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Chapter 267 Don't Call Me Husband

When Zhang Chuanmei came out after calming the child, she saw that their glasses were filled with wine again.

"Drink less, don't get Xiao Li drunk."

She said something, but then her blood sugar spiked, and she lost the motivation to eat more.

He went to the kitchen on his own, washed some fruit, and brought it to the table.

"Xiao Li, have some fruit."

"Thank you, Auntie."

"Mom, aren't you going to eat?"

"I'm not eating anymore."

Seeing her mother shake her head, Fan Bingbing thought for a moment and said to Fan Tao:

"Dad, I'm full too. You two can drink slowly."

After getting up, she went straight to the kitchen and took out the pickled vegetables from the refrigerator.

The meat sauce and pickled vegetables my boyfriend made have all been eaten; they were super delicious!

She wanted her dad to try it.

"Here, Dad, try the pickled vegetables Li Mu made. They're delicious, perfect with your drinks."

The moment he brought the plate over, Li Mu blurted out instinctively:

"Are your chopsticks clean? Are they free of oil?"

"No, I even washed it."

"!"

Li Mu was stunned:

"Is there water up there!?"

"Yes... uh, this thing can't get wet?"

"..."\

Under the speechless gazes of her father and boyfriend, Fan Bingbing felt somewhat embarrassed, but still said:

"Oh, it's okay, I'll just take it this time. I'll eat it quickly."

Fan Tao looked at Li Mu, who seemed to want to say something but couldn't, and sighed inwardly for some reason.

If he had learned of the boy's excellence from his daughter at the dinner table... then he felt a little ashamed now.

Such a piece of trash...

I raised it.

How did I raise such a useless child?

But Fan Bingbing couldn't care less about any of that. Grabbing an apple, she sat down next to her mother.

"Mom, why did you all suddenly come over?"

Zhang Chuanmei glanced at the father and son drinking and chatting, and chuckled:

"Tch, if we hadn't come, would we have known you'd gotten yourself into such a mess?"

"hey-hey……"\

The girl, whose face was flushed despite not having touched a drop of alcohol, nestled close to her mother, hugged her, and whispered:

"How's it going?"

"What, how is it?"

"Oh! What do you think! Him, huh..."

"...Am I good to you?"

"Um."\

Fan Bingbing's face flushed even more, and her voice was barely audible:

"He's wonderful. He always gives in to me... and we've never argued. He does whatever I ask him to do... and..."

"And what?"

"I was his first love."

"..."\

Zhang Chuanmei glanced at the dining table again, looking at the boy who was telling her husband about the journalism profession.

After thinking for a moment, I casually turned the TV volume up a little.

Then he asked in a low voice:

"Tell Mom the truth, you two... live together?"

"……Um."\

"How long have you been staying?"

"We got together in Guangzhou."

It's already happened, so there's no point in hiding it.

She chose to confess everything:

"Mom, whether we live together or not is none of your business, Dad and I."

"...We were worried you'd get taken advantage of."

"Hehe, sometimes I feel like he's the one who suffers. He dotes on me, and you know my temper, how could I possibly suffer?"

As she spoke, she took the initiative to say:

"Besides, Mom, sometimes I feel like I'm actually marrying above my station."

"???"

Zhang Chuanmei was momentarily confused upon hearing this.

To be honest, I can tell from my daughter's words that this child is indeed outstanding.

The phrase "too high a level to climb"... isn't that a bit inappropriate?

Seeing her mother's confusion, she said:

"Mom, he's a provincial-level journalism award winner, and the youngest recipient of the Guangdong Journalism Award..."

As Li Mu's resume was presented to Zhang Chuanmei, the mother's eyes widened little by little as her daughter recounted her story, eventually forming perfect circles.

Goodness.

this……\

My daughter was right.

In some ways, she really did marry above her station.

……\

One bottle of Moutai, half a jin per person.

I wasn't drunk.

Fan Tao had no intention of forcing Li Mu to drink the liquor; it wouldn't look good if word got out.

After the bottle is empty and not a drop can be poured out:

"Xiao Li, shall we stop drinking?"

"I'm not drinking anymore, Uncle Fan, I'm getting dizzy."

Li Mu quickly shook his head, then glanced at the time and stood up, saying:

"It's getting late, and I have to go to work tomorrow. So... I'll be going now."

Upon hearing this, Fan Tao glanced at the clock and indeed, it was 9:30.

He didn't try to stop him.

"Okay, honey, see Xiao Li out."

"……ah?"\

Fan Bingbing was taken aback, then a bitter look appeared on her face.

It's over. \

The crows won't be able to fly tonight.

She had been waiting for so long...

But with Mom and Dad here, no matter how absurd things are, the two of them... wait?

Instantly, her eyes lit up.

"Okay, got it."

Soon, she picked up her bag:

"Come on, I'll take you home. Did you get your car?"

"It's open."

"Then leave it here and come pick it up tomorrow."

"good."\

Li Mu didn't think much of it, politely said goodbye to the couple, and was pushed out of the house by his girlfriend:

"Dad, Mom, I'll take him home."

