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"Uncle, I really can't stand it. I haven't left the house for two days. I am an adult in my twenties, and she is violating my personal freedom like this."

Just after seeing Old Zhang off, Wang Xiaomi sent another message to Mark.

I'm in a very bad mood and very angry.

Staying at home for two days and being restricted from going out for two days are two completely different feelings. Due to the inner resistance, the latter is much more difficult and irritable.

"Understand that the woman who is restricting you is not someone else, but your own mother. She has been restricting you like this since you were still unable to take care of yourself."

What Mark meant was that this wasn't the first time, so there was no need to be so uncomfortable.

"Uncle, I can't stand it anymore. I want to escape from my mother." Wang Xiaomi obviously meant to run away from home.

Given Wang Xiaomi's personality, it's not surprising that he would do such a thing.

"Don't be so impulsive. Try to communicate with your mother. I have sent reinforcements to you."

If Wang Xiaomi really ran away from home, Mark would feel like a little yellow-haired boy.

It's quite disrespectful to persuade a girl to go against her family.

"You sent me reinforcements?"

"You'll see in a moment. Uncle Zhang Guoqiang is one of us now. He will cooperate with you and ask your mother to set you free."

"This is my mother's number one accomplice, how could he be one of ours?"

"It's quite complicated. I'll explain it to you when we meet again. For now, just remember to cooperate more with Uncle Zhang."

While being locked up, neither of them could make phone calls.

Wang Lanfang was not happy about Wang Xiaomi contacting Mark, so they could only communicate via information in this way, which somewhat affected efficiency.

"Teacher Ma, I'm back. I was just about to go to Xiaomi's house. How should I tell Lan Fang?"

Since Old Zhang isn't smart enough, Mark can only give remote commands like this.

"Just say that you gave me a severe lesson and a warning. I am already scared by you. Believe me, I won't dare to look for Xiaomi again. Ask Xiaomi's mother to release Xiaomi quickly."

"If she asks me further, what should I say in response? What did I teach you?"

"How else can I teach you a lesson? You're just crying, making a scene, and then hanging yourself. What else can I do? Are you going to beat me up? I'm a physical education teacher, and you're over 60 years old. Can anyone believe you when you say that?"

To put it bluntly, Old Zhang is just a bad old man.

"If you put it that way, I'm like a shrew. Will this affect my image?"

The two parties have known each other for decades and know each other well, so it is hard for Old Zhang to find any baggage.

Wang Lanfang had seen even more miserable images before.

"If you care about your image, then make it up yourself. As long as you can make it up, I don't mind how glorious and righteous you make yourself out to be."

"Teacher Ma, if I could make it up, I wouldn't ask you. You have to help me. Think about it, helping him is helping yourself. If I can have a better image, I can speak with more weight to Lan Fang, and I can also do a better job for you, right?"

"Uncle Zhang, what you said sounds very familiar."

These are what Mark just said to Old Zhang.

"What do you think of my learning ability?"

"Very good, then let's do this. You just say that you found me and slapped the butcher knife in front of me, and I was intimidated at that time. Whatever you say is what it is, and I am afraid to fight you."

Seeing that Old Zhang had some potential, Mark also spent two more brain cells.

"Teacher Ma, how do you know what I'm thinking? When I went to find you, I was planning to do this on the way."

"Uncle Zhang, you came to me with a butcher knife today?"

A reckless man in his sixties, a bit scary.

Even the reckless Mark was a little hesitant about really entrusting Wang Lanfang to Old Zhang.

Will Wang Xiaomi and I have more trouble in the future?

"It was in my bag. After you convinced me, I didn't have time to take it out."

"Luckily you haven't taken it out yet. If you had, you wouldn't be able to go back today. Don't take your butcher knife to Xiaomi's house. Put it back at your own home first."

Mark became even more worried about Old Zhang.

No decent person would carry a butcher knife around.

There are so many people selling meat, but I haven’t seen any one like Old Zhang.

"If you hadn't told me, I would have taken him there."

For Old Zhang, it should not be a strange thing to visit other people's homes with a butcher knife in his bag.

"Since you're home, you should change your clothes. Don't come to Xiaomi's house like you did when you came to see me, sloppy and swaggering."

"Yes, I have a suit."

It is considered particular for a single old man to prepare a suit for himself.

"Put on the bow tie and be a more refined old man. Otherwise, how can you exude your charm?"

"I went to Xiaomi's house wearing a suit with a fake collar underneath. They insisted I take it off, and then it became a joke."

The old man is indeed a man in his fifties or sixties. Even at that time, due to the shortage of fabrics, he still remembered to wear the popular shirts with fake collars.

"Exquisite, not fussy, OK?"

"OK, I have a proper shirt, wait for my good news!"

"Uncle, it's not easy to see you again."

In the afternoon, Wang Xiaomi went directly to Mark's school and rushed over to him when she saw Mark.

"Okay, there are so many students on the playground, let's be a little more careful."

After giving Wang Xiaomi a hug, Mark let Wang Xiaomi go.

"We are a serious couple, what's wrong with hugging?"

Mark was not enthusiastic enough, and Wang Xiaomi was unhappy.

"Although we are in a serious relationship, the school is a more serious place. It is a place for students to study, not a shopping mall or a small park where couples can date. Let's talk about it somewhere else."

Mark took Wang Xiaomi to the edge of the playground.

Although on the playground, Mark is always the center wherever he stands.

But it’s better than the person still staying in the physical C position.

Mark could understand why Wang Xiaomi came to school because she was obstructed by Wang Lanfang once.

But the more intimate interaction and Mark's work ethic prevented Mark from doing it.

"Uncle, how long will it take you to get off work?"

"We have extra training on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, don't you know that?"

After the tactical training went well, the school team’s extra training has now become a regular activity.

"Then I'll accompany you to class and wait for you to get off work together."

After being stopped by Wang Lanfang, Wang Xiaomi felt very different. She cherished Mark more and stuck to him more than before.

A relationship that has gone through the test will indeed be more stable.

This is why sometimes when two people are in love, the more they are prevented from doing so by other people, the better their relationship will be.

"You finally got out, don't you want to go to work?"

It is indeed a good idea for Wang Xiaomi to stay with Mark. But for a rational person like Mark.

I definitely won't completely ignore things at work.

After the emotional state is over, we will definitely return to rationality.

"Isn't Mr. Han in the store? Since he didn't go this morning, it's considered a day off anyway, so he can start work tomorrow."

Wang Xiaomi’s love-brain problem is sometimes quite serious.

After going through some minor setbacks, it seems normal that my love brain is now stimulated.

"Having two employees like you and Dai Anfen is a blessing for Old Han in his previous life."

The two handsome guys in the store are not at work because of their relationship issues. It's the same as if the boss, Old Han, didn't hire anyone at all. To be honest, it's a bit pitiful.

"Old Han must have done a lot of good things in his previous life, which is why he has two such good employees like us." Wang Xiaomi said conscientiously that she always felt that she was doing a good job:
"Let's not talk about Old Han, he's not interesting. Second Uncle, how did you win over Uncle Zhang?"

"Of course, we should appeal to their emotions and explain things to them rationally..."

Mark then recalled to Wang Xiaomi his conversation with Old Zhang.

When Mark told Old Zhang, he felt quite normal. But when he told Wang Xiaomi, he felt like he was helping Wang Xiaomi sell out her mother, and suddenly he felt a little guilty.

"You are really unique. I actually hope my mom and Uncle Zhang get together. My dad has been gone for so many years, she should have her own life."

Fortunately, Wang Xiaomi really doesn’t mind what happens between Old Zhang and Wang Lanfang.

"Yes, I also hope that our old lady can have a life of her own."

Mark said he agreed with the old lady looking for a partner.

It’s just that Ling Mingyu had no intention in this regard at all.

"I don't know when your mother will be able to accept me." Speaking of Ling Mingyu, it was another headache for Wang Xiaomi.

Mark has given up trying to win Ling Mingyu's approval, but Wang Xiaomi has never given up.

Both Wang Xiaomi and Wang Lanfang wanted to give up communicating with Wang Lanfang, but Mark was unwilling to do so.

I am more casual with my mother.

"Let's not talk about this. We finally meet, let's talk about something happy."

"Where are we going to go after get off work?"

"You've always wanted to go ice skating, right? I'll go with you."

This is one of the activities that Mark and Wang Xiaomi play less frequently.

The skating rink was full of young people, and Mark's performance was a bit conspicuous, so naturally fewer people went there.

Wang Xiaomi likes to play, and the two of them go out for something less fun than ice skating, like going to a bar.

"Uncle, let's find another place to stay for a while."

After being locked up for two days, Wang Xiaomi might have had a vengeful mentality.

The two of them had been eating, shopping, and ice skating until ten o'clock in the evening, but Wang Xiaomi still didn't want to go home.

"You have to go home. If you go back too late, your mother will get suspicious."

The reason Wang Xiaomi came out was naturally work.

The Dragon Pet Shop never closes after 10pm.

"Do we have to be on guard against my mom and be sneaky all the time? If so, then we can forget about going to the bar anymore?"

Compared to doing things secretly, Wang Xiaomi obviously prefers to be direct and frank with Wang Lanfang and confront her face to face.

It's also a very reckless style. He doesn't want to use his brain when doing anything. He just rushes into things with a big move and a vigorous attitude.

"Leave your mother to me, don't worry so much."

Mark could easily become a friend to middle-aged and older women if he wanted to.

Although Wang Lanfang was a little difficult to deal with, and there was indeed an age gap between Mark and Wang Xiaomi, Mark was still confident that he could handle it.

Compared to Wang Xiao's gloomy face, it would be better to let Mark solve this matter.

"My mother has that attitude towards you, how can you deal with her?"

Mark was kicked out of Lao Wang's house and was deeply impressed by Wang Xiaomi.

"Don't we have Uncle Zhang? I'll always know what your mother needs. Isn't it easy to please her?"

Seeing Wang Xiaomi so conflicted, Mark decided to use his money power to give Wang Lanfang whatever she needed.

This method works equally well on women of all ages.

Because of the basic reasons, Wang Lanfang's favorability towards Mark may improve slowly, but it will always increase.

The most hurried trip to Wang Xiaomi's house was that Wang Lanfang did not give Mark the opportunity to demonstrate his financial strength.

"Teacher Ma, Xiaomi's mother has started trying to introduce a boyfriend to her again."

The next day, Mark received a call from Old Zhang, saying that Wang Lanfang had new needs.

"Why don't you stop it a little?"

This Mark could not satisfy Wang Lanfang, so she blamed Old Zhang.

"She always said that the best way to forget a relationship is to start a new one. She insisted on introducing a new boyfriend to Xiaomi. How could I stop her?" Old Zhang's voice sounded helpless.
"Remind her, your eldest nephew taught her such a bloody lesson, has she forgotten it in just a few days? You can't just pick a partner casually, you have to be cautious and think twice."

"..." Mark was speechless before, and now Old Zhang was speechless: "She just forgot something about Tianzuo. I'm not stupid, why should I remind her to remember it?"

Although Old Zhang was instigated by Mark, he still considered his own interests first.

It would be easier for Mark to fool some old guys in person, but it would be more difficult to do so over the phone.

"She wants to arrange it, can't you find faults with her? The young are poor, the rich are ugly, the handsome are unreliable. As long as you are willing to think, everyone has eight hundred faults waiting for you to find. Can't you let her not arrange any of them?"

"No, I have no problem finding fault with you."

"Why don't you take Xiaomi's mother with you and do some of your own things? Don't let her think about Xiaomi all day long."

"What are you thinking about? How can we sell pork better?"

Old Zhang really deserves to be single. He only cares about work and won’t help Wang Lanfang with entertainment.

"If there is no entertainment, and you really don't know what to do, take her to the square and do some square dancing."

It was the time when square dancing was popular, and this generation of people were the least able to resist the temptation.

Whether they were young or now that they are old, this generation has no resistance to dancing.

"That's what you mean."

"That's what I mean. Let's leave it at that. When you find someone, let me know."

Wang Lanfang is not a person who likes to act as a matchmaker or pull strings, so she doesn't have many resources.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have spent so much time on this last time, just to take care of my eldest nephew, Dr. Zhang.

It was provided by Lao Zhang.

So considering Wang Lanfang's previous efficiency, this matter is not that urgent.

Even if Wang Lanfang arranges everything smoothly, it still depends on whether Wang Xiaomi will go.

Wang Xiaomi and Mark haven't really broken up, so it's impossible for her to go.

If that's the case, the mother and daughter will have another conflict, and this is the last resort. (End of this chapter)