Luo Yanqun's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Zhou Ying with a panicked expression. Zhou Ying drank the tea in her cup casually, without even looking at her.
"Brother Nie, haven't you been very busy recently? It's been a few days since I came back, and I haven't seen anyone else." Luo Yanqun deliberately changed the topic, not daring to mention having dinner together again.
"Yes, he has been very busy recently. He has endless meetings every day. As a mother, I haven't seen him too many times." Zhou Ying said lightly.
"Auntie, is Huang Yao living in Brother Nie's house now? Have you ever met her? Her relationship with Brother Nie... should be pretty good." Luo Yanqun went around and around, but she still couldn't get around her today.
The purpose of coming here was to get an accurate reply and to know how high the relationship between Huang Yao and Nie Yiquan had reached in Zhou Ying's heart.
Zhou Ying frowned. Luo Yanqun asked this topic suggestively, which was what she expected, but she didn't expect that she would be so impatient.
"I have stopped them several times, but my son is very resolute and refuses to marry anyone other than Huang Yao. As you know, I have only a short relationship with him as mother and son. Since childhood, he has not been willing to listen to me on many matters.
, I'm afraid that if I continue to encourage separation instead of peace, my son will really be angry with me." Zhou Ying's words, although she did not express her attitude, already gave Luo Yanqun a sense of uneasiness.
"Auntie, has she made it clear to you about Huang Yao's background?" Luo Yanqun immediately attacked Huang Yao's background, and then she said with a serious expression: "If Brother Nie wants to marry her, her background must be carefully studied.
Check it out, what are the three generations of ancestors doing, is the family background innocent enough? If she really loves Brother Nie, she should be honest with you about these things. Otherwise, even if they get married, once her improper life experience is exposed, she will
It will affect the authority of your Nie family."
Zhou Ying's eyes flashed with a sharp edge, and her tone became colder: "Your reminder is very timely. You are right. My son wants to marry a woman with an innocent family background. She does not need to have any power, but she must be a good person. I
I will find an opportunity for Huang Yao to be honest."
"Aunt..." Luo Yanqun's face instantly dimmed, and her eyes were full of despair: "Do you mean by this, do you agree with Brother Nie to date her?"
Zhou Ying smiled calmly: "Yanqun, aunt has always liked your intelligence and knowledge, but now I suddenly realize that some things cannot be forced, such as feelings. If my son really likes you, then of course I will
I'm happy to see what happened, but I asked my son, he only treats you as a colleague and a friend, but does not have any love between men and women. In this case, I feel that there is no need to force others to make things difficult. Auntie will help you find someone else...
…”
"Auntie, that's not what you promised me before." Luo Yanqun's emotions collapsed all of a sudden. It seemed that all the hopes and expectations she had accumulated before were shattered at this moment. She was asked to do this.
She had a beautiful dream, in which love flowers bloomed everywhere. When she woke up, it was a deserted place. How could she be willing to do so?
Zhou Ying frowned and said in displeasure: "Yanqun, what did I promise you? I have been asking you to work hard for it. I have been in Bafang City for a while, but you still haven't let my son choose you. This is
Prove you failed."
"Aunt, I really love him. I really want to be filial to you. Please help me again and give me another chance... I don't want to give up just like this. I love Brother Nie." Luo Yanqun couldn't help but cover her face.
He shuddered and cried sadly.
"Don't be like this." What Zhou Ying is most afraid of now is someone crying in front of her, which makes her feel uncomfortable, as if she is a bad person.
"Aunt, I feel really bad." Luo Yanqun also wanted to control herself, but her emotions broke out and she burst into tears.
"Opportunities are not given to you by me. You need to fight for them. Why don't you understand? My son is a person, not an object. He is no longer at my mercy. Miss Luo, I hope you know how to choose whether to advance or retreat. In fact,
, you don’t have to marry my son to still serve us well, as long as you have this heart." Zhou Ying changed her title in an instant, becoming more businesslike.
Luo Yanqun suddenly raised her tearful face and looked at Zhou Ying in shock. Did she just call her Miss Luo?
"Auntie, am I already a useless abandoned child with you?" Luo Yanqun asked boldly.
"What an abandoned son, don't belittle yourself. I have never used you. I just like you and hope you can become my daughter-in-law. But I am wrong now. I am really wrong. In
The day I left Bafang City, I seemed to have predicted the outcome. You were very happy when I said you were like me, but I was very disappointed. My son hated my strong personality so much, how could he like yours?
