Blackening starts from the golden years

After the lovemaking, Yuan Xudong hugged Guan Juer and lay on the bed, looking down at her quietly. Guan Juer felt a little embarrassed by Yuan Xudong's gaze, and blushed as she said:
"Why are you looking at me all the time?"

"Guan Guan, how old are you this year?"

Yuan Xudong asked with a smile.

"I'm twenty-two. Why are you asking this?"

Guan Juer raised her eyes and looked at Yuan Xudong. Looking at her as well, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Nothing, I'm just asking casually. You're already 22 and still crybaby, why are you so delicate?"

As he spoke, Yuan Xudong stretched out his right hand and gently pinched the tip of Guan Juer's nose. Guan Juer resisted:
"I'm not a spoiled child. My mother told me at the time that she didn't want me to come to a big company alone, saying that I would be under a lot of pressure and it would be too hard. She also said that I was a girl and that I couldn't help much at home if I stayed in Shanghai alone. But I didn't want her to see me die."

"Yes, yes, you are not spoiled, you just haven't really grown up yet, you keep talking about your mother every day."

Looking down at Guan Juer, Yuan Xudong said with a smile:

"Have you told your mother about me and you?"

"Not yet. I'm grown up. I'm not a child anymore."

Guan Juer pouted and said coquettishly.

"Yes, you have grown up, and quite big."

Yuan Xudong said with a wicked smile, while speaking, his right hand...

"Hmm~"

Guan Juer couldn't help but whimper, she said shyly:
"You, you bully me~~"

"I just bullied you, what's wrong, are you going to tell your mother?"

Yuan Xudong said with a wicked smile. He pressed Guan Juer under him and whispered in her ear:

"From today on you are no longer my girlfriend. I want you to be my fiancée, okay?"

Without waiting for Guan Juer to answer, Yuan Xudong directly...

……

The next morning, Guan Juer was the first to walk into the company. She put the written apology on the manager's desk, and then returned to her workstation to start working.

Half an hour later, other employees came into the company one after another. When the manager walked into her office and saw the apology letter on the table, she picked it up and flipped through it. A smile appeared on her face, and she was obviously satisfied with Guan Juer's attitude of admitting her mistakes.

She got up too early in the morning, and had fun with Yuan Xudong until very late last night. When it was almost time to get off work, Guan Juer started to feel sleepy. She sat on the toilet in the bathroom stall to rest for a while, but fell asleep without realizing it.

After a while, a cell phone rang and Guan Juer was startled awake. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was her mother calling.

After answering the phone, Guan Juer said in a tired voice:
"Hey, Mom."

Guan Juer's mother's voice came from the phone:

"Hey, Guan Guan, why didn't you answer the phone? I thought something happened to you."

"I got up too early this morning and slept very late last night. I just fell asleep in the company bathroom."

"How can you sleep in the bathroom? Don't catch a cold. Go home quickly. Don't work overtime. Go home and take a hot bath and rest quickly. Do you hear me?"

"Mom, no, I made a mistake in the plan, and my manager asked me to change it. If I don't do it right, my year-end evaluation will be ruined."

"It's over, it's over. Which is more important, health or work? Listen to your mother, do you hear me? I'm telling you, Guan Guan, if you don't take care when you're young, you'll get sick when you're old, and you'll have to bear the consequences."

"Mom, this is really not possible. I made a mistake in this plan. I have the responsibility to change it. Okay, Mom, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go back to work. I'm hanging up now. Bye, Mom."

"Okay, hang up, go back quickly, and call me when you get home. Don't let me worry, okay?"

"Okay, Mom. Bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Guan Juer went back to work.

……

On the other side, Mother Guan and Father Guan were sitting on the sofa in the living room. She muttered:

"I worked overtime, overtime, and was so tired that I fell asleep in the bathroom."

Father Guan said:

"What's so great about taking a nap in the bathroom when you're tired when you're young? Aren't we busy when we're young, too?"

Mother Guan retorted:

"When we were young, there was nothing we could do. Can Guan Guan be the same as we were then? If you ask me, our daughter should come back home and take the civil service exam. She would be solid and stable, and then find a suitable person to marry and live happily for the rest of her life. That would be much better and more comfortable than staying there."

"You have to think so much and your daughter will think the same way. Okay, don't worry about it. I'm going to Shanghai on a business trip in a few days, and I'll go see her while I'm there."

"Are you going to Shanghai?"

"Ah."

"I will go with you."

"What are you going to do? You're causing trouble."

"Why would I mess up? You forgot what we discussed last time, you idiot."

"Oh, okay, okay."

Guan's father remembered that Guan Juer had never had a boyfriend, so Guan's mother wanted to introduce her to a friend's son. Guan's mother didn't know that Guan Juer already had a boyfriend, and Guan Juer had never told her about this. In Guan's mother's opinion, her daughter was too honest and would definitely not be able to find a suitable boyfriend on her own, so she had to arrange this matter.

"Should I tell my daughter about this in advance?"

