Rebirth: Starting with Capturing the Goddess Mentor

Chapter 77 Meeting the Parents

The following Saturday, the weather was cloudy turning sunny.

Today is December 30, 2013. The day after tomorrow is New Year's Day, which will make a three-day holiday with the weekend. Therefore, many young people working in big cities choose to go back to their hometowns or take a road trip to the surrounding areas today.

As dawn broke, a long queue had already formed at the highway entrance.

Hangzhou is about 180 kilometers away from Shanghai. Driving from Xiasha, it takes nearly 3 hours even without traffic jams.

Two o'clock in the afternoon was the departure time that Jiang Zhixin had arranged.

Sunlight filtered through the thin clouds, scattering golden fragments across the ground.

Chen Yan, wearing the Prada coat Jiang Zhixin had bought for him yesterday, appeared downstairs at her house right on time.

He leaned against the black Volkswagen, a cigarette dangling from his lips. A gentle breeze ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead, a few strands dancing wildly in the wind, giving him a nonchalant and roguish charm.

A short while later, Jiang Zhixin appeared.

She had clearly dressed up carefully; her light makeup accentuated her delicate features, making her skin appear even more radiant, and her skin was as white as snow with a faint pink tinge.

Her eyes were bright and expressive, her long eyelashes were like fans, and her long, glossy black hair was draped smoothly over her shoulders, with the ends slightly curled, swaying gently with her steps.

Chen Yan took a closer look and noticed that she was still wearing the same beige trench coat as yesterday, with a tight gray sweater underneath. However, the black tights she wore yesterday had been replaced with gray ones of the same color.

"Yeah, gray is also very nice."

Jiang Zhixin naturally noticed Chen Yan as well. She glanced at the black Volkswagen behind them that had no license plates and asked curiously, "Did you buy another car?"

"Yes, this one is for my own transportation. The Mercedes I used last time was for my employees to use for business."

As Chen Yan explained, he took out a gift box of cigarettes and alcohol from the trunk, while he put the gold bracelet in his pocket.

"Shall we take my car?"

Jiang Zhixin initially thought Chen Yan was going to drive the new car to Shanghai, but since he had already taken out all the gifts, it was clear that he had no such intention.

"Of course I'll drive your car. If I drove this junk, would your mom still agree to us dating?"

Chen Yan tossed away his cigarette butt, acting nonchalant.

"My mom isn't as domineering as you say..."

Jiang Zhixin stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

"Okay, my mom is indeed a little bit snobbish," Jiang Zhixin thought to herself.

Chen Yan didn't take it seriously and walked towards the white Audi A4 not far away, carrying the Moutai and Zhonghua cigarettes.

Is it wrong for a mother-in-law to want a son-in-law with good conditions?
It's only natural, it's completely understandable.

To be honest, I'm overjoyed! If your mom weren't so materialistic, I wouldn't have any room to maneuver.

On the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, a white Audi A4 was driving steadily.

Chen Yan noticed that Jiang Zhixin hadn't said much, so he turned his head and glanced at her.

Her bright red lips were slightly pursed, her hands were nervously clasped on her lap, and her fingers unconsciously intertwined and rubbed together, her originally pink fingertips turning slightly white from the force.

Chen Yan rarely saw Jiang Zhixin like this, so he couldn't help but tease her:
"Hey, Teacher Jiang, this is meeting your parents, not mine. Why are you more nervous than me?"

Jiang Zhixin glanced at him and said irritably:

"I'm just worried that your acting isn't good enough and you'll mess it up for me."

"Also, didn't I tell you not to call me Teacher Jiang today?"

"If you were even a little more reliable, I wouldn't be so nervous, would I?"

"Okay, okay, it was a slip of the tongue, it's my fault." Chen Yan was proactive in admitting his mistake.

Then, in the next second, he freed one hand and gently grasped Jiang Zhixin's delicate hand.

Jiang Zhixin felt a strange sensation when her small hand was suddenly grasped. She pursed her lips and said, "What are you doing? Drive properly."

However, Chen Yan showed no intention of letting go, and said with a serious expression:

"If you want me to play the role of the boyfriend well, you have to let me feel a bit in character. There's only an hour left. Even an award-winning actor can't get into character this quickly."

Jiang Zhixin thought about it and felt that what he said made some sense, so she let him go. There was nothing wrong with shaking hands.

However, Chen Yan quickly released her fair and delicate hand.

