My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!
Chapter 152 Meeting the Parents

Chapter 152: Chapter 152 Meeting the Parents

Life proceeds in tranquility, flowing steadily like a gentle stream.

Fu Mingchuan and Wen Qing go to the company as usual every day.

Xia Jinyun’s belly grows larger by the day, yet she still goes to work as normal.

Fu Yan is hardly ever seen around, with typically just her and Wen Tian at home.

One morning, Fu Ying receives a text from Shen Liguang, consisting of only a few words: My mom wants to meet you.

She’s met Li Ruolan before, but that was different; she was staying at his place as his friend’s sister.

Now things are different; her status is different, the status of a girlfriend.

At home, Fu Ying is in a flurry, pulling out clothes from the wardrobe and trying them on, unable to find anything suitable for meeting the parents.

At that time, Wen Qing has not yet left for work, and Fu Ying, with a pile of clothes in her arms, seeks her advice: "Aunt Wen, Brother Li Guang’s mother wants to meet me."

"That’s great, if Shen Liguang is willing to take you to meet his parents, his intentions towards you are clear."

"But, I am so nervous." The girl stands straight, fingers tightly clutching the clothes in her arms, asking her, "Aunt Wen, what should I wear to meet his parents?"

Wen Qing thinks for a moment, then seriously offers her advice: "When meeting the parents you should dress appropriately, not too revealing, nor too formal."

"But I’m not sure what to pick."

Seeing her little face flushed with nervousness, Wen Qing can’t help but smile.

The young girl places great importance on this meeting with the parents.

"Let me have a look." Wen Qing picks a white dress to compare against her body, "Let’s go with this one, a dress that reaches the ankles is more respectable for meeting the parents, and white suits your complexion too."

Fu Ying returns to her room to change into the white dress selected by Wen Qing, draping her long hair over her shoulders and wearing the hair clip he had given her as she leaves the house.

Behind her, she hears Fu Mingchuan speaking inside.

Probably something like: A girl grown up cannot be kept at home.

Fu Ying smiles, this is an official visit to meet his parents, not as his friend’s sister, but as his girlfriend.

Shen Liguang comes to pick her up, the girl dignified and graceful in a white dress, her long hair loosely hanging down, wearing the hair clip on the side of her ear.

Shen Liguang’s smile is bright and sunny, as he extends his arm around her, embracing her.

"You’ve dressed up so beautifully."

Fu Ying: "Mhm, meeting your parents, I should pay attention to my image."

"It’s not like we haven’t met before."

Fu Ying: "This time is different."

Shen Liguang nods: "Yes, it’s different, now you’re the girlfriend, before you were the sister."

The morning sun shines brightly, Wen Tian stands at the window on the upper floor looking down, the girl dressed beautifully and looking demure, her petite figure stepping into the embrace of a mature man.

Their height difference is significant, the man wrapping his overcoat around her, bending his head to kiss her hair.

The girl blushes, smiles sweetly, so endearing.

She says, "I’m meeting your parents as your girlfriend now."

The man smiles tenderly: "Yes, so shall we get in the car?"

"Okay."

The man is a gentleman, opening the car door for Fu Ying, his eyes filled with affection for the girl.

Wen Tian watches the car grow more distant, then lowers his gaze, his expression forlorn.

Wen Qing comes over, sighing softly: "Tian Tian."

Wen Tian returns to his senses, looking up: "Mom."

"Want to talk with mom?"

Wen Tian nods.

The two of them lean by the second-floor window, Wen Qing offering a cigarette to Wen Tian.

Wen Tian is taken aback for a moment: "I don’t smoke."

Wen Qing smiles: "I know, you’re your mom’s good child, but maybe you can try today, I know you’re not feeling well."

Wen Tian hesitates then reaches out to take the cigarette, Wen Qing offers a light.

Wen Tian looks up.

Wen Qing: "You know, it’s not just alcohol that numbs the nerves, smokers do too."

Wen Tian reaches out again for the light.

He doesn’t smoke, studying at B University every day, all he does is study.

Most of the boys in his dorm smoke, but he doesn’t.

He’s modest, good-tempered, and gets along quite well with everyone in the dorm, it’s just that he doesn’t seek pleasure the way they do.

Smoking, drinking — he doesn’t do any of it.

Wen Tian put the cigarette into his mouth, lit it, and because he didn’t know how to inhale properly, he coughed continuously from choking.

"Does it feel bad?"

Wen Tian nodded: "Yeah."

"If it feels bad, just give it up."

A sharp pang hit Wen Tian’s heart, he raised his eyes to look at Wen Qing.

Wen Qing sighed softly and reached out to stroke Wen Tian’s short hair: "Silly boy, can’t you see? Even if you were classmates with Yingying before, even if it’s the Yingying you know, even if there were no other man, even if you had told her your feelings from the start, she wouldn’t like you."

"The order of someone’s appearance is never that important, what’s important is the feeling. If the feeling is right, everything else is right. Give it some good thought."

Wen Qing went downstairs, and Wen Tian locked himself in his room.

Meanwhile, Fu Ying followed Shen Liguang down to the lobby.

The man extended his hand towards her, and Fu Ying gently placed her hand in his palm.

She looked shy and a bit panicked: "Brother, I’m nervous."

"I’m here, aren’t I?"

Just as they were about to enter the elevator, Fu Ying suddenly remembered she had come empty-handed, and she quickly tried to pull her hand away, her face turning pale: "I forgot, Aunt Wen said it’s polite to bring gifts when meeting parents."

Shen Liguang couldn’t help laughing: "Why the panic? My mom doesn’t care about that kind of stuff, she just wants to meet you."

"But, but I can’t just come empty-handed, I should bring some gifts."

The girl was like a headless fly, agitated and flustered, her little face panicked.

Shen Liguang held onto her hand tightly, preventing her from breaking free, and dragged her into the elevator.

Fu Ying’s nervous fingers clung tightly to her clothes, feeling a pressure in her chest.

The man laughed beside her: "You are the best gift I could bring her, she will be happy just to see her future daughter-in-law."

Fu Ying bowed her head slightly, her heart still racing.

As the elevator doors opened, Fu Ying became increasingly nervous, her walk stiffening.

They even ran into an acquaintance.

Seeing them hand-in-hand, fingers interlocked, the person asked with a smile: "Li Guang, is this your girlfriend?"

Shen Liguang nodded, smiling: "Yeah."

"She looks rather young."

"Yeah, she’s young."

"Bringing your girlfriend home, your mom must be over the moon. You’re meeting the parents, so a wedding must be close, right?"

Shen Liguang nodded: "Yeah, the wedding is soon."

"Your mom won’t have to worry anymore."

The person chatted for a couple more sentences with Shen Liguang, then entered the elevator.

Throughout, Fu Ying obediently stood by his side, her palms beginning to sweat from nervousness, she couldn’t even remember how she got to the door.

Anyway, the whole process, she was stiff and anxious.

Shen Liguang turned to look at her: "Don’t be nervous, it’s not like you’ve never met her before."

Fu Ying took a deep breath: "But, but this time it’s different."

"It’s the same, this time your brother is also by your side."

Fu Ying nodded: "Then, then I’ll try not to be so nervous."

Shen Liguang curled the corner of his mouth, reaching for the keys to open the door.

Probably hearing the noise at the door, Li Ruolan opened the door before Shen Liguang could.

Fu Ying immediately stiffened, standing dazed and dumbfounded.

Li Ruolan looked at them, smiling warmly: "You’re here, come on in."

Fu Ying felt as if she was dragged in by Shen Liguang.