"No, she definitely won't agree if you tell her."

Guan’s mother replied that she decided not to tell Guan Juer first, and would take her to a blind date when they arrived in Shanghai. What if she liked him?

……

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Yuan Xudong's car stopped in front of the company. He sat in the car waiting for Guan Juer. Qiu Yingying sat in the back seat of the car, and she was a little nervous.

At this time, Guan Juer walked out of the building, and Yuan Xudong reached out and pushed open the door on the passenger side to let her get in.

When Guan Juer got into the car and saw Qiu Yingying sitting in the back seat, the smile on her face suddenly disappeared and she remained silent. Qiu Yingying also had a blank expression on her face and did not speak.

After looking at the two of them, Yuan Xudong drove back to Ode to Joy community.

After returning home, Yuan Xudong called Guan Juer, Qiu Yingying, and Fan Shengmei to his house.

That night, he beat up the three women together and finally confirmed their respective identities. Guan Juer was his official girlfriend, and Fan Shengmei and Qiu Yingying were also his girlfriends. Of course, this "girlfriend" was just a nice way of saying it. They could tell their acquaintances that Yuan Xudong was their boyfriend.

In the next two days, Yuan Xudong partied every night, and Guan Juer gradually accepted the presence of Fan Shengmei and Qiu Yingying. There was no other way, Yuan Xudong was too capable, and Guan Juer really couldn't hold on any longer. She could only let Fan Shengmei and Qiu Yingying help her share the burden.

The most important thing is that Yuan Xudong is handsome, talented and thick-skinned. After every in-depth communication, Guan Juer cried and begged for mercy. How could she have the confidence to object?

……

In the afternoon, Zhongxin Securities Co., Ltd.

The cell phone next to the computer vibrated. Guan Juer glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was her mother calling.

Picking up the phone and answering the call, Guan Juer covered her mouth with her hand and whispered:
"Hey, Mom, I'm busy. Let's talk about it later."

"Don't hang up the phone, guess where your father and I are now?"

"Where are you going?" "We are in Shanghai."

"What? What are you two doing in Shanghai?"

"My daughter was so tired that she fell asleep in the bathroom. As a mother, how can I not come?"

"Mom, I'm fine. I was just a little tired from revising the plan the past two days. Now I've submitted it, and the client is very satisfied."

Guan Juer said with a little pride.

"It's good that you've handed it in. We'll be relieved. Guan Guan, when will you get off work?"

"I do not know yet."

"How about this? I'll send you the address and you can come here in a while. Your father and I miss you. Can you come quickly?"

"Okay, okay, I get it."

"Well, please be safe on the road."

"Okay, that's enough, Mom. I won't talk to you anymore. I still have to go to work. Bye, see you later."

"Okay, bye, hang up first, see you later."

After hanging up the phone, Guan Juer hesitated for a moment, then stood up and walked towards the manager's office.

……

"You want to ask for leave?"

"Well, my parents came to Shanghai to visit me and said they wanted to treat me to a meal. I just wanted to ask if I could take this work home, because I still have two pages to translate, but I will definitely finish it tonight."

Seeing Guan Juer's weak appearance, speaking in a low voice, like a little punching bag, the female manager couldn't help laughing:

"Why are you so scared? Can I eat you?"

"No, Manager, I didn't mean that."

Guan Juer quickly shook her head and said.

"Okay, okay, let's go eat. You've been working hard these past two days. Take a good rest and continue working tomorrow. Just give it to me before noon."

"Okay, thank you manager."

After expressing her gratitude, Guan Juer left with a happy face. She returned to her workstation, turned off her computer, tidied up her desk, and then happily left the company carrying her canvas bag.

Downstairs in the company, Guan Juer walked towards the nearby subway station while sending a WeChat message to Yuan Xudong, saying that her parents had come to Shanghai and wanted to have dinner with her, and she was going to leave work first.

……

At the entrance of Holiday Inn, seeing Guan Juer arriving late, Guan's mother, who had been waiting for her at the entrance of the hotel, quickly took her hand and walked into the hotel, saying impatiently:
"Guan Guan, you're finally here, what's going on?"

"I rushed here right after get off work, but it's still a little late."

"Let's go in quickly."

"Ah."

Guan's mother took Guan Juer and hurriedly walked into a private room. Seeing that in addition to her father, there was also a family of three sitting in the room, Guan Juer could not help but be stunned for a moment. At this time, Guan's mother took her to look at the family of three opposite and smiled:
"Our Guan Guan is too serious about her work. She won't leave even if her boss asks her to."

The middle-aged woman opposite was quite satisfied after taking a look at Guan Juer, who looked very well-behaved and quiet. Her son had been well-behaved since he was young, and a well-behaved girl like Guan Juer was just right for her son to be his girlfriend. She was very satisfied and smiled:

"It's important for young people to work. Our Haohao does the same. That's great."

