As soon as he heard Ding Ning's name, Zhao Tianli's face darkened again. He gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of bewitching potion did that bastard kid feed you? How could you doubt your wise and mighty father?"
"No, I thought it was you who did it. With your character, you would never do such an unreliable thing."
Zhao Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief and realized that she might have misunderstood her father. With her father's character, if he really did it, he would never deny it.
"Humph! I didn't do it, but now I suddenly want to do it. "
Zhao Tianli said angrily. His expression of great bitterness and deep hatred made Zhao Jingjing laugh out loud.
"What's so funny? You haven't told me the truth. What's the relationship between you and Ding Ning? You are so nervous about him. Is he your boyfriend? "
Zhao Tianli asked suspiciously, and the jealousy in his tone could be smelled across the street.
"Hee hee, yes, he is my boyfriend. Are you jealous? Do you feel uncomfortable because your little cotton-padded jacket has become someone else's? "
Zhao Jingjing got up from the bed, sat down beside her father, took his arm, and said teasingly.
"Yes, yes, your cotton-padded jacket has not only become someone else's, but also turned against your father for someone. You are really an ungrateful and heartless girl."
Seeing Zhao Jingjing admit it frankly, Zhao Tianli was relieved. He felt that his daughter must be deliberately provoking him, so he pretended to be ashamed and annoyed and poked Zhao Jingjing's forehead.
In fact, on the day when Zhao Jingjing came back and made a big fuss with him, he immediately sent someone to Ninghai to investigate who Ding Ning was. He could make his precious daughter turn against him and break his most precious blue and white porcelain of the Song Kiln.
"No, Ding Ning is very powerful. I am angry because I am afraid that the people you sent to make trouble for him will suffer."
Zhao Jingjing stuck out her tongue mischievously and said untruthfully. But knowing that it was not her father who did it, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, she really didn't know how to explain it to Ding Ning.
"Very powerful? How powerful can he be? Hmph, your father dotes on you. Do you really think your father is a pushover? Let me tell you, your father is very awe-inspiring outside. With a shake of the tiger's body, people will come and worship me. Back then … "
Zhao Tianli was unconvinced again. His little cotton-padded jacket actually said that he was not as good as other men. This seriously hurt his fragile self-esteem, and he began to put gold on his face with all his might.
"Back in the day, a single roar from Madam Yao Lina turned Mr. Zhao Tianli into a dog."
Zhao Jingjing giggled and hit him with the joke that he was afraid of his wife. Looking at her mother, who was hiding at the door of the room and eavesdropping, she revealed a sly smile.
Zhao Tianli said anxiously, "What do you know? That's because I, your old man, have self-restraint and don't want to argue with her. Otherwise, hmph hmph, your old man would be able to beat her up with just a few punches and kicks … "
"Zhao-tian Li, what did you say? I'm a lion from Hedong? You don't want to bother with me, but you want to beat me senseless with just a few punches and kicks? If you have the guts, say it again! "
Yao Lina couldn't bear it anymore. She suddenly jumped out and twisted Zhao Tianli's ear, gnashing her teeth and roaring.
"Ouch … Be gentle, be gentle … It hurts!"
Zhao Tianli grimaced in pain, his face flushed red, and he changed his words in a flattering manner. "I … I was just bragging, bragging, that's all. Madam Yao is gentle, virtuous, beautiful, and generous. How could you possibly be a lion? Besides, to be able to find such a perfect goddess like you as my wife, it's my good fortune that I've accumulated in my previous life. Let alone hitting you, even if you accidentally touch me, my heart will ache …"
Listening to her father's cowardice and flattery that made people numb, Zhao Jingjing was so happy that she swayed back and forth. Her father was really funny.
"Hmph, you are good at talking. I will spare you this time. If you dare to gossip behind my back in the future, see how I will deal with you."
Yao Lina's anger had not subsided. She twisted his ear hard again, and then she angrily let go of her hand.
Zhao Tianli rubbed his red ear with a bitter look on his face and kept glancing at his daughter with hidden bitterness. "This little cotton-padded jacket is really not considerate. She even deliberately dug a pit for me to jump into."
Zhao Jingjing stuck out her tongue gloatingly and winked at her father to provoke him.
She would not worry about her father. Her father and mother had been married for more than 20 years, but they had a very good relationship. They always showed off their affection in front of her.
Neither of them was afraid of the other. It was just that her father loved his wife, so he pretended to be henpecked to satisfy her mother's vanity a little. However, her mother also had a sense of propriety. She was a tyrant at home, but outside, she was a timid and helpless little bird. She looked gentle and pleasant, which gave her father enough face.
"Don't gloat over there. Since your mother and I are here, quickly tell me honestly, what is the relationship between you and that Ding Ning?"
Zhao Tianli was already very unbalanced after being humiliated. Seeing that his little cotton-padded jacket still dared to gloat and make fun of him, he immediately rolled his eyes and came up with a plan. With a serious face, he asked seriously.
"Yes, quickly tell me, who is that Ding Ning? What does he do? Is he handsome? What is the situation at home? What do his parents do? "
Yao Lina was immediately distracted and asked with a gossipy face.
"I'm sleepy. I'm going to sleep."
Zhao Jingjing did not expect her father to be so insidious. In the blink of an eye, he turned the fire to her. She immediately yawned and took out her trump card, which had never failed her, to avoid the question.
"Humph! If you don't explain it clearly today, don't even think about sleeping. Tell me, who is Ding Ning? "
Seeing that his trick had succeeded, Zhao Tianli immediately showed the spirit of pursuing a cornered enemy and persevered in asking.
"Mom, I'm sleepy. I want to sleep. Your husband doesn't care about human rights at all. Why don't you control him?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Jingjing immediately began to act coquettishly to her mother, who had always doted on her. This trick had always been her trump card, which had never failed her.
"I think your father is right. You really should explain it to us. Although your father and I are very open-minded, and you are already an adult, and we will not oppose you to fall in love, after all, you lack social experience, and we have to do a good job for you."
However, she did not expect that this time, Yao Lina did not stand on her side, but asked with a serious look.
Although she did not oppose her daughter to fall in love, she had very high requirements for the man. If the man did not enter her eyes, her daughter would not allow him no matter how much she liked him.
"I … Oh, you are so annoying. You have invaded my privacy."
Seeing that her mother had betrayed her, Zhao Jingjing immediately had no choice. She pouted angrily and tried to use the right of privacy to protect her legal rights and interests.
Unfortunately, this trick also failed. Her father and mother put on a posture that they would not give up until they got to the bottom of the matter, so Zhao Jingjing could only raise her hands to surrender. "Okay, okay, I'll tell you. Ding Ning is my brother's classmate. He is 22 years old this year, and he will be 23 years old after the Spring Festival. We love each other freely, and we fell in love at first sight, okay?"
"Your brother's classmate, 22 years old? He is a good match at this age. "
Yao Lina nodded with scrutiny. "What else?"
"What else? That's all."
Zhao Jingjing avoided her mother's scrutinizing eyes with a guilty conscience. She did not want to tell her Ding Ning's real identity, for fear that her father and mother would find out that Ding Ning had other women. Although she had already chosen Ding Ning and did not care about those things, her father and mother would never agree.
"Where is he from? What does he do? How do you know him? What do his parents do? How tall is he? How does he look like? He has been in love a few times … "
Yao Lina asked persistently.
"Oh, are you checking my household registration? We are just in love now, not getting married. Why do you ask so many questions? "
Zhao Jingjing was also speechless. She knew that her mother would definitely ask, but she did not expect that she would ask so carefully, so she could only try to muddle through.
"All love without the purpose of marriage is playing hooligan. It is because we are in love that your mother and I have to ask carefully to see if he is worthy of our baby daughter."
Zhao Tianli immediately began to attack her, forcing Zhao Jingjing to have no way out.
"Yes, we only have you as our baby daughter. When in love, women are always the ones who suffer losses, so we ask so carefully. Look at your brother. Have we asked him?"
Yao Lina said confidently.
Zhao Jingjing's face was full of helplessness. She raised her hands to show her surrender. "Well, I really admire you. I will tell you, OK?"
"That's right. We don't want to interfere with your love life, but it is a big deal for you to be in love. We have to keep a close eye on you."
Zhao Tianli smiled sinisterly. "Humph, little cotton-padded jacket, who asked you to help an outsider? Since I can't vent my anger on you, I can only vent my anger on that brat. "
Zhao Jingjing rolled her eyes at her unscrupulous father and said obediently, "He comes from a small town in southern Yunnan. He has no mother since he was a child, and his father works in a slaughterhouse …"
"A small town in southern Yunnan? Isn't that a village? A slaughterhouse? Isn't that a butcher? Without a mother, doesn't it mean that he grew up in a single-parent family? "
Before Zhao Tianli could say anything, Yao Lina frowned and said.
She didn't understand anything else, but just his background made her feel very dissatisfied. How could a child born in such a family be worthy of the pearl in her palm?
"What's wrong with the countryside? So what if he's a butcher? You've taught me since I was a child that there is no distinction between high and low jobs. It's not shameful for people to rely on their own labor to make a living. "
Zhao Jingjing's face became a little unsightly. She had read a lot of romance novels. In many plots, the woman's family disliked the poor and loved the rich, so that a pair of lovers would be separated and the hero and heroine could only be together after going through many hardships.
She had always thought that her parents were more open-minded, but she didn't expect that they were such vulgar people. It would be a lie to say that she was not disappointed.
Yao Lina's face was embarrassed, and she explained, "It's not that Mom looks down on rural people, or that his father is a butcher. Mom is just worried that a child who grew up in a single-parent family will be mentally unhealthy. This is not a small matter …"
"Enough, Cousin Shu is also a child who grew up in a single-parent family. Is he also mentally unhealthy?"
Zhao Jingjing retorted sharply.
Yao Lina's face froze, and she couldn't say anything for a long time.
Not long after Zhao Yinan's wife gave birth to Zhao Shu, she passed away due to her weak body. Zhao Shu was brought up by his grandmother, but he was very smart and sensible. He was very lovable, and Yao Lina also doted on him.
If children who grew up in a single-parent family were mentally unhealthy, didn't it mean that Zhao Shu also had mental problems? She didn't dare to say this. If it was spread out, what would Zhao Yinan, her brother-in-law, think?
"Your mother didn't mean that. She just thought that children who grew up in a single-parent family were more likely to have mental problems. It doesn't mean that Ding Ning must have mental problems."
Seeing that his wife was speechless, Zhao Tianli quickly tried to smooth things over. "You study psychology, so you're an authority in this field. If you think there's no problem, then there's no problem. This part is over. You can continue."
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