"Zhou Ying murmured and laughed at herself. In fact, she really had no bad intentions towards Luo Yanqun. She just felt that many things were predestined and could not be changed.
Luo Yanqun was stiff and cold, and looked at Zhou Ying with dull eyes.
Yes, when Zhou Ying said she looked like her in Bafang City, she was extremely happy.
"Aunt, you have known for a long time that my personality is not pleasing to him at all, so why do you still let me love him? I have fallen in love with him now, and all my sorrow has been given to me. Can you help me?
Me?" Luo Yanqun grabbed her chest. At this moment, her heart felt like a knife.
"Well, since you are like me, you should be like me and not take feelings too seriously. My son is quite good, but he doesn't like you. For you, just for this reason, you
You should stop admiring him, he doesn't love you, that's a fact." Zhou Ying brought a tissue over and wiped her tears while telling her to be strong.
Luo Yanqun's face suddenly turned pale as a sheet, and her fingers could not restrain themselves from trembling.
She knew that this was a fact and could not change it, but she was filled with unwillingness.
"Thank you, aunt, for the reminder. You are right. Love is just a choice in thousands of lives. If he doesn't love me, it will be useless no matter how hard I try. Aunt, you really taught me a lot of things. Thank you."
Luo Yanqun recognized the reality. She stood up in a daze and was about to walk out.
"Wait a minute." Zhou Ying picked up her Guanyin statue: "I think you may need the enlightenment of the gods more recently. Take it and go back and think about it carefully. In fact, it is the same for women who focus on their careers.
He is outstanding and does not necessarily need to rely on men."
Luo Yanqun clenched her hands, hugged the Guanyin statue tightly in her arms, and laughed: "Auntie has a successful career and enjoys the love of thousands of people. Then you must be... very happy."
Zhou Ying felt as if she had been pricked with needles all over her body, and her expression was somewhat frozen.
Luo Yanqun didn't dare to say anything more, lowered her head and hurriedly walked out.
Zhou Ying's breathing gradually became heavier, as if an invisible hand was tightening her heart, tearing apart her pretended strength.
Is she happy?
Without love, even family affection is indifferent. At this moment, she seems to have everything in this prosperity, but in fact, she is lonely in her heart. After work, women of her age already have children.
Laughing around her knees, her family members chattering, her old man complaining in her ears, her son complaining about the world, but what about her?
My husband is busy, my son is busy, and my daughter doesn’t know what she is doing. She lives in the apartment every day and is away from home for most of the month.
Zhou Ying looked around. Everything looked like her favorite home, but inside, she seemed to be getting more and more miserable.
She quickly took out her cell phone and gave it to her husband.
Father Nie's voice came calmly: "I'm going to have a meeting soon, if I have anything to say later."
After saying that, she hung up. Zhou Ying took a look at the call history, which showed the time she had spent talking to others recently. The longest conversation she had with her husband was one minute and eight seconds. The shortest one, like just now, hung up in three seconds.
, the conversation with my son only lasted for more than three minutes, but it was a work call, which lasted half an hour at a time.
Zhou Ying finally couldn't help but burst into tears. Was she a failure in life?
No, she just used another way to achieve herself. People ultimately need to enjoy loneliness.
Zhou Ying tried her best to suppress her emotions and continued to pick up the book. She wanted to turn over a few more pages, but found that the densely packed words were like shackles, locking her heart and she could no longer read it.
Zhou Ying had no choice but to decide to go find her daughter. She suddenly remembered that she had said that she wanted to introduce a marriage to her daughter. It happened that she was free in the evening, so she made an appointment with the other party's mother to come with her.
Nie Jingrou got off work and was hurriedly walking out when her mother called out to her.
"Jingrou, it's time to get off work." Zhou Ying was wearing a royal blue dress, dignified and elegant. At this moment, people kept passing by her. She greeted every greeting from them with a gentle smile, and the smile on her face gave her
She has a gentle and gentle personality, which is consistent with the evaluation given to her by the outside world.
"Mom, as promised, if you don't come to my place to find me." Nie Jingrou was like a delicate child who instantly lost her temper.
Zhou Ying came over with a smile: "Jingrou, don't be angry, you are my daughter, why can't I come to you?"
"The influence is not good." Nie Jingrou said with a pout.
"I think this has a very good impact." Zhou Ying said and accepted the greeting from the person next to her. She immediately showed a gentle smile and then said to Nie Jingju: "Let's go and have dinner together tonight."
Nie Jingrou snorted: "Is it just the two of us?"
