"I'll give you an answer as soon as possible, okay?" Zhuang Yucen was upset by Dai Shuanglin's crying, and said insincerely. It gave her a not too slim hope.
Naturally, he didn't know how to tell his parents about things that he didn't even think about. And since she pressed her so hard, he could only agree to it before making any long-term plans.
"Really, Yucen, you are so kind!" Dai Shuanglin stopped crying, came over and pressed another kiss on his cheek, jumped out of the car happily, and skipped into the door of the house, not forgetting to turn around.
He excitedly waved to Zhuang Yucen in the car.
Zhuang Yucen clenched his fist and hit the steering wheel hard, stepped on the accelerator, and the car shot out like an arrow off the string.
He felt extremely regretful about why he drank so much that day that he had a relationship with Dai Shuanglin in a daze, and now it was like this, which he couldn't handle.
He returned home with a gloomy look on his face and walked into the hall. His father and mother were sitting on the sofa waiting for him.
The strange thing is that they didn't look displeased at all. Instead, they looked kind and cheerful, with joy on their faces.
"Yucen, are you back? Come, sit here..." Father Zhuang Fengxian patted the seat next to him, showing a rare approachability.
Zhuang Yucen walked over and sat opposite her parents instead of sitting next to them, and ignored her father's overtures.
Zhuang's family has always been very strict in his upbringing, especially his father, who rarely showed a caring tone or look towards him. This has been the case since he was a child. His mother, on the other hand, was nothing but very loving to him.
His father's unusual change of appearance as a strict father today made him a little uncomfortable, and he was worried and didn't want to think too much about it.
"Yucen, why didn't you tell us that you and Shuang Lin were in love? This is a good thing. There is no need to be secretive." His mother, Chen Miaoyan, took his hand and held it in her palm.
"Mom, she and I are not in a relationship..." Zhuang Yucen couldn't help but feel upset when he heard the name Dai Shuanglin, and explained to his mother with a frown.
"Not in love? We, Yucen, are already young men, but we are still so shy..." Mother Chen Miaoyan looked at each other with a smile and her father Zhuang Fengxian.
"Mom, we are really not in love..." Zhuang Yucen felt helpless at her mother's behavior.
"Okay, are you worried that we two will object? Don't worry, Shuanglin is different from Dai Yuxiao. She is so devoted to you, I can see it. The banker and the Dai family have been friends for so many years.
How could we object..." Mother Chen Miaoyan seemed to dispel her son's doubts.
"Mom, I..." Zhuang Yucen was speechless, but there was a bit of resentment in his heart. She was also a daughter of the Dai family, so why did Dai Shuanglin and the others agree, while Dai Yuxiao and the others firmly opposed it, with completely different attitudes.
"Okay, son, you are an adult, there is no need to be embarrassed. Dai Shuanglin is pregnant with your flesh and blood. When do you plan to get engaged to her? We parents, let us listen to your opinion..." Father Zhuang Fengxian spoke up
Yes, very direct.
It turned out that they also knew about Dai Shuanglin's pregnancy. How did the news spread so quickly? Before they could even think of how to tell them, they asked her about it first.
But when he thought of the name Dai Shuanglin, he couldn't help but feel conflicted. He frowned in annoyance and blurted out insincerely: "What about an engagement? I don't want to be engaged to her!"
"Don't want to get engaged to her? Then who do you want to get engaged to? Dai Yuxiao? I tell you, don't even think about it! If you still think about Dai Yuxiao, don't blame me for not caring about the relationship between father and son and driving you out of the house!"
The father had a stern look on his face, his big hands held his knees angrily, his upper body leaned back slightly, and his air of a political figure was clearly revealed.
"What's wrong with Yuxiao? Why are you targeting her so much? If it weren't for your objections, things wouldn't be like this!" Zhuang Yucen, who had always obeyed his parents, exploded, changing his usual submissive nature.
"What? You want to let go of this girl after she gets pregnant? Our banker cannot afford to lose face like this. You have to consider the reputation of our banker!" His father, Zhuang Fengxian, became even more angry and frowned.
"Okay, okay, look at you two, father and son. This is supposed to be a happy event, but why has it become so tense? Yucen, please go upstairs first. I will discuss with your father and choose a good and auspicious day to tell you. The boss is not young anymore.
, it’s time to start a family..." Mother Chen Miaoyan came out to smooth things over, helped Zhuang Yucen up from the sofa, and urged him to go upstairs.
Zhuang Yucen was unable to defend himself. His engagement to Dai Shuanglin was a certainty that could not be changed. Even if he refused, his parents had decided not to allow him to resist.
I originally wanted to stay away from this woman Dai Shuanglin, but I didn't expect that I would suddenly be so close to him. I would actually get engaged to this woman, get married and have children. It was such a dramatic change that I didn't expect.
Not long after he went upstairs, his cell phone rang. When he looked at the screen, it was the woman Dai Shuanglin again. He turned off the phone in annoyance. He didn't want to pay attention to anyone. He just wanted to be alone and calm down to sort out his thoughts.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-" There was a knock on the door. The more I wanted to be quiet, the more I couldn't be quiet. I was always disturbed by people.
"Who?" Zhuang Yucen asked after hearing the knock on the door for a long time. He buried his head in his arms and spoke in a dull voice.
"Young Master, Miss Dai's phone number..." Butler Hao said softly outside the door.
"Tell her I'm not here!" Zhuang Yucen almost shouted these words. Why is this woman causing trouble everywhere? Doesn't she think he is not upset enough? She doesn't have any space of her own.
