The two of them chatted and laughed. Unknowingly, they arrived at a Sichuan restaurant called Thyme Fragrance. The signboard was brand new and the fiery red color was very eye-catching. It should have been opened not long ago.
Because it was not too late, there were a dozen tables in the small restaurant and only three or four of them were occupied. Aunt Xiang, who had not been seen for a long time, was as plump as before and was busy at the counter.
Yang Cheng and Mo Qianni entered together. Aunt Xiang thought they were customers but when she looked up and saw the two of them, her eyes suddenly lit up. She squinted her eyes and said, "Nizi, you haven't brought your boyfriend here for a long time. It's Xiao Yang, right? Did I remember correctly?"
"If I remember correctly, Aunt Xiang's business seems to be good. You even changed shops," Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Aunt Xiang listened happily, "It's a small business, I can make do with it. You're here to visit your mother-in-law with Nizi, right? Guifang just went to the kitchen and will be back soon. "
As they spoke, Ma Guifang, who was wearing an apron and had her hair tied up in a ponytail, walked out of the kitchen with a plate of spicy stir-fried screws.
Compared to the last time they met at Kunshan Village, Ma Guifang didn't change much. She was just dressed more like a city girl. Although there were some wrinkles on her charming face, she looked quite old. From her appearance, it was obvious that she looked similar to Mo Qianni.
"Mom, Yang Cheng is back," Mo Qianni shouted happily.
When Ma Guifang saw Yang Cheng, she was also happy. She could see her daughter every day in Zhonghai. After all, they were living together. However, her future son-in-law happened to be out of the country and she finally saw him today. She smiled and said, "Yang Cheng is back from a business trip. Wait here, I'll bring the food to the guests first."
Yang Cheng nodded. He remembered that Ma Guifang used to call him 'son-in-law'. Now that she called him by his name, it was much more intimate.
After Ma Guifang served the dishes, she walked up to them and gave Mo Qianni a reproachful look. "Why did you pick this time to come over? Don't you know that Auntie Xiang is running a business? I'm busy."
"Yang Chen was the one who said he wanted to treat Mom to dinner. I couldn't stop him." Mo Qianni pushed the blame onto Yang Chen, but it was obvious that she was giving him extra points.
Yang Chen hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes. I told you on the phone earlier that I wanted to hold a welcoming dinner for you, Mom. I want to apologize to you too.
Ma Guifang hesitated and said, "The shop is busy, if I go like this …"
Aunt Xiang interrupted her, "Guifang, we're all on the same side, it's not a big deal. Your daughter and son-in-law are here and I can't stop you from going out. It's not like you're going to work. Don't worry about my shop. I just settled the bill and I'll serve the dishes tonight. You can go eat with your son-in-law. "
Hearing Aunt Xiang's words, Ma Guifang accepted her kindness. She nodded and said, "Then I'll prepare to leave."
Although they could eat in a Sichuan restaurant, it wasn't appropriate. If Aunt Xiang wanted to eat and drink for free, it would be difficult for Ma Guifang with her personality, so she went out to eat.
After saying goodbye to Aunt Xiang, the three of them walked out of the restaurant. This time, Mo Qianni held her mother's arm and didn't get too close to Yang Cheng.
Yang Cheng asked Ma Guifang about the treatment of her lumbar vertebra and said some considerate words, which made Ma Guifang quite happy and beamed with joy.
Yang Cheng secretly muttered in his heart, In fact, he was quite smart, at least in the ability to make his mother-in-law happy. To be honest, he couldn't do it without this ability. Who asked him to have so many women?
Sitting in Mo Qianni's Audi, this time it was Yang Cheng who drove, they went straight to a relatively high-end restaurant by the sea. It was the place that Mo Qianni had chosen before. The first choice was naturally quiet. After all, Ma Guifang had a lot to talk to Yang Cheng.
They came to a seat by the window on the second floor of the restaurant. Outside the glass window was the sea dyed with color by the lights. In the vast sky, a silver moon quietly hung.
Ma Guifang looked at the restaurant's orderly waiters around her, then looked at the elegant decoration and the beautiful house landscape. It was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. She kept looking left and right.
It could be said that she had spent half of her life in a mountain village. Entering a big city, naturally, she was curious about everything.
In the eyes of other young people, this aunt looked like a country bumpkin at first glance. They would despise her, look on coldly, and even ridicule her was very common.
However, Yang Cheng didn't care at all. He was very thick-skinned. As soon as he returned to China, he started selling mutton skewers. He stayed in the market all day long and dealt with those hawkers. He didn't have any thoughts about high or low.
