Chunyan's mother expressed her attitude directly. She was not afraid of being looked down upon. She wanted to hold on to such a good son-in-law like Zhou Bingkun, even if it meant losing some face.

Li Suhua fell into deep thought. She was not very satisfied with Qiao Chunyan, but she definitely preferred Qiao Chunyan to Zheng Juan.

Over the past year, Zhou Chen had mentioned Zheng Juan to her more than once. If she had not tried her best to stop him, her son would probably have brought that woman home.

She was thinking, if Zhou Chen and Qiao Chunyan got together, would he be able to forget that woman?

Thinking of this, she immediately said to Chunyan's mother: "Sister, then we have to think it over carefully."

Zhou Chen didn't know that he was now being targeted by two women who were planning to find a wife for him.

That day, Zhou Chen just returned home and found that there was someone else at home besides his mother.

"Brother Bingkun."

Zhou Chen looked at Qiao Chunyan in surprise and asked, "Chunyan, why are you here?"

Qiao Chunyan was indeed a woman who loved to laugh. She laughed carelessly and said, "Why can't I be here, Brother Bingkun? My aunt asked me to come for dinner today."

"My mother called you?"

Zhou Chen looked at Li Suhua who was cooking with a searching look. Li Suhua smiled and replied, "Kun'er, Chunyan is right. I asked her to come over. I am usually alone at home and always feel bored, so I asked Chunyan to come and chat with me."

Qiao Chunyan stepped forward and took Li Suhua's arm, smiling and saying, "Brother Bingkun, did you hear that?"

Zhou Chen looked suspicious. He felt that this matter was not that simple. Why didn't he invite Qiao Chunyan to dinner before, but suddenly called her today?

Thinking of what happened in the plot, Zhou Chen couldn't help but become alert. Could it be that this old lady had colluded with Aunt Qiao to match him up with Qiao Chunyan?

If you think about it carefully, this possibility is really quite high.

"Since it's my mom who called you, then you can stay and eat with her. I have something to do tonight and need to go out for a while."

Zhou Chen didn't want to give Qiao Chunyan any chance. This girl looked good, but she was not his type.

As he said this, he put his things back in his room and prepared to leave.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 557 Reject Qiao Chunyan and take Zheng Juan home

"Brother Bingkun, where are you going?"

Qiao Chunyan grabbed Zhou Chen who was about to go out.

She came here today, saying that she was going to have dinner with Li Suhua, but in fact, she came just for Zhou Chen.

Her mother has already told her that she should spend more time with Zhou Chen and develop a relationship with him.

She did not object to this and agreed happily. She and Zhou Bingkun grew up together and had a good impression of him.

Now that Zhou Chen has become much more mature and has found such a good job, he is considered the top job in the film industry. Of course, she is more willing to be with Zhou Chen.

Women mature earlier than men and have more ideas than men, and Qiao Chunyan is one of the best.

Zhou Chen said in a cold tone: "I'll go find Guoqing and the others."

When Qiao Chunyan heard this, she immediately said, "Then I'll go too. It just so happens that I haven't seen Guoqing and Chouchao for a few days."

Zhou Chen glanced at her and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to have dinner with my mother?"

Qiao Chunyan's tone suddenly froze, and Li Suhua tried to smooth things over by saying, "I don't need to accompany you, Chunyan, you can go with Bingkun."

Qiao Chunyan's eyes rolled, she let go of Zhou Chen's arm, ran to Li Suhua in small steps, and held Li Suhua's arm.

"Forget it, Auntie, I'll have dinner with you."

Li Suhua was happy, but she still patted the back of Qiao Chunyan's hand and said, "I'm an old woman, I don't need your company. You young people have more topics to talk about together."

Qiao Chunyan insisted: "Aunt, I'd better accompany you."

"Really not necessary." Li Suhua was firm.

So Qiao Chunyan had no choice but to go along with it and said, "Okay, then, Auntie, I'll take you to our bathhouse next time, and then I'll give you a foot pedicure. I guarantee you'll feel comfortable."

Li Suhua smiled and said, "That's great. I haven't been to a bathhouse for a long time. You have to take me there next time."

"That's guaranteed to be no problem. I'll take you there myself, give you a bath, a back scrub, and a pedicure. Everything will be arranged. All in one go."

Qiao Chunyan patted her chest and assured that her strategy was very simple. As long as she could take good care of the old lady, her relationship with Brother Bingkun would be successful soon.

