Early the next morning, Cheng Huanran went to work.
Xue Ling drove him to the hospital with dark circles under his eyes and warned him: "Eat well and work well. There is nothing that is too difficult to overcome."
Cheng Huanran looked very bad. Apparently he didn't sleep well last night. Seeing the thick dark circles under his mother's eyes, he secretly felt distressed.
"Mom, I'm sorry..."
Xue Ling shook his head: "There is nothing I'm sorry for. To a certain extent, we are sorry for you. But son... there is more to life than love. Maybe it won't take more than ten or twenty years for you to find that you are
How childish, even ridiculous. I hope you can be stronger. Now is not the time to be sad, because none of this can solve the problem. You are already a man, you have to shoulder your responsibilities and find ways to solve the problem.
"
Cheng Huanran nodded, not knowing what he was thinking of.
"Mom, some people will go through fire and water for love, even at the risk of making enemies of the whole world... In the eyes of many girls, that kind of love is true love. If I can't do it, she may think that I don't love her enough."
Xue Ling smiled, his eyes full of ridicule.
"What are these words? They are all from those silly TV series, right? Son, we are a part of this world. Every mouthful of water we drink and every mouthful of food we eat are the work of many people.
Got it. For the sake of love, can you be the enemy of the whole world? If you don’t drink water for a day or two, you will die. For the sake of love, you have to die. Is that kind of love true love? If this is the case, how can there be so much in the world?
Lost in love? They all died for love!"
Cheng Huanran was speechless for a moment and burst into laughter.
Xue Ling asked back: "Didn't you also fall in love? Apart from the momentary extreme pain and regret, what happened afterwards? Didn't you still eat and drink as usual, go to school and live as usual, find the girl you like again and start a new relationship?
Being able to make enemies of the whole world for the sake of love - what kind of crazy talk is this?! Only young and ignorant little girls can believe it as the truth. In your mother's eyes, it is similar to stupid words and idiotic words. You can't live for love.
A day or two, and then what? What did you get? What did it become in the end?"
"It's a joke." Cheng Huanran whispered: "Maybe I will become a joke in the eyes of others in the future..."
He and Xiao Qiao have been in a stable relationship for five years and have always been good friends. Whether they are mentors, classmates, or internship colleagues, everyone is very optimistic about them, thinking that they are both talented and beautiful, and they are equally talented and have the same future.
, they will definitely come together smoothly, and they will be deeply in love as husband and wife for a lifetime.
Unexpectedly, in the final stage of marriage discussions, the elders of the two families would disagree and even let them break up.
Xue Ling smiled slightly and said, "Of course, if you act impulsively and insist on being with her, even if you break up with your family and parents, that is your own choice."
"How is it possible!" Cheng Huanran shook his head: "Mom, I am not an impulsive boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, how could I do such a stupid thing. I am a member of the family, and giving up the family means giving up myself. That would be unconscionable.
I will never be able to do it."
"As long as you understand this." Xue Ling walked around the steering wheel and whispered: "Son, mom understands that you are feeling very uncomfortable right now. But we are not opposed blindly. We are still open-minded parents. We are willing to sit down with the other parent's parents.
, discuss this matter together and see if you can each take a step back and find a balance point so that you and Xiao Qiao can stand firm in this relationship."
"What about?" Cheng Huanran asked in surprise.
Xue Ling replied: "For example, among the children you have in the future, you can choose one to have the other's last name. You are obviously career-oriented people, so it should be impossible to have many children. Try to have two, one with her last name. Anyway, it will be in your name
She has so much property. After her parents retire, you can bring them here to take care of them. As long as you don’t spend it arbitrarily, your property is enough to support hundreds of elderly people, let alone two or three of your own.
younger generation."
"This..." Cheng Huanran couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Will my father agree? I am the eldest son of the family and the eldest grandson of the Cheng family. I don't have many children..."
"He will agree." Xue Ling explained: "When Yangyang and Xiaoxin took my last name, it was your father who took the initiative to ask for it. If he hadn't agreed on his own initiative, how would my grandparents have dared to make such a request? Don't worry, your dad is reasonable.
, not the kind of person who catches you and won’t let go of your mistakes.”
After hearing this, Cheng Huanran finally showed a relaxed smile.
"This is a compromise that our family voluntarily gave up... Xiao Qiao will be very happy when she finds out about such sincerity. I will discuss it with her later and ask her to also persuade her parents."
Xue Ling reminded: "Dating is a matter between the two of you, but marriage is a matter between two families, and it cannot be decided by just the two of you. Tell her and ask her family to come to the Imperial Capital when they are free in the near future, and we will
Sit down and discuss it carefully."
"Okay." Cheng Huanran nodded hurriedly.
…
In the next few days, Xue Ling did not take the initiative to call his eldest son, giving the young couple enough space and time to discuss a compromise. Cheng Tianyuan even ignored him, feeling that he had to resolve this matter by himself, and his parents
Can't help him.
Despite this, before going to bed every night, he would still tease his wife beside him.
"That kid... didn't say anything, did he?"
Xue Ling took off his eyes and put the book aside.
"He sent me a message this evening: He said he wanted to introduce his girlfriend to us and planned to take her home for dinner on Friday night."
Cheng Tianyuan frowned slightly and asked, "Has the woman compromised? If she doesn't insist on letting him get married, why will she get married?"
"He didn't say." Xue Ling replied.
Cheng Tianyuan's face darkened and he said, "Then let him not bring her here - there's no need!"
Xue Ling's eyes moved slightly and he picked up the mobile phone beside the pillow.
"Let me ask, if the woman doesn't compromise on this issue, then don't take her home. It's really unnecessary."
After a while, Cheng Huanran replied to the message.
"What did he say?" Cheng Tianyuan came over.
Xue Ling had no choice but to take the phone and let him look at it together, and read it out along the way.
"He said that her parents would come over the weekend to interview us. However, they seemed to be very stubborn in their opinions and said they wanted to persuade us with the utmost sincerity."
Cheng Tianyuan sneered: "No amount of sincerity can shake my bottom line! It's impossible for me to agree. Let them stop wasting their words and don't waste my time!"
Xue Ling thought for a while and suggested: "How about this, let them not come home on Friday night. I can make an appointment with the woman's parents on the weekend, and we can meet together then. If the whole family insists, then I
Just say no, don’t bring it up again, and just let it go.”
"Okay, that's it." Cheng Tianyuan nodded in agreement.