My Youth Began With Him

"Don't you like that fellow? Then we'll talk with his parents about your marriage."

"But… Su Yu hasn't agreed to marry me yet. You can't do it."

"I don't care what he thinks. My daughter is living in his house like a housemaid serving his daily needs. What else does he want?"

"I do those things willingly. Mom, can't you stay out of it?"

"I'm doing it for you. I'm trying to help you since you like him so much. I think… although our family isn't as wealthy as the Su Family, they won't reject you. I'll talk to Su Yu's aunt later."

"Mom, you can't force it. It's still early and you must be patient, okay? I'm not a bandit and can't take him by force."

"I don't care if he's willing or not. So long as my daughter likes him, I'll make him marry you."

"Ha! Mrs. Zeng, can you stop being so willful? Remember you're the wife of a government official."

"Rou… Please don't make your dad and I worry, okay?"

"You don't need to worry. Since I came here, I've been quite good… Su Yu has a bodyguard living in the house… You have no reason to worry about me."

Mrs. Zeng: "…"

"Okay. Mom, to be serious, I want to handle the thing between Su Yu and me in my own way… I like him, so I'll pursue him; if he rejects me, I'll soften him slowly. It's between the two of us. If I still can't make him love me, I at least can be his friend instead of his enemy. Su Yu's a great guy; he's good to his parents and employees, loyal to his friends, and pours his heart out to people he loves. I just like this type of guy; he's a manly man."

It was the second time that Zeng Rou sang high praise of Su Yu in front of her mother.

Hearing her words, Mrs. Zeng became resigned.

"You're as stubborn as your father. Since you insist, I'll stay out of your relationship with him. But, remember, don't get bullied by people. You're our only child and we don't want you to be mistreated by anyone."

"How can it be? You know your daughter is a… little devil. Haha! Even Su Yu listens to me. Really."

To make her mother feel better, Zeng Rou kept saying how good it was between her and Su Yu.

In fact, after their initial conflicts, she and Su Yu were now on friendly terms.

Su Yu didn't love her yet but didn't dislike her, either.

Zeng Rou felt any man could be softened. So long as she infiltrated his daily life, maybe one day Su Yu would be softened by her.

"How's your leg? I'll ask a doctor in the provincial capital to come and check it for you, okay?"

Seeing her daughter wouldn't go home, Mrs. Zeng squatted down to examine her daughter's injured leg and said worriedly.

"No, no. The hospitals in the city are quite good. I know there's an excellent doctor at South Side Recuperation Center and I'll go see her."

"Really? Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, no. I still want to live in Su Yu's home. I'll ask Su Yu to go with me to see the doctor since he's friends with the doctor."

"Fine. I won't say more about it then. Tomorrow I'll go with your dad to attend a meeting in Jing City."

"Okay. You guys take care of yourselves. I'll go back and see you often."

"We can't keep you with us now that you're grown…" Sighing, Mrs. Zeng walked her daughter out of the hotel and left.

An drove Zeng Rou back to Su Yu's house.

"I'm back…" Before she could finish, she froze when she saw not Su Yu but two identical girls sitting in the living room and playing cellphones.

"Woman, you come back to harass our Handsome Su again?" Little Bean glanced at her and said rudely.