Zhou Chen was too lazy to watch their duet, so he opened the door and was about to leave. When Qiao Chunyan saw him, she hurriedly chased after him.

"Brother Bingkun, wait for me."

Walking out of the yard, Zhou Chen looked at Qiao Chunyan who was following him closely, frowned and said, "Chunyan, I really have something to do. You can either stay and have dinner with my mother, or go back."

Qiao Chunyan muttered, "It's just to catch up with them during the National Day celebration. I want to go too."

Zhou Chen said impatiently: "This is our game, can you please stop interfering?"

His attitude was already so obvious, but Qiao Chunyan kept pestering him as if she didn't understand. He really didn't like this kind of behavior, and his impression of Qiao Chunyan became even worse.

Seeing Zhou Chen's stiff and impatient tone, Qiao Chunyan's expression changed, and she said aggrievedly: "Brother Bingkun, do you hate me now? How did I make you unhappy that you treat me like this?"

Zhou Chen was too lazy to argue with her and said directly, "Chun Yan, I understand what you mean, but I want to tell you that I already have a girl I like, and I will marry her in this life, so you don't have to waste your time on me anymore."

When Qiao Chunyan heard this, she immediately got furious.

"Who is it, Brother Bingkun? Who do you like? Is she from our Guangzi Film Studio? Is there any girl in Guangzi Film Studio better than me?"

My goodness, where does she get so much confidence and pride? Zhou Chen was speechless.

"It's not the girl with the light-word film, but who it is is my own business and none of your business."

"Brother Bingkun, you are lying to me, right? You just want to reject me in this way, right?"

Qiao Chunyan asked self-righteously.

Zhou Chen said it again very seriously: "I'm not boring enough to use such an excuse. I do have someone I like, and we are not suitable for each other."

Qiao Chunyan automatically filtered out the first half of Zhou Chen's sentence, and caught the second half to ask: "Why are we not suitable? We grew up together and are so familiar with each other. Your mother and my mother are good sisters. Our two families know each other very well. I like you and you like me, so why are we not suitable?"

"Hey, stop it. I don't know whether you like me or not, but I can tell you for sure that I don't have any romantic feelings for you."

Zhou Chen corrected Qiao Chunyan's mistake, and then said: "As for why we are not suitable, it is also very simple. I like a woman who can manage the house. I don't need her to have a job. As long as she stays at home, I come back every day." When we are young, we can have a mouthful of hot rice to eat, and when we have children in the future, we can take care of the children at home, take care of the elderly, and devote ourselves wholeheartedly to our family."

"Qiao Chunyan, can you do this? Can you not go out to work for me? You can't, so we are not suitable for each other."

It is difficult to find a reason for others to accept you, but it is really easy to find an excuse to reject others.

"I……"

Qiao Chunyan wanted to say that she could, but when she saw Zhou Chen's serious look, the words couldn't come out of her mouth.

She is an ambitious woman and there is no way she can be content to be a housewife.

"Okay, that's it. I'm leaving now."

Zhou Chen ignored Qiao Chunyan and turned away. He was going to Taiping Hutong.

Originally, because Li Suhua disagreed, Zhou Chen planned to delay the time and bring Zheng Juan back when the legal marriage age of that era came, which was in 72.

But today, the appearance of Qiao Chunyan and Li Suhua's acquiescence forced him to change his mind and bring Zheng Juan back more than a year in advance to show Li Suhua.

When he arrived at Zheng Juan's house, he found that they had not returned yet, so he waited by the side.

About half an hour later, Zheng Juan was seen pulling the cart and walking slowly towards us on the snow.

Zhou Chen immediately went over to meet him.

"Hey, why are you here?"

Zheng Juan was very surprised when she saw Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen took the car from Zheng Juan and said, "I have something to ask you."

"Auntie, light."

Aunt Zheng and Zheng Guangming both greeted Zhou Chen enthusiastically.

Ever since they had the money and tickets given by Zhou Chen, their family's life had become much better, so both Aunt Zheng and Zheng Guangming had already regarded Zhou Chen as a family member.

With Zhou Chen's help, the cart was quickly pulled to the door.

"Ma'am, I'm going to take Zheng Juan home and let my mother meet. What do you think?"

When Aunt Zheng heard this, she was overjoyed. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Although Zhou Chen was very good to them now, she still felt a little uneasy because he had not officially married her daughter and obtained a marriage certificate.

