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Mr. Zhang sent Zhang Xiuyan and the two of them away.

Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan stood at the door of the study and looked at each other.Yuan Ning felt like he was in a dream. Apart from speaking harshly to them at the beginning, Mr. Zhang didn't embarrass them at all!It's just that Mr. Zhang asked them to confess to Ms. Xue, Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan were a little hesitant.

Since Zhang Xiuming came back, Ms. Xue's health has gradually improved, and her spirit has also become better and better.She picked up the studies she had dropped because of having a baby, and started translation work like Mr. Zhang's mother and sister, and she has translated some good works in the past few years.The spoken English is also very good, occasionally accompanying Mr. Zhang to go out and also serving as Mr. Zhang's translator.If it weren't for this, Ms. Xue would not have reconnected with her former classmates, and there would be a blind date dinner where the two sides conspired together to have Zhang Xiuyan attend.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Just now you came to confess," he looked at Yuan Ning, "I'll come over to Mom."

Yuan Ning thought that he had cried in embarrassment just now, and did not argue with Zhang Xiuyan.He said: "Good!"

Zhang Xiuyan thought for a while and said to Yuan Ning, "Go back to your room first, I'll wait for mom to come down."

Yuan Ning was a little curious about how Zhang Xiuyan would tell Ms. Xue about their affairs, but he obediently went back to the room in front of Zhang Xiuyan's serious eyes.Seeing the familiar big bed, Yuan Ning's heart pounded, and she jumped on it.The quilt was taken out by Aunt Shen to dry, and with the warm breath of the autumn sun, Yuan Ning buried her head in it, and the corners of her lips rose involuntarily, no matter how much she pressed it, she couldn't hold it down.

Father agrees!

I don't know if my mother will agree!

Yuan Ning's face was a little hot.If mom agrees, they can be together openly.Is this just the meaning of "meeting the parents" when dating someone else?

Zhang Xiu sat upright in the living room. When Ms. Xue and Aunt Shen came back with the baking materials they bought, he stood up and went to Ms. Xue to help them share some things.Ms. Xue looked at Zhang Xiuyan's tall back, smiled and said to Aunt Shen, "Xiuyan really looks like his father."

Aunt Shen nodded yes.

Zhang Xiuyan put all the things into the kitchen, and then said to Ms. Xue solemnly: "Mom, I have something very important to tell you."

Ms. Xue was taken aback.

When Ms. Xue came back to her senses, she suddenly found that she had followed Zhang Xiuyan to the open garden.The gardener has come to take care of the garden when the seasons change, and the autumn wind blows a faint fragrance of flowers, and I don't know what flowers are blooming.Ms. Xue said, "Xiu Yan?"

"Mom," Zhang Xiuyan said with a serious face, "don't arrange blind dates for me in the future."

Mentioning this incident, Ms. Xue was a little embarrassed.She promised: "No, I was also in a moment of anxiety at the time, afraid that you, like your father, would not be enlightened until the age of 30."

"Don't worry," Zhang Xiu said calmly, "I already have someone I like."

Ms. Xue was taken aback.She would discuss with her old classmate about tricking Zhang Xiuyan out, because she was afraid that this son, who never liked to get close to people since he was a child, and who had never had any sparks with the opposite sex, would continue like this forever.In junior high and high school, she has always been worried that the children will be abducted by boys or girls outside. Now that her son has graduated from college and has not been attracted to any girl, she began to worry that her son's personality will end up alone.

If she had known that her son had someone he liked, how could she have done such a thing!

Ms. Xue has begun to care about her image in the heart of her daughter-in-law: "Does she know about your blind date? Are you angry? If you can't coax me to come, you can let me meet her, and I will explain it to her for you." .”

Zhang Xiuyan said: "He wasn't angry. In fact, it was because of that blind date that he and I finally understood each other's intentions." There was a rare softness in his eyes, "If it wasn't for this, we might have kept it hidden. exit."

As soon as Ms. Xue saw Zhang Xiuyan's expression, she knew that Zhang Xiuyan really liked "the prospective daughter-in-law".She was very happy: "Then when will you bring her back to meet us? How about calling Xiuwen and the others back next week, we will have a barbecue party, and the family will be lively then. This will not be too formal, she will be more comfortable."

"Of course he would like to come back to see you if you agree."

"How could I disagree?" Ms. Xue said, "As long as you like it, we will like it too."

"Even if he is a man?" Zhang Xiuyan asked.

"Men also—" Ms. Xue's voice paused, as if she had turned a corner abruptly, and said as if someone was strangling her neck, "Is it a man? Do you like boys?"

Zhang Xiu nodded seriously.