The middle-aged woman and her husband sat on both sides, and their son sat between them. They kept their heads down and didn't say a word the whole time. They only looked up at Guan Juer when she entered the box, then lowered their heads again.

Seeing the situation, Guan Juer immediately understood what was going on. Before she met Yuan Xudong, her mother had talked to her about a blind date, but she had refused at that time. Unexpectedly, her mother suddenly called her to a blind date. She was a little unhappy, but she couldn't say anything in front of outsiders.

Guan's mother took Guan Juer's hand and sat down. Just like the people on the opposite side, she and her husband sat on either side, and Guan Juer sat in the middle, facing the boy who came over for a blind date.

The adults from both families spoke highly of their own children. The boy opposite kept his head down and said nothing. He was wearing a plaid shirt and a pair of glasses and had an average appearance. In Guan Juer's eyes, he was like a boy who had not yet grown up and matured. Of course, he was already in his twenties, but to Guan Juer he felt like a boy who had not yet grown up and matured. He could not be compared with Yuan Xudong at all. The gap was really like heaven and earth.

Not to mention that she already has a boyfriend, Yuan Xudong. Even if she doesn't have one, she would definitely not like the boy in front of her. She likes men who are handsome, elegant, and talented, like Yuan Xudong, not boys who have not grown up and have no masculine charm at all. Guan Juer doesn't like them at all. She only starts with appearance and falls for talent.

"Our Haohao has been very sensible since he was young. He was recommended to this school, and his university is a 211 project. Now he works for a foreign company. I think these two children must have a common language."

"Yes, you two are top students from a 211 university. You two should get to know each other. Introduce yourselves."

"Haohao, come say hello to Guanguan and introduce yourself."

The middle-aged woman patted her son's shoulder gently with a loving look on her face. In her eyes, her son was the best boy, who graduated from a 211 university and now worked in a foreign company. He was her pride, but he was rather introverted, didn't like to talk, and was too honest, so he had never found a girlfriend.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Wenhao."

"I am Guan Juer."

After greeting each other, Zhang Wenhao lowered his head again and stopped talking. His mother sat next to him and smiled happily:

"very nice."

Zhang Wenhao's mother is very satisfied with Guan Juer. Because her son is too honest, she wants to find him an equally honest girl as his wife. Otherwise, she is afraid that her son will suffer in the future.

Guan Juer's mother is also very satisfied with Zhang Wenhao. She also thinks that Guan Juer is too honest and will only be happy in the future if she finds an honest and obedient man. Zhang Wenhao fits her definition of an honest man very well.

The two adults became happier and happier as they talked. Guan Juer had no choice but to force a smile and accompany them. She wanted to communicate with Zhang Wenhao opposite her in English and tell him that she already had a boyfriend, but she was not sure whether his parents could understand English, so she simply gave up, thinking that she would explain the matter to her parents after returning home.

……

After dinner, the two families separated. Dad and Mom took a taxi to the hotel where they were staying, and Guan Juer accompanied them.

In a taxi.

Dad Guan was sitting in the front passenger seat, while Mom Guan and Guan Juer were sitting in the back seat talking.

"Guan Guan, how's that Hao Hao just now?"

Guan's mother asked quietly, her face full of joy. She was happy, but Guan Juer was very unhappy. She felt that her mother always controlled her in the name of maternal love and "I am doing this for your own good", wanting her to live the life she had arranged.

For example, taking the civil service exam, marrying an honest man like Zhang Wenhao, and then having children as soon as possible and living a happy life at home taking care of her husband and children. In simple terms, it is to replicate the life she once lived. She thinks this is happiness, but Guan Juer doesn't think so. She thinks it is boring. She doesn't want to go back to her hometown to take the civil service exam, doesn't want to marry an honest man like Zhang Wenhao, and doesn't want to consider getting married and having children so early. She has just graduated from college, and she doesn't want to live such a boring life.

"Mom, how could you arrange a blind date for me without my consent?"

Guan Juer said somewhat unhappily. Looking at her, Guan's mother smiled indifferently and said:

"Guan Guan, Mom didn't get your consent, but the most urgent thing right now is this matter. What's wrong with a blind date? Isn't a blind date good?"

"What's good about that? You have to get my consent before introducing me to a boyfriend, right? What's the matter with you arranging it without my permission? Besides, I already have a boyfriend. If my boyfriend finds out about this, what should I do?"

Hearing Guan Juer say that she already has a boyfriend, Guan's mother was so shocked that her eyes widened a little, and she hurriedly asked:
"What did you say? You already have a boyfriend? Then why have you never told mom?"

At this time, Mr. Guan, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned his head and looked at Guan Juer and asked with concern:

"Guan Guan, how long have you been dating your boyfriend? What is he like? What does he do for a living?"

Looking at her parents, Guan Juer said a little embarrassedly:
"His name is Yuan Xudong. We didn't talk for long. He also works in our company as the manager of the trading department."

"Do you have a photo of him? Show me what he looks like."

Mother Guan said seriously.

...(End of chapter)