Seeing Ma Guifang was all kinds of novel. He even deliberately took Ma Guifang around the restaurant and let Mo Qianni take the order.
As a result, a young man and a middle-aged woman swaggered in the restaurant and attracted a lot of attention. Many people pointed at Yang Cheng and the woman, but Yang Cheng didn't care at all.
Ma Guifang was deeply gratified. She came alone from Sichuan Province to the big city to find her daughter. On the way, because of her lack of knowledge and culture, she received a lot of supercilious looks. Nowadays, young people, especially those in the city, always looked down on a country woman like her.
Ma Guifang was not stupid. She couldn't see any hypocrisy in Yang Cheng's eyes. It was clear that he didn't care about her background as a mother-in-law at all. He just wanted to please her and make her happy.
She didn't know where her daughter found such a special young man. This time, it was like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him.
In such a situation, as the middleman, Mo Qianni was naturally full of happiness. She had come to Zhonghai for so many years and worked hard to reach her current status. There weren't many people who would judge her past background. She was very afraid that her mother would be looked down upon by others. She saw Yang Cheng's sincerity and her love for Yang Cheng quietly deepened.
When the dishes were served, Yang Cheng was busy pouring wine for Ma Guifang. There were seven to eight dishes on the table. It was a bit much, but Mo Qianni knew Yang Cheng's appetite, so she bravely ordered a sumptuous meal.
Ma Guifang insisted on looking at the price on the menu. When she saw that the entire table, including the drinks, cost nearly three thousand dollars, she glared at her daughter and said, "You're wasting your money. If you spend three thousand dollars to buy groceries and cook at home, how many days would that take?"
Mo Qianni stuck her tongue out and glanced at Yang Cheng. "Mom, don't worry. This amount of money is nothing to Yang Cheng."
Although Lin Ruoxi did not mention it, Mo Qianni, as the second-in-command of the company, could easily guess that the ¥50,000,000 that helped the company turn the tide was definitely related to Yang Cheng.
This man of hers could be considered to be the best. He drove a woman's car, lived in a woman's house, and worked in a woman's company. But he was the one with the most money. It was really helpless for him to be thick-skinned.
Yang Cheng did not think much about it. He just smiled and nodded. "That's right. As long as mom is happy, not to mention ¥3,000, I won't even bat an eyelid even if it's ¥30,000 or ¥300,000!"
"¥300,000 …" Ma Guifang felt a headache. Although she felt that Yang Cheng should not be from an ordinary family, she also felt that it was too exaggerated. She immediately waved her hand. "Don't talk nonsense. Let's eat. Let's chat."
Yang Cheng looked at Ma Guifang's expression and felt depressed. It was rare for him to speak the truth. Why did his mother-in-law think that he was bragging?
Then, the three of them chatted and laughed. Ma Guifang talked about some embarrassing things that Mo Qianni did when she was young, which made Mo Qianni grumble.
After that, she asked about Yang Cheng's past and current work situation. Yang Cheng chose some things that would not be easily exposed.
When it came to family, it was difficult for Yang Cheng to answer. Currently, although he was not interested and unwilling, it seemed that he could not break away from the Yang Family in Yanjing.
Especially this time, Yan Sanniang's appearance could be said to be a great help to him. Although Yan Sanniang herself felt that her help was useless, he still owed her a favor.
Moreover, even if he did not recognize Yang Gongming, Guo Xuehua was definitely still the daughter-in-law of the Yang Family. Even though his wife, Lin Ruoxi, did not care about him, in front of the old man Yang Gongming, she learned to be obedient, which made him not know whether to laugh or cry.
Yang Gongming had the two most important women in his hands, so it was difficult for him to break away from the Yang Family.
Therefore, when he told Ma Guifang, Yang Cheng also told her that he had family in Yanjing and that his mother was in Zhonghai.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said that his mother was in Zhonghai, Mo Qianni, who was sitting next to Ma Guifang, became nervous. She secretly stared at Yang Cheng with a face full of annoyance.
Yang Cheng did not understand, did he say something wrong?
At this moment, Ma Guifang said happily, "So, Yang Cheng, your mother is in Zhonghai. That's great. Why don't we find a day to meet your mother? After all, it's time for her to get married. You two have known each other for a long time. Seeing that you two have such a close relationship, why don't we find a day to settle the matter? "
"Huh?" Yang Cheng's brain instantly turned into a puddle of paste. Oh my god! This is too much! How can I be so stupid, no wonder Mo Qianni stared at me as if I was an idiot!
