that Chu Qingmian has grown up, in terms of excellence, she can be said to be at the ceiling level.

Wei Peilan had observed that there were almost no peers from other families who could compare with his own daughter.

Sometimes you may feel that the girl from this family is pretty good, and the boy from that family is also outstanding, but as long as these young people get together and appear in the same occasion, the difference will be immediately apparent.

Everyone's eyes could not move away from Chu Qingmian. She did not need to dress up to be eye-catching. She just stood there quietly, as if there was an invisible spotlight shining only on her head, showing who was the protagonist here.

Wei Peilan was very satisfied with this.

But there is one thing she is very dissatisfied with, which is her relationship problem.

As the saying goes, emotions will only affect the speed at which a person draws a sword. Wei Pelan has recognized this truth since he was a child.

So while others were beginning to fall in love, she was taking various elite courses;
While others were walking hand in hand on the university campus, she was pursuing a double degree and taking over the daily affairs of the family business;

When everyone else finally said goodbye to their youth and started to hold gatherings for the purpose of marriage, she finally began to think about the issue of "marriage" under the pressure of her elders.

Yes, skip “love” and go straight into “marriage”.

It was at this time that Chu Yuanjiang appeared in her sight. Putting aside everything else, her intuition told her that this person was very suitable to be her partner.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. The two of them performed their respective duties, taking charge of overseas business and domestic business respectively. In just a few years, they brought the Chu family to its current position as a business leader.

Reproduction is necessary for both of their families, and both of them are mentally prepared for it.

So Wei Peilan temporarily gave up her job and went home to take care of her pregnancy.

For an emotionless workaholic, this is a huge sacrifice.

However, the result was not so good. The rare twins, a boy and a girl, could not preserve this auspicious sign. The healthy one survived, while the weak one died early.

Wei Peilan felt that such an outcome was not worthy of her sacrifice, and she soon fell into a state of postpartum depression. She even didn't want to look at her own child for a long time.

As a person of the same kind as her, Chu Yuanjiang expressed his understanding of all her emotions and adopted an inclusive attitude, even though she became more unreasonable and harsh afterwards.

Wei Peilan knew very well that if it was his younger brother who survived, the result would be the same.

This is her mental illness. She cannot accept any imperfection, and any possibility of disrupting her original plan will drive her crazy.

So, for this pair of newborns, perhaps the one who survived is the unlucky one.

By maintaining such a morbid mentality, Wei Pelan had hoped to cultivate a replica of herself, but she did not expect that things would not go according to her plan again.

Even though it grew up in such an environment, Chu Qingmian, this little sapling, still had the ability to find sunlight on its own and grew up with good roots.

Not only did he not grow up crooked, but he also grew up to be a warm and honest child.

Wei Peilan was sometimes confused. Who did she inherit it from? Neither she nor Chu Yuanjiang had these two words, and there was no such atmosphere at home.

Perhaps two negatives equal a positive, and gene mutation can explain this situation.

Because of this, excessive emotions have become Chu Qingmian’s current problem.

Everything is good, except that you may be easily emotional on key issues in the future, and be swayed by emotions, making many wrong decisions.

It would be great if there was some way to solve this problem, Wei Peilan thought, tapping the coffee cup with the spoon in his hand.

"If you have time, bring your boyfriend home for dinner."

"That's just the way it is."

Chu Qingmian explained.

".You mean you want me to have dinner with your parents?"

Su Chengyi asked hesitantly.

"Not at all."

Chu Qingmian shook his head in denial.

Su Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief. If they were just meeting and saying hello, it would be acceptable, but having a meal together would be a different matter.

As the saying goes, trouble comes from the mouth. When people focus on the food while eating, they can easily fall into traps deliberately set by people with ulterior motives.

However, if you focus all your attention on how to deal with the problem, your eating movements will become very stiff, and you may even behave impolitely.

This is why the ceremony of meeting the parents is usually "dinner at home", because you can always see a lot of things.

"Not only my parents, but also grandparents, grandma and grandpa, uncles, aunts, and uncles." Miss Chu counted them one by one on her fingers.

In the end, I couldn’t count with even ten fingers, so I had to count again.

"I won't accompany you."

Su Chengyi made a "goodbye" gesture and turned away.

"Oh~~ It's not serious! It's just a casual meal."

Chu Qingmian trotted over and caught up with him, smiling and holding his wrist.

"Whenever there is a potluck dinner, all the aunts and uncles are there."

Su Chengyi shook his head to express his absolute refusal.

"I'm sorry, my second uncle's sixth aunt's third nephew is about to turn one year old, and I can't go today. If your family asks, please use this very reliable reason to help me refuse."

".What a weird and strange reason!"

Chu Qingmian wrinkled his nose and continued to explain.

