Chapter 275: Return to Jinling
Jiang Xinyi lay on her mother's lap, feeling somewhat uneasy under her mother's gaze.
Liu Jing stared at Jiang Xinyi for a while before finally saying, "You always had a few sips of the chicken soup I sent you before and then sent the rest back untouched. How come there's not a drop left today?"
"Oh." Jiang Xinyi was somewhat at a loss for words, thinking it was something serious. She pouted and said, "That's because I didn't drink it."
"It wasn't you who drank it?" Upon hearing this, Liu Jing frowned unhappily, thinking that Jiang Xinyi had poured the soup away. That would be wasteful. Although their family was not short of money, she still couldn't waste like that. She has always told her that she should remember that food does not come easily.
Just as Liu Jing was gearing up to lecture Jiang Xinyi, Jiang Xinyi said, "I gave it to your lifesaver, Boss Zhou."
Liu Jing, who was all set to preach, changed her expression faster than flipping a book and immediately asked, "Oh, you gave it to Yuwen?"
"Did he like it? What did he say?"
Heh...
Seeing the speed at which her mom changed her demeanor, Jiang Xinyi was speechless. What was so good about Zhou Yuwen that made her mother so excited?
"What else could he say? You saw it too, right? Not a drop left. And he had the nerve to say next time something good like this happens, to remember him!" Jiang Xinyi used the term "nerve" to describe someone for the first time, but this type of nerve doesn't seem to be annoying.
In fact, Jiang Xinyi could have chosen not to mention any of this to her mother.
But still, she talked about it.
She knew all too well that her mother would be happy to know.
Then she saw her mother reprimand her with a glance, saying, "You child, it's just some chicken soup he drank. Why do you speak so harshly? I liked Yuwen the moment I first saw him. He helped us a lot. What's the big deal if he drank some of your chicken soup? If he likes it, I will deliver it to him every day."
"No, Mom, I'm begging you, please don't add to my troubles, okay?" Jiang Xinyi scrambled up from her mother's lap. She knew her mother could do such a thing.
But what does this make of her?
After all, I dated his counselor.
And now my own mother is going to school every day to give little Zhou soup?
What would others think of me?
Liu Jing, however, took it for granted, saying, "I will take care of delivering soup to Yuwen. What does it have to do with you?"
"Just be a good employee, and let my relationship with Yuwen develop on its own!"
"Mom~" Jiang Xinyi felt overwhelmed upon hearing this.
How could she not know what was going on in her mother's mind?
But it really isn't okay, my goodness.
Not to mention the matter of him being her supervisor.
Just take their ages.
"I am a whole six years older than him!"
"If there's true affection, what does age matter?" Liu Jing blinked her eyes, indicating that she liked Zhou Yuwen more than a little.
He has the looks and the talent.
Mainly, his family background is clean and perfectly matches her daughter.
Liu Jing felt that her daughter should really make an effort.
The ancients said it's just a layer of yarn for a woman to chase a man. If you pursue Zhou Yuwen,
"Mom will give you a twenty-thousand-yuan dating fund every month."
"Sss..."
Her mother was making a serious investment. Not going to lie, it was somewhat tempting.
"It's not about the money..." Jiang Xinyi's voice was a bit shaky as she spoke.
"Just be honest, do you have feelings for Yuwen or not?" Liu Jing hit the nail on the head.
"It's not about feelings either..."
"Then what is it?"
Faced with her mother's curious eyes, Jiang Xinyi finally came clean.
Sigh, he has a girlfriend.
"A girlfriend?" Liu Jing first looked surprised, then disappointed, and eventually it was as if she resigned herself to fate, muttering, "I knew it. How could I be so lucky?"
"Just wandering into your place, and I could pick up a perfect son-in-law for free, it's like I knew it was too good to be true. Ah~ I must have no fate with good son-in-laws." Liu Jing began to feel sorry for herself.
The more Jiang Xinyi listened, the more she felt something was off.
"No, Mom, what are you saying? It's like if I don't go after Zhou Yuwen, you think you have no chance of a good son-in-law?"
After knowing that Zhou Yuwen had a girlfriend, Liu Jing couldn't even be bothered to stay in Jiang Xinyi's room any longer. She glanced at her daughter with a hint of resignation in her eyes, and with a sigh, she said, "Let it be. If I left it to you to choose indiscriminately, I doubt I would ever see a grandchild in this lifetime."
"No, Mom, where are you going? Just leaving like this?"
"I rarely come home. Won't you talk with me some more?"
As her mother was about to leave, Jiang Xinyi asked from the bed.
Liu Jing had already reached the door, turned to look at her daughter, and there was undisguised disappointment on her face.
She said, "Who's in the mood to chat with you?"
"I have to tell your grandmother that my perfect son-in-law is gone."
With that, Liu Jing left.
Jiang Xinyi couldn't help but laugh angrily, thinking to herself that her mother had only met Zhou Yuwen once and was already talking to grandma about him.
About that, it's like some middle-aged women. Just like individuals of opposite sexes walking down the street, upon seeing someone of the other gender who looks good, they might become infatuated. To say they liked them might be an exaggeration, but there's always that one person of the opposite sex they encounter unexpectedly in life. At the very least, they would be unforgettable for three days.
Liu Jing's feelings for Zhou Yuwen were just like that. She was already worried about her daughter's marriage, and Zhou Yuwen's appearance had suddenly made tangible the image of the son-in-law she had in her heart.
How could she not be happy? She hurried back and couldn't wait to share with Jiang Xinyi's grandmother.
Saying, "Mom, on this trip to see Xinyi, I met a nice boy."