Chapter 70

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“I saw him a few times when I went to see Feng Fei too. I felt like he had a good heart, so I didn’t ask many questions about him.”

Lu Haoli nodded indifferently.  PdgUxq

“Yes, thanks to him, Feng Fei has matured a lot and is much more motivated. I always said that you have to make good choices when making friends. Feng Fei always liked to play, and after hanging out with those no-good people all day long, any good child would also go bad.”

Feng Xuan hinted, 

“I agree. It’s the same with falling in love too.”

Lu Haoli was taken aback by this. She looked up and questioned,  z2yHMe

“He’s really in love?”

When their whole family went back to their hometown previously, Lu Haoli had faintly discovered that Feng Fei was acting like he was experiencing puppy love. Whenever they went out to have fun, he was always texting with someone and chatting endlessly. When asked, however, Feng Fei wouldn’t elaborate, and would only laugh sheepishly. After asking a few more times, she concluded back then that Feng Fei was in love. After so many years of getting along well with each other, Lu Haoli didn’t object to this, but wasn’t too sure, so she didn’t ask anything in detail.

“How is that girl?” Lu Haoli asked, her curiosity aroused. “Is she a classmate?”

Feng Xuan confirmed her guess. TcBpqm

“They’re indeed a classmate of his.”

Lu Haoli nodded satisfactorily. 

“That’s good. It’s best if it were like yours, a smooth and easy relationship. It saves your father and myself a lot of stress, you know? Do you remember your Uncle Zhang? His youngest son has always been switching partners left and right, almost stressing his mother to death.”

Feng Xuan smiled bitterly. 8F4sl2

“You probably won’t need to worry about that at all.”

“Hey, have you seen her before?” Lu Haoli asked, “How’s her personality?”

“Whether her personality is good or bad…it won’t really matter if we think her personality is good or not. The key is if Feng Fei likes them.” Feng Xuan calmly steered the topic, “As long as he’s satisfied, I’ll support him. If you don’t like them…or give a hard refusal to their relationship, you’ll definitely hurt Feng Fei.”

Lu Haoli laughed.  e4Fgcd

“Just who did Feng Fei find for you to say that? How are you so sure that I won’t like them? Are their family conditions not good? It doesn’t matter to me, you know. As long as the personality is good, and the two people get along, it’ll all be okay.”

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“Forget it…I’ll talk about it another day.”

“We’re in the middle of a conversation, what do you mean ‘I’ll talk about it another day’!” Lu Haoli said anxiously, “What’s the matter? Is the girl the kind of kid who has tattoos, smokes, drinks, and who’s been a playgirl since a young age?” vY85Oc

This was the worst situation Lu Haoli could imagine.

Feng Xuan’s heart moved, and he asked, “Is that the kind of partner you’re most afraid of?”

Lu Haoli was upset. 

“Just ask anyone my age, who wouldn’t be afraid of this kind of daughter-in-law?!” etRAy7

Feng Xuan prepared his heart, and tentatively said, 

“They have a lot of thoughts, can’t see the good in others, butts into every conversation, and is everywhere?”

Lu Haoli was struck dumb, and said, “I really guessed right?”

Feng Xuan took a breath in silence, pretending that he didn’t say anything. hf2adi

Lu Haoli felt like she was in a pit of despair. 

“It can’t be…How come Feng Fei would like such a person? Is she extremely beautiful or something?”

Feng Xuan still declined to comment, making Lu Haoli say helplessly, “Feng Fei makes enough trouble by himself already. Finding someone who can also make trouble, I….”

“It won’t necessarily be like that.” Feng Xuan originally intended to prepare Lu Haoli for the worst so she would like Hai Xiu more when the time came, but somehow the conversation was going off topic. He couldn’t find a good way to explain it, and didn’t want to actually worry his mother, so he pointed out, “Just how old is Feng Fei? At his age, it’s just puppy love, only a rare few will make it out of that phase still dating.” TCebqA

After hearing this, Lu Haoli felt a headache. She threw the folder on the table and said tiredly, “Your father climbed my window in the middle of the night and asked me to promise to marry him that year when we were in high school! He wasn’t even as old as Feng Fei back then! Everyone in the Feng family has this problem, didn’t you know?!”

Feng Xuan felt that the scene was a bit familiar. He wanted to refute, but then he remembered that he and his lover also did similar things when they were in high school. He couldn’t say anything in rebuttal, so all he could do was comfort. “Well, it’s not guaranteed.”

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“Not guaranteed?”

Lu Haoli’s head hurt even more. JnQOkW

The moment Feng Fei arrived and stepped into Feng Xuan’s house, he felt the extremely delicate atmosphere hanging in the air.

Lu Haoli had a smile on her face, but it was not enough to conceal the hint of mental exhaustion that stayed between her brows. She seemed to have lost the relaxed look she had before, and she secretly sighed when she went to the kitchen to bring out the dishes.

Feng Fei looked at Feng Xuan inquiringly, but Feng Xuan’s face exposed nothing.

“Okay, eat, eat.” Lu Haoli gathered herself, and said with a smile, “Pregnant women and students nearing the college exam should both eat more.” GOkBvI

As Feng Fei took a big mouthful of rice, Lu Haoli looked at him and asked casually, “You came here from home?”

“No…” Feng Fei swallowed, “I went to a friend’s house.”