*Snap.*

The door was closed.

Zhang Chuanmei glanced at her husband and asked:

"How was it?"

"..."\

Fan Tao ignored his wife's question and carried the bowls and chopsticks from the table into the kitchen.

Inside the elevator, Li Mu leaned against the wall and gently exhaled:

"call……"\

"Hehe, didn't scare you, did you?"

Looking at his grinning girlfriend, Li Mu shook his head:

"To be honest, it startled me. I wasn't prepared at all... it was too rushed."

Having said that, perhaps due to the influence of alcohol, he unusually didn't want to hide his thoughts and said directly:

"But I'm not afraid to see them, since it was bound to happen sooner or later. But I just feel it's a bit impolite... It's my first time visiting, and I didn't even bring any gifts, I just bought three pounds of pork ribs. It's like I came empty-handed, it's really inappropriate."

"There's a reason for it. I don't know why they suddenly came over... Oh right, maybe it's for Chengcheng's birthday. By the way, remember, July 3rd is your birthday."

At first, she only knew that her boyfriend's birthday was May 28th, and assumed it was the Gregorian calendar date.

It wasn't until after they started dating that he realized he also celebrated his birthday according to the lunar calendar.

Thankfully, it wasn't based on the Gregorian calendar; otherwise, they would have missed their first birthday together because of filming.

But Li Mu wasn't thinking about birthdays at the moment; he just said:

"Will I come again tomorrow? If so, I'll go buy a gift beforehand."

"Well……"\

Fan Bingbing paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed:

"What? You want to marry me?"

"Um."\

"..."\

Her lips twitched; for a moment, she couldn't tell if her boyfriend was talking nonsense or what.

But Li Mu's thinking was quite simple: he'd already met the parents... even if it wasn't formal, he still needed to show some commitment.

"We can't be this rude again, right? I'll buy some gifts and visit again tomorrow..."

"Wait a minute."

She quickly pressed her finger against her boyfriend's lips:

"I didn't force you. Besides... I haven't even thought about meeting your parents yet."

"Big sister, get this straight, whether you've thought it through or not isn't important, what's important is that I've already met with him!"

"Oh dear, my parents aren't that traditional. Do they think meeting the parents means we have to get married?"

"...What do you mean? You don't want to be with me..."

"Shut up."

This time, the fingers changed from pressing against to pinching:\

"Even if you were to propose, you couldn't do it while you're drunk, could you? Besides...didn't we talk about these things? Even if we really did get married, at this stage, we'd just be getting a marriage certificate. Didn't you agree?"

"No, it's not agreement, those are two different things. 'No' means... ptooey."

He turned his head away, wiped his lips, and continued:

"I meant meeting your parents. I was too hasty and impolite! I'll agree to everything, including marriage, but... I can't seem like I'm being immature."

"hey-hey……"\

Seeing that her boyfriend wasn't angry about her decision, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Because she also knew that she was quite selfish when it came to marriage.

As for whether they are sensible or not...

"Don't worry, leave it to me. You need to give my parents time to adjust, so... listen to me, okay? Just come in normally tomorrow. Let's... get along for now. Like family, they'll definitely want to see how you treat me normally. Let's just do this for now... and then, when... when you've really decided, and I'm ready, you can bring your things over. I... promise you! As long as we're both ready, on the day you bring your things over, I... I'll start calling you 'husband'! I'll call you that in front of them! Okay?! Whether they agree or not... I agree!"

"Well……"\

Feeling the warmth of his girlfriend in his hand and seeing her resolute expression, Li Mu thought for a moment and tentatively said:

"How about... you stop calling me 'husband,' okay?"

"..."\

Fan Bingbing's lips twitched:

"What's wrong? Scared?"

"to be honest?"\

"Definitely!"

"Yes... a tiny bit. Why don't you just call me Li Mu?"

"..."\

Just a moment ago he was clamoring to bring gifts to meet his parents, but now he's saying such cowardly things.

Fan Bingbing was also speechless.

But... no matter what, she was happy.

My parents didn't refuse or get angry, and my boyfriend didn't seem dissatisfied with my parents either...

Isn't this great?

Thinking of this, she pulled her boyfriend and quickened her pace.

But after they walked out of the passage, Li Mu naturally let go of her hand.

The two changed from sitting side by side to one in front of the other.

They were like two strangers.

"You sit in the back."

Standing in front of the BMW, upon hearing her instructions, Li Mu didn't think much of it, guessing she was afraid of being misunderstood.

So he obediently sat in the back row, and then started to space out, reviewing his performance that day, checking if he had been impolite, and even trying to analyze his girlfriend's parents' personalities to see how he could "win them over."

After staring blankly for a while, when I came to my senses, I suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Where am I?"

Looking at the dark and gloomy surroundings, it seemed... to be an unfinished road.

There was no one around.

Where did this come from?

Is it still in China?

As he was pondering this, Fan Bingbing suddenly got out of the car.

Then, before Li Mu could react, the back door was opened:

"Go inside."

"What's up?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

She crawled right in and started giving orders: