\n\nThe next day, Wang Cheng received a call from Mother Zheng. Because it was inconvenient to speak of this matter over the phone, Wang Cheng invited Mother Zheng to meet and talk at their usual place. When he arrived at the tea restaurant, Mother Zheng had already arrived. She had also just come, so the things she ordered hadn't been served yet. After Wang Cheng sat down, however, the waiter brought the appetizers, all of which were his favorites.
Mother Zheng pushed the dim sum towards her son before looking at him expectantly. "Chengcheng, how was your talk with Jiayan last night? What do you think of her?"
"It didnât go that well," Wang Cheng said after taking a sip of tea.
"How could it be ânot wellâ? Jiayan has a good character, and you two are about the same age, so you should be able to have a good conversation," Mother Zheng said, surprised.
Wang Cheng put down his cup and said solemnly: "Mother, I already have someone I like."
Mother Zheng's expression froze, "Someone you like? But your mother has never heard you mention this before."
Wang Cheng looked straight into her eyes, "I didn't mention it before because their identity is a bit special, and I was afraid you wouldnât be able to accept them. Therefore, I chose to hide it from you."
Long ago, before yesterdayâs events, he had decided to find a time to tell Mother Zheng that he was already with Chu Yifeng. The secret blind date last night happened to make up his mind that long-term pain was worse than short-term pain*.
[T/N: *kind of like how its better to rip a band-aid off quickly instead of slowly; be firm and decisive]
"Since you don't want to tell me, then your mother wonât make things difficult for you." Mother Zheng's expression was a little flustered, and her eyes flickered as she avoided Wang Chengâs gaze.\n
Wang Cheng suddenly understood once he saw her behavior. "Mother, had you known about us a long time ago?"
"What âlong time agoâ, your mother doesn't know anything!" Mother Zheng hurriedly denied him before grabbing her bag and standing up: "Your mother just remembered her meeting with Mrs. Chen, let's talk about this next time."
Wang Cheng grabbed her hand and said with a helpless expression: "Mother, the person I like is Chu Yifeng, I have been with him for a while now. I know that itâs not good to hide such things from you, so I donât want to hide it anymore. This way, you shouldnât arrange more hidden blind dates like last nightâs.â
Mother Zheng sank back into her chair, with an expression as if she was about to cry. "Canât you choose someone else?"
Wang Cheng shook his head.
Mother Zheng was a lady, after all. She had seen much of the world. After a while, she finally calmed down. She had found her son with great difficulty, and did not want to create a bigger gap from her son because of this. After she was done thinking, she asked: "Who else knows about this? Do your adoptive parents know?"
"My two elder brothers and my mother know. However, my dad doesn't know yet." Wang Cheng was not sure whether Wang Ziyu knew or not, so he ruled her out for the time being.
He was only sure that his two elder brothers and his two mothers knew about the relationship.
Mother Zheng was a little surprised that Mama Wang knew about this, and was even more surprised that she didnât say anything about it, even with her stubborn personality. "What about on Chu Yifengâs side?"
"His family knows, and Iâve also already eaten at his house," Wang Cheng admitted, embarrassed. It was precisely because of this progress that he wanted to tell Mother Zheng the truth.
Mother Zheng raised her eyebrows, "No one in his family opposes it?"\n"Uh, they were opposed at first, but not much anymore." Wang Cheng hesitated and decided not to mention that Old Lady Chu wanted them to have children.
He spoke lightly of it, but when this fell upon Mother Zhengâs ears, she imagined her little son exerting much effort for the Chu family to recognize him. A strict family like the Chus would never allow their children or grandchildren to get together with the same gender. She felt distressed again.
"Have you ever thought about how your grandfathers will react to your relationship?"
âOld Lady Chu said she would help on my paternal grandfatherâs side." Mother Zheng grew even more surprised. She suddenly thought of something she had found strange before. When the Chu family's daughter-in-law held a party some time ago, she invited many noblewomen. At the time, Old Lady Chu had also shown up, and enthusiastically chatted with for a while, bringing up her son and Chu Yifeng many times. It turned out that this was the reason.
"Then how about your maternal grandfather? You shouldn't forget that your grandpa always wanted an heir. As long as you are with Chu Yifeng, you are destined to have no offspring. In this case, your grandpa might not give you the company. Do you want to make things that easy for your aunt's family?"
"What belongs to me will come to me in the end. If it turns out it doesn't belong to me, I won't make things difficult for Grandpa,â Wang Cheng said in a low voice. Inheriting the Zhou Group was good, but he didnât absolutely need it in the end.
Mother Zheng sighed. Her son was quite an opinionated person; she knew that she would not be able to change his mind even if she opposed it. âFine, I wonât mention this in front of Grandpa.â
Wang Cheng looked at her cautiously, a little surprised it went so smoothly. "Mother, do you agree with Chu Yifeng and I?"
Mother Zheng angrily glared at him, "If I disagreed, would you agree to break up with him?"
Wang Cheng coughed twice; of course that would be impossible. However, heâd been prepared to have a cold war with Mother Zheng, he didn't expect things to be so simple. Now that heâd gotten his love problems resolved, his mood was much more relaxed. Even though he knew that there were only a few people who knew about him and Chu Yifeng, since his two mothers happened to be in charge of their families, he didnât have to worry about the others.
Chu Yifeng came home to hear light humming from the kitchen, an abstract melody that seemed to be casually made up. He put on a pair of indoor slippers and went to the kitchen entrance, where he saw Wang Cheng sauteing vegetables while swaying to the imaginary beat of his song. Someone seemed to be in a good mood.\nÂ