Jiang Zhixin thought he had changed his ways today, but who would have thought that the next second, Chen Yan's hand would be on her thigh covered by gray pantyhose.

Jiang Zhixin raised her eyebrows: "Why are you touching my leg again!"

"Didn't I say I wanted to find a sense of immersion? Your parents have been through it all. They can tell at a glance whether we're acting or not. After all, fake couples don't have that intimate feeling."

"We need to cultivate this sense of intimacy now, so that it will be indistinguishable from the real thing later!" "Oh, you can cultivate that by touching my leg?"

"I do want Monet, but you won't let me."

"rogue!"

Although Jiang Zhixin was cursing Chen Yan, she didn't deliberately try to remove the groping hand from her leg.

On the one hand, I was considering that he needed to drive, and if I moved his hand away, he might reach out again, and a push or pull could easily cause an accident;

On the other hand, she also felt that Chen Yan's words made some sense. The intimacy between lovers is not something that can be faked. If she wanted to fool her mother's sharp eyes, she could only compromise herself and let someone take advantage of her.

The Audi continued to speed along the highway.

She was initially worried that Chen Yan might not be able to drive steadily with one hand, but after a while, she found that this jerk was actually driving as steadily as a rock!

He hums a little tune every now and then, and pinches his thigh muscles every now and then, with a very relaxed expression on his face, as if he does this kind of thing all the time!
But he's only 18 years old, and he's only had his driver's license for a few months at most.

It seems the online comments were right: men are naturally gifted at driving.

after an hour.

The Audi was parked in the JA district of Shanghai, outside a French-style garden villa from the 30s.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't Teacher Jiang's home.

Instead, it's the restaurant where we ate dinner that night—

A Cantonese restaurant called "Hong Kong Dragon and Phoenix Restaurant" is located in one of the small villas.

Chen Yan parked the car, unbuckled his seatbelt, and was about to open the door to get out when Jiang Zhixin stopped him:

"Hey, remember to open the door for me later, okay? My mom's a real sly one, she might be secretly watching from some corner."

"OK, leave it to me. Just cooperate fully and we'll be done in a bit!" Chen Yan patted his chest confidently.

After getting out of the car, Chen Yan first went around to the trunk, took out Moutai and Soft Zhonghua cigarettes, and then walked to the passenger seat and gentlemanly opened the car door for Jiang Zhixin.

Then he naturally took Jiang Zhixin's small hand and walked into the villa.

Jiang Zhixin didn't show anything unusual. After all, the two of them had kissed several times, and holding hands was nothing to them.

……

On the other side, inside the private room.

A middle-aged couple with good looks and demeanor were sitting in chairs chatting.

The middle-aged woman wore a long, light camel-colored wool coat and a beige beret. Although the years had left a few playful crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, her skin was not loose and she looked very young.

People often say that people who work long hours develop a certain "office vibe."

This statement is very abstract and difficult to express concretely. Even the person who said it couldn't explain what the "class" flavor actually meant.

But this middle-aged woman is a typical counterexample; she doesn't look like a "class person" at all!
She turned to the middle-aged man beside her and said, "Do you think Xinxin is afraid we'll pressure her to get married, so she hired an actress to play us?"

The middle-aged man was wearing a dark blue jacket and frameless glasses. He had handsome, well-defined features, and it was easy to tell that he was a top-notch handsome man in his youth.

He exhaled a puff of smoke and slowly said:

"I don't know. You're the same. Your child is still young. If you keep introducing this person to her and that person, how can she not get annoyed?"

"You're blaming me now? She'll be 26 next month after the New Year! She's almost a 30-year-old woman, do you even know that..."

"Alright, alright, it's all my fault. If you want to introduce them, then go ahead. As long as the other person is a good person, it doesn't matter if their conditions aren't great."

"That won't do, the conditions are too poor..."

The middle-aged woman was speaking when she heard the voice of the waiter at the door.

"Gentlemen, please come this way to room 106."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the box was pushed open.

Chen Yan walked in confidently, holding Jiang Zhixin's hand with one hand and carrying a gift bag in the other.

"Dad, mom."

"Hello, Uncle, hello, Auntie. My name is Chen Yan, and I am Zhixin's boyfriend."

……

(The next chapter will be around 12 o'clock, so you can read it tomorrow, my godfathers~~~~I'm humbly asking for monthly votes~)

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