Lu Haoli and Feng Xuan looked at each other and asked, “Which friend? Do I know them?”

Feng Fei was taken aback by her question and smiled.  mzkel4

“What happened to you today? Didn’t you ask me about this before?”

Lu Haoli thought to herself, I didn’t know that you had found me such a bad daughter-in-law before

“Feng Fei…” Lu Haoli passed Feng Fei some food. “Your father and I have never asked you for much. I only hope you can be happy every day. Over the past year, both of us have been really satisfied and don’t care if the results are good or bad. The most important point is that we can see that you’ve become a lot more motivated and mature. I’m already assured about you in these aspects.”

Lu Haoli brushed past the subject. “If there is anything else that I’d want, I just hope you can find…a stable partner who can help keep you grounded.” 65gIvr

 

Feng Fei took a sip of water slowly, and countless thoughts flashed through his head. He raised his eyes to look at Feng Xuan, who looked back at him, and said lightly.

“Mom, you’re worrying for nothing…Actually, it’s ok even for two people who love to play around to be together too. At least it’ll be lively.”

Lu Haoli glared at Feng Xuan. Between the sparks and the fire, Feng Fei understood what was happening in an instant, and quickly answered.  035Vri

“Yeah, I like to go around and have fun a lot. The types that are never formal are so lively!”

Feng Fei pretended not to see the dissatisfaction in Lu Haoli’s eyes, and kept saying, “I really don’t like the kind that is well-regulated. They’re like a piece of wood, so boring! If you want to be polite, you can call them obedient. But if you say the truth, they’re just like little idiots, and aren’t even better than someone who can run all over the place and is way more interesting.”

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They’d been mother and son for many years, so Feng Xuan and Feng Fei were very clear on what type of girl their mother didn’t like. Feng Fei said while continuing to eat, “They might not be very polite, but they have a sense of individuality, which I like! I really like these kinds of unconventional, informal people….”

“Enough, I know already.” Lu Haoli had watched her son get angry and eat right alongside his elders, chatting loudly and talking eloquently. As expected, that little demon had led her son off the right path. “Hurry up, the dishes are getting cold.” XELw4k

Feng Fei made persistent efforts and completely let go of himself. “I am very happy to fall in love with this kind of person! I feel that there is nothing to restrain me. I can do whatever I want. I’d be willing to follow her and do whatever she does too!”

Lu Haoli was offended by these statements, and sternly said, “Willing to follow her in anything? If she wanted to take drugs, would you also take drugs?”

Feng Fei pouted his mouth and bowed his head to eat.

Lu Haoli repeatedly persuaded herself to be patient, and to wait for the college entrance examination before saying anything more about this matter. 3lfrPx

But what could be done by then? Lu Haoli was not the kind of unreasonable paranoid mother in a TV series. She couldn’t say the words ‘If you want to be with her, don’t come back to this house’. In the end, she was willing to respect her son’s decision, regardless of whether she liked them or not.

 

But when she thought about how—in the future, Feng Fei would bring this rebellious and uncultivated person back to stir up the family…Lu Haoli secretly scolded Feng Fei. Didn’t he know what kind of child she liked best? Wasn’t this intentional then!

Feng Fei’s sister-in-law had been basking in the sun on the terrace just now. She had heard nothing and had not taken a side at all. She had always leaned more towards protecting Feng Fei though, so when she looked at the expressions on both sides, she smiled and gently spoke to Lu Haoli, saying,  dCfLtW

“Feng Fei was just joking. You shouldn’t always believe in what kids say…here, try this dish….”

Feng Fei couldn’t help adding fuel to the fire, like a rebellious fool.

“Who’s joking? What I said is true! I really do like people like that!”

“Like hell you do!” Lu Haoli couldn’t suppress the fire inside herself this time, slapped him on the backside of his head, and said angrily, “Shut up and eat!” yeLMAd

Having achieved his goal, Feng Fei stopped pretending to have a negative EQ, and continued eating.

After the meal, Feng Xuan took care of the aftermath, pulling Lu Haoli to the balcony to persuade her to relax, suggesting that maybe Feng Fei would only like this kind of person for a little while, and maybe he would find someone who is sensible and well-behaved in the future.

Lu Haoli said angrily, 

“If it weren’t for the college entrance examination, I would really have to teach him a lesson…Look at him! And you thought I looked too much into it! Sooner or later someone is going to lead him into a ditch! Don’t you know just how many children smoke marijuana just because everyone else around them is doing it? Look at how stupid he was acting just now! If this continues, wouldn’t a good young man like him also be ruined?!” ZBI4dO

Feng Xuan was busy comforting her. 

“It definitely won’t happen.”

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“Why not!” Lu Haoli said disappointedly, “I don’t ask for much. All I want is the other party to be a good person who is on the correct path. Is it so hard to ask for?”

Feng Xuan smiled, assuring, xnq48b

“It’s not difficult, don’t worry.”

Lu Haoli sighed.

“I hope so….”

Lu Haoli decided to stop stressing herself out, and went to her eldest daughter-in-law to talk about better things. Feng Xuan walked into the kitchen and looked at Feng Fei who had been punished to wash the dishes, and smiled. h5Gyaf

“What’s the matter? Need help?”

“No.” Feng Fei whistled a song and had a smile in his eyes as he scrubbed the plates. “Thanks.”\n