"It's actually like this. There have always been many aunties who are keen on blind dates who like to talk to my family about my marriage. Don't you think it's weird? I haven't even met those people, but these aunties just think I would be willing to marry them."

"One day I couldn't stand it anymore, so I told her that I already had a boyfriend, a man we'd been dating since childhood! Then the auntie screamed in surprise and immediately started checking the household registration book."

"Check the household registration book?"

"Yes, that is, your name, height and weight, how many people are in your family, what your parents do, your education, and your future plans. Of course, I didn't really introduce you to them in detail, I just evaded them."

Having said that, Chu Qingmian couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect this auntie to be such a big mouth! As soon as she found out, she started telling everyone about it. Then many relatives came to ask my parents, saying things like, oh when did this happen, Mianmian is already in a relationship, time flies, I held her in my arms when she was a child, blah blah blah, etc."

The classic sentence pattern of getting close to someone appears: I held you in my arms when you were a child.

Su Chengyi deeply suspected that the relative who said this actually didn't remember who the child he had held was.

"In short, they all want to see you very much."

After Chu Qingmian explained the current situation, she hugged his arm and said coquettishly:
"Aiya Su Chengyi~ Actually having more people is a good thing! I promise, other family members are much easier to get along with than my mom!!

If my mother said she wanted to meet you alone, I would definitely not agree. Who knows what she would say to you? She might even make things difficult for you! If there are more people around, this won’t happen.”

Su Chengyi felt that what she said made sense.

People like Wei Peilan must be most concerned about face, and it is impossible for them to embarrass him in public.

Because if he can't save face at that time, it will be a disgrace to their Chu family.

"But I still think this is a bit like the Hongmen Banquet."

Ever since receiving this news, the alarm bells in Su Chengyi's heart have been ringing. He doesn't know whether it is a relapse of social phobia or a warning from the emergency avoidance device.

"I'm here, I'll protect you!"

Chu Qingmian waved her fist and showed off her non-existent biceps on her thin arms.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not leave you even a step away when the time comes. If you encounter any questions you don't want to answer, just leave them to me."

There are too many questions I don’t want to answer.

At the moment, Su Chengyi couldn't think of any questions that he would be happy to answer.

"I think this matter needs to be discussed later."

He thought about it and gave an answer.

"Why?"

Chu Qingmian blinked and asked curiously.

She certainly wouldn't force Su Chengyi to do anything he didn't want to do. Although family dinners were something he had to do sooner or later, she tried her best to withstand all the pressure from the family and would wait until the day he was ready.

The main reason I bring this up to him right now is to give him some psychological anticipation.

"For example, if someone asks me about my family background, such as what my parents do for a living, how should I answer?"

Su Chengyi began to give examples.

"I will tell him not to ask questions that he shouldn't ask!"

Chu Qingmian showed the ferocious face of a kitten protecting its food.

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Su Chengyi felt that she might really do such a thing, so he had to change the question.

"Well, if you think that question is impolite, then what if someone asks me what I do for a living?"

"Full-time male college student."

Chu Qingmian couldn't help laughing when he said this, and then he said, "Hmm," and continued:
"Just say you work in the gaming field! How cool is that!"

"If I want to answer this question properly and respectably, I first need to have a certain level of achievement and fame."

Su Chengyi rubbed her head and explained patiently:
"I'm not doing this for my own sake, but for the sake of the overall situation. Under the current circumstances, it's not appropriate for me to appear at your family dinner as your boyfriend, do you understand?"

In fact, if he had announced at the banquet that he was the currently popular producer "Zhi Jin Chen", everything would have become simple.

It’s a pity that I can’t announce anything.

Chu Qingmian lowered his eyes and thought for a while. He knew he was right, but still said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Su Chengyi. I guess this will put a lot of pressure on you, right?"

"Nope."

Su Chengyi leaned down slightly and pinched the corner of her mouth.

"But I really think you are very good and very amazing. In my heart you are the most amazing person in the world.

I don't like people speculating about you and saying bad things about you behind your back. If they saw you, they would definitely know how bad their speculations were."

Chu Qingmian raised her eyes, her watery eyes were filled with sincere love, like stars twinkling in the Milky Way.

"I know."

Su Chengyi had been distracted by her beautiful eyes for a few days. He finally came to his senses and continued:
"I won't keep you waiting too long, okay?"

"Okay, you can wait as long as you want."

Chu Qingmian stretched out his tone and spoke softly.

"Is it okay to wait until you are in your seventies or eighties?"

Su Chengyi teased her on purpose.

"Dei! Waiting until the seventh elder. Please, that's too long! Everyone will laugh at me for not being able to get married!"

"When that time comes, I'm afraid no one will laugh at you."

"It seems so."

(End of this chapter)