However, Ma Guifang thought that Yang Cheng was a little surprised, so she did not think much and continued, "To be honest, although we have only met twice, I quite like you since you are willing to accompany my daughter back to our poor mountain village. Now that I see you again, the more I look at you, the more I like you. I only have one daughter, and I'm also an experienced person. I know that you can't miss this kind of thing like fate. Take advantage of the fact that I'm still able to give you grandchildren, and get married as soon as possible. "
"Mom … I am very busy with work now, and it is still too early for me to get married …" Seeing that Yang Cheng was already stunned, Mo Qianni could only shake her mother's hand coquettishly, trying to delay the matter.
Ma Guifang rolled her eyes at her daughter and said unhappily, "What? Do you have to wait until I can't walk before you get married and have children? Nizi, although mom's body is better now, I have a lot of problems. I don't know if I will be paralyzed one day. Mom wants you to get married early for your own good, not to mention that you are not young anymore. Many girls at your age already have children running all over the place. "
Mo Qianni had nothing to say for a while. Ma Guifang had used the reason that she might be paralyzed to convince her. As a daughter, it would be too unfilial for her to object.
But … I can't marry Yang Cheng …
Mo Qianni secretly looked at Yang Cheng with resentment. She was helpless and could only see how Yang Cheng would deal with it.
Yang Cheng came back to his senses at this time. A lot of thoughts flew in his mind, and he finally understood.
Actually, he couldn't hide from this kind of thing for a lifetime. His true relationship with Mo Qianni and his situation would eventually be known by Ma Guifang, so it was useless for him to hide. It was better to be frank.
Fortunately, among his women, Qiangwei, Anxin, and Liu Mingyu didn't have this problem. After all, Choi Yeon was the daughter of the Cai family. Even if Cai Yuncheng cared about his own identity, he wouldn't obstruct his daughter's choice too much.
Speaking of which, only Mo Qianni was the daughter of an ordinary family. This was also the rare and precious side of her being by his side.
"I think it's fine. I'll go home today and talk to my mother. I'll ask her to find time to meet you," Yang Cheng said sincerely.
Mo Qianni was stunned. She didn't know what Yang Cheng was thinking. Wouldn't it be completely exposed the moment they met? She was anxious, but she couldn't stop him.
In fact, Mo Qianni had already met Yang Cheng's mother. After all, Guo Xuehua lived next door. Several times before, when Guo Xuehua came to their house with delicious food, she and Qiangwei entertained Guo Xuehua, and they had a good talk.
However, Guo Xuehua had always thought that Qiangwei was Yang Cheng's lover, and she was just Qiangwei and Lin Ruoxi's sister. There was nothing awkward about it.
Now, if Guo Xuehua knew that she was also her son's lover, she didn't know how she would feel. Most importantly, how would her mother react at that time? It was too hard to feel at ease.
And when Guo Xuehua heard that Yang Cheng accepted the proposal, she was even more delighted. After drinking the wine, her cheeks were flushed, and she looked a few years younger.
After dinner, Ma Guifang was a little tipsy. She was helped back to the car by Mo Qianni. Yang Cheng went back to the company to get his car, so after paying the bill, he took a taxi.
Watching Mo Qianni drive away, Yang Cheng scratched the back of his head. He took a breath of the damp and cold air by the roadside. He thought that he could only talk to his mother about Mo Qianni. He had to meet her, but the key was whether he could convince his mother-in-law. If things went south in the end, Yang Cheng could only deal with it when it came.
At the same time, on the way home, Ma Guifang, who was sitting in the car, showed a somewhat different look in her eyes. She leaned on the seat as if she was half drunk and half sober. She asked, "Girl, are you and Yang Cheng hiding something from me?"
Mo Qianni, who was concentrating on driving, heard this. Her hands holding the steering wheel trembled. Fortunately, her expression couldn't be seen clearly in the dark. She smiled stiffly and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? You scared me."
"You'd better not. If I really find out that you are hiding something important from me, I'll say the ugly words first. I, Ma Guifang, may not have been educated, but I'm not blind. No matter how well you're doing in Zhonghai, you're still my daughter. I have the right to take care of my daughter. There are some things that you can't do, and you can't have the slightest idea. "
Ma Guifang's voice was very calm, but when it fell into Mo Qianni's ears, her heart couldn't help beating wildly, and she couldn't say a word.
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