"Okay, I have no objection, Bingkun, I'll listen to you."

On the contrary, Zheng Juan was shy and nervous, and asked in a low voice: "Does it have to be now?"

Of course, she didn't reject seeing Zhou Chen's mother, but she was very worried. She didn't know whether Zhou Chen's mother would like her, and worried about what she should do if she was not satisfied with her.

After being together with Zhou Chen for more than a year, she had already set her heart on him and felt that she would never marry anyone else except Zhou Chen in her life.

If Zhou Chen's parents didn't agree, she really didn't know if she could bear it.

So now she is very anxious and nervous, but also full of expectations, hoping that Zhou Chen's mother will recognize her.

Zhou Chen looked at Zheng Juan's nervous expression and said, "Well, it's now. You don't have to be afraid. No matter what, remember what I told you."

Zheng Juan thought of what Zhou Chen had said to her at the beginning, and felt much more at ease.

"Okay, I'm not afraid, I'll go with you."

"We're leaving now."

Zhou Chen said something to Aunt Zheng and Guangming, then took Zheng Juan and walked towards home.

Zheng Juan, who was pulled by Zhou Chen, became more and more nervous since she entered the light piece. Even though she kept cheering herself up, when she really arrived outside the Zhou family's yard, she found it difficult to move.

Feeling the sweat on Zheng Juan's palms, Zhou Chen put down his hand that was about to push the door and turned to look at her.

"Zheng Juan, look at me."

Zheng Juan obediently looked at Zhou Chen, only to hear Zhou Chen reveal a gentle smile.

"Juan'er, don't be afraid. I will always stand by your side, anytime, anywhere."

That short sentence made Zheng Juan feel an incomparably fulfilling sense of security, and she nodded heavily: "Yes."

Zhou Chen gently held Zheng Juan's hand, then walked into the yard and pushed open the door.

As soon as Zhou Chen pushed the door open, his brows furrowed and he asked, "Chunyan, you haven't gone home yet?"

Originally, he thought that since he had made his words so clear to Qiao Chunyan, Qiao Chunyan would give up.

But when he saw that Qiao Chunyan was still at home, eating at the same table with her mother Li Suhua, he looked a little unhappy.

Zhou Chen was surprised, but Li Suhua and Qiao Chunyan were both frightened.

They saw Zhou Chen holding a woman's hand and walking into the house. Looking at their appearance, even a fool could tell that their relationship was not ordinary.

Li Suhua had an ugly look on her face. She glared at Zhou Chen fiercely, then looked at Zheng Juan and instantly guessed Zheng Juan's identity.

Although she had never met Zheng Juan formally, she had seen her from a distance once. Now was the first time they met up close, and she wanted to take a closer look to see what kind of abilities this Zheng Juan had that made her old man like her so much and not give up on her even after almost two years.

Qiao Chunyan was both surprised and angry. She thought Zhou Chen had lied to her before, but she didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, Zhou Chen actually dragged a woman home.

Is this intentional to annoy her?

If Zhou Chen knew what she was thinking, he would definitely express his innocence. He brought Zheng Juan here and never thought that he would meet Qiao Chunyan.

Qiao Chunyan is still there, but this does not affect Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen introduced Li Suhua: "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Zheng Juan, Juan'er, this is my mom."

Zheng Juan hurriedly bent down and called out, "Auntie, hello."

Li Suhua didn't say anything, just looked at Zheng Juan coldly.

She never thought that her youngest son would bring Zheng Juan tonight, especially when Qiao Chunyan was present.

If Qiao Chunyan went back and told her mother, how would she put her face? Others had sent their daughter to her, but it turned out that her son already had a girlfriend and brought her back in front of Chunyan.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable Li Suhua felt. She was actually a very good-tempered person. She was mainly angry because Zhou Chen brought the person back without discussing it with her today, leaving her completely unprepared.

Li Suhua did not respond. Zheng Juan was very embarrassed, but she did not dare to say anything. She just lowered her head nervously.

Zhou Chen couldn't bear it anymore. He was a transmigrated soul, so it was nonsense for him to say that he had deep feelings for the Zhou family.

After nearly two years of living together, he and Li Suhua have developed a mother-son relationship, but they are only "half-way mother and son" after all, and are definitely not as good as a real mother.

He and Zheng Juan have known each other for more than a year, and he has long regarded Zheng Juan as his woman, so he certainly does not want to see conflicts between the two women he cares about most in the world.

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