Ms. Xue looked around worriedly, and after confirming that Mr. Zhang was not nearby, she took Zhang Xiuyan's hand and said, "As long as you like, I will accept both men and women. But your father will be angry if he finds out, you Don't tell him yet, I'll help you find out." She was worried, "What if your father kicks you out? You just started working now, do you have enough money? Give me the card number, and I'll transfer some money to you. Don't worry about Dad, I will help you persuade him."

Ms. Xue has been completely immersed in her own imagination: the strict Mr. Zhang wants to beat the mandarin ducks with a stick, and use all means to prevent his son and daughter-in-law—no, son-in-law from being together, such as cutting off his son's financial resources and blocking his son's promotion path , until his son became a scumbag who abandoned his lover.

It's not easy for my son to find someone he likes, how can this be possible!She must help her son!

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan said, "I have already confessed to my father."

Ms. Xue asked nervously, "What did your dad say? Is he angry?"

"Of course I'm angry." Zhang Xiuyan smiled, "But I still agreed."

"Really?"

"real."

Ms. Xue breathed a sigh of relief, patted the back of Zhang Xiuyan's hand and said, "Don't look at your father being as bossy as you are, but he loves you as much as I do, and he definitely won't be willing to embarrass you." She said joyfully, " In this case, let's come to the barbecue next week, and you can bring him back for us to see. If you are really a good boy, you have to treat others well, be considerate, and be careful. You have chosen this path. It's not easy to go, if you can't even care for and help each other, it will be difficult to go on for a long time."

Zhang Xiuyan said: "I will."

Seeing Zhang Xiuyan's surprise, Ms. Xue sighed, and said, "You must be wondering why I agreed so easily. In the past, I had two friends who fell in love with the same sex just like you. Naturally, their family was not They agreed, but they committed suicide together. The last one died, and the other took medicine and his voice was damaged.” When talking about the past, Ms. Xue couldn’t help but feel sorry for her friend. “They formed a small band, and one played the guitar well. A person who sings well. If things like that happen, the person who plays the guitar is gone, and the person who sings can’t sing anymore. Up to now, I still live alone, unwilling to marry and have children, and I don’t want to like others anymore.”

It was the first time for Zhang Xiuyan to hear Ms. Xue talk about such past events.

Zhang Xiuyan listened silently, inexplicably thinking that if he hadn't met Yuan Ning, he might have lived a long life alone.

If you have never seen light, you will naturally get used to darkness.Maybe he will marry and have children like everyone else, but family and marriage will only be a responsibility to him, not out of "love".Zhang Xiuyan took the initiative to open his arms and hug Ms. Xue.

Ms. Xue raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.She was originally a sentimental person, and she would inevitably shed tears when talking about such past events.At that time, she was pregnant with a child, and when she was sad, she told Mr. Zhang that if their child also liked the same sex, they would never be that kind of family member—not only did they not want to accompany them to face the incomprehension and discrimination of outsiders, but also became The one who stopped them from being together in the first place.

Ms. Xue said: "So you can bring him back next week. I will persuade your father to treat him as our own child. Do his parents know?"

Zhang Xiu paused and said, "His biological parents are gone, only his adoptive parents."

"This may be more troublesome," Ms. Xue worried for them again, "Have you seen them?"

"Yes," Zhang Xiuyan said, "They are very open-minded, and they all agreed."

"That's good!" Ms. Xue let go of her hanging heart, "Then why not invite his adoptive parents over too! But then the barbecue will be less formal..."

"They won't care."

"Why don't you care? That would make it look like we don't pay enough attention to it." Ms. Xue paused, then laughed again, took Zhang Xiuyan's hand and asked, "By the way, what kind of child is he? What do you like? I have to Prepare a meeting ceremony for him."

"He is very good." Zhang Xiuyan said, "He has been obedient since he was a child, his grades are good, and he passed the university entrance examination at Capital University. He writes well and draws well. He is also very filial to his family and remembers everyone's birthday. .Can cook, can make desserts, can decorate the home comfortably, is popular, and has good earning power.”

The more Zhang Xiu said, the brighter Ms. Xue's eyes became.She doesn't value grades and education, and it doesn't matter to her that she can write and draw. The important thing is that the child knows how to live when he hears it.Ms. Xue said happily: "What a good boy." After she finished speaking, she carefully replayed Zhang Xiuyan's words in her heart, and suddenly found that such a child sounded familiar, "Our Ningning is also like this, who If you marry us, Ningning, you must be very lucky. They didn’t fall in love with you when you went on a blind date last time, but they liked Ningning very much. If your father didn’t tell me not to mess around, I might invite their family to Ningning Let’s go to the ranch and get to know Ning Ning well—it’s always better to find someone who knows everything.”

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan said, "Mom, the person I like is Yuan Ning."