"What are you shouting for? Yu Cen, how can you do this to a woman who is pregnant with your flesh and blood, not to mention, she is your Uncle Dai's daughter! Come out and answer the phone!" The angry voice of his father Zhuang Fengxian came through the crack in the door.
Zhuang Yucen had to stand up slowly and open the door. Butler Hao was still waiting there with an embarrassed look on his face.
He weakly walked to the first floor and picked up the receiver: "Hello?"
"Yucen, why did you turn off your phone?" Dai Shuanglin said in a somewhat angry voice.
"My... mobile phone is out of battery..." Zhuang Yucen could only lie for the time being and lightly touched the tip of his nose with his finger.
"Oh, that's it, Yucen, you're so kind. You told your parents about our marriage so quickly. They called my parents. I'm so happy. My dear, you're so kind. I
I love you so much!" Dai Shuanglin couldn't hide the intimacy and excitement in her voice, and gave him a loud kiss on the other end of the phone.
Oops, his parents actually talked to Dai Shuanglin's parents so quickly? He hadn't even agreed to the marriage, and they made the decision to propose it?
This time it was even worse. In addition to Dai Shuanglin, the people forcing the marriage were his parents. The pressure was getting bigger and bigger. It was beyond his imagination and he was completely out of control.
He becomes a little puppet in a puppet show. If someone else pulls the strings and moves the strings, he has to dance along, and he can't help but control all his movements.
"Well... pay attention to your health and take care of yourself and the baby in your belly..." At this point, Zhuang Yucen could not say anything else but told him that he didn't care much about this woman, and the baby in her belly
The baby is his flesh and blood. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a bit of tenderness in my heart.
"Well, I know, Yucen, I will take good care of our baby..." Dai Shuanglin said sweetly, as if she was very well-behaved.
"Okay, it's getting late, let's go to bed early..." Zhuang Yucen wanted to hang up the phone early.
"It's only what time it is. I...still have a lot to say to you..." Dai Shuanglin refused to hang up the phone.
"I'm very tired... If you have something to say, let's talk tomorrow..." Zhuang Yucen frowned. He didn't like how this woman always seemed to be entangled. If she was more reserved, she might be able to make him take a high look, but...
However, her persistent personality made him always think about how to avoid her.
"Oh, you're tired. Well, take care of yourself, too. You are the future of our mother and son..." Dai Shuanglin kept nagging and reluctantly hung up the phone.
Zhuang Yucen put down the phone and let out a deep breath, but this did not make him any less depressed. Irritation, uneasiness, and depression came one after another and could not be blocked.
That night, he was destined to be unable to sleep, tossing and turning, his mind was filled with the shadow of Dai Shuanglin, the way she lowered her eyebrows and smiled, looked pure and refined, and frowned in deep thought.
Her every move, every smile and every frown revealed such a fatal allure, which made him immersed in the infinite longing for her all night long, sinking deeper and deeper, unable to extricate himself.
At dawn, he was top-heavy and swayed up from the bed to support his upper body. Except for the shadow of Dai Yuxiao, he could not hold anything in his mind. His stomach was empty, but he had no appetite.
The whole person felt lost. Overnight, it was as if something had hollowed out all the internal organs from the inside. The emptiness felt uncomfortable. No one except Dai Yuxiao could fill this void. No one, no one, no one.
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Zhuang Yucen subconsciously picked up the phone and mechanically dialed the number that worried him.
However, when the call was connected, he was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what to say, let alone where to start. He could hear Dai Yuxiao's slight breathing coming from the other end of the phone, but he was stunned and lost the ability to think.
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When Dai Yuxiao hung up the phone, a drop of tear seeped out from the corner of his eye, crossed his cheek, and seeped between his lips and teeth. It was very salty.
"Yucen, hurry up and change your clothes. We have made an appointment with your Uncle Dai to discuss your marriage!" Her mother, Chen Miaoyan, knocked on the door and urged through the door panel.
"What?" Zhuang Yucen asked in a daze, his voice hoarse and very tired. There was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and his mother had left long ago, without waiting for his response.
He had to get dressed in a daze, walked to the bathroom, and looked at his pale face in the mirror. Overnight, a layer of stubble appeared, and his eye sockets were sunken, making him look very decadent.
But he didn't bother to modify his face at all, he washed up slowly, dipped in water to tuck his black hair, and walked out without wearing a tie, with his collar open.
"Yucen, why don't you wear a tie? It's such a formal occasion, such an important matter..." Mother Chen Miaoyan scolded and asked Butler Hao to bring a tie, and she tied it for her son with her own hands.
Normally, Zhuang Yucen would be driving when the family went out, but today, he sat in the back seat of the car in a daze, not wanting to drive at all.
He was almost dragged by his mother to a hotel box, where Dai Shuanglin and her parents were already waiting with smiles on their faces.
The light in the box was very bright, which made his eyes hurt. In his sight, Dai Shuanglin, who had exquisite, noble and elegant makeup, loomed in front of his eyes. He suddenly came close to her, but he was resisting and moved away again, and so on.
During the dinner, he didn't eat anything and drank a lot of wine mechanically. He drank every glass of wine with his neck raised.
Dai Shuanglin almost wanted to stop him, but said coquettishly: "I'm going to be a father now. I can't drink like this. I have to exercise some control..."
How could Chen Miaoyan not know what her son was thinking, and hurriedly made excuses: "Oh, my son is happy today, so it's okay to drink more, it's okay... People are in high spirits during happy events, so they naturally drink more..."
In a daze, their marriage was decided after just one meal, and Zhuang Yucen had to passively accept this arrangement and the order of his parents.