"More than that, you'll know when you get there." Zhou Ying stepped forward and held her daughter's finger.
Nie Jingrou was no longer a child who loved to cling to her mother. However, in front of so many people, she still had to give her mother face. The mother and daughter chatted and got into the car.
As soon as he entered the car, Nie Jingrou gently released her fingers and picked up her mobile phone to look at it.
Zhou Ying looked at her daughter with eyes full of love, as if she was looking at a work of art. Moreover, when she thought that the work of art was carved by herself, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Nie Jingrou was a little unhappy and immediately turned sideways to prevent her mother from looking at her.
Zhou Ying laughed helplessly: "I can't help but look at her twice. When I was a child, she clung to me every day. But when I grow up, she doesn't cling to me anymore."
"I didn't stick to you when I was a kid. I stuck to my brother and dad." Nie Jingrou said immediately.
Zhou Ying sighed: "Are you still blaming me for not taking good care of you because I was busy at work when I was a child?"
"No, I don't even remember." Nie Jingrou knew that her mother loved to hurt herself with past events, so she quickly comforted her.
Zhou Ying said nothing more. The car drove on the avenue, but did not drive very far before it stopped at the door of a solemn building. Zhou Ying took her daughter directly upstairs and entered a gorgeous box.
"Hey, Jingrou is here. I haven't seen her for a few months, and she looks even more beautiful again." A gorgeous and beautiful woman sat on a chair, and when she saw Nie Jingrou, she kept praising her.
"Aunt Haili?" Nie Jingrou smiled politely when he saw her. This was her mother's former colleague, and her husband was also in a high position, so the two of them often interacted in private.
Not long after Nie Jingrou and her daughter sat down, a man's voice came from outside the door: "Mom, why are you asking me to come here in such a hurry?"
A man in a suit and uniform came in. He had not yet taken off his professional attire. He looked handsome and mighty, with a tiger-like aura. He was Aunt Haili's son Zhou Peng.
As soon as Zhou Peng stepped in and saw Nie Jingrou, the displeasure on his face disappeared instantly.
"It turns out sister Jingrou is here too."
Nie Jingrou looked at each other, then looked at her mother suspiciously, while Zhou Ying had a smile on her face.
"Jingrou, you and Zhou Peng haven't seen each other for more than a year. He has been staying abroad all the time. You used to play together when you were children." Zhou Ying said immediately.
Nie Jingrou tossed her hair lazily: "Yes, he seems to be no different from when he was a child."
Zhou Peng touched his hair naively: "Jingrou, are you praising me or derogating me?"
Nie Jingrou raised an eyebrow and said, "I can't even hear the good words, so I'll just take it as a compliment."
"Jing Rou..." Zhou Ying immediately tugged on her daughter's fingers. This child's speech has not been serious since she was a child.
A flash of dissatisfaction flashed across Aunt Haili's face. Her proud son would not allow others to make irresponsible remarks.
"Hai Li, let's go out and look at the dishes and let the two of them chat." Zhou Ying said intentionally.
Haili immediately stood up and followed her out. Before leaving, she gave her son a meaningful look.
Zhou Peng understood instantly that his mother was letting him go on a blind date with Nie Jingrou.
Nie Jingrou continued to take out her phone to read and reply to work emails.
"Jingrou, it's time to get off work, and you're still working so hard." Zhou Peng immediately poured tea for her.
"Yes, work makes me happy." Nie Jingrou answered casually with a smile.
"There are many things that can make you happy, such as meeting our old friends again." Zhou Peng immediately showed his attentiveness.
Nie Jingrou glanced at him and said calmly: "Zhou Peng, we are not on a blind date now. Don't get it wrong. We are just friends having a meal."
"Jingrou, we are on a blind date. It was arranged by your mother and my mother." Zhou Peng said immediately and affirmatively.
"We are all so familiar, and you still have thoughts about me?" Nie Jingrou put down the phone and picked up the tea cup to drink: "If you are not afraid of being beaten by my brother, you can continue."
"Jingrou, don't always use Brother Nie to scare me. When I was a child, I was beaten by him because I, Hu, always bullied you. Now that I'm grown up, please be reasonable. I'm not bullying you now. He can't beat me.
." Zhou Peng said with a smile, and there was a hint of calculation in his innocent eyes.
Nie Jingrou looked at him seriously: "I know what you are planning. Yes, our two families are indeed well matched. However, the person I want to marry in the future must be someone who can enter my heart. I will not consider anything else."
Zhou Peng's expression changed